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The CCM U+ 12 Ice Hockey Skates offer a great advanced level performance at a slightly lower price point than the CCM U+ CL skates. CCM has redesigned and perfected the fit of the U+ ice hockey skate with the new quarter package design. The U+ 12 skates features additional ankle reinforcement and a more relaxed forefoot construction to ensure out of box comfort and skate performance.
The U+ 12 skate takes the heat mold ability that CCM's U+ skates have become known for and taken it to the next level. CCM has added U foam in the tongue and footbed, so that in conjunction with the foam in the quarter package and ankle offers a 360° customization. The new quarter package features embossed surlyn to enhance step-in comfort and maintain durability. To further help increase durability with a bumper zone and metal mesh in high abrasion areas.
The U+ 12 skates feature CCM's exhaust system composed of the ventilated tongue, footbed, and outsole. These pieces work together as one "moisture exhaust system" to help keep feet cool, dry and lightweight. The major differences between the CCM U+ CL and CCM U+ 12 skates are the U+ 12 skates features a different liner, outsole, and the U+ CL is manufactured in Canada.
CCM is relabeling their skates "EE", instead of just "E". Although, the fit is NOT changing. "EE" is just a more accurate representation of the fit when compared to other brands. Therefore, your skates may come labeled "EE" or "E", but rest assured the fit is NOT changing.
- Model Year: 2011
- Model Number: SKU12
- Heritage: CCM U+ 09
- Level of Player: Ideal for the advance to pro level player
- Fit Guidelines: General fit aspects of the CCM boot are medium-high volume, medium ankle area, wide across top of foot and forefoot and medium toe box.
- Sizing Guidelines: CCM skates generally fit 1 1/2 sizes down from your regular shoe size
- Quarter Package:
- Vector Armour quarter technology provides pro level responsiveness
- Vamping "bumper" protects the quarter package in the high abrasion zone
- Surlyn coating and metal mesh inserts maximize durability
- Embossments are designed to enhance step-in comfort and foot wrap
- Vector Armour quarter technology provides pro level responsiveness
- Liner:
- Moisture wicking Clarino
- Ankle Padding:
- U Foam is a highly advanced heat reactive material conforms to each individual foot, eliminating negative space for suprerior fit and maximum energy transfer
- Poron ankle reinforcement provides superior fit, increased stability and fills in the negative space around the heel, ankle and Achilles tendon
- Heel Support:
- Heat moldable U Foam
- A deep heel pocket secures and enhances foot stability
- Tongue: CCM Armour Tongue
- 60 durometer U foam for added protection
- Felt provides instant comfort and interior foot wrap
- Compressed foam insert with articulated zones protects against lace bite while enabling forward flexion
- Exhaust system - Venting holes down the sides of the tongue from increase air circulation and help keep feet cool dry and lightweight
- Footbed:
- Custom support footbed
- U Foam core layer for moldability, supports the foot increased stiffness for maximum energy transfer and response
- Diamond pattern base layer enhances moisture management and ventilation
- Outsole:
- Composite exhaust outsole
- Blade Holder and Runner:
- E-blade Pro holder - Asymmetric front mounting plate design maximizes push-off force
- Proformance Lite™ stainless steel
- Weight of a size 9D skate: 873.2 grams
- Made In:
- Thailand
Comments: I bought these skates. They are nice and stiff. The toungue stays in place, and the tenden gaurd is great with no flex. I love these skates. The were kinda hard to break in and hurt my ankle slightly but this problem will work it self out after they are broken in. They put you in a great stance and they feel great on the ice. I'm really happy with my CCM U+12 Skates
From: Nick
Comments: These skates are just the same as the crazy lights but cheaper in price really comfortable skates
From: Hunter
Comments: I love the U12's very happy with these skates. They are a replacement to an older leather boot CCM Tacks 452's and the jump in technology is very noticeable. The skates can handle a lot more than my legs and feet can dish out that's for sure. The minute I stepped onto the ice I could tell that these were lighter, tighter and better handling than any skate I have ever owned. I've noticed too that my feet stay very cool and in fact they got cold at my mini-mite's open skate with the slower pace. I am a good beer league player and these skates a most definitely beyond what I need, but I am very pleased with the purchase.
From: Brian
Comments: very comfortable skate, and so far, very durable. I play a lot of pick up hockey (slash central) and they have stood up to that very well.
From: Jeff KY, USA
Comments: You wont regret buying these skates. Easily one of the most comfortable skates after they've been baked. I feel like I have a level of control over what happens beneath me that far exceeds what I'm used to (RBK 9k 08 model). My highest level was college D1 Club and I feel as though I'm among the better skaters around. I've worn them 20-25 times, no blisters...a bit sore but that is from the boot being a bit more stiff and responsive from what I'm used to. Biggest difference Ive seen between the CL vs 12 is the arch support. The CL has pronounced support in the arch of the skate, so if you have a flatter arch like me...go with the 12's. Fantastic skate!
From: Bobby
Comments:i love these skates. My last skates were some lower end missions that i got when i didn't know if i would be playing hockey again for very long and it was time for an upgrade. I wear a 10 to a 10.5 shoe so I just guessed on the size that i needed and got lucky with an 8.5. The u foam is awesome and the skates feel great, especially once i baked them
From: Josh
Comments:These are by far the best skates i have ever owned. I bought these after cracking the holder on my Bauer X60s. Only problem i had originally was a pressure point on my heel, but baking took care of that. clean look, and the ribbed tongue allows for easier mobility and flex. Highly recommend.
From: Kyle (Pittsburgh Vipers 18uAA)
Comments: Very comfortable skate and a very deep skate in terms of depth through
the forefoot and midfoot compared to other skates on the market.
Stiffness is great and the skates are very light. However, after a year
of playing 3 games, my tendon guard on both skates broke and I've had to
replace an eyelet or two. I would buy this skate again for its comfort
and how it maintains its stiffness after break in but I was disappointed
that the tendon guards broke so fast.
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Mom and dad liked to methodically apply each piece of tinsel strand by strand. We kids liked to throw them in clumps until things got out of hand. Those more sophisticated blew them from their palms onto the tree (although this could end in a round of silliness too). Anyway you put it, no tree is complete without the original metallic tinsel of our youth. Hard to come by, it's still around, made in Austria by the original manufacturer for the past 100 years. Each strand is approx. 18". The average 5-6 ft. tree takes 6 packages (depending on personal taste), or one package per 1-2 ft. of tree. Sold in sets of 3.
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David defeats and subjects many nations—The Lord is with him—He executes judgment and justice unto all his people.
1 And after this it came to pass, that David
2 And he smote
3 ¶David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
5 And when the
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the
8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
9 ¶When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
11 Which also king David did
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of
13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of
14 ¶And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of
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Upscale wine bar in Downtown Champaign offering an eclectic menu and outstanding wine list. This local favorite utilizes resources from regional farms to create an outstanding menu. A lounge on one side is great for small groups desiring an intimate evening.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers took the first step Monday toward deploying an EU military force to assist French and African troops trying to quell anarchy and bloodshed in Central African Republic.
France, which sent 1,600 soldiers to CAR last month, wants help. The foreign ministers of the 28-nation European Union agreed Monday on a "crisis management concept," for a multinational European force that would be active for six months and charged with helping stabilize the situation around Bangui, CAR's capital.
Details of the plan remain in flux. Where the soldiers are to come from is still in question. What's more, "approval of concept doesn't mean there will be an operation," said a European Union official who attended the foreign ministers' discussions, and spoke on condition of anonymity because she is not authorized to make on-the-record comments.
A diplomat from a large EU member nation independently confirmed the approval.
EU diplomats interviewed before the meeting said the force, if fielded, would be around battalion strength, perhaps 400 to 600 troops.
At the foreign ministers' meeting, the EU official said, Estonia offered up to 55 service members and Lithuania, Slovenia and Finland said they were considering whether to participate. Greece offered to host the force headquarters.
French President Francois Hollande previously said Poland has offered a transport plane and the personnel to fly and maintain it.
"Within its zone of operations (in and around Bangui), the military force will contribute to the regional and international efforts to protect the most-endangered people and increase the civilians' freedom of movement," the ministers said in a joint statement.
They called for preparations that would allow "rapid establishment" of the force, subject to another authorizing vote by European Union countries.
After six months, the EU detachment would hand off to African Union troops, the ministers said.
Also on Monday, international donors holding a separate meeting in Brussels pledged a total of $496 million in humanitarian assistance for Central African Republic, U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos announced.
"We have a 100-day-plan which is now fully funded and now additional resources which will go toward the plan for the rest of the year," she said. "We need to work on all of them in parallel."
Some $200 million is earmarked for immediate humanitarian needs, with the remainder set aside for financing medium-term projects to help the country get back on its feet, EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said.
"We are all deeply, deeply concerned by the fragmentation and deterioration of the situation in Central African Republic," Amos said.
The Commission, the European Union's executive arm, is contributing about $60 million. The U.S. is giving $45 million, France about the same and Sweden about $13 million, Georgieva said.
The World Bank is set to contribute around $100 million, the African Development Bank another $75 million.
Officials did not immediately provide a more detailed breakdown of the pledges, so it couldn't be immediately established whether some of the aid had been announced before.
Georgieva said Monday's meeting was a decisive step establishing that CAR will no longer be overlooked by international donors.
"Today's meeting put an end to the Central African Republic being an aid orphan, forever," she said.
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South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections
South Dakota's healthcare industry added more workers
than any other industry from 2002-2012. This industry
added 9,700 workers during that period, resulting in growth of
more than 23 percent.
South Dakota's healthcare industry is projected to be among the
largest growth industries through 2020; it will add an estimated
8,560 workers to South Dakota's economy. The rate of growth is
projected to be 17.1 percent, almost double the 8.9 percent growth
projected for all industries.
South Dakota's healthcare industry
is a major source of employment and
earnings in South Dakota, accounting for more
than 15 percent of all workers in privately owned
establishments and more than 19 percent of those
employers' payrolls.
The healthcare practitioners and technical occupations group is projected to
be the fastest-growing occupational group in South Dakota to 2020.
Many healthcare occupations in South Dakota are projected to
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Toyota revealed its Prius c hybrid at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this morning, describing the new member as a car meant for the city. In fact, that's exactly what the "c" in Prius c stands for.
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Toyota's Prius c hybrid has a 73 HP, 1.5-liter 4-cylinder engine with a 60 HP electric motor. It also offers a 144-volt nickel-metal-hydride battery and continuously variable automatic transmission with front-wheel drive. According to Toyota, the estimated gas mileage for the hybrid is 53 mpg city and 46 mpg highway.
The Prius c hybrid is a bit smaller than the original Prius, coming in at 19.1-inches shorter bumper-to-bumper, 542 pounds lighter, and a smaller gas engine with a 1.5-liter instead of a 1.8-liter. It also has 87.4 cubic feet of passenger space and 17.1 cubic feet of cargo volume behind the backseat while the original Prius has 94 cubic feet of passenger space and 21.6 cubic feet of cargo volume.
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"It's sized, priced, styled and packaged to appeal to young buyers on a budget who, until now, have probably found a hybrid experience out of reach," said Jim Lentz, Toyota USA president and CEO. "That's why we view the Prius as a gateway vehicle and a key component of our Prius strategy."
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France 1868 – 1941
Symbolist self-portrait (Vision)
[Autoportrait symbolique (Vision)] 1891
oil on canvas
canvas 81.0 (h) x 60.5 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Purchase 2008
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
In a highly populated self-portrait, Bernard depicts himself at the bottom of the canvas. He bends forward and glances sideways with a background of naked women and paired lovers. Centred at the top is a depiction of the Veil of Veronica, a medieval Catholic relic of the visage of Christ on his way to Calvary and crucifixion. The painter portrays himself in browns, blues and pale flesh, while the phantoms of his imagination are rendered in heated tones of orange and salmon pink. After his experimental essays into Pointillism, his invention of Cloisonnism with Louis Anquetin, and his development of Synthetism with Gauguin, Bernard now looked to a more overt Symbolism. In 1892 he was to join Khnopff, Ferdinand Hodler and Vallotton, among others, in the Salon de la Rose + Croix—an occult and fervently Roman Catholic group seeking to inject Christian religion as the basis of cultural and aesthetic
life in modern France.
1891, however, marked Bernard's final break with Gauguin. In an important essay published that year, Bernard's friend Albert Aurier, the poet and art critic, championed Gauguin as the leader of the avant-garde in painting.1 Already unhappy at the loss of his girlfriend Charlotte Buisse,2 Bernard (only twenty-three years old) wished to assert his primacy in the artistic realm. Anxious about his reputation, and fearful of being overtaken by the older artist as the originator of modern Symbolism, he painted this vision as an overt claim to the style. Instead of the more characteristic self-representations as a painter in front of his canvases, Bernard portrays his creations as equal to reality.
After an argument with Gauguin at his Drouot sale in February 1891, the two men never communicated again. Bernard began to sign his letters 'Vostre fraire en J. Christus'3, and increasingly painted religious subjects. Symbolist self-portrait (Vision) seems a more personal working out of the contradictions of the bourgeois artist and the Symbolist believer in the occult, as well as a realisation in paint of the tension between the pleasures of the body and the salvation of the spirit. The violence of the palette may refer to the non-naturalistic bright red field used by Gauguin in Vision of the sermon (Jacob wrestling with the angel) 1888,4 never duly acknowledged, in Bernard's eyes, as being inspired by his own painting Breton women in the meadow 18885. The anxious young painter seems haunted by his dreams, his God and his art.
Christine Dixon
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
- 'Gauguin: le symbolisme en peinture', Mercure de France, March 1891, quoted in Jane Turner (ed.), The dictionary of art, vol. 2, London: Macmillan 1996, p. 732.
- Mary Anne Stevens, 'Chronology', in Emile Bernard 1868–1941,
a pioneer of modern art, Zwolle: Waanders Verlag 1990, p. 99.
- 'Your brother in J. Christ', Stevens, p. 213.
- Alexander Sturgis, Rupert Christiansen, Lois Oliver et al., Rebels and martyrs: the image of the artist in the nineteenth century, London: National Gallery Company 2006, p. 152. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
- Le pardon de Pont-Aven. Private collection.


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National Youth Orchestra of Canada performs free concert at Laurier July 5
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The National Youth Orchestra of Canada/Orchestre National des Jeunes du Canada (NYOC/ONJC) will present a free chamber music concert in Lauriers Maureen Forrester Recital Hall Friday, July 5 at 7:30 p.m.
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1.6.1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Farmers and ranchers from Kewa Pueblo affected by three major storms this past summer received much needed information on Farm Service Agency programs from the staff of New Mexico's FSA. A workshop was held last month to provide information and answer questions from producers who lost their crops and cattle as a result of these storms.
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Leafs vs Hurricanes - Seeking Revenge for the Eric Staal Treason
February 03 2011 12:02PM
11 days ago, the Leafs suffered a loss to Carolina by the score of 6 to 4. Tim Brent was all that is man with a 3 point night including 2 goals but even he wasn't enough to secure victory in Tobacco Town. This would end up being the first of two occasions that week in which the Leafs found themselves on the losing end. That Friday night, Hurricane captain Eric Staal passed over Phil Kessel with his last pick in the All-Star Fantasy Draft thus making Toronto's favorite awkward son the last pick in the draft. Sure Phil got a car for his troubles but that did little to disguise the great disrepsect perpetrated by Staal.
Merry, merry was not the 28th of January; the day Phil Kessel was picked last of the lot.
I see no reason, why the Eric Staal treason, should ever be forgot.
Some will say that losing the All-Star Game was karma for picking Kessel last, but I personally know karma and she has not yet been satiated. And no, Staal's Hurricanes dropping their first game after the ASG break and the Leafs winning their's is still not enough.
Follow me after the jump for more revenge against the evil Hurricanes.
But the Kessel-Staal situation is not the only one worthy of a little vengeance tonight. The last time the clubs met, Tim Gleason popped Nikolai Kulemin (who should have known he was in a fight) and the Leafs were none to happy with it. Since then however, Gleason had a baby girl, called Kulemin to apologize, and Wilson said no retaliation would be happening. Now the only other person seeking revenge is the Toronto Maple Leaf Guardian who wants to avenge his Hurricane fallen girlfriend Brenda.
She never saw it coming.
But if Devan Dark himself couldn't defeat the Hurricane, then who can? Optimus Reim that's who!! (Side note: In a fight, who would win Optimus Prime or Iron Man?) James Reimer makes the second start of his triumphant return to the Maple Leafs tonight after getting sent down to the Marlies for some reason. He's been incredibly in his current limited run and hopefully tonight continues his path to statuesque glory.
Phil Kessel hattrick; Jame Reimer shutout. Book it. Done. GO LEAFS GO!


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As promised, more photos of the Twilight cast: Kellan Lutz, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Green, and…
Jackson Rathbone – hello, hello, HELL-OH.
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Am not Team Edward, am not Team Jacob… but am now definitely Team Jasper. Only not when he's in costume.
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Masterpieces from Paris has inspired a swathe of stylish summer socialising;
Canberra's newest oasis is here with the Champagne Pol Roger Sculpture Bar, a full service bar in the unique surrounds of the Sculpture Garden. During March the bar and surrounding Sculpture Garden will be transformed into the exclusive venue for Starry Nights, with four nights only of live concerts by some of Australia's most loved musicians, Masterpieces from Paris night viewings, exhibition tours and music throughout the Gallery.
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A series of Tuesday evening masterclass lectures, involving key academics and experts in Post-Impressionist art for enthusiasts who want to delve deeply into the rich artistic content of Masterpieces from Paris. Following each week's lecture, the exhibition opens exclusively to masterclass attendees for one hour (7:00–8:00 pm), allowing participants to avoid the crowds and pay close attention to the works discussed during the lectures.
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Never made a sprite sig before, tried my first one (below) but ended up being distracted by my memories of Secret of Mana and ended up downloading the snes emulator to play it again
I'll make one for SOTW #34 on the weekend, nice entries so far.
Imotochan has taken over the thread!
Ravona's sig is awesome! Like the contrast between the flowers on top and the colourful lines in the bottom.
looks like its time for Mike to break out his own awards...., but like all youth sports you all get trophy's for participating. Hurray!
The votes are in, and the Winner of SOTW #34 is........
1st: Ravona
2nd: [Cross]
3rd: ChukoLiang
Congratulations to Ravona.
General comments:
[Cross] = Voters felt that it was the smoothest looking banner
Arhazivory = A little on the dark side (Darth Arhazivory)
ChukoLiang = A little too blurry needed to be clearer
RogueDreamer = Needed a more striking sprites (wow factor) but very cool
Ravona = Clear and nice use of light effect colours
Note: The votes where collected via pm by me, the members voting where chosen at random from my friends list. (If anyone wants to verify the results pm me)
A big THANK YOU to everyone who voted as all who were asked replied. <3
Oh wow, thanks for doing the voting Wolverine. >< Congrats Rav!
What do you guys want as the next theme? Should we have a theme at all? Should we have an SotW at all? ><
I'd say either go for ffa, a theme where you have to make a full set or a theme where you have to make two sigs which have opposite themes (like happy and sad, warm and cold etc).
Although it does depend on what kind of turnout we're likely to get.
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I recently finished a set of documents on what we now call data aliasing. If nothing else, the issue of terminology proved to be a challenge, with different industries having their own terms to describe this process of reversibly transforming confidential data into an alias that maintains, or is similar to, the original data format. In health informatics this transform is called pseudonymization, which allows private health information (PHI) to be de-identified for certain uses. In the world of payment systems it is called tokenization, and applies – perhaps obviously – to reduce the amount of sensitive card information subject to PCI-DSS regulation. To use a generalized term, data aliasing (as subset of data masking) it is.
At the surface the concept is simple, but the devil – as usual – is in the details. There are different aliasing algorithms (randomization versus encryption), aliasing service architectures (interfacing, and location of databases), and application architectures (where is the aliasing performed). The choice of what to use, in today's environment where product choices are limited, is not trivial. Luckily, as products mature we should see more flexible solutions that are conducive to supporting many of these options, and proper architectural planning can go a long way.
However, the enterprise should not jump on the product bandwagon without considering the big picture. The business and IT should work together to decide on whether to suppress, redact, anonymize, or alias information in order to protect it (and consider not only the security pros and cons, but also those related to usability, availability, etc.) As I discussed in "Will 2010 be "the year of the data?" an information-centric security strategy is vital … perhaps we can use the current buzz around data aliasing, mostly in the form of data tokenization for PCI-DSS, as a way to focus on information as being the core asset.
This is only the beginning of an ongoing thread on data management and data security. Joe Bugajski from out Data Management Strategies team and I will lead off the information-centric security track of our Catalyst Europe conference, discussing how trends in data management and security interact and drive the needs and solutions in the enterprise. And at the RSA 2010 conference I will be on a panel to discuss tokenization in the payment industry. Hope to see you at these conferences, and stay tuned for more.


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Jersey advertising coming to the NHL?
Jason Gregor
July 30 2009 12:01PM
The NHL is always looking at ways to generate more money, and don't be surprised if you see you see a NHL jerseys sporting a "Wanye's Rehab Clinic" logo in the near future.
USA Today had an interesting article describing that ads on practice and game jerseys will be reality very soon.
Read on about what it said regarding the NHL (I cut out the parts that mention the WNBA because, really, who cares):
The hunger for new revenue during the economic downturn has the NBA and NHL entertaining the once-taboo prospect of corporate sponsorships for game uniforms. Beginning this season the NBA will let teams sell ads on their practice jerseys, says deputy commissioner Adam Silver, who adds the league is continuing to explore the issue of ads on game jerseys. "We are operating a diverse business all around the world," Silver says. "(The sponsored game jersey) is a well-established practice in other countries. Ultimately, I think our fans will come to accept it." NHL chief operating officer John Collins says the league might put ads on game jerseys for the right price. The NFL's Tennessee Titans have had a small patch for a local hospital on their practice jerseys since relocating from Houston more than a decade ago, and the league put rules in place last spring to permit the activity league-wide. Five teams — the New York Jets, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears — have taken advantage, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy says. The Jets will get more than $2 million a year from a deal with Atlantic Health that includes practice uniform patches and its name on the team's training facility, says Matthew Higgins, the team's executive vice president of business operations. McCarthy says the NFL initiative excludes certain products, including those of alcohol, tobacco and casino companies. The NHL — which pushed the envelope 30 years ago by allowing teams to sell advertising on the boards — is going high-tech to attract corporate dollars by offering marketers the chance to insert so-called "virtual" ads inside national game telecasts on NBC and Versus. These computer-generated signs, typically superimposed on the crowd, are only visible to TV viewers and not to fans at the game. "As with anything new, you weigh tradition with the commercialization of sports," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says. "Obviously, sports are becoming more commercialized each and every year. We have that debate internally all the time. Where do you draw the line? How much is too much? You have to protect the look and feel of the game. You look at professional hockey played in Europe and there's advertising on jerseys and on the ice. You can have so much advertising on the ice that it can be distracting to players. There's a balance there."
All of you are die-hard hockey fans: if you aren't at the game you'll do almost anything to ensure you're watching at home. Do the virtual ads bother you? And I'm curious if fans would really care if there were logos on NHL jerseys.
I'm a traditionalist in many facets of the game, including how it is presented. The glowing puck pissed me off to no end. How could Americans say they couldn't see a black puck on a white ice, yet they could follow a 100 MPH fastball without a complaint?
I'd rather see them add logos to the jersey than change the size of the net, or ban fighting, or get rid of unlimited overtime in the playoffs. Those are traditions that matter to me. The introduction of third Jerseys or retro Jerseys has softened my stance on what the players wear. I would hope the sponsor logo isn't embedded in the Oiler logo, but if it is on the shoulder patch, I could care less. Although I think a warm up jersey is a better start, rather than the actual game jersey.
When my brother played for the Birmingham Bulls, they had warm up jerseys that were black on the left half and red on the right, and they had a Chevron logo on the front shoulder and on the back below the number. It is one of the coolest looking jerseys I've ever seen, but they didn't wear it in games, only in warm up.
Leagues want to make money, but will logos deface the jersey? Just because it happens in Europe doesn't mean it has to happen here. While players come and go, fans remain loyal to the jersey. Do you want that jersey plastered with "Wanye's Rehab Clinic" or "Brownlee's cure for smoking" logos?
I'm involved with local club hockey and we do advertising all over the place. Its a great and easy way to make some extra money.
Speaking of which.... Anyone looking to advertise?
I don't care if they put adds on the boards, the practice jerseys or even the helmets, put please not the regular jerseys. Although it's not sacred, it's still a uniform. What would we say if police officers wore adds on their uniforms? Or doctors. Or supreme court judges with their santa claus outfits?
Virtual adds are one of my biggest pet peeves while watching NFL games. What's amazing is the number of people who think they're watching feed of a real advertisement at the football game. Same goes for the virtual blimps. They're not real, people!
I'm completly against this sh*t. How much more advertising do we need in the NHL? At Rexall you cant take two steps w/out seing advertisments. On TV its just as bad This is getting retarded. I swear, if they put ANY advertising on these jerseys I will never buy another jersey. Never. At what point do we say enough is enough? I can't wait untill they raise beers to 15 bucks. If these trends continue I seriously question how long my fandom will last. I love sports but I hate hate HATE corporate greed run amok. Hopefully this is just a story and not an actual possibility.
as long as the Jerseys purchased by the fans don't have logo, i don't care
@ Prop Jay: If the adds go on the jerseys I guarntee that the jerseys the fans buy will have the same adds. Look at soccer, no corpotation could resist having millions of fans wearing their corporate logo
I think the more quantity of advertising you have, the more it devalues each individual ad. The value of advertising goes down if you are one of a thousand as opposed to one of ten.
If you're in favour of one small, tasteful logo on a jersey, be prepared to see it get out of control.
30 years ago, someone said, 'maybe if we just put one or two adds on the boards, it wouldn't be so distracting.'
You give them an inch.
Godzilla wrote:
Although it's not sacred, it's still a uniform. What would we say if police officers wore adds on their uniforms? Or doctors.
Well, the police don't go and sell their uniforms to the general public (for obvious reasons). The other professions you mentioned require some form of training and accreditation before practising their trade. We don't go to see police officers uphold our civil liberties in an arena. Comparing police officers and their uniforms to hockey uniforms is misleading. If hockey uniforms were treated like other uniforms there would rarely, if ever, be any changes to them.
We've already seen every hockey jersey become redesigned in the last two years and this is not including retro/third jerseys. Some hockey teams were changing their logo/jerseys every couple of years (e.g. NYI, Buffalo, Phoenix). That's called marketing, adding a sponsor's logo may only be a natural progression.
Police forces may redesign their uniforms in a particular way to enhance the safety of their officers, such as making their accessories more accessible during an arrest, not for marketing.
A hockey team is a form of entertainment for the masses and make money for it's owner(s). A team's jersey is in and of itself a form of marketing for that particular team.
Please be careful when making comparisons between one profession's uniforms and another. They are not equal and are not comparable.
I wouldn't be shocked to see adds on police uniforms. "These batton beating was brought to you by the good people at Hello Kitty. Don't forget to check out the new merch on our website!" Nothing is sacred when it comes to advertising, nothing. It's a slow incremintal progression but eventually almost every aspect of society will incorporate advertising. Soon enough years will be renamed with corporate labels. 2015 will be known as *The Year Of The Adult Depend Diaper* Credit to DFW for that one.
July 30 2009, 04:45PM
id seriously hate the NHL if they do this and might stop watching. ads on the boards and ice are lame enough but tolerable and are masked from the game. but making the actual "players" an ad outside of their equipments manufacture is f***ing bull***t.
capitalist advertising is such a joke. they actually think these stupid ads matter. "wow, theres a subway sign on the boards. id like some subway." no, youre presented with options and you go where you want. the ads dont dictate your decisions, especially when your decisions are LIMITED to a narrow scope of "choices".
if anything, ads only help smaller alternatives like mom and pop deli's, etc, etc... instead of people constantly seeing the corporate hegemony of logos and commercials. people are desensitized to it and dont care. which means the ads on the jerseys mean nothing other than them being there and the money the NHL collects. so go ahead, but its complete crap.
@ Death Metal Nightmare: Good point. Whenever I see the Tim Hortons TV spot for the 15th time a night, I just block it out. It actually makes me angry and less likely to buy a Timmys coffee. The llne ups dont help either.
July 30 2009, 05:04PM
"they had warm up jerseys that were black on the left half and red on the right, and they had a Chevron logo on the front shoulder and on the back below the number. It is one of the coolest looking jerseys I've ever seen..."
I hate to say that jersey doesn't sound very cool looking at all. I'll need to find a picture.
July 30 2009, 05:09PM
DanMan wrote:
I think the best way to get more Americans interested in the game is to have more Sean Averys and JR's. In the mid-90's when the NHL became #3, albeit briefly, in the states, we had Gretzky, Messier, Hull, Coffey, Lemieux, Ed Belfour was #$^%ing crazy, and others. Personalities are important. Bad guys are needed. Claude Lemieux, Ulf Samuelsson, Marchment. There aren't many nowadays. I hate Phaneuf, but does that spread leaguewide?
Fun question: outside of the league head office, who really cares about growing the game in the States?
The game is fine; they'll like it or they won't and I don't much care which.
The league certainly doesn't need (and shouldn't) stoop to trying WWE-style marketing of their players.
If anyone has ever seen the movie "Idiocracy" you get a great idea as to what uncontrolled sponsorship on clothing, etc. leads to.
Jonathan Willis wrote:
Fun question: outside of the league head office, who really cares about growing the game in the States?
I would actually be in favor of shrinking the game in the States. By at least 3 teams.
Deans wrote:
@ Death Metal Nightmare: Good point. Whenever I see the Tim Hortons TV spot for the 15th time a night, I just block it out. It actually makes me angry and less likely to buy a Timmys coffee. The llne ups dont help either.
The crap coffee doesn't, either.
Jonathan Willis wrote:
Fun question: outside of the league head office, who really cares about growing the game in the States? The game is fine; they'll like it or they won't and I don't much care which. The league certainly doesn't need (and shouldn't) stoop to trying WWE-style marketing of their players.
If the game grows in the U.S., then the league earns more money. If the league earns more money, the sport becomes higher profile to athletes. There inevitably follows the inspiration for more (American) kids to want a pair of skates for Christmas just as badly as they want a baseball glove.
The game will only benefit by drawing from a larger talent pool. It certainly didn't hurt when there started to be more and more European superstars as the game's profile grew across the ocean.
Having said that, I completely agree with The Menace: The Menace wrote:
I would actually be in favor of shrinking the game in the States. By at least 3 teams.
It would be like cutting the 90 worst guys in the league. Taker that Drake Berehowsky!
Hell, I'd also like to have a few less games each season 'cause I think it would up the physicality. You can't blame the guys for not playing crash and bang playoff hockey for 82 regular season games, but I do wonder if they could pull it off for 65.
The Sweater is sacred. Dont f*ck with it. Adding 3rd jerseys are fine, changing the jersey every other year is pathetic, putting advertising anywhere on the jersey is an assault on all that is good and holy.
Prop Jay wrote:
as long as the Jerseys purchased by the fans don't have logo, i don't care
I am the opposite, if they throw an ad on the Official Jersey I would buy a jersey off the shelf that includes that ad before one that does not
Ads stats what's next on this site come on guys. I realize there is no important signings to talk about but I have actually resorted to trolling on flameout sites on hockey buzz they are talking about how every player is going to have to keep there heads up in there defensive zone. Yah right like boewmeester is going to lay out crushing blows lmao they say our team has gotten worse. I don't think so there forward corps got worse I we remained so far status quo which isn't so bad I believe if everybody improves a bit and a heathy vis for the year we will have a good battle with those big heads
Can you believe zubov was drafted 85th overall in 1990 guy should have been a 1st rd pick how many players were drafted before him that never even played a game
It's not the worst idea to put ads on a jersey, as long as there is a clear line as to the size and number of ads. I would hate to see the NHL look like a Nascar event.
That being said, I sure hope the money doesn't go to propping up a team that bleeds money (PHO) which the commish won't move b/c of some egotistical agenda.
Dallas wrote:
Ads stats what's next on this site come on guys. I realize there is no important signings to talk about but I have actually resorted to trolling on flameout sites on hockey buzz they are talking about how every player is going to have to keep there heads up in there defensive zone. Yah right like boewmeester is going to lay out crushing blows lmao they say our team has gotten worse. I don't think so there forward corps got worse I we remained so far status quo which isn't so bad I believe if everybody improves a bit and a heathy vis for the year we will have a good battle with those big heads
Can anybody tell me what language this is so I can run it through Google translator?
I re read my post and had no trouble reading it there David s maybe if you had made it past grade 3 you could read simple English
@ David S:
You make some good points but that is not simple english.
I can't believe the NHL hasn't done it already. I remember watching the Canada Cup games and seeing advertising on the boards and thinking that I would never see it in the NHL. Well, you guessed it..
David S wrote:
Dallas wrote: I we remained so far status quo which isn't so bad Can anybody tell me what language this is so I can run it through Google translator?
you'd have better luck running it through a Bong.
Dallas wrote:
I re read my post and had no trouble reading it there David s maybe if you had made it past grade 3 you could read simple English
Yes I we remained was my bad but I'm sure you knew what I meant and I have seen a heck of a lot worse writing on here
Should have said yet we have remained status quo so far. Is that better for you Mr.David.S and I am sorry if I ramble on with very little comma's and periods I am using an iPhone which is not as convienant as a keyboard
@ Dallas: Hey!!!!! Wayne tries his best. (joking...respect...don't boot me)
@ Dallas: no worries dude, i used to have an iphone and that thing was pure hell when it came to articulating the english language
I can haz cheezeburger?
The internet is full of people who need to be shot in the face.
Lol peoples
i hate the idea. to me, the jersey is just as sacred as unending overtimes in the playoffs. i dont mind so much if the team supports a cause, buy wearing a token. like the pink ribbon. its a temporary cause, and its not like the jersey I buy will have a pink ribbon.
but ill be damned if i buy a jersey with a "Fizzy Pop" patch.
i dont mind retro/3rd jersies, and if a team wants to change their logo every few years, so be it. but please dont deface the jersies with something that doesnt have anything at all to do with hockey.
and that blue puck pissed me off too. :)
oops, shoulda re read that. i meant *its a temporary token, and a worthy cause.*
Deans wrote:
I can't wait untill they raise beers to 15 bucks.
Go to a game at the ACC in Toronto beer price ranges from 8 buck for a small to 14 and change for a large which is marginally bigger than the ones you get at Rexall.
DanMan wrote:
I hate Phaneuf, but does that spread leaguewide?
No, But his girlfriends legs do!
@ Shifty:
doesn't like every minor hockey team in the world have a sponsor on the back? if your 8 year old son can be sponsored by a company why cant the professionals?
also the friggin CFL has sponsors on their jerseys, it hasn't ruined any of their jerseys
Lmao I hate phaneuf too he is one ugly mofo and seriously does he know how to smile. Even at the allstar game Iggy was laughin and joking around with him and the loser never cracked a smile
Ok, people really should stop whining about the evolution of advertising in sports. Yes it's some sort of tradition, but it is also a business! Look at ads on boards, now you barely notice them because they are everywhere. People moaned about corporate name on arenas, well now every single one (cept maybe Joe Louis arena I think?) has one. Hockey is still the same.
Ads on soccer teams haven't devalued that sport not one iota. Why do you think it will devalue the NHL? And it's not going to be a monstrosity like Nascar, execs still want people buying their jerseys outside the fan base, they will try to make it as nice as possible.
nefl is way better than nhl adiversiting the palyers are better and peyton manning iis the funniest ever.nhl is stupid for the players no adv for funny and i t needs to have walmrat on it
Off topic here, but when this collective bargaining agreement is over, do any of you feel the structure will be vastly different in able to better prevent the issue with some of the players bolting to the KHL? Is there anything that can be done without getting rid of the salary cap? Getting more money, non-taxed money regardless of the quality of hockey or facilities seems to be attracting players, even if just for a couple years to line their pockets. Do any of you think that if we got rid of the struggling teams and moved them to cities that would spend to the cap, that we would be able to keep more of these players here? How many teams do not spend near the cap? If they did, how many more million dollars would be available to keep some of these players from bolting?
jeanshorts wrote:
@ Shifty: SUSPENDED!
It was worth it. That was too nice of a setup.
James wrote:
nefl is way better than nhl adiversiting the palyers are better and peyton manning iis the funniest ever.nhl is stupid for the players no adv for funny and i t needs to have walmrat on it
Wow! Reason 1 to avoid TUI (Texting Under the Influence)
Word wrote:
Hell, I'd also like to have a few less games each season 'cause I think it would up the physicality. You can't blame the guys for not playing crash and bang playoff hockey for 82 regular season games, but I do wonder if they could pull it off for 65.
Amen to that Word. I've been preaching this idea to anyone who will listen for years. It would mean playoff style hockey for more of the year and would grow the sport IMO. It'll never happen though as it would mean a short-term loss of revenue for the owners, and they are too short-sighted to ever implement something like this.
It would also make games all year more meaningfull, and might actually justify paying $120 for a ticket in Oct / Nov.
July 31 2009, 09:19AM
I can see it now. The Stars lead the league in head injuries after Target throws their logo on the back of the team's helmets.
The Menace wrote:
dyckster wrote: Yup, I can here it now as the team hits the ice at the beginning of each period, "Here come your Pain in the ass flames with the leaky defense!" Wow, I'll never be in Marketing…. How about, "and the Tampax Calgary Flames begin this period with a roar from the sea of red"?
How about this one.... Why are the Calgary Flames called the Tampax Calgary Flames???? Because they are only good for one period and have no second string. :D


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Visions of Beauty—Inside the Victorian Artists Salon & Studio presented in partnership with Dark Garden & the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Artist Salon
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Marie Spartali (Virginia Solomon) sketching Ophelia (Tabitha Warren) of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Artists Salon.
The Legion of Honor transports you to London, England, during the time of Oscar Wilde for a look at the Aesthetic Movement. See how a rebellious group of young artists changed the culture with their vision of "art for art's sake" as examined in the special exhibition The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900. Don't miss an exclusive series of programs featuring music, costumes, hands-on art making, and more, presented on select Saturdays and Sundays throughout the exhibition. The dates of the series are 2/18, 2/26, 3/11, 3/18, 4/8 and 5/12.
Visions of Beauty—Inside the Victorian Artists Salon
Galleries 8,10 & 12
noon–3 p.m.
You are invited to a special day in the Artists Salon when we reanimate the personalities of the Victorian avant-garde. Sit down and gaze into the eyes of Elizabeth Siddal and converse with William Morris! The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Artists Salon brings the Legion of Honor galleries to life while you take your turn at sketching models. Become a fan of the Pre-Raphelite Society on Facebook.
The day's programs also include special guests from Dark Garden Corsetry in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood. Learn about the evolution of Victorian fashion from corsets to the Aesthetic ideal. Representatives and artisans will be on site to teach you about the histories of women's and men's fashions in the era.
(Left to right) Algernon Charles Swinburne (Raymond Andre III) reading his poetry; Lillie Langtry (Jane Barnes Doherty) playing her vintage guitar.
Upcoming "Cult of Beauty" Public Programs:
Sunday, March 18: Fantasy, Science, and Magic
Sunday, April 8: A Victorian Easter Wonderland
Sunday, May 12: Muses, Music, and Divas by leading academics Peter Trippi and Tim Barringer
Ticket Information
Programs are free after museum admission. Special exhibition admission not included in public programs.
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By Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – When Frances Lindsey began working in grocery stores in 1962, bread was 29 cents a loaf and a package of bacon cost a half-dollar.
"Food was cheap then," said Lindsay, 72. "Twenty dollars would have filled up two buggy loads of groceries."
Lindsey has seen a lot of changes in the 51 years she's either been checking, managing or bookkeeping for various grocery stores.
But on Friday, she said goodbye to the working world as she spent her last day as a cashier at the Kroger at Crosstown, where she has worked for the past eight years.
"I'll miss my co-workers and all my customers I've had over the years," said Lindsey. "But now, it's my time to go. It's time to start a new life."
Lindsey said she still remembers the first thing she ever checked out as a cashier: It was a peach she weighed on an old Mercury scale.
"Back then, everything – all the cans – were marked with prices and you punched the amount into a cash register," she said. "You had to give change back from your head – there was no machine to tell you how much to give them back."
Lindsey started her career at a Jitney Jungle in Franklinton, La., in 1962. In October 1968, she moved to Tupelo.
"I went to the Kroger (in the Goodyear building on Main Street), but they didn't need any help," she said. "So I went to the A&P and Mr. Price Harper hired me. Herman Page bought A&P's stock and I worked for him until Jitney Jungle came to Tupelo."
When the Jitney closed in Tupelo, Lindsey was transferred to the store in Pontotoc. Winn-Dixie eventually bought their stock and closed the store, and Lindsey landed back in Tupelo at the Kroger.
Miss Frances, as she's affectionately called by her co-workers and even her supervisors, had already been at the Crosstown store for a couple of years when Michael Storey came on board as manager.
"She has been the most dependable associate I've ever worked with," Storey said. "Even in the snow, she was here. She had her pastor bring her to work the last time it snowed so hard. She gets here 30 minutes before her shift starts so she's never late."
Lindsey said she'll miss getting up early to work the first shift at the grocery store. But retirement doesn't mean she'll be sitting at home twiddling her thumbs.
On Sunday, she's going to be married in a private ceremony to a man she's known since her childhood in Tylertown.
"We grew up together," she said. "He lived three houses down from me. We plan to do some traveling."
Lindsey said never in the half-century she spent in grocery stores did she even once consider switching careers.
"I loved it," she said. "I loved seeing the different customers every day. I just enjoyed my work."
One customer in particular who's going to miss her is U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
"I have a lump in my throat," Wicker said when he heard that Friday was Miss Frances' last day to work. "Anytime I go in there I try to get in her line. She has waited on three generations of my family – my dad, my children and me."
Wicker said he believes that whatever job you have, you need to do it well.
"She took pride in her work and she was good at it," he said. "She always had such a wonderful spirit. It was truly a joy to deal with her even for those brief moments at the store."


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Less Regulatory Burden for Small Businesses
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission said: "In this time of crisis we are putting all our energy in promoting the best possible conditions for growth and job creation. The smallest enterprises have a central role in economic recovery, but at the same time they are the most vulnerable. For them, complying with regulation can be ten times more expensive than for large companies. We therefore want to lend them a helping hand and reduce the regulatory burden to a minimum so that their growth potential is fully unleashed for the benefit of the European economy."
As of January 2012 the Commission will further:
- step up the search for exemptions or lighter requirements for micro-enterprises in existing and new EU legislation;
- strengthen the processes by which micro-enterprises and other SMEs are consulted when reviewing existing EU regulation and preparing new EU laws.
- produce annual scoreboards to evaluate the real benefits for businesses and to ensure a continuing focus on their needs and interests .
The 'Single Market Act' and the revised 'Small Business Act' with its 'Think Small First' principle clearly underline the Commission's commitment to support the development of the European SMEs. The initiatives launched today are the latest in a series under the Smart Regulation agenda aiming at improving legislation for European businesses. Around 200 legal acts that bring substantial benefits for businesses have already been adopted with the "Simplification Rolling Programme". With the Action Plan for Administrative Burden Reduction, the Commission has tabled reduction proposals for 39 billion Euros for enterprises.
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