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I just voted in the latest contest between Episode One figures, and I noted I completely disagree with most of the results.
JediTricks will probably love my conclusion because if all the vans voted as I would have (given the match pairings stayed the same), Watto would end up winning my vote for the ultimate best Episode One figure. -but note, poor Mr. Watto was disqualified in the very first round, and lost to TC-14 of all things.
Well, here's a rant as to how I would have voted and why (given their match pairings)
OOM-9 vs Maul - I'd pick Maul: articulation, durablity, paint job, interesting character.
Adi Gallia vs Destroyer - I'd pick Destroyer (not chosen) because of superior sculpt, action feature, large size. Not that Adi Gallia isn't one of my favorite Episode One extras, but...
And between Maul and even the Destroyer, I'd still choose Maul, for all the above reasons.
I did choose Maul over Adi Gallia and hope he wins this round.
Between the Queen and Panaka, I'd go with Panaka, like the fans did. Cool pose, interesting new character, good likeness, colorful costume, bad *** warrior.
Between the BattleDroid and Master Yoda, I'd go with the BattleDroid. I never felt the Episode One figure did Yoda justice - he should be sculpted with two legs by now. The vintage is still superior in everything but head scupt for Yoda. As to the droid, while flimsy, a lot of articulation and a useful army builder with practical paint variations. I would have chosen the Droid. (Not Chosen by Fans)
Between Panaka and the Droid, I'd choose Panaka for the same reasons, and just that he's more exciting than a 'dumb droid.'
So between Panaka and Yoda, I'm still for Panaka. He's by far the best figure out of this bunch... hope the captain wins.
With R2 (Booster Rockets) and JarJar, there is no question between both a traditional Star Wars favorite character, and a whatever, plus this is one of the most ingenious action features on an R2D2 figure yet, and I hope to see the lost scene restored on the Phantom DVD. Also, R2 is molded on an impressive (larger) and better scale, to me.
Between Ki Adi Mundi and the Naboo Royal Guard, I would have gone with the Guard. (Not the fans' pick) He has a removeable helmet which carries on a nice new trend for those of us watching Hasbro since 1995, and he has an exciting action pose, looks serious and brave, and is a nice ethnic variation from the typical generic troopers we've seen in the past. Ki does have a great paint job, has become a favorite comic book character, and is a Jedi, but I'm hoping for an Episode 2 or 3 resculpt of Mr. Mundi, with more articulation and action posing possiblities. This was the toughest call yet, though. But the Guard gets it.
For the same reason, I would go with the Guard over R2D2. In Ki Adi Mundi's case, I'd vote for R2D2 (and hope he wins) because of R2's fine engineering again. Ki is way cool though, and it's still the toughest call. He's the most deserving so far, to have gone as far as he's gotten.
Between Tarpals and the Queen (Coruscant) I would have chosen the Gungan all the way. The Coruscant Queen was never painted that well, and had limited sculpting done for her. Compare that Amidala to the POTJ Theed Invasion Queen, and you'll see how good the Senate Queen could have been done. Tarpals is perfect with extra sculpted armor and an appropriate accessory. He's close to the best Gungan sculpt there is, too -what with his whiskers. (But the Queen won)
Between Anakin and Obi-Wan (Jedi Knight), I would have chosen Anakin all the way. Obi-Wan's head leans to the left on every one of his figures I've seen (this is the soft goods figure) and while the resculpt was good to make a figure kids could put in vehicles (that could sit down), they have almost never yet made a sculpt that looks like Ewan McGreggor. For doing a child for the first time, and making it look like him, Anakin came out great. (Obi-Wan actually won).
Between Anakin and Tarpals, I would've gone with Tarpals (who obviously can't make it now). I might've chosen the Queen over Anakin, due to her original look and different sculpting. But while Tarpals should've taken this whole round, I will now be voting for the Queen. There's no way THAT Obi-Wan deserves to take this away from these rounds. As a matter of fact, the only Obi-Wan I really like is the 2 pack Generator Duel Obi-Wan. And that's rough as he's one of my favorite characters - and will be my favorite prequel character, no doubt. Here's to hope for good Episode 2 figures with RealScans of Ewan McGreggor!
So who would win this division for me? Maul vs. Panaka, I'd still go with Maul unless Adi Gallia beats him. Then I'd go with Panaka.
Tarpals verse the Naboo Guard? I'd go with the Guard - he's more exciting. But if it comes down to Ki versus the Queen, I'll go with Ki even though neither of them were my first choices. At least Ki doesn't screw up his paint job - and he's that much more exciting!
Then Darth Maul's superior paint job and articulation would have to aide him in sweeping this division title. In the real poll, he still has a very favorable chance if he defeats Adi Gallia and then Ki Adi Mundi. It really is the Jedi vs. the Sith. I'm rooting for the Sith!
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It seems I'm always on the Sith side of things, he-he-he, as the "Eastern Division" gets under way over here. Fans voted more closely to how I would in these cases I think.
Palpatine vs. Qui-Gon Jedi Master (soft goods) - there is no doubt that the quiet threat of the future Galactic Emperor as well as nice material choices for his robe, an appropriate Senate Cam accessory, and a great likeness take me to conclude in the Senator's favor. Qui-Gon playing Braveheart (or Rob Roy) doesn't do it for me. It was a nice figure though, compared to the Obi-Wan soft goods.
Between the PodRacers, Ody and Gasgano? Well 6 arms are better than 2! Gasgano was a wild new type of sculpt!
But there was no question about it between some twig pieces of plastic, and a dignified Senator. Palpatine deserved to win!
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Ric Olee vs. Nute Gunray presents a problem. I love alien figures -that's what makes Star Wars collecting so much fun. But Nute annoyed me and pegwarmed bad, too. Ric is a pilot with a removeable helmet. Not exactly Rogue Squadron, but maybe Ric's taking back the galaxy, too: one hair follicle replaced at a time! So I'd choose Ric over Nute's limited poseability, but Hasbro did give him a cool sculpt, and two REAL legs - more than we'd expected or hoped for. (But Ric was not the Fans' choice)
Darth Sidious or Pit Droids? Two-packs are nice, but why bother asking? The Sith Lord had two legs, and a vastly superior sculpt over earlier Emperor Palpatine sculpt styles Hasbro could've emulated. Sidious was Lord of Quality.
Between Ric Olee and Darth Sidious, I would've chosen the N1 fighter pilot though. Accesories, detail, and a colorful addition to my collection. But we never saw that match.
Instead it's Sidious vs. Nute, and I'd have to go with Nute for color choices, the alien factor, and details allowed in his design.
But Nute will not beat Palpatine in the next round!
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How could Sio Bibble defeat C-3PO? Threepio is one of the best paint jobs I've seen in the entire line!
Mace or Valorum? Who's the Master?
Mace or Threepio, though? I still would've gone with the Talkative One. Between Mace and Sio Bibble, I'll choose Mace though. I'm glad they made the Governor, but he's just not as exciting as a Jedi, and they could have detailed him more like the effort put into Palpatine's figure.
So Mace will win this, while I think it should've been the Droid.
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Rune and Padme? Rune deserved it - an alien, a superior sculpt and paint job, plus extra effort to give him legs and material choice detailing. Padme does look more like Natalie Portman than any other figure they've done, except for maybe Theed Invasion Queen.
TC-14 vs. Watto! Uuuggh! How could TC-14 win? He's very useful, as E-3PO, U-3PO, as well as the Trade Federation Droid, so I am very glad when Hasbro repaints theses droids like R2B1 (who was not in the poll for whatever reason???) but Watto was perhaps their greatest sculpt and the first figure with wings that I can recall, not to mention appropriate accessory, etc.
Rune will get my vote as it stands, but it should've been Watto! (Rune will beat TC-14, or should at least)
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Palpatine would still take the cake from Ric Olee (my choice for that round) or Darth Sidious.
Threepio would not defeat Watto, but we'll never see that match. So between Sio Bibble, Mace, Rune, and TC-14, I think Rune Haako has to come away with it.
Between all these, I'd still wind up going with Senator Palpatine. He was one of the first Episode One figures I got my hands on, in the Midnight Madness, and ever since SirSteve previewed the pictures, I wanted my Palpatine. The Senator is winning, and we all know that conquest is his destiny! All Hail Lord Palpatine!
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But if it came down to Palpatine vs. Watto, I'd vote for Watto any day. Palpatine will defeat Rune, and then it will be Palpatine vs. Maul.
Remember, who is the Master? Palpatine should win! (But maybe won't if all the kids are voting) This is a tough choice: Maul is more exciting and both are very detailed in terms of paint jobs. Maul has articulation, Palpatine has superior materials.
But Watto would've defeated Maul in my book.
Well, in a few weeks we'll all be able to see how this turns out!
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Omitted figures that Hasbro forgot: Naboo Jedi and Anakin, Swimming JarJar, Maul Tatooine and Soft Goods, Sidious Hologram, Naboo Security (not that we care), Boss Nass (not that we'd even think of caring), regular Destroyer Droid, and R2B1 - one of the best they should've included).


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KathyChung, Monday April 18, 2011 - 12:43pm
No need for Monday to be dull when there are presenters to meet !
But first, have you signed up for our conference email newsletter? If you've ever received one from us before, you're already signed up. Not sure? Sign up today! We will NOT inundate you with email, but a few times a year, fewer than ten, we send out a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on all the SiWC news. Our first newsletter of 2011 will be coming up in the next few weeks.
A random pick from our terrific presenter list came up with a good mix today: a storyteller, a writers' university dean, and a former Green Beret:
A warm SiWC welcome to storyteller Ivan Coyote, agent Laurie McLean, and author Bob Mayer!
Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of six collections of short stories, one novel, three CD's, four short films and a renowned performer, Ivan's first love is live storytelling, and over the last seventeen years she has become an audience favourite at music, poetry, spoken word and writer's festivals from Anchorage to Amsterdam. The Globe and Mail called Ivan "a natural-born storyteller" and Ottawa X Press said "Coyote is to CanLit what k.d. lang is to country music: a beautifully odd fixture." Toronto Star praises Coyote's "talent for sketching the bizarre in the everyday", and Quill's Magazine says Ivan has a "distinctive and persuasive voice, a flawless sense of pacing, and an impeccable sense of story." Ivan's column, Loose End has appeared monthly in Xtra West magazine since 2001. Her first novel, Bow Grip, was released in the fall of 2006, and was awarded the Relit award for best fiction and named by the American Library Association as a Stonewall honor book in literature. Her latest collection, Missed Her, was released in the fall of 2010.
At Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents in San Francisco, Northern California's oldest literary agency founded in 1972, Laurie McLean represents adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, nouveau westerns, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, etc.) as well as middle-grade and young-adult books. She looks for great writing, first and foremost, followed by memorable characters, a searing storyline and solid world building.
For more than 20 years Laurie ran a multi-million dollar eponymous public relations agency in California's Silicon Valley. She is passionate about marketing, publicity, negotiating, editing and a host of other business-critical areas. She is also a novelist herself, so she can empathize with the author's journey to and through publication.
Laurie is the dean of the new non-profit San Francisco Writers University, a social networking hub for writers with online and live classes, at www.SFWritersU.com.
NY Times bestselling author Bob Mayer has over 40 books published. He has over four million books in print and is in demand as a team-building, life-change, and leadership speaker and consultant for his Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way concept which he translates into Warrior Writer: a holistic program teaching writers how to be authors. He is also the Co-Creator of Who Dares Wins Publishing, which does both eBooks and Print On Demand, so he has experience in both traditional and non-traditional publishing. He is actively seeking backlist & submissions.
Born in the Bronx, Bob attended West Point and earned a BA in psychology with honors and then served as an Infantry platoon leader, a battalion scout platoon leader, and a brigade recon platoon leader in the 1st Cavalry Division. He joined Special Forces and commanded a Green Beret A Team. He served as the operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and with Special Operations Command (Special Projects) in Hawaii. Later he taught at the Special Forces Qualification Course at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, the course which trains new Green Berets. He lived in Korea where he earned a Black Belt in Martial Arts. He's earned a Masters Degree in Education and currently teaches writing at the University of Washington.
Bob draws on all of these experiences to write his novels and his nonfiction books, including WHO DARES WINS: The Green Beret Way to Conquer Fear & Succeed; The Novel Writer's Toolkit: A Guide To Writing Great Fiction And Getting It Published; and Warrior Writer: From Writer to Successful Author. His novels include the bestselling Area 51 books and collaborations with Jennifer Crusie. His books have hit the NY Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and numerous other bestseller lists.
Welcome Ivan, Laurie, and Bob!
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This is the weekend for the unbeaten clashes.
Tomorrow, excitement machine Habibi attempts to keep her winning picket fence formline intact and by tonight one of the two unbeaten colts in Sydney will be beaten for the first time.
New Zealand hero Sacred Falls, now trained in Sydney by Chris Waller, will take on Rebel Dane in the A$175,000 Royal Sovereign Stakes at Rosehill.
Sacred Falls is six from six and Rebel Dane is unbeaten in three outings for Warwick Farm trainer Gary Portelli.
Australian bookmakers have Rebel Dane the $2.60 favourite over Sacred Falls at $3.50.
Ashokan, to be ridden by James McDonald, is third favourite at $5.50, but this is seen as a race between two.
Sacred Falls will once again be ridden by Leith Innes, who made an earlier special trip to Sydney to ride the colt in a barrier trial.
Chris Waller said yesterday he would prefer to see Sacred Falls settle a little handier to the speed than he traditionally did in New Zealand.
All eyes will be on Habibi when she tackles the $85,000 The Falls Restaurant/Avondale Guineas.
She is the sole filly in the race and the pressure is on trainers Dean and Donna Logan. "Yes, you are always aware of it when horses are unbeaten," says Dean Logan.
At the draws the horse to beat is Choice Bro, who looked magnificent in winning at Ellerslie last start after being caught in a pocket early in the run home.
From the No2 gate, Choice Bro is going to get a great drag along behind the speed for Jonathan Riddell. The colt has yet to prove he can run 2100m successfully, but if he can he will make the finish of this race interesting.
Weissmuller is likely to find a track more yielding than the one he failed to hit out on in the Guineas at Te Rapa.
He is a class act and if he gets conditions to suit, he will be right there.
Castlzeberg's Waikato Guineas win was no fluke. He simply outstayed them and the 2100m will not trouble him.
Sangster is nowhere near as well placed in tomorrow's $85,000 Cardinal Logistics Avondale Gold Cup as he was in last week's victory in the $200,000 Darci Brahma International. Nor as well placed as he will be in the Auckland Cup next month.
But even with the 59kg, he looked so devastating last week he is still the horse to beat.
My Scotsgrey and Blood Brotha are classy stayers and there is potential for an upset among the others.


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By Tiernan Ray
Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q3 results on July 23rd, which means it's time for the Street to prognosticate what we'll hear from the company.
The Street is modeling $35 billion in revenue and $7.33 per share in profit.
Two came my way today, from R.W. Baird's William Power, who has a Neutral rating on the stock, and a $438 price target, and from Edward Parker of Lazard Capital Markets, who has a $500 price target.
Parker, titling his note to clients "A long, hot summer," writes that "Supply chain data points continue to be soft and notable misses from Samsung [Electronics (005930KS), BlackBerry (BBRY), and HTC (2498TW) suggest that general flagship smartphone fatigue, due in part to the lack of compelling new features, may provide an incremental headwind for Apple as it manages its next product transition."
The June quarter will be "fine," he thinks, but September's estimates may be at risk, and the stock "is likely to remain adrift in the near-term," by which he means, the rest of the summer, with stock valuation and the enormous capital allocation program providing support "in the low- to mid-$400s."
He advises investors to look past the lull to a brighter future:
We are meaningfully below consensus at 65M 2H iPhone units, suggesting a down year. While this may ultimately prove conservative, we think uncertain timing for the launch of the 5S and a lower end model render it an appropriate base case. We remain focused on the fact that refreshed phones/tablets should result in a revenue growth and profitability inflection point following the September quarter […] Concerns regarding the share loss and the sustainability of margins continue to be excessive, in our view. Apple continues to command a unique "storage" business model, not only levered to data creation but instrumental in providing utility to data storage in ways its competitors cannot. We continue to focus on "ecosystem" metrics, as maniacally focusing on customer loyalty via the industry's best user experience for the purpose of driving iOS proliferation remains the optimal long-term strategy. That said, we maintain our positive stance.
Parker is modeling Q3 revenue of $34.39 billion and $7.12 per share in profit.
Power, on the other hand, who sees a "roughly in-line" Q3, with $34.5 billion in revenue and $6.96 per share, thinks there could be downside to his forecast of 29 million iPhones sold in the quarter. He thinks Q4 will be "likely not great either," with perhaps $35.2 billion in revenue and $6.98 per share in profit, which is well below the consensus of $37.79 billion and $8.05 per share.
Like Parker, he opines there's little to move the stock at the moment:
We suspect many of the current-quarter and next-generation product concerns are at least partly in the stock. Whether the stock gets the same bounce as in the past on new product hype is less clear. Absent any unexpected announcements, we are not currently expecting major movement.
He thinks a lower-cost iPhone and 2014′s surprises may be something to look forward to, but with less confidence than Parker:
While a lower-priced iPhone should expand the addressable market, we remain concerned over potential margin and cannibalization impacts, and thus aren't banking on that as a positive catalyst. 2014 pivotal year. With a potential bigger screen iPhone, iTV and perhaps new wearable devices, 2014 could prove to be the bigger year for innovation and the stock. Unfortunately, timing for all of that remains unclear.
Apple stock is up $1.09 at $428.53, reversing earlier losses.


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Here is the 360 degree view at "Rocknest" in Gale Crater, Mars, stitched together from 270 individual 1200x1200px frames shot between Sols 64 and 72 (October 10th to 24th, 2012) by by the Mastcam 100mm camera aboard NASA/JPL's Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity". The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are almost three months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life. For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl , www.nasa.gov/mars and mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl
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great job on this panorama i seem to find some really good shots of the martian kind.
you can observe these panorama for days, always finding new a-noma-lies... thx for this.
Kudos on this great interactive Mars visit opportunity. Spectacular.
Any idea what the scale of these shots are? Looks like rover tracks on the left, and if that is the case, then most of the rocks are actually pebbles? Without a scale there is no way to know how big anything is, or is not? Thanks for sharing this awesome panorama!
Ed! Thank you so much for doing this! The panorama is absolutely gigantic and magnificent. Much appreciation! - Impreprex from UMSF.com


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Ok, heres the deal. The only book I have EVER read was Tales Of Jabba's Palace, and LOVED it. But, I have no idea what happened after ROTJ! I have heard some things, although I'n not sure if they are all true.
1)Emperor is still alive? I heard he had clones of himself or something, that true?
2)God no........Chewy......dead..?
3)Leia is now a Jedi, and has kids with Han? How many, and whats their names?
4) Did luke marry Mara Jade? If so, do they have kids?
5)Whats going on with 3P0,R2,Ackbar,Mon Mothma,Wedge,Lando, or Madine?
6)Is there more Jedi besides Luke, Leia(?), and Mara Jade? I heard Luke started a Jedi Acadamy, is this true?
7) Are the old gang(LukeHan,Leia, ya know) part of the new Republic? If so, did they start it?
8)Does Luke still see Obi-Wan?
9)What role do the old gang play now? I mean, what do they do? I know Luke is a Jedi and all, but is the Empire still around to keep them busy, or...what?
Ok, the REEEEEEEEEEEASON I am asking so many questions is, I'm going to start reading all the new books and comics put out, and I will be soooo lost without your help.
So if you can think of ANYTHING else that you think might help me so I wont be so lost, please tell me Like, is there any new players, that might not be so new to you guys, but will be to me(since Jedi was the end of the saga for me)? I dont even know who Thrawn is.
Well, I know this is a huge favor, but thanks in advance for any help I might get.


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JACKSON – Various sources have confirmed that the Legislature will take up incentives in Friday's special session to lure a major foreign tire manufacturing plant to Clay County.
But officials say information on the size of the incentive package will not be made available to the public until just before lawmakers convene.
Gov. Phil Bryant announced Wednesday morning he was calling the special session "to consider an economic development package that will bring needed jobs to our state. This is an exciting project and a great testament to the quality of our workforce."
The Republican governor has not released any other details. But House Ways and Means Chair Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, said the project would be on the scale of the major automotive manufacturing plants – Nissan and Toyota – that have located in the state in the past decade.
"This is really a big deal as far as size," said Smith, who would not confirm other reports that the plant would manufacturer tires and that it would be located in Clay County. He also said the hope is that the manufacturer locating in the state could lure another auto manufacturer.
Various reports said that the yet-to-be named tire manufacturer would bring as many as 800 jobs to jobs-starved Clay County, but Smith said the number would exceed that. He also said the company's investment in the area would rival that of Nissan near Canton in the early 2000s and Toyota in Blue Springs in 2007. Both invested more than $1 billion into manufacturing plants.
But Smith said the incentive package provided to lure the plant to the state would be less than the $78,000-per-job Nissan received in the early 2000s.
The plant will be welcomed news to Clay County, which has perennially had the state's highest unemployment rate since the Sara Lee meat processing plant closed in March 2007, leaving 1,200 people in the area without jobs.
"In this difficult and fragile national economy, creating an environment that encourages job creation has been our No. 1 priority," said Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who praised Bryant and Mississippi Development Authority officials for working "closely" with the legislative leadership on the project.
Reeves added, "I anticipate the Senate will be eager to pass the proposed incentives. I fully support the project."
House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, also praised the project.
"It's always exciting when we are looking at creating jobs in Mississippi," Gunn said.
House Minority Leader Bobby Moak, D-Bogue Chitto, said he supports the project, but wished that more information would be available before the Legislature goes into session Friday.
But, "take that up with the people running the ship," Moak said.
MDA Executive Director Brent Christensen has invited legislators to "a confidential briefing" closed to the public tonight at a private Jackson reception hall.
Mick Bullock, a spokesman for Bryant, said information on the incentive package will not be available to the public until Friday morning. The plan of the leadership is for the package to be passed Friday in a one-day special session.
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The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966. These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Chris Brook.
BORED GAMES | 5 years ago | January 26, 2001 |
Chris Wright suggested ways to keep from going stir-crazy during the winter months.
"Late January. The whole world's coated with a flinty shell of ice. To set foot outside your door is to risk a bone-shattering pratfall or a blood-plundering bout of flu. So you stay indoors. You watch Law and Order and you eat. You watch Sabrina the Teenage Witch and eat more. Suddenly, without really knowing how you got there, you are a fat, lonely, bitter person…
"Here, then, is a regimen of five daily activities to keep yourself occupied through these long, grueling winter months:
• Press your face up against a window and yell, 'I'm stuck!'
• Call up Guinness World Records Ltd. and tell them you want to set the record for Most Calls to Guinness World Records. When they hang up, call them back.
• Learn how to bowl using eggs.
• Track and capture a cockroach. Try to determine its sex.
• Perfect your sigh.
BRATTLE WOUNDS | 10 years ago | January 26, 1996 |
Gerald Peary discussed the future of the Brattle Theatre with its owners.
" 'We're not in trouble to the point of changing our programming, and we're paying our bills,' says Marianne Lampke, co-director of Cambridge's Brattle Theatre. 'But it's time to acknowledge out loud that, as an independent art house, we have to do more than just sit out our problems. We have to forge a creative collaboration with another group. ...
"Everyone admires the Brattle's program, usually a different double feature each day. But Lampke and Connie White, who have managed the Brattle for the past nine years through their company Running Arts, Inc., foot the bills alone. ...
"Simultaneously, Lampke and White are struggling to reduce the $100,000 debt that the Brattle accrued fixing up the ancient theater, including rebuilding the projection booth…
" 'Maybe because of our programming, there's a misconception that we're a non-profit theater, a community-run place,' Lampke explains. 'But Running Arts is our company, our small business, and people need to understand that we're like a mom-and-pop drugstore having a very hard time staying competitive. Running old movies as the Brattle does, is, let's face it, not a great lucrative idea, though it's something we do happily for film fanatics.' "
CANDY BREAK | 15 years ago | January 25, 1991 |
Mark Leibovich investigated the mysteries behind the latest Life Saver product, "Holes."
"Picking up on the Dunkin' Munchkin concept of making do with holes (in that case, donut holes), Life Savers now offers 'Holes,' little beads of Life Saver candy that fit perfectly into the famous Life Saver hole.
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Austin uses economic growth model Madison could follow
The central Texas city focuses on public-private partnerships, high-tech businesses and embracing its identity
By Brennan Nardi
The night before I flew to Austin to research this article, I was in the second row of the Orpheum Theatre's balcony, rocking out to Garbage. The band's lead singer Shirley Manson hails from Scotland, but the rest of these bona fide rock stars—Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson—are from Madison and their '90s smash hits—like "Queer," "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When it Rains"—were recorded at the band's now-defunct Smart Studios on East Washington Avenue. And, oh, by the way, Vig produced Nirvana's 1991 Nevermind, forever branding him as a music industry stud and causing Rolling Stone magazine to float Madison as the next music Mecca.
Didn't happen.
Manson, an outgoing rebel with a cause, loves to schmooze the hometown crowd when they play here. On this visit, she talked about having formed a cultural bond with Madison during the band's formative years.
"You like to work as a clan," is how she characterized our liberal Midwestern enclave and its progressive vibe. "I'm very proud to say we grew up here in a city that is tolerant of other beliefs."
It was a nice compliment that cut through the clutter of the last few years of political tensions and divisions that have shaken Madison's identity. Manson says her globetrotting Garbage tours helped her appreciate a core Madison value: openness toward one another regardless of race, sex, religion or sexual orientation.
The next day, as my plane lifted toward Texas, I settled in to re-read Richard Florida's seminal book on the economy of the future, The Rise of the Creative Class. His widely debated (some say debunked) theory boils down to this: Cities that possess the "3Ts" of economic development—technology, talent and tolerance—are magnets for creative-class workers who can drive regional growth and prosperity.
"The rise of the Creative Economy," writes Florida, "is drawing the spheres of innovation (technological creativity), business (economic creativity) and culture (artistic and cultural creativity) into one another, in more intimate and more powerful combinations than ever." Heck, he just described Garbage and Smart Studios.
According to Florida's statistical analysis of the 3Ts, Madison ranked number one in regions with 250,000–500,000 people in "the Creativity Index," which measures high-tech industrial output, patents per capita and diversity as defined by a greater-than-average share of gay couples (read: tolerance). When he compared the larger, Big Daddy regions of a million or more, San Francisco took the top spot and Austin ran a close second.
So, let's see … Richard Florida deems us tolerant. Shirley Manson seconds it. And, while we're no match in size, Madison ten years ago was tracking with the San Frans and Austins of the world. This should feel like a fist-bump moment, but it's not. Here's why. Granted, San Francisco is much larger than Madison, but it birthed Craigslist and Twitter. And granted, Austin is warmer, but it birthed South By Southwest, which has become so ubiquitous that satellite festivals are spinning off as we speak. Why didn't the qualities that sprouted Smart Studios seed Madison's own garden of innovation and entrepreneurship?
Madison is nothing if not special—we tell ourselves that—but maybe, I thought, what's special is the way we hold onto some problems when we'd be better off letting go. Do we have a disconnect between public resources and private enterprise? Did we bet the farm on biotech? Is our mindset too much of a town-versus-gown mentality? Are we too dependent on government jobs? Austin, I thought, might have something to say about the answers to these questions, particularly since Atlanta-based consultant Mac Holladay of Market Street Services authored Austin's wildly successful economic development strategy and has now written a new one, just for Madison.
So off I went, to drink Austin's brand of Kool-Aid
Turns out, Kool-Aid tastes pretty weird in Austin. Which is just how they like it.
"Keep Austin Weird" bumper stickers and T-shirts are sold throughout the city and snatched up by tourists (I brought home one of each). They amplify the progressive, geek-is-cool vibe that attracts hippies, techies and intellectuals in droves to the flagship University of Texas campus and a dozen other higher-ed institutions, which then spill new graduates out into the local workforce like shiny VW bugs rolling off the assembly line.
When Richard Florida visited Madison in 2002 to plug The Rise of the Creative Class, he gushed about Austin: a university town and a blue city awkwardly inhabited by a red-state Capitol, with a lovely waterscape—the Colorado River runs through Austin, and its city reservoir is called Lady Bird Lake.
But as Florida's creative class treatise was climbing the charts, Austin's economy was tanking.
First came the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000. A year later, September 11. On the whole, the nation's economy went from hum to ho-hum. But Austin, home to Dell computers, a burgeoning software and IT hub, and the annual music, film and interactive festival South By Southwest, seriously lost its mojo.
"We lost about 38,000 jobs in central Texas, which were not just any 38,000, they were our best 38,000 out of the tech industry," recalls Gary Farmer, president of Heritage Title insurance company, a proud Longhorns alum, and an influential Austinite who fought like heck to find the right formula—he calls it the secret sauce—that would mend the broken economy of his beloved Austin, "Tex-izzz," as he drawls it. Farmer wasn't worried about keeping Austin weird; he was focused on the tax base, on the housing market, on employee retention, on his bottom line.
"Going from thirteen semiconductor fabrication plants to five; having city tax collections fall by ten or twelve percent. The city was actually laying off employees. Not just through attrition but actually closing libraries, closing the swimming pools," Farmer recalls.
Few people know this part of Austin's story, but listening to Farmer tell it, I wondered if it was the crisis that was needed to pull Austinites together?
I met with him in his beautifully appointed boardroom on the fifteenth floor of the swanky Frost Bank Tower in the heart of downtown Austin. The building edges the trendy Warehouse District, where Facebook took up residence in 2010. Looking west beyond the city, the luscious green hill country fades into the horizon. Equal parts git-'er-done exec and polite Southern gent, the affable Farmer canceled his haircut halfway through our interview after realizing how hungry I was for his secret sauce recipe. He—and the mayor and a chamber of commerce VP and the head of the city's economic development office—talked with me about Opportunity Austin 1.0. They discussed the project's symbiotic relationship—a truly combined and coordinated effort—between the public and private sectors in language I had never heard uttered on the isthmus back home.
Under the Austin model, economic development is agnostic about where the jobs come from, as long as they come. And come they have, at least to Austin.
"We were supposed to create 72,000 jobs under Opportunity Austin 1.0," says Farmer. "We created 124,000." From 2006 to 2011, that region saw a 13.1 percent increase in business establishments, according to the U.S. Census. In contrast, Madison dropped by 5.4 percent. It's worth noting that his city is now implementing Opportunity Austin 3.0.
Agnostic economic development? Weird, right?
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On notice: Mitch McConnell is ready to "crush" the Tea Party
posted at 6:31 pm on March 9, 2014 by Jazz Shaw
What with all the sweetness and light going on this weekend at CPAC, there really hasn't been much room set aside for the Hawt Media Topic of the Conservative Civil War. Well, let's wrap up the weekend with a bit of mudslinging from upper chamber. Doing an interview with the New York Times, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell addressed the issue of three high profile Republican senators who are facing primary challenges from the Right. His conclusion?
We're going to crush you like the worms that you are, peasants.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted the GOP establishment will destroy conservative insurgents attempting to unseat a trio incumbents in an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday.
"I think we are going to crush them everywhere," McConnell said. "I don't think they are going to have a single nominee anywhere in the country."
McConnell is one of three establishment Republicans who are facing primary challengers backed by Tea Party conservative groups. The Senate Conservatives Fund, The Madison Project, and FreedomWorks are supporting Matt Bevin, McConnell's rival in Kentucky. All three groups as well as the anti-tax Club For Growth are also throwing their fundraising weight behind Chris McDaniel's run against Republican Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran. The Madison Project and the Senate Conservatives Fund are also spending to support Milton Wolf, who is challenging Kansas Senator Pat Roberts.
It's always hard to tell whether statements like this are just hubris for show in an attempt to buy some media traction or true confidence. But in this case, it just may turn out that McConnell is finding some room to relax. Chris McDaniel has made some gains in Mississippi, but it looks like Thad Cochran is still holding enough of a lead to feel comfortable. Of course, that primary isn't until June and a lot can change between now and then. Milton Wolf has definitely eroded Pat Roberts' favorability numbers in recent months, but the last polling we've seen still shows Roberts with a two to one advantage.
As for the long game of McConnell and Matt Bevin, well… what can you say? That 55 to 29 spread doesn't seem to be budging. But you have to wonder what McConnell was thinking in doing this interview. Even if you're feeling your oats in the primaries, is the close of CPAC and the dawn of the primary season really the time to be taking a victory lap and doing a bit of an in your face dance for opponents in your own party? November will be all about turnout – as the off years always are – and leaving a sour taste in the mouths of supporters of any of these "upstart whacko-birds" probably isn't going to do much for the grassroots enthusiasm in the final weeks.
But hey… the guy looks really good doing a Cold Dead Hands impression, eh?
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With the launch of the Cadillac ELR nearing, more info is being provided on this luxury 2 door coupe. Cadillac has a lot of eggs in this basket, so we'll have to see how sales go, and how they'll be able to price it to stay competitive. The Cadillac ELR forum (http://www.myelr.com/forum) has an interesting thread discussing what they think the price of the ELR will be.
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Dark and golden raisins sweeten these traditional cinnamon yeast bread rolls and they are easy to make thanks to your bread machine.
Hot cross buns were traditionally served on Good Friday because of the cross on top. Today, they are available in bakeries and supermarkets weeks before Good Friday because so many of us love these sweet, spicy rolls.
You can make these rolls ahead. After you have shaped the dough into buns and snipped the cross in top of each, cover with plastic wrap. You can refrigerate them from 4 hours up to 24 hours. Before baking, remove the buns from the refrigerator and remove plastic wrap. Cover with kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place about 2 hours or until double. Then brush the tops and bake as the recipe tells you above.
If your bread machine doesn't have a Raisin/Nut signal, add the raisins 5 to 10 minutes before the last kneading cycle ends. Check your bread machine's use-and-care book to find out how long the last cycle runs.
Traditionally hot cross buns contain raisins or currants. You may substitute the dark or golden raisins in this recipe with equal amounts of the more traditional currants or try chopped candied fruit.
We like to use only butter to make these rich-tasting buns.
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