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Consumer Rights. Trading Standards. It's been opened. It's been tested. There's creases around the crotch area. Sorry, you already ate 95% of the meal, miss.
There are so many reasons as to why people won't give you your money back. The US is fantastic for returns even for make up items (and US ladies, please do comment and tell me if this is not as great as I think it is…).
In the UK returns for cosmetics is a no go area. There are some exceptions, such as QVC that allow 30 days for returns (even with used products). Also, its not to say that if you bought a £60 cream from a top beauty brand and it made you swell up like the elephant man they wouldn't give you your money back – they probably would.
However – if you are just plain unhappy with your choice, was swept away in the moment or just think it doesn't fulfil its promise…you are probably out of luck unless you want to be escorted out of the shop by security. Don't ask me. I don't want to talk about it.
My thoughts –
I personally think that the rules need to be better in the UK. Whilst I don't think people should take advantage of a good returns policy (ie. buy, chop off half a lipstick and return it) I have so often felt disappointed with a product I purchased but unable to take it back. I've even been denied an exchange for make up that were boxed and still sealed up.
Instead of doing this I think companies need better and more available samples (even if its just put into a little pot) and should focus on the long term, happy customer rather than someone they managed to offload £100 of products on to but will never shop with them again.
Besides, if you have a great product – why would you be worried?
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AFTER keeping the electorate guessing for months, local Labor branch president Roger Lucas has confirmed there would be a Labor candidate for Hume by the end of next month.
The ALP administrative committee will meet in February to select a candidate and an announcement will follow shortly after.
Mr Lucas also confirmed that there was a strong frontrunner doing the rounds however it wasn't Jason Shepherd, who this week pulled out of the race.
The likely candidate is not from Goulburn but the southern end of the electorate. Mr Lucas is giving away few clues, saying only they are male, "heavily involved" in their local community and a long-time resident of Hume.
Mr Shepherd announced his withdrawal on Sunday, saying he would instead focus his attention on local community activism and "keep his powder dry" until he is called upon at a state government level.
The Binda born engineer told the Post there were two strong candidates in the Labor ranks, both of whom had more experience than him.
He recognised that politically, he was still quite young but when it came to state politics he didn't want to see local Labor voters left without a local candidate again, like they were at the last election.
Mr Shepherd also believed the community needed a strong advocate in Macquarie St and that Goulburn was only bearing the brunt of government cost cutting because it saw it as a safe seat, an area where they could strip jobs and resources to balance the books and gain electoral votes elsewhere.
He was not opposed to fiscal conservatism but believed in order to achieve it you needed to have your priorities straight. For the current government, those priorities were Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong.
"You need to live within your means and I think there is merit in budget control but you don't do it by stripping jobs out of regional areas which create wealth," he said.
"I believe in looking after those who are doing it hard and making sure we all get a boost in life. I know in my life I received a boost and became the man I am today by the helping hand of others… "I am a member of Country Labor. We have more in common with the Nationals than the Liberals. The one thing us country boys and girls have in common is we want to help and do the best for all that we can.
We all hook in when times get tough. Of course we disagree on point to point but we are country and (people from the city) will never understand us or care what we need."
Mr Shepherd wished all of the Hume candidates the best in their endeavours, including Angus Taylor and the independents, and hoped they all ran good a clean race, free of negativity. He believed politics was already too divisive.
"We're all Australians and we need to find some common ground," he said.
"All this bulldust about hammering the other side (of politics) just because they are on the other side needs to stop.
Politicians are there to do a job. People don't respect it and it's not what they're there for. There needs to be some commonsense bought back into it."
He also hoped that people would put the last three years of federal politics into context before they voted, saying that the reason minority parties had such a large say was due to the division of electoral votes.
He believed if the independents had sided with the Coalition there still would have been tensions within the decision making process. The difference would have been an earlier election because they wouldn't have been able to keep it together.
Mr Lucas thought Mr Shepherd made the right decision, saying he was extremely talented and would make an excellent candidate and MP one day, however he needed to gain a bit more experience first.
Mr Lucas said his business credentials, coupled with his country sensibility and commitment to the community made him an asset to the local Labor Branch.

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By Sam Mamudi
Following another drop yesterday, stocks look like they're going to start Thursday on the rise. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 index are up about 0.3% premarket.
Leading the S&P ahead of the bell are shares of Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), up 4.4% after reporting earnings. Fellow Ohio regional bank KeyCorp (KEY) also announced results this morning, but is down 1.2%. As Dow Jones Newswires' Kevin Kingsbury writes:
Fifth Third reports unexpected 1Q EPS growth as the Cincinnati-based regional bank posted decent sequential loan growth as commercial demand kept things from being even slower. That as total delinquencies hit a 12-year low for a company which was hit hard following the housing bubble going splat. Cross-state peer KEY also saw strong commercial-loan demand last quarter as deposits rose solidly, helping EPS top consensus. In addition, its net interest margin rose on-year, climbing 8 basis points to 3.24%, but that's still below where FITB was last quarter at 3.42%, down 7bp sequentially.
Also rising are shares of Carnival (CCL), the company that's had a pretty rough few months. The stock is up more than 2% after Carnival said it would spend $600 million to $700 million to improve its fleet:
It is a significant investment for the world's No. 1 cruise operator, its largest in operational enhancements that approaches the cost of its biggest ship order ever. But the chief benefit of the heavy spending isn't how much it repairs vessels but how much it repairs Carnival's public image after multiple mechanical snafus, analysts said.
"At some point, perception becomes reality, and the perception right now is that Carnival's cruise lines are out of date," said James Hardiman, a Longbow Research analyst who covers Carnival. The investments could mean fewer incidents and a higher standard of safety and security, he added.
After a series of mishaps including the Costa Concordia shipwreck and the stranding of the Carnival Triumph, the cruise operator's stock is down roughly 15% in the past six months.
Falling in premarket trades are shares of UnitedHealth Group (UNH), down 2.5% after reporting earnings that fell but beat estimates. As (a clearly very busy) Kevin Kingsbury noted:
Some muted news from UnitedHealth's 1Q report, which kicks off earnings season for US health insurers. Though EPS didn't fall as much as anticipated after a goosed start to 2012, revenue growth was a touch light as "one very-large public-sector customer" went from risk-based to fee-based benefits, something that wasn't part of UNH's prior guidance and will cut 2013 revenue some $2.5B. But the company says that "was partially offset by higher-than-expected overall business growth." UNH again reiterates its modest 2013 EPS target, a reversal of the company's past pattern of typically beating and raising. But 2014 is what investors are focused on.


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Yesterday and the day before, Sensio Labs organized the first Symfony2 online conference. It was a great success with more than 350 attendees (from over 35 different countries), and a dozen hubs around the world. Thankfully, the platform worked fine.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University softball team (25-17, 11-3 PBC) split Peach Belt Conference (PBC) foe Armstrong Atlantic State University (16-18, 4-6 PBC), getting a 3-0 win and a 7-6 loss today (March 30). Senior Mandy Chandler (Covington, Ga.) tossed her second no-hitter in less than a week in game one.
Chandler collected her ninth shutout in the 3-0 win. The Bobcat ace walked four while fanning eight for a complete-game effort. The righty improved to 22-9 for the season. Armstrong's Britton Hammel-Cobb fell to 0-6 for the Pirates, giving up three hits and three runs while sitting down three Bobcat batters.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, senior shortstop Lindsey Swanson (Kennesaw, Ga.) doubled to right center with one out. The Pirates then decided to intentionally walk All-American Sherquita Bostick (Florence, S.C.). Junior designated hitter Kayla Smith (Lexington, S.C.) singled through the right side, advancing both Bostick and Swanson. With one out and the bases loaded, senior Tonya Medders (Bascom, Fla.) singled through the right side, scoring both Swanson and Bostick, while Smith advanced to third and Medders advanced to second on the throw to the plate. Georgia College's three hit, three run inning came to close shortly after, as freshmanAnna Parker (Columbus, Ga.) reached on a fielding error by the second baseman and Smith scored.
In game two, the Bobcats rallied in the top of the seventh but fell one-run short.
Bostick led the Bobcat bats in the second battle, swatting two home runs going 2-for-3 recording three RBI, while Medders was 2-for-4 with one RBI. Swanson was 1-for-2 at the plate tacking up one run and two RBI, both on a two-run single in the top of the seventh, cutting the lead to one.
Chandler started in circle in game two for the Bobcats allowing five hits and two runs with two strikeouts but was pulled after 2 2/3 innings. Medders threw 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs before freshman Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) pitched the last two frames. Burnett gave up three hits and three runs with three strikeouts while claiming the loss and falling to 1-6 for the season.
The Bobcats are back in action, Wednesday, April 1 as they host conference opponent No. 3 North Georgia for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
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A post on the Namco Bandai forums suggests that if demand was made public for a PC version of Dark Souls, the publisher would consider porting the game. "Now to make things happen, let's say the demand has to be properly done," the post read in response to the question of a possible PC version. "Someone to make a successful petition?"
At the time of reporting, more than 50,000 signatures have been obtained for the cause.
According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Namco Bandai representatives say the possibility amounts to little more than a "rumor" at this time. The company is not making any announcements regarding franchise's PC future.
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NSU Spring Commencement Ceremony Announced
Northwestern State University's will hold its Spring Commencement Exercises Friday, May 4 in Prather Coliseum.
Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Education and Human Development will receive diplomas at 10 a.m. Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Nursing and Allied Health and undergraduate students from the College of Science, Technology and Business will graduate at 3 p.m. Dr. Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisiana System, will be the commencement speaker.
Members of the Class of 1962 will receive second diplomas in recognition of the 50th anniversary of their graduation at the 3 p.m. ceremony. Commencement will be streamed online at nsula.edu.
Those wishing to get the best available seating should plan to arrive at least an hour prior to the ceremony. Seating on the arena floor is available for those who are mobility impaired. Prather Coliseum is located at 350 S. Jefferson St. at the corner of S. Jefferson St. and Caspari St. on the Northwestern State campus.
Moffett is president of the University of Louisiana System, a nine-university system that includes Northwestern State and enrolls more than 90,000 students and offers more than 600 degree programs. He has been system president since 2008. Over the past four years, Moffett oversaw the search and selection of four university presidents and guided the System's universities through a series of budget reductions while improving operational efficiency, accountability and performance. Under his leadership, the UL System increased admission standards, enhanced access to community college students, expanded online degree offerings, implemented a 120-hour degree standard, increased retention rates, reduced time to degree, increased the number of degrees awarded and raised graduation rates.
From 2001 until 2008, he was president of Southeastern Louisiana University. Prior to his campus presidency, he worked at Southeastern in various staff, faculty and administrative positions for more than 25 years. Moffett oversaw Southeastern's transition from being an open-admissions institution to one that embraced admission standards ahead of the state's time schedule. In spite of this move, the university maintained a strong enrollment of approximately 15,000 students, making it the third largest university in the state of Louisiana.
Moffett received a bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech, a master's from NSU and a doctorate at LSU. He was a 2011 inductee into the Northwestern State AlumniHall of Distinction, the Long Purple Line.


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M&M'S World® to Deck the Halls for the Holidays
Dose of Seasonal Cheer to Arrive via M&M'S® Holiday Villages in All Five Locations
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Nov. 28, 2012 02:16 PM
MT. ARLINGTON, N.J., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- December will be festive at M&M'S World® stores as Mars Retail Group today unveiled the new M&M'S World Holiday Village in each of their five M&M'S World locations, as well as online at www.mmsworld.com.
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The M&M'S World Holiday Village features a variety of seasonal-themed merchandise including dispensers, clothing, ornaments and, of course, holiday-themed M&M'S® Brand Chocolate Candies. In addition to festive merchandise and decorations, each store is planning holiday-themed events throughout December.
"M&M'S® have been part of holiday celebrations for more than 70 years," said Glen Tetreault, Director of Store Operations, Mars Retail Group. "So it was only natural that we create a special holiday-themed experience within each of our M&M'S World locations for our guests to enjoy as they get into the holiday spirit."
M&M'S World is also celebrating the holidays on Facebook (www.facebook.com/mmsworld) through a special app that allows fans to create M&M'S-themed holiday greeting cards. Users can choose among six seasonal border designs featuring the famous M&M'S characters, upload their favorite family photo and then share their card with family and friends via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail. Fans can also download and print their holiday card at home, on-line or via a local retailer.
M&M'S World® stores are located in New York, Orlando, Las Vegas, Henderson (Nev.) and London, each packed with a huge range of exclusive M&M'S® Chocolate Candies and merchandise, including clothing, kitchenware, bedding, jewelry, and glassware, as well as seasonal items and locally-themed M&M'S® branded products.
For more information about the M&M'S World Holiday Village or greeting card app, visit www.mmsworld.com, www.facebook.com/mmsworld or www.twitter.com/mmsworldstores.
About Mars Retail Group
Mars Retail Group is a division of Mars, Incorporated. A private, family-owned company, Mars, Incorporated was founded in 1911 and employs more than 65,000 associates at over 230 sites, including 135 factories, in 68 countries worldwide. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, U.S.A., Mars, Incorporated is one of the world's largest food companies, generating global revenues of more than $28 billion annually and operating in six business segments: Chocolate, Petcare, Wrigley Gum and Confections, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience. These segments produce some of the world's leading brands: Chocolate – M&M'S®, SNICKERS®, DOVE®, GALAXY®, MARS®, MILKY WAY® and TWIX®; Petcare – PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, SHEBA®, CESAR® and ROYAL CANIN®; Wrigley – ORBIT®, EXTRA®, STARBURST®, DOUBLEMINT® and SKITTLES®; Food – UNCLE BEN'S®, DOLMIO®, EBLY®, MASTERFOODS® and SEEDS OF CHANGE®; Drinks – KLIX® and FLAVIA®; Symbioscience – WISDOM PANEL™, SERAMIS®, CIRKUHEALTH™ and COCOAPRO®.
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Steel Dynamics Provides Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Guidance and Announces Fourth Quarter Cash Dividends
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Dec. 17, 2012 06:30 PM
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) today provided fourth quarter earnings guidance in the range of $0.18 to $0.22 per diluted share, which includes an expected favorable tax adjustment of approximately $0.06 per diluted share. Excluding the tax adjustment, fourth quarter 2012 estimated results would have been in the range of $0.12 to $0.16 per diluted share, comparable to the company's third quarter adjusted 2012 earnings of $0.15 per diluted share, before charges of $0.09 per diluted share related to refinancing and asset impairment charges. The company reported earnings of $0.14 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Fourth quarter overall steel shipments are expected to be fairly flat in comparison to the third quarter, as increases in sheet volume are expected to be somewhat offset by decreased shipments at the Roanoke Bar and Engineered Bar divisions, with customers continuing to maintain tight control over inventory. The combination of global economic and political uncertainty continues to impact customer confidence and buying patterns.
Metals recycling financial results are expected to show some improvement for the fourth quarter 2012, compared to the sequential quarter, as an anticipated decrease in ferrous shipments is expected to be more than offset by improved ferrous metal margins. Although at slightly lower levels, the company's fabrication operations are still expected to remain profitable for the quarter.
The company's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per common share. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2012, and is payable on or about January 11, 2013.
About Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States based on estimated annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with annual sales of $8.0 billion in 2011, over 6,500 employees, and manufacturing facilities primarily located throughout the United States (including five steel mills, six steel processing facilities, two iron production facilities, over 70 metals recycling locations and six steel fabrication plants).
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day
9 comments:
- youtube said...
Great news
- February 14, 2007 3:42 AM
- Can't spell Lloyd without 2 "L's" said...
So, Benny, do you actually get laid, or is Buckstaches effing you?
- February 14, 2007 7:15 AM
I'm another U-M grad stranded in Columbus and hating you people for wasting so much of my workday...
I hope the babes throwing themselves at you guys aren't wearing the pale yellow polo shirts and frumpy blue skirt-shorts of the U-M cheerleading squad. Anyways, two things:
Yost - first of all, it's a Warcraft *guild* and not a *clan*
Benny - what class/race and what server? I have a 65 druid and 65 hunter on Zul'jin, both Nelves.
Mock me if you want for my geeky ways, but at least this keeps me out of the Columbus libraries...
- February 14, 2007 12:47 PM
- Benny Friedman said...
Anon 9:47. I have no idea what you're talking about. OK that's not entirely true. I've heard of Warcraft but that's about it. I think this post was Yost's revenge for me bailing on him last night and leaving him with no help on today's posts.
- February 14, 2007 12:57 PM
well it's all good b/c presumably you bailed to get some tail from one of the myriad blog groupies out there. Hope she rated high on a scale of Laura Quinn-Hawk to 10.
anon 9.47
- February 14, 2007 1:48 PM
- Yost said...
Right, right. "Guild." That's what I meant. I was just discussing "guilds" w/ Benny while we attempted to slay a level 10 Druid Orc with our ringed sorcerer's club.
Am I close?
- February 14, 2007 2:23 PM
- Yost said...
P.S. Of course that was hard to do while we were making out with all the hot chicks with us at the time.
- February 14, 2007 2:38 PM
anon, I hear you about those pale yellow polos...why why why? It's just embarassing. And the boys wear them too...which is probably even more embarassing. Don't forget about the matching navy visors. VISORS!
- February 14, 2007 3:08 PM
Yost - actually you have to play a night elf or a tauren in order to be a druid...
*omgsigh* I fail at life. :)
Actually though, you'd be surprised at the number of women who do play World of Warcraft - believe it or not (I didn't) a fair number of them are college-aged and attractive and have better fashion sense than to wear baggy polo shirts and visors.
(well at least the ones who aren't U-M gals)
- February 14, 2007 4:03 PM


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CLEVELAND — An Ohio man has sued a former Cleveland police officer whom he says beat him after he asked for his badge number.
Jovon Warren, 26, who lives in suburban Euclid, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Cleveland on May 8 claiming that now retired Patrolman Michael Tankersley left him with lasting physical and psychological damage because of the May 2012 beating.
The lawsuit also names Tankersley's partner, Patrolwoman Amy Carraway.
Patrick D'Angelo, an attorney for the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, did not return calls today seeking comment. A spokeswoman for the city said she could not comment about pending litigation.
Attorney Paul Cristallo, who filed the suit, says Warren, Warren's younger brother and two other men were stopped by police on a street on Cleveland's West Side as the officers searched for a group of men who had robbed someone.
Cristallo said the officers put Warren in the back of a squad car, checked for arrest warrants and then told him he was free to go. When Warren asked Tankersley for his badge number, the suit claims, Tankersley punched Warren in the face and jaw. The suit claims Tankersley swore at him, screamed and spit in his face and stretched his right shoulder "out of place."
"They stopped him when he hadn't done anything wrong," Cristallo said today. "I think they overreacted in the first place and compounded the problem by not giving him their badge numbers or identifying themselves."
Warren was released from jail after being cited for disorderly conduct. That charge was later dropped when the officers failed to appear in court for a hearing.
The lawsuit said Warren went to a hospital emergency room the day after the incident and discovered he had a torn rotator cuff and had to have shoulder surgery in October 2012.
Tankersley was involved in one of the Cleveland Police Department's highest-profile abuse complaints in the early 1990s when a suspect that he and another officer arrested died of positional asphyxiation as they tried to subdue him. A lawsuit against the city claimed that the officers tossed the unconscious body of the suspect, Michael Pipkins, into the back seat of their squad car and drove him to a district jail instead of seeking medical help.
No criminal charges were filed against Tankersley or the other officer, Jeffrey Gibson. The city settled the lawsuit filed by Pipkins' family.


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Deadline says she "tried to gouge the producers for more money while also asking to work fewer hours and get a commitment for a primetime series."
Lucci took a very publicized pay cut a few years to stay with the soap.
In light of her decision this time, Prospect Park may reevaluate its short-term strategy for the two soaps and put its muscle behind the higher-rated ONE LIFE TO LIVE, while moving ALL MY CHILDREN to the back burner.
Prospect Park's original plan was to re-launch both OLTL and AMC online in the first quarter of 2012.
Last week, Lucci told TVGuide.com that she did hope to continue with the soap. "My heart is there," said Lucci, who has played Erica Kane since 1970. "I think it's a very, very exciting possibility. I think that Prospect Park, the men involved there, have a wonderful, successful track record ... It could be very exciting."
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- EXCLUSIVE: Justin Bruening To Guest Star On CSI: NEW YORK
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- Prospect Park, ALL MY CHILDREN & ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Five Things Every Soap Fan Should Know about Daytime's New Powerhouse
- PRESS RELEASE: Prospect Park Names Technology Pioneer Stratton Sclavos as Partner & Member of Executive Team in Company's Online TV Venture
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Chinese beach volleyball pair Li Jian and Chen Cheng answer fan questions
The fans witnessed their hometown stars excel on the sand, with a bronze medal by Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi, while having the opportunity to see more home teams on the sand than usual, as the host country.
To get to know the home stars, beach volleyball pair Li Jian and Chen Cheng sat down at Shanghai to answer fan questions, collected from FIVB fans on Facebook and Chinese social media sites Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo.
Q1: You've been playing beach volleyball as a team for a few years now. Can you tell me how your partnership has grown over the years?
Cheng: It has been like 10 years since 2012 when we took part in the global competition. We had fights before, but gradually we cooperate with each other much better, and we understand each other only by eye contacting.
Li: It is kind of fate to be a partner, everyone has it's ambitious time and also everyone is going to be old. No matter what, I will cherish this best time.
Q2: Over the years, what has been your favorite moment, what stands out the most? What do you look forward to the most?
Cheng: Since the end of 2008, We have learned to make a concerted effort. And it's unforgettable experience. We are very united either on training or matches. On the court, we understand each other much better. So I feel it's that was the most unforgettable year. Moreover, we won the champion of the national games.
Q3: Can you tell us what you did to prepare for the Shanghai tournament?
Cheng: This time we are matched up against groups which are very strong, like Holland and the U.S. They are all the top volleyball players. We learn to improve ourselves by playing against them. The main objective of us on this match is to exercise and to improve ourselves.
Q4: We had a chance to meet and interview Xue Chen and Xia Xinye at the Fuzhou Open earlier this week. Are you friends with them?
Cheng: We're close and we like to have fun together. Since all of us are very easy-going, we would like to make some jokes with each other. And now, Xue Chen is the best Chinese female player. Xia Xin Yi has nickname of "Toto", she is interesting, often tells us jokes.
Q5: As Xue Chen and Xia Xinye are new partners and you have lots of experience being partners, would you like to share any advice?
Cheng: Xia Xin Yi is quite young now, after partner with Xue Chen, Xia will grow fastly by learning all the experience from her. I can say, if they could work together for another 3-4 years, Rio Olympics is not dream at all.
Li: Sincerely wish them could do great in the future, Xia Xin Yi is very young and she has lots of opportunity. We could never foresee what abundant performance she could achieve. Even now, we already know she has huge potential.
Q6: FIVB has grown many Weibo followers over the last few months. Are you surprised at the rapid growth of the sport in China?
Cheng: Not a lot of people love playing beach volleyball unlike many westerners who play beach volleyball just because of they love it, which is something we should learn from.
Q7: Do you have any special words for our younger fans who are starting to enjoy volleyball?--
Li: Beach volleyball is some kind of activity, which doesn't require high skills.
When you have leisure time, you could ask some of your friends or relatives to go to beach together. Enjoy the fun time by playing beach volleyball together. Maybe you will start loving it. Sport like Beach volleyball will be developed after it prevails among people.


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(SACRAMENTO) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced that the nation's largest credit card issuer, Citibank, has agreed to assume responsibility for curbing the deceptive marketing practices of third-party vendors who use bank customer information.
"The multi-state settlement with Citibank is a model for telemarketing reform," Lockyer said. "For the first time, Citibank must ensure that companies using bank customer information are not engaging in misleading sales practices in which consumers are not aware they just bought products and services such as credit card loss protection, or that they are being charged for automatic renewals."
Citibank for years has contracted with telemarketing firms to sell a range of products and services to bank customers. In exchange for sharing customer lists, Citibank received a percentage of sales revenues.
Under the settlement with California, 26 other states and Puerto Rico, Citibank has agreed to ensure that companies using the bank's customer lists make specified changes to protect against misleading telemarketing and sales practices. Among other things, the vendors must be required to provide clear, conspicuous disclosures to consumers about what services or products are being sold. Citibank also must pay $1.6 million for attorneys fees, investigative costs, consumer education or other appropriate state uses.
"These vendors using bank customer information also will need to have consumers affirmatively agree to any purchase before their credit cards can be charged so there aren't surprise billings," Lockyer said.
The case results from a two-year investigation by the states into Citibank's customer information sharing practices in which the bank shared customer information that included encrypted data allowing the seller to impose charges on the credit card accounts of consumers. While Citibank was involved in the marketing programs of vendors, including script approval, the company failed to take responsibility for any misleading practices by the various vendors. The investigation was led by the attorneys general in California, New York, Illinois and Vermont.
The investigation found that solicitations often touted a "trial offer" which purportedly allowed customers to examine a product or service risk-free, then cancel at no cost or obligation. Despite the representation of no obligation trials, consumers were charged for the product unless the card holder affirmatively canceled within a specified number of days. This often was not made clear in the solicitation. Since vendors had the ability to charge credit cards based on the consumer information provided by Citbank, customers did not have to provide account information which would make clear a purchase was being made. Many of the sales programs also used automatic renewals which required a customer to place a call or write to cancel the service or purchase to avoid having his or her credit card charged again.
Under the agreement, Citicorp will include consumer protection policies in its contracts with telemarketing companies that include:
* Prohibitions against deceptive solicitations;
* Requiring the bank to review and approve all scripts and marketing materials used by vendors;
* Requiring a card holder to provide express authorization for purchases before charges can be placed on the customer's credit card account;
* Requiring a vendor who mentions Citicorp in scripts or solicitations to make clear that the bank is not affiliated with the vendor;
* Requiring vendors to substantiate all descriptions of products or services contained in marketing materials;
* Requiring vendors to refund the full purchase price if a customer cancels at any time within the first six months;
* Providing a written, plain language notice to customers of the upcoming charge for automatic renewal prior to charging any card holder's account for an automatic renewal.
* Requiring vendors to clearly and conspicuously disclose, among other things, a description of the product or service and any limitations that apply; the term of any trial offer; the fee; the method to cancel, including a toll-free number; information on automatic renewal; and the right of the cardholder to receive a full refund at any time within the first six months after purchase.
States involved in the settlement were: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.


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"It shows that Malaysians are observing the agreements they have signed without trying to retaliate in other directions, such as water, which will lead to war."
That was part of what Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew reportedly said to a bunch of students at Nanyang Technological University last night.
The "agreements" which he was referring to was the one which was allegedly signed in 1990 in respect of the status of the KTM's railway station in Tanjung Pagar and land between Bukit Timah and Tanjung Pagar. I have heard so many versions of that so-called point of agreements and the personality involved behind it. Suffice if I say that that so-called agreement is not beyond scrutiny when it comes to its enforceability.
After having said the above, The Minister Mentor continued to speak "positively" of "increasing connectivity" between Malaysia and Singapore through the construction of a third bridge. (I bet you Dr Mahathir is now hyperventilating with immense pleasure after reading that statement).
The above remark is typical of the bomb-in-floral-wrap diplomacy which Singapore is so well known for. That tiny southern cock is well known for cuckoo-ing nice little compliments and praises to its neighbours while at the same time lacing them with seemingly harmless little hypothesis of wars and mayhems.
To me, the above remark is but a reflection of Singapore's insecurity as a smallish state without any real and tangible strength in its resources, particularly in terms of citizenry and natural sustenance capabilities.
Singapore is almost always haunted by the fact that she even have to import water from Malaysia. She is of course also mindful, at all times, of the fact that 300000 of its workforce, come from Malaysia. Her economy by and large is also dependant on Malaysia's willingness to maintain a peaceful, cordial and neighbourly relationship with herself.
There is absolutely no reason for Lee Kuan Yew to spell out his nightmare to 1700 students in a forum, unless that nightmare has been haunting him and the rest of the Cabinet of Singapore for all of their collective life.
I would ask him, what "retaliation"? Is taking a stance – no matter how tough that stance is – in future negotiations with Singapore on any possible extension of any water agreement with Singapore an act of "retaliation"? If so, will (notice he used the word "will" and not "would") that "retaliation" lead to war, dear Lee Kuan Yew?
If that statement was not a veiled threat to coerce and bully Malaysia into quiet submission to any whim and fancy of Singapore's choice – particularly in any future negotiations in respect of the water agreement – I don't know what it is.
Lee Kuan Yew and his subservient minions in Singapore's cabinet should be more circumspect in their choice od words if they wish to maintain a warm diplomatic relationship with its neighbours, particularly Malaysia. They would be well advised to note that civilised countries do not resort to issuing a not-too-veiled threat of war at the drop of a hat.
The Philippines had always had a bone to pick with Malaysia over the latter's more than sympathetic stance in favour of the Moro Liberation Army's fight for autonomy. Did it utter the word "war"? No.
Thailand's position over Malaysia's alleged assistance to the Islamic rebels in its southern region is also common knowledge. Did Thailand issue a "war" warning to Malaysia? No.
Brunei has had numerous overlapping territorial claims with Malaysia in the oil rich seas. Did Brunei cry "war"? No.
Indonesia has had an almost schizophrenic relationship with Malaysia leading to demonstrations on its street complete with flag burning and all. Did it even whisper the word "war"? No.
So please, Lee Kuan Yew and friends, stop being belligerent cocks and save that "W" word for your next play-station indulgence, okay.
As a nation, Malaysia suffers 2058 air violations since the year 2008 at the hand of Singapore's blind-as-a-bat air force pilots. In international laws and conventions, repeated and intentional encroachments into a nation's space are acts of war. As a good neighbour, we just close our eyes and make a bit of noises once in 3 years or so. The word "war" has never left our lips.
What do you say about that Lee Kuan Yew? You don't see any lesson from that? Or are you too old: too intellectually challenged; too mentally impotent to see?
If I were the Foreign Minister of Malaysia, a terse and not very nicely worded missive in respond to the above statement would find its way to Singapore by now.
Post script:
By the way, dear Lee Kuan Yew, do you want to know what a pub singer thinks of Singaporeans? Well here it is.
Quote: Singaporean men are "arrogant, short and ugly" but she would marry one of them for their money.
Now now Mr Lee, don't you go declaring war against China please. That was just an opinion of a pub singer.


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After what some would describe as a moment of anger from college basketball star Marcus Smart, questions have been raised as to what provoked him into pushing a fan.
Oklahoma State were down two points to Texas Tech in the second half with 6.2 seconds to go when Marcus Smart committed a foul, launching himself into the crowd in the process.
After falling into the crowd, Smart rose to his feet and pushed a fan in the row behind him. He then continued to shout back at the fan whilst being dragged away by his team-mates. Smart received a technical foul for the outburst and was allowed to stay in the game, causing controversy between fans and players.
Nothing can completely justify this response but you have to wonder why a smart young athlete with a very bright future ahead of him would risk throwing it away by giving the fan the response he wanted.
The fan, later to be identified as Jeff Orr, is seen to have a history of taunting players, leading people to wonder if Smart's actions can be partially justified as he could have been provoked.
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Hello everyone,
So despite our few hotfixes, Yoroi and Kidoumaru still need a good swift kick to bring them down to size. So a small balance this time. Can't really see how well or not well everyone else is doing with these two monsters running around.
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As the horses for the Florida Derby were led into the ring, the buzz became palpable; here and there, whoops and hollers coming from the crowd on hand. All the horses were in the ring but one, the Derby favorite.
Photo by: Toni Pricci
Awesome Maria struts her stuff
When Union Rags finally entered, about four minutes after the others, the crowd began chirping again, the tension starting to mount, again.
As the horses circled, the crowd apparently got to longshot Z Camelot, who was parading directly in front of the big horse. Z Camelot became obstreperous, attempting to wheel and half run-off, scattering the people in his wake.
Union Rags, his copper-clad bay coat glimmering, never raised a hair. But unfortunately for his fans, and the public who made him a prohibitive 2-5 favorite, he never had a chance to raise his legs, to strut his stuff.
Jockey Julien Leparoux saw it this way: "It was just bad luck. He doesn't care about being on the rail, in behind, or dirt [in his face]. Nobody paid attention to the winner, they let him go. I guess they just target the favorite."
The runnerup finished a neck in front of Union Rags who had 1-3/4 lengths on the strong second favorite, Risen Star winner El Padrino, who finished a one-paced fourth.
"Union Rags is a monster," said Chuck Sandford, owner of Take Charge Indy, who impressed with his honest assessment. "Today's track didn't suit his style, it suit ours. But the other two times we ran in Grade 1s, we ran against the bias. Today the rail was golden.
"Now he's been in three Grade 1s and he finally got one of them. Calvin has been the perfect answer. He fits the colt to a tee. The nice thing about the colt is that he has front-end speed, he's tactical. Calvin is so magical when you have that kind of horse."
Although he wouldn't say so, his victory in the Florida Derby represented a form a redemption for Borel who began his winter in South Florida, staying close to the colt and hoping to upgrade his business. The tack didn't work. Borel raced at Gulfstream for over a month.
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Grace Hall (5) -- Sharp break, sharper finish
"This horse is a good horse," said winning trainer Pat Byrne. "I've been telling everyone he's only going to get better with age and distance and we have a great rider in Calvin. The five weeks up to the Derby is perfect. This horse likes to come in [to his races] fresh."
Matz was philosophical but quite aware what was happening as he watched the replay in the horsemen's lounge-turned press box. "He sprung a shoe in the paddock but it was no big deal, we just tacked it back on.
"But Julien said Javier was on him all the way down the back-side, that's just race-riding. It was unfortunate the way it turned out today. It was just one of those things."
It's a Jungle Out There
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Union Rags on the muscle as he enters the ring
Instead, it was Corporate Jungle who parlayed a good looking preliminary allowance win into a Grade 3 score in his stakes debut. He was very good, running a mile in 1:33.99 for his length victory over Trend, and Chad Brown did a good job in preparation.
But this one was a product of Javier Castellano's skill, who an hour earlier, accepted a trophy as the meet's leading rider with a week yet to go, a record-setting meet for Castellano.
The pace in the turf race was unusually fast, with early split of :22.97 and :45.53. Castellano was saving ground in the pocket, a perfect position third, but he gave up that position, taking him off the inside and back to fifth, not wanting his mount get get wilted in the early heat. Perfect strategy.
Gearing up now four wide on the turn, his forward momentum carried him into the lead soon after entering the straight, Castellano keeping his mount alive as Trend with Julien Leparoux was bearing down rapidly. Corporate Jungle and Castellano had more than enough in the tank to prevail.
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A smiling Calvin Borel -- and this was before the race.
Prelude to a Derby?
Julien Leparoux warmed up nicely for his appointment aboard Union Rags in the centerpiece Florida Deby by taking the Grade 3 Skip Away with 12-1 upsetter Fort Larned, who stalked the pace of Uptowncharliebrown, took command after six furlongs and gamely withstood the late challenge of Alma D'oro to win the mile and three-sixteenths event.
Second favorite Self Control made a menacing run around the bend but failed to go on with it. Favorite Where's Sterling was a disappointing, one-paced fourth.
"He's four and he's just maturing," trained Ian WIlkes said of the winner. "He ran good. They don't run too many at a mile and three-sixteenths. We'll take it."
"Ian figured this horse out," said Leparoux. In his previous races we had been taking him back but when we let him run free he runs big. He's an improving horse."
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Borel and Byrne celebrate. Take Charge Indy only has eyes for the camera.
Awesome Is as Awesome Does
It was testimony to the class of this tremendous filly that Awesome Maria was able to win the Rampart without running anywhere near her best form. This became apparent when Johnny Velazquez, winning his second straight stakes for Todd Pletcher, was asking his filly to get into the bridle despite a dawdling opening quarter-mile in :24.10.
But she eventually did start running just as the pace began to pick up, a half in :47.61 and three-quarters in 1:10.52. Awesome Maria began to engage pacesetting Canadian Mistress in earnest on the far turn, took clear command into the stretch and was ridden out to win the Grade 3 nine furlongs in 1:48.19. But what she might have lacked in sharpness she made up for in class.
"Just ta have her back this year alone, and the way she put two races back-to-back is awesome to see," said Velazquez.
Awesome, like Maria.
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Bartolemeo, a 30-1 afterthought entrant in today's Florida Derby, has been scratched with a bruised foot. "Nothng serious," the connections said, "just bad timing..."
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's leading arts college has pushed boundaries before in this conservative nation. But when a series of paintings depicting Muslim clerics in scenes with strong homosexual overtones sparked an uproar and threats of violence by Islamic extremists, it was too much.
Officials at the National College of Arts in the eastern city of Lahore shut down its academic journal, which published the paintings, pulled all its issues out of bookstores and dissolved its editorial board. Still, a court is currently considering whether the paintings' artist, the journal's board and the school's head can be charged with blasphemy.
The college's decision to cave to Islamist pressure underscores how space for progressive thought is shrinking in Pakistan as hardline interpretations of Islam gain ground. It was also a marked change for an institution that has long been one of the leading defenders of liberal views in the country.
Pakistan is an overwhelmingly Muslim nation, and the majority of its citizens have long been fairly conservative. But what has grown more pronounced in recent years is the power of religious hardliners to enforce their views on members of the population who disagree, often with the threat of violence.
The government is caught up in a war against a domestic Taliban insurgency and often seems powerless to protect its citizens. At other times it has acquiesced to hardline demands because of fear, political gain or a convergence of beliefs.
The uproar was sparked when the college's Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture over the summer published pictures of a series of paintings by artist Muhammad Ali.
Particularly infuriating to conservatives were two works that they said insulted Islam by mixing images of Muslim clerics with suggestions of homosexuality, which is deeply taboo in Pakistan.
One titled "Call for Prayer" shows a cleric and a shirtless young boy sitting beside each other on a cot. The cleric fingers rosary beads as he gazes at the boy, who seductively stretches backward with his hands clasped behind his head.
Mumtaz Mangat, a lawyer who petitioned the courts to impose blasphemy charges, argued the image implied the cleric had "fun" with the boy before conducting the traditional Muslim call for prayer.
A second painting shows the same cleric reclining in front of a Muslim shrine, holding a book by Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho in one hand as he lights a cigarette for a young boy with the other. A second young boy, who is naked with his legs strategically crossed to cover his genitals, sits at the cleric's feet. The painting has caused particular uproar because verses from Islam's holy book, the Quran, appear on the shrine.
Aasim Akhtar, an Islamabad-based art critic who wrote an essay accompanying the paintings in the journal, wrote that Ali's mixing of images was "deliberately, violently profane," aimed at challenge "homophobic" beliefs that are widespread in Pakistani society.
"Ali redefines the divine through a critique of authority and the hypocrisy of the cleric," wrote Akhtar, an Islamabad-based art critic who is also listed as a potential defendant in the blasphemy complaint.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa, widely believed to be a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, issued a statement after the paintings were published demanding the college issue a public apology and withdraw all issues of the journal.
College staff members also began receiving anonymous text messages threatening violence, said a member of the journal's editorial board. They were afraid to push back for fear of being killed, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted.
Extremists gunned down two prominent Pakistani politicians last year for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws, which can mean life in prison or even death. Human rights activists have criticized the laws, saying they are often used to persecute religious minorities or settle personal scores.
Yahya Mujahid, the spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, denied the group sent any threats but said the state should punish those responsible.
"It's part of Western and American plans to malign Islam," claimed Mujahid.
A court considering whether to press blasphemy charges held its latest session in mid-December, but it has not said when it will rule whether such charges apply in the case.
Shahram Sarwar, a lawyer representing the college's editorial board, said his clients did not intend to hurt anyone's feelings but he was prepared to apologize on their behalf if they did.
Besides shutting down the journal, the college also closed the department where its staff worked, said Sarwar.
The current head of the National Arts College, Shabnam Khan, denied the institution caved to pressure from hardliners, saying the editorial staff quit voluntarily. She said the department was closed because no one was left to run it.
A member of the editorial board disputed this version of events, saying the college administration asked him and his colleagues to resign. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by extremists.
The school has long been a progressive voice. A research project at the college in 2008 focused on the idea that rising Islamic conservatism and violent religious fanaticism was a fundamental threat to peace and democracy in Pakistan.


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It took a few different countries, the largest city in America and a little bit more to turn Joakim Noah into an NBA all-star. So after being named to the team for the first time, Noah took to Twitter for a stream of thanks to people from his past.
"To be considered an all-star is an unbelievable honor," Noah said at Friday's shootaround. "A lot of people helped me along the way, so it's definitely a lot of people to thank. A lot of people had to make sacrifices in order to get me where I'm at today so I just wanted to thank them."
Noah lived in Paris, France, and New York City while growing up. He added a little self-reflection when giving appreciation to the Bulls, who chose him with the ninth pick of the 2007 draft out of Florida.
"I wouldn't be here without my teammates and my coaches, and this organization, they believed in me," Noah added. "I came in as a young, loud, probably a little immature and with a big mouth. They always believed in me, through it all, through the good times and the hard times and I just want to say that I appreciate them."
Deng hits and misses:
The Bulls' other all-star, forward Luol Deng, missed his fourth straight game with a right hamstring strain. Deng felt there's a chance to could return Saturday at Washington.
This is Deng's second straight all-star selection. What's interesting is he had better numbers (18.8 ppg, 7.1 rpg) during the 2006-07 season and wasn't picked from a team that won 49 games.
"I'm happy for myself and the team," Deng said Friday. "You really don't get to be an all-star unless your team is doing great. It says a lot about the team and my teammates. To be able to have the record we have has a lot to do with it."
Paxson speaks:
Bulls vice president of basketball operations John Paxson provided an update on Derrick Rose's return and the trade deadline during a radio appearance Friday.
"We can't sit here today and say (Rose) is going to be back in three weeks or after the all-star break," Paxson said on ESPN 1000-AM. "Those things are a hope, but his body is going to tell us.
"We don't want to bring him back and then have a setback because he wasn't totally ready. We want this to be a progression where he comes back, he starts to play and every week he gets better and feels better."
A significant move before the Feb. 21 trade deadline figures to be a longshot since the Bulls can't take much salary back in return.
"We're not in a position to take on any real salary so we're kind of limited in what we can do," Paxson added. "We've had some ugly games this year and that's kind of who we are right now. But we do grind it out and play hard. ... Our (deadline) move hopefully will be bringing Derrick back into the fold."
Board work pays off:
Golden State went the first 7½ minutes of the second quarter without grabbing a rebound Friday. The Bulls hit 11 of 17 shots to open the quarter and secured all 6 offensive rebounds. At halftime, the Bulls held a 29-12 rebounding edge.


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Cher-mageddon: "Woman's World" Live Performance & Lyric Vid!
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Whether or not you were able to get over the repurposed original-fur "I've Got You Babe" vest atop Cher's mostly-plastic head, you most likely agree with the masses that the 67-year old's "still got it" after last night's performance of "Woman's World" on The Voice.
There were midriffs! Choreography! Fist pumps! And a decent summertime dance-pop single, too!
So, without further adieu, to relive the glory that was Cher's massive return to live TV performance, here are videos from Tuesday night's The Voice finale and the "Woman's World" lyric video that was released after the performance:
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I'm on vacation in California - non-wine vacation, with family - so maybe that explains my absence. There just isn't too much to write about, what with hiking in the Sierra and playing some golf, drinking cold beer and eating too much, now in the SF area for a few days to see in-laws before a weekend return to Portland.
However, I have been reading. For pure pleasure, I'm reading Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night. And for "work" I'm reading Katherine Cole's Voodoo Vintners: Oregon's Astonishing Biodynamic Winegrowers. I'll review it slightly more formally when I finish it, soon.
For now, Cole is simply a pleasure to read, making Fitzgerald wait or at least share the bedside table. I wasn't sure what she would write about biodynamics, but as I tweeted last week when starting the book, she brings a nice mix of intrigue and healthy skepticism to the topic. The result is a lovely profile of the Oregon wine scene, which in reflection is centered more on biodynamics than I realized. I highly recommend it to any wine geek interested in Oregon, biodynamics, and ideally both.
July 14, 2011
Reading KCole
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It's definitely worth a read. As she writes in the book, there isn't much out there on biodynamics in wine. In my experiences, what is out there is mostly from zealots on one end or another of the for it/against it spectrum. This book fills a big gap on the subject. And yes, a lovely portrait of many people in the local industry.
If this post stays up much longer I think you can start charging her for advertising ;-}
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I don't get why they waste so much episodes on pointless fillers and leave the best for the last episode? Now what? The new war arc is started and they end here this season with a climax so maybe there is hope producers will continue the main plot with the movie or the 3rd season.
|2011-07-11, 22:31
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Peaceful Days End, and the Gear of Destiny Spins Again
So, this is the end for season two, and they messed the storyline real good with all those pointless filelrs except for episodes 7 and 8 since a bit of the dialogue helped to move things with Meteora.
The ending of the first season left me confused but thrilled with that cliffhanger involving Sasha dressed undercover as a girl at Suiren Academy back a year ago, and this season's final episode skyrocketed my expectations with so many awesome events that transpired at the last three closing minutes.
The fillers in-between were bad and lots of the visual gags felt distasteful, at least to me, because I'm very sure someone found it lol hilarious.
OK. So what we got here for the final episode is:
So, unfortunately, this second season went to the drain with the fillers for a time, and when the action really kicks back it all ends in cliffhanger mode by the twelfth episode.
This has been the first title I concluded for the past spring season.
BTW. Sasha's finally starting the path towards true manhood. After all that...
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For the most part, they caught up to the manga. They left out quite a few things, but for the most part that's why they had so much filler at the end of the season. I wouldn't expect a new season until at least another 1-2 volumes come out, the next of which should be out next month. So don't expect the next season until probably next year.
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And one more title that a lot of people thought would never be licensed has become licensed.
I suppose Sentai Filmworks being the ones to license it doesn't totally surprise me.
It will be amusing to see ANN's reviewing this once it does get released on DVD.
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Denise Pence joined the cast of GUIDING LIGHT in 1977 when the show's head writers, Bridget and Jerome Dobson, created the character of Katie.
"When I hit GUIDING LIGHT, I was young and newly married," Pence explains to We Love Soaps. "After that first year I was pretty solid on the show, which totally surprised me, so my husband and I decided to get pregnant. We asked permission, and my pregnancy I think helped boost Katie's appeal. She had a fat storyline that they covered up Katie's pregnancy with, so I laughed through the first nine months of my life there."
GUIDING LIGHT expanded from a 30-minute daily to 60 minutes on November 7, 1977.
"I was on the half-hour show, and it was a very close-knit family," she remembers. "It was beautiful. I can't tell you how much of a repertory company we had. Because it was small, it was more intimate. We worked as a half hour for quite a while."
The atmosphere of GUIDING LIGHT was different in the early years Pence was on the show.
"I don't believe they were pushing as much then for that media thing," Pence adds. "I think it surprised them in 1979 when we got best show for the first time in a long time. The whole aura of GUIDING LIGHT at that time was a collaborative effort. The Dobsons wrote in a sketchy kind of way. They gave an overview of what they wanted which allowed the writers to take a scene and create whatever they felt would give added input. And then when we hit the set we had the director, John Pasquin at the time (married to JoBeth Williams, who played Brandy on GL), a theater director, who would go into those dry rehearsals as if he was directing theater. We as actors were working as theater actors. It was fun. I can't even compare it to anything else."
EDITOR'S NOTE: John Pasquin is currently the director of ABC's LAST MAN STANDING starring Tim Allen.
What was the Dobson's original plan for the character of Katie?
"That's the other thing that was kind of weird about Katie," she laughs. "I don't think I was meant to go anywhere. I auditioned for the character of Jackie [Marler], opposite Tom O'Rourke [who played Jackie's husband, Justin]. At the time Fran Myers [who played Peggy], who was an integral part of the nurse's station, was leaving the show. She had given notice and was going to California, so there was this open slot. They hired Cindy Pickett as Jackie and didn't know what to do with me, but they wanted to keep me. I was young and pretty, and they didn't know where it would go, but I had Broadway credits. It's all an unknown thing when you come into any show. It's kind of like playing craps with your life."
In screening old episodes, the tape date is usually a week in advance of when it aired.
"We got our scripts a week in advance," Pence recalls. "Sometimes they would have a writer's strike and would try to put as many episodes in the can as they could. I'd get the next week's script the week prior. It's an amazing training ground. It's not an easy business. I was extremely fortunate to get that shot. The timing of my audition and everything just fell into place. And then the fans just kept me there."
Fans loved the humor of GUIDING LIGHT in the late '70s with Katie, and her friendship with Hillary, being a big part of that.
"The friendship with Hillary was something wonderful," she recalls. "From a writing point of view, they had to figure out a way to keep Katie valuable to the story somehow. I wasn't a character married to a main family. It wasn't part of the writer's history. Making Katie friends with Hillary Bauer, from a core family, allowed me to work my way in there."
During Pence's run on GUIDING LIGHT, the show changed writers and producers multiple times. First, Douglas Marland replaced the Dobsons as head writer of the soap. But what changed for Katie?
"Everything," Pence says. "I started polishing this little halo as the perfect nurse. I was also playing a victim which I really hated. She was in love with Andy, a bad guy. The guy who played Andy was a wonderful actor and we had a good time on set. I enjoyed working with him in scenes but audiences hated us together. They made him a bad boy and wanted the best for Katie. He beat her one time. I remember the feeling when all that shifted."
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Front Wheel Bearing "practice" - 1996 Legacy
Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:18 AM
That roll pin is a bit of a pain in the neck. But once it was out, everything else was pretty easy. What I found was a wheel bearing also starting to go. I didn't change it on the spot since I needed to get the car back together for the week.
I have had a shop press a rear wheel bearing for me many years ago when I did an axle change. And a repair shop did the front bearings several years ago - which might explain why I currently have a bad front bearing. - idiot them for a poor job and idiot me for having them do it at all.
I thought I would try my hand at a home bearing change - armed with none other than the Snap-Off tools brand Harbor Freight FWD bearing puller kit.
To start with, I picked up a hub/knuckle assembly from the junkyard during the 50% off Memorial Day weekend sale. I figured I could practice on this unit without downing the actual car. The donor vehicle was a 92 Legacy sedan with 168K miles - RIP.
The only problem was the HF kit does not include a hub puller. The challenge of using an HF hub puller per this YouTube video is that the ABS tone ring is in the way. I wanted to simulate doing the work on the car to avoid realignment - but I am aware that I may ultimately have to take the knuckle off the car.
So I picked up a slide hammer from AutoZone under the free loan-a-tool deal. The claw puller attachment turned out to be worthless. It doesn't fit the stud pattern on the hub.
I got around this by using the washers from the HF kit on the end of the slide hammer to get behind the hub.
A couple of easy whacks and the hub popped right out. The outer rollers and the inner race came out with the hub as expected.
The real fun is yet to come - getting the outer race out of the knuckle/housing.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:55 AM
About 20% of the time the inner bearing cone has spun on the hub. Creating a ridge that makes it REALLY freakin tough to drag the race over. Beating on those type failures is generally futile unless you have a huge hammer. Need a hub tamer/hub grappler etc, or a press to dissasemble them.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:58 AM
Now my wife's daily driver is down with a bad front wheel bearing so I need to figure this out, great timing!
Posted 01 June 2012 - 08:17 AM
Ask me how I know this.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 10:09 AM
I would additionally recommend using the slide hammer to yank the outer race out of the knuckle too...........
Ask me how I know this.
This is an important idea. I have tried to crank on the outer race from the knuckle with the HF kit. The forces involved are ENORMOUS and I am using BIG wrenches to turn the puller bolt.
I tried beating on the outer race with one of the HF plates and a hammer. It is not apparent to me that this type of pounding is going to work - even with a slide hammer. On car might provide better attack angle. But with the practice knuckle not attached to anything, it is hard to apply hardcore slide hammer action.
Have you actually been able to get the outer race out with the slide hammer? If so, then I'll give it a go.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:22 AM
This is an important idea. I have tried to crank on the outer race from the knuckle with the HF kit. The forces involved are ENORMOUS and I am using BIG wrenches to turn the puller bolt.
I tried beating on the outer race with one of the HF plates and a hammer. It is not apparent to me that this type of pounding is going to work - even with a slide hammer. On car might provide better attack angle. But with the practice knuckle not attached to anything, it is hard to apply hardcore slide hammer action.
Have you actually been able to get the outer race out with the slide hammer? If so, then I'll give it a go.
Right, with the knuckle ON the car.....holding it in place, you will be able to pound it out with the slide hammer. It might take 40 or 50 big whacks, but it will come out.
I have only done rear bearings, which exit away from the differential. Front bearings exit towards the engine, iirc, so that might hinder use of the slide hammer, I dunno.
Edited by unibrook, 01 June 2012 - 11:27 AM.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:14 PM
I would additionally recommend using the slide hammer to yank the outer race out of the knuckle too, rather than try to press it out with the HubShark/HF tool. The reason is that the friction fit of the outer race in the knuckle is SO FRIKKIN tight that you can easily deform the outer lip of the knuckle with the plates of the tool as you crank on it.
Ask me how I know this.
When I pressed mine out I was very careful to give the area just outside the race good evenly-distributed support, after seeing how hard I was to press it out
a) I have wondered if even the real $300 OTC tool could handle the task for one stuck in tight
yeah, you could bend the knuckle if you can't support it evenly.
Posted 02 June 2012 - 06:52 PM
The correct drive is from the outside of the knuckle to the inside.
I managed to get the bearing moved about a 1/8th of an inch after HEAVY blows with the bearing plate and a carpenter's hammer.
Yes - I can see why the hydraulic press is superior. I haven't given up hope on this rather stubborn method. But I am second-guessing if I want to replicate this on the car. I'm worried the forces involved could mess up the balljoint, tie-rod end and/or the strut mount if I beat on the real knuckle.
For the sake of completeness, I'll try to continue with the practice hub until the out race is out:drunk:......just to say I did it (albeit perhaps badly).:-\
Edited by JPX, 02 June 2012 - 08:31 PM.
Posted 02 June 2012 - 08:39 PM
Superior Air Support was called in.....
And after MANY catch-up cycles on my tiny 6 gallon compressor + 4 gallon slave tank......My impact wrench was able to beat that bearing out of the knuckle.
Posted 02 June 2012 - 08:46 PM
This worked okay on the vise until I got to the end of the hub. Then I had to take it off the vise and do it on the floor. But then after beating on the same spot of the race, it broke off a piece......thank goodness for safety glasses!
Edited by JPX, 03 June 2012 - 01:32 AM.
Posted 04 June 2012 - 01:18 AM
Everything went pretty smoothly preparing the area by removing the CV/axle and the brake caliper from the knuckle/hub.
Then I set up the slide hammer and washers for pulling the hub.
That thing refuses to come out. It only took 4-5 hits on the practice hub to get it off the knuckle. The hub on the car has been railed on with 50+ hits and even some air chisel action (blanked off with a bearing plate to protect the spline area).
Stuck. Damn. Ran out of time this afternoon to get any further on it.
But at least I know I am doing a repair worth doing. This is what the bearing sounds like (video).
Posted 06 June 2012 - 03:06 AM
This isn't turning out at all like the plan. My conclusion with the original knuckle/hub is that the bearing damage is extensive enough to expect that the hub is heavily damaged. This would explain why it is so difficult to remove.
That meant the practice parts are now THE actual replacement parts. Good thing I didn't mangle them during practice. At minimum I would need the hub - but the knuckle was also necessary now.
Amazing that the 92 Legacy practice knuckle/hub is identical to my 96. It cleaned up pretty nice too with a wire brush and some WD-40.
I started with pressing in the new bearing using the old outer race. It went in crazy easy with the Harbor Freight kit. Just a big wrench and a bunch of turns and the bearing went in nice and smooth.
I cleaned up the junkyard hub and lightly polished the shaft with a diamond-abrasive lapping film (15micron) from a friend's lab. I also made sure to insert the snap ring - which is a great indicator if the bearing is indeed seated properly - if the bearing isn't all the way in, the snap ring won't go in properly.
But then I hit a wall again. The seals I picked up from CarQuest were incorrect. Well, actually the outer seal was okay. But the inner did not have the extended lip - instead it just looked exactly like the outer seal. I had to stop for the night since the shops were closed.
Edited by JPX, 06 June 2012 - 03:35 AM.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 03:47 AM
When I got home in the evening, I stacked up the Harbor Freight kit on the vise to conduct three operations:
1. Evenly and easily press the inner seal into the knuckle.
2. Evenly and easily press the outer seal into the knuckle.
3. Press the hub into the bearing and knuckle assembly.
1. and 2. when smoothly. I had to swap out press plates to make sure I was pressing the seals evenly. The old outer race came in handy for the inner seal.
3. needed a very small press plate for this operation. This is important to make sure the inner bearing is supported when pressing in the hub.
Almost forgot the brake dust shield. This is virtually impossible to install once the hub is mounted. Glad I caught this before I really started to crank on the hub.
Again this was an easy process once the press kit was set up. No power tools - only the big hand wrench was necessary. You have to make sure the press plate is oriented correctly so the hub can be pressed fully. If the plate is facing the wrong way, then the hub end will bottom out and feel like it is done - but you will still see the exposed sealing surface on the hub for the outer seal.
After all of this, reassembly of the front end was easy.....well except for the inner tie rod end I just spotted. I've already had to do the tier rod on other side. So that goes on the "eventually-to-do list". I eyeballed the strut mount bolt setting (basically "0" on the top eccentric bolt).
Took the car for a drive. And wow is it so much quieter inside now. That rumbling by my left foot is gone. What is funny about making a LOUD noise go away is now you can hear other sounds more clearly (tire noise, wind noise - oh wait, do I hear a wheel bearing somewhere in the back now???)
Alignment seemed to be okay - the car wasn't pulling either way. I'll hold off the trip to the alignment shop until I can see the tire wear pattern with this setting.
Mission accomplished:headbang: - even though not exactly the way I thought it would be accomplished.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 05:41 PM
On mine it took a bunch of turns to fully draw the 2 inner races together, was wondering what the heck was going on.
Once they met it hit max torque in less than a 1/4 turn.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 06:19 PM
So when torquing the axle nut were there a bunch of fairly difficult turns, followed by a very sudden increase in turning torque and then hitting the torque setpoint almost immediately?
On mine it took a bunch of turns to fully draw the 2 inner races together, was wondering what the heck was going on.
Once they met it hit max torque in less than a 1/4 turn.
I encountered the same thing on the axle nut, there was almost no turn between "hard to turn" to full torque.
But I didn't have that many turns with a wrench to draw the races together, mostly turned the nut by hand.....but I think that was because I had just pressed in the hub and the races were pretty much dead on to each other.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 10:38 PM
If the inner race preload hasn't been set (races pressed together) there could be several turns before the slack between them is taken out. This is why it's important to torque the axle nut with the wheel OFF the ground. If not done this way the bearing is pulled together while loaded and damage to the races or bearings may occur.
Posted 19 September 2012 - 08:08 PM
Here are part nos. of the seals and snap ring (Genuine Subaru):
Inner Seal: 28015AA080
Outer Seal: 28015AA070
Snap Ring: 28035AA010
Posted 20 September 2012 - 04:11 PM
Posted 27 September 2012 - 09:30 AM
So--If my local Subie shop charged almost $400 for one wheel bearing--sounds like a decent price to avoid all that aggravation??
That all depends on you. If you have more $ than time, then yes it is worth it. I am a cheapskate, and I don't trust others to do as careful a job on my car as I will, so I do it myself. But I would not do the job for someone else for less than $300 if I were to charge for it. It is a pain, but doable in your driveway. Up on a lift it would be much easier on your back.
Posted 27 September 2012 - 11:05 AM
That all depends on you. If you have more $ than time, then yes it is worth it. I am a cheapskate, and I don't trust others to do as careful a job on my car as I will, so I do it myself. But I would not do the job for someone else for less than $300 if I were to charge for it. It is a pain, but doable in your driveway. Up on a lift it would be much easier on your back.
I charge $100 labor plus parts.*
*impossibly stuck bearings/damaged hubs add $50.
They get eaiser once you've done dozens:cool:
Posted 24 February 2013 - 09:33 PM
After replacing this driver side front wheel bearing and knuckle assembly, the passenger side decided to let go.
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