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I was wondering is the only difference between the two the castle combo?
BE comes with 17mm hubs and wheels, and other than the castle setup, I'm pretty sure they are pretty much the same.
ERBE, ERBE, Summit, Slash 4X4, Bandit,
Interesting, I wonder why they would change the hubs. I can just buy 17mm hubs and put em on right?
Ya, the adapters bolt right on.
ERBE, ERBE, Summit, Slash 4X4, Bandit,
The brushed is waterproof and the brushless isnt
Slugs are just naturally aspirated snails
Heh, I ended up getting a Brushless one and I'm aware the Brushless Edition isn't waterproof but that can easily be fixed although I don't want to run through water or mud its too pretty! lol.
Even though you already bought one, the motor mount is different also. Maybe help someone else with the same dilemma
Cheap, Fast, Reliable. Pick 2.
Yeah thought so since the brushed runs two motors.
so what all would i need to make a e revo to erbe specs besides whats already been mentioned. Can i get a erbe motor mount to fit on the brushed version?
Just the motor mount and the MMM system. Oh and the 17mm hubs.
and whatever wheels/tires combo you would want -- The link for the motor/esc is the new MM2 that is waterproof --- so far I love mine!!
With the added power, you may want to look at a set of summit drive shafts (all long)
What about the shocks, does the e-revo also use GTR shocks?
Yes it has the GTR shocks
whats a good budget system that is good for this truck? Brushless of coarse..
Castle creations has the non waterproof systems for sale right now check their site out it think you can get an MMM/2200 for $210. Good luck and god bless.
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more like 400
im talkin like tacon and hobbywing lol
That's what I have and I love it ez run 150a and tacon 2150
Yes it's a beast to
Just checked sorry I was wrong the price is 215 for the non waterproof version of the MMM/2200, this is from castle creations website , but I guess you are looking for cheaper options than this, good luck and god bless.
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Google castle creations and look for the clearance or bargain sale banner on the site. Good luck with whatever you choose and god bless.
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$215 for the combo, wish I lived in US, gonna cost another $100 for postal cost to ship due to Tax etc for UK which sorta defeats th point really, can get in uk from the local hobby store for £250 which works out more or less then same, when you buy electronic from here in uk you get a 12 month warrenty from the shop usually too, so if it breaks you just call the local shop and take it back they then go ahead an replace or send back to CC for you saving postage
coming back to the start, Erevo vs Brushless,
another differance I thought where, alloy slipper pads not material?
sweat, did you go brushless? tried 6s yet?


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Green and Glamour
Added Feb 13, 2013
by Redsonia
Piedmont, Italy
There's a real injection of prints on my Spring-Summer mood board. I was so lucky to spot Lancetti Couture 1 meter remnant, this vintage fabric got immediately my attention due to its print and quality: it's matelasse, 100% cotton. Recently I am tending to use only natural fibres, both for main garments and linings.
I did my best trying to use every bit of 1 meter remnant: the pattern is based on my favourite pattern (Burda 122/11_2012), I added cap sleeves, 60 cm invisible zipper in the back seam, the peplum is lined to give extra body.
For this dress I choose Bemberg lining, a high-quality brand of Cupro produced in Japan, it is breathable, light, durable and still has that silky exterior that looks and feels great. Bemberg is made from natural cotton and is anti-static and anti-cling for a more comfortable wear. It really does keep you feeling cool and fresh and luxuriously silky and soft. Bemberg lining is used by all the major high end fashion labels such as Hugo Boss, Armani and Zegna.
More photos on my blog
Material Notes
Bemberg lining, matelasse 100% cotton
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Feb 23, 2013, 08.38 PMby chula123
ohhh just beautiful !! How lucky were you to find this lovely material, I can't believe you managed to do this wonderful dress with just a metre of fabric! The colour is gorgeous on you.
Feb 14, 2013, 07.22 PMby smallone
Oh my! another fabulous project…you are like a fabulous project machine!!…love the fabric!!
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Feb 14, 2013, 10.31 PMby Redsonia
Oh, smallone, you comment made me smile! My sewing mojo is back and project machine is running.
Feb 14, 2013, 11.14 AMby Keren Levi Afek
Very beautiful ,love the fabric
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Feb 14, 2013, 11.25 AMby Redsonia
Keren Levi Afek, thank you!
Feb 13, 2013, 10.33 PMby mokosha
wow :) color really suits you.. the cut is beautiful, love the peplum!
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Feb 13, 2013, 10.51 PMby Redsonia
Dear mokosha, thank you. I remember your gingham skirt with peplum, I was so inspired that made one for myself!
Feb 13, 2013, 07.20 PMby 2bfabulous
I love your dress. Your dress is eye catching!
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Feb 13, 2013, 09.36 PMby Redsonia
Many thanks for you nice words
Feb 13, 2013, 04.09 PMby cris orange
very nice, like it!
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Feb 13, 2013, 09.35 PMby Redsonia
cris orange, thank you. It's my favourite dress now.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) --The 33rd annual United Cerebral Palsy Telethon was a big success this year.
200 volunteers participated in this year's annual fundraiser.
The money raised helps close to 700 families in the surrounding twelve counties.
Julie Enders has been a part of the Telethon for 33 years. Born with Cerebral Palsy herself, Enders says without the organization her life would have been completely different.
"They've help me so much over the years; from ramps and other equipment, to just advocacy skills. Without the funding the UCP can provide, a lot of the equipment we need and require wouldn't be able to be funded," said Enders.
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Tommaso began life as a stray cat on the streets of Rome until he was rescued by a wealthy widow. The 94 year old had no children, according to ABC News. So when she died last month, she left her entire fortune to the cat. That's $13 million.
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Eclipse chasing - what's your geek pilgrimage?
What would you cross the world to see?
People from all around the world descended on northern Australia today to witness one of the most amazing sights in nature -- a total solar eclipse where the moon completely covers the face of the sun. The fact they're the exact same size in the sky (the moon is obviously smaller but much closer) means you get a quick glimpse of the glowing corona surrounding the sun, which is normally hidden from view.
This morning's eclipse started in Arnhem Land and then swept across the Gulf of Carpentaria, making land again in far north Queensland. The centre passed between between Cairns and Port Douglas before trailing off into the ocean and brushing past New Zealand. The path of the total eclipse was only about 100 kilometres wide, but you could see a partial eclipse from much of Australia.
I watched from Port Douglas along with thousands of others. Cloudy conditions threatened to spoil the view but in the end we got a pretty good view of the eclipse and the corona. It wasn't perfect, but could have been much worse. That's the risk you take when you're chasing an eclipse and you can be sure no-one regrets coming, no matter how far they travelled. Even in overcast conditions the world is still plunged into darkness and then reborn. The experience attracts space nerds and spaced-out hippies from all around the world, including the fabled eclipse chasers who spend their lives following the shadow of the moon.
Most of us have a geek pilgrimage we'd like to make before they die. Perhaps it's to view a total solar eclipse, or maybe to the southern lights (which might be next on my list). Maybe it's to visit a sacred site such as The Great Pyramid of Giza or Stonehenge. What would you cross the world to see just once in your life?
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Successful start for the SCOTT freeride team at the freeride world tour 2014
Last week, two stops took place in the French and Italian parts of the Alps. The First stop in Courmayeur had challenging conditions, yet led to the SCOTT Freeride Team's first great performance of the season. With a victory from our newest team rider Loic Collomb-Patton, thes season started off with a bang. Additionally, SCOTT had Jeremie Heitz in third and Stefan Häusl in fourth place - what a start!
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Due to the fact that the waiting period for the competition in Courmayeur was quite long, the competition only finished on Wednesday of last wek. The weather forecast for Chamonix was good, so the second stop would take place immediately the following weekend. With around 30cm of fresh snow and blue skies there were excellent conditions for a freeride competiton.
Stop two was even more successful for our SCOTT Athletes. With the last run of the men's skiers, a very technical one at that, Loic finished his run with a massive 360, stomping his way back onto the top step of the podium.
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This was the women's first time competing for this season, and did they deliver! Jackie Paaso frm the SCOTT Freeride team had a great run with a nice big drop in the middle, landing her in first place. Lorraine Huber put in a solid run and finished third.
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What a start. SCOTT is really proud to have such strong team in the freeride scene, and is really looking forward to the next stops.
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Detroit Free Press: NAACP Freedom Fund dinner attracts thousands
By Tammy Stables Battaglia
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California sent a message of active involvement to guests of the Detroit NAACP's largest annual gathering Sunday at Cobo Center.
"Today Detroit is still engaged in a great freedom walk … and a campaign to preserve the dignity of all Americans," said Pelosi, the Democratic House minority leader, in a nod to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 58th annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner
Pelosi, the event's featured speaker, encouraged nearly 5,000 guests to forge ahead with the Detroit chapter's goals of economic sustainability, education, health and healthcare access, public safety and criminal justice and voter empowerment.
"You're game changers. … You give us a path," Pelosi said. "These game changers are essential … to strengthening the middle class, the backbone of democracy. If we don't make those game changers a reality, our middle class will be weakened. … Clearly we have work to do."
Pelosi said the U.S. must address economic disparity, including making the minimum wage a living wage. She said CEO salaries now average 350 times the wage of the average worker.
Pelosi also said that all children must have access to good schools.
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education," she said.
She also asked attendees to help other people navigate the new health care system. And she asked guests to support President Barack Obama's budget quest.
"We need your help calling for a budget that reflects our values," she said. "Right now the president is not receiving the cooperation any president should receive."
Pelosi, adding that she traveled to a memorial dedication at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday before making her way to Michigan, pointed out that the Detroit NAACP has always been at the forefront of civil rights activism.
Her message reverberated with the Detroit NAACP's president, the Rev. Wendell Anthony.
"We did not invite Nancy Pelosi here tonight because she is a Democrat," he said. "We invited her here tonight because she has been a champion of the issues that are important to all of us."
The dinner took place in the cavernous hall that typically hosts the North American International Auto Show. Guests arrived through a hallway created with red and white curtains, lined with flower arrangements and volunteer greeters, to a room filled with 10-person round tables.
The crowd was a who's who of metro Detroit, with political, business and community leaders mixing with everyday citizens supporting the largest NAACP branch in the U.S.
Marcella Jones, 51, of Detroit was at the dinner with her daughter Dajanay, 4 – the little girl's third time at the event.
"It gets her excited about what's going on," Jones said. "It lets her know where she comes from and where she is going, so she'll be a more well-rounded person.
Oten Wyatt, 53, of Southfield, who works in the downtown Detroit office of the U.A.W. International, educating and mobilizing members, attends every year. He came this year with his son, Julian Wyatt, 23, of Detroit.
"We've got to continue to rebuild the city of Detroit and put the rebirth and life back in Detroit, and pull together as a whole," Oten Wyatt said when asked his thoughts on the meaning of the gathering.
Cobo Center caterers served chicken stuffed with Swiss chard and turkey bacon, a squash medley, sweet potato mash and apple flan swirled with chocolate.
Chairing the event were Leon Richardson, president of ChemicoMays, and Gregory Jackson, president and CEO of Prestige Automotive Group/Jackson Automotive Management.
During the night, the Detroit branch honored:
- Detroit NAACP Matriarch Emma Didlake with the James Weldon Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Author and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson, with the 2013 Ida B. Wells Freedom and Justice Award.
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- Michigan Chronicle Senior Editor Bankole Thompson and Wayne State University Law School Dean Jocelyn Benson with the 2013 Great Expectations Award.


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But in East Texas, where Greer spent his life, there is the lingering question if his bones really lie beneath the Austin tombstone.
Greer was born in Shelbyville, Tennesee, in 1802, moved to Texas in 1830 from Kentucky, and was serving as Texas' Lieutenant Governor when he died in 1855 while campaigning for Governor. He was buried on his farm nine miles west of San Augustine.
In the 1930's, when the Texas Centennial Commission decided to honor many of the state's early heroes by reburying them in the state cemetery, Greer's remains were among those designated.
A Centennial Commission official came to San Augustine to speak to a relative, Jack Greer, about moving the grave. Greer, however, said he felt his ancestor's bones should stay at home.
IN A few weeks, however, a Centennial Commission team came back to San Augustine, armed with a court order, and asked Greer to direct them to the cemetery. They had been advised that Greer was buried in one of two graves, but they didn't know which one.
Green walked over to a grave, hammered an old wagon axle rod into the grave, and told them, "This is the one."
When Greer's bones were buried in Austin, Jack Greer's wife questioned the action, and said, "I hated to see John Alexander leave here."
"Don't worry," said Greer, "John Alexander didn't go anywhere."
"You remember those fellahs from Austin who came over here on Friday, the 13th. They had some bad luck. They left with the wrong bones."
AS IT turned out, Greer had driven his axle rod into the grave of a well-known reprobate in San Augustine, who just happened to be resting nearby.
In an Austin cemetery filled with politicians, maybe it is just as well.
(Bob Bowman of Lufkin is the author of 40 books about East Texas. He can be reached at bob-bowman.com)


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Doors opened unexpectedly. Yells echoed uncontrollably. And in the middle of it all... I stood. Silent. Very silent.
"Naruto! What are you doing?! SAY SOMETHING!"
I turned to face the girl with pink hair and light green eyes. What to say, what to say?
"Sakura-chan... It's... not my decision to make."
Her body sunk ever so slightly. She jerked her head towards Tsunade, pleading. Why did she always do that?
"Look Sakura," Tsunade said in a firm tone, "You know as well as I do that Sasuke has made a choice. He chose for it to be this way. I know it must be hard for all of
Team 7, but it's something that we cannot control. I can't argue with the Village Elders reasoning. Sadly, it makes perfect sense."
Sakura's eyes were becoming watery as she begged and begged to Tsunade to change her mind. But what was done was done. There was no turning back now.
"If I may," I whispered unusually politely, "I would like to leave now."
Tsunade sighed. I could tell that Sakura's words were getting to her; but that wouldn't make any difference. I had argued and pleaded for countless weeks. Now, it was
much too late. I had given up and accepted what was coming.
She waved me out the door. Before I could shut it, she called to me, "I'm very sorry Naruto."
You're lying. If you were sorry, you wouldn't let this happen.
I nodded. I was the one lying.
I knocked three times, each pound more gruesome than the last. What was I doing? I was making it so much harder for myself, that's what.
The lock turned ever so slowly. Its click took an eternity; an eternity I didn't have. I couldn't get excited or... or...
It was so dark in that room. The curtains were shut tight, the sun unable to sneak a ray through them. Shadows danced across the walls. What were they so happy about?
Didn't they know?
"Sasuke..." I said without a thought.
He had already made it back to his bed. It was messy, extremely messy. How could he care though? What could he care about now? It was all over for him. To care
would just hurt even more than it already did.
I trudged over to his side. On the way, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in a cracked mirror. I could already imagine him smashing his fist into it angrily. I didn't blame
I sat on the edge of the bed, and stared into an alternate space where life was happy and innocent. Sasuke was tainted with so much blood now. How many had he killed?
How many undeserving lives had he taken away? I couldn't help but wonder such an absurd question.
Here was another one: Was he ready to kill me? It was the perfect time. I wouldn't defend myself after all. I was about to lose something so precious anyways, so what
difference did it make?
"What do you want?" Sasuke said, his voiced muffled by his knees.
He was grouchy. Definitely.
And I couldn't answer. I didn't know what I wanted. It was like I had be turned into a small child, one with no reasoning and no concept of what was happening. I did
understand life however, and I knew that some people did not always live it to the fullest. I sure as hell didn't. If I did, then what was I doing here in this cold, isolated
We were silent. It was a time to reflect on all that we had done, all that we COULD have done. Together.
Then, there was tears. Not my own, surprisingly, but Sasuke's. He made his way over to me and place his head on my shoulder. I could feel warm liquid drip down my
shirt. It smelled so salty.
"I'm not ready," he cried, "I'm not ready to die yet."
Now he was the child, and I was the adult. I was given the hardest role; the comforting.
I didn't obey the rules. Instead, my eyes began to fill with the same salty water. It flowed swiftly and unevenly down my cheeks, right into his raven black hair. I wasn't
ready either. As much as I tried to convince myself, I wasn't.
"I tried... I tried to convince them. But they wouldn't listen," was what I wanted to say, but I just couldn't get it out. It wouldn't help the situation. And I was so
scared he would doubt me if I did. Wow, I'm a coward.
I watched, the atmosphere becoming thicker and thicker, as the sun rose high above the clouds and sunk beyond the horizon. Sasuke had long fallen asleep. It was soon
time for me to retire as well.
The sound of his breath was long and deep. It was never going to be like this again, was it? I watched the time slip away; the peace slip away. And before I knew it, the
sun was peeking over the clouds again.
There was rustling beneath the covers. I had fallen on the floor, my eyes glued shut. Gosh, I'm tired.
"Hey, you idiot," Sasuke yawned, "get the hell off my floor and wake up."
How nice of you.
My neck hurt. Ouch. But for some reason I felt so relieved.
"I can't believe you fell asleep on the floor..." he grumbled, "They're probably looking everywhere for you right now."
I shot up. Today was the day... The day when Team 7 would no longer exist.
I glanced quickly at Sasuke, just to take a look at his expression. He appeared as he used to be, back when there was nothing to worry about. Or, as he liked to phrase it,
back when we were "playing ninja." Had he forgotten? Or was he relieved? There were so many questions to ask and so little time.
"Hey... Sasuke..." I began, "Do... do you miss when we were Team 7?"
He turned away. "Don't be stupid. That's over now."
I could have sworn I'd seen him grin a little as he faced me once again. I laughed. This was the way it was supposed to be.
There was a loud echo on the door. "Sasuke! Naruto!" Sakura yelled, "I have to talk with you!" Her voice had a hint of grimness in it. It couldn't have been good.
But I made up my mind. I was going to start all over again with Sasuke, and make the most of the little time we had left. Yes, that's what I was going to do.


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How About Leaving A.J. in Toronto?…
After losing 2 of 3 to the Boston Red Sox and
ensuring the mail delivery of a Red Sox cap to my home (ugh!), the Yankees went
to Toronto with a chance to clinch a play-off spot. What happened? A.J. Burnett started, so the rest is
self-explanatory. Instead of smelling
blood and delivering a season high performance, A.J. did what he often does
this season, he stuck his head in the sand.
The situation was a perfect set-up. Going back into his former home stadium to
face his former teammates with a golden opportunity to right the earlier wrong's
of the season and propel his current mates into baseball's promised land. Instead, A.J. was long gone by the end of the
third inning as he put the team in a hole they could not climb out of. The pitching line was horrific…2 ½ innings, 7
hits and 7 runs. For $82.5 million, we
got this and a 5.33 ERA in 2010.
Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox won so the RSN
continues its belief that the Red Sox can win all their remaining games, while
the Yankees get swept in Toronto and Boston.
Burnett could have ended all of that tonight…
It sucks that at this stage of the season, I have
to root for the Chicago White Sox. The
Yankees need to re-group, think about what Tony Dungy said the other day, and
come out to play like a play-off contender on Tuesday night. Win to get in, don't back in…
I was saddened to hear the passing of former
Oakland Raiders great George Blanda. I
remember first becoming aware of him as an aging kicker for the Raiders when I
was a kid. I also remember being shocked
when I learned that he had been a quarterback earlier in his career. His 26-year career contained several careers
within a career. Anyone who grew up in
the 70's will always remember #16 trotting onto the field to line up for a
game-winning kick regardless of whether or not you were a Raiders fan (I wasn't
but I certainly had great respect for Blanda).
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TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Legislation to allow expanded early voting and more early voting polling sites was approved Monday by a Florida Senate committee, but Democrats opposed it because it doesn't go far enough.
Democrats filed several amendments to increase access to voting even further, and all were rejected by Republicans before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee approved the bill (SB 600). It's aimed at avoiding the long lines and ballot counting delays that embarrassed Florida during the November election.
The bill calls for at least eight early voting days and would allow elections supervisors to expand that to 14 days, including the Sunday before the election. It also expands the places where elections officials can hold early voting by allowing polls to be set up at senior centers, fairgrounds, civic centers, stadiums and community centers.
It would require a maximum 75-word ballot summary on constitutional amendments proposed by lawmakers. That limit could be exceeded if the state Supreme Court rejects the language and it has to be revised. The bill would also move the primary up two weeks, so it is held 10 weeks before the general election, and would allow military personnel returning home from combat zones or deployed in areas where they're ready to enter combat zones to register to vote up to the Friday before an election.
Republicans passed an election bill two years ago that cut early voting days from 14 to eight. After complaints of long lines and slow counting, lawmakers are now seeking to expand early voting again.
Democrats spent about an hour introducing amendments. One would have set 14 early voting days, with the Sunday before the election as a discretionary day, instead of the minimum of eight in the bill. Another would have allowed elections supervisors even more flexibility in choosing early voting locations. One would have allowed voters to change their address at the polls without being forced to cast a provisional ballot, as they used to be able to do before the 2011 election law changes.
Republicans rejected all the Democratic-filed amendments. Committee chairman Sen. Jack Latvala grew impatient over an amendment that would have kept ballot summaries to 75 words with no exceptions. He pointed out that 118 of the 120 House members supported a version of the bill (HB 7013) that had the same summary language as the Senate bill.
"Every single Democrat member of the House voted for that bill and that language and now we're having to replay the fight today," said Latvala, R-Palm Harbor.
After the meeting, Democratic Sen. Eleanor Sobel of Hollywood quipped, "He said the Democrats in the House voted for the bill. Look, we're not in the House."
Democrats have criticized Republicans for changing election laws two years ago, saying they were trying to fix problems that didn't exist.
"The Legislature created this problem and now it wants to take us 60 percent of the way back. There's really no reason we shouldn't be taking most of the amendments we offered unless you want to make it harder for people to vote," said Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth.


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John vonGoeler, sales manager for Scheidt & Bachman, demonstrates how the new fare collection system works.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — New technology and fare changes at the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority raised concerns among riders at Monday's public hearing.
Bbut BRTA Administrator Gary Shepard and others assured those attending the hearing at City Hall that the move will improve the system by making it more efficient and effective.


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From Moles to Lobsters: Boston Children's Theatre Redefines its Genre for a New Generation of Theatergoers
"Children's theater, to me, is about meeting children everywhere they live, not just where we want them to live."—BCT Artistic Director Burgess Clark
In an act of parental desperation, Joan Parker and her husband signed their son Dan up for an audition at Boston Children's Theatre after noticing a sudden change in his demeanor: "Dan, who was always sort of king of the rock, seemed lonely and lost. We couldn't quite figure out what to do about it."
Begrudgingly, Dan complied with his parents' wishes and took the trip from Lynnfield to Boston. Parker still remembers the relief she felt picking him up later that day. "When the auditions were over and we watched the kids come down the stairs, his cheeks were red, his eyes were shining…And he never shut up on the drive home." Now, 37 years later, Dan is a card-carrying member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Dan Parker's story is a common one in the theater community. Scratch the surface and you're likely to find a collection of oversized children whose journeys to the stage began long before they ever made their professional debuts. Just weeks ago, Billy Porter opened his Tony Award acceptance speech with a description of how the inspiration for his career came to him at the age of 11 when he watched Jennifer Holliday perform her number from Dreamgirls at the 1982 Tonys.
First introductions to theater can be extremely powerful. Yet the children's theaters that are primarily responsible for making these introductions often underestimate the capacities of their young audiences. They boil all of the nutrients out of their productions in fear that children will otherwise be unable to digest them. Even while glowing with gratitude to BCT for everything it gave her son, Parker couldn't help but poke fun at some of its material from all those years ago. "The first play that [Dan] was in was Mr. Mole Meets Thumbelina…You can see the dramatic possibilities." (laughs)
When Burgess Clark arrived at Boston Children's Theatre in 2008 to interview for the position of its newly vacated artistic director, he came ready to sniff out any lingering trace of Mr. Mole. "There's a huge difference between what I refer to as "kiddie theater" and what I refer to as "theater for children," said Clark. BCT's longtime reliance on the safe niche of "kiddie" productions, Clark believed, is what had been keeping the company in the shadows for so many years.
BCT is, in fact, the oldest children's theater in the country. Though it wasn't officially incorporated until 1951, it has had a presence in the Boston community since 1920, established in the wake of World War I as part of the post-war charitable corporation "Community Services of Boston Inc." Yet despite this long and distinctly American history, Clark remembers being surprised at how few people knew anything about the theater — himself included: "I was only aware of BCT when I was invited to apply for the position," he confessed. "Julie Taymor worked at Boston Children's Theatre back in the '70s. It spawned a lot of major careers and yet very few people know about it. And so I said, 'Therein lies your problem.'"
During his extended interview process, Clark was upfront about the changes he had in mind for the theater. "When I interviewed with them, I said that BCT needs to specifically attack the topics that other children's theaters might be too shy to do." This is not to say that he strives to mold a children's theater that consistently leaves his young audiences in a puddle on the floor, nor one that force-feeds Bertolt Brecht to kindergartners . On the contrary, Clark includes at least one piece per season that targets each major age group, starting with preschool going all the way up to high school. His ultimate goal is to do justice to them all — even the ones meant for his youngest audiences. "I don't want to ever condescend to [children]," he said. "Even if we're doing The Velveteen Rabbit, I still want it to be an extremely high-quality production."
However, after signing on to Clark's plan, some board members were taken aback when they saw him begin to deliver on what he had promised.
During his second season with BCT, he launched a series of plays that reflected the theme of "justice through the eyes of a child." He began with a production of The Diary of Anne Frank in 2010 followed by To Kill a Mockingbird in 2011, finally leading up to a production of a new play that he had penned himself, Reflections of a Rock Lobster, which opened on the BCT stage in 2012.
Clark adapted Reflections of a Rock Lobster from Aaron Fricke's 1981 memoir, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay. The story follows a teenage Fricke, who, after coming out during his senior year of high school, was denied the right to bring another male student as his date to the prom. Fricke took his case (Fricke v. Lynch) to the U.S. District court where the judge ruled in his favor, setting a landmark precedent for gay rights.
"When I first announced Rock Lobster," Clark recalled, "I heard through the grapevine that there was actually a movement on the board to get me fired." The way he speaks about it now, it seems to have hardly fazed him. "It was a little bit daunting but I said, 'Give it a chance. Let's see what it is.'"
The significance of Rock Lobster as a piece of children's theater became clear to Clark when young actors began stepping into the characters he had created. "It was those kids [who] said, 'Let's push the envelope here…because this is what we see every day in the hallways.' Children's theater, to me, is about meeting children everywhere they live — not just where we want them to live," he added. "I think a lot of times people feel like they have to somehow soften the truth for children, but I find children the most honest audiences [who] exist out there."
Still, the board's primary fear was that the show, under the umbrella of "children's theater," would be marketed to an inappropriately young audience. The company, however, made the public aware of the show's mature content and, in its campaign, specifically targeted high school students. To the surprise of everyone at BCT, it was the community who decided its younger members were mature enough to hear what Rock Lobster had to say. "I was really heartened by how many upper-elementary and middle schools actually came to attend," Clark recalled. "We were just absolutely stunned by the response."
Even older audience members whose high school days had long since passed were responding strongly to the play. "On opening night, we had adult middle-aged straight married men apologizing for the bullying they had done in high school. We had teachers coming out in front of their classes right after the production in the theater. It was really kind of a lightning bolt." This deluge of enthusiasm and support resulted in a remounting of the production the following season in March of 2013.
During the show's first run, Clark invited representatives from Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) to attend a performance of Rock Lobster, looking to build a partnership with the organization. One of these invited representatives was none other than the mother of Boston Children's Theatre's original Mr. Mole, Joan Parker.
Long after her son Dan had graduated from the BCT children's company, he came out to his parents and confessed that he had been bullied for many years in the Lynnfield school system. Dan had kept this part of his life completely hidden from both his mother and father, so it came as a shock to Parker to learn how difficult her son's childhood had been. Hoping to offer support and guidance to other parents like herself, she sought out Greater Boston PFLAG and soon became heavily involved with their anti-bullying campaign. Nearly four decades had passed since driving Dan to Boston for that first set of auditions when she was invited back to BCT to see Reflections of a Rock Lobster.
Sadly, Joan Parker passed away on June 12. Until the very end of her life, Parker was a member of BCT's advisory board and one of Clark's biggest advocates, constantly fighting for the development of new, cutting-edge works that push the boundaries of traditional children's theater. "It was great for me," she said, commenting on her reintroduction to the company. "[It] gave me an opportunity to pay back in some way what I felt they had done for Dan."
Thinking back on how far the theater has come over the past 37 years, Parker added, "The plays they are producing have transformed. Now its productions are so relevant, and I must say, very far away from Mr. Mole Meets Thumbelina — and that's probably a good thing."
In loving memory of Joan Parker: October 16, 1932-June 12, 2013.


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With 1.2 seconds left on the clock, Jerome Jordan put in the game-winning lay-up for the Reno Bighorns (5-8) who defeated the Iowa Energy (5-8) 115-113 at home on Saturday.
The game was tied at 113-113 with 7.1 seconds left. Bighorns' guard Walker Russell, Jr. missed a jump shot, but Jordan was right there to put back the go-ahead shot in front of the fans on their feet at the Reno Events Center.
The Bighorns led the Energy much of the game and had a 21 point lead with 4:17 left in the game. Iowa rallied back, hitting several three-point shots and capitalizing on Bighorns' turnovers. New Orleans Hornets' assignee, Darius Miller, nailed a three-point shot with 12.3 seconds left in the game to tie it.
The Bighorns had three players with double-doubles, Jordan (22 points and 12 rebounds), Antoine Wright (20 points and 13 rebounds), and Russell (12 points and 11 assists). Three other players recorded double-digit points, Utah Jazz assignee Kevin Murphy (24), Marcus Landry (15), and Dar Tucker (19).
The Energy were led by Chris Wright's 20 points. Morris Almond and Quincy Miller had 18 points apiece.
The Bighorns return to action Monday night as part of the NBA D-League Showcase against the Springfield Armor at 7 p.m. Games will be played all day, Monday – Thursday, starting at 10 a.m. at the Reno Events Center.


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A strong second quarter by the South Tama girls basketball team was enough to separate itself from rival East Marshall and earn its first victory of the season.
After dropping its opening two games, South Tama broke open its second North Iowa Cedar League game during the second quarter. The Trojans held East Marshall scoreless for more than seven minutes before entering halftime with a 20-point lead. The Trojans (1-2, 1-1) never led by fewer than 14 points during the second half as they beat East Marshall (0-5) 53-37 Tuesday night.
"It feels really good," senior Jade Rohach said. "It's about time. It's always good to win and beat East Marshall."
STC coach Marsha Keahna said the win was well deserved, because her players did what they were asked to do offensively.
"It was good to get the win," Keahna said. "The girls did some things we asked them to do, such as slow the offense down, run our offense and actually pass the ball to look for some good shots. They did that tonight. We put the pressure on the ball and our press was effective. We even had the middle girl sag off a bit and she was able to pick off some of those passes in the second half. That gave us momentum to run our fast break."
South Tama's defense was most evident during the second quarter. They held East Marshall scoreless for more than seven minutes, before the Mustangs scored a layup with 48 seconds left in the half. STC's defense caused the Mustangs problems as they were called for nearly a dozen traveling violations.
Offensively, the Trojans doubled their first quarter total at halftime. During the first half, seniors Kaleigh Sieck and Rohach led the Trojans with eight points each. Senior Megan Wanatee added six points to the Trojans 30-10 halftime lead. Juniors Paige Van Dyk and Trisha Walz each had four points at the break.
"Tonight, we worked our offense more and got the ball around," Rohach said. "We moved the ball into the post more and just moved it around better. I think we are starting to mesh a little bit better, because we haven't all played together. My grade has played together and the juniors have played together, but this is the first time for all of us together. Now we're starting to synchronize together and that's good."
East Marshall started to chip away at the Trojans' lead in the third quarter, as it cut it to 14 points in less than three minutes. The Trojans responded with a three-pointer from Wanatee, a layup from Walz and a three from Van Dyk. Heading into the fourth quarter, the lead was still 15 points after late buckets from East Marshall.
The Mustangs missed four consecutive free throws to open the final quarter before Sieck buried a three-pointer for South Tama. The lead remained at 15 points or higher during the remainder of the game. STC's final basket was a three-pointer from junior Hailee Weiss.
"We're still learning," Keahna said. "We're still trying to gel together as a unit. We have these spurts where they do the right thing. They always hustle, so it's just a matter of putting everything together. Hopefully, we can start hitting our stride by mid-season."
The Trojans coach was pleased with her team's defense, especially on East Marshall sophomore Taylor Fricke, who is a post player that can shoot from the outside. STC frustrated her all night with in-your-face defense and she was called for numerous traveling violations.
"Their front court is a bit younger than ours," Keahna said. "I thought Trisha and Hailey did a really nice job of shutting down their best post player, Fricke. They were on her all of the time. She has some height on us, so she did get off a few shots. We didn't let her have anything outside, which took them out of their rhythm a bit."
Rohach also said the STC defense is improving and it showed Tuesday.
"Our press is getting better," she said. "Tonight, we trapped better on the sidelines and didn't let them beat us up the court too much."
Sieck and Wanatee led the Trojans with 11 points each. Rohach added 10 points to the win.
South Tama will travel Friday to State Center to play West Marshall. The game will begin at 6:15 p.m.
"They were pretty excited in the locker room," Keahna said. "That first win always feels pretty good. We know that we played three tough teams, but now we have to regroup mentally for West Marshall on Friday. It's going to be tough."


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NORMAN, Okla. -- Freshman star Michael Beasley scored 32 points, including the game-winner with 2.3 seconds left, as Kansas State outlasted Oklahoma 84-82 on Saturday in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams.
Beasley grabbed 11 rebounds for his 14th double-double of the season, and another freshman, Bill Walker, added 22 points for Kansas State (11-4, 1-0), which won at the Lloyd Noble Center for the first time since Jan. 20, 1996. That stretch included five straight losses to Oklahoma (12-4, 0-1).
The loss ended the Sooners' five-game winning streak, their longest under second-year coach Jeff Capel, and likely will keep Oklahoma out of next week's rankings after the Sooners had risen to 26th in the balloting for the Top 25.
In a game in which neither team led by more than five points, every surge was met with a countersurge. With the game tied 62-62, Walker had a 3-point play that he followed with a drive down the lane for a dunk to put the Wildcats up 67-62 with 9:02 left, matching their biggest lead of the game to that point.
Then Oklahoma freshman Blake Griffin scored on a putback and added a pair of free throws before spinning around Beasley for a dunk to put the Sooners ahead with 6:29 left. Beasley answered with a bucket of his own to again give Kansas State the lead 20 seconds later.
And so it went.
Walker broke a 75-75 tie with a bucket with 2:01 left, and Clent Stewart -- a Tulsa, Okla., high school product -- made a 3-pointer with 1:09 left to give Kansas State an 82-78 bulge.
Griffin, who overcame a sore right shoulder to finish with a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds -- his sixth double-double of the season -- hit a pair of free throws with 47.9 seconds left, then stole the ball and rumbled downcourt for a dunk that tied the game with 24 seconds left.
After two Kansas State time-outs, freshman point guard Jacob Pullen took the inbounds pass for the Wildcats and found Beasley in the lane. Beasley collided with Griffin while making his move to the basket, but no foul was called.
As Capel was trying to call timeout, Oklahoma guard Austin Johnson threw up a half-court heave at the buzzer, which hit off the backboard and front of the rim, preserving the win for the Wildcats in their first true road game of the season.
Kansas State shot a season-high 56.4 percent from the field -- the highest percentage by an Oklahoma opponent during Capel's tenure -- while Oklahoma made 52.8 percent of its shots.
Beasley's 32-point outing matched his second-highest of the season. It was his sixth game of 30 or more points, one shy of Kansas State's single-season record, set by Bob Boozer during the 1958-59 season and matched by Norris Coleman during the 1985-86 season.
It was the second straight game in which Griffin recorded a career high in points, as he had 26 points in a win Tuesday over Mount St. Mary's. Longar Longar added 18 points for Oklahoma, while David Godbold had 15 and Tony Crocker had 13.


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By Hiroko Sato
DEVENS -- If you think U.S. manufacturing is a thing of the past, Marty Jones wants you to see what's going on in Devens.
From the production of building materials to paper fabrication, Devens is a growing hub for a wide range of manufacturing businesses that accounted for one-third of Devens' workforce during the first three months of this year. The number of manufacturers slightly declined to 14 from 16 in 2010, but they remain the pillar of the Devens economy.
Overall employment at Devens has grown 13 percent since 2010, said Jones, president and CEO of MassDevelopment, the quasi-public state agency that oversees Devens development.
"We are attracting a new mix of businesses as Devens continues to grow," Jones said as she unveiled a new economic report on the 4,400-acre former Army fort.
Prepared by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, the report shows that the number of employers declined to 87 this year from 95 in 2010. On the flip side, the number of jobs in Devens grew to 3,634 as of March 31 -- 426 more than at the end of 2010.
Devens is expecting even more job growth as O'Reilly Auto Parts plans to purchase a 378,000-square-foot building at 15 Independence Drive to create 80 full-time jobs there, said George Ramirez, executive vice president of Devens Operations for MassDevelopment.
The new report, the second in an annual series issued by MassDevelopment, covers economic progress at Devens as of the end of the first quarter of 2013. Last year's report was based on the 2010 job data, but excluded Evergreen Solar from the job counts. The panel manufacturer closed its local plant in March 2011, laying off 800 workers. Both last year's and this year's reports took into account all the jobs in private, governmental and nonprofit sectors, but excluded military jobs.
According to the report, 2,641 jobs, or 73 percent of all Devens employment, came from the private sector, compared to 67 percent in 2010. Contributing to these statistics were five businesses that have moved to Devens since the beginning of 2011, according to Jones. The largest among those is Saint-Gobain, a manufacturer of packaging materials on Barnum Road, which has said it planned to hire 90 people when announcing the opening of the local location last June.
Other new businesses include DCS Corp. on Buena Vista Street and Patterson Veterinarian Supply on Barnum Road.
The 14 manufacturing firms in Devens account for 16.1 percent of 87 employers in the community. This is a much higher concentration of manufacturers compared to the state average of 3.2 percent.
Devens manufacturers employ 1,216 workers, up from 951 in 2010, who represent 33 percent of the Devens workforce. This means those manufacturing companies tend to have more employees than other types of businesses locally, said Lindsay Koshgarian, research manager at the UMass Donahue Institute.
Government jobs accounted for 17 percent and nonprofit jobs 11 percent of the entire employment this year, compared to 19 percent and 14 percent in 2010 respectively.
Employers in Devens paid a total of $251.5 million in estimated annual wages to their workers in the third quarter of 2012, up from $220.7 million in 2010. Commercial and nonprofit firms have $841 million in estimated combined sales and also spent $600 million to their supply chains and other area businesses, which employ 3,705 people in Massachusetts. When those ripple effects are taken into consideration, Devens' total contribution to the regional economy amounts to $1.44 billion, according to the report.
Private firms in Devens paid an estimated $2.95 million in state corporate profits tax while the employees of the private and nonprofit firms in Devens paid an estimated $13.59 million in personal income tax, the report states. The average annual wage in Devens was $71,078 for private sector, $49,883 for nonprofits and $73,455 for government jobs in the third quarter of 2012. The overall average wage of the Devens workforce rose to $69,210 from $68,798 in 2010, compared to the state average of $57,304 in the third quarter of 2012, down from $57,799 in 2010.
Jones believes the overall economic growth in Devens stems from Devens' easy access to highways and the railroad, the 75-day permitting process for development projects, and the economic recovery in general.
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During a radio interview this week, one of the most senior members of the Hamas terrorist organization said that a hospital next to his home protects him from assassination attempts by Israel.
Mahmoud Al-Zahar, who survived an assassination attempt in 2003, was asked on WABC Radio's "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" whether he fears he will be targeted again, particularly in light of the eliminations of several other Hamas members this month.
"They already targeted me and they killed my first son," replied Zahar. "And they targeted me and broke [my] backbone. And also in the last battle they tried to target me and they sent a small rocket."
Zahar continued: "But the Jordanian hospital here was near my house, and I think there was a big protest between, and a big debate between, the Jordanian government and the Israeli government. That was the main cause not to attack our house."
Immigration Reform… Or Else
Latinos and unions expect the passage in 2013 of comprehensive immigration reform, or amnesty for millions of illegals, declared a former adviser to President Obama whose union group has close ties to the Obama White House.
"We expect passage of comprehensive immigration reform next year," declared Eliseo Medina, treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU. "We don't want promises; we don't want debates. We expect action," he said.
Medina added, "If Congress keeps erecting roadblocks in 2013, we will look elsewhere for leaders in the 2014 elections. The proof is tonight's presidential election results."
Medina made these comments at a meeting earlier this month of top union leaders while discussing strategy for Obama's second term. His quotes were documented by the Communist Party USA's People's World magazine.
A former SEIU president, Andy Stern, was the most frequent visitor to the White House in 2009, according to White House visitor logs.
New Website Urges Class Warfare
A George Soros-funded radical think tank with close ties to the Democrat party has launched a new website urging politicians and activists to wage class warfare while hailing what it calls a new era in politics – the use of class warfare to win elections.
WageClassWar.org was launched last week by the Campaign for America's Future, or CAF.
CAF's co-director, Robert Borosage, explained the need for such a website. "America's growing diversity and its increasingly socially liberal attitudes played a big role in this election. But looking back, we are likely to see this as the first of the class warfare."
The website does not feature a mission statement and is unclear about exactly how the group will go about attempting to wage class warfare.
The site explains how Obama's 2012 campaign utilized class warfare and set the stage for the deployment of such tactics in future elections.
"Obama's campaign built its message on class war battles that broke out in the Republican primary, as challengers sought to bring down 'the main from Bain,' Mitt Romney," notes the site.
"In the end, the keys to Obama's reelection were his calls for raising the taxes of the wealthy and his support for reinvesting those revenues in education and jobs to rebuild the middle class and to protect programs like Medicare from cuts."
The site hails Obama for having repeatedly portrayed Romney as a "walking example of the out-of-touch elite, an opponent of the auto industry bailout that saved an entire manufacturing sector, and a 1 percenter who would jeopardize social programs, education, and Medicare in order to cut taxes on his rich friends."
Congresswoman Fears Terrorist Infiltration
A U.S. congresswoman is warning that while the world's eyes are on Iran's growing threat against Israel, the Islamic nation's terrorist surrogates may be forming sleeper cells here in the United States.
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) asserted in a radio interview that she believes it's possible that Hizbullah, the radical terrorist organization tied to Iran, may be working with Mexican cartels to funnel not only drugs, but also terrorist sleeper agents into the U.S.
"Former [Defense Intelligence Agency] people and others have told me what is going on. There have been a couple of arrests in this country relative to people who have had ties to Hizbullah or Iran, and my concern has been with the drug cartels and the gangs that are operating in Mexico," Myrick said. "There is, what I have been told, a very strong presence there of coordination between the two."


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All you have to do is script 180 degree rotation on every page.
And insert "cunt" wherever appropriate^Wnecessary.
All you have to do is script 180 degree rotation on every page.
And insert "cunt" wherever appropriate^Wnecessary.
The amount of extra paper, because of this change, is probably where the extra cost comes from.
Just rename the UK English...
It's not like the US doesn't know Engli...
I went to purchase Diablo III from Blizzard's online store, and after signing in to my Australian (or SEA or whatever region) battle.net account the price went from US$Price to AU$(Price+20).
I tried to play devils advocate on this one, and what I came up with is that bandwidth and rackspace in Australia are much more expensive than other parts of the world.
But I get the feeling Blizzard don't have battle.net servers in Australia, and since most of their content delivery comes through Bittorrent (and who cares if they "seed" it themselves from the US with cheap bandwidth or AU), so I don't know why it costs so much more.
Rackspace is more expensive, for sure. But We're talking a few extra cents, not $20 , for a game.
Largely the costs in hosting in australia are not bandwidth related (although some colos do charge stupidly for that) but power related. Because of the ridiculous price in power lately due to all the grid updates (no its not carbon price, that hasnt been introduced yet!) power is just stupidly expensive and that translates to expensiveness in rack hosting since a 1U rack can chew up quite a good few amperes of p
Because of the ridiculous price in power lately due to all the grid updates
That's the story, but when the profit announcements come out each year you'll see it's due to the "profit updates" instead.
For those outside of Australia, the truly insane thing we did is copied our electricity trading system wholesale from California at the height of the Enron debacle. It is operating as designed with rising prices for the consumer and crumbling infrastructure - but mostly fatter and fatter profits each year in a m
and what I came up with is that bandwidth and rackspace in Australia are much more expensive than other parts of the world
Which is unfortunately irrelevant because Blizzards "Oceanic" servers are all in racks in the USA.
But I get the feeling Blizzard don't have battle.net servers in Australia
There's been articles about the servers being in the USA, (can't remember where and the first page of google only shows complaints on forums), but either way a quick ping will show you that wherever they are there is half a world's length of wire and fibre between your net connection in Australia and where their servers are.
However Blizzard are just one of many that is price gouging by location. Apple used to be so bad at it that people could fly from Sydney to Hawaii to buy a laptop, spend a weeks holiday, fly back, and still have change left over from what they would have paid to buy it locally. That may be hardware with real shipping costs but the real shipping costs would be a tiny percentage of the markup.
Us aussies can sell software to usa cheaper, and bandwidth is not an issue, we find ways to do it fast, get closer proxies etc...
We Australians pay high prices for a simple reason - our market can bear the prices. The strong Australian dollar coincides with higher wages and costs of living, and any professional who needs photoshop will buy it, albeit begrudgingly. Adobe provides discounts for students and other groups, but the prices are still quite high.
This is basic economics: charge as much as possible to each customer, also known as price discrimination [wikipedia.org].
The same goes for "luxury" cars. Let me give an example. Here in Australia a new BMW M3's recommended retail price is $154,000 AUD. In the US, it is around $60,000 USD. Government taxes, extras, shipping costs, etc only account for a very small percentage of this difference. How does BMW sell any cars in Australia? Enough people are willing and able to pay the price.
How does BMW sell any cars in Australia?
Because importing a BMW from the US is a pain in the butt; not to mention, the car would then have left-hand drive, which Australian customers are unsued to. On the other hand, routing a download from the US, or spoofing an online service into thinking you're buying from the US is trivial.
Also, you can't torrent a BMW.
Your BMW example isn't the best example as that BMW M3 will have both import tariffs and fees (designed to protect what is left of the local car manufacturing industry) and luxury car tax (introduced by the Howard government in order to ensure the difference in the tax rate between luxury cars and normal cars remained the same under the GST as it did under the old wholesale sales tax system)
Lets look at a better example:
Take the LEGO Star Wars Super Star Destroyer. In the US you can buy one for US$399.99. T
It's not just the tariffs or the taxes. How do you explain that even cars made locally in Australia cost more than the same model in New Zealand? They have shipping costs, taxes, and tariffs too, yet a locally made car somehow costs more here!
I just found an informative page [customs.gov.au] for importing a car into Australia. It has a worked example for importing a car worth $56K into Australia. The total payable tax plus tariffs is $11.5K. Doesn't exactly account for a BMW going from $60K to over $130K, does it? Where the hell did the other $60K increase in the price come from?
I once worked as an IT contractor for a car importer that had an exclusive deal with a manufacturer to import cars into Australia. I asked one of their senior staffers why cars were more expensive in Australia. He basically admitted that all of the importers jack up the price because they have an effective monopoly position (for their brands), and can get away with it. There's a sort of gentleman's agreement between them to maintain this status quo and not compete on price. This works because importers often import several brands, so there's only a few of them catering for the entire market. It's not the taxes, the shipping, the retailers, or the manufacturer. Nameless middle-men obtain exclusive rights to import, and then milk the market for everything that they can.
It's blatantly obvious if you know what to look for. For example, I wanted to get a nice sporty car, like the Nissan GT-R. Here in Australia, it's over double the cost of what it is in Japan or in the US. I worked out all the taxes, and it still didn't explain most of the difference. I looked into importing one direct from Japan -- I'd still have to pay all of the Australian taxes and tariffs and pay an additinal overhead for organising the whole thing, but the end result would still about 30-40% cheaper. However, it turns out that I wouldn't be be able to get my imported car serviced! The "official" importer also controls all of the parts and servicing, and they'll refuse to do business with you if you own a "grey" import. You can have it serviced elsewhere, but with a small-volume model like the GT-R, it's a risk. Compare that to, say, buying an iPad in America. Apple will repair it for you in Australia happily.
There's no way to do the equivalent in America because the market is too big, there's too many importers, and hence there's enough competition to prevent a successful collusion from forming.
This is why I don't buy anything except food and clothes from local retailers any more. I get all my gadgets and software online. Lots of other Australians shop online from overseas too. It's probably harming our local businesses, but fuck them and their greedy price gouging.
It's about time the ACCC started investigating this. First software, then I hope they look into cars next...
If what you just said is accurate, what I just heard was "Start a luxury car importer, undercut the competition by 15%, profit!".
I think you missed the part where car import deals are dealt exclusively and unofficials are treated with hostility by the official service chain.
sure, you could source your cars from uncooperative overseas dealers I suppose, but it's a big hassle. and then the troubles of not being able to use their trademarks in marketing material etc.. who buys discount luxury cars anyways? if they do then they buy them used. and I'm pretty sure australia has couple of businesses bringing used luxury cars from japan.
Your BMW example isn't the best example as that BMW M3 will have both import tariffs and fees (designed to protect what is left of the local car manufacturing industry) and luxury car tax (introduced by the Howard government in order to ensure the difference in the tax rate between luxury cars and normal cars remained the same under the GST as it did under the old wholesale sales tax system)
No, the LCT doesn't even come close to explaining the price difference.
It's just flat-out gouging by BMW (Mercedes, Au
Your BMW example isn't the best example as that BMW M3 will have both import tariffs and fees (designed to protect what is left of the local car manufacturing industry) and luxury car tax (introduced by the Howard government in order to ensure the difference in the tax rate between luxury cars and normal cars remained the same under the GST as it did under the old wholesale sales tax system)
Funny one of our work mates went and imported 5 BMWs. Kept one, sold the other 4, and the proceeds basically paid for the one he kept. Sure it was a major amount of paperwork and hassle to get it done, but he effectively ended up with $60k profit as a result.
According to wikipedia [wikipedia.org] US per capita income is well above AU, being topped only by Norway and a few city states.
Excellent. I'm sick of the exploitation of software pricing in Australia. Price ratios haven't shifted at all since the 90s when the AUD was worth 0.6 USD. Now 1 AUD > 1 USD.
There seems to be a duty on "luxury" items or something. An inflatable camping mattress that would have been less than USD$30 was AUD$130, and other prices in the camping store were similarly crazy. If you're outfitting as a camper there, you can probably save by flying to the U.S. to buy your stuff.
No duties on most items, Almost everything that is not alcohol, tobacco or has a motor has GST only (Goods and Services Tax, a flat 10%). Camping gear is no exception, no special duties on it what so ever.
It's distributors profiteering. With tax, a $30 item in the US should cost $33, maybe you could stretch that to $40 with shipping. Yet Distributors price it at a 100% or greater mark up compared to the US prices.
BTW, smart Australians are already buying from overseas. Shoes, clothing, computers, elec
With tax, a $30 item in the US should cost $33, maybe you could stretch that to $40 with shipping.
It's not shipping you need to account for (most of this stuff is going to be coming from Asia anyway, so shipping to Australia should be cheaper), it's the higher wages and better working conditions in Australia, and the insane rents vendors have to pay thanks to our world-leading real estate bubble (last time I checked, Sydney had the most expensive commercial real estate *in the world*, beating out places lik
If its high priced, blame the high rents shop have to pay, because of the greed of bankers ironically lending more $ , driving up realestate prices.
btw, they are $30 in au, check here http://www.aussiedisposals.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=230&osCsid=2ede5ca184907bbedd1e18cd3112eebd [aussiedisposals.com.au]
There used to be a great document at http://www.amanwithapencil.com/adobe.html [amanwithapencil.com] that detailed the situation in 2007 for the UK. Thankfully, there's archive.org
http://web.archive.org/web/20100702205054/http://www.amanwithapencil.com/adobe.html [archive.org]
Adobe even replied to some inquiries, and you can see some of their excuses in:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100526120202/http://www.amanwithapencil.com/adobe_spin.html [archive.org]
The UK, just as Australia and Europe, were - and still are (at one point it was even cheaper to get the boxed version than to get the download version) - basically being screwed over (and good luck checking that - their various international websites make it a pain in the ass to compare pricing) and the only reason for this is that the market will pay anyway.
Why? Because 1. It's Adobe's products. If you have an interest in them, you're probably in an industry where you have little choice, so you'd probably pay twice the price and limit yourself to some grumbling on twitter, and 2. you probably earn the price of these products back on just a handful of jobs, after which you'd only have to worry about the upgrade pricing.
It's one market I wouldn't mind Apple upsetting, not one bit.
... is that the market will bear it. All the claims about increased cost are bogus: the non-US sales are delta sales of software.
Software has a fixed developement cost (plus the localization), so if cost were the issue, customers in non-US locations should ONLY pay for the delta cost to develop the local version.
Comon now, you can sell stuff cheap in singapore, or to mexico, or to canada, but let it pass through one middle mad on its way to australia and that FAT asshole prick will bump up the prices 30%. Its like USA is so advanced , but asking it to ship products outside USA zones is like asking them to ship to mars or something. Yet UK/europe/asia, they can ship anywhere TWICE as quick. Why is it stuff from UK arrives in 1/3rd the time than USA stuff? Is it the DHS scanning 50 planes/hr ?
And adobe, screw your resellers, just sell your shit 100% online.
Resellers OFFER NOTHING in the internet world, sure in 1990 they did advertise and offer support, today none.
You're not alone. Americans can't figure out how to ship things anywhere outside the country. Half an hour from the border in Canada might as well be the moon as far as most American companies are concerned. Of course, they might have a point - last time a friend in the US tried to send me something via the US postal service it got returned, address unknown. The address was correct, it just had "Canada" in it.
"why don't we just adopt some of that 'free trade' stuff"
Canada has had free trade with the US for more than a decade. There's a picture in one of our history books of my grandfather protesting against it. It only applies to corporations. Individuals still get to pay duty, and the corporations aren't likely to pass on any of the savings.
I wonder how do you push vendors and resellers to set price government and voting nation would like in capitalism. Because, it's like, unless it's monopoly (and CS can be replaced with other software for some cases), they can do whatever they want and *you* have rights to ignore them, too. Come on, where's the problem?
Or current regime is not capitalism, but some kind of twisted "we all do right thing unless we doesn't like the outcome" in all cases (there are valid reasons when gov. have rights to say "sto
In the end the only way to not get gouge in australia is to buy on the grey market from another country. Here instead of plowing through copyright laws by absolutely flouting them, you can bypass the arbitrary high price by going into the grey zone and buying from overseas resellers engage in arbitrage.
These companies have to get realistic, the government is already taking a dim view on this so it is unlikely, and the fact you have to go grey market often means it might be easier just to pirate the whole da
I found a list of songs priced (presumably for the buyer in USA) at $0.99 each
When an Aussie went to buy some from within AU, prices jumped to $1.69 ea.
Calculus taught me that lots of DeltaPennies add up to BigBigs, eg, for Apple,
and I don't think it's fair to pay more outside USA than within, even for low-
priced items, such as songs.
You reap what you sow.
Just kidding, Bruce.
Australian consumers may finally see the end of being overcharged for software simply because they live outside the U.S. Minister for Communications
So, how much do people who live inside him pay?
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Anton Ferdinand has praised QPR manager Neil Warnock's style after the Hoops defeated Chelsea 1-0 at the weekend, with the defender insisting that while Warnock's methods are not traditional, his fruits are showing as the side stand up to the biggest teams in the top-tier.
QPR were promoted to the Barclays Premier League at the end of last season, and after getting new owners in August, the club signed big names Joey Barton and Shaun Wright-Phillips to stake their claim on the league.
And Ferdinand believes that the club's start, which has seen QPR land in mid-table with 12 points from nine matches, shows that Warnock knows what he's doing.
"It was a really fine win over Chelsea. It was our first victory against our biggest rivals for many, many years and that's a great achievement for the club as a whole," he explained.
"Playing under a manager who wants the best for you and at the same time wants to get the best out of you goes a long way in football. It really helps.
"I think everyone can see I'm enjoying my football. I was pleased with my own performance against Chelsea.
"The gaffer has been brilliant since the day I arrived at the club. He makes every one of the lads go out on the pitch feeling ten feet tall.
"He gives us all great confidence and that's the key in the Premier League. If you're not confident in the Premier League then there's no point in playing.
"When you've got a manager who gives you that confidence and does it with such ease, you're already half way there."
QPR face Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Sunday, and the side will be relying on that confidence to push them over the line while Spurs fight for a top four spot.
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Cake Plate Clings are a great way to "Theme" a party using supplies you already have.
Cake Plate Clings, a new patent-pending product from WH Hostess, are a novel series of decorative linings designed for cake stands, pedestals and serving dishes. A fresh update to the traditional disposable paper doilies and liners, Cake Plate Clings are used for decoration, placed under food for ornamentation.
Offered in vibrant colors and exclusive WH Hostess patterns, Cake Plate Clings are washable, reusable, non-adhesive, slide-free, residue-free and printed with environmentally friendly ink and material.
Clings add a fashionable element to serving desserts at any event, by clinging to your serving pieces without adhesive. Clings can be customized for individual needs, by including initials, monograms or sayings. Care is simple: peel the cling off your serving piece after use, hand-wash with warm water and store flat for future use.


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The Samsung D900i mobile phone is a boldly-coloured version of a phone that already stands out, thanks to its ultra-slim 13mm depth. In fact, it's been described as 'the world's slimmest slider'. However, there's a lot more to the D900 than its sylph-like dimensions. It has a 3.13 megapixel camera, capturing photos and recording video clips that can be viewed on the high-resolution colour screen. Rather cleverly there's also a TV output that enables you to share your images when you get home. And there are plenty of user-selectable choices on this red version of the Samsung D900, including a customisable menu and loads of manual settings for the camera. Music fans will appreciate the MP3 player (which also handles the popular AAC file type) along with 80MB of built-in memory. An expansion slot lets you add more storage when you need it. The Samsung D900 is even capable of working with Bluetooth stereo headphones if you're lucky enough to own a pair of these wireless wonders.


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GREENSBORO-Numbers don't always tell the whole story. The 2012 final statistics for the North Carolina A&T women's tennis team show that they finished the year 2-14 overall and 1-5 in conference play. But the stats don't tell the full story of their performance.
"The girls played as hard as they could. They did the best job they could do, and I'm proud of them," said A&T head coach James Dunwoody, who finished his seventh year at the helm of the program this spring. "The girls went through the season as professionals. They worked hard, they worked as a team; they helped me out a lot."
The Aggies fell short of their goal of making the MEAC tournament and producing a 10-win season. But there were strides made. The Aggies won three times as many singles victories this spring than they did in 2011, and increased their doubles wins by more than tenfold.
Most of the winning this season was also done by some of the youngest players on the team, boding well for future seasons.
A&T had three players tie for the team lead in singles wins with sophomore Victorea Austin, sophomore Kimberly Stalling and first-year junior April Burrage winning four apiece. Stalling led the team with three MEAC singles wins. Austin had a team-best three-match singles winning streak from Jan. 29-Feb. 10, including recording the only point for the Aggies at Davidson. Burrage, who walked onto the team in the fall, combined with freshman Kenya Colbert to lead the team with six double wins.
The duo went 6-6 at the No. 3 spot, and also posted a three-game doubles matches winning streak this season. They also captured three MEAC doubles victories.
"(April and Kenya) were very respectable in doubles during the whole course of the year, and that does not only encompassed MEAC competition, but also out-of-conference competition. They were very competitive in everything they did," Dunwoody said.
Where the Aggies struggled was in the category of picking up critical points. Dunwoody was pleased with their overall effort and dedication, but saw the need for more confidence and precision in their execution. Those skills can be developed for next season over the summer and in the fall.
He said that each student-athlete has committed to working on specific skills over the summer in order to be even more competitive in 2013. Colbert will be working on maintaining rallies and sustaining a high level of play. Austin will be working on building up her confidence and avoiding hitting short balls. Stalling will be working on developing her upper body strength and developing her muscle mass. Cayla Cross will be working on her serve and her on-court disciple. Burrage will be working on her backhand.
Overall, he is also looking to step up the conditioning side of their preparations for next year.
"I've got to make sure when the season starts next year, I've got to be a little bit more involved with the training room," he said, adding that he'd like to see more strength development and conditioning for his student-athletes. "Next year, I'm going to be a lot more involved with what they're doing down in the training room. I want a lot more running."
But in addition to personal growth and development, Dunwoody knows it's through strong recruiting that will help keep the program on an upward trajectory.
Dunwoody is expecting to bring in some highly talented recruits for the 2013 team, in addition to welcoming back all of the 2012 team (except for senior Azeib Nigatu).
"I want to bring in a fresh 1 and 2 and I want to move the rest of them to 4, 5, and 6," said Dunwoody. "Cayla, and Kimberly and that group, I want to move them to where they need to be so they can win."
He also added that for the program to succeed, there need to be developments in several facets of facilities, equipment and team personnel.
"To enhance tennis at North Carolina A&T, as a coach, the number one priority has to be getting the program back on campus. Get the bathroom facilities complete and the courts resurfaced and up to a playing standard. That's the first thing that's got to happen," he said.
Dunwoody added that it would help improve recruitment for the women's team if the University brought back a men's tennis program. He added that the program would greatly benefit from the addition of an assistant coach and with more local recruiting, both in the county and state.
The program plans on competing on campus next season, as the renovations to the tennis courts are planned to be completed before the season begins. With the returning experienced players, strong recruiting class and a home crowd, Dunwoody is confident that the team can start to add more into the win column in 2013.
"My girls are very popular. They have nice little posses. As sharp as they are, if they come back next year and we're on campus, I feel confident that the exposure to tennis will be uplifted, not only on campus but off campus," Dunwoody added.
One thing he doesn't have to worry about for next season from his student-athletes is their academic work. Half of his team was named to the MEAC All-Academic Team this season.
"I'm especially proud about how the biggest percentage of them executed in the classroom. That made me feel good to know that they're still prioritizing academics," he said. "To lose can be depressing. Nobody wants to lose. But then you lose, you go back to your dormitory, you think about getting your butt beat, but then you know about you've got class tomorrow, you've got work to do. All the girls are hard workers academically. They work at it and they take pride in their performance."


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Turkey Taco Cups are a delicious dish to serve to a crowd or a hungry family. This recipe makes 24 small taco cups, but can be easily scaled back to serve a few.
Since these are made with turkey, there is less fat when you fry it up. There is, as a result, no need to drain the meat.
Cooked with shredded carrots, the meat has a nice consistency and a good taste. Add ground red pepper if you like tacos that are a little spicy.
In fact, I made these and didn't say they were ground turkey and no one even knew the difference.
Serve this for a meal or bring as an appetizer to a party. Even if they are not piping hot, they are good. Even cold, I have not heard a complaint.
The taco cups are so easy to make. Slightly oil each side of the cut out tortilla with some cooking spray.
You will have to gently push them into the muffin pan so they do not tear.
Putting the condiments "on the side" lets everyone dress his or her taco cup just the way he or she likes it.
I personally serve the tomatoes on the side because not everyone in my family likes them. That's fine. More for me.
I like to have lots of options to put on top of these delicious taco cups. It is a lot of fun for the kids or anyone to make it just the way they like.
And trust me, like chips, no one can eat just one.
I like to put a small wedge of avocado on each taco cup. It really makes it look appetizing, although most of the time the kids think it's "yucky!"
Make these for your family and you will be happy that you did. Who doesn't love a taco? Especially one that is made the way just you like it.
Bringing these taco cups as an appetizer is always a hit. You can also make your tortilla circles smaller for a smaller appetizer. That way you will get even more than 24.
Have fun making these. Let the kids get involved. No reason that they can't be the ones to press the tortillas in the muffin pan or place the condiments in cups for serving.
It's most fun when everyone gets involved!
And remember, …a good cook always cleans up!
6 10-inch (burrito size) flour tortillas
2 lb. ground turkey
2 carrots, shredded
2 packages taco seasoning mix – 1 oz. ea.
¼ to ½ tsp. ground red pepper (optional)
1 ½ cup shredded lettuce
1 ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
4 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 avocado (optional)
1) Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2) Cut four 4-¼ inch circles out of each tortilla. Lightly coat tortilla circles with nonstick spray. Place each circle into a muffin pan to shape into a cup. Bake 8 to 10 minutes until crisp. Cool.
3) Meanwhile, cook turkey and carrot with taco seasoning mix according to the package directions. Divide turkey mixture, lettuce, cheddar and tomato among taco cups.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The last day of June was the first day of fun for many of New Haven's youth. The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) at Yale University opened for its 13th consecutive year and runs for the next five weeks. This free program incorporates sports instruction with educational classes and is available to all children ages 9-16 in the greater New Haven area.
With over 300 campers split between 10 camper groups, all of the historic Payne Whitney Gymnasium facilities are utilized to keep the city's youth active and learning valuable skills while on summer break. The daily routine includes playing a variety of sports including basketball, volleyball, crew, dance, football, softball and swimming. NYSP also integrates drug & alcohol awareness, math & science and health & nutrition into the camp curriculum.
The NYSP General Store is another popular activity where campers can earn `NYSP Bucks' through acts of kindness, good sportsmanship, or excellence in a sport or education class. Campers can then purchase items in the store or save their bucks in the bank to use at the end of camp. The store consists of Yale Athletics merchandise, school supplies and other donated items. These activities along with a free USDA approved breakfast and lunch at the Hall of Graduate Studies, just steps from Payne Whitney Gym, complete a well rounded day of camp.
This opportunity is provided by the Yale Athletics Department, in cooperation with the Yale Office of New Haven & State Affairs, the City of New Haven Department of Youth, and the Yale Community Rowing Program. Youth @ Work, an organization that helps impart New Haven's youth with career development opportunities, also provides many of the counselors, many of whom were campers in the past and are now role models for the next generation of campers. All of these supporters, with the help of many other individuals and organizations, direct this program to the height of its capability, particularly at a time when many other cities and universities throughout the country have cut similar programs due to budget restrictions.
Yale believes strongly in continuing this tradition that has been nationwide for close to 40 years. NYSP has created positive opportunities for youth in at-risk environments since 1969 and has served youth between the ages of 9 and 16 through an organized program of sport skills and life instruction. NYSP has been conducted on the campuses of over 200 colleges and universities and served over 78,000 young people. NYSP at Yale University won the Silvio O. Conte Award in 2001 as the top program in the entire country, and also won the Meritorious Award for one of the top programs in the country in 2000, 2002 and 2004.
In addition to the daily activities of the camp, special weekly field trips to the Gilder Boathouse and the Yale Bowl have proven to be great ways to bring the Yale and New Haven communities closer together. Based upon the record turnout of campers and the services available to the participants, it is clear that NYSP is committed to utilizing all available University and city resources to create an environment that is caring, supportive, safe and most of all, fun.
For more information on the program, go to www.yalebulldogs.com and click on community and then NYSP. The Activity Director is Faeisha Morrison who can be reached at email@example.com or 203-982-6547. The Project Administrator is Jordan Skolnick who can be reached at email@example.com or 203-436-3937.


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Wii U will let you buy games on the go, have them ready when you get back home
Nintendo has traditionally been the most closed off of the big three. While Microsoft has opened up Xbox Live to iOS, and Sony has a games platform for Android devices, Nintendo has avoided broadening its reach outside of its proprietary hardware. At E3, however, the company announced plans to open up Miiverse--its upcoming social network--beyond Wii U.
You'll be able to access Miiverse from the web on PC and mobile phones. However, you'll be able to do much more than look at status updates. You'll even be able to purchase games and queue them up for delivery while your system is on standby.
"Our goal is that, in the future, you will also be able to purchase games found in the Miiverse from that smartphone or tablet device and, by the time you arrive home, that game will already have arrived on your Wii U system through SpotPass," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained at an investors Q&A.
Like 3DS, Wii U will support games both at retail and via digital delivery. And while Miiverse on mobile devices may not be available at launch, "games in the digital format will be available from the launch time," Iwata said. "For the Wii U hardware system, from the beginning, we've planned to make it possible for people to release their games as either an optical disc or as digital content... There are no technical restrictions."