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Well the other teams seem to have one. *_*
Well the other teams seem to have one. *_*
That's because, unlike us, they have 'issues'. We're just cool. I suppose this is where people can discuss the reasons why we're cool. ...Or something.
Seriously, though, uhmmmm, I'd say we're doing pretty well although we're definitely suffering most with the CWXI team taking up our top five. I'm sure we can get back on track, but we have to do that extra bit better.
REMEMBER: A couple of years in therapy, you'll get over it.
Proud to have been a member of the CW Colts
Yes, steds, we understand that when you're down something like 5-1 to us you need all the sympathy support you can get, but surely you should just throw that into your signature and be done with it? I can't see you getting any here.
Anyone that has any requests as to the way things are done in games (in terms of selection, batting orders, bowling orders etc) can make suggestions and they will be noted.
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Well yeah, I would like to have a go at being a pinch hitter in the OD games, But I'm pretty happy just being in the team altogether, i'd just like a go, that's all. :}
well i wouldnt mind getting a go at bowling.but leave that 4 l8tr on.
after another loss i have a suggestion.i suggest that we have all the players live in one house so we can form good bonds so when were out in the middle we can understand each other better and have better partnerships.also i say hire a bowling and batting coach
alright guys i offer my services..... as your COACH
WCC - Manager of Warwickshire
wow our own thread.
A few of us are just a bit low on form at the moment. We played just about the whole start of the season with a similar team and have now lost 1/2 of it to CWXI. But we will turn it around because as Don says We Are The Green Machine.
I'd just like to point out that Age Master is probably the coolest australian guy ever. We should give it up for our captain, and turn in some wins.
majin i second and third that.we should really try to do age proud.
Sucking up will get you nowhere . we ALL have to combine better as a team and turn in some much better performances - than the wins will come.
i wasnt sucking up *coughiwascough*.all i was saying is we need to do our captain some justice and makw him look good
As long as we beat Red its all good
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My grandmother is Elisabeth Taylor, her father Carl/Karl Taylor both from Sweden. Our family goes back to Ireland.
I think they immigrated from Ireland to England and then some to Sweden. They suppose to have a fashionhouse of some kind in England.
Our research ended at this church in Ireland that burned down, and offcourse with alot of information. Our family immigrated to USA and maybe other countries as well.
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I also did a test with the Leaf Aptus 75 against the Phase One P45. I went with the Leaf Aptus 75. I was also told the leaf software would work on the new Intel Macs. I can now tell you Leaf is wrong about the software working. When I called Leaf to ask, I was now told its not working on the new macs. Great I have a new 17inch Macbook Pro I cannot use. Leaf did say when I purchased the back they should have the new software for the Intel Macs by June. Lets wait and see. Leaf history with software has been a little off. I can't wait for the day I can shoot with my Leaf Aptus 75 on my new Intel Mac[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=66953\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
BTW, just use Leaf Capture 8.4.2 until version 10 is made Universal Binary. That's what I'm doing. Or use Rawshooter, or Camera Raw.Michael[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=66997\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Well, I'm now back on a broadband connection, and have downloaded and read the 'comparison".All I can say is that coming from one company, about another company's product, the entire thing has to be viewed with caution. Maybe the results are as shown, but considering where they're from it's hard to imagine that there isn't a single area in which the Phase product proved to be equal, let alone superior to the Leaf.But, such is marketing. I'm now even more curious to do my own tests.Who knows, I may have to "trade-up". We'll see,Michael[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67035\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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I will be spending 4 days in the coastal mountains of British Columbia, beginning in about 10 days, working with an Aptus 75 alongside a Phase One P45. ...I hope to have this field comparison online here before the end of June.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=66997\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
All of this shows,how important it is to do your own testing.The only problem is to find a dealer that has all of the backs,Sinar,Phase Leaf and Imacon.By the looks of it,PPR Digital is one of those.Here in Sydney,Baltronics represents Sinar and Leaf.L&P has Phase,and CR.Kennedys has Hasselblad Imacon.Funny that they all say their backs are the best!Cheers,Willem.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67051\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Willem:Well, close, but we do not sell Phase One. We are Phase Oneless. But we do quite well with the others.Thanks,Steve HendrixPPR Digital[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67060\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
first i have to say that i have owned a leaf (valeo) back in the past and now own a phase back...and the descision to switch was made after long testing and working with the files from both backs and was finally based on combination of file quality and workflow...i never had any problems with the leaf files, i got my leaf back, because i liked the look of the files better, 2 years later, the newer phase backs ion combination with C1 gave me the better solution...i honestly would never buy anything based on a pdf provided by one company...all backs out there have pros and cons and to say that one is better than the other is BS, one might work better for you, but another for me...there are so many variables...i found myself laughing because i saw so much more digital junk in the leaf files in some of the close-ups of the eyebrows and the skin tones were way too red for me (on a calibrated eizo) on the leaf...i know (from working with) that most of the "problems" shown can be fixed with C1, easily...and that C1 actually has way superiour color managing built in, so i really cannot follow the comparison and the conclusions...i have never had color problem with phase...or with leaf for that matter...the whole thing is really silly, i cannot imagine audi coming out with a 50page comparison on why and in which ways their A4 is better then the bmw 3series...maybe they would, but it would so clearly be advertising, that nobody would take their results seriously....i am by no means a phase fan or devotee, on th contrary, i believe that the dalso chip is in many ways better than the kodak and phase has been hyped (especially in the US) as the only solution, which again is just marketing...maybe that is why leaf thought they had to come up with something...when i owned my leaf back i constantly had issues with their software...not that it wasn't working, but the version available(V8) was stable but a mess and i had to work with betas of V10 most of the time...which was also stable, but a beta and still nowhere close to C1....the reason i worked with the beta, because for the whole time i had my back, the final version was "coming out next month"...it took 18 months...if i would buy a back now i would take a very good look at the eyelike back with sinar software...dalsa chip with buffer (for fast shooting) great display (but small) and solid,proven (but not as good as C1) and it can be used on any camera with adapters...from my experience, all back give you amazing files and with all the software out there nobody should have a problem getting great results with any of these files...there are a lot of other factors to consider (workflow!, speed, how many cameras can i use it on, iso performance,...) in the end i would strongly recommend to really work with the different back before making a purchase...plus: some of the "facts" about the phase feature stated in the comparison are simply wrong...[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=67116\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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It was a dark and stormy night alright—by design. As the director, Michael D. Graham, describes it in his program notes, the Piccolo Theatre crazies (I call them that with all due affection and admiration!) Ben Muller and Brandon Johnson are attempting to reprise the performance of author Charles Ludlam:
"An astonishing tour-de-force in which two performers...portrayed men, women and an assortment of monsters in a full-length quick-change act. The Mystery of Irma Vep was inspired by the "penny dreadful," that quintessentially Victorian mélange of sensationalism and sublime poetry. Ludlam …introduced a vampire, a werewolf and an Egyptian mummy into his usual assortment of jokes and puns, trademark stage business such as cross-dressing and billowing fog, and literary references… An uproarious, thought-provoking paean to love everlasting, The Mystery of Irma Vep garnered praise, awards, adoring audiences… Armed with strong opinions and big plans, Ludlam set out to remake all the theatrical arts…"
Two Piccolo players (Benjamin Muller (Piccolo Theatre Ensemble Member) and Brandon Johnson) pull off all the faux horror, ingenious travel and broad humor. Wait till you see how they get to and from Egypt—and all the split second costume, scene, sex and species (a vampire IS a species, right?) changes–– on the tiny stage! One of the most delightful, surefire charms of the Piccolo Theatre is their creative use of their minuscule space.
And another delight is the fact that the Piccolo Theatre lives in our neighborhood. While we were walking to our home from their home at the Evanston Main Street Metra station, we met a neighbor, Darren, who was nice enough to share his review with us. This was his first Piccolo play, so he got the full experience!
"I thought it was spectacular. It was surprisingly good. I've never been to this theater before or this production company and I didn't know what to expect. So it all was a complete surprise.
I thought the acting was outstanding, the set—the whole presentation was very, very impressive… I appreciate the arts and I've been to many performances over many, many years but I'm not a theater person myself. I live in the neighborhood and I take that train so I'm aware of the theater from taking that train."
It is always a marvel to see how creatively the "Piccolo People" use the limited space at hand. After a while I just completely forget about the size of the room because of their imaginative use of space and time. And in the case of The Mystery of Irma Vep, the costumes (don't miss the hairy chest where the cleavage should be on Lady Enid's night gown!), scenery and props are a gas!
Directed by Michael Graham; cast includes Benjamin Muller (Piccolo Theatre Ensemble Member) and Brandon Johnson, with Nicholas Caesar and Peter Ash, understudies.
The Mystery of Irma Vep performances run September 6 - October 12;
All performances are Friday and Saturday at 8PM, and Sunday at 3PM.
Ticket prices: $25 (adults), $22 (seniors), $15 (students), $10 (Children 10 and younger).
Group discounts are available for all performances.
For tickets and more information, call the Box Office at (847) 424-0089, or visit.
Piccolo Theatre, 600 Main Street, Evanston, IL60202. Box Office 847-424-0089
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MOB Social Media
MOB Social Media is a new kind of music company that prides itself in doing things a little bit differently.
MOB functions as both a record label and an artist management firm, both of which specialize in helping artists adapt to the shifting demands of today's digital music landscape.
Over the last decade, the music industry has changed dramatically. The digital age has permanently altered the way in which music is distributed, consumed and accessed.
Social and digital media have allowed today's music lover to do more than just press play. In fact, that's why we're named MOB. Our overriding goal as a company is to harness the millions upon millions of people using social media to connect artists directly with fans. The music landscape of the twenty-first century is not defined by transactions, but by interactions.
We are targeting forward-thinking artists and labels who understand that the face of music and music distribution are changing rapidly and who wish to adapt and change with developments in technology. Our target market is young, hip, tech savvy, edgy and personable. Individual artists who come to us will be interested in social and digital media and desire to connect with their fans in a very personal and direct way.
Labels who come to us will also have an understanding of social and digital media and will be looking to find ways to connect their artists directly with fans using such tools.
We want this design to be edgy, interesting, dynamic and eye-catching. The company is called "MOB" because we are not afraid of today's digital mob -- so we mean "mob" as in groups of people, not the Mafia. We embrace the millions of people who use digital technologies to express themselves and connect with fans. And we want a logo that reflects that feeling and intent.
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Yost loses first replay challenge vs. White Sox
Control of ball, not Hosmer's foot on bag is issue with play at first base
KANSAS CITY -- Sometimes there's more to a play than there originally appears to be, as the new instant replay system demonstrated on Friday at Kauffman Stadium.
Royals manager Ned Yost made the first replay challenge in franchise history during a 7-5 win over the White Sox -- and lost. But not strictly on the basis of his challenge.
In the White Sox seventh, Jose Abreu's tap down the third-base line was fielded by Mike Moustakas, whose throw pulled first baseman Eric Hosmer off the bag as he scooped up the ball. At least that was first-base umpire Ted Barrett's ruling and Abreu was called safe.
"Before I even went out, I knew that Hoz was on the bag," Yost said.
There were mixed signals, however. Hosmer thought he was off the bag, but in the dugout bench coach Don Wakamatsu was getting different information from the Royals' video replay "eye," Bill Duplissea.
"I looked at Hoz and Hoz said, 'No, I was off the bag,'" Yost said. "But Wak was on the phone and Billy said he was on the bag so the replay showed he was on the bag."
However, the replays also showed that as Hosmer sprawled on the ground, the ball was creepy-crawling along the edge of his glove. That proved to be the problem.
Anyway, Yost challenged the call, thinking he had a 50-50 chance.
"You can ask for replays in the seventh, eighth and ninth so I figured it was a good time to take a shot at it. I wasn't sure if he had control of the ball," Yost said.
After 2 minutes, 49 seconds, the verdict was in from the New York command center. The umpire's ruling was confirmed, Abreu was indeed safe, Moustakas was charged with an error and the White Sox had runners at first and second base with no outs.
Control of the baseball was issue.
"Teddy [Barrett] explained it," Yost said. "It's like a football player when he catches that ball and it hits the ground, and it rolls a little bit, they call it a no-catch and that's what that ball was doing right there."
As it turned out, Conor Gillaspie, who had opened the seventh with a single, scored before the inning was over to pull the White Sox within two runs at 7-5. The run was unearned.


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I'm packing up and heading to NYC to speak and be on a panel about Local Search Marketing, more specifically asked to focus on Foursquare and location-based mobile apps. To be honest I'm humbled to be on a panel with some wicked smart cats (@W2Scott and @Matt_Siltala) and going to New York to speak? Crazy talk!
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Hollywood star-filled photos, then and now
The most buzzed about moment from Sunday's Academy Awards telecast, the selfie that "broke" the internet, calls to mind an earlier star-filled shot and suggests how the world has changed. Two Hollywood photos, two eras.
In 1943, to mark the 20th anniversary of MGM, the studio gathered its stars for a formal photograph. With Louis B. Mayer seated in the center, some 60 actors gathered for the historic moment. A film of the photo being shot shows elegant actors taking their seats and chatting, stiffly, until the photographer is ready. Imagine, the front row alone included James Stewart, Margaret Sullivan, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lemar, Katharine Hepburn, Louis B. Mayer, Greer Garson, Irene Dunne, Susan Peters, Ginny Simms and Lionel Barrymore. There were five rows of seated, big-name actors and a sixth row standing in the back.
Flashforward to 2014 and Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres' selfie, shared on Twitter. It was actually taken by Bradley Cooper, and included Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Spacey and more. Everyone is goofing on the very idea, elbowing into the impromptu shot in the aisle, crouching, squatting, leaning in and laughing at the concept while indulging. As if to say, "We're A-listers and we're loose!" A very postmodern moment.
As opposed to MGM's stately documented moment — or, in fact, the annual "class picture" of nominees at the Oscar luncheon — the point of the 2014 Oscar shot is its informality. The MGM photo remains famous as a poster. The 2014 Twitter selfie celebrating spontaneity scored more than 2 million retweets. Imagine how the technology will evolve to produce yet a different tone in a forthcoming Hollywood group shot.


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Building the Common Core: An Interview with Director Ian Reid
April 7–11, 2014 | Vol. 119, Week 4
This week on Home School Heartbeat, film director Ian Reid joins host Mike Smith to discuss the importance of Building the Machine, HSLDA's documentary about the Common Core.
Are you wondering what's wrong with the Common Core Curriculum Standards? Isn't high achievement a good goal for students? Join your host Mike Smith and HSLDA's director of film and visual media, Ian Reid, today on Home School Heartbeat, as they talk about HSLDA's new documentary about Common Core called Building the Machine.
Mike Smith: Our guest today is Ian Reid, a Patrick Henry College graduate and director of HSLDA's film and visual media department. Welcome to our program, Ian.
Ian: Thanks, Mike. It's my pleasure.
Mike Smith: Ian, you recently completed a documentary film about the development of the Common Core Curriculum Standards aptly titled Building the Machine. Now, why produce this film when the majority of states have already accepted it?
Ian: Well, very few people in the country know what the common core standards actually do or how they impact children. In fact, according to a recent poll, a widely respected poll, more than 65% of Americans, as of 2013, had no idea what the Common Core standards actually were. And so, we think there's a disconnect between what the states have done and what American citizens know about what the states have done.
Mike Smith: Why did HSLDA think this project was critical at this time?
Ian: Mainly because there's so little known about the Common Core by Americans in general. And we think it's important that parents understand how the Common Core affects not only public school children, not only public school parents, but really parents and children who homeschool, private school, and really the Common Core standards affect education across the entire country.
Mike Smith: Okay, Ian, that's great and certainly we know that federal overreach in education will never achieve excellent results for individual students. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Ian, arguments against the Common Core standards gain credence when shared by a broad spectrum of people. How did you select this diverse list of people to participate in the Building the Machine documentary?
Ian: Well, when we were putting together the list of experts who we wanted to hear from in the documentary, we really had a few things that we were going for. One, we wanted to have experts who represented a broad array of the views and interests in the United States. So we don't just hear from, you know, conservatives or liberals, we hear from people across the political spectrum. We also wanted to hear from experts both in the math fields, the English language arts fields, and we wanted to hear people on, kind of, all sides of the educational issues that are involved in the Common Core standards to hear what different experts had to say on the Common Core.
Mike Smith: Ian, how would you summarize their concerns?
Ian: Well, I think that that's how I would summarize it. They're concerned, very concerned. They see something that the vast majority of Americans don't know about, the Common Core standards, that's really what we want to address with this documentary. Why are they so unknown, and what are the implications of that?
Mike Smith: Well, Ian, thank you so much, and as you've indicated, true education reform needs to happen in the open where ideas can be vetted and analyzed by the families they affect, and it hasn't happened here. So until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Ian, you interviewed a number of key players involved in the development process for Common Core who now express serious reservations about it. What were some of their concerns?
Ian: Well, I think there are a few concerns. The first is that there is so little known about the Common Core that many people, even experts, don't know the full impact that the standards will have on education. In fact, some of the people who are most advocating the standards don't have very much evidence, if any evidence, to back up their claims that the standards are good for American school children. Secondly, what we actually find is, people who were on the validation committee itself, the committee that approved the standards ostensibly, there are people who couldn't sign on to those standards and actually dropped off the validation committee. And yet, when you talk with some of the people who were there on the ground level and couldn't sign on to the standards behind closed doors, they say that, in some cases, the standards put children behind as much as two years by the time they're in high school.
Mike Smith: Well, Ian, some people would say, this only impacts public school students. Why should homeschoolers be concerned?
Ian: Well, large testing conglomerates are all realigning the tests, the curriculum, and everything that relates to education to be aligned to these Common Core standards. And sooner or later, everyone needs to be tested if they want to get into college, and the Common Core is going to impact those aims.
Mike Smith: Well, Ian, we know that every taxpayer should have the right to object to this and have their money well spent. So thanks for sharing that with us today, and until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Building the Machine includes interviews with several public school teachers. What did they have to say about Common Core, Ian?
Ian: Well, we talked to some of the most respected public school teachers in the country. Schoolteachers who've won several awards, teachers from schools like the Chicago Laboratory School, and they have a big concern about the systemization, the standardization, and the way that, in their own words, they would describe education becoming an assembly-line approach.
Mike: So you're saying that the teachers are concerned that they're not being able to address the individual needs of the children, is that right?
Ian: Yeah, the teachers we talked to have a large concern that the Common Core is going to pigeonhole teachers into a very specific specified way of teaching children and will not allow them to have creativity in the classroom, will not allow them to specifically tailor training to the children in the classroom, and that's a large concern.
Mike: Ian, that's good information because we homeschool leaders would agree with these teachers. We need to be addressing the individual needs of the student. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: So, Ian, who is your target audience for the Building the Machine documentary?
Ian: Our target audience is parents. We want to reach parents who have children in the public schools, children in the private schools, parents who homeschool their children, because the issue affects them all.
Mike Smith: What's your goal for the documentary with these parents?
Ian: We would like people to walk away with a much deeper understanding of what their states are doing, what the influence of the federal government and corporate interest have been on education, and, ultimately, be able to join the debate about what their children should be learning and how the education system should be developing in the United States.
Mike Smith: Well, I'm sure our audience now is asking, "Where can we see this film?"
Ian: Well, the easiest way for people to watch this documentary is by going to the website. They'll find the full video on the site, and then they can take action after they've watched it.
Mike Smith: Listeners, we hope you'll take the time to watch Building the Machine. The quality of American education demands all of us to be involved. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
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As director of film and visual media at HSLDA, Ian Reid led the development of Building the Machine from inception and early research to final cut.
His past credits include working on multiple feature films and documentaries and directing national television and online spots for numerous organizations including the Heritage Foundation, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Convention of States project. His work has taken him from the inner offices of Washington, D.C., to the glacial slopes of Mt. Rainier to the ancient corridors of old Jerusalem.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A man who was convicted in the 1997 rape of a University of Kansas student will go on trial again next January.
Robert Grey, 40, originally was sentenced in 2009 to 26 years in prison for rape. Prosecutors said he kidnapped a 20-year-old woman at gunpoint from a campus parking lot, took her to a secluded area and raped her.
The Kansas Court of Appeals last year awarded Grey a new trial, finding that prosecutor Amy McGowan did not disclose some evidence to the defense.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports McGowan was assigned to other duties earlier this year after the Kansas Supreme Court found she committed errors in several trials from 2007 to 2009.
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Throw it back. It's Thursday. Today we travel back to Dec. 15, a scary time when Eric Bledsoe was still in high school and the Clippers were still the Clippers that we used to know. Kevin Arnovitz writes about former Clipper Mardy Collins in today's #tbt.
The Mardy Collins Dilemma
There are some unfortunate and inescapable truths about Mardy Collins, and they can be seen in numbers like these: In his nine games as a Los Angeles Clipper, Collins has taken 29 shot attempts from the floor. Only ten of them have been successful, while 13 of the 29 haven't drawn iron. Despite his anemic offensive skill set, Collins isn't shy about trying to create shots for himself, and that hurts his team, because airballs have this way of producing really good opportunities for the other side.
Even though Collins is a very good defender, he's a player who has little business being on the floor during crucial moments of a game. Unfortunately, the Clippers' depth on the wings was woeful before Ricky Davis went down, and it's much worse now. The situation is even more dire when the Clippers need to find someome to stop a freakish shooting guard like, say, Brandon Roy. In the past, Mike Dunleavy would turn to Quinton Ross as his defensive stopper in these instances — with mixed overall results. On Friday night, we saw that Collins can be very helpful in this capacity. The questions going forward for the Clippers are how often and to what extent should Mike Dunleavy rely on Collins when faced with a matchup like Roy?
In order to measure Collins' value in this context, you have to determine the cost. Generally speaking, when you put a player like Ross or Collins on the floor, your opponent will slough off that guy defensively, and effectively go to a 5-on-4 game in the halfcourt in which double-teams present low risk and high reward. A coach has to ask himself if the defensive upgrade he gets by having his stopper on the floor is enough to warrant compromising the offense. The answer to that question has to be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Take Friday night: Nate McMillan never sent a double-team at Randolph — even though the Clippers had a guy on the floor in Collins who practically invites the opponent to double off him. If a team like Portland won't make the Clippers pay for having Mardy Collins on the court, then there's no reason not to take advantage of that allowance. Why not have a superior defender out there if the Blazers are going to cover him off the ball like he's Ray Allen?
If Collins doesn't try to create shots for himself — and that's a big if because he's demonstrated a inexplicable need to shoot the ball –it can potentially work for stretches. Remember, this Clipper team has more potency in the halfcourt on a matchup-by-matchup level than the Cassell-Mobley-Brand-Kaman team. The current squad has two guys in Baron Davis and Zach Randolph who demand disproportionate attention, and two wings who can legimiately spread the floor. That means there will be times when the offensive matchups are favorable enough to warrant having Collins out there to slow down an opposing wing. Friday night was one of those instances, and the gamble paid off.
Having said that, the Collins experiment needs to be monitored closely because there will be times when Collins won't be worth the cost. If opponents are making the Clippers pay for having Collins in the offense, and sagging off him, then Dunleavy needs to revisit the argument of having him on the court. The same holds true if Collins continues to insist that he has anything whatsoever to offer the offense besides a decent pass and a solid screen. But if Collins can control those impulses and opponents never make the Clippers pay for having an offensive cipher on the floor, then it buys the Clips 15-20 minutes worth of solid defense on a nightmare like Roy.


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(Denver, Colo. – May 28, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the City of Green River will receive a $200K EPA Brownfields grant to clean up and redevelop the Green River Union Pacific Depot at 200 East Railroad Avenue.
The City will use the EPA Brownfields funds to clean up known contamination at the depot site, which was built in 1910. The currently unoccupied building was used for passengers and freight until the 1970s, when it was converted into office space, freight storage, and crew quarters. The site is contaminated with inorganic contaminants, asbestos, lead-based paint, PCBs, and carbon tetrachloride.
The City intends to redevelop the depot and adjacent buildings as part of a larger plan to revitalize the downtown area. Once cleaned up and renovated, redevelopment plans for the three primary buildings on the site include restaurants, community gathering spaces, classrooms, and arts and humanities exhibits.
The City of Green River is among 171 communities nationwide receiving 264 grants totaling $67 million in brownfields funding to clean and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment. The 2014 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) grants will give communities and businesses a chance to return economic stability to under-served and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods through the assessment and clean-up of abandoned industrial and commercial properties, places where environmental cleanups and new jobs are most needed.
"EPA Brownfields funds continue to help Wyoming communities get blighted and contaminated sites back into productive use," said Shaun McGrath, EPA's regional administrator in Denver. "These projects will create new community assets and leverage investments that create jobs and opportunities."
Since the inception of the EPA's Brownfields program in 1995, cumulative brownfield program investments have leveraged more than $21 billion from a variety of public and private sources for cleanup and redevelopment activities. This equates to an average of $17.79 leveraged per EPA brownfield dollar expended. These investments have resulted in approximately 93,000 jobs nationwide. These projects demonstrate the positive impact a small investment of federal brownfields funding can have on community revitalization through leveraging jobs, producing clean energy, and providing recreation opportunities for surrounding neighborhoods. EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields sites.
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In her first, bestselling book, "River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey" (2005), author Candice Millard tells the story of the 26th president's harrowing adventure traveling down an uncharted tributary of the Amazon River in one of the most remote parts of the world. In her new book, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, Millard focuses her formidable research and narrative skills on the shooting of president James Garfield and his death, 79 days later, from the misguided medical care he received. Like its predecessor, her new book is a page turner, and Millard has found compelling characters and narrative drama in historical events that have been largely overlooked. I caught up with Millard at a coffee shop in Kansas City to talk about Garfield and "Destiny of the Republic."
Q. Both of your books focus on events in the lives of former US presidents. It seems the reading public can't get enough of Theodore Roosevelt, but James Garfield is all but forgotten. How did you come to write about him and is it just a coincidence that both of your books are about past presidents?
A. It's a coincidence. I was casting around for another book idea and I wasn't necessarily interested in writing about another president. I like to write about science. I was researching Alexander Graham Bell and stumbled upon the story of him trying to invent something to find the bullet in Garfield. I didn't know anything about Garfield beyond the fact that he had been assassinated, so I started to research him and I was just blown away. I couldn't believe what an extraordinary man this was who has been almost completely forgotten.
Q. Do you hope your book will revive Garfield's memory?
A. Absolutely, I do. Who knows how many people will read the book or what they'll come away with, but having spent three years with the man and this time in history, I found him very admirable and I found it a real loss to the nation that he's been forgotten. I think there's a lot we can learn from him and from this tragedy.
Q. Like what?
A. What struck me is that it doesn't take a large event to cause a national tragedy. In this case it was one man's madness and another man's petty ambitions that led to the death of a president. To me, the lessons are the dangers of arrogance and the importance of things like scientific progress, of broadmindedness, of education. And these are all things that Garfield stood for, that he embodied.
Q. In all the research you did, was there any one thing in particular that you found that was especially striking?
A. As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical and you need something tangible to make them real. I had a moment in the Library of Congress among the presidential papers. I opened a folder and there was an envelope in it. The front of the envelope was facing the table, so I didn't know what was in it. I opened it and out spilled all this hair. I turned the envelop over and it says "Clipped from President Garfield's head on his deathbed." It's blond hair that looks like you could have cut it from your child's head. It made him so real and so immediate. This was a real person. This was a father and a husband and a man who died at 49 with so much promise. To me, that was a really moving moment.
Q. You make in interesting comparison between Abraham Lincoln's assassination, which further split an already badly divided country, and Garfield's 16 years later, which united the country like never before.
A. With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants. They saw in this man his incredible rise from poverty and it gave them hope. He was an interesting combination of one of their own, but also someone who embodied all their hopes and dreams.
Q. All your chapters but one begin with a quote from Garfield. He was quite the orator. Were the quotes all from his speeches?
A. They're all from speeches. Garfield was very eloquent and I found so many of the things he said so prescient. He almost seemed to see into the future. There were all these things that I had hoped to get into the book. And I knew going into this that I would have to fight, not just that people didn't know Garfield, but that people thought they knew him and thought he was boring and thought there was nothing interesting to say about him. So I started the chapters with quotations from Garfield to give a quick, easy way to begin to understand, not just his eloquence, but his wisdom and his broadmindedness and his kindness.
Q. Your first book, River of Doubt, was a bestseller. Did that surprise you?
A. Yes, it was a surprise. It's Theodore Roosevelt and I knew there is an insatiable interest in him. But you never know what's going to happen and certainly being a first-time writer I was surprised. And very happy. It meant I can keep doing work that I really love.
Q. What's next for you?
A. I can't talk about it in detail, but I do have a contract and the book is going to be about Winston Churchill.
Q. Do you ever see yourself writing a full biography?
A. Not really. I love to read biographies, but what interests me are these smaller stories that, I hope, are illuminating about that person's character and that moment in time. So I think that's what I'll continue to do.
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To lie about something is wrong but why do many lie about their age and feel happy about it? I was born almost six decades ago. If I look at myself, I see that I am still handsome, above all very strong.
The way I look inspires me so much that I am never afraid to tell anyone that I was born 1957. Whenever I am joining any social media, I never omit the day and year I was born because once you start lying over little things, it will become a habit to lead one to become a chronic liar.
I can understand that due to certain ailments many look older than their real age but if you are a normal healthy person, please stop lying about your age because it can ruin your reputation and shatter your confidence if someone finds your real age.
I remember asking a woman of her age and she asked me to guess. I said she is in her forties but what ensued warned me never to guess a woman's age again. According to her, she is 27. I understood her reaction immediately, the reason women lie more about their age than men. I don't know if women feel older than men, even when still in their twenties.
Asking a man of his age is never taken as an offense but woe unto you to ask a lady of her age. They don't take such questions likely at all. Many take it as an insult, shameful, or rude to ask of age. If you really feel proud of the way you look, I don't think it's necessary to lie about your age
A woman entering into a relationship may lie about her age for many reasons including lack of self-confidence but how is the situation going to be if he discovers your real age? These are some the reasons those who lie about their age must think twice before they lie.
Lying about your age will never make you look younger or older but rather builds your confidence. A man likes a woman because of many things. Even the way a woman may brush her could attract a man. Love is based on truth, sincerity, and honesty not age.
There are many ways to keep yourself beautiful and attractive. Instead of going to the gym to build your body in the right shape, stop drinking heavy if love alcohol, stop smoking if you do smoke and finanly reduce the quantity of the food you eat every day. Drug abuse, excessive eating, drinking and smoking always reduce your age by gradually damaging your health.
I hear people saying that "Life is short, so let's enjoy." There is nothing wrong to enjoy yourself but watch carefully what you eat and drink because what goes into your body makes you who you are.


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By the Editorial Board of The Tibetan Political Review
Recently, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile released a video on its official online TV site showing a 2008 Chinese police raid on Dodey Township, a rural area outside Lhasa, after the mass protests in Tibet:
The approximately 23 minute video shows an early morning raid where a number of Tibetans, including one elderly woman, were arrested and detained by hundreds of Public Security Bureau (PSB) police in black riot gear and paramilitary Peoples Armed Police (PAP)* in camouflage, and all armed with shotguns and riot batons. The video was filmed by the Chinese police themselves, presumably to document their actions for internal reasons. In at least one scene, a young Tibetan man is hit by Chinese police officers several times and receives a bloody nose, even though there is no evidence this man was violent or resisted arrest.
The video shows Chinese police going from house to house in systematic fashion and arresting an unknown number of Tibetans. The video ends with these prisoners apparently transported to a detention center. The fate of the Tibetan detainees in this video is unknown. The Tibetan Government-in-Exile did not elaborate on how it obtained this video but presumably it was leaked from someone inside Tibet who had access to this video.
The video and the photos show the extent of the security crackdown in Tibet after the mass protests in 2008 and perhaps recently in Ngaba after the self-immolations. They demonstrate the sweeping and arbitrary nature of arrests conducted in Tibet and the high level of repression against Tibetans. From these images, we can see that Tibet has become a police state since 2008 where heavily armed security forces arrest suspected Tibetan protestors and patrol streets like an occupying army. For example, more than 800 Chinese police are stationed around Kirti Monastery, where most of the monks who self-immolated are from.
The video and photos also clearly show the lack of any respect for the individual rights of Tibetans. None of the suspects in this video are informed of their rights during their arrests. Many former Tibetan political prisoners in exile have stated that during the entire time they were in custody, no one informed them of their rights nor did they have access to legal counsel. In addition, the photos of Tibetans being paraded around the town violate international laws against public humiliation of detainees and prisoners. The video also shows the Chinese security forces using a large number of armed men to arrest single unarmed individuals at a time, including one elderly woman. Their use of force seems out of proportion to the situation. None of the Tibetans arrested in this video appear to have resisted arrest or were armed or were in any way exhibited violent behavior.
Unfortunately, the video also show a number of Tibetans in Chinese police uniforms participating in the arrests. We recognize Tibetans working for the Chinese authorities do not have the right to refuse orders and risk their jobs and welfare of their families if they do not comply. Nevertheless, we would hope that Tibetans would not work for the Chinese security forces, knowing that one day they might have to arrest or harm their fellow Tibetans. But we also recognize that life under foreign occupation presents challenges and calculations that are hard to fully comprehend or judge from the safety of exile. We also recognize that the most likely source of this leaked video is a Tibetan working in the Chinese security establishment, who bravely ensured that this evidence came to light.
The video and the photos of the security crackdown in Ngaba stand in stark contrast to the images of Tibetans presented in Chinese official websites and in propaganda tours conducted by China in foreign countries. Chinese propaganda literatures always show Tibetans smiling, dancing or singing or working hard for the "Motherland." Chinese official news like Xinhua, CCTV, and Lhasa TV never show mass arrests of Tibetans or Tibetan as prisoners except in a few cases related to stories about a few Tibetan "splittists" being convicted of crimes against "national unity." Tibetans inside Tibet refer to official media channels as 'Tungoi Gato dang Gyalchei Chakgo' roughly meaning 'China's Joy and International tragedy'.
This recently leaked video of a police raid near Lhasa and the photos from Ngaba demonstrate the reality of Tibet today. As Tibetan Prime Minister-in-Exile Lobsang Sangay said in his inaugural address, life in Tibet is not a socialist paradise. Tibet under Chinese rule is a draconian police state where the Tibetan people live in constant fear of harassment, arrest, detention and persecution by the authorities. Anyone who has a dissenting voice is imprisoned and tortured. While the Chinese Government loudly proclaims that Tibetans have human rights, this video and these photos disprove China's false claims.
*In the video, the men in camouflage are identified as Border Security and some of the detainees are handed over to them.
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Very savvy, crisp, clear and modern design that incorporates the feeling of peace, love, balance, strength, harmony, awareness, presence. However, the most important thing is that the logo connect with me and what I do as a healer.
I have had a private practice for four years and I haven't had a logo. I have been using the five elements in Japanese as design elements on my web site, business card and marketing materials.
Now, I need something that speaks about me and what I do as I am ready to take my business to the next level. The logo must connect and make sense with this. (Please review my website for more information about what I do and what Five Element Acupuncture is as it is the core of everything how I see people and how I treat them.)
I help people to change at the core of their being (Spirit level) which then instigates positive change in every aspect of their life: body/mind/spirit. The work is medicine, powerful, life-changing and enlightening. Generally, I work with people who have very serious stuff happening for them.
Specifically right now I do: Five Element Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Medical Qigong and Remote Energy Healing. I see myself writing books, speaking to large groups.
So, the logo must be able to incorporate all that I do now and stand as a strong element as I change and develop - for me as a person and healer.
I also have a blog: paulinerawinwichita.blogspot.com that you can check out.
More about me: I am an eclectic, heart-based healer with a big energy. I believe in the divine oneness of all incorporating love, beauty, peace, wisdom and mercy. I am not airy-fairy. I am a jack of all trades and my true purpose is to help people have balance so they can have peace and love in their lives.
I am planning a web site redesign and the logo will be part of this. There is a chance for more work on my biz card, etc.
- I like 1-color design, 2-color is an option and I am open to it.
- Purple is the #1 color and currently I am using PMS 266 on my biz cards and I am open to other colors of purple.
- I am open to a 2nd color if it works well with the overall design
- the size of the logo must be albe to do a 12" x 12" reprint.
- clean, fluid, clear, savvy and crisp
- the parts of the logo must equal the whole and connect to me and make sense.
- must be able to print well.
- I would like to see the logo by itself and also with my name.
- vector format (Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator). All file formats requested: jpg, gif, tiff, eps, etc. Flattened and un-flattened flies in PMS 266 and black.
- anything that is old looking
- no cliches
- not excited about anything oriental or Chinese looking although Five Element will be the basis for all that I do and how I see people....so I am open to seeing your ideas.
- nothing square or rigid
- no images of women
- don't us a "P" as part of the design
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Chugging cough medicine for an instant high isn't a new practice for teens, who have raided the medicine cabinet for a quick, cheap, and legal high for decades. And unfortunately, this dangerous, potentially deadly practice still goes on.
So it's important for parents to understand the risks and know how to prevent their kids from intentionally overdosing on cough and cold medicine.
Before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) replaced the narcotic codeine with dextromethorphan as an over-the-counter (OTC) cough suppressant in the 1970s, teens were simply guzzling down cough syrup for a quick buzz.
Over the years, teens discovered that they still could get high by taking large doses of any OTC medicine containing dextromethorphan (also called DXM).
Dextromethorphan-containing products — tablets, capsules, gel caps, lozenges, and syrups — are labeled DM, cough suppressant, or Tuss (or contain "tuss" in the title).
Medicines containing dextromethorphan are easy to find, affordable for cash-strapped teens, and perfectly legal. Getting access to the dangerous drug is often as easy as walking into the local drugstore with a few dollars or raiding the family medicine cabinet. And because it's found in over-the-counter medicines, many teens naively assume that DXM can't be dangerous.
DXM abuse is common, according to recent studies, and easy access to OTC medications in stores and over the Internet probably contributes to this.
The major difference between current abuse of cough and cold medicines and that in years past is that teens now use the Internet to not only buy DXM in pure powder form, but to learn how to abuse it. Because drinking large volumes of cough syrup causes vomiting, the drug is being extracted from cough syrups and sold on the Internet in a tablet that can be swallowed or a powder that can be snorted. Online dosing calculators even teach abusers how much they'll need to take for their weight to get high.
One way teens get their DXM fixes is by taking "Triple-C" — Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold — which contains 30 mg of DXM in little red tablets. Users taking large volumes of Triple-C run additional health risks because it contains an antihistamine as well.
The list of other ingredients — decongestants, expectorants, and pain relievers — contained in other Coricidin products and OTC cough and cold preparations compound the risks associated with DXM and could lead to a serious drug overdose.
Besides Triple-C, other street names for DXM include: Candy, C-C-C, Dex, DM, Drex, Red Devils, Robo, Rojo, Skittles, Tussin, Velvet, and Vitamin D. Users are sometimes called "syrup heads" and the act of abusing DXM is often called "dexing," "robotripping," or "robodosing" (because users chug Robitussin or another cough syrup to achieve their desired high).
Although DXM can be safely taken in 15- to 30-milligram doses to suppress a cough, abusers tend to consume as much as 360 milligrams or more. Taking mass quantities of products containing DXM can cause hallucinations, loss of motor control, and "out-of-body" (disassociative) sensations.
Other possible side effects of DXM abuse include: confusion, impaired judgment, blurred vision, dizziness, paranoia, excessive sweating, slurred speech, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, headache, lethargy, numbness of fingers and toes, facial redness, dry and itchy skin, loss of consciousness, seizures, brain damage, and even death.
When consumed in large quantities, DXM can also cause hyperthermia, or high fever. This is a real concern for teens who take DXM while in a hot environment or while exerting themselves at a rave or dance club, where DXM is often sold and passed off as similar-looking drugs like PCP. And the situation becomes even more dangerous if these substances are used with alcohol or another drug.
You can help prevent your teen from abusing over-the-counter medicines. Here's how:
Above all, talk to your kids about drug abuse and explain that even though taking lots of a cough or cold medicine seems harmless, it's not. Even when it comes from the family medicine cabinet or the corner drugstore, when taken in large amounts DXM is a drug that can be just as deadly as any sold on a seedy street corner. And even if you don't think your teens are doing it, chances are they know others who are.
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As a follow up to my June 12 blog ("The Curious Case of Alan Goldfarb and Why All Advisors Should Care"), on June 18 the CFP Board issued a newsrelease announcing its recent censures of "Improper CFP Professional Conduct" including its actions against former CFP Board Chairman Alan Goldfarb. I have to admit to now finding myself torn on the Goldfarb case: While I am in agreement with Ron Rhoades (who posted an excellent, well-reasoned comment to last week's blog) that Alan Goldfarb has been unduly reprimanded, I'm also encouraged by the Board's approach to the use of the term "fee-only."
Let me state right up front that I'm more than impressed with the Board's explanations of its actions in this release. I guess it's been a while since I looked at its disciplinary activity, but the detail of the circumstances and the reasoning behind each ruling does indeed provide practical guidelines for all CFPs—and valuable additions to the Board's ethical standards themselves.
As you might expect, the best example in this release is the explanation of the Board's thinking in the Goldfarb case. As an employee and a part owner of an RIA, and an employee and part owner of an affiliated broker-dealer, Goldfarb had listed his compensation as "fee-only" and "salary," on the FPA advisor-search website. However, the Board's Ad Hoc Disciplinary and Ethics Commission "issued a Letter of Admonition to Mr. Goldfarb" after determining that he "misrepresented his compensation, first as 'fee-only' and later as 'salary,' on an online financial planner database."
To reach its ruling, the Board combined two definitions from the Terminology Section of its Standards of Professional Conduct. First, there's the question of what is a "fee only" advisor: "A CFP® professional may describe 'his or her practice as 'fee-only' if, and only if, all of the CFP® professional's compensation from all of his or her client work comes exclusively [emphasis added] from the clients in the form of fixed, flat, hourly, percentage or performance-based fees."
This definition is fine as far as it goes, but it leaves unanswered the question of what, exactly, constitutes "compensation." Here's what the Standards say: "…compensation is 'any non-trivial economic benefit' that a "[CFP® professional] or related-party receives or is entitled to receive for providing professional activities."
Armed with these two definitions, the Release then concluded that the "CFP Board's definitions of 'compensation' and 'fee- only' prohibit a CFP® professional from referring to his or her practice as "fee-only" if any of the compensation received by the CFP® professional and any related-party, such as the CFP® professional's employer, is comprised of compensation other than the types of fees identified in CFP Board's definition of 'fee-only.'" In the Goldfarb case, because the RIA he worked for and its affiliated BD "were entitled to receive compensation such as commissions and 12b-1 fees… …the Ad Hoc Commission determined that Mr. Goldfarb misrepresented his compensation model as 'fee-only'."
As I said, it's an impressively well-reasoned and well-supported ruling. On its face, it appears that Goldfarb was in fact in violation of the Board's definition of "fee-only." Yet, the case against Goldfarb essentially rests upon the ability of a "related party" to charge commissions. This is a very expansive definition of "fee-only." In fact, it's beyond even NAPFA's definition, which limits ownership "interest in a financial services industry firm that receives transaction based [commissions]" to not more than 2%.
In the bigger picture, I'm very encouraged by the Board's narrow interpretation of "fee-only." I have for a long time believed that "fee-only" advisors and their firms should have to be completely independent of commission-charging and/or product-generating affiliates, in order to truly "mitigate" all the potential conflicts of interest involved. At the same time, it still seems to me that the Goldfarb case was a bit of an over reaction by the Board. He described his compensation as "fee-only" in one instance, where the online form's options were limited to one of: fee-only, salary, commission, or fee and commission. He chose what he felt was the most accurate, and then changed it to "salary" after refection (which the Board also ruled as not accurate because the clients "paid commissions and/or fees"). And he provided full disclosure of his firm's circumstances to all clients and prospective clients. Public resignation and admonition were probably overkill.
Again, I applaud the Board's overall interpretation, but in this case, due to circumstances and limited scope of the infraction, the novelty of the Board's definition of "fee-only," and Mr. Goldfarb's clear intention of trying to do the right thing, one can't help but feel that perhaps more leniency was warranted.


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Legoland California is set to open the nation's first Lego-themed hotel on Friday, a move that could transform the Carlsbad theme park from a daytime attraction to an overnight vacation destination.
Company officials said they expect the three-story, 250-room hotel will attract more visitors, both regionally and across the United States, and convince them to stay longer.
"It just puts us more in line with the Disney resort concept where you stay and play," Frank Idris, the hotel's general manager said during a tour last week, as crews placed finishing touches on the building.
The hotel is steps from the park's entrance and adorned with thousands of Lego toy models, from knights and dragons to pirates and butterflies, including at least eight in each guest room. Each model is meticulously fashioned using the famous Lego building bricks.
Red, yellow and green Lego décor envelops each guest room – from the bedspreads to the bathroom – making visitors feel as if they've walked into a pirate ship, castle or adventure land. Children have their own sleeping areas and televisions in each room.
The one-of-a-kind approach will help Legoland snap up hotel guests, industry experts said.
"I think this is a pretty strong sell for people looking for a destination vacation," said Robert Niles of Pasadena, founder and editor of ThemeParkInsider.com and former Walt Disney World attractions host. "It's certainly unique. And unique is something that helps you stand out in a crowded marketplace."
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Owned by London-based Merlin Entertainment Group, Legoland California is not the first theme park to open a hotel on its grounds.
Disneyland and Disney World feature hotels on their respective sites in Anaheim and Orlando, as does Universal Studios in Orlando.
The Carlsbad hotel is patterned after Legoland's first Lego-themed hotel – in Windsor, England. Altogether, there are six Legoland parks worldwide, with the others in Florida, Denmark, Germany and Malaysia.
The hotel is considered the largest investment made at the Carlsbad park since it opened in 1999. Officials would not divulge the hotel's price tag, but assuming a typical cost of about $200,000 per room, it may have run about $50 million or more.
Like the other resorts, Legoland California's motivation for providing an overnight stay was simple: "To drive more attendance to the park," said Idris, the hotel general manager.
The hotel is likely to attract visitors from Legoland's core Southern California market, industry experts said. But it should also expand its market to places across the West like Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
It may even bring some international visitors, said Howard Hian, a San Diego-based hotel consultant and travel writer.
Early hotel bookings show visitors from as far as New York and Florida are planning trips, Idris said.
"We're pleased with advanced bookings," he said, adding that the hotel's first week was nearly sold out.
Still available at the hotel are dozens of jobs. Legoland hotel plans to hire 250 workers, but still had dozens of positions available as of last week, including cooks, dishwashers, front desk agents and a facilities technician, among others. (More information is at legoland.com/jobs).
Money winner?
Those new hires will be charged with creating a fun but also profitable environment for the hotel.
While some hotels can be a money loser for theme parks, experts estimated Legoland won't have that problem. Niles said the park is "sharply focused" on its target audience of elementary school age children, and has built a strong reputation in the industry since the park opened in 1999.
Numerous hotel features were designed to ensure children enjoy the stay, from the giant Lego castle and pirate ship play area inside the lobby to the shorter restaurant buffet bars and bathroom sinks designed for a child's height.
Performers dressed like Lego pirates and princesses will entertain guests each night at the play area, park officials said. There's also a pool for guests only and several dining and drink spots inside.
"They're not going to have any trouble filling this hotel," Hian said, adding that Legoland would probably be able to "drive (room) rates pretty high," given the park's strong and unique draw.
Added Niles: "Merlin is a smart company. They're not going to build something unless they're confident about a return on investment."
No decision has been made on whether the park will extend its hours into the night once the hotel opens. Most park attractions close by 6 or 7 p.m.
Hotel guests will receive exclusive early morning access to the park, officials said.
Hian, the hotel consultant, said there are some entertainment venues where hotels would not make sense. It might be hard for a museum in the High Desert, for example, to convince people to stay overnight.
Legoland in Carlsbad, with is pleasant climate and places like SeaWorld or the San Diego Zoo Safari Park close by, makes a lot of sense, he said. The nearby attractions could experience a ripple effect of more visitors once the hotel opens.
Idris said the hotel charges rates comparable with other full service hotels in the area. In the fall and winter months, the price ranges from $149 per night for standard themed rooms to $349 per night for family suites, said Estrada.
The costs are "subject to change depending on the season, demand and size of the room," the spokeswoman said in an email.
On a Saturday in early May, the cost for one room (shared by two adults and two children) increases to a range of between $246 and $409, according to the hotel booking website. On a Saturday in early July, that range is $309 to $509.
Guests have an array of park ticket and dining packages to choose from, which are separate from hotel room costs.
The general public can expect to pay between $54 and $97 for a one-day ticket, depending on the visitor's age and how many attractions they want to see, according to Legoland's website.
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For making su-meshi/ vinegared rice
1 cup calrose rice/sushi rice
2 tbsp mixed sushi vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 vacuum pack small size tuna,about 4 oz each
2 tsp tobiko
1 strand green onion,cut small
1:Wash calrose rice ,change the water 3-4 times,then put the rice in rice cooker with water.Let it cook until it pop to warmer method.
2:Use a very sharp knife to cut tuna fillet into 8 x 5 cm or 3 x 2 in pieces,4-5 mm thick.I used vacuum pack small size tune,so I managed to adjust the triangle cut to straight cut .Placed the tuna on a tray or plate,cover with clear film ,then chill.
3:Remove the rice from rice cooker,then add in vinegared mixed into the rice.Mix well.
4:Ready a bowl of cold water on the side for moulding.This water is used for your hands while making nigiri-zushi
5:Wet your hand with the water and scoop about 1 1/2 tbsp su-meshi into your palm.Gently but firmly grip the su-meshi and make a rectangular block until all the rice finish.Do not squash the rice but ensure the grains stick together.The size of the blocks must be smaller than the topping(tuna)
6:Put the su-meshi block on a damp chopping board,take out the cut tuna from chiller and top each piece tuna on top of the rice block.Gently press it the tuna and form your palm into a cup shape nigiri-zushi to a smooth surfaced mound.Do not overwork,as the warmth of your hands can cause the topping to lose their freshness.
7:Repeat this process until all the rice and topping are used.Top with some scallion or tobiko before serve immediately with little shoyu( or wasabi and soy sauce).
Don't worry if your su-meshi block doesn't look neat.Wet your hands with hand water frequently,and keep the work surface tidy all the time.Some people like their fish(topping) thicker but I like mine longer and thinner.You can cut any size you like depend on your preferences.