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Dropshipping is a popular method of selling online, but it's often associated with scams, ripoffs and get rich quick schemes. To shed some light on dropshipping, we wrote a free beginners guide to dropshipping as a part of our new Ecommerce University. It's the most indepth ebook to dropshipping you'll find anywhere, and it tells you exactly how to create and run a successful dropshipping business.
This week, we took some of the best parts from the guide and put together an infographic. Check out all of our findings in the infographic below. Please click on the image to enlarge.
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41 comments
March 27 2013, 11:51AM
Heh this is the first drop shipping infographic Ive ever seen. Great idea.
Although are you sure its not spelled drop shipping as in 2 words instead of 1 word? I have seen both, but I do see 2 words more often I think.Anyway, really, really excellent resource. This blog just keeps getting better.
March 27 2013, 12:02PM
Great infographic! My only feedback would be to put some more color in the section for how to spot fake suppliers. Out of all the information, I feel like that section is most important as I think we all have that problem at the beginning….
March 27 2013, 01:06PM
Sweet infographic. I'm glad to see Shopify embracing the drop shipping trend. It makes sense because it's incredibly hard to drop ship through marketplaces like Amazon and eBay these days, as the infographic shows they take a 10-15% cut of your revenue. So all the more reason to drop ship through your own Shopify store so you can keep those margins.
- Kurt
March 27 2013, 01:13PM
Rick: Glad you like the infographic and our Shopify blog. I think 'drop shipping' and 'dropshipping' is pretty interchangeable these days. To be perfectly honest, when deciding which one we should use we just went to Google AdWords Keyword Tool and found that 1 word had a higher search volume, so we went with that. But either way works just fine.
Alexander: Good feedback, thanks! And you're right, spotting fishy dropshippers is a very, VERY important part of starting a dropshipping business. I go into much further detail in my ebook – be sure to check it out.
Kurt: I couldn't agree more. You would have to be crazy to only sell via those channels… 10-15% is insane.
March 27 2013, 07:50PM
I love your info. It's awesome.
But, the infographics, red text on red background? Please improve readability. (Like white text on red background).
But I didn't come to spoil the party, I'm your groupie…
Thanks and sorry
April 01 2013, 12:42PM
I'm not sure about anyone else, but that dark orange text on light orange background doesn't help the readability of most parts. Even though i do dropshipping quite often, i learned a couple things from the post, good job!
April 02 2013, 05:20PM
Great article. I just started drop shipping this week.
April 08 2013, 11:35AM
I just heard about this website, love it so far. Thank you
April 09 2013, 12:50AM
Today i came across this amazing new website named nupinch.com…i really think you guys should check it out..
Link: http://bit.ly/XczfI3
April 27 2013, 03:50PM
I have been shipping from Canada but since the volume have grown too high, i am considering a drop shipping center. I will prefer one in US though
May 01 2013, 05:37PM
Just take a look
May 06 2013, 06:55AM
Excellent article ,I like the infographic and our shopify blog.very important part of starting a dropshipping bussiness,
Thanks for the post. This is very useful information.
May 28 2013, 07:38PM
I am looking into starting a drop shipping business, but I am trying my best not to get scammed.To Alison and Abdul Hasseeb, how is the business going? and which companies are you using?
June 02 2013, 06:19PM
great article. I first heard about dropshipping about 4 years ago. I'm entertaining the idea now however I'm concerned…has Amazon.com just not taken over the whole dropshipping business..anytime you search for anything, amazon comes up first and acts like the dropshipper. I welcome your opinion and guidance
September 02 2013, 10:49AM
Awesome article! Who is a true dropshipper then? Any advice on which dropshippers to get started with?
October 22 2013, 05:57AM
Hi guys,
Any ideas on how I can set up my store to charge customers different shipping rates depending on which brand they order from? I want to set up a brand based rule for my shipping, is this possible?
many thanks
November 15 2013, 12:29AM
I have an existing drop ship store I'm trying to convert to Shopify…. but so far it seems Shopify can't do it.
To drop ship we need to be able to charge the shipping rate that each vendor uses, and add that to the invoice. So, a 3 line item order with one item from each of 3 vendors would need 3 different shipping charges that may be based on different systems, eg weight from one vendor, $ value from another.
The Shopify 'Guru' told me to use an App to do this but the app vendor said they can't do it.
When will Shopify have a system that can REALLY do this. Up till then Shopify is useless for Drop shipping.
April 16 2014, 11:33PM
I have a few inventory providers and many of them allow API access to their ordering portals. Does shopify allow enough modification to their stores to set something like this up? It seems like everything in shopify is app driven. It would be great if the ability to create a connection to an inventory distributor was possible. Anyone know?
June 14 2014, 01:55AM
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June 29 2014, 01:15PM
you guys (shopify) have an awesome platform. My only gripe is the actual dropship providers. I use to work with these small profit margins, overhead for an online store and other factors which kind of made it not worth it to me, I've since found other methods to dropship which have better margins and take less work. Anyway, great post, great platform, keep up the good work guys!
July 28 2014, 11:35PM
What a strange article to post here! I would be using Shopify is they actually supported drop shipping! And, they don't! Only one shipping source allowed in a shopping cart! You'd think that more shopping cart software would have figured this one out by now! If by some chance there has been some change with Shopify since I last checked earlier this year, please forgive me and LET ME KNOW as I would love to find an alternative cart that actually allows for multiple shipping origins that works with real-time shipping calculations!
August 20 2014, 12:25AM
Hi,Im just about to start out and have chosen my products but now I hear that since I live in NZ shipping could either be not happening or could take weeks.
August 29 2014, 10:27AM
Someone recommended that its good to have multiple shopping carts, if that is so, how much, i am checking out several websites and among them, its either Droptec.net or EcommHub.com. They both can facilitate drop-shipping solutions in the UK, EcommHub is from the US ,and Droptec.net is UK based, they both offer a wide range of shopping carts, i think at least six (Droptec as the most/around nine). just wanted to know whats the best shopping cart, and having multiple shopping cart makes sense ? ( if so i recommend Droptec or EcommGub, well that's what i am looking at).
September 10 2014, 03:28AM
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I hope everything is going well…
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We are in the process of building our strategic alliance and it would be a great
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We really hope this would be something you would be interested in. Please don't hesitate to ask if there is anything we can do for you.
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September 13 2014, 11:52AM
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October 28 2014, 06:46PM
Can Anyone tell me any good drop shipping sites please
November 20 2014, 05:25PM
I like the guide to drop shipping! I am a master wholesaler for Difresh in Spain. We drop ship for our resellers if anyone is interested in taking on some great products.
Check us out, we are a drop shipping manufacturer out of Spain. DIFRESH manufactures cosmetics and beauty products, supplements and more. We have 23 products in our line at the moment. Drop ship anywhere in the world for free. Returns accepted and inventory held in the warehouse. http://dropshipping-usa. Register to be a reseller through the site 100% free or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
November 22 2014, 09:03PM
I use albanydistributing.com. They have a very large selection of items, electronics, computers, health and beauty, etc. It's not so limited as other dropshippers. Prices are good too.
December 16 2014, 05:21PM
PayPal users don't know you can use PayPal on Amazon and this site provides the service and you get your e-code in like 10 minutes. I highly recommend them if you are a Amazon shopper or dropshipper. With this you can simply use PayPal on Amazon.
January 31 2016, 04:59PM
Hi everyone. I love this blog. So much value here. I have been drop shipping for years and if anyone would like some free help, you can visit my facebook page or my Youtube channel.
Here is my facebook page where you can leave a question. https://www.facebook.com/Ezretailproscom-1014451145264741/
And here is my Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6P8royRqLWesRIjKWi3z4A/videos
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July 15 2016, 06:46PM
Hi I want to build a shopify store using a dropshipper but based in the UK, can anyone help or provide info? Thanks
September 12 2017, 01:23AM
I agree with all your points mentioned about drop shipping in this blog post. I'm just beginning my journey and I think I can set up my new idea from this post. Very helpful stuff… Thanks Mark
November 09 2017, 06:20PM
I would like to accept alternate payments, like Bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrency. Is there any print on demand companies that accept cryptocurrencies?
February 25 2018, 01:51AM
i agree with all your suggestion so you will glad to know that i also start dropship business check below link
March 06 2018, 09:18PM
The thing is that there are so many solutions out there and a potential user tends to sort of get lost in deciding what particular dropshoping solution to employ. Now if you planning on selling in ebay and or Amazon the place to be is here
June 01 2018, 01:45AM
sure could use some help setting up my shopify store I need some to lead me by the hand like a 2 year I'm really dumb when comes to understanding this. I just got of the joint and I'm trying to establish myself. I told all my friends how I was going start an ecom business sure hate to disappoint myself and them if I cant get this thing off and running need help badly please.
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Unsubstantiated Claim: iTunes Success Makes It Harder To Discover New Music
from the say-what-now dept
Of course, it then gets even more ridiculous:
Not all of that lost revenue was profit. That album revenue was partly subsidizing the discovery and publishing of new music, which in turn created new buyers of music, tour tickets, posters, t-shirts, and so on. That revenue in turn helped develop that artist's next venture, and discover yet other artists. Significantly decreased revenues breaks the cycle that helps find new talent that will generate more revenue.And yet, as we've seen more new music is being made today than ever before in history, so it's not like this is really harming the production of new music. And this totally ignores how the internet has totally changed the economics of discovering, publishing and distributing new music -- such that you don't need to rely on the major record labels to seek out new music for you. And, even if you do rely on major labels to "discover" the next big thing, new technologies have made that much cheaper for the industry as well. They now have the internet to help them find bands and judge their buzz and sound even without having first found them at a club as was often done in the past. To ignore all of those other impacts seems highly questionable, and puts a cloud over the research as a whole. Besides, just thinking about it logically makes it ridiculous to think that iTunes has somehow limited new music discovery. For many, many, many people, it seems likely that it has increased new music discovery, and done so by taking the record labels somewhat (not entirely) out of that loop.

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Until now I've only been putting up texts on Scholiastae for which I already had notes in waiting. So, they've been very small. My next step is to upload a few of the major texts and do light markup to make them easy to add scholia to (i.e., divided into sections neatly, etc., etc.). Which works seem fundamental? Here's my current thinking —
Greek: Iliad, Odyssey - just because I'm a fanatic Homerist. It's my site, so nyah. For prose, Xenophon's bloody Anabasis should probably be high on the list. Maybe a few particularly famous speeches, but I'm not up on the orators.
Latin: Caesar's bloody Bellum Helveticum and probably the Aeneid. Nepos is also high on the list. Someone who loves Cicero more than me will have to decide which of his works are fundamental.
Any suggestions? Without enumerating the entire classical canon, that is?


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42 U.S. Code § 1320a–7c - Fraud and abuse control program
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(a) Establishment of program
(1) In general
Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary, acting through the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General shall establish a program—
(A) to coordinate Federal, State, and local law enforcement programs to control fraud and abuse with respect to health plans,
(B) to conduct investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections relating to the delivery of and payment for health care in the United States,
(C) to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of sections 1320a–7, 1320a–7a, and 1320a–7b of this title and other statutes applicable to health care fraud and abuse, and
(D) to provide for the modification and establishment of safe harbors and to issue advisory opinions and special fraud alerts pursuant to section 1320a–7d of this title.
(2) Coordination with health plans
In carrying out the program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Attorney General shall consult with, and arrange for the sharing of data with representatives of health plans.
(3) Guidelines
(A) In general
(B) Information guidelines
(i) In general Such guidelines shall include guidelines relating to the furnishing of information by health plans, providers, and others to enable the Secretary and the Attorney General to carry out the program (including coordination with health plans under paragraph (2)).
(ii) Confidentiality Such guidelines shall include procedures to assure that such information is provided and utilized in a manner that appropriately protects the confidentiality of the information and the privacy of individuals receiving health care services and items.
(4) Ensuring access to documentation
The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to exercise such authority described in paragraphs (3) through (9) of section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) as necessary with respect to the activities under the fraud and abuse control program established under this subsection.
(b) Additional use of funds by Inspector General
(1) Reimbursements for investigations
The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to receive and retain for current use reimbursement for the costs of conducting investigations and audits and for monitoring compliance plans when such costs are ordered by a court, voluntarily agreed to by the payor, or otherwise.
(2) Crediting
Funds received by the Inspector General under paragraph (1) as reimbursement for costs of conducting investigations shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation from which initially paid, or to appropriations for similar purposes currently available at the time of deposit, and shall remain available for obligation for 1 year from the date of the deposit of such funds.
(c) "Health plan" defined
For purposes of this section, the term "health plan" means a plan or program that provides health benefits, whether directly, through insurance, or otherwise, and includes—
Source(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1128C, as added Pub. L. 104–191, title II, § 201(a),Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1992; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6403(c),Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 766.)
References in Text
The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), (5), is Pub. L. 95–452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
2010—Subsec. (a)(1)(C) to (E). Pub. L. 111–148inserted "and" at end of subpar. (C), substituted period for ", and" at end of subpar. (D), and struck out subpar. (E) which read as follows: "to provide for the reporting and disclosure of certain final adverse actions against health care providers, suppliers, or practitioners pursuant to the data collection system established under section 1320a–7e of this title."
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148effective on the first day after the final day of the transition period defined in section 6403(d)(5) ofPub. L. 111–148, see section 6403(d)(6) ofPub. L. 111–148, set out as a Transition Process; Regulations; Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note under section 1320a–7e of this title.
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Secretariat (US - BD)
Gabe makes bets on the pre-recorded races and somehow keeps losing...
I'm already two weeks late on this review, so I'm going to make it short and sweet.
Following her mother's death, housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over the family's horse stables. Though she has no real knowledge of horse raising or racing, Penny recognizes that the horse trainer is planning on ripping off her ailing father (Scott Glenn). After firing the riffraff, she hires a notoriously ill tempered trainer named Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), and hatches a plan to breed the perfect stallion. Soon after, a foal named Big Red is born, and shows immediate promise. After Big Red, renamed 'Secretariat' for racing purposes, comes to age Penny hires jockey Ron Turcotte (Otto Thorwarth), and goes about entering her horse in the most prestigious horse races in America. Soon after, she's selling future stud rights to Secretariat in order to pay off bills mounting back at the ranch. Meanwhile, Penny's family life struggles, and the male dominated world of horse racing threatens to eat her alive.
The horse movie – a tried and true Hollywood formula, taking the best elements of the sport genre and the underdog movie, mixing them, and topping them off with the added value of an adorable critter. The critter, of course, then acts as a stand-in for the human character's emotions and desires, while the usual period setting (horse racing simply isn't as popular in modern times) sets up some nice social metaphors. Seabisc—I mean Secretariat is a traditionally told story, with strong, but not Oscar worthy performances from stalwart mainstream standbys. It looks handsome, moves pretty effectively, breaks down into an easy-to-read, textbook three act structure, and is sure to not feature any particularly strong antagonists or negative plot turns to offend the audience. There are very few surprises in this production, but there are just as few genuinely objectionable elements. The biggest shortcoming is the lumpy emotional streak. Outbursts usually seem unnatural, and never really achieve anything. The dialogue devolves into fortune cookie wisdom too often, not to mention the fact that the film's runtime would be cut to a third if characters weren't given time to spout wordy inspirational clichés. The film's refined sense of humour works well though, especially from Malkovich, and director Randall Wallace shoots a good race sequence.
Secretariat features a somewhat generic period look, including vague desaturation, generally soft lighting schemes, and sharply contrasted black and white elements. The 2.35:1 widescreen frame features some nice, deep set visuals, with plenty of foreground and background details (Wallace doesn't utilize a lot of close-ups). Though stylistically impressive, the strong blacks overwhelm some of the finer details, and bleed out a bit. Darker wardrobe and horses kind of become blobs, specifically when delegated to the background. Colour schemes differ from scene to scene, occasionally reveling in warm sepia tones (especially on internal shots), but usually featuring a slight cool, blue tint (especially outdoor, daytime shots). Contrasting hues do pop against these basic background elements, but there's nothing overtly vibrant, with the clear exception of Malkovich's clothing. Skin tones are overly warm, and uncannily similar throughout the film. There's plenty of fine grain peppered throughout the backgrounds, but no compression noise, and only the most minor haloing effects.
Secretariat is presented on Blu-ray with an unassuming, but perfectly effective DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack. The mix is normally soft, warm, and floaty with very few obvious directional elements. Basic surround elements include weather effects, noisy animals, and general crowd noise. The race sequences are, not surprisingly, the most overtly loud and hyper-designed sequences on the soundtrack. Hoofs hit the dirt like thunder, rumbling throughout the channels, and vibrating the LFE, but the important moments of whispered dialogue are still perfectly audible. On the bad side, some of the centered, overlapping dialogue is uneven, and often features background fuzz that comes and goes as the actors speak, but this is the biggest complaint I can muster. The score, by Nick Glennie-Smith, is entirely interchangeable with other Disney underdog stories (seriously, you could lift the music from Miracle or The Rookie and deposit it here without anyone noticing), but is the most consistently aggressive aural element, and works quite well.
The special features start with director Randal Wallace's solo commentary track. Right off the bat the stereo channels ooze with his pretention-caked, NPR-styled whisper voice. This is what happens when you review DVDs and Blu-rays, you hear so many commentary tracks that the speaking tone of a participant can overpower the actual content. Wallace does fill the audience in on the filming process from time to time (with vocal hesitation, as he doesn't want to 'ruin the mystique of filmmaking'), but all too often defaults to melodramatic narration. I lost count of how many times Wallace said something the actors did moved him deeply, and just about died laughing when he described his composer as 'masculine, lyrical and sensitive all at once'. My advice is to skip to the race sequences, where Wallace actually offers some intelligent insight to the technical elements of filming.
'Heart of a Champion' (14:50, HD) is a pretty fluffy EPK at its base, including cast and crew interviews and footage from the film, but does feature quite a bit of actual footage of the title horse, and matching interviews with the real people portrayed in the film. There's just enough here to make me want a full, feature-length documentary on the subject. 'Choreographing the Races' (6:30, HD) takes a look at the process of filming epic race scenes, including casting horses, tricking horses into acting, and timing events to match the original races. 'The Director's Inspiration: A Conversation with the Real Penny Chenery' (21:10, HD) makes a nice companion piece to 'Heart of a Champion', and fills in some of the unfilmed background information. Extras are finished out with seven deleted scenes (10:30, HD) including a director intro, and optional director's commentary, an 'It's Who You Are' music video, a multi-angle simulation of a 1973 race with introductions, and Disney trailers.
Somewhere there must be an alternate cut of this film from the point of view of Sham, the horse Secretariat kept beating during the Triple Crown events. Sham kept scoring records that were second to Secretariat's. Any other year he would've been the sensation. It's actually an incredibly tragic story in itself. Sure, the film portrays Sham's owner as a sexist, self-important jerk, but the horse is never portrayed kicking bystanders or laughing maniacally, so I felt bad for the guy. Fans of the kind of sports movies the Disney studio churns out every year or so should be happy enough with the film itself, and this Blu-ray disc doesn't look or sound half bad either.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may not be suitable for children
Disc Details
Release Date: 20th January 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French and Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Heart of a Champion, Choreographing the Races, A Director's Inspiration, Deleted Scenes, Multi-Angle Simulation, Trailers, DVD Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Randall Wallace
Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Margo Martindale, Dylan Walsh, Nelsan Ellis
Genre: Family and Sport
Length: 123 minutes
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#14 Baseball Slugs Their Way Past Maine 12-3
March 16, 2007
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Sun Devil bats were on full display on Friday night, as they slugged their way past the Maine Black Bears 12-3 in the opening game of a four-game series at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. 2,607 fans saw ASU clock two monster home runs to up their record to 16-7.
Mike Leake made his first career start, pitching on a predetermined pitch limit. He went two innings and did not allow a hit, striking out four to pick up the win (5-1). Joe Hatasaki and Ted Aust also threw, with Aust lasting five innings and allowing only two hits while striking out three.
CJ Retherford put the Devils in front early, knocking in two runs with a single to center in the second. That scored Kiel Roling, who had reached on an error, and Matt Spencer, who had doubled off the wall in right. Brett Wallace pushed it to 3-0 with a sac fly that scored Andrew Romine. Ike Davis made it 6-0 when he deposited a three-run shot onto Rural Road. That chased Black Bears starter Mike Powers after just 1.2 innings.
Wallace brought home another run in the third on a sac fly that made it 7-1. After Maine closed the gap to 7-3, Joe Persichina plated a run with his RBI single up the middle in the fifth. Persichina knocked another run home in the seventh on what should have been a sac fly to right field, but the rightfielder could not hold on to the ball, allowing Persichina to reach safely. He would come around to score on the very next pitch, as Brett Wallace tomahawked a ball to right-centerfield for a three-run homer and a 12-3 Sun Devil lead.
That would be enough for Aust and ASU, as they shut out the Black Bears over the final five innings.
Wallace went 2-3 with five runs batted in, one of four Sun Devils with multiple RBI.
The Devils and Black Bears will continue their four-game series tomorrow afternoon with a St. Patrick's Day doubleheader. Game one will begin at 1 p.m., with game two scheduled to start 45 minutes after the conclusion of game one. The Devils will wear green hats and socks in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
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But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken, as he waved a piece of paper in the air
Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends
And I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
And we can thank God that we've finally got peace in our time
There's a man going round taking names no matter who you claim to be
As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies, you're still a part of some conspiracy
Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean burning brighter than the sun
And a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God. what have we done?"
They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land
Just another tiny island invaded when he's got the whole world in his hands
And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the International Propaganda Star Wars
There's already one spaceman in the White House what do you want another one for?


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Mosque and Church at Ground Zero-ever wonder what type of people are behind all the rhetoric and bullshit?

 Here's a brief look at one of the main organizations behind it.

 Links for footnotes;

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Mosque and Church at Ground Zero-ever wonder what type of people are behind all the rhetoric and bullshit?

 Here's a brief look at one of the main organizations behind it.

 Links for footnotes;

 1: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/nyr...

 2: http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/a...

 3: http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/a...

 4: http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/20100716...

 5:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12344-2005Feb9.html

 6: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_f...

 When I went down to film my "Walk to Ground Zero" video, there was a protest going on against the Mosque. The people behind the protest? Family Security Matters. They even bused in children for the event. How disgusting.

 Note; I don't get into this, but I suspect that since the Port Authority (in charge of Ground zero site) walked away from the land-swap deal, that the St. Nicholas isn't exactly upset that they're being used to drum up resentment against the Mosque at 51 Park Place.
 Guess who ends up footing the bill for a Church that is bigger than the Ground Zero Memorial if they get their way?

 That's right, you - the tax payer.

 I'm also not suggesting that FSM is behind ALL the nuttery out there. But they've certainly got the funding to do quite a bit of damage.

 You want to oppose Islam, fine.

 But be aware that a huge amount of the crap in the media is probably bullshit, considering just about every fact claimed by the Anti-Mosque group has been thoroughly debunked.

 Because I don't see why we should have to pay for a Church just because a bunch of nut jobs are jumping on the bullshit bandwagon.


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Corina's Starlet Bungalow
Name: Corina
Location: Thai Town / Little Armenia / Griffifth Park — Los Angeles, California
I live in a really special 1920's bungalow originally designed for the Hollywood Starlets to stay in when they would be filming a movie at one of the major movie studios nearby. I love to think about who might have lived here and what glamorous and beautiful things they decorated this space with.
When I was first looking for a new place in LA, I knew I needed something that felt like a little private home as I was coming from my own house and couldn't bear to be in a typical apartment with neighbors on all sides. I found this place and immediately fell in love.
There,of course, were a few issues:
- There is ONE closet. ONE.
- There was a side by side washer and dryer in a tiny service porch area (happy about the washer and dryer but really wanted some extra storage room.
- I have three cats and I wanted to make it feel "uncatty". The space itself is very small and I wanted to make it feel chic and Hollywood glam without sacrificing any of those elements to accomodate my fur babies.
I have really enjoyed spending the last 10 months going to flea markets, auctions, estate sales, scouring Craigslist and finding hidden gems of antique shops to make this place what it is today. Everywhere I look, I see a piece I love. It's a perfect mix of more is more (Tony Duquette and Hutton Wilkinson my heroes) to Hollywood Regency glamour (Kelly Wearstler my idol). All that and totally functional and cat friendly. I Hope you enjoy!
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Ad campaign targets outback grog runners
An anti-alcohol group believes a new advertising campaign against grog-running in remote communities will be largely ineffective.
Yesterday the Northern Territory Government launched a $400,000 campaign to raise awareness about the danger of grog.
The People's Alcohol Action Coalition says the campaign is welcome but higher alcohol prices would be a better deterrent.
Spokesman John Boffa says the price of cask wine makes it easy to run grog to dry remote communities.
"If we have a situation where beer is the cheapest form of alcohol - beer in cans, beer in stubbies - then the volume of alcohol you have to take out to achieve the same amount of pure alcohol is so much greater," he said.
Territory Alcohol Policy Minister Delia Lawrie says the federally funded media campaign will target 31 remote communities.
It will feature radio advertisements and talking posters in English and 10 Indigenous languages.
Ms Lawrie says the campaign tells the story of the damage grog-running can do.
She said it would also point to the tough penalties that exist for people who are grog running into remote communities.
"We have increased the penalties recently through the alcohol reforms," she said.
"There's confiscation of cars, as well as a potential 12 months' imprisonment ... and a maximum fine of $34,000.
"They are very tough penalties."
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, indigenous-policy, alcohol-education, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800


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 Undergraduate DNA nanotechnology research group from the University of Texas at Austin

These genes were made for walkin'...
The above (embellished) depiction of our walker is in flattened form.

Motion is a necessary component of life. While this does include the motion of animals and people as they move about, there is also crucial motion which takes place on a cellular level. Cells could not function without the proteins kinesin and myosin [39], which carry cargo to and from our organelles. These proteins walk in the same way humans do, which is by putting one foot in front of the other [55]. Our objective is to design an in vitro molecular walker, and we will use the protein kinesin as our model.
In order for this walker to be comparable to (or even better than) kinesin, it must be autonomous and run on a reusable track. In other words, it should not require an external driver and should not damage the track when taking steps. Other walkers have been created in the past, but none has yet been able to accomplish both of these tasks. There are some that are at least capable of either walking autonomously [2] or of reusing their track [63]. Our walker is able to accomplish both tasks by means of two alterations. The use of two discrete fuel strands which can only interact with the walker system in a specific order allow us to add an excess of fuel while still keeping the walker on the track. We also make use of a nicking enzyme which restores the track to its original form without harming it, allowing it to be reused.
However, our design does sacrifice some functionality by using this system of fuels. Because F1:F2, see below for details, is free-floating in solution and has no preference to location as long as they are not interacting with the track or walker, we expect there to be leakage of the walkers to some extent. This is due to the F1:F2 complex reacting with the track to displace a walker leg while the other is still in transition. Although it creates a chance that some part of the walker could dissociate from the track, we believe this is an acceptable loss, because we can still learn useful information about this system that has not been obtained previously to our knowledge. Such as the fact that there are limited tools available to predict some of the unique kinetics of our design. For more information concerning this please see Results.
Design and walking mechanism
Our walker design consists of four main components: a walker, specifically a DNA molecule with two "legs" and a body capable of storing cargo; a track, a long platform supporting footholds to which the legs of the walker can attach; fuel molecules that supply energy to the walker system; and a nicking enzyme which reverts the footholds along the track to a usable state after the walker has walked across them. The sections below illustrate how we designed each of these components of the walker system.
The components of the walker can be defined terms of short common DNA sequences, called domains, numbered 1-6 and a-f. An asterisk (*) after a domain name indicates the reverse complement sequence.
The "legs" of the walker are the two toeholds (5'- 2*1* -3' and 5'- 6*4* -3') of W1 and W2. By careful construction of the track, the walker will bind to corresponding toeholds on the first two hairpins (aA, bB) of the track. This is the starting point of the system. When the walker binds to the track, the hairpins will open, exposing a domain that was inaccessible. The fuel F1 binds to this toehold and displaces the lagging leg. We designed the sequence lengths such that when a fuel displaces a leg from the track, there is a smaller chance of the leg retaking its position on the track. This means that the forward intermediate is a more favorable reaction than the reverse. This is what gives the "push" our walker needs to move in one particular direction. This leg will then bind to the next hairpin in line, cA, as it did with the first, now becoming the leading leg by hopping over the other.
The duplex formed by aA and F1 expose a binding domain specific to the second hairpin F2. F2 then displaces F1 from aA, forming a duplex F1:F2. This duplex is free-floating in solution. Because of this, it can bind to bB and displace the now lagging leg, allowing it to bind to dB. Now the walker has taken a full two steps.
Finally a nicking enzyme, Nb.BsmI, specific to a domain formed only when F1:F2 is bound to a hairpin with a B loop will cut the formation. This cut causes the total number of bonds in the duplex to decrease to the point at which they can freely dissociate from the track [65], becoming waste. This will allow the hairpin bB to return to its initial state, thus regenerating the track.
This process can continue as the track is lengthened and as long as there is fuel available for consumption. However our design incorporates elements that limit the length of the track. Almost all things observed in nature tend to follow exponential curves. This is no different in the reaction times for DNA strand displacement. We know from observation that not all walkers will complete their first steps at the same time, and some may not even complete one. This is due to the subtle differences in free energies of the displacements that our design employs. Because the drive is not very strong, we expect the walkers to decrease in number as they continue moving forward due to energy dips and mismatched base pairs.
Fueling the walker
Directional walking cannot be achieved without a source of energy, such as a fuel molecule [29]. The fuel strand system behind our walker utilizes catalyzed hairpin assembly [62] to move the walker down the track. Simplified, the mechanism of the system can be illustrated with three DNA strands. Two of these are fuel strands. These strands are hairpins that are kinetically trapped and cannot form a duplex with each other. The third strand is the initiator strand. When this strand is present, the two fuels can interact with each other and form a new duplex.
Why and how does this reaction take place? The initiator strand has bases that are complementary to one of the fuel strands. This gives it a toehold that allows it to attach to the fuel strand. After this attachment, by branch migration, the initiator opens up the fuel hairpin. This opening in turn exposes bases that are complementary to the other fuel strand. Toehold binding occurs between the two fuel strands, and by branch migration, they kick off the initiator strand. The final products of this reaction are a stable duplex between the two fuel strands and the initiator strand. This regeneration of the fuel strand gives it a catalytic property.
The CHA reaction has been studied and its kinetics are understood [65]. Using kinetic models we can simulate this reaction.
2-D representation of DNA forms
It is sometimes easier to view DNA molecules in a "flattened" representation. In this representation, a duplex is shown as a pair of parallel lines, with filled circles in between to denote base pairing. Additionally, in flattened form, the 3' end of every strand is embellished with a half-arrow. An example of this notation, applied to the fuel molecule F1, is shown below.
We are sponsored by Integrated DNA Technologies (Coralville, IA, USA). We received travel support from the College of Natural Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin and from the Ellington Lab.
Background photo taken by Linhao Zhang in Fort Davis, Texas. Used with permission.


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I received the following in my inbox today (as did many of you).
excerpted from the CRUNCHYROLL NEWSLETTER :
Written by mupchubz
"Get into the kitchen and cook me something, woman!" Such a remark nowadays could render you unconscious if you uttered such words in the presence of the myriad of progressive and independent female thinkers in today's society. A woman is no longer just a homemaker, nor is she just meant to be an incubator for the prolonging and furtherance of mankind--she is an individual capable of making decisions and "bringing home the bread."
What was once identified as a man's job is now also a woman's. The progress of women as empowered beings has also impacted the world of anime. In Shin Koihime Musou, the anime presents a memorable all-female cast showcasing the ideal woman as one who is able-bodied, strong-willed, and above all, an intellect. Now who could resist such a woman?
Shin Koihime Musou is an engaging anime that depicts the lives of six female warriors (and a darling child) who unite in strength and ability to thwart the evils of grubby tyrants and bandits. The show starts off in chaos: The warriors are in a tense battle with evil-doers, giving the audience the opportunity to become re-acquainted with the characters. The bandits are eventually outwitted and defeated by the buxom warriors (and a pet pig), which reinforces the progressive idea that women are just as brilliant and cunning, if not more so, than men.
As the story unfolds, light is shed on the relationship between two of the warriors, Chouhi and Bachou. The central conflict at the beginning of the story basically involves names and titles: Bachou wishes to call Chouhi by her first name ("Rin Rin") but is awkwardly unable to. Needless to say, hilarity ensues when misunderstandings arise. But what makes this anime worthwhile to watch isn't the fact that Chouhi is indeed naïve, or the fact that Bachou is given into flights of emotional combustion--it's the dialogue! Shin Koihime Musou, under the disguise of lovely doe-eyed women, contains some of the most amusing and well-thought out dialogue in moe-moe history. Slightly perverted themes are definitely underplayed in this anime, and are easily missed if the viewer isn't alert.
I hadn't heard of Shin Koihime Musou prior to its showcase on Crunchyroll, but it has certainly charmed its way into my "Must Watch" list!
It is completely ludicrous to suggest that any anime based on a hentai game is about "women as empowered beings". How stupid do you think we are? In this context we may only infer that this "empowered female" can only be so if she has big boobs. Absurd. Just look at the anime. It is obviously targeted at men. Ecchi comedy, boobs, and girl-on-girl fanservice has nothing to do with "empowered women", and everything to do with pandering to male otaku. This review is hilariously inaccurate, not to mention insulting to our intelligence. Do you REALLY think girls are going to love this anime? Puhleeeze.
Oh... and speaking of inaccuracies - the "TRIVIA" blurb at the end of this e-mail newsletter:
Did you know that Osamu Tezuka started working on Metropolis, the manga, when he was 15? Over half a century later in 2001, Fritz Lang would make the featured film based off his Tezuka's works!
Uh...director Fritz Lang DIED in 1976!!! How could he be making a movie in 2001?!?
---You Crunchyroll newsletter editors are in serious need of help. Not only are you socially out of touch with your reviews, you can't seem to fact check. (or maybe just learn to google or use wikipedia?)
you're not a badass unless you have a hat
Koihime Musou ~~soga ,,I like this anime..
BAAHHAHAHAHAAH! Yeah, that letter has some issues. As for hentai, it will always be geared primarily towards being porn. Women are best depicted as empowering when they are seen with independence and freedom, not being promiscuous sluts. Tezuka-sensei deserved the world since he gave to us the gift of anime and manga and does not need to be included in falsified newsletters.
I have left Apollo Destruction. I am no longer Dajjal.
Yup that looks like it was writen for the too clueless to bother putting the title into wikipedia group. Like the ones who write in the series comments and not know that it's a season 2 or that it was adapted from and eroge (or 2 depending on how you class Shin Koihime†Musou).
It being acceptable to be a promiscuous woman is a fairly recent freedom. Although to is interesting to see an adaptation where the male lead was actively removed. Most of the characters aren't weak or submisive, the main cast a living independantly as they wish. It's a step in the right direction in terms of female portrayal, be it still an ecchi show. There's plenty of childrens shows that portray women far worse in terms of the clasic, submissive stay at home and raise family, view.
Do any women or girls enjoy watching Shin Koihime or Shin Koihime Musou? That's what i'd like to know ;P
....I'm a girl, and I adore the show. >.> It's funny, has a fun cast of characters, so...
Woo. Essays suck.
Koihime Musou and its sequals is an ecchi, lowbrow anime aimed primarily at the male otaku. What I like about is that every once in a while, it makes reference to classical Chinese literature or ancient Chinese history that you would really have to be a scholar to catch.
thanks for creating a discussion board on my article! i just stumbled on this today and wanted to reply. normally as staff writers we usually get assigned titles for upcoming simulcasts (or we pick from a list), and i was allotted this title without any knowledge of its background, or that it was originally a "hentai game" as commenters here have written. it wasn't my intention to portray promiscuous, big buxomed women as the only ones capable of being "empowering".. it just so happened that this particular anime was drawn that way, and so i described it in that way lol. hopefully no one else misunderstands!


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Treasury to Pay Down Debt For First Time in Six Years
WASHINGTON—The federal government said Monday it would pay down a small portion of the national debt this quarter for the first time in six years.
The debt reduction, seen as temporary, is a sign that higher tax receipts and spending cuts are improving Washington's finances. The respite in borrowing will likely give the Obama administration a bit more time before running up against the federal debt ceiling.


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New York — As revenue and memberships fell again in the second quarter for Town Sports International (TSI), the company's CEO is focusing on areas that he says will help the New York-based public company deliver better numbers once the economy turns around.
"We will ride out the recession by reducing expenses and keeping capital expenditures to a minimum while at the same time continuing to invest in initiatives that improve the member experience and strengthen our brand," TSI CEO Alex Alimanestianu told analysts last month during a conference call announcing the company's second quarter financials.
The company's customer service efforts are leading to better retention numbers, and club usage has increased 10 percent overall and 8 percent at comparable clubs, Alimanestianu said. However, dues revenue decreased as TSI lost some higher-paying members and discounted its dues to attract new members.
He says that the company's main challenges are getting new members to join and getting current members to purchase personal training sessions at the historic level.
"Despite usage in our clubs increasing, our members are spending less money on our ancillary services just as they are in other areas of discretionary spending," Alimanestianu said.
Total ancillary club revenue totaled $20.9 million, a decrease of 8.1 percent. Within ancillary revenue, personal training revenue declined 9.2 percent to $15.2 million, while other ancillary revenue declined 5 percent to $5.8 million. TSI is increasing promotions on less costly 30-minute personal training sessions to improve those numbers, Alimanestianu said.
TSI's second quarter 2009 revenue decreased 4.2 percent to $123.9 million compared to the same period last year. Comparable club revenue had an even greater decline, falling 6.3 percent.
Net income for the second quarter of 2009 was $2.5 million compared to a net income of $6.8 million for the same quarter last year. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net income was $3.2 million compared to $11.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
Total member count was 503,000, a decrease of 14,000 or 2.7 percent. However, corporate memberships increased by 25 percent from second quarter 2008 to 61,000 corporate members.
Membership attrition for the quarter averaged 3.7 percent per month compared to 3.2 percent in second quarter 2008 and 3.6 percent in first quarter 2009.
"Over the past 18 months, we have been very focused on improving the member experience in our clubs as we believe this is the best way to both retain and attract new members over the long run and also the best way to grow our earnings," Alimanestianu said. "Based on our member feedback in our Mystery Shopper scores, we know that these programs are having a strong impact on member satisfaction and the quality of club operation, and we are also confident that this will benefit our bottom line in the future."
TSI has reduced overall corporate and club payroll by nearly $5 million on an annual basis by reducing club operating hours and cross training club personnel, he says. Second quarter payroll and related expenses decreased by $407,000 to $48.2 million, mostly due to lower management incentive bonus expenses and a reduction in personal training payroll.
The company also is renegotiating lower rent, which Alimanestianu said could save the company roughly $1 million this year and at least that amount next year.
TSI is closing clubs that are not performing to expectations, he said. So far this year, the company has closed four clubs. Alimanestianu plans to close two more clubs by the end of the year while assessing at least two others for possible closure. The company opened four clubs in the first quarter but did not open any in the second quarter.
Dan Gallagher, CFO, said on the call that he expects third quarter revenue to be between $117 million and $119 million compared to $128.1 million in the third quarter last year.
TSI operates health clubs under the New York Sports Clubs, Boston Sports Clubs, Philadelphia Sports Clubs and Washington Sports Clubs names.


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Once again, many great stories. I chose this one because of its random simplicity and it was original compared to "I spit in my bosses face" type stories. So this asshole also wanted no photo of herself and to remain candid we will call her "Alex" Asshole of the month…
I thought I would list my greatest hits in the hope of winning a free tattoo. I would like to remain anonymous. I can be referred to as Alex. Here goes…
I pretended to be a make a wish child to get a free trip to Disneyland.
I regularly double dip.
I park in handicapped spaces.
I've stolen dimes from March of Dimes displays to buy a taco.
I forgot to call my mom on her birthday.
I bruise produce at the supermarket for fun.
Congratulations Alex, you're an asshole! Thanks to everyone for participating!
Alex chose this donkey for her collection, good luck to everyone else!!!
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Zanzibar, 18 January 2008 – Zanzibar's First Lady, Her Excellency Madame Shadya Karume, and Prince Amyn Aga Khan – the younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims – took part today in a groundbreaking ceremony for the revitalisation of Zanzibar's Forodhani Park. The $2.2 million restoration of this World Heritage Site's largest open space is expected to create 200 new jobs in its construction phase and provide a significant stimulus for the local economy.
"The people of Zanzibar very much welcome the Aga Khan Trust for Culture for the project to rehabilitate the Park so as to find a balance between competing uses, hence maintain the park as an area of beauty as well as economic opportunities," said First Lady, Her Excellency Madame Shadya Karume. "I am confident that the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, given its many years experience in such kinds of work, will be able, in collaboration with the local authorities, to successfully accomplish the work, within the scheduled time."
"Restoring Forodhani Park is part of AKTC's long-term objective to revitalise the historic sea front of Stone Town as a major contribution to the social, cultural and economic development of this island," said Prince Amyn Aga Khan. "Our experience elsewhere has been that catalytic urban projects, such as this one, lead to a wider development, in fact to an area development, with improved economic prospects and an improved quality of life for the inhabitants of the entire area."
The revitalisation project will upgrade social and recreational amenities in the historic Park. Work will include the restoration of the walkways and improvements to the landscaping of the Park. Infrastructure will be upgraded, including lighting, sewage, drainage and civic amenities. The sea wall fronting the Park will also be rehabilitated. The Park itself is expected to generate economic activity through infrastructure improvements for vendors.
The groundbreaking follows meetings between President Amani Abeid Karume and His Highness the Aga Khan. The restoration is to be undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in cooperation with the Government of Zanzibar. It is expected to take approximately one year.
Situated along the historic waterfront of Stone Town, Forodhani Park is one of the last open spaces in this densely populated World Heritage Site. The Park was once the location of the port and a landing point for the former Sultans of Zanzibar. Sixty years ago, the area was converted to a Park called the "Jubilee Gardens", which featured a wide range of trees and plants. It has been a central meeting place for civic discourse, leisure and entertainment ever since.
The rehabilitation project was first proposed by the Trust in 2001 as part of a programme for comprehensive seafront rehabilitation in Stone Town. It was intended to be a logical extension of the work already completed in Kelele Square. Following meetings between President Amani Abeid Karume and His Highness the Aga Khan, agreements for the restoration of the Park were signed.
The Trust has been active in Zanzibar since 1989, successfully completing the restoration of the Old Dispensary, now renamed the Stone Town Cultural Centre, and the old Customs House, as well as the rehabilitation of Kelele Square. Eleven buildings in Stone Town – many of them on the point of collapse – were restored. One objective of the programme was to show the feasibility of building and restoration techniques needed to preserve this World Heritage Site. The Trust has also worked with the Government and international partners – such as the Government of Sweden and the Ford Foundation – to provide training workshops on conservation practice and traditional construction methods for craftsmen, building professionals and Government workers.
Other Trust activities include the creation of the Indian Ocean Maritime Museum, which will be situated in the Stone Town Cultural Centre. The museum will showcase the maritime cultures of the Indian Ocean, including the display of naval vessels and other artefacts that illustrate the history of the commercial and cultural contacts between Africa, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.
Over the long-term, pending agreement, it is hoped that a larger seafront initiative, encompassing upgrades to the Historic Port Area, can be contemplated.
For more information, please contact:
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Website: http://www.akdn.org/
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)is a part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Over the last 20 years, cultural revitalisation efforts have been carefully integrated into the broader economic and social programmes of the AKDN – reflecting His Highness the Aga Khan's belief that development is a complex process that requires multiple inputs.
AKDN's development work in Zanzibar dates to the signing of a Protocol of Co-operation for Development between the Network and the Government of Zanzibar in 1988. In Zanzibar, the Aga Khan Foundation's efforts include support to the Rahaleo Health Centre (a public-private partnership), which records over 16,000 patient visits per year. The Foundation continues to operate a number of programmes in education, training and health, including support for community-owned pre-schools on the islands of Unguja and Pemba (Zanzibar), a teachers' Resource Centre and the training of hundreds of teachers. It is also involved in civil society strengthening activities in Zanzibar through the NGO Resource Centre. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development restored and converted historic seafront buildings into the Zanzibar Serena Inn.


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Height: 6-1
Weight: 165 lbs.
Coaches: Justin, Jason & Guy Poos
High School: Edmond Santa Fe High
College: University of Central Oklahoma
WTF World Ranking as of 9/1/12: 66th (+87kg)
-2009 U.S. Open Best Male Senior Athlete
See Jason's Q&A feature from January 2010
Played one year of baseball in high school...enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding, baseball, football, basketball and hanging out with friends...his brother, Trevor, was a 2004 Junior National Team member...enjoys pizza, Italian food, Chinese food and "pretty much anything unhealthy or fast food"...favorite athlete is Barry Sanders...favorite movies are Dumb and Dumber, The Longest Yard and Troy...enjoys Hip-Hop music...kinesiology major.
Competition Record:
2013 U.S. National Team member (Middle)
2013 U.S. National Team Trials (Middle): 1st
2013 U.S. Open (Middle): BRONZE
2013 Spanish Open (Middle): BRONZE
2013 WTF World Taekwondo Championships (Middle): Round of 32
-lost to Mahdi Khodabakhshi (IRN), 9-6, in Round of 32
2012 U.S. National Team member (Middle)
2012 U.S. National Team Trials (Middle): 1st
2011 World Taekwondo Championships (Middle): Round of 64
-lost to Dong Min Cha (KOR), 5-3, in Round of 64
2011 U.S. National Team Member (Middle)
2011 U.S. National Team Trials (Middle): 1st
2010 U.S. National Team Member (Heavy)
2009 WTF World Championships (Heavy): Round of 16
2009 U.S. National Team Member (Heavy)
2009 U.S. National Team Trials (Heavy): 1st
2009 U.S. Open (Welter): 1st
2009 National Team Qualifier (Welter): 1st
2007 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): 3rd
2007 Senior National Team Trials (Welter): 2nd
2006 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): 3rd
2006 World University Championships (Welter): 2nd
2006 National Collegiate Team Trials (Welter): 1st
2006 National Collegiate Championships (Welter): 1st
2006 Senior National Team Trials (Light): 4th
2005 U.S. Senior Nationals (Light): 1st
2005 World University Games Team Member
2005 U.S. National Team Alternate (B Team)
2004 World University Championships (Light): 1st
2004 U.S. Collegiate Team Member
2004 National Collegiate Team Trials (Light): 1st
2004 U.S. Nationals: 3rd
2004 U.S. Team Trials: 3rd
2003 U.S. Open: 3rd
2003 U.S. Nationals: 1st
2003 U.S. National Team Trials: 3rd
2003 National Collegiate Team Trials (Light): 1st
2003 National Collegiate Championships (Light): 1st
2002 U.S. Nationals: 2nd
2002 U.S. Team Trials: 3rd
2001 U.S. Junior National Team Member
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Nelnet to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results on Feb. 28; Dividend Approved
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LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nelnet, Inc. (NYSE: NNI) today announced it will release earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, after the close of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Upon release, additional earnings information will be available at www.nelnetinvestors.com.
Board of Directors approves dividend
The Nelnet Board of Directors declared a first quarter cash dividend on the company's outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of $0.10 per share. The dividend will be paid on Friday, March 15, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Friday, March 1, 2013.
For more than 30 years, Nelnet has been helping families plan, prepare, and pay for their education. Additional information is available at www.nelnet.com.
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If Steven J. Demetriou could go back and do things differently during Aleris International Inc.'s 15-month stint under bankruptcy protection, he wouldn't change very much.
"I probably would have slept better," he quipped in an interview at the company's headquarters in Beachwood, Ohio. But restless nights aside, the rest of the process—from filing for Chapter 11 in February 2009 to emerging as a restructured entity in June 2010—proved in the end to be the right move for the downstream aluminum company, he said, leaving Aleris' management team with few regrets.
"As much as it was painful to go through the process—and our process is obviously more painful because of the stigma of Chapter 11—it turned out to be a success for us," said Demetriou, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "We emerged essentially with the same set of assets, which showed that all we really needed was two things a short-term cash infusion coupled with what everyone's done—to really make sure we reduced costs and restructured where we needed to restructure."
Aleris certainly wasn't the only player in the aluminum sector to require a strategy change in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Alcoa Inc., for example, turned to the equity markets, while Novelis Inc. and Rio Tinto Alcan received support from parent companies Hindalco Industries Ltd. and Rio Tinto, respectively, allowing them to weather the storm of collapsing aluminum prices and stagnant demand. Privately owned Aleris, however, was barred from the equity markets and its then-parent company, Texas Pacific Group, opted against a cash injection, leaving it with one clear survival strategy in its search for liquidity bankruptcy.
"This restructuring was really no different than anyone else's. It's just the way we did it. What we actually ended up doing was raising cash and financing for the company. We did it in the way that was best for us, whereas most of our competition had to do the same thing (but) they did it in different ways," Demetriou said.
"The company wasn't broken," he said. "It was really the only way we could react to the sudden downturn."
When Aleris' U.S. operations filed for bankruptcy protection, it secured $1.075 billion in debtor-in-possession financing to support operations and keep metal flowing throughout the restructuring period. The company's creditors approved its proposed exit strategy in May 2010, and Aleris emerged under the wing of private equity funds Oaktree Capital Management LP, Apollo Management LP and Sankaty Advisors LLC as a leaner and more profitable version of its former self.
Despite the stigma that bankruptcy brings, Aleris' leadership team contends that customers steadfastly stood by the company throughout the process, providing the ongoing support it needed for a quick turnaround.
"I don't think we have customer trust issues related to the bankruptcy. Our customers were phenomenal in the early stages and all the way through bankruptcy, and the best way to validate that is that they voted with their orders," said K. Alan Dick, executive vice president of Aleris and president of its North American rolled products business. "We had many customers in the early days of Chapter 11 who we had meetings with at the senior levels who expressed their desire to see us be successful and survive, and realized that for us to do that they needed to continue to support us—and they did."
Sean M. Stack, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, agreed that customers appeared relatively unfazed by the process. "In the field, where the rubber hits the road, our sales force .?.?. did a lot of hand holding in the process. From the top down, we did a great job of keeping everyone educated in terms of the process and how the process was unfolding, and making sure that communication got out to the field," he said. "A couple of weeks into the bankruptcy, once the cash showed up and once the metal started coming back and deliveries went out, (it became clear) this was really almost more of a contained process and everyone else got back to their day jobs, focusing on delivering value to the customer."
Suppliers weren't as forgiving, however. According to market sources, a number of Aleris' suppliers found themselves paid just pennies on the dollar for their at-times multimillion-dollar claims, creating resentment and distrust among some players.
"Aside from the bankers and the financiers, those who supplied them material lost a lot of money," one market source said. "The scrap community lost a lot of money and I don't think those memories are fading so fast."
Among Aleris' 30 largest unsecured creditors were Rusal America Corp. ($7.8 million), Glencore International AG ($7 million), United Scrap Metal Inc. ($2.2 million) and Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. ($2.1 million), with more than a dozen other trading houses and scrap suppliers—from Sims Metal Management Inc. to OmniSource Corp.—rounding out the list.
The company's top management concedes that ties with some of its suppliers have been strained due to the bankruptcy. "Certainly that's a healing process that's been under way for quite some time. It's been under way since the day of the filing," Terrance J. Hogan, vice president and general manager of Aleris' aluminum recycling unit, said.
Demetriou agreed. "I'm sure there is a handful that will always have some frustration. I lost money in Aleris during the restructuring period, but I think the key now is going forward," he said, noting that the inability to pay creditors in full is unfortunately often part of the bankruptcy process.
"We'll always regret the fact that some of our suppliers had to go through that and we tried everything humanly possible to avoid that," Demetriou said. "(But) once we got into it, it was a legal process. We had to follow the rules and it was 100 percent specified what you can do and what you can't do as far as dealing with your suppliers. It was a pretty unprecedented downturn and I think we handled it well."
Stack agreed. "Ideally, you'd love to figure out a way to put a fence around the supplier base because that is the one area where we still have a lot of recovery to go. But given the set of circumstances, our hands were relatively tied on that," he said.
Losses aside, the vast majority of suppliers have maintained ties with the company, management said, leaving a handful that have been more difficult to win back. "On the metal side of the suppliers, I would say you might be able to count those who are no longer supplying to us on two hands," Dick said. "At the end of it, what our suppliers want is a place that they can deliver where they've got some confidence that they'll get a return for delivering to us, and the fact is we probably have one of the best balance sheets in the industry now, given our capital structure, our debt structure, our availability and our liquidity."
But even as the majority of suppliers continue to do business with Aleris, few have yet to offer normal payment terms for the new Aleris. "We need to re-earn the trust of our suppliers when it comes to payments and we are doing that, but our expectation is that we will return to what we would consider the standard industry payment terms at some point in the future," Dick said.
Even outside the United States, some suppliers continue to restrict payment terms, even though only the U.S. assets filed for bankruptcy. "Suppliers have been using the U.S. bankruptcy as an excuse to try to move to shorter payment terms," said Roeland Baan, executive vice president of Aleris and chief executive officer of Aleris Europe. "We are now in the process of getting back those terms. Where suppliers are not prepared to put the terms back to normal terms, as is common and custom in the industry, we basically have no other choice but to change suppliers. I can fully sympathize with them. Once you get paid after seven days instead of after 35, it's hard to give up."
Hogan is optimistic that Aleris will see a return to standard terms in the coming year, but he acknowledged that each decision is case by case. "We've seen terms extend and we would expect to see that continue as we get some history under our belt from an earnings standpoint and a quarterly performance standpoint. And we've certainly seen a dramatic improvement from cash on delivery, but it doesn't take much to see improvement from there—there's only one way to go," he said. "We would expect to see that continue as the results continue to improve. I would expect, as we move though 2011, we should get back to those levels. It would be nice if it were Jan. 1, but I think more realistically it's some time after that. In some cases we're already there."
With the bankruptcy a recent—but fading—memory, Aleris once again has its eyes set on growth. A company itself comprising two former industry giants—Commonwealth Industries Inc. and Imco Recycling Inc.—Aleris has a history of mergers and acquisitions, from its 2006 purchase of Corus Group Plc's aluminum rolling and extrusion businesses to its 2007 buy of Wabash Alloys LLC.
"We're much more passionate about growth than ever before," Demetriou said. "We've had a successful M&A run since 2004, and when the right acquisitions present themselves we'll clearly implement some."
Most of Aleris' expansion plans will be centered around emerging economies, with the company having already announced plans to form a joint venture with a Chinese company to build a greenfield aluminum rolling mill in Zhenjiang and more than triple extrusion capacity at its Tianjin facility by 2015. China's booming urbanization makes the decision to expand there a no brainer, Demetriou said. "In the past, they built a lot of automobiles but they were just looking for low-quality materials. Now they're looking for the most sophisticated capabilities and products, looking to get into much more premium vehicles, and that—whether its automotive or aerospace or other key markets of ours—is sort of right in our sweet spot."
But other developing nations also could be on the radar. "I'd say our focus is on China, but at some point we'll look at other emerging economies," he said.
Baan agreed that other regions also will be key to Aleris' growth. "If you want to be a global payer and if you want to move with your global customers and accompany them to those markets, you have to invest into those markets and be a local player. I think we would love to be able to join our customer base where they want to expand," he said. "We are already in Brazil, of course, with our recycling activities, and we would definitely be interested in looking at other opportunities there. The same goes for India or any other big territory where we see our customers move into."
That's not to say that developed markets are off the table for expansion. According to Demetriou, the company also is eyeing any bolt-on acquisitions that make sense in the United States or European markets to complement current assets. "Scrap is extremely important to us. Metal supply is extremely important to us overall," Demetriou said. "As part of our strategic thinking going forward, we are evaluating different options to ensure we have the metal when we need it at the lowest cost and the highest quality. We're working on ideas and strategies around that."
Expansion will be particularly important if Aleris hopes to capture a portion of the growing aluminum demand it is forecasting going forward. Demand across most major end-use sectors should swing higher in 2011, with even lackluster building and construction showing welcome signs of bottoming out, the company said.
"I think despite what you read about the potential of a double-dip (recession), we are not hearing that from our customer base. And I would say across all the segments, whether it be OEM (original equipment manufacturer) or distribution or construction, all of them at this point are projecting 2011 growth over and above 2010," Dick said.
Demetriou agreed. "We think the worst is behind us," he said. "We think that it will clearly be better than today, and today is better than we expected." ANNE RILEY
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SnoWest: What all did you do to this sled?
Jared Sessions: First, I started off with a 2013 Pro RMK 163. The first thing I did was add a Boondocker turbo with intercooler, 2860 GPX turbo upgrade with the TiAL stainless steel exhaust package.
I put a custom ArcticFX wrap on the full hood and tunnel. I did something a little different. I also put a tunnel wrap on the underside of the tunnel on the first build of this sled, to help shed some snow and carry less weight.
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SnoWest: So there's two parts to this sled... The first build and then a crash and rebuild. What's the story to that?
Jared: Interesting story. Rocky and I were up in the mountains, testing. Rocky had never been on my sled yet. I was a little apprehensive to let anybody else on it, since it was my baby but I wanted him to feel what I was feeling with power and tuning. I swapped, I hopped on his Ski-Doo. He hopped on my Pro.
Rocky: I think I was trying to get to ride it because it was so awesome. So we're in Sheep Creek, and it's just me and Jared, and Jared is like this runs awesome. I got on it and I rode around just a little bit and it did, it ran really good. He was right, it was awesome.
I went to just make a little line up, kind of a spot through the trees, not really too steep but it was going to get steep. There was a branch hanging down, so I moved my right hand so that the branch wouldn't hit me in the hand. I knew it was going to hit the handlebar, and I was just going to grab the throttle after the branch went past the handlebar.
Jared: This isn't a bush branch. This is like a dead piece of pine tree.
Rock: Yeah, a big pine tree with all that junk hanging down. The handlebar hits the branch, and the sled just takes off. I'm only holding on with one hand, and I'm standing on the opposite side of the sled, really just standing there on the running boards with both feet.
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When we got to the sled, the throttle wasn't stuck, but the rest of it was in pieces. Just smacked a tree.
Jared: A dead tree branch stuck in the throttle. The sled grabbed a handful of throttle, throws Rocky off the back, does a ghost ride side hill, pretty impressive side hill. Then, head-on into a tree at probably 70 miles an hour.
It was a little scary situation for me because I'm over, away from the side, and all of a sudden all I see is snow flying out of a tree so I take off, thinking something bad's happened. I run over there, thinking Rock's in a tree.
When I got there, I had no idea. I saw a really crazy side hill. I'm thinking, "Maybe he took a face full of snow and didn't see a tree and just T-boned it at full throttle."
I go flying over there, and all I see is sled piled in the tree. I see stickers plastered all over in the tree branches, so I'm just looking for bodies laying out the other side. I look around there, yell his name a few times, and there Rocky is, 100 yards back behind me in the trees, just giving me the hands in the air like, "I don't know what happened." For me, for a minute, it was seriously a scary moment because I didn't know what had happened or where Rock was for probably a few minutes anyway.
Rock: Jared, my son Wyatt, myself and Tyson Thomas, Justin Thomas, and Chris Thomas went back up there with a 2,500-foot spool of rope, a snatch block and a toboggan. It took a while to get it out--that's another story in its own. What Jared didn't tell you was he had a tether for the sled back at the shop. It's something we always add. But it wasn't on in time for this one.
Jared: After a day and a half, with a little extra help getting the thing drug out of the mountains, the next big challenge was deciding what to do with the sled. We decided that this was the opportunity to start over and rebuild the thing again, from the ground up.
It was all the way apart. What I did is just took my time and ordered all new parts and then I custom powdered coated everything, bulkhead, tunnel, steering hoop, spindles, every component that could be powder coated. I just wanted to carry as little snow around as I could because powder coating is a great way to shed snow and ice.
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SnoWest: So, when you say you're taking your time rebuilding this, you really built it in a day, didn't you?
Jared: Yeah, I guess I took my time. I assembled the thing in day, but it took me a few days to get all the parts gathered up and powder coated. I had most of the parts gathered up. Jo McKnight had an open house at Action Motor Sports. He called down and asked Rocky if we had a sled to display. Rocky told him that I could have this sled ready that afternoon.
It might have had a bulkhead, tunnel and steering hoop on there, so I pretty much busted tail for a full day. I built the thing from the ground up and was able to take it, mostly completed, to the open house for Action.
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|February 16, 2013, 07:04 PM
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I'm being offered a Lee Enfield for $300
What should I be looking for? I have no use for the rifle, but I understand it may have historical significance for someone besides myself. I would like to turn a profit because while I do admire this old British workhorse, war surplus has no place in my stable.
I have a rudimentary knowledge of the Enfield. I don't know what I should be looking for in regards to finish of the magazine/receiver/barrel/stock, condition of the bolt, condition of the barrel/chamger/rifling, etc.
He did tell me there is some pitting in the barrel, but a quick search on Google leads me to believe that barrel pitting in Enfields is common and as long as it doesn't affect the accuracy then it should affect the value of the gun.
I have not seen the gun in person. What are your thoughts?
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Judging by Gunbroker $300 is a fair price. I dont think it leaves much room for profit unless its exceptional condition. Maybe ask the same question on the C&R board.
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|February 17, 2013, 12:35 AM
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My buddy is hunting for an Enfield right now. He swears by them.
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|February 17, 2013, 01:07 AM
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I love enfields but am afraid I don't know much about markings and such. every factory that made them did things a little differently so they are one of the hardest rifles to really be an expert on as they were made in England, Australia, India, Canada and even in the US. I own a fazakerly english enfield number 4 and a Savage made no4, the markings on them are like night and day I'm afraid. as long as it hasn't been hcked up with a handsaw and drilled and tapped for a scope mount then it should be alright, unless it's a T model sniper in which case it's worth about 10 times what he's asking... without pictures it's impossible to tell.
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|February 17, 2013, 02:49 AM
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Unless it's a scoped WWII sniper model or a Jungle Carbine, $300 is about what these are worth in nice condition, matching numbers, good wood, etc. WWII L-Es with 'US Property' markings are Lend-Lease, made by Savage Arms. The Canadian makes are collectable in Canada, not so much here.
Condition is everything, like location to a realtor or business. The finish should be black blue, the correct British coloring, and just about intact. Markings should be clear, and no re-paint over the old. Bores can be a bit dark, but strong, no pitting, and bolts need to be headspaces correctly and match the rifle. Wood needs to be color matched and without defect or cracks, just normal dings. Arsenal repairs are OK, but not obvious.
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I agree with kilimanjaro, unless you have a unusual model $300 is about top dollar for a No4 in good condition. There are several exceptions and would need to see pic's to say more. There are LE's in my collection (30+) that are worth a large hunk of change, but they are the exception.
|February 17, 2013, 09:23 PM
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You might consider buying the Enfield for shooting and hunting. I have taken a couple deer with mine using the factory iron sights.
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If buying for $300 and they are worth about $300, there is no profit. If you have no interest in Milsurps, there's no reaon to buy one. Take a pass and let a collector/shooter buy it.
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