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Sen. McCain Gov Palin,
Though I have doubts that either of you will ever take the time to read this, or follow the link, but one can only hope that you would take an interest in what troubled Americans may have to say. I am a young veteran of 24. I have the sense to open my eyes to more important things then what will only help me. After watching the following video, can you still say by increasing our drilling in areas such as these, it will not be doing harm to our planet? Maybe we could unite, for the common good, to save our planet and future generations instead of selfishly serving ourselves now. Yes I am aware that drilling now is financially in my best interest. Gas prices are rising and the job market is slim. I would sacrifice and support higher gas prices now if we could come together for a common goal. To use alternative forms of energy, and help prevent to increasing affects of global warming. You will not be here to see the damage we are doing in 40 years, but I will.
For the common good = Marxism. No thanks. Drilling for oil will not harm the earth. Oil is a natural resource and the technology we have today drilling is hardly harmful. Sure accidents happen but they are few and far between. We need to drill and we need to keep our coal mines open. If we stop accessing these natural resources we will not only see higher unemployment but as the pResident said we will NECESSARILY see ENERGY PRICES SKYROCKET. We live here and now. What happens after we are gone will be up to that generation to deal with and so on.
You should keep up the good work. may God bless you.
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How do you beat the level with the assimilated Klingon vessels and the starbase? Also, are there cheats for this game?
Games Guru: Take them down using just your own vessels. Use four of them, if possible. Power your shields to maximum. Forget picking up the energy canister in the mission, and avoid the big mass of turrets at all costs. Keep trying!

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SCOTLAND'S Cameron Sharp was beaten by Olaf Prenzler in a desperately close finish to the men's 200m to maintain East Germany's domination of the individual sprints at the European Athletics Championships in Athens.
From The Scotsman, 8 September 1982
Once again all eyes turned to the giant replay screens at either end of the stadium after Prenzler, who had led all the way, and the fast-finishing Sharp flashed across the line together.
But even from the replay it was impossible to be sure who had won, Sharp indicating with a wave of the arms that he thought he had snatched victory.
But the official times gave Prenzler the Gold Medal in 20.46 seconds with Sharp one hundredth of a second behind. In a personal best Prensler's compatriot Frank Emmelmann taking the men's title and Marlies Goehr the women's.
Sharp's run signifies the breakthrough for him and though he was well outside Allan Wells' British record he showed that he has the explosive pace and courage to be in there where it matters at the finish.
What is more the Shettleston Harrier achieved his success nursing a sciatic leg which needed pain-killing drugs before the final. "Fortunately I was in the outside lane which, in this case, helped me," he said. "The first 60m was not too good because of the uncertainty but on the crown of the bend I suddenly felt good and let things rip. This is the third time in a month that I've been involved in photo finishes and I may have turned my head, but I just can't remember. I gave the dip everything I had."
This was Sharp's first experience of running six pressure races in the space of four days and he came through it with five of his six fastest ever times, a fourth place and a silver medal. He said: "The object was gold, but I will settle for that. I am not at all fresh after so many races in such a short space of time and I will be keen to see what I am capable of when I am feeling good now that I have this extra confidence."
Sharp, 24, is now hoping that Wells will have recovered from his virus so that the two can meet on even terms in the Commonwealth Games to see just who is Britain's No 1 sprinter.
Kathy Smallwood emulated Sharp's performance when she took silver in a new British and Commonwealth record time of 22.13.
She was given little chance against the might of the East Germans and, to be truthful, she was never really in with a chance of beating the powerful Barbara Woeckel who won in 22.04 but Smallwood had the satisfaction of finishing in front of both Sabine Rieger and Gesine Walther.
Steve Cram established himself as favourite for the 1500m and looked in a different class as he comfortably won his heat. The 21-year-old Jarrow runner lingered in second for three laps and then, with 200m remaining, put in a devastating kick to win in 3:38.05.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Coe may have been suffering from glandular fever when he ran in the 800m final it emerged yesterday. Coe could not find his usual accelaration as West German Hans Peter Ferner took the gold.


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We love a customary Corvette or Camaro, either old or new, with good old late-model LS power. But lately we've found ourselves gravitating towards the extremes of the LS swap world. There's just something fun and inspiring about a weird project car that's completely out of the ordinary. This truck we recently came across on Speed Hunters definitely grabbed our attention as one such project, and we just had to share it with you.
What you see before you is reportedly a 1949 Chevy pickup (…that looks its age…) that has had a C5 suspension and driveline grafted under its 60-plus year old body, including a stock LS1 power plant up front. It looks great for scaring the neighborhood kids, but isn't good for much else since they bed was removed to fit the Corvette's rear-mounted transaxle. Not all that strange to you yet? LS1 swaps and custom C5 based suspension have been around for years now, right? Well, what if we told you this farm truck from hell was set up for drifting of all things?
…Looks like fun to us.
Check out Speed Hunter's full write up and photo gallery of this tire-blazing farm machine here.


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Hotels hiring as Americans hit the road
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, May 13, 2012
Hotels are hiring. That simple statement is giving hope to many long-unemployed or underemployed Americans who see hotel jobs as a pathway back to full-time work - low-paying, long-hours work, but a job nonetheless.
Hotels and motels are getting busier as Americans feel a little more secure economically and are taking vacations.
"With more people on the road, we'll need more people working in hotels," says Jan Freitag, a senior vice president at Smith Travel Research. He cites a 4.1 percent gain in first-quarter hotel bookings as a "very positive sign" that U.S. tourism is rebounding.
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The Federal Reserve confirmed the shift in travel in its most recent survey of current economic conditions, with data collected on or before April 2 indicating "strong" trends in several districts. The St. Louis Fed - which oversees all of Arkansas and parts of Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois - reported that hotel service companies "announced plans to expand operations and hire new workers." Business travel, essential to hotel revenue, has rebounded enough to restore hotel occupancy levels to 63.6 percent, close to the historic average.
About 7.6 million people, or 5.7 percent of the U.S. workforce, held tourism-related jobs in March, according to the U.S. Travel Association in Washington. The travel industry accounted for "a substantial component" - 2.7 percent - of 2010 gross domestic product, according to a Jan. 19 statement from the White House. The number of Americans working at hotels, motels and casino hotels rose 3.2 percent in March from the same month in 2010, to 1.6 million, outpacing a 2.7 percent increase for all employees, data from the Department of Labor show.
Bookings up in U.S.
Marriott International, the largest publicly traded U.S. hotel chain, forecasts that its U.S. staff will rise 6 percent this year, to 212,000 from about 200,000 as of Dec. 31, says Laura Paugh, senior vice president of investor relations. Marriott operates hotels in all 50 states, and bookings nationwide have been "quite strong," with growth driven by leisure, foreign and business travelers. Marriott is "filling jobs when they become vacant," a change from the recession that ended in June 2009, when the company was reducing hours, Paugh says. "Occupancy is high enough that most people are working a full shift again."
Marriott has plans to add as many as 15,000 rooms in the United States this year, which is "really meaningful" to generating more employment, says Paugh. "The hotel industry is a great job creator."
After years as a caregiver, Angela Cook found work at a hotel in 2010, when the 43-year-old Los Angeles resident participated in a five-day training program to place jobless black workers in union hospitality positions. She needed a "boost of confidence" to jump-start her career; she was on welfare, and "looking for work was very discouraging."
The program made Cook "more employable," she says, and upon completion she was hired as a cocktail server at the Wilshire Grand Hotel. While she was laid off when the hotel closed for renovations in December, she got a job last month with the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, where she's a banquet server for events including weddings, parties and meetings.
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Many of the jobs being created have low wages and no benefits. Hotels are also operating with smaller staffs than in the past, says Annemarie Strassel, a communications coordinator with Unite Here, a union representing industry workers. Industry employment still is 200,900 off the July 2008 peak, Department of Commerce data show.
Even so, the hotel industry "provides opportunities to the very portion of our population looking for work," says David Huether, senior vice president of economics and research at the U.S. Travel Association. Unemployment was 24.9 percent in April for teenagers 16 to 19 years old and 12.5 percent for people who haven't finished high school.
Cook, a high school graduate, makes $8 an hour plus tips in her new job, which she says is "great," even though she's part-time, so she supplements her income with caregiving work that pays $9 an hour. She hopes to increase her hours to become eligible for health insurance soon.
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Alexis Senger is an adjunct lecturer of the Institute for Public Policy Studies and teaches Public Management & Budgeting in the Graduate Program in Public Policy. She is the Chief Analyst for Governor Hickenlooper's State Office of Budgeting and Planning where she has been since 2007. Prior to her work in the Governor's Office, Alexis spent over 15 years as the Chief Analyst with the Colorado Joint Budget Committee. Ms. Senger received her Master of Public Affairs degree from Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas at Austin.


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Opened in 1971, Closic's Baby & Teen has grown to become the largest children's furniture and accessories retailer in Delaware Valley. The two-story, 14,000 square-foot showplace prides itself in making new and growing families feel at home. The first floor is dedicated to infants and the nursery, while the second floor is geared toward children and young adults. Zora Sawyer shares how she "grew" into owning and managing Closic's and how being a good listener has helped her satisfy customers with children, from crib to college.
"Sugar Babies" located in Old Town Temecula, California is one of the most unique boutiques we've recently discovered. Sugar Babies, is a Specialty Shoppe that carries the best quality toys, gifts, shoes, clothing and accessories. Owner Lisa De la Torre prides herself in handpicked items that are age appropriate and only found in the most discriminating stores.
Accessories can make or break an outfit, even for babies and children. The right pair of socks or tights can add the perfect touch to an adorable outfit or a classy dress. LE BIG knows that it's these small details and finishing touches that help make outfits more memorable. These small details can also make a big impact when it comes to retailers' bottom lines! LE BIG originated in Holland in 1977. Today, business has expanded to cities worldwide, including Antwerp, Belgium; Berlin, Germany; Sydney, Australia; and New York City.
Our Baby Test Drive program has been a huge success across the blogosphere and amongst moms just like yourself. We are pleased to announce our next round of Baby Test Drivers. We are going to be launching a brand new line of baby sleep sacks. They will be available in several colors and styles. If you would like to be considered for the Baby Test Drive Program, please fill out the form available here: http://www.sleepingpartners.com/testdrive.html. All we ask in exchange is a simple 4 question feedback form and picture of your baby using the product.
Mixing rainy days with children can be a recipe for disaster. When kids are stuck indoors, they get antsy, loud, and BORED! Cooped up kids are dangerous to family health, as they push just the right buttons to drive parents crazy, or at least to distraction. Retailers to the rescue! Help families quickly cool down the kids' cabin fever with entertaining products from The Little Experience, eebee, GIANTmicrobes, and Buckyballs. With a surplus of tedium tamers on hand, your business will be on your customers' list of "fun places to go," and they will happily spend extra time and money in your store.
Our first Baby Shop Hop (www.babyshophop.com) is due September 1, 2010, but our newest event wouldn't be complete without a chance to give back to the community that makes our Shop Hops possible! For each logo found and clicked on during the Baby Shop Hop we will make a donation to a charity.
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Hudson's June 2010 issue featured plenty of No Slippy Hair Clippy® in their urban chic "Keep Posted" fashion editorial. There's a luscious red Kaia flower clip, a shocking pink Emily bow, a Makayla ladybug clip, and a fun turquoise Kaia clip, clipped to a purse. They're the perfect counterpoint to this raw, gritty photo spread – like seeing fresh green shoots sprouting through cracks in the sidewalk.
Jim and Marlo Poole started Carolina Baby Company in November, 2007 after relocating from Southern California to the Southeast. They represent some of the finest baby and children's gifts, gear, apparel, toys and accessories. They are well-known for "Poole-ing" their many resources and sharing their experiences to help their customers succeed.
Here, Marlo shares her insights on what makes for a good rep/manufacturer/retailer relationship, and what Carolina Baby Company does to build strong, and personal, business relationships.
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Everything's bigger in Texas, including the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market's 50th anniversary, June 23rd thru 29th! This comprehensive wholesale merchandise resource amps up the "WOW!" factor by bringing buyers and exhibitors together to show off the newest products and the hottest trends in children's products. This is one show you won't want to miss, and we thought we'd entice you with a few colossal showstoppers from Judith Edwards Designs, Cherished Moments, Custom Woodz, and MaryJack Studios.
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® hosts its "Shop Late Night" charity shopping event on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Attendees of the "Late Night" will enjoy an evening of late night shopping, celebrity chefs, international wines and great entertainment.
Baby Shop Hop announces the Baby Shop Hop, coming July 15 - August 15, 2010
Baby Shop Hop invites all Retailers (and Manufacturers) with online stores to participate in the mid-July Baby Shop Hop, a unique online event that is guaranteed to grow your business AND give back!
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text: Taking its cue from economic forecasters, the Village of Saukville Community Development Authority is positioning for a surge in the local business climate.The CDA usually gets a preview of local development before it begins, but officials note things have been a little slow lately.To alter that dynamic, CDA members and Village President Barb Dickmann have been keying on ways to promote the village with developers.Marilyn Haroldson, the village's director of economic development and planning, has been working with Ozaukee Economic Development to create a digital profile of development opportunities in the community.The document, which would be stored on a thumb drive that can be distributed to brokers and developers, would offer up-to-date information about available building sites in the community, along with zoning maps and links to existing businesses.The CDA got a printed preview of what kind of information will be available on the drives during a meeting last week.When asked the timeline for the finished product, Haroldson said, "we are talking about a matter of a week or two."She said there has been considerable behind-the-scene interest in development options in the village."I can't mention names, but we do have people looking at us. Saukville is seen as an up-and-coming community," Haroldson said.CDA member Richard Belling, a retired banker, said smaller communities like Saukville are still feeling the economic effects of the national recession."In this kind of slow economic recovery, it just takes a while for things to get rolling again. I don't think it will be that much longer," Belling said.The CDA also reviewed the terms of its economic development incentive program, which has been in place since 2010.Among those incentives is the offer of village-owned land in the industrial park at $15,000 an acre, when two or more acres are purchased. Officials note the price is a 50% discount from the market value of the land.A broker incentive grant (BIG) program is also still in place, offering cash incentives on the sale of selected property. Out of a list of eight properties included in the program, three remain with incentives ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.Other cash incentives are available for brokers who help fill vacant retail or commercial buildings, as well as redevelopment projects with values over $1 million."I think we should leave the incentive program the way it is," Dickmann said following the review.Village Administrator Dawn Wagner said when the village has any sway in promoting sites for future development, it should keep the focus on the business park and the tax-incremental financing district established to create it."It is vital that we develop these sites first to pay off the increment," Wagner said.Only after the cost of infrastructure improvements in the district is paid off are the taxes collected from those businesses added to the general property tax base, benefiting the village, county, school district and state.CDA members asked what efforts are being made to fill the vacated Piggly Wiggly store, which has relocated into the former Pick 'n Save building across the street.Officials were told that the former tenant, Fox Bros., still has two years remaining on its lease of the now-empty grocery store."It might be cheaper for them (to keep paying that rent) than to have a competitor move in," Haroldson said.


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If you are the owner of HTC One smartphone, then you will be happy to hear that your device is now seeding an official update to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Interestingly, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean is the latest version of Android mobile platform and further this, there is no announcement of Android 4.3 by Google.
Both HTC One and HTC Butterfly users were expecting Sense 5.1 version with Android 4.2 update but the user interface still remains Sense 5.0 although it brings few improvements included along with important features that were missing with stock version. The following are the improvements included in this update -
- Battery Percentage Icon: Finally you can now show up the battery percentage icon. You can enable it by going through Settings > Power > Show Battery Level.
- Android EQS: Since HTC One is announced with no-Sense UI (aka Stock Android UI), this update also included the option to switch from Sense UI to Android native EQS by tapping on the EQS icon on the upper right corner of notification menu.
- Android DayDream: Android Daydream is the new feature added to HTC One with this update although we don't know what its meant for.
- Home Button as Menu Button: Long press the home buttons as it will work as the menu button on your phone.
- Includes minor changes in the app drawer and dock.
Interestingly this is the first major update for HTC One smartphone. And without any doubt this update is available for download via Over the air so head to Menu > Settings > About Phone > Software Update and update your phone ASAP.


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George Shiels
George Shiels (24 June 1881 – 19 September 1949) was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are The Rugged Path, The Passing Day, and The New Gossoon.
Shiels was born Robert Shiels and Eileen (née MacSweeney) in Ballymoney, County Antrim, and emigrated to Canada as a young man. While working on the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1913, he was involved in a serious accident that left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He returned to Ballymoney and started a shipping company with his brother, and also began writing at this time. Starting with poems and short stories, he soon progressed to plays, which he provided to the Ulster Literary Theatre under the pen name of George S. Morsheils.
Starting with Bedmates (1921), his plays began to be regularly accepted by the Abbey Theatre for production. His 1930 work The New Gossoon was so well-received that the Abbey's touring company, The Abbey Theatre Irish Players, brought the play to Broadway for limited runs three times, in 1932, 1934, and 1937. In 1940, a production of Shiels' The Rugged Path set an Abbey record by attracting a total audience of 25,000 people over eight weeks.
When his success as a playwright allowed him, he left the shipping business and moved to Carnlough on the coast of County Antrim, where he lived from 1932 until his death in 1949.
- Moodie in Manitoba (1918)
- Away from the Moss (1918)
- Felix Reid and Bob (or The Simpleston) (1919)
- The Tame Drudge (or The Drudge) (1920)
- Bedmates (1921)
- Insurance Money (1921)
- Paul Twyning (1922)
- First Aid (1923)
- The Retrievers (1924)
- Professor Tim (1925)
- Cartney & Kevney (1927)
- Mountain Dew (1929)
- The New Gossoon (1930)
- Grogan and the Ferret (1933)
- The Passing Day (1936)
- The Jailbird (1936)
- Quin's Secret (1937)
- Neal Maquade (1938) - later revised as Macook's Corner (1942)
- Give Him a House (1939)
- The Rugged Path (1940)
- The Summit (1941)
- The Fort Field (1942)
- The New Regime (1944)
- The Old Broom (1944)
- Tenants at Will (or The Brink of Famine) (1945)
- Borderwine (1946)
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Best staffed specialty????? - page 3
i pose this question, because i am curious what everyone thinks. i've decided i'd like to work in the 'best staffed' specialty :chuckle . we all seem to think "the other units" get staffing... Read More
Sep 22, '05Quote from bonemarrowrnI work heme-onc and we are 5-6:1 - sometimes 1-2 BMT pts per RN. VERY heavy.So, maybe I should rephrase. NOt 'what it's supposed to be' but what is actually happening? Other than in Ca (as a poster replied), are these ratios being maintained, unlike where I work, where peds BMT is supposed to be 2:1 (at most) or on heme/onc, where it should be 3 or 4:1?
I was looking to see which units are 'never touched' when staff needs to be redistributed, or if a sick call comes it, must be replaced?
Sep 22, '05Hello I work in the unit and yes we get 1 to 1 or 1 to 2...But there are times when emergency comes up when one of ur patients becomes so unstable where you'd have to give one up to concentrate on one patient, which would lead to another RN to have 3 patients....which isn't so bad because everyone picks up and helps. Because when it happens to you, you expect and hope that people take your patient. But personally I think the best staffed unit? Definitely without question is the Cardiac Cath Lab....Though they'd have to be on call...
Sep 27, '05Quote from grimmybut do you find that you are often obligated to stay late when a surgery runs late, etc.?[font=book antiqua]in my unit, it's 1:1, sometimes 2:1 - of course, that's in the or. i never have more than one pt at a time.
what are the cons of or work (slightly ot, i know) since that sounds pretty great to me.
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Sep 29, '05Quote from juliekbut do you find that you are often obligated to stay late when a surgery runs late, etc.?
what are the cons of or work (slightly ot, i know) since that sounds pretty great to me.
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[font=book antiqua]i am always asked if i want to stay late (if surgery is running long), and if i cannot stay (for whatever reason), there is relief found somehow. a lot depends upon the type of shift you'll wind up working (i work 7-1730), and take call every couple of weeks, one weekend every 2 months or so. ot is there - i think that is the norm for nursing, no matter what type. but or nursing requires a fine social skill of being able to listen to the team, how things are going, and how to gauge the situation. most of the time you can't actually see what is going on. you hear it in the surgical team's tone of voice. trouble-shooting technology and gizmos is important, too. that comes with time and training. the cons of or work is that you are behind the scenes in many ways. your contact with a conscious pt is very brief, but critical. you must have the cujones to speak up to anyone if you believe that sterile technique has been compromised in any way. conviction to pt advocacy must be true. that is the or rn's job, in an over-arching sort of perspective. a lot of nurses miss the face-to-face time with pts when they come to the or. some don't. some hate the personalities, and by sheer virtue of the size of the or table, we get in pretty close proximity. that can be overwhelming. there's so much technology, equipment, and lifting, and that can be daunting. like anything else, learning happens over time.
Sep 29, '05I have to put a plug in for my specialty. PACU has a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio and the patients come in, wake up, and move out.
Sep 29, '05I am in stem cell transplant land where our 6 bed IUC for transplant pts is 1:1, on the floor 1:2. Sickest folks in the hospital.


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When news breaks, most Americans seek a second, trusted source for more info
When Americans first learn about a breaking news story, 83 percent seek out a second source to get more information, new research says.
Half of them turned to a different type of platform (i.e., heard the news on TV then went online to read more) for follow-up, and of the people who went online, 60 percent turned to a traditional news outlet like The New York Times, CNN or Fox News.
Even though a majority (53 percent) of digital news consumers said they get information daily from sites like Huffington Post and the Drudge Report, they choose established news outlets as a second source for breaking news, which they value for their credibility and deeper reporting.
This news ought to slow the risky race to be first with breaking news, as getting it right counts more than speed to news consumers.
The data comes from a survey of 3,022 U.S. adults commissioned by The New York Times to study how Americans get and share news across all kinds of media platforms. Our story about the study has more analysis and findings about the roles of news outlets, social media and mobile devices.


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Death, Taxes and Disney Crowds At Christmas
by Fred Hazelton on December 29, 2010 18 Comments
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You don't need to be a master statistician to predict that Disney theme parks will be crowded during the Christmas holidays. Every year, the period between December 24th and January 1st is the most crowded time of the year. It can be a great time of year to be at the theme parks though. The decorations. The extended hours. The holiday spirit of the cast members. Some of the theatre attractions actually seem more enjoyable when they perform to a full house.
But unfortunately, wait times are at super-high levels like no other time of year. Many readers ask us if Christmas should really be en eleven on the Crowd Calendar. In fact, it should be a fifteen!
But just how crowded is it, really?
Here it is by the numbers.
- On the slowest day of the year the Average Peak Wait time is 23 minutes.
- On most days of the year the Average Peak Wait time ranges from 26 to 32 minutes.
- On the busiest day of the year (other than during Christmas break) the Average Peak Wait time is 43 minutes.
- During Christmas break the Average Peak Wait time is 45 minutes!
That means the average peak wait time during Christmas break is 2 minutes higher than the most crowded day during the rest of the year. So there's crowded and then there's Christmas-crowded.
This year's crowds leading up to Christmas day were a little heavier than expected. Then, we were shocked to see that crowds at the Animal Kingdom on December 26 were high but not super-high. We recommended the Animal Kingdom as a "Best Park" but the wait times were even lower than expected. In fact, they were low enough to make the overall resort crowd level a 9.
|Predicted Crowd Level
|What Really Happened
|December 19
|December 20
|December 21
|December 22
|December 23
|December 24
|December 25
|December 26
|9 (Animal Kingdom wait times were even lower than expected)
|December 27
|December 28
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Hi, I was curious what the observed numbers were for November 28-December 4. We went that week due to low predictions but it was slammed! The wait times weren't that bad, but transportation was always crowded and we couldn't get reservations to any restaurants. We had a better time on past trips where the predictions were 8's than this trips with 1, 2 and 3 days! Now we don't know when to go!
Megan is correct, that post-Thanksgiving/pre-Christmas sweet spot is no longer sweet. We have a new time of year picked out to visit the World, but I will never tell what it is.
It won't matter. The days of predictable light crowds have passed. It will be hit and miss from now on.
Your posts are the reason I subscribe to the website. I can't go to WDW for two years so I don't really need lines but because your post are so fadcinating I keep up my membership – even though I know I could read your posts for free. Funny to have such an irrational reaction to such rational analysis. Rock on!
we rolled into Epcot @ 6 p.m. on Christmas, and stayed until 9:30. We walked out with fireworks going over our heads and went to MK, where we got to TCC in time for watching that fireworks show, from the boat dock area.
Crowded but doable. Then, MK emptied out and we had the place to ourselves (it seemed) until 1:30 a.m., with a lite rain. The castle de-lighting was great, and street sweepers were caroling.
Loved it. One downside – everyone (it seemed) had a huge and empty stroller they aggressively shoved like a battering ram. Very obnoxious. Saw lots of packages and so on in the stroller – many families just use them as carts and to make personal space.
Also, seniors walking four and five abreast – folks, enjoy your leisurely pace but please don't block the way for the rest of us. Is there a compromise between blocking the entire sidewalk and, say, single file?
Just asking.
We were in Hollywood Studios on Christmas day and did not find the crowd level high at all! We rode TTT with a 40 minute wait – grandkids had a 45/50 minute wait for RRC but all the other rides were walk ins. We had no major waits in the MK or EPCOT (including Soaring – about 30 minutes). Crowds were much less than in previous years. Osbourne Spectical of Lights was not crowded, you could walk around without getting bumped by anyone.
Thank you, Fred! You've really spelled it out. Back when I was 20-something and lived in South Florida, I'd drive up with friends to spend the 26th in the then one and only park, the Magic Kingdom. Now I enjoy the holiday spirit and decorations BEFORE the holiday season hits. Now when friends ask why I don't recommend going over the Christmas/New Year's break, I can point them to your excellent blog posting!
Happy New Year!
We were at MK on Monday, December 20. It was RIDICULOUSLY crowded. Went to Epcot on Tue 12/21 – wasn't terrible, but it was very very busy.
Bill, I don't blame you for not telling! I have heard early May is good, will shoot for that next. September is too hot still.
My family and I came from the UK for a week beginning 4th December, this is the fourth time we have visited during this time period and found this year the busiest so far. Not only was it unusually very cold but the weather seemed to effect the running of MK from the ticket machines to being left standing on the monorail platform due to a frozen track (apparently!). Even though we arrived at MK at 8.30, we were still waiting for a monorail at 9.20am. When we finally arrived in the park the crowds were comfortable until 11am, then even the most quietest rides had long wait times. This was also the case in HWS where RRc had technical problems and the Osborne light show was so crowded you couldn't walk. Epcot on the Friday seemed to come to a standstill after the candle light procession and finding anywhere to eat became impossible.
Throughout the week the ratings were still between 3 -4 which seemed too low. I have been to the parks at peak times in the summer where the crowds seemed lighter!
We spent December 4-13th at Walt Disney World and had a great time. We specifically chose these dates to enjoy the holiday happenings before the big holiday crowds, and were lucky enough to get advice from the WDWToday guys to help us with our dates. Although the crowd predictions went up in the weeks preceding our trip, they were still pretty rosy. While we did have a few crowd issues, (a sold out MVMCP on a night that was discounted when we purchased our tickets tops the short list of uh-ohs) we rocked at utilizing touring plans and rope drops to avoid long waits for attractions. I'm the first to admit that I would love to experience any of the parks when they are empty, but I fear those days are over thanks to discounts and promotions. For our recent trip, I can tell you that rope drop and using a good touring plan have a much bigger impact on wait times than which day you choose to visit. Of course choosing a low crowd/ best park further maximizes the benefits, too! So much about how we perceive crowds is subjective…one person's packed is another's average. I myself prefer not to be jostled by strangers, but as long as I am walking onto attractions in 10 minutes or less on average I am happy. My worst crowd moment actually happened at World of Disney on a "low-key" morning mid-trip when I was trying to take advantage of a 20% off coupon. Crowds were terrible, and navigating the store was excruciating. The longest line I waited in the entire trip was the one in which I stood that morning waiting to make my purchases. Overall, our trip was a success. I credit that to the folks at touringplans.com, lines (I'm nrogers32 there), the WDWToday podcast, and allears.net. Thanks for a great trip and please keep up the good work!
We went to WDW Dec 2-9 and we didn't find much in the way of crowds. Granted, we didn't venture into the Magic Kingdom until almost the last day of our trip, but even there it wasn't crowded and we hit all the big rides in a two hour span with virtually no wait times (we got there at rope drop). The weather turned VERY cold three days into the trip but it only affected Blizzard Beach and Kali River Rapids as far as we could tell. The Candelight Processional crowd was insane and made it hard to get through the mid-section of world showcase in the evening, but everyone was laughing and joking about the crush when we were there. Your own attitude makes a big difference in those situations, we were on vacation and didn't sweat the small stuff! We didn't bother trying to get into any of the restaurants, those did seem to be ridiculously packed, and we were quite satisfied with the variety of counter service meals available both in the parks and at Downtown. We hadn't been to WDW in 20 years and didn't really believe that a good plan was necessary, but we used touring plans each day and it made for a successful and enjoyable trip. I don't think that would have happened if we had tried to "wing it". Thanks for all your hard work, it's worth it to all of us!
We tried to go during the value period between Thanksgiving and mid-December. Literally every single room on site was booked, including the unsold time shares.
The Disney agent said he's never seen every hotel at 100% occupancy.
We were at the world from 12/26 until 1/4. This was the first time we have gone during that time. Was it crowded, yes. However, the longest wait we had the entire trip was about 20 minutes for HM on 12/31. Thanks to Lines I barely waited in line!
One more thing. It was VERY cold the first few days. Did the dessert party on 12/27 and shivered through air temps around 30 degrees and wind chills around 20. Disney should have brought in some standing heaters.
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Some time in February 2010, before we thought of creating our Trees and Sky Exhibition, I asked Michael Eldridge if he thought a photographic image might have the ability to heal?
I was thinking of how, so I am informed, the traditional shamanic doctor-priests of Tibet would sometimes prescribe mandalas that were prepared to heal people of their afflictions.
In a troubled age of self-worship, acquisition, and horror, which often presses photography into its service, Michael and I attempted to assemble a collection of 'honest' images that convey the basic beauty and simplicity of life.
I hoped that some of these may have an ability to heal.
There is no doubt in my mind that whilst each image in 'Trees and Sky' can stand alone the collection benefits from coming from both of us.
Children came here in groups and we helped them to make photographs and see in new ways.
People who once made photographs using film love our exhibition. It reconnects them to a world prior to digital editing software. All of our images have benefited, somewhat, from digital enhancement, but nothing was attempted that could not previously have been achieved using chemical processes.
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For Michael and I life is already a fabulous dream. It doesn't require digital enhancement. It is sufficient simply as it is and our photographs bear witness to our experiences. No hurry, no pressure, eating when hungry, sleeping when tired. That's all!
I've no doubt that some people have started to heal as a result of looking at our pictures. Many have immersed themselves within them before talking of a family illness or some other trauma with which an image enabled them to connect.
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- Here is a recipe for prime rib that will take years to master but the mastering will be unbelievably tasty and fun. What sort of wine would work with a flavor monster like this? Lets break it down. The balance of heat with sweet are all in place. Smokiness from the long grilling process and the chili's speak to a possible wine match. You should have little to no issue enjoying the Brassfield Estates Syrah with this dish. Big dark fruit flavors, above average acidity and the long smokey finish should play right into the prime rib's hands. One thing to keep in mind with higher alcohol wines (the Brassfield Syrah checks in at 14.8%) is that they may enhance the perception of spice in your mouth, and often that is not desired. In the case of this dish I think we need to make a distinction between heat/smoke and flat out spice. Pizza is spicy, but grilled prime rib steaks with bourbon BBQ baste has heat.
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The Gaslight Anthem Unveil 'Handwritten' Video
The Gaslight Anthem have released a video for the title track of their new album, 'Handwritten,' which drops tomorrow. The video for the disc's first single '45′ was released last month, and that clip was purely footage of the band rocking out at the legendary Stone Pony club in Asbury Park, N.J. The Kevin Slack-directed 'Handwritten' video, on the other hand, shows the band playing in an empty house and intersperses that footage with a dramatic narrative featuring a teen love story based in what must be the '50s. After you watch the video above, click here to stream the 'Handwritten' album in its entirety before it hits stores.


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If you arrive by cruise ship, you only have a few hours to enjoy St. Maarten - St. Martin. Here some pointers of what to see:
If you plan to spend your day on St. Maarten mostly on the beach, we like to offer two choices: Stay in Philipsburg, which happens to have a very nice beach with plenty of beach bars, lounges and umbrellas. And you are only steps away from fantastic shopping.
Or visit the island's most famous beach, Orient Beach. Here you will experience a perfect tropical beach with upscale beach bars and many water-sport activities available. If you don't want tan lines, go to the more southern end where you can take it all off.
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Next to Orient Beach is the Butterfly Farm, an attraction for the whole family.
Orient Beach is a 20 minute drive from the cruise ship port.
Recommended tours which include Orient Beach:
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Loterie Farm is a magical location in the mountainous center of the island. This private nature reserve is the 'green soul' of St. Martin. Zip lines go through the forest and you can zoom all the way from Pic Paradis (the tallest mountain) into the valley of Loterie Farm. There is also first class hospitality on site.
Marigot is the capital of the French side. Above town sits the fortification of Fort Louis, constructed in the mid-18th century. From here, you have a panoramic view over the town and all the way over Simpson Bay Lagoon.
YouTube made this location famous: Maho Beach at the beginning of the runway of the Princess Juliana International Airport. The approaching jetliners are passing so close over this beach that first-time visitors duck down. Some brave souls enjoy riding the blast of starting airplanes.
We didn't list this attraction as a 'beach', because it really is focused on the amazing experience of seeing huge planes only feet away. The water is beautiful, the sun usually shines, the Sunset Beach Bar and the Driftwood Boat Bar are serving frozen drinks all day long... but if you look for quiet beach time, this is not the place.
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That said, there is an island tour which starts with some time on Orient Beach and only visits Maho Beach during the arrival of the major airliners - a great compromise!
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And if you such an aviation nut that you only want to see Maho Beach, there is a very affordable offer available as well:
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"The broad picture is that protection for IP is improving and legal enforcement is improving, despite some of the big headlines and big picture stuff recently," he says. "However, I've asked well known retail brands how they deal with IP. In most cases they say their lawyers are taking care of it. But I can go online and search the Chinese trademark database while talking to them and while they are, to some extent, correct in that trademarks have been registered, they are often very surprised that there are multiple companies with the trademarks under different classifications."
For example, a dress maker will have trademarks in place protecting its brand when it comes to garments but other companies may have registered them for perfumes, shoes and bedding, he adds. "Companies need to take a new approach. Currently they never revisit after doing due diligence and recheck what is happening. They never monitor their partners that agreed to abide by a set of rules at the beginning."
As more business heads east, that is a good lesson to remember. The situation with regards to corruption and IP protection in China may be improving and companies may think it's perfectly safe elsewhere in the world. But continual rechecking and monitoring can pay dividends wherever a firm is doing business.


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STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
1 April – 30 June 2014
· Net revenue increased by 11 percent to MSEK 677 (611).
· Organic growth for comparable units was up by 4 percent measured in local currency.
· Operating profit increased by 19 percent to MSEK 64 (54), equivalent to an operating margin of 9.5 percent (8.8).
· Profit after finance items increased by 17 percent to MSEK 61 (52).
· Profit after taxes increased by 21 percent to MSEK 47 (39).
· Earnings per share for the first quarter, after dilution, amounted to SEK 2.07 (1.72) and for the twelve-month period ending 30 June 2014 earnings per share was SEK 8.17 (compared to SEK 7.81 for the 2013/14 financial year).
· Cash flow from operating activities for the twelve-month period ending 30 June 2014 increased to MSEK 241 (218), equivalent to SEK 10.64 (9.66) per share.
· The return on equity for the twelve-month period ending 30 June 2014 was 23 percent (23). The equity ratio ate the end of the period was 46 percent, compared to 43 percent at the beginning of the quarter.
· The Annual General Meeting will be held at 4:00 p.m., 26 August 2014, at the IVA Conference Centre in Stockholm.
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Fiji Time: 5:08 AM on Monday 26 February
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Torika Tokalau
Saturday, March 08, 2014
A TWO-month old baby is the youngest victim to have died from dengue fever.
This was confirmed by Dr Devina Nand of the Ministry of Health.
As of October last year to the end of February this year, eight lives have been claimed because of dengue fever.
Dr Nand said of the eight cases, six were from the Central Division and one each in the North and Western divisions.
Dr Nand said 50 per cent of the deaths were children.
"The youngest was two months old and oldest is over 70," she said.
"No one age group is spared but for severe diseases and deaths, we are noting that children are the ones that are affected.
"So we are calling out to the parents to be mindful of this, to protect their children from getting bitten and to present them early at hospitals and health centres if they are sick."
She said one of the reasons for deaths from dengue fever was that people had waited too long to present themselves to health centres and hospitals.
"The earlier you come, the earlier we can have the intervention and get you better.
"Dengue is really unique, for most diseases when you have fever, that's the most critical period.
"With dengue, the critical period is when the fever disappears.
"And once the fever disappears, the person can either get better, recover totally or as we have seen in this particular epidemic and outbreak, the patient can really drastically go the other way and get very sick or die."
Meanwhile, a national clean-up of mosquito breeding sites will begin today.
The Central Division has recorded 7234 cases reported with 3063 confirmed cases.
The Western Division reported 2096 cases with 601 cases confirmed. The North reported 491 cases and 139 confirmed cases while the Eastern Division has no confirmed cases.
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I have a suggestion. When I was working at BioWare one of the systems we tried throughout several months of testing with SWTOR was an "overall" loot distribution system. A lot of the issues we faced were players not having incentive to stay once they got their loot. It was actually faster progression to kill the first boss, get your token from the boss kill and turn the token in to a vendor in the home city that you could exchange that token for a new upgrade, or to upgrade a already existing loot. This would prevent countless wipes to bosses most PUG groups would never face, and to address a lot of the mechanical issues we faced with our technically challenging boss encounters that still had a lot of issues when the game actually went gold.
One of the systems I suggested at the time made through several phases of development but due to the complexity of our servers and the limitations we faced "at the time" could not implement my suggestion.
What it is, is this: Once a group would defeat a boss, each player would be faced with a 3 option selection. Kind of like "find the ball under one of the three cups". They would chose the selection and not know the result until the end of the encounter after all bosses are defeated. Once the player would defeat the final boss, the internal tracking system would go through and randomly choose which gear they would receive (my ratio was 3:1) (since the boss' loot table in WoW are much more diverse, that ration might have to decrease the players odds. Especially when taking bonus rolls into consideration.)
How I would suggest this system for World of Warcraft. (Using Terrace of the endless spring as an example) There are 5 bosses that which I estimate a possible 2-3 items per boss each class spec could utilize. So you double the deficit potential to equal a best out of 6 chance, per boss kill, to receive 1 particular item. If a player would use a Coin for bonus roll, these odds would reduce by 1 to a best out of 5 chance, rather than using no coin remaining at best out of 6. The game would track through an internal tracking database per 1/25 slot (25 internal tracking's each assigned to the random players as they enter. This tracker would follow each boss kill for each player with those odds per boss *6:1, *5:1 if coin is used for a boss)
Then after defeating the final boss, the tracker would review each boss kill and determine if the player would receive an item out of those odds. The player would either receive a cool game themed, "Sorry no loot for you!" message, or "Congratulations, loot for you!" message. The player would then receive the item as they found the result, and then the tracker would move on to the results of the next boss of the encounter and rinse and repeat until all bosses were covered. This was extremely successful with our testers! They loved it since gear would seem to come "all at once" even if there were only 2 items. The fact that you would receive them back to back would seem almost overwhelming compared to the current system.
The issue with this would be a few things: Class roles during each kill. Each player would be able to appropriate a "favorite" spec. (This part was kind of complex in programming) the player would have the ability to assign a preference per boss, before they engaged that boss. Example:
Protectors of the Endless Spring (I already have best possible Retribution gear, so I would prefer to have a better chance at receiving a protection piece for my off spec) So I would change the weighting (this is why there is a best out of three option I mentioned previously, 3 specs)
Prior before pulling protectors I could assign(Protection:3 Retribution: 0 Holy: 0) or (Protection:1 Retribution: 2 Holy: 0) I would have 3 points I could invest into a spec and that would configure the preference/ chance of item I would want for a spec.
Let's say on Sha, I really want a cool Ret weapon though.. I could put all points into Ret, and have a 3/6 chance to receive that item.. 4/6 chance if I use a coin.
Or if I don't care, I could simply go 1 point in each spec. This would blanket a option for me, and give the same odds at receive a specific spec upgrade, or have a 1/6 x3 odd of receiving an item for any spec.
The benfit was that players really felt in control of items they would receive, rather than praying they get an item, and praying that the item they do get is specific to their spec. Or be confused if they should have to switch specs per boss to get the item, "messing up the raid composition" or que as a healer for faster que, or whatever crazy things people try in LFR now a days.
This allows people to stay in the spec they "main", while having a good chance to receive an item they may want for a different spec.
Typically, I find it easier to que as a tank on a fresh toon and since I'm the lowest probability I have a stronger chance at getting tank items since there are maybe 2 tanks out of 25 people. So assuming I now have an awesome prot set, maybe I want to be really effective playing my main spec to ensure better overall raid performance and success. Yet, I also want to really start building a set for a dps or healing spec. Now I can do both by assigning my 3 points to whatever spec I want to "prefer" the loot for. If I want dps, I would put all 3 point into DPS, preventing any gear to be tanking gear or holy gear.
Referencing what I mentioned above, at the end of the encounter I would discover the results of my selections per boss and find out if I receive any loot from those bosses at the conclusion of the encounter. So I could receive all dps items, or specific bosses there were a different item I invested my preference points into.
I was very pleased with the details my loot system provided, but as I mentioned in the beginning of this novel of a suggestion, due to complexities and limitations I can not disclose, we couldn't make this system implemented into the game. Perhaps World of Warcraft may be able to, I am not sure.
But as I said before, this system I developed was EXTREMELY anticipated. And favored, we had testers that have played every MMO to date, and by far this was one of the features we had not announced that was inclusive to our team that everyone was waiting to see go live. If I can be of any assistance explaining further details I would love too. Also, there are no copyright issues with this system either, since it was scrapped.
Also, to address another possible issue, if a player absolutely had to leave due to IRL issues, the tracker would cut off that particular player and when the player leaves determine if the player received loot on the bosses they assisted in defeating, then mail the item to them. Although the player would receive the loot and technically could just leave, a huge majority of our testing proved players will still stay to see the loot they receive all at once since it was more personal and rewarding than waiting for mail. So this prevented people from just leaving prematurely and allowed them to play their best spec raising the overall chance of success of the raid per boss while also allowing them to receive off spec items that they would prefer to receive, per boss.


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Hi there. My little Focus suddenly stopped working a few weeks ago. The break down mechanic said that the timing belt had gone. After getting the car home I examined the timing belt myself and it was fine. A little worn but still holding strong and so were the tensioners.
The problems was when I tried removed the spark-plugs. The plug that was in cylinder 1 had a bent head. Looking through the hole I could see an impact mark on the piston head and a small disc like object next to it, (a valve head). The timing belt has not gone so how could this have happened. The other cylinders seem fine as well. Also, is she repairable?
Its a Petrol 1.8 16v Zetec
Thank you for any advice you can offer
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Like many a sports-crazed lad, I grew up thinking about what it would be like to take my kids to a ball game. We'd be sitting in a colorful arena, watching our team, in the midst of a pleasantly churning crowd, cracking nuts, smiling at the ease and joy of it all. But it's not like that anymore. Big-time sports at all levels are hopelessly corrupt, egocentric, decadent. You have to be willfully ignorant to look past it all and soak in the simple joys of a game. But we are lollipop heads,so we keep fueling it with our interest.
Before you get all in a dither, note that I used the pronoun "we" before "lollipop heads," because I watch pro football in a way that can only fairly be described as addiction. I'm a sucker too.
I've grown to despise most other big-time sports — D1 college football and basketball; pro hockey; and the most corrupt sport of all, major league baseball — and I've engaged in a quixotic campaign of uninterest. Noble to me, pitiful (and often annoying) to everyone else, I proclaim my ignorance of these sports. Whatever invisible scaffolding of fan passion that eventually manifests itself in tangible ticket and merchandise sales, whatever beams of loyalty the whole is constructed upon, will not be built by me, I stubbornly think. The louts in charge won't make money off me.
This year, legions of lollipop heads sanctioned and blessed the latest "labor dispute" (labor!) between the rich people involved in the NHL by not only attending the games once the season started again but by selling out practices. We have no shame.
Fans' anger about strikes and lockouts (and cheating, spouse-beating, drug abuse, the occasional murder, etc.) has accomplished nothing. We feel individually angry but collectively futile. No boycotting campaign would work, because in our lollipop head please-entertain-me culture, sports tickets have become basically fungible: If you don't buy 'em, someone else will.
Is there a gesture that could restore order to the madness of professional sports? It would have to be something dramatic, something almost sacrilegious, something reflective of what drives it: The passion and love of the sports fan.
Well, here's what I would love to see: BurnYourTickets.com, a Website dedicated to videos of people burning their tickets. You might say owners and players would smirk at the prospect, because they still got your money for the tickets. But they didn't get your $15 bucks for parking and your $12 for beer and your $20 foam #1 finger. And the desecration of a ticket, the will it took to burn it, might just be so disturbing and unexpected that people would be forced to take it seriously. Those in big-time sports bank on the idea that fan apathy is unimaginable. But meeting passion with passion? We could have them chewing their nails.
(By the way, you can't listen to sports writers about these topics. Occasionally they're commissioned to write such pieces, lamenting the state of sports. But remember, they make money writing about sports. If they wanted to do something, they'd quit and go cover town council meetings or write restaurant reviews. Hypocrites.)
Public ticket burning expresses dramatically the fans' main interest: To preserve (or bring back) the good of sports. Like, I want my kids to be able to enjoy the spectacle without feeling I have to shield them from cheats, rapists, and misanthropes. I want to go to a game again without feeling like I'm getting gouged.
I'm no economist, but it's clear that what you get for your money is variable and often intangible. You don't just get a widget for your dollar. You often get something else, like when you buy luxury items with fancy logos. You get buzz. So instead of seeing publicized ticket burning as purely a fanciful, maybe wasteful, exercise, see it as a way to use your economic clout to exert control. You could get a lot of buzz and satisfaction thinking that you were, well, voting.
I do love sports, but I hate feeling abused by big-time sports. When I ask people why they watch the NHL this season, they think I'm crazy for even asking, even those who were very bitter about the lockout. What can they do about it all? They'll just put up with it — and they'll put up with the next strike/lockout too. I know asserting fan control seems economically, emotionally, and practically impossible, but in the age of the Web organization, it really isn't.
We just need a Webmaster. We don't have to be lollipop heads. BurnYourTickets.com anyone?
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I could sadly but accurately interchange sports with so many other areas, pop music, arts & culture, the auto shows, even politics. It's vexing and exponentially getting harder to feel like "we" can actually have impact on a large scale in the United States.
Hmm Dr. Warnock, you make me think…
I wrote a response prior to this, but I was just on a roll when I reached my space limit. This topic requires discussion. Here's my best summarization. Athletes and organizations have not "earned" our fandom on a moral, principled level for a long time. Just ask Bill Tilden, Ty Cobb, or the 1919 Black Sox. I can forgive locked out players faster than I can murderers of people and dogs, but I still watch the NFL. We don't watch for them; we watch for us. They are still the best in the world, and that is the product we deem ourselves worthy to watch. I have read books by authors whose personal lives or political stances or public actions I strongly abhor. And forget about cinema or music. No matter how much they yank us around, we won't burn our tickets; we need them to get in.
"Fungible," indeed. We are pleased.
Great column. I stopped watching the NFL a long time ago because the idea of spending 8 hours on a Sunday watching TV seemed kind of silly and wasteful to me when (a) the autumn is my favorite time of the year and (b) I had kids who were much more interested in doing stuff outside. This decision is one I'm proud of, particularly in light of what I think the NFL has become: a massive corporation with the perhaps the worst HR department in the history of big companies. In what other massive American corporation would the behavior of employees like those in the NFL be tolerated? Here's the short answer: None.I don't think there is any joy in pro sports anymore. Players are connected to a community strictly by contract and compensation. The endless labor disputes, rising costs of tickets, commoditization and monetization of the game, unwillingness of players and coaches to, say, not shoot people, or murder their girlfriends, or torture and drown dogs, or rape children (D1 is essentially pro) says enough about what pro sports has come to represent: money supersedes the game and all manner behavior is tolerated so long as people keep watching and spending. Cynical? maybe. But I'd much rather watch high school football, soccer, or go run a 5k, than support professional sports these days. So yeah, I'll burn my tickets.
Interesting timing with this piece considering the announcement today that the IOC has dropped Wrestling from the Olympics.
my cousin billy loves hockey.
i love my cousin billy, so i love hockey.
you hate billy, so you hate hockey.
i now have to hate you.


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David Dollard 5/28/01
Dave, We have talked before, The reson I'm writeing this is that I just was going over some papers you had sent me and you have my family going like this,1. John S. Dollard b. cira 1802,m:Rebecca (?) 2. John T. Dollard b; about 1830 in Boon co. Missouri m: Hannah C. (Baker) 3. John Henry Dollard Feb. 1866 in Crawford Co. Ark. M: Mary Melissa (Peters) then M: Ida D. (Kims) 4. William Raily Dollard M: Delphia G. (Teague) But I have 1. John B. about 1765 2. John S. About 1802 in Madison Co. Kentucky, 3. John Huston Born 1837 in Boon County, Missouri married Hannah C. (Baker). 4. John Henry1866 Mountain Township Crawford Co. Ark. 5. William Rily Born July 3, 1886
M: Delphia G. (Teague). So could you look again to see if you are right or am I ? I have been unable to find out anymore so this is realy important, maybe I have been on the wrong family all along. Thank you Gloria