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PEOPLE are sometimes quick to proffer solutions to problems in sport even when they neither comprehend the causes of those problems nor see the link between the cause and the reality of the problem on ground. This much can be said about the way we observe security protocols during locally organized sport events in Nigeria.
Critics sometimes compare our security arrangements with what is obtainable in Europe as it affects sport centres and during locally managed sport events within the territory of Nigeria. While it is expedient that we talk about the need for adequate security during sport events, we may also X-ray the critical components that, when put together, will provide us with the opportunity of having secured sport venues.
Sport security is different from conventional security because it has its own different operations. Unlike conventional security the sport security plan will have to cater for a whole lot of areas covering, crowd control, safety precautions, evacuation, medicals, traffic control, spectator management, supporters , escort, coordination and much more.
I have heard people talk about the need for spectators to be encouraged to watch local league matches and I say that it is only going to be possible when people are convinced of their safety within and outside the stadium. Spectators will not patronise our local matches if their security is not guaranteed and this is why the organisers of our various leagues must make sure they work with all concerned in ensuring that we have a smooth security plan for our league matches.
I was once informed that the minimum security personnel for a league match is fifty (50) Police men and, honestly, I find this laughable because a standard security operation requires far more than that for a league match. Assuming we go with the fifty personnel provided, how many will be assigned to man the gates? How many will secure the stadium? How many will secure the away teams supporters? How many will be involved in crowd control? How many will be assigned to protect the officials? And how many will be within the main bowl and various stands, as the case may be?
The managers of our various leagues and sport events should appreciate the need to work with strategic partners in planning for the safety and security of all persons that may likely be at their sport events, especially the spectators, athletes and officials. If this is done, I am very certain that we will record an increase in the number of spectators who go to the stadium to watch our leagues and other sport events.
Also, the Nigeria Police should lead in this direction by creating a stadium security unit or sport security unit that will be specifically trained on stadium security, and thus promote professionalism in sport security among the personnel for the safety of life and property during sport events and league matches across Nigeria.
We cannot afford to have any sport event without proper organisation of security for such event, and sport security will require that personnel be trained on their approach to spectators and supporters so as to avoid the occasional friction between all parties.
Also important is the role of the fire service in stadium security. I have not seen any local sport event where fire service personnel are considered important; this is very dangerous because their role is key and very fundamental when it comes to fire outbreak or evacuation of people from sport facilities in the event that there is an emergency.
Organizers of sport events should learn from the operations of the Nigeria Football Federation Security Committee that have over time perfected the skills on sport safety management through the organization of smooth sport security operations for all its events and competitions. We need to replicate this notable feat within the local environment.
I observed on 23rd March 2013 at the U.J. Esuene Stadium that some parents were accompanied to the stadium to watch the match by their children and were very satisfied at the decorum they observed within the stadium. To the children such an experience will linger very long in their memory because they really would have been very happy coming to the stadium to watch the stars of their country play.
To this end I will only appeal that part of the ways through which we can revamp the sector and restore investment confidence in the sport brand is to ensure that we have safe and secure sport venues for all spectators, athletes and officials as well as those who may come to the stadium as food vendors.
The various football leagues and sport event organisers should know that sport security is financially tasking and also a needed recipe for the advancement of increased spectator turnout at stadiums.


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A trailblazing film director. A snowboarding champion. A pioneering mathematician for NASA. An iconic artist. Barbie is marking International Women's Day by honoring some of the inspiring women of the present and the past.
The brand announced on Tuesday — just ahead of International Women's day — that it has chosen 17 modern-day and historic role models to honor with a doll in their likeness.
The 14 new honorees of the brand's "Shero" program are: Patty Jenkins, director of "Wonder Woman;" Chloe Kim, who won an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding last month at age 17; Bindi Irwin, the Australian conservationist; British boxing champion Nicola Adams; Turkish windsurfing champion Cagla Kubat; French Michelin-starred chef Helene Darroze; Chinese volleyball champion Hui Ruoqi; German fashion designer Leyla Piedayesh; Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa; Polish author and journalist Martyna Wojciechowska; Italian soccer player Sara Gama; Chinese actress and philanthropist Xiaotong Guan; Chinese ballerina Yuan Yuan Tan; and Vicky Martin Berrocal, Spanish designer and entrepreneur.
The brand's new "Inspiring Women" series is honoring pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart; celebrated artist Frida Kahlo; and Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who broke race and gender barriers. Johnson, who is now 99, was featured in the recent movie "Hidden Figures." These dolls come with educational information about the contributions each has made to society.
"Girls have always been able to play out different roles and careers with Barbie and we are thrilled to shine a light on real-life role models to remind them that they can be anything," wrote Lisa McKnight, general manager of the Barbie brand, in a news release.
Who are the female role models in Connecticut that have inspired you? From opera singers to politicians and pilots, there's some great possibilities for future dolls among our local notables, including:
Marian Anderson, 1897 – 1993: An opera prodigy, Marian Anderson first sang at church functions and social events in Connecticut. In 1933, she embarked on a European tour where she quickly found fame. In 1955, she became the first black woman to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Ella T. Grasso, 1919 – 1981: In 1974, Ella Tambussi Grasso, the daughter of Italian immigrants, ran for governor of Connecticut and won, becoming the first woman in the nation to be elected governor in her own right. She was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
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I wasn't really prepared to see this at my grandfather's funeral on Saturday, but I'm glad I did.
This is my father's. He died of a drug and alcohol overdose the day I turned 24. We had a memorial service in Denver without his remains because the toxicology testing took weeks. My family scattered his ashes in Montana the next year though I was unable to attend. They placed this plaque next to my uncle's (who also died as a result of drugs and alcohol when I was 15).
Cory Monteith died from an overdose this weekend, and though he accepted his addiction and sought help, he still succumbed to his demons. Please do not allow this to happen to you.
I know that addiction is a disease, but it is also a choice.
If you have a problem with drugs or alcohol, tell someone who loves you. I watched my dad destroy himself from the inside and it still scars my little heart. Please ask for help.
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P.S. My grandfather was a sweet, careful man, but he suffered from alcohol-induced dementia for years. He was gone a long time before I said goodbye.


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Authors, Moderators and Workshop Facilitators – 2018
2019 information available January/February
The Writing Week Facilitator and Moderator Caroline Adderson is the author of four novels (A History of
Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky is Falling, Ellen in Pieces), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You) as well as fifteen books for young readers. She is also the editor and co-contributor of a non-fiction book of essays and photographs, Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival. Her work has received numerous award nominations including the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, two Commonwealth Writers' Prizes, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. Winner of three BC Book Prizes and three CBC Literary Awards, Caroline was also the recipient of the 2006 Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement. She lives in Vancouver.
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Geoff Dembicki is a freelance climate change journalist based in Vancouver, BC. He is author of Are We Screwed? How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change, which was published internationally by Bloomsbury in 2017. Dembicki's work has appeared in outlets like the New York Times,VICE, Foreign Policy, Penthouse, Walrus, the Toronto Star and The Tyee, where the idea for his book originally began as a series of articles entitled Are We Screwed?
Sarah Dunant studied history at Newnham College, Cambridge from where she went on to become a writer, broadcaster, teacher and critic. She has written twelve novels, four of which have been short listed for awards, and edited two books of essays. She worked for many years for the BBC in radio and television including presenting BBC2 TV's art programme, The Late Show.
She has taught renaissance studies at Washington University, St Louis, and creative writing at University of Oxford Brookes where last year she was awarded an honorary doctorate for her services to higher education and literature.
Her most recent novels, set within the Italian renaissance, weave cutting edge historical scholarship into fast moving popular fiction and have become international best sellers, translated into thirty languages.
In the Name of the Family (2017), Blood and Beauty (2013), Sacred Hearts (2010), In the Company of the Courtesan (2007), and The Birth of Venus (2004)
She is currently presenting a new monthly history show for Radio 4 "When Greeks Flew Kites".
Marina Endicott is a novelist and short story writer who was born in Golden BC and grew up in Nova Scotia and Toronto. She began her career as an actor and director in Ontario, later moving to England where she began writing fiction. She has since lived in Saskatchewan and currently lives in Alberta. She is the author of a screenplay for a powerful documentary about the Arctic, Navarana, and several highly regarded novels, including Open Arms (2001), Good to a Fault (2008), The Little Shadows (2011), and most recently Close to Hugh (2015). Good to a Fault was a CBC Canada Reads book and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, Canada/Caribbean. Little Shadows was longlisted for the Giller Prize and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Fiction. Close to Hugh was longlisted for the Giller Prize and named one of CBC's Best Books of 2015.
Moderator Stewart Goodings – A former federal and provincial senior civil servant and international development consultant, Stewart has been helping to organize the Denman Festival for the last five years. Active in the local writers group, he's read three times at the Festival's Denman Writers sessions. This is his fourth year as a Moderator and he relishes the chance to meet and learn from Festival authors.
James Hoggan is a best-selling author and president of an award winning public relations firm.
Jim writes and speaks widely on public relations, communications and incivility in the public sphere, keying especially on lessons from his most recent book I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up.
Hoggan has spent more than a decade studying today's warlike approach to public discourse, looking at how unyielding one-sidedness defeats our efforts to resolve global problems, and how self-awareness, empathy and pluralistic advocacy could help us cut through this toxic barrier to change.
He is seen as one of the gurus in his field, whether defending the reputations of civil society organizations, public institutions or prominent corporations, and the leaders who run them.
A tireless advocate for ethics in public discourse, he founded the influential online news site DeSmogBlog that reports on public relations trickery and that Time Magazine included in its 2011 list of the internet's best blogs.
Hoggan is former Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and Al Gore's Climate Project Canada. He has served on numerous national and international boards and advisory committees including Shell Global's External Review Committee in The Hague, the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education, and The Four Great Rivers Society.
He is author of two other books, Do the Right Thing: PR Tips for a Skeptical Public and Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming.
Des Kennedy is a novelist, essayist and veteran back-to-the-lander. The author of ten books, in both fiction and non-fiction, he has been three times nominated for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. His latest book is a novel titled Beautiful Communions released in March 2018 by Ronsdale Press. Des has contributed many articles on environmental issues, gardening and rural living to a wide variety of publications in Canada and the United States, and been featured on numerous regional and national television and radio programs. A celebrated speaker, known for his passion and irreverent wit, he's performed at conferences, schools, festivals, botanical gardens, art galleries, garden shows and wilderness gatherings. Active for many years in environmental and social justice issues, he was an organizer of the successful civil disobedience campaign in Strathcona Provincial Park in 1988 and was recognized as a key supporter in the struggle to save Clayoquot Sound. In the 70s and early 80s he lived and worked with two First Nations bands attempting to defend their traditional territories in north-central B.C. against industrial clear-cutting. In the 90s he was a founding director of a successful community land trust on Denman (Inner) Island. Des and his partner Sandy live a conserver lifestyle in their hand-built house surrounded by gardens and woodlands.
Christine Lowther lives in a floating shack surrounded by ancient rainforest on Vancouver Island. She's the author of three poetry collections and a memoir, Born Out of This, which was shortlisted for a BC Book Prize. She won the creative non-fiction category of the Federation of British Columbia Writers 2016 contest, Literary Writes, and the inaugural Rainy Coast Arts Award for Significant Accomplishment in 2014. Co-editor of two nonfiction anthologies, she happily contributes to other editors' projects now!
Emily St. John Mandel is the author of four novels, most recently Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award. She lives in New York City with her family.
Bibliography (novels): Station Eleven (2014), The Lola Quartet (2012), The Singer's Gun (2010), Last Night in Montreal (2009)
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Bev Sellars is a former councillor and chief of the Xat'sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia. First elected chief of Xat'sull in 1987, she held this position from 1987-1993 and then from 2009-2015. She also worked as a community advisor for the BC Treaty Commission. Bev served as the representative for the Secwepemc communities on the Cariboo Chilcotin Justice Inquiry in the early 1990s and has spoken out on racism and residential schools and on the environmental and social threats of mineral resources exploitation in her region.
She is the author of They Called Me Number One, a memoir of her childhood experience in the Indian residential school system and its effects on three generations of women in her family, published in 2013 by Talonbooks. The book won the 2014 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness, was shortlisted for the 2013 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2013 Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature. Her book, Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival, published in 2016 by Talonbooks, looks at the history of Indigenous rights in Canada from an Indigenous perspective. Sellars has a degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. She is currently Chair of First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM).
Wedlidi Speck, Director of Indigenous Recruitment & Cultural Safety with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, is a member of the Namgis First Nation of Alert Bay.
He is a hereditary Head chief of the G'ixsam Clan of the Kwakiutl proper. Self-described as a bi-cultural First Nations man caught in the web of contemporary times, Wedlidi is committed to helping the aboriginal and non-aboriginal community build relationships, safe communities and cross cultural tolerance. He applies this vision to his work, friendships, family and community life.
Wedlidi worked for the John Howard Society of North Island for over 18 years working with youth, family and community as an aboriginal therapist, alcohol and drug group leader and counsellor. Wedlidi has been the Executive Director of the Wachiay Friendship Centre, and on the Board of Directors at the John Howard Society. When there is time permitting, Wedlidi provides cross cultural awareness training. He is a visual artist, storyteller and traditional dancer.
Yasuko Thanh is the author of the novel Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, which won the 2016 Roger's Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Victoria Butler Book Prize, and was nominated for the Amazon First Novel Award. Her collection Floating Like the Dead won the Journey Prize, and in 2013 the CBC hailed her as a Writer to Watch. Her short stories have appeared in literary magazines across Canada, and her work has been translated into three languages. She lives in Victoria with her two children and plays in a punk band in her spare time.
Sheri-D Wilson is the award-winning author of eleven books, the creator of four short films, and has released three albums which combine music and poetry. She is known for her electric performance style, making her a favourite of festivals around the world. She has read, performed and taught in festivals across Canada, USA, UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Mexico and South Africa.
In her poems, Wilson uses personal narrative to address themes of personal story, social justice, lost languages, bullying, violence against women and the earth.
In 2017, she received her Doctor of Letters – Honoris Causa from Kwantlen University, after launching her new collection of poetry entitled The Book of Sensations (U of C Press), and a full-length CD with poetry and music called Dragon Rouge.
Her tenth collection of poetry, Open Letter: Woman against Violence against Women was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award and CanLit. Her collection Re:Zoom (2005) won the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. She was editor of the celebrated The Spoken Word Workbook: Inspiration from Poets who Teach.
Her work has received national and international acclaim with such honours as a 2013 feature interview with Canadian icon ShelaghRogers, a 2012 article in Chatelaine magazine, a 2012 TED Talk, and the subject of a half-hour documentary called Heart of a Poet. In 2009 she was named one of the top ten poets in Canada by CBC. http://www.sheridwilson.com/


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Joe Dingle excitedly took his seat in the large TV studio, where the brand new hit game show – 'XXXX' was being filmed. Joe had been a huge fan of the risqué show, which played late nights on the T&A Cable Channel. Joe had won a place in the studio audience after filling in an Internet survey on one of the porn websites he subscribed to.
As he sat down, he saw that the show's crew was busy arranging the set for tonight's show, and the show's curvy co-host – Bambi "Triple Double D" Buchanan was warming up the crowd. Joe had the biggest crush on Bambi, last week's celebrity guests had been Pamela Anderson, Stacey Valentine and WWE's Debra, but Joe had barely noticed them when he'd watched the racy episode, his attention almost exclusively devoted to the show's busty co-host.
Tonight Bambi looked incredible. She was dressed in an ultra low-cut white tank top and a matching white micro-miniskirt. The outfit offset her well-tanned body perfectly and displayed almost every inch of her voluptuous body for the leering stares of the predominantly male audience. Bambi's version of warming the crowd up, involved moving around the audience and sitting on random lucky audience members laps and letting them squeeze her big boobs through her top.
"This is great," Joe said with an enthusiastic grin to the pretty young blonde woman that was sitting beside him to the right, she looked around twenty years old, probably a college student. The girl smiled politely back at Joe as he eagerly watched Bambi sit down on an old gray haired man's lap. The old geezer grinned stupidly at Bambi and the busty co-host had to actually grab his hands and lift them to her bust. Joe wouldn't need any urging himself if Bambi perched herself on his lap, that's for sure.
Joe gave a little moan as the old guy fondled Bambi's huge jugs.
"She's got a great rack eh buddy?" Joe said to the guy sitting on his left, smiling stupidly.
"You can say that again," the man nodded, sporting an equally stupid smile.
"She's got a great rack eh buddy," Joe repeated with a laugh, Joe wasn't exactly the funniest guy in the world, despite his own opinion of himself. The other guy grimaced at Joe's poor attempt at humor and diverted his attention back to Bambi as she moved on to a young man's lap and rubbed her warm cleavage in his face.
"Ten minutes till Showtime!" one of the crewmembers called out to Bambi.
"Well I've got to get down there now folks," Bambi said apologetically to the audience, Joe was rather disappointed she hadn't got anywhere near his seat. "I hope you all enjoy tonight's show, it should be a doozie!"
With that the buxom blonde co-host jiggled her way back down out of the audience, heading down to the set to get ready for the show to begin.
"I wonder who tonight's celebrity guests are gonna be?" the man beside Joe asked.
"Did you see Pamela Anderson last week?" Joe asked.
"Yeah, she looked hot!" the guy agreed.
Joe sat rather quietly for the next few minutes, watching the crew put the finishing touches on the set. He strained for another peek at Bambi, but for now she remained out of sight. Just as he was starting to get impatient the studio was filled with the familiar theme music that told the audience that 'XXXX' was about to begin! Joe could hardly contain his excitement and cheered loudly along with the rest of the crowd.
"Here we go!" he said excitedly to himself. This was fantastic!
The announcers voice filled the studio. "Good evening everyone and welcome to 'XXXX' the sexiest, raciest, most risqué game-show on television!" A loud cheer went up from the audience as the 'applause' light was lit. "Here's your host…Kent Hamilton!"
There was another thunderous cheer as Kent jogged out onto the stage, waving his arms at the crowd. Kent was a good-looking silver haired man with very chiseled, Charlton Heston like features. He wore an expensive looking suit that was a deep red color and had a golden 'XXXX' pin on the lapel. In one hand he held a golden microphone.
"Welcome everyone," he said, flashing his big teeth in a winning smile. "I'm Kent Hamilton and this is 'XXXX'!" There was another cheer from the audience as the theme music started pumping out of the studio PA once again and Kent made his way over to the podium in the center of the stage. "Can you all give a big round of applause for my lovely co-host, Bambi 'Triple Double D' Buchanan!"
The clapping, cheering and whistling was deafening this time as Kent's sexy co-host sauntered seductively out onto the set, wearing the sexy white halter and mini that Joe had seen her in previously. Joe glanced at the monitor that showed the director what the viewers at home would be seeing and noticed that the cameraman was zooming in on Bambi's jiggling chest as she walked on stage.
"You look divine tonight Bambi," said Kent warmly as he put an arm around Bambi's waist and pulled her in close as they begun their usual opening banter.
"Thanks Kent," Bambi replied sweetly, she gasped slightly as Kent pinched her backside.
"And the puppies look as lovely as ever as well," Kent continued with a cheeky wink, he reached up with both hands and cupped and squeezed Bambi's big tits through her halter.
Bambi gasped in feigned surprise as Kent felt her up, despite the fact that this was a nightly ritual.
"Are they bigger than last night?" Kent asked. He leant his head to one side and lifted her tits up one by one as if judging their weight.
Bambi giggled as the handsome presenter groped her. "Don't be silly Kent."
"What do you think folks?" Kent asked, turning to the audience but his hands not stopping their squeezing of Bambi's large hooters. "Do you think they've grown?"
The shouted reply from the audience was a mix of yes's and no's.
Kent frowned. He finally released Bambi's boobs and stepped back. "I don't think the audience knows either Bambi. Maybe we need to take a look?" Kent turned to the audience and raised one eyebrow enquiringly. "Do we need to have a look at her puppies?"
This time the roar from the audience was a unanimous yes! "Puppies, puppies, puppies, puppies!" a group near the front began to chant. Joe joined in the chant, grinning from ear to ear.
"I think you better show us the puppies Bambi," Kent said, trying to look as serious as possible.
Bambi gave a shrug and then reached up to her halter. She peeled up the bottom and lifted it to her chin, unveiling her huge jugs to the wild cheering of the audience. Bambi giggled and shook her torso, causing her ample tits to catapult impressively around her chest. There was a few wolf whistles from the audience as Bambi took a big tits in each hand and shook them around, then pinched the nipples. Joe saw on the monitor that the cameraman was zooming in ultra-close to catch all the action. Joe was very pleased that he had set his VCR at home to record tonight's show, just as Bambi had said earlier, it was going to be a doozie!
The question on the growth of Bambi's hooters was left unanswered as she pulled her top back down and show's theme music started up again. As Bambi returned to her place the words 'ROUND 1: MENTAL CHALLENGE' appeared on the screen, the main part of the show was about to begin. Ten gorgeous, busty models walked out onto the stage, each in a difference fancy dress costume. There was a police woman, an Indian, a nurse, a woman in lingerie, a cowgirl, a sexy maid, a spacewoman, a nun in a particularly revealing outfit, Wonder woman and a Robin Hood style outlaw. All the costumes were skimpy, low cut and displayed plenty of curvy flesh.
"Hello ladies," said Kent smoothly in greeting. "Please select the ten contestants for round one!" The ten models all curtsied gracefully towards Kent and then stroke purposefully towards the studio audience.
Joe trembled in excitement. The beautiful models would select ten men at random to take part in the first round, the general knowledge questions. The ten would then be eliminated down to three men for round two and then one man for round three.
Joe saw that the lucky old man who had already had Bambi sitting on his lap earlier on was now being selected my the sexy woman in lingerie to take part in the show, lucky bastard!
"Hey, they're coming this way," said the man beside Joe, nudging him excitedly. Joe looked to where the man was pointing and saw that two of the models, the maid and the outlaw were indeed heading up the stairs in their direction.
Joe looked down towards the front and saw that Wonder Woman was leading a rather young looking college guy towards one of the barber chairs where the contestants were seated, at this point most of the contestants had already been grabbed.
Suddenly Joe felt a soft hand take his. He looked up in surprise and saw that the buxom brunette in the maids costume had actually chosen him as a contestant. Holy shit! He was going to get the chance to compete in 'XXXX'!! This was too good to be true! He couldn't help but giggle nervously as the pretty maid led him down the stairs towards the stage. He eyed up her long, black-stockinged legs that were left bare by the super-short maid's dress. He was almost mesmerized watching the seams that ran up the back of her long legs as she walked gracefully down the stairs.
"My name's Holly, don't be nervous, you'll do great," the lovely maid whispered reassuringly as she helped him into the barbers chair on the stage, she had obviously felt his hand trembling.
"I'm Joe," he croaked in reply. He glanced to his left and saw that the spacewoman was helping a large fat man into the chair beside him, on his right the nun was standing beside a good looking man in an expensive suit, he looked like a lawyer or accountant or something, not the usual audience for 'XXXX'.
Once all ten men were in position the music once again quieted and Kent Hamilton addressed the contestants and the audience. "Our ten lucky contestants have been chosen for the Mental Challenge by our lovely models. Ladies, please take your positions," Kent instructed.
The ten dressed up models moved around in front of their chosen contestants and knelt on the padded cushions by their feet. Joe couldn't help but stare into the open top of Holly's dress were a considerable portion of her deep cleavage was visible from his angle.
"Bambi," said Kent, turning to his lovely assistant. "Could you please explain the rules of the Mental Challenge to our viewers at home?"
"Sure Kent," the buxom blonde replied. "Each contestant will be asked a general knowledge question and they have ten seconds to answer. The questions get progressively harder and as soon as they answer a question incorrectly or run out of time they are eliminated. This continues until we only have three contestants left for round two."
"And that's not all, is it Boobie..I mean Bambi?" Kent helpfully added.
Bambi ignored his faux pas, "That's right Kent. To make it harder for our contestants to concentrate, while they are being asked the questions our lovely models will be giving them head. If they cum they are also eliminated."
"Not that they'd care if they were eliminated, they just got their cocks sucked," Kent chuckled. "I love this game," he added. "Okay ladies, please get ready to begin."
Joe swallowed nervously as Holly reached into his lap and unzipped his pants, she reached inside and pulled out his semi-erect penis, stroking it in her soft hand. Joe glanced along the line of contestants and saw that all the models now had a cock in their hands.
"On your marks!" called out Bambi. "Get set…Suck!" With that all ten beautiful models dipped their heads into their chosen contestants laps, sucking cocks into mouth eagerly.
Joe gave a groan as Holly's warm mouth encircled the head of his penis and she began to suck heavily on him, her head immediately starting to bob over his lap. The studio was filled with the sounds of slurping as the model's lapel mics picked up all the action.
"Right, contestant one," Kent began, addressed the man at the start of the line who was having his cock sucked by the sexy cowgirl. "What is six times six?"
"Thirty six!" the man replied.
Kent moved to the second contestant, who was the older man who had been chosen by the model in lacy lingerie. "What is the capital of Australia?"
"I..ahh…oh yeah that's it baby!" the man groaned as the lovely lingerie clad model sucked hungrily at his cock. "I umm.." he was obviously having trouble concentrating on anything other than the glorious blowjob he was receiving. "Ahhh..yesss!"
Suddenly the buzzer sounded. "Sorry contestant two, you're times up!"
The man looked very disappointed as the pretty model lifted her head up from his painfully erect penis.
Kent moved onto the next man, who was on Joe's right.
"Contest three," Kent said as the nun slurped at the man's cock. "How many meters in a kilometer?"
The man hesitated a moment, "A thousand," he answered.
Kent then moved on to Joe, as he was about to ask Joe a question there was a loud groan from the other end of the line. Joe and Kent looked over to see the lovely policewoman jerking her contestant's cock as it squirted cum all over her face.
"Contestant Ten has cum and is eliminated," Bambi announced.
Kent laughed to himself and then turned back to Joe. "Contestant four, who is the female star of the movies Terminator and Terminator 2?"
Joe was breathing heavily, God Holly sucked a mean cock, and he could hardly hear himself think over her noisy slurping. He opened his mouth to answer and at that very moment Holly moved down on his cock, taking him right into her throat and burying her nose against his belly.
"Oh shit!" gasped Joe. "Linda Hamilton!" he managed to blurt out as Holly deep throated him. As Kent moved on to the next man, Joe looked down at Holly and saw her wink up at him mischievously. She had obviously deep throated him on purpose to try and put him off.
"Contestant Five," said Kent addressing the fat man. "Which band recorded the song 'You Shook Me All Night Long' in 1980?"
The fat man had both hands on the spacewoman's head and was pushing her down on his cock, he was obviously enjoying his blowjob. "ACDC," the man replied as he breathlessly fucked the model's face.
"Contestant Six," Kent moved to the man getting head from the sexy Indian model, her feathered headdress bobbing over his lap. "What is 65 divided by 5?"
The man squinted his face slightly and Joe saw his lips moving as he tried to work out the equation. Joe had always hated division and was glad it wasn't his question. "Twelve?" the man blurted out doubtfully, just before the buzzer sounded.
"I'm sorry, the correct answer is thirteen," Kent said. Suddenly the nun servicing the businessman beside Joe sat back on her heels and started coughing violently as the businessman sank back on the chair, grinning happily.
"Contestant Three has cum and is eliminated," Bambi announced.
There were six left as Kent moved to the youngest of the men, the college student who was being done by Wonder Woman. "Contestant Seven, in which Country is the city Edinburgh?"
"Scotland," he replied almost immediately.
"Contestant Eight," Kent said to the man with the sexy nurse at his feet. "To the nearest megabyte how much information can a 3 and a half inch floppy disc hold?"
The man was obviously enjoying his blowjob and took a little while to answer, "Ahh 10?"
"Incorrect," said Kent, moving onto the last person left on the line, a middle aged, bearded man who was with the outlaw model.
"Contestant Nine, Which movie trilogy was directed by New Zealander Peter Jackson?"
"The Godfather?" the man replied doubtfully.
"Incorrect, we're down to the final four," Kent told the audience over the slurping sounds coming from the kneeling models. "One more person to eliminate."
"Oh fuck!" yelled out the first contestant as he exploded into the cowgirl's mouth, holding her head to his groin as he filled her sucking mouth with his seed.
"And there we have it," Kent said with a laugh. The 'XXXX' theme music once again started up and the three remaining models stopped sucking cock.
Holly smiled up at Joe as she stood up once again, but left his erect penis poking out from the front of his shorts. The lovely maid wiped her chin with her apron and then gently kissed Joe on the cheek. "Well done," she whispered into his ear.
The words 'ROUND 2: PHYSICAL CHALLENGE' appeared on the screen as the losing contestants were lead back to their seats by the models.
"Welcome back folks," Kent said to the camera, at home there would have been a commercial break playing as the losers returned to their places and the excess chairs were moved away. The three remaining contestants sat in their chairs, their erections still left poking from their pants and their respective models standing behind them. "Let's meet our contestants for Round Two," said Kent.
The camera zoomed in on Joe first, "Our first successful contestant is Joe Dingle, a parking enforcement officer from New York City." There was a slight hiss from the audience as Joe's job was announced and he couldn't help but blush a little. The camera then moved on to the fat man beside Joe. "Next up we have Owen Banks, a music store owner from New Jersey," said the voice of the announcer. "And last, but not least, is Scott Anderson a university student from Boston. Please give our luck contestants a big round of applause."
The applause light came on and the three contestants were all cheered. It was time for Round Two.
"I see you've all got your pistol's loaded for our first game," Kent said with a laugh as the camera panned across the three contestants throbbing erections.
"Which is good 'cause they're gonna need 'em!" Bambi added, stepping up beside Kent and running a hand across his chest, inside the lapel of his red jacket.
"That's right Bambi," agreed Kent. "The first game is going to test your range! For each foot you shoot you'll get 20 points. Our record is 8 feet 5 inches."
Bambi moved forward towards Joe who was first in the line, Joe swallowed as Bambi stroked her soft hand down across Joe's chest right the way down till she grabbed hold of his cock. Joe gave a slight moan as the sexy co-host squeezed his cock and turned back towards Kent. "Now Kent, when you say shoot, do you mean with these guns?" she asked him, stroking Joe's cock. If he hadn't been sitting down Joe was sure he would have fainted in excitement.
"Exactly!" Kent said with a grin as Bambi gave Joe one more stroke and then she walked back to stand beside Kent. "Our lovely models will be assisting our contestants to load and fire their pistols, and Bambi, I think you should perhaps give these boys a little incentive to hit the record, don't you?"
"Good idea Kent," Bambi agreed.
With that the three models crouched down beside their chosen contestants and once again grabbed hold of their erect penises. Bambi stripped off her halter-top and mini-skirt, down to just a sexy pink g-string. The gorgeous co-host then stood on the 8 foot 5 inches record mark and started to caress her gorgeous body.
"Now gentlemen," Kent addressed the three contestants as their models continued to warm them up. "If you manage to hit Bambi and set a new record you'll get this wonderful bonus prize."
On the screen in the center of the set a small video clip appeared showing a huge range of pornographic videotapes and a busty model strolling through the racks. The voice of the show's announcer came over the load speaker. "A years supply of adult movies which will be 'hand' delivered by our lovely model Jane who'll make sure you enjoy the first film."
Joe was barely watching the tape, his attention was fixed on the near naked woman of his dreams. Bambi Buchanan stood less than nine feet away from him, stroking her glorious body, and he couldn't believe she had actually touched his penis a few minutes earlier! Joe gave a soft moan and Holly increased the speed of her strokes on his cock.


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Haider Ali is not the excitable sort. This, after all, is the prodigiously talented featherweight who became the first Pakistan boxer to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, after receiving a death threat mere hours before facing his Indian opponent.
Yet this former postman's stoic temperament was tested to the limit when he attended a medical on arriving in Britain intent on pursuing a professional career under Frank Warren's Sports Network banner. The fighter and his East End-based trainer, Johnny Eames, listened in stunned silence as a doctor said the man who had fought 250 amateur bouts had two perforated ear drums. "God knows when these injuries happened," said Eames.
It was at this critical point, with Sports Network expressing concern that they had bought damaged goods, that Eames took the initiative by forming Team Ali with some associates and funding Ali's £5,000 operation himself. "I knew this kid was just too good to let go," he said.
"I'm not the kind of guy to dish out praise," explained Eames, 45, as he put Ali through his paces at his Wapping gym this week, "but this kid is something special. He's a switch-hitter who can punch with both hands and size up an opponent within 30 seconds of stepping into the ring with him. Haider has the style of Naseem Hamed, but better balance."
Ali, 22, who makes his pro debut on the undercard of Takaloo's World Boxing Union light-middleweight title defence against Jose Rosa, of the Dominican Republic, at Bethnal Green's York Hall on Saturday, decided to become a boxer after watching coverage of the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
The youngster's fiery nature surfaced during endless games of cricket on the streets of Quetta. "I used to fight with anyone as a child," he recalled, "my friends, neighbours, even my own family. I liked cricket, but even that would end up in a fight."
Despite the misgivings of his parents, Ali eventually embarked on an amateur career extending to around 250 bouts, 100 of them against internationals. His mature, polished performance in Manchester, culminating in his defeat of India's Som Bahadur Pun in the final, led to wild rejoicing in Pakistan.
"There were 10,000 people at the airport," he said. "Every day girls would ring me and ask me to marry them. I would tell them I'm not interested because I am married to boxing."
Pakistan's government gave Ali a jeep, a house, the Order of Merit and, most bizarrely, a golden kalashnikov rifle.
"I'm a sportsman, not a politician," protested Ali. "The guy I beat in the final was one of my best friends, but in that ring he became my enemy."
For the past seven months Ali has lived at a schoolteacher friend's house in Leyton, commuting to Wapping for training. He is clearly close to Eames. "He calls me 'dad' and I call him 'son'," said Eames, "just as long as his old man back in Pakistan doesn't find out. I tell you, he's a lovely kid who has what it takes to go right to the very top." Johnny Eames has no doubts. That five grand was the best money he has spent.


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Liv Tyler's Wedding Makes Her Lady of the Rings
Lady of the Rings | Amazing Kreskin | Soap Star's Car
Liv Tyler's Wedding Makes Her Lady of the Rings
We still haven't heard much about actress Liv Tyler's second wedding to rocker Royston Langdon last Friday.
So let me tell you: Liv did the near-impossible with this elegant seven-hour affair at New York's funky Pastis, the West Village French bistro. She reunited all the members of her unusual extended family and came up a winner.
The pair, as you may know, first married in March in Barbados on the fly, with just a couple of guests and no parents. To make up for it, they decided to splurge on the real thing.
Luckily, even though Liv makes a bundle in the movies (thanks to good early guidance from her mom Bebe Buell), dad Steven Tyler of Aerosmith proved to be a generous host as well.
The Pastis affair was notable for putting in one place, maybe for the first time ever, all of Liv's parents: mom Bebe, biological dad Tyler, and rocker Todd Rundgren, the man Liv thought was her father for the first 10 years of her life.
All of the parents brought their current spouses, and Rundgren even had an ex-wife there. How's that for modern living? Old wounds were healed, and new friendships were formed.
If this keeps happening, Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Ricki Lake and Jenny Jones will all go out of business!
Of course there was no lack of well-known faces. Kate Hudson, with whom Tyler smooched in Robert Altman's Dr. T and the Women, came with her own rocker husband, Chris Robinson. Designer Stella McCartney — daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney — showed up solo. David Bowie came with wife Iman, and Marlon Richards — son of Rolling Stone Keith Richards — was there with his wife Lucie de la Falaise.
Other guests included Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal; famed photographer Bob Gruen and his wife Elizabeth; and rocker Evan Dando, whom Tyler (Liv, that is) once dated.
In addition to the groom's parents, there was also Tyler's grandmother Dorothea Johnson (a protocol expert for the government), and Interview magazine editor Ingrid Sischy.
What a happy family! Langdon, by the way, formerly with the group Spacehog, is now testing his solo act by opening for Rundgren in concert.
Rundgren and Buell, who hadn't seen each other in years, took a lot of pictures together, as did the various Tyler siblings and half-siblings and step-siblings, including Liv's half-sister Mia.
Next step for Tyler is part three of Lord of the Rings, which will be a cinch for several Oscar nominations this fall.
Amazing Kreskin Goes to Toronto on SARS Alert
The city of Toronto is using its strongest weapon to battle fears of the SARS virus: the Amazing Kreskin.
That's right. The famed mentalist told me today that because he considers Canada a second home, he's gone to Toronto to allay worries and help tourism.
"Not to minimize the people who've died, but it's about 20 now. Compare that with the number of people who die from the flu. It's nothing," he said.
Kreskin, who is actually from New Jersey, said he's "disappointed" that some celebrities have added to the fears.
"I think it's terrible that Billy Joel and Elton [John] cancelled shows, and Lisa Presley. Celebrities used to be the most courageous people. But Colin Farrell and Robin Williams not wanting to leave their hotel rooms. Come on!"
To underscore his message that "mass hysteria" has turned the SARS situation in Toronto into much more than it should be, Kreskin is planning two public stunts. One, set for tonight on a national Canadian talk show, will use hypnosis to cause paralysis in a large group of total strangers. He'll do it again tomorrow at a public press conference.
But Kreskin, I ask, more importantly: where are my lost sunglasses?
"They're in your car," he said. "Call me if you find them there."
Soap Star Gets Serious With Blue Car
Soap fans may remember Karen Moncrieff from the NBC melodramas Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara. On the former she was only 22 years old; the girl who played her daughter was 18. That's soaps. What can you do?
Now flash forward. Moncrieff ties back her mane of expensively blown-out brunette hair, puts on square dark-rimmed glasses and decides she won't be one of dozens of actresses who make a splash and then fade.
On Friday, Moncrieff's first feature, Blue Car, goes into limited release from Miramax. The movie — which she wrote and directed — was the subject of a bidding war at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. But it is finally here, and I can tell you that Blue Car is a wonderfully realized character study, a little gem of a movie that is unforgettable in all the best ways.
Agnes Bruckner, now seventeen, plays the main character, Meg, whose negligent single mom saddles her with too much responsibility at an early age. Margaret Colin, currently on Broadway in Joe Egg, is the mom. David Straithairn, the most dependable, consistent, talented and underrated actor, is the English teacher who takes advantage of Meg's predicament.
I guess you'd call Blue Car a coming-of-age story; in the future, I think MTV should play it without commercials in its entirety once a month. But Bruckner's performance is so exceptional for a teenager — unornamented and truthful — that adult audiences in search of relief from the X-Men 2 phenomenon would do well to check this out.
Straithairn, by the way, has just launched into a short Broadway run with Al Pacino and Marisa Tomei in Salome. But this is not an ordinary show: it's a staged reading, with all the actors sitting on stools in front of music stands bearing scripts. So how's it going?
"We don't actually need the scripts because we've been doing it so long," Straithairn laughed. "So every now and then you flip the pages and look like you're reading."
Now that's good acting.
P.S.: There's one little mistake in Blue Car visible only to the most adroit. See if you can find it. I'm curious to know who's paying attention out there.


text: The new director of the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo will be no stranger to the center's role in this region's agriculture. Brian Sorenson, who will take over as head of NCI on Jan. 1, had been its technical director for the last six years. He also has been a North Dakota State University Extension Service wheat quality specialist since 2000. The Northern Crops Institute is a collaborative effort among North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana to promote and market the crops grown in this region. The center, which is on the NDSU campus, brings together customers, commodity traders, technical experts and processors from across the U.S. and throughout the world to learn about northern-grown crops. "NCI has played a key role in the success of northern Great Plains agriculture," says Laird Larson of Clark, S.D., chair of the Northern Crops Council. The council works with NDSU to oversee NCI. "The Northern Crops Council is excited about the leadership Brian will provide as we all find new and innovative strategies to enhance uses and markets for our products." Sorenson replaces Patricia Berglund, who retired in early December. Sorenson has more than 18 years of experience in food product and process development and is an expert in the quality and utilization of U.S. durum and hard red spring wheat, and pasta production and quality. Prior to joining NCI, he served as research project manager for Purina Mills Inc. in St. Louis, Mo., and processing consultant for Format International Ltd., also in St. Louis. Edinger of Mitchell on Wheat Commission Gov. Mike Rounds has appointed Chet Edinger to a four-year term on the South Dakota Wheat Commission. Edinger farms with his brother as part of the Edinger Brothers Partnership. He and his family live in Mitchell but farm in Aurora County with some land in Davison and Sanborn counties. Edinger Brothers Partnership is a crop only operation that specializes in raising wheat, corn, beans and sunflowers with some peas, millet and milo. Edinger comes to the commission well prepared to address issues facing South Dakota producers having served as the vice-president and president of South Dakota Wheat Inc. Board of Directors. SD Wheat Inc. is a membership-based agriculture association that concentrates on all aspects of agriculture production and rural life. As an officer in the state association, Edinger has held several committee positions on the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) Board of Directors. As a producer Edinger especially appreciates the benefits of checkoff dollars invested in research. "The variety development at South Dakota State University has resulted in increased yields," says Edinger. "This dramatic jump in yields would not be possible without strong breeding programs. Breeding programs that cost producers very little compared to the technical fees that for-profit seed companies charge." While on the Board of Directors for NAWG, Edinger worked to increase the coordination and communication between NAWG and US Wheat Associates, the wheat industry's overseas market development association. Irrigation technology earns honors Lindsay Corporation's FieldNETT - the industry's first full control Web-based irrigation management system - was named the winner of the 2007 Irrigation Association New Ag Product of the Year. "We are thrilled that FieldNET has been chosen as the top ag irrigation product of 2007, but it's been the positive grower feedback that's been the most rewarding to us," said Reece Andrews, product manager for Lindsay's GrowSmartT line. "Our growers tell us that FieldNET saves them valuable time and money, making their operation more profitable." FieldNET gives growers the power to monitor and control their pivots from any Internet connection or cellular phone. With a user-friendly Web portal, FieldNET also provides growers with a quick view of every pivot, providing information on pivot location, pivot status and water usage. The portal is accessible from the Internet, giving growers the freedom to monitor their pivots from anywhere in the world. Earlier this year, FieldNET also received a 2007 AE50 Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovation in engineering products that save growers time and money. Vietnam scheduled to begin low-phytate barley feeding trial The U.S. Grains Council is partnering with the Idaho Barley Commission to begin low-phytate barley aquaculture feeding trials in Vietnam. Approximately 21 metric tons of low-phytate barley was shipped out of Tetonia, Idaho, earlier this month destined for Vietnam, where it will be field tested. The barley was donated by the Idaho Barley Commission and the Council arranged for payment of ocean freight. Kelly Olson, Idaho Barley Commission administrator, said the low-phytate barley will be studied in relation to its use as feed for Catfish Tra, which is one of the major fish grown in Vietnam, popular for human consumption. "Barley has not previously been included in Catfish Tra rations, but it's time that changes," said Olson. "Low-phytate barley contains attributes that benefit animal nutrition and help reduce phosphorous pollution." Approximately 70 percent of the phosphorous in conventional barley exists in the form of phytate that cannot be readily digested by monogastric animals such as fish. The new low-phytate barley known as Clearwater has a 50 percent reduction in phytate, according to research conducted by USDA's National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility in Aberdeen, Idaho. Catfish Tra feed currently consists of primarily soybean meal, wheat by-products, fish meal and rice by-products and others. Olson said that with increasing U.S. barley production, availability for barley export will logically increase as well, which is the rationale for the Idaho Barley Commission donating the low-phytate barley. Alltech addresses elevated feed costs Alltech, a global leader in animal nutrition, will embark on its annual North American Lecture Tour (NALT) beginning Jan. 7. The theme for the tour is "The Feed Cost Puzzle: Performance or Profitability," and will provide a forum to share and learn how the latest technologies and practices can sustain and elevate our businesses. According to the New York Times, Congress, as part of a new energy bill, is proposing huge increases in the amount of ethanol to be used in the nation's fuel supply. Traditionally made from corn, Wahpeton Cargill plant honored WAHPETON, N.D. - Cargill's corn milling operation in Wahpeton is the first Cargill-operated facility ever to be named one of the Top 10 "Best Plants in North America" by IndustryWeek. "We believe this plant demonstrates excellence in operational strategy, production practices and performance," IndustryWeek's Jill Jusko told plant managers. "You had very good metrics in everything we look at, and it was clear you were focused on improving the plant as a whole, versus focusing on a single area. That became more apparent, not less, once we came for a plant visit. You have an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and very engaged workforce, and you have tremendous metrics to show for all the hard work." The Wahpeton Corn Milling Plant was built by local Red River Valley corn farmers, who formed ProGold, L.L.C., in the mid-1990s. The plant's 1996 start-up coincided with a major slump in corn sweetener prices, prompting ProGold to look for alternative operating options. Cargill took over operations under a lease agreement in November 1997. The lease has since been extended through 2017. "Since we signed our first lease with ProGold 10 years ago, Wahpeton has been a solid contributor to Cargill," said Cargill Corn Milling North America President Pat Bowe. "It has set many standards for our corn wet mills in safety, environmental stewardship, energy efficiency and production costs. Its customer service is second to none. I am thrilled that such a respected publication as IndustryWeek saw fit to recognize Wahpeton as one of the best plants in North America." Commodity Classic show Feb. 28-March 1 Commodity Classic, the annual convention and trade show of the American Soybean Association, the National Corn Growers Association and the National Association of Wheat Growers will be held Feb. 28-March 1 in Nashville, Tenn. "The Commodity Classic trade show has more than doubled in size since its inception in 1996," said Commodity Classic co-chair and NCGA Corn Board member Theresa Schmalshof. "This year's trade show will set a record with 16 percent more booths than the 2005 Commodity Classic, our largest show in history." Registration and housing reservations are being accepted now. For more information, please visit www.commodityclassic.com. NSR to add junior activities coordinator The National Swine Registry (NSR) is seeking to fill the newly created position of junior activities coordinator. This position is responsible for organizing and carrying out all National Junior Swine Association (NJSA) regional shows and the NBS¨ Jr. Barrow Classic. The junior activities coordinator will also co-manage the World Pork Expo Junior National and contribute to the planning of the National Junior Summer Spectacular. Requirements include strong organizational and communication skills; practical experience in show planning and management; and the ability to work cooperatively as a team with members and staff. Questions and resumes can be sent to Darrell Anderson, National Swine Registry, P.O. Box 2417, West Lafayette, IN 47996-2417. Deadline for applications is Feb. 1. ConAgra donates food ConAgra Foods Inc. announced last week that it is donating 35 truckloads of its products, valued at $1 million, and is matching donations to America's Second Harvest, which has more than 200 member food banks across the country. Omaha-based ConAgra joined Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the holiday effort. Wal-Mart is donating 50 truckloads of food and grocery products also valued at $1 million. America's Second Harvest, the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the country, said inventories are low at its food banks as families struggle with an ailing economy and rising food and fuel prices. Community-wind generator-owned power line CHASKA, Minn. - Minnesota-based, Outland Renewable Energy, LLC (Outland) announced their plan to build a community-wind generator-owned power line focused on moving wind energy from the wind- belt of southwest Minnesota to the Twin Cities area. Outland is a non-utility, private company and will finance the Minnesota Independence Line itself. This privately funded line will significantly increase the ability of wind energy resources available to meet the increasing demand for clean, renewable energy and will help Minnesota meet its Renewable Energy Standard, which states 25 percent of the state's electricity will come from renewable energy sources by 2025. "Outland is proud of its mission to harness the power of wind, creating a clean, safe and secure energy future for our communities," said Ingrid Bjorklund, vice president of government affairs and associate general counsel for Outland Renewable Energy. "We are tackling the transmission bottleneck with an innovative solution to get the state's abundant wind energy to market sooner." The Minnesota Independence Line will be a high-voltage transmission line approximately 150 miles in length, running from the Buffalo Ridge area to the Twin Cities area. This wind line will have the potential to move up to 3,000 megawatts of wind out of the wind-rich Buffalo Ridge region. Outland hopes to have the line operational in 2012. This will help the state meet the first milestone in the Renewable Energy Standard, which is 12 percent by 2012. Since Outland's wind-energy generation is community-based, it conforms to Minnesota's goal that we develop more of our state's renewable resources as homegrown energy. Outland's commitment to Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) ensures that Minnesota renewable energy and the associated economic development stays in the state. For more information, visit www.outlandenergy.com.


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Monday, December 3, 2007
Danny Gans MUST be coddled!
At the time, our heroes in this game was HouseSeatsLV.Com's competitor, VegasSeatFillers.Com, which didn't play such cloak-and-dagger games.
But then VegasSeatFillers.Com changed hands and became ShowTickets4Locals.Com, in part because the earlier domain name was far too honest for the bruisable egos of stars playing to half-empty theaters.
The other day, ShowTickets4Locals.Com went over to the dark side to "protect" the Mirage headliner Danny Gans. They may have been dwelling there for a while, but we just learned of it now. In normal notifications of ticket availability, the service includes a discreet, polite and seemingly optional paragraph about how showgoers are supposed to behave. Here's the one off the Fashionistas free-ticket notice:
"Please do not print this email and bring it to the box office. Once your ticket is confirmed with our operators, your name will be given to the box office directly. Valid ID required to receive your tickets. Please just let the box office know that you are on the guest list and do not let paying customers know you are receiving free tickets."
See that? Reasonable requests, asked reasonably. A little unrealistic, but whatever.
The Danny Gans ticket offers, however, included that paragraph but also included this, in these colors:
-Call the Mirage Box Office;
-Go to the Box Office before 7:00 PM;
-Go to the Box Office after 7:30 PM;
-Reserve tickets and do not show up.
If you do not pick up your tickets by 7:30pm they will be released for sale to the public.
Only call 671-0049 now to reserve your free tickets for tonight's show. If our lines are busy, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CALL THE MIRAGE OR BOX OFFICE DIRECTLY.
Wow. It's especially weird because when you go to the ShowTickets4Locals.Com site, Danny is right out front, so it's not like they're hiding from ANYONE that they give away Her Highness' seats.
In addition, this additional sentence was added -- hastily, it seems, based on the misspelling -- to the boilerplate quoted before: If you breat the above rules you WILL be deleted from our system. If you are a Premium Member, you will not be entitled to a refund.
What I don't get is, what's the big deal? When you go to New York City to see shows, you're aware that some people around you had coupons, some people got comps, some people got group rates, some people were there at an appointed time to get specially discounted seats. Same goes for airlines; you must know that there are a silly list of reasons why your seat could cost twice that of the guy next to you.
And we're in Vegas! Even if it's less true than it once was, everyone already knows that comps are currency in this town. Some people are smarter, luckier or more savvy than others; they listen to shows like FiveHundy and "The Strip," they read sites like RateVegas and VegasTripping, they subscribe to the Las Vegas Advisor and the Las Vegas list-servs. They've done their homework, they're aware of how to find the good deals, they grab them and they enjoy.
Is someone who paid a full price going to be mad? I doubt that. Will they not buy their tickets next time in advance and wait for an online freebie instead? They might, but there's no way to predict that the shows they're here to see will be offered for free on the nights they want to see them, so it's their loss if they try that. And if they're not locals, this one's not for them anyhow. Tourists can grasp the notion that living through the miserable heat of a Vegas summer and dodging slobs sucking on Eiffel Tower margaritas all year round ought to be worth something.
No, this is entirely about image. The Danny Gans crew clearly gave a stern talking-to to the ShowTickets4Locals.Com folks, indicating that Gans doesn't like having the perception that he can't fill a room without some help. And I honestly don't know if he can or can't, but this is the slowest time of the year, so there's especially little shame in it right now.
The irony is that all of these warnings and threats have done more to tarnish Gans' image than bragging to some eavesdropper that you're getting to see the show gratis. Consider this comment from one listener/reader who forwarded me the email: "Can you believe this? F*ck Danny Gans. No other artist or show has all these warnings. Next it will be 'Don't look into Mr. Gans' eyes.' "
Ya think?
6 comments:
- Jeff Leatherock said...
Since Danny is sold out for the next 3 years, this obviously means these tickets are donated to underprivileged locals. They must be less than Strip quality patrons in appearance and hygene, necessitating that they be spoken to in this manner.
- December 3, 2007 at 3:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Who says Danny's sold out for 3 years? I thought that was Carrot Top!
- December 3, 2007 at 5:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
In addition to this nonsense, I used to work at MGM and can tell you that box office specialists are told that "Mr. Gans may choose not to perform if the first 5 rows are not full 30 minutes prior to showtime. Therefore it is very important to remind guests in those rows to be in their seats on time or their seats will be filled by upgrading the tickets of those in rows further back"
- December 3, 2007 at 9:54 PM
- Troy from Las Vegas said...
Thanks for reminding me of The Rules. I went back to read them again for a laugh. My favorite is "any complaint about a house seats member by a theater or venue will result in a $40 fee plus a review of the that member's account, during which time no reservations can be made and membership privileges may be revoked." Wow. So some hung over college student who is in a bad mood has it out for a HouseSeater and complains about this or that and the Member is fined? Crazy.
Also, their website is so annoying. How come they do not capitalize their sentences? How come they capitalize "Strip" but not "las vegas"?
Anyway, Danny Gans was the only show in Las Vegas I almost walked out on. Don't waste your money or time.
- December 3, 2007 at 10:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm not sure why anyone would want to do business with these clowns.
- December 4, 2007 at 6:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
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