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Again a different piece i found remarkable around the issue of earphone's, what would you need to do if i didn't post this ehh? you�d have to look at the initial article, the chances you found it would be slim, so deem yourself blessed that i�ve shared this glorious piece with you.
In this world of Twitter feeds, Google trends and reality TV, name value can make or break a new product. The name of a brand is important and, accordingly, terms like �brand awareness� and �brand identity� have migrated from the meeting rooms of corporate America and into our daily lives.
The next level, then, is celebrity endorsement. An old-as-the-hills concept that has been picked up, dusted off and given a brand new sheen, the 21st century�s take on celebrity endorsement functions mainly as an amalgamation of two pre-existing brands; in this case, the celebrity�s name (and any values associated with it) and the product manufacturer�s name and brand.
Using this method, Beats were able to transition from what would have been �just another consumer electronics outfit� to a company now closely linked with Hip Hop culture, fashion and music. Before Beats hooked up with superstar rapper �Dr. Dre�, consumers had to customize their own music systems to the tune of their preferred type of music. In fact, this writer vividly remembers sticking a �DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE� sign on the back of an iPod, in order to indicate a love of heavy-duty rock n roll.
Yeah, that worked.
Kids these days go to great lengths to advertise their favourite brands. They buy the tour T-shirts, the hoodies and the limited edition sneakers but, no matter how solidly their fledgling sense of identity may be rooted in the process of consumption, the music itself is still being played through bland, nondescript speaker units. These are speakers that might be used by any other customer for anything from Mozart to Motorhead. Latterly, brands like SkullCandy and Beats have emerged with specific genres of music in mind, and these devices are branded, brazen and instantly recognizable on the streets.
Now, �Beats by Dr. Dre� may be expensive headphones, but they are the only product of their type out there at the moment. Dr. Dre himself has personally approved the design and the specifications are, according to him, the best way to listen to Hip Hop music (his own in particular). The headphones have already proven to be massive sales successes, (despite the price tag) and this is due, almost entirely, to the expert marketing employed by Beats (and the good doctor himself, of course).
So, these are the high-fashion headphones to have, the ultimate accessory for an upcoming rapper with paper to burn. These are as essential a product as the albums they�re designed for listening to.
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MEP visits anti-fracking camp
Sinn Féin's Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy recently visited the anti-fracking camp near Belcoo on the Fermanagh Leitrim border.
The camp has been set up and maintained on a 24 basis following the erection of security fencing and reports that Tamboran plan to drill an exploratory borehole on the site.
Carthy, who reiterated Sinn Féin's opposition to fracking, was accompanied by Sligo Leitrim TD Michael Colreavy and Fermanagh MLA Phil Flanagan.
Carthy said: "Sinn Féin is completely opposed to any form of fracking. Our representatives in the Dáil, in the Assembly, in Councils North and South and in the European Parliament are committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure fracking is not permitted in Fermanagh or Leitrim or anywhere else in Ireland."
He added that Sinn Féin has continually opposed fracking which they deem detrimental to the local economy and natural environment.
He said: "It would be particularly devastating for farming and tourism. As a member of the European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, I am particularly concerned about the impact of fracking on farmers and the agri-food sector which are so crucial in this region."
The MEP said that he wished to visit the camp near Belcoo to extend his solidarity to all those involved in the campaign against fracking and who are sending a very clear message that fracking, or any of its preparatory works, are not wanted in any part of our country.
He said that elected representatives from all parties in the region need to work together to use their combined force to stand up and represent the local communities against the issue.

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Sofia Vergara Tops AskMen.com List of 2012's 'Most Desirable Women'
(NEW YORK) -- Sofia Vergara is a hot commodity this year. Truth be told, she's been hot for years, but with a hit show in Modern Family, Vergara is everywhere these days, seen selling everything from Diet Pepsi to makeup. And now the star has ranked first on AskMen.com's list of the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2012."
The website says of the Colombian actress, "Vergara shows off the best cleavage on network TV, and we've never been more jealous of Ed O'Neill. But despite her obvious assets, Vergara's also one very funny woman, lampooning stereotypes with her perfect timing."
Model Kate Upton, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo actress Rooney Mara, model and Orlando Bloom's wife Miranda Kerr, and rapper Nicki Minaj round out the top five.
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Today, there exist numerous satellite operators which have spent millions of dollars meeting or exceeding U.S. Government requirements for information assurance and operational compatibility. Of course, XTAR is one of them. With this in mind, I noted with great interest recent criticism of DoD's decision to buy from a DISA-approved integrator commercial space segment capacity on a Chinese-owned APSTAR satellite in order to address AFRICOM requirements. Critics hyped that decision as an example of the inevitable outcome of DoD's excessive reliance on the commercial satellite industry. One such critic representing the Aerospace Industries Association, a trade group which lobbies for the defense industry, said the lease "underscores the limitations" of not investing enough U.S. money in non-classified military satellite programs and "depending only on the commercial market for national security telecom requirements". These critics claim that this event is proof of the need to expand MILSATCOM resources like WGS.
This is entirely the wrong conclusion to draw!
Under DISA's standard guidelines, the APSTAR capacity either met or exceeded the minimum mission assurance standards necessary to fulfill AFRICOM's needs, or military personnel waived that requirement and accepted any risk to the AFRICOM mission.
Concerned lawmakers and others would do right to focus on the real deficiencies underscored in this example. Namely, the APSTAR case highlights the limitations of MILSATCOM combined with a COMSATCOM acquisition policy which fails to capitalize on all the potential benefits available from trusted commercial operators. In an era when the gap between demand for space-based national security capabilities and the Government's financial resources is expanding, DoD should be focused on encouraging trusted commercial satellite operators, like XTAR, to make investments which will ensure warfighter requirements are met with reliable and affordable solutions whenever and wherever needed.
XTAR and other trusted operators who have voluntarily invested millions of dollars in meeting and exceeding DoD mission assurance standards, are prepared to go further in volume, reach, and capability to support growing government requirements for capability and security. To trigger further investment on the part of these trusted operators, the Government should indicate its willingness to work via long-term commitments and other needed acquisition reform.


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Meet Our Team
Dan M.
Dan has been a veterinary assistant since 2014. "I enjoy working at AEC because you never know what case will come in. I also enjoy the unlimited amount of knowledge I can learn from the doctors and other technicians that work here". Long term, Dan would like to become a large animal Veterinary Technician.
Dan has a boxer/rott mix named Rowdy at home. "Rowdy is like a child to me, and has taught me a lot about responsibility and compassion."


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Photographer and designer Edward "Eddie" Lee, is launching his highly anticipated coffee table book, Timeless American, a Selection of Pre-1916 Motorcycles, now available at Iron Vault Studio. www.ironvaultstudio.com. The public was able to meet the photographer at a special launch party for the book on October 8 at the Venice, California headquarters of Deus Ex Machina.
It was a decade ago that Lee was offered the opportunity to document and photograph a large collection of motorcycles. At the time, he was in the midst of a nearly 20-year career in the action sports industry, and noticing the number of beautiful antique motorcycles he realized he couldn't devote the amount of time he knew he would need for a project that was as unique, collectible and memorable as the bikes themselves.
Aiming to honor the history and craftsmanship of each bike, he finally left action sports behind to focus solely on this dynamic project. Taking more than two years from start to finish, Lee has truly memorialized each bike found within Timeless American's pages, painstakingly celebrating the story and evolution behind each piece of machinery.
"After talking to some serious collectors and a handful of guys who really loved these older bikes, I realized that it would be special to do something more specific than just a general book with a random selection of motorcycles," Lee said. "Being a motorcycle enthusiast, it was important for me to share my views visually, to try and get as much information as possible and share just enough for anyone else to dive deeper, if they wanted to. I think it's important to know where motorcycles have come from and how they've evolved over the years."
After ten years of visualizing, and nearly three more of hard work and painstaking dedication to detail, Lee completed the 14" x 11"landscape-style collectible edition of Timeless American, a selection of Pre-1916 Motorcycles, which was produced and printed in the United States. The hard cover case bound book has 264 pages, each filled with beautiful imagery of the classic craftsmanship of mostly cruiser bikes, circa 1900 to 1915 – single, V-Twin and four cylinder engines.
Lee showcases 26 manufacturers with 46 motorcycles, displayed in chronological and alphabetical order, including Indian, Harley-Davidson, Excelsior, Thor, Henderson, Flying Merkel, Marsh Metz, Hudson, Pope, Marvel, Reading Standard, Emblem, Cyclone, and more. "In a way, it pays homage to these great pioneers, innovators and engineers who paved the way for us today. It also illustrates the impeccable craftsmanship and skills from some of the restorers, and their dedication to the preservation of these timeless antiques," Lee said. More photography after the jump.
"It's almost a lost art and I really wanted to showcase it in a very rich, visual way." For Lee, one of the more important features of this book was that everything was American made, honoring the history of the collection. From the bikes themselves, to the process of creating it, to the printing – everything was done on American soil.
Lee shot an average of two bikes per day. The entire shoot took about eight months and post production took another six months. To order your limited run of the first edition of Timeless American go to: Iron Vault Studio www.ironvaultstudio.com. The book retails for $125.
Eddie Lee is a first-generation Korean American, born and raised in Los Angeles, Calif. His need for all things fun led him to follow his passions early on in life. These came in the form of anything that rolled, slid, or floated — surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and, of course, riding motorcycles. At the age of 18, Eddie began a nearly 20-year career in the action-sports industry. Eddie's images have been published in national magazines and newspapers, including TransWorld SNOWboarding, Snowboarder Magazine and the Los Angeles Times.


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"Beete Lamhein" from The Train (2007) - Kay Kay
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About The Movie & Trailer :
This is a short emotional video song titled "Beete Lamhein" of the thriller film The Train. The song is sung by the famous male playback singer Kay Kay under the music direction of Mithoon and the lyricist is Sayeed Qadri for the already hit song.
The movie had a release date on 8 June 2007 under the producers Narendra Bajaj and Shyam Bajaj. K. Rajkumar is the cinematographer ; Piyush Panchal, Remo are the choreographers ; Mithoon, Shilpa Rao, Zubeen Garg, Shaan are the playback singers and Sayeed Qadri is the lyricist of that romantic hindi cinema. The main cast are Emraan Hashmi, Geeta Basra , Sayali Bhagat.
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New consumer protections for building workBuilding and Construction
Builders will be required to have written contracts, provide information on their relevant skills, experience and qualifications, and disclose their insurance and warranty cover from 1 January 2015 for residential building work valued at over $30,000, Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today.
"We need to improve how building work is contracted in New Zealand to ensure better quality work, improved affordability and fewer disputes. We need to replace a 'she'll be right' with a 'doing it right' culture, with increased professionalism, open disclosure and clear expectations about what work is to be done, at what price and in what timeframe," Dr Smith says.
"These new requirements come into effect 1 January 2015 and the industry needs to gear up for these significant changes. It is very encouraging to see the huge growth in building activity to reach their highest rates in a decade, but it is in these buoyant times when the risks are greatest for cutting corners and compromising quality. These requirements will reinforce the good practice of many building repairers while constraining cowboys only interested in making a quick buck.
"The new requirements were approved by Cabinet on Monday and were made under Part 4A of the Building Act amendments made in 2013. They apply to building work over a minimum price of $30,000. The new requirements are: a written contract (with specific clauses around warranties, dispute resolution, remedies); a checklist for consumers with tips on engaging builders and managing the project; and mandatory disclosure of information by building contractors (business information, key contacts and their role and qualifications, insurance cover held, warranties offered). Instant fines of $500 will be applied for failing to provide any of the above.
"These important new consumer protections are part of a wider programme of improving New Zealand's building industry. In the wake of problems over leaky buildings and the Canterbury earthquakes, we have introduced proper occupational regulation with the Licensed Buildering Practitioner Scheme, improved construction contracts law with amendments before Parliament, and have further work in progress to improve New Zealand's system of standards.
"Our goal is an efficient building industry that is capable of delivering the quantity of quality and affordable homes that New Zealand needs," Dr Smith concluded.


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Last weekend, as we were comfortably seated in our air-conditioned car enjoying our Ferraro Rochers, we had to stop by a signal. At the signal, we noticed that some kids wearing ragged clothes, looking starved for long, came running towards the car to sell coloring books, car cleaning clothes etc. We offered them some money, not wanting to buy the books. Very innocently, they threw the books inside our car from the window and went running to the next signal to continue their job. Every time, we pass this signal, this is a heart breaking experience we usually go through and we end up feeling sorry for those less fortunate kids.
Offering some money to them at the signal definitely does not solve their problem. We have only seen a sample of them, and so many of them suffering from poverty like this or worse than this.
Blogadda's initiative:
Blogadda and Akshaya Patra came up with a fabulous initiative of "Blog to Feed a child". For every blog entry Blogadda will feed one Akshaya Patra beneficiary for a whole year and how could I not do my part!! I started researching about this topic and I was taken aback by some of the statistics:
- India is home to a quarter of all undernourished people worldwide.
- India ranks 136th out of 186 countries in the 2013 UNDP Human Development Index and 94th out of 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index.
(Source : here)
- 836 million Indians survive on less than Rs. 20 (less than half-a-dollar) a day.
- Over 20 crore Indians will sleep hungry every night.
(Source: here)
and many more heart breaking facts……
Akshaya Patra's emergence:
"A hungry belly has no ears". It is unfortunate that in India, we still have many children who are struggling to have one time meal. Right to food is a human right and all human beings deserve to be served with adequate food, and especially the kids. Keeping this as a trigger, the first mid day meal program was started by Thiru K.Kamaraj, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, first in Chennai and later extended it to all districts of Tamil Nadu way back in 1962-1963.
As per supreme court's decision, in 2001, all government and government-assisted primary schools are to provide cooked mid-day meals, which not only eradicated hunger to some extent but also encouraged the kids to attend schools.
Akshaya Patra in partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments, and inestimable support from many businesses, philanthropic donors and well-wishers, is the world's largest (not-for-profit run) mid-day meal programme serving wholesome food to over 1.4 million children from 10,661 schools across 10 states in India.
Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Akshaya Patra was started by Sri Bhaktivedanta Swami when one fine day he saw a heart-breaking incident of a group of children fighting with stray dogs over scraps of food in 2000. Since its inception, the organization has worked towards reaching more children with wholesome food on every single school day. More about them: www.akshayapatra.org
Our responsibility:
As every weekend approach,we as urban middle class group are exposed to swanky shopping malls, are on a google hunt to find out the best eateries and interested in exploring various cuisines across the globe. At the same time,out there is a set of population who is struggling to sleep with at least a full stomach with basic food.
"Little drops make an ocean". If we all take an oath to contribute a little towards this noble cause, the hunger and malnutrition in kids who are struggling can be reduced to some extent.
Some things I personally vouch for:
- Teach children at home to show gratitude for having their share of food, and the importance of getting a full meal. Let them be aware of people who cannot afford for a full meal so that they do not waste food. Not only children, it applies to all of us as well. After all, charity begins at home.
- With no hard offense to anyone in specific, I totally don't believe in the abhishekams done to the idols / movie stars. I understand that there is a certain sentiment behind it, but I am sure even that the supernatural power or the super star would be happy seeing you donating food to a lesser privileged person than pouring gallons of milk over them.
- Large corporates/ gated communities can initiate movements, like 5 rupee / 10 rupee movement. In the corporates where the strength exceeds more than 10K employees, if each employee contributes 10 rupees in a month, it amounts to 1 Lakh in a month, 12 lakhs in an year , 10 such corporates, 120 Lakhs in an year. I am sure that is a huge amount to be donated.
- In events like marriages, receptions, the amount of food wastage is so huge. At the least, if even the left over food is donated, it would make a great meal to the kids.
- Last but not the least, we can donate. Please look at Akshya Patra's link here to know more about how we can contribute.
As I was writing this blog post, I had an apple, I gave chocolates to my son and offered coffee to my husband. Each time, only those pictures of the unfortunate kids and statistics flashed in my mind and I think I am motivated from the bottom of my heart to do my bit. Hope you all do it as well, sharing some of the heart-touching pictures:
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"We were in a rut sexually when we met Jamie. Working with her opened a new terrain of exploration and we started having the best sex of our lives."
– Will
"I felt like there was more and I wanted something more out of sex. After working with Jamie I discovered there's a whole new world of ways to tap into our connection"
– Kati
"We are busy entrepreneurs who travel and work a lot and time is of the essence so we needed to learn to move through conflict quickly. This is why we love Jamie. It's such a relief to finally work with someone where results happen so fast. She has a unique way of helping me translate what Libby has been trying to tell me for years so we can find a resolution and get back to what we want to be doing"
– Andy
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Friday, May 28
Period 1 8:50-10:05 a.m.
Period 3 10:10-11:25 a.m.
Lunch 11:30-12:20 p.m.
Period 5 12:25-1:40 p.m.
Period 7 1:45-3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 1st (modified due to one-hour early release.)
Period 2 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Period 4 9:20-10:35 a.m.
Lunch 10:35-11:20 a.m.
Period 6 11:25-12:40 p.m.
Period 8 12:45-2:00 p.m.
All students must report to their assigned exam on time. Students must take all exams unless they are exempt due to perfect attendance (no absences from class, tardies to class or in school suspensions) or Gold Card privileges (must maintain at least an A- for 3rd nine weeks). Students who are exempt are encouraged to take any exam if it will improve their semester average and GPA. If a student does not have an assigned exam they may leave the building or report to the cafeteria or Library. Bus students will report to the cafeteria until testing time. The cafeteria will also be available for those students who do not have an exam and are unable to leave. The library will be available for anyone interested in a quiet place to prepare for exams. Students will be served lunch in the cafeteria from or they may leave for lunch.


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JAMMU(PTI): Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said there is need for proper fencing of the areas under mines in the forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) so that people can take adequate precautions. "There is need for proper fencing of the areas under mines in the forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC)," Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and Tribal Affairs Choudhary Zulfkar Ali said.
The minister urged the concerned (Army) to ensure proper demining and keeping the people informed so that they can take adequate precautions. Expressing profound grief and shock over the death of three brick-kiln labourers in an accidental mine blast at Sariya in Janghar sector of Nowshehra in Rajouri, the minister directed district administration to immediately process the compensation cases.
"Though no amount of money will compensate the loss of precious lives yet the families in distress need immediate succour in this hour of grief," Zulfkar Ali said while conveying his condolences and expressing solidarity with the bereaved families.
He asked the administration to ensure better coordination with the agencies concerned to avert such mishaps in future. He said such incidents have taken place earlier also and stressed that adequate corrective measures should be taken to avoid recurrence of such tragic incidents.
The minister asked the district administration to ensure specialised treatment to the injured and all assistance to the bereaved families. He wished the injured early recovery and prayed for eternal peace to those who died in the incident.


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Sunday, 12 June 2016
The Big Challenge Prize-Giving Day
One more year our students gathered at the school hall to receive their certificates and prizes after their participation in the Big Challenge contest.
The 51 students were called one by one and were given an envelope containing various gifts, according to their marks. The most fortunate two were Diego Gelinck and Maria Rancaño who, apart from getting the presents from the organisers of the competition, also got a voucher worth 20 euros to be spent at Fnac. That was the school's special prize for the two students who were outstandingly good at the competition.
Perhaps the most enjoyable moment was the raffle. Two 1ESO students were very fortunate as they won the two special prizes: a USA flag and an enormous alarm-clock.
Thank you everybody for attending the ceremony and we look forward to seing you all again at the next edition. Our special thanks to those 4ESO students who have been taking part in the competition year after year ever since they started 1ESO at our school and no longer will be able to participate next year.
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New Zealand books by New Zealand authors – the NZ Book Festival
The NZ Book Festival is an annual event for independently published New Zealand authors to come together and share their books with readers and meet other authors and publishing industry professionals.
The first festival was held in 2014 in Devonport on Auckland's North Shore. It began life as an idea by independently published children's author Louise de Varga.
"The first book festival was a tentative toe dipping to see if writers and readers would come to an event geared especially for them. And they did."
After the success of 2014, the NZ Book Festival has gone from strength to strength. Now this exciting annual event for authors and book lovers has firmly established itself on Auckland's busy event calendar.
Authors and publishing service providers come from all over New Zealand to take part in this once a year celebration of all things literary.
"I love that visitors can chat face to face to published authors and delve into the story behind the stories. As well as talk to publishing businesses about their own writing aspirations. Everyone has time to unwind, have something to eat and drink and immerse themselves in what the festival has to offer. Now that's something you can't do at your local bookshop."
"I for one am looking forward to another amazing year at the NZ Book Festival. I hope to see you there."
Louise xx
What's on in 2018 at the NZ Book Festival
2018 is the fifth year running for the NZ Book Festival, This year promises to bring even more New Zealand authors with amazing titles and bargains to be had for readers, as well as a great range of representatives from the NZ publishing industry on hand to offer emerging Kiwi writers their insights to independent publishing.
Family-friendly event with something for everyone as well as book lovers
Visitors to the NZ Book Festival will have plenty of books and activities to choose from. There will be goodie bags to be had for the first 100 people through the doors plus activities and games. Remember to grab a feedback and competition form on your way in and cast your vote for the best exhibit. It's also a great excuse to catch up with your favourite author from last year.
- Reading corner and fun activities in the Kids Zone
- Books to buy from new and returning authors across many genres
- Competitions and interactive fundraisers
- A delicious range of food and drinks – including Jed's coffee for FREE
- Goodie bags for the first 100 visitors (1 per family/group)
More opportunities for emerging authors and writers of all levels
- Free advice and event specials from businesses with independent publishing services
- Talk to independently published authors about their experiences
- Connect with illustrators, cover designers editors and proof readers
Meet the NZ Book Festival Committee
The NZ Book Festival is made possible each year thanks to the dedication and hard work of our committee members.
Louise de Varga
Louise brings a wealth of experience to the committee, being the force behind both the 2014 and 2015 NZ Independent Book Festivals. Louise has a passion for reading, writing and people, and published her first children's picture book Kapowai the Dragonfly in 2014. It is because of her love of bringing writers and readers together that the NZ Book Festival was born.
Andrene Low
Andrene is a thrice-published author, with her 1970s chick-lit trilogy. She is about to launch a new novel called Dietvale, which will be available at the NZ Book Festival in November. Andrene has over twenty five years in production management working for large multi-national ad agencies. During this time, she has been responsible for the implementation and overseeing of numerous large scale events, such as the book festival.
Robyn P Murray
Robyn is the author of nine children's books, one translated into Spanish and Braille. She contributed to and published two more; plus anthologies of stories, and has read her work on radio. She enjoys marketing, selling, meeting and sharing with other writers the demanding, rewarding job of writing books. Robyn has attended the NZ Book Festival each year and recommends highly writers and readers attend.
Vicky Adin
Vicky has written 5 historical fiction novels inspired by early immigrants to New Zealand. She has been a supporter of the NZBF since its inception and wishes to see it become a fixture on the cultural and event scene. Vicky holds a MA (Hons) in English and Education and has decades of experience as a business owner and professional conference organiser. She hopes her experience will help the NZ Book Festival achieve its goals.
Fiona Cole
Fiona has made a living out of writing for over 12 years, in business communications, content marketing and editing services. In 2007 she set up her own business, BigWords, which provides marketing copy and online content services for SME clients throughout New Zealand. In 2013 Fiona launched an independent publishing label in Northland called BigWords-Books to assist local writers with self-publishing to bookstore standards, which she now operates out of Dunedin. Fiona has plenty of tips for authors on self-promotion and creating an online brand.


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San Sebastián de los Reyes
A winter wedding in La Quinta de Jarama. With Christmas not far off, we were inspired without falling into clichés. Thanks to the wonderful photos taken by "Volvoreta Wedding", you can see how special this event was, playing with flowers, light and candles.
The Aquilea team knew how to interpret our flower design to perfection, thus making the whole atmosphere spectacular.


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Scott House
A Bed and Breakfast in Edinburgh
I have just completed the renovation of our lovely Georgian house in Edinburgh's New Town. We are right in the city centre, just off trendy Broughton Street with all its bespoke shops, restaurants and lively bars. There are 4 individually designed and furnished bedrooms with many period features, such as working shutters, fireplaces and ornate cornicing. All our rooms have large en-suites with both baths and showers. Each morning we offer a hearty Scottish breakfast providing a selection of local produce and traditional dishes.
I personally have a wide knowledge of local attractions and things to do in Edinburgh and Scotland from having worked in the hospitality industry for many years. I would love to take this opportunity to welcome you as guests into my home.
Scott House
Guest Facilities
- 5 x Double
- Full Cooked Breakfast
- Continental Breakfast
- Sitting Room
- Housekeeper
- Guests get own house keys
- Dogs welcome by arrangement
- Wifi
- King Size Room
- Check-in between: 09:00h and 23:00h.
Edinburgh City Centre
T 0131-556 5528 Visit website
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Four Poster Room
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Amy Levin: The New York Times committed a liberal faux pas last month. As if they'd forgotten just how controversial ads can be, they accepted $39,000 from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to run a full-page. . .well I'll just say it, "anti-Catholic" advertisement. The ad features a political cartoon–with a grumpily outraged male bishop and a frustrated cosmopolitan, white, middle-aged female sandwiching a birth control pill–that reads, "All the outrage over something like this is a bit hard to swallow." Next to the cartoon in giant bold letters the ad visually screams "Open letter to 'liberal' and 'nominal' Catholics. It's your moment of truth." Feast your eyes down the page and you'll find any number of quintessential reasons to leave the Catholic church, most prominently, women's reproductive rights. Here's a fun clip:
Why put up with an institution that won't put up with women priests, which excludes half of humanity? Why send your children to parochial schools to be indoctrinated into the next generation of obedient donors and voters? Can't you see how misplaced your loyalty is after two decades of sex scandals involving preying priests, church complicity, collusion and coverup going all the way to the top? Apparently, you're like the battered women who, after being beaten down every Sunday, feels she has no place else to go. There is a more welcoming home for you! Join those of us who put humanity above dogma. . .
As a member of 'the flock' of an avowedly antidemocratic club, isn't it time you vote with your feet? Please, exit en Mass.
Alright, let's get this straight. By continuing affiliation (whatever this means as a lived experience) to a Catholic church, liberal Catholics are like abused women, seemingly devoid of physical and emotional agency which has been stolen by their manipulative abuser, the Catholic church. In this scenario, we might say that the Times is the silent-nodding-along-psychoanalyst. But the story doesn't end there – we have more victims and perpetrators.
Shortly after the ad hit the stands, the famously outspoken director of Stop Islamization of America, Pamela Geller (view her blog Atlas Shrugs here), asked the Times to run a parallel ad (for the exact same price FFRF paid) that urges liberal-to-moderate Muslims to shed whatever loose ties they yet have to Islam. Though the aim of her provocation was transparent, Geller's inkling was spot on: the Times refused to run the ad, hoping to placate recent tensions over the burning of Qur'ans on a military base in Afghanistan and subsequent civilian fatalities. In response to this refusal, Geller told FoxNews.com that, "This shows the hypocrisy of The New York Times, the 'gold standard' in journalism, and its willingness to kowtow to violent Islamic supremacist intimidation." (Click here to view Geller discussing this "double-standard" on "Fox and Friends.")
While media coverage of these ads has once again unfortunately retracted back to a cultural tug-of-war over Islam in America, there's a much more interesting story behind the fine print of the first most un-holy of ads. Over at GetReligion, editor Terry Mattingly gets it. He asks, "Here's the key question: Why DO so many doctrinally liberal people remain members of the Catholic Church? Why don't they do the logical thing and join, oh, a visually Catholic Episcopal parish down the block?" Mattingly wisely offers the mic to a professor and theologian from Fordham University, Tom Beaudoin, researching what he calls "deconversions" among "secular Catholics." In a blog post at America Magazine, Beaudoin claims that the anti-Catholic ad points to a particular cultural moment in which secular Catholicism is gaining a certain type of legitimacy and literacy. He writes:
The ad trades on the newly widespread awareness that Catholicism is shedding adherents: that most Catholics live on the "lower" end between moderate and marginal affiliation, instead of high affiliation, and that a great many are actively disaffiliating. It trades on the widely understood distance between most Catholics' beliefs and practices and official teaching on certain matters. Most important, as far as I can tell, is its remarkably confident appeal to a kind of personal agency that would make Catholics, who so often see religion as something akin to an ethnicity, walk away from it.
This discussion opens up a much more interesting conversation (I think) about what it means to identify oneself as an American Catholic, and what that lived experience looks like. As my editor, Ann Neumann, likes to point out, the media often fails to acknowledge that 98% of Catholic women use some form of contraception–despite leadership's absolute abnegation of any form of birth control. After the contraception coverage battles earlier this year, the difference between church "law" and church-going lives should be ancient news; there is no shortage of articles recently claiming just how diverse the Catholic population actually is. And, to plug my own thesis topic, the fact that the FFRF felt the need to load their moral gun (and with so much green ammo) toward liberal Catholics shows that there might just be something substantive and distinctly different about liberal Catholics. As Beaudoin writes:
But some of the deconversion literature would suggest that when people do walk away from their faith/religion/religious community, they don't only want "freedom from religion." Some switch to another religious denomination or even another religion, some hang loose and nurture a religious/spiritual life apart from active affiliations with recognized religious communities, some let go of faith/religion/spirituality altogether, and some hang on within their religious community and struggle more or less openly with it.
Beaudoin's research makes the term "secular Catholic" a bit more comprehensible. In fact, in Mattingly's recent piece on the "Rise of the 'secular Catholics'" he interviews Beaudoin. According to the professor, secular Catholics are "people who were baptized as Catholics, but they find it impossible to make Catholicism the center of (their) lives, by which I mean Catholicism as defined by the official teachings of the church." But don't let the term "secular" fool you, because it is these Catholics who Mattingly claims the FFRF ad is going after.
Regardless of how many Catholics Pew Research Center claims are leaving the church, it seems that much of the media is missing why both the FFRF and conservative Catholics are up in arms about liberal Catholics: they exist! And, as "hybrid believers" whose "faith comes from all over the place" (thanks Beaudoin) they're (gasp!) just like the rest of us.


text: Benjamin Harrison: Foreign Affairs [cite this] ↑Benjamin Harrison Home Page Benjamin Harrison Essays Life in Brief Life Before the Presidency Campaigns and Elections Domestic Affairs Foreign Affairs Life After the Presidency Family Life The American Franchise Impact and Legacy [ print all essays ] No President since Lincoln pursued a more active foreign agenda than Benjamin Harrison. Historians have long debated the extent of Harrison's foreign policy role in comparison to the influence of his secretary of state, James G. Blaine, traditionally seeing Harrison as following Blaine's lead. Recent scholarship, however, credits Harrison with being the driving force in his presidency, especially noting Harrison's growing estrangement from Blaine by 1890. Harrison achieved remarkable success in several areas. He convened the first modern Pan-American Conference in October 1889 and also boldly negotiated the establishment of a protectorate over the Samoan Islands with Germany and Great Britain. In this post-Reconstruction period, Harrison appointed the nation's leading black leader, Frederick Douglass, minister to Haiti. On several occasions, Harrison demonstrated that he was willing to go up against foreign nations when American interests were at stake. For example, he took the nation to the brink of war with Chile over an incident involving harm done to United States sailors in Valparaiso. In the end, Chile apologized and paid $75,000 in reparations. The President also confronted an ugly incident with Italy over the mob execution of eleven Sicilian immigrants in New Orleans. Additionally, Harrison stood firm against Britain and Canada to protect the overharvesting of seals in the Bering Sea. As a sign of his interest in defending the nation against foreign powers, Harrison supported the expansion of the Navy, begun by President Chester Arthur, into a world-class fleet of seven armored ships. President Harrison did not always succeed in pushing forward his foreign policy agenda. For example, he failed to secure a coaling station in Haiti. Likewise, the President could not convince Congress to guarantee the bonds of a private company trying to build a canal in Nicaragua, nor did he achieve the annexation of Hawaii. Harrison strongly advocated the latter issue by sending 150 Marines to protect a white settler government that overthrew Queen Liliuokalani. The Senate, however, refused to consent to a treaty of annexation offered by the Hawaii settlers. In weighing Harrison's achievements and shortcomings in the area of foreign affairs, there can be no doubt that his administration launched the nation on the road to empire. His firm and purposeful actions, especially in the Chilean and Samoan episodes, inspired Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy. Perhaps most importantly, Harrison undertook a vigorous trade agenda, negotiating substantial reciprocal trade agreements with key American trading markets—novel actions that set the pattern for American trade policy in the twentieth century. Benjamin Harrison Essays Life in Brief Life Before the Presidency Campaigns and Elections Domestic Affairs Foreign Affairs Life After the Presidency Family Life The American Franchise Impact and Legacy [ print all essays ] Benjamin Harrison Home Citation Information Consulting Editor Allan B. Spetter Professor Spetter is a professor emeritus of history at Wright State University. His writings include: The Presidency of Benjamin Harrison (Co-authored with Homer E. Socolofsky, University Press of Kansas, 1987) American President has changed! Click here to take a short survey and tell us what you think!


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Stadium? Did You Say 'Stadium'?
The Maryland Stadium Authority will present its feasibility study today to Prince George's County concerning a potential D.C. United facility in Greenbelt or New Carrolton. Early feedback is that the MSA is positive about the potential project. The Post's Metro section is covering the story -- it's a government/community/financial topic for now -- so we will wait for details later today. This does not mean there will be a groundbreaking ceremony next week; it just means that a project might make sense for the county.
I hope to have more from DCU Prez Kevin Payne shortly.....
UPDATED: DCU will issue a statement about the situation this afternoon.
Steve Goff
September 23, 2008; 10:23 AM ET
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Posted by: I-270, Exit 1 | September 23, 2008 10:38 AM | Report abuse
Will the state bonds be backed by AIG?
Will Lehman Brothers be our equity parnter?
Maryland has a state budget shortfall?
Just kidding - well, let's hope that the deal proposed by Maryland is positive for the club, positive for the supporters and positive for the locality it is in. And let's hope that it really puts the screws to the District, and if they still don't care - then I'll be happy to see the team wind up in a ground befitting their history.
Posted by: Virginia Blue Blood | September 23, 2008 10:39 AM | Report abuse
Sigh...they're so far away.
Posted by: the slammer | September 23, 2008 10:39 AM | Report abuse
So far awaaaaaay!
Posted by: ProsperoDGC | September 23, 2008 10:42 AM | Report abuse
DCU might get a new stadium? I hadn't heard.
Posted by: Section 130 | September 23, 2008 10:50 AM | Report abuse
WE HAVE LAND! AND A METRO ... in 2020ish.
Posted by: Ashburn United | September 23, 2008 10:51 AM | Report abuse
PG United! (clap clap, clap clap clap clap)
Posted by: Name Change | September 23, 2008 10:52 AM | Report abuse
Just get it done, DCU. At this point, you can build a stadium on a metro line, and in another 30-40 years think about DC. This team needs revenue, it needs a little excitement, and it needs a place where the lights work.
Posted by: Logan Circle | September 23, 2008 10:53 AM | Report abuse
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *snort* *cough*
Posted by: Grunthos | September 23, 2008 10:56 AM | Report abuse
Worse still, any new stadium will severely curtail my ingestion of Trusty's cheesesteaks.
Posted by: the slammer | September 23, 2008 10:59 AM | Report abuse
No offense to PG County (mostly because I think it would actually be a good fit), but isn't the county, you know... bankrupt?
Posted by: James | September 23, 2008 11:00 AM | Report abuse
The financing should be easy to find!
Posted by: RK | September 23, 2008 11:01 AM | Report abuse
I'm officially worn down. If going to Greenbelt is what it takes for United to get a stadium, then I'm in.
As soon as I get that tax rebate check.
Posted by: Joe Doc | September 23, 2008 11:02 AM | Report abuse
@Logan Circle: yep. Sad to say, but DC just isn't gonna happen...it was a slim enough chance, and then the Nats decided not to pay rent. Thanks, guys. Way to be.
At this point, a stadium near a Metro stop is the best we can hope for.
PG United! *clap-clap, clap-clap-clap-clap*
Posted by: EdTheRed | September 23, 2008 11:04 AM | Report abuse
Just build it. RFK is a pile and the ability to drive might actually boost attendance (though I've never driven to RFK, so I have no idea how simple that might be).
Anyways, DC has had its chance many times over. Sometimes, it's just not meant to be.
Posted by: KLB | September 23, 2008 11:06 AM | Report abuse
If McFarlane wants some public money for this, he may run into "bailout fatigue."
That't it -- public stadium financing is a "preventive bailout," not to be confused with a "preemptive bailout."
Posted by: gringo | September 23, 2008 11:07 AM | Report abuse
sweet it'll cut 10 minutes off my drive!
Posted by: BaltimoreUnited! | September 23, 2008 11:07 AM | Report abuse
At least you have gas to drive to things...
Posted by: RK | September 23, 2008 11:09 AM | Report abuse
I have season tickets and there is NO WAY I will renew if they move to the end of the line out in MD!!!! Find a way to make it work in DC.
Posted by: VA United | September 23, 2008 11:13 AM | Report abuse
Nice! Good to hear!
stadium in 3 years?
man I hope its at least a 25K seater. I wouldn't want a 18K seater to small.
We should build a 30K seater that would be nice.
They can put slots in the basement LOL
Posted by: TheWashDipsSince88 | September 23, 2008 11:16 AM | Report abuse
[flips Fenty the bird] If this gets built I will have spent my last cent ever in the District.
Posted by: DirtyHarry | September 23, 2008 11:18 AM | Report abuse
Greenbelt is the next best alternative to DC IMO. Not sure the DC thing is going to happen at this point. It's a shame really since DC United is a class orgnaization that has worked for years only to be rewarded with a slap in the face.
The Metro ride is only 25 minutes from downtown and if WMATA ever get their act together and put a line circling the whole beltway it will be a good fit. Plus it cuts 10 minutes off my commute.
Posted by: strago | September 23, 2008 11:18 AM | Report abuse
@ KLB: RFK may seriously be the easiest place to *get to* in the District coming from where I'm at. (RT 50 exit George Mason)
Coming home is even easier.
That being said It'll be a bummer for some of us Virginia folks, we'll have plenty of time to still enjoy the best egress in North American Pro Sports coming out of Lot 8, but in return I'd wager we'll have the best Soccer Specific Stadium in the Suburbs by 2011. Or 2012 or whenever...
Or maybe this will push Fenty into making a big announcement himself. Is he still planning on going to the WCQ at RFK?
Posted by: dadryan | September 23, 2008 11:20 AM | Report abuse
Worse still, any new stadium will severely curtail my ingestion of Trusty's cheesesteaks.
Posted by: the slammer | September 23, 2008 10:59 AM
Ha! They are good!
And not if it's New Carrollton - slam a cheesesteak and a couple jars then jump on the Orange Line. Heck - I hit Trusty's before Redskins games, it's not impossible.
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 11:20 AM | Report abuse
I'll go where ever they build it. We have members in the Barra that come from Richmond and Baltimore. Another 20 minutes to my commute isn't worth whining about. I just want to rock it with the Barra for United.
Posted by: VirginiaBarraMember | September 23, 2008 11:27 AM | Report abuse
WMATA and a Cirlce Line will be the only thing that is never done. United will be on stadium #2, the Redskins will be back at the RFK site, the Nationals will either have moved or won the World Series, the Wizards and Capitals will both add banners to the rafters of Verizon Center and America will win a World Cup before that happens.
$11 Billion just to make improvements and keep Metro running in a time when it's seeing its highest levels of ridership - YIKES!
Look - I hate end of line MD suburbs for a stadium only because anyone traveling from the ends of the Blue or Orange lines would spend over an hour getting to their respective destinations. Suddenly - it's not such a great thing. But again - this will obviously be the last arrow in the quiver that would potentially get DC to budge and let us partner with Clark on Poplar Point.
Otherwise it's never meant to be.
Posted by: Virginia Blue Blood | September 23, 2008 11:29 AM | Report abuse
So essentially we are doing a swap with the Skins?
Skins can move back to DC after they tear down RFK and United can move out to a new stadium in the burbs leaving them as DC's only team that is not actually in DC.
I don't have a huge problem with that but why not just move United to FedEx?
Best solution of all, spend $200-$300 million and upgrade RFK to be a premier soccer/football stadium. Make the lower bowl 25,000 which is good for regular season games and the upper stands can be used for future US national team matches and when Becks or whoever else comes to town.
Skins want to come back to DC, United wants a new stadium, RFK seems like the perfect way to kill two birds with one stone. It already has parking and metro access.
I know people hate the idea of sharing with a pointy ball team but I think Seattle will soon show how it's done.
Fenty, MacFarlane and Snyder need to get together for some beers and have some talks.
I'm voting RFK in 2008!
BTW would it be too much to ask for DC United and Volkswagen to have their own beer tent on Barracks Row for Octoberfest this Saturday? With Fins right there it seems like a marketing gimmick from heaven.
Posted by: Southeasterner | September 23, 2008 11:31 AM | Report abuse
I'm looking on the bright side. At some point, United are going to play their last match at RFK - and we are going to completely trash the place that night.
Then we are going to march to Mount Pleasant and kick Adrian Fenty right in the babymaker.
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 11:31 AM | Report abuse
Southeasterner- Problem there is that Snyder doesn't want to just rehab RFK. He wants to build his own stadium from scratch to rival Jerry Jones's new one. Classic case of penis envy.
I'm excited that my screen name is about to become even more relevant!
Posted by: DCUMD | September 23, 2008 11:47 AM | Report abuse
The latest rumour is that DCU is moving to Dover, Delaware.
Posted by: DC United Chismes | September 23, 2008 11:48 AM | Report abuse
Let's go Kevin - more BS from your infamous bloated self-centered mouth. Do us all a favor - leave. Go work for the Galaxy.
Posted by: NewGalaxyEmployee | September 23, 2008 11:50 AM | Report abuse
Volkswagen Arena... Build it wherever they will let you at this point:
30,000 seats + 8,000 standing room
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 11:54 AM | Report abuse
Does anyone know how are old friend Troy Perkins is doing over in Norway? Anyway we can con them into trading him back for Zack Wells and a goat?
Posted by: Matt | September 23, 2008 11:54 AM | Report abuse
I don't have time to think about stadiums. I am so depressed with the way DCU is playing lately.
Posted by: Depressed DC United Fan | September 23, 2008 11:55 AM | Report abuse
now, I used to live on Capitol Hill and probably will do again whenever I return to DC, so I don't like any solution that takes DCU out of stumbling distance from my porch.
That said, the Maryland sites are on the Orange and Green lines and inside the beltway. Poplar Point would be on the Green line in the other direction (whenever they got done building that station and extension). Seems to me that VA types wouldn't have any change in their commute at all. Other than the semantic need to be "DC" United, I don't see what the problem with Maryland is versus Poplar Point. And frankly, I'd like to not spend money in DC after how the city has treated United.
I'm sure I missed some pertinent details. Let's hear 'em, Virginians.
Posted by: troy | September 23, 2008 11:56 AM | Report abuse
Hey Goff, has there ever been a discussion about building a Stadium in the back (SE Corner) of Lot 8 or in Lot 7? It seems like there's a lot of abandoned land available on the RFK Grounds. Why wouldn't the team/city be interested in something like that? I guess lack of parking revenue would still be an issue....
Posted by: DWE4 | September 23, 2008 12:03 PM | Report abuse
Southeasterner, have you been following this situation at all?
RFK is not viable. It can't be renovated to a satisfactory level, and even then, United would not be guaranteed control of ancillary revenue streams.
United can not tear down RFK and rebuild on the site. When RFK is no more, control of the site reverts to the Federal Government.
FedEx field is a horrible Football Stadium, and would be an even worse soccer stadium.
It seats 90k+ that's just a bit large for MLS purposes... and also has no Metro access.
I think Snyder's Super-Danny-Dome on the site of RFK is just a pipe-dream anyway.
Either DC will come forward with a decent offer for United at Poplar Point (or another location within the city), or United will move to PG County.
Virginia is not happening because it's a joke of a "commonwealth" :rolleyes:
Posted by: AlecW81 | September 23, 2008 12:04 PM | Report abuse
It already takes me 75 minutes to drive to games, what is another 15 minutes. There just better be ample parking. The last thing I want to do is drive most of the way and THEN have to schlep onto the metro to get to games.
Posted by: Ron | September 23, 2008 12:05 PM | Report abuse
In response ot a query above I should have noted I drive to games from Virginia.
Posted by: Ron | September 23, 2008 12:07 PM | Report abuse
Fenty, MacFarlane and Snyder need to get together for some beers and have some talks.
If you think prices are high now...
Posted by: spike_2.0 | September 23, 2008 12:08 PM | Report abuse
I've been a season ticket holder from 96. But like a huge number of folks from Northern Virginia - the birthplace of United - you're going to see a MAJOR dropoff in season tickets and attendance with a Stadium that far out to the east.
United needs to remain in DC or very close in. There is not doubt that a Stadium in PG county will be as popular as a Stadium near Leesburg.
Posted by: Nick | September 23, 2008 12:11 PM | Report abuse
No way that the RFK hulk would ever satisfy the Skins -- that's why they moved. They're seating 35,000 more in their palace. Someday, they might want to build a new palace on the old grounds, but I wouldn't hold your breath for that, either. Not unless DC offers up an alternative use and Snyder has to use it or lose it -- and even then, it won't be a no-brainer move. Moving less than 20 years after building a new stadium seems unlikely.
As for DC getting a stadium in PG, I find the attacks by Virginians to be kinda amusing. I've already got a 45-50 minute Metro trip from Bethesda/Rockville. If they move to New Carrollton, it might not be too much worse. Greenbelt would add much more time. I also don't agree that this would be better than NC -- It will get tricky for the later 8:00 starts on Nats game days. Metro turns a number of the trains around at Mt. Vernon Sq. to get them back to Navy Yards quickly and empty out that station. Of course, they would never think of doing that for DC United, even though it would be easier, since games end at a predictable time. Point being that if DCU moves to Greenbelt, I'll probably drive and just cross my fingers regarding traffic. Not sure about New Carrollton. It's about the same as my RFK drive -- so it depends on timing.
In short, I'm sympathetic to the concerns of Virginians, but they're not the only ones who will find it a longer trip. Anyone who won't travel the extra 15-20 minutes isn't much of a fan, unless the additional time means there's no way they can make it to games in time.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 12:16 PM | Report abuse
I wish they could find a place in Oxon Hill near the National Harbor. Close to DC, easily accessible from MD and VA. The only downside (and it's a big downside maybe even a killer) is the lack of a Metro stop in the area
Posted by: Omar | September 23, 2008 12:21 PM | Report abuse
terrible idea, count me out for renewing my season tickets. No way I'm making it out there with all the damn traffic. I'll continue to watch on the tv but I'll pretty much be done attending games.
Posted by: PGUnited | September 23, 2008 12:24 PM | Report abuse
I wonder how the disappointing results around the Navy Yard stadium is affecting the thinking about Poplar Point. My guess is that it would be working against the politics of a new stadium. However -- and I may be wrong about this -- but I think a development on the other side of the bridge, in Anacostia would actually speed up development on the DC side of the river. It might create the critical mass of development along the waterfront necessary to actually bring the tenants.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 12:24 PM | Report abuse
I've been a season ticket holder from 96. But like a huge number of folks from Northern Virginia - the birthplace of United - you're going to see a MAJOR dropoff in season tickets and attendance with a Stadium that far out to the east.
United needs to remain in DC or very close in. There is not doubt that a Stadium in PG county will be as popular as a Stadium near Leesburg.
Posted by: Nick | September 23, 2008 12:11 PM
I'm sorry to hear that - but you might also see a season ticket increase from Maryland fans. Montgomery County is very United friendly - and it's a hike to RFK. PG County would be less ideal for the team, but also closer to soccer savvy communities like Rockville (where I live), Silver Spring, College Park, Columbia (all of Howard County) and pretty convenient to Anne Arundel County as well.
New Carrollton is 7 miles from RFK - are you saying that you'll let 7 miles stop you from going to matches? Greenbelt isn't much further. Leesburg is 43 miles from RFK, 27 from the Beltway and not on public transit - so I think that analogy is a bit of a stretch.
Moving from the District is (IMHO) sad, even tragic, but it won't kill the club.
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 12:24 PM | Report abuse
For those complaining about traffic -- I offer this observation. I take the Metro to the game, when I have the time. If I'm running late, I will drive. Hop on to the Beltway in Bethesda and go. Generally, after 7:00, traffic has cleared out and I can really motor. Even circling around the Beltway, and racing down 295, I can get to my seat sooner by driving, at that hour. The only time that driving didn't prove to be the faster option as game time approached was this season's Beckham game, because of the backups getting into the parking lot. You folks coming from Virginia might be pleasantly surprised by traffic. Might mean no tailgating, but getting to the games might not be so awful.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 12:32 PM | Report abuse
Here's the study
Posted by: OWNTF | September 23, 2008 12:33 PM | Report abuse
I decided not to renew my season tickets several months ago for a variety, but you can add the move to PG county to the list of reasons.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 23, 2008 12:33 PM | Report abuse
FYI - I'm using my bail-out money to build the stadium. No applause please.
It was either that or have a big crab and beer party.
Posted by: JSF | September 23, 2008 12:36 PM | Report abuse
Kev makes a great point about Howard County. Huge base of support there that would find a Greenbelt stadium to be manna from heaven. Montgomery County, too. And, if the Purple line light rail ever gets done, there would be a decent direct route on public transit. Not to mention students at College Park, who would go crazy for a Greenbelt stadium. If you Virginians think you're pressuring DCU by threatening not to come to PG games, I'm not sure that will be effective. For everyone who will find it to be too far, or more of a hassle, there will be a new fan who will be delighted to have a team at their doorstep.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 12:39 PM | Report abuse
I'm a virginia resident and season ticket holder since 1997. i just want a stadium. yes traffic sucks, it sucks anywhere around here. if they build it in MD, fine. just make the entry and exit easy, ala lot 8 off the freeway. having parking lots that make sense, and attendants that know what they are doing, will make things easier as well. no more 7:30 games on weeknights. maybe have some more weekend games in the early afternoon or even morning to alleviate traffic concerns.
everyone wants the stadium to be where it is convenient for themselves, I just want a stadium somewhere. will I renew my tickets? of course, I just may not be able to make as many games, depending on when they are.
until we KNOW what is going to happen, speculation is useless. all the folks from VA may find it easier to get to. it just depends on where and how they do it.
I just want it done. DC, MD, VA. who cares. as long as they keep the pupusa and carne asada stand. (thanks to dadryan for clueing me in on that)
Posted by: steve-o | September 23, 2008 12:42 PM | Report abuse
I decided not to renew my season tickets several months ago for a variety, but you can add the move to PG county to the list of reasons.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 23, 2008 12:33 PM
So you're going to punish the club for the mistake made by the city?
That sounds reasonable.
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 12:45 PM | Report abuse
Viewing the proposed new soccer stadium as a company and the residents of the County and the State as its shareholders, the proposed facility has the ability to provide a strong return on the investment associated with on-going operations by:
Receiving increased national and international exposure through media coverage
Increasing and diversifying market share
The estimated event activity at the proposed new soccer stadium ranges from 54 to 63 events and 680,000 to 841,000 in total attendance annually in a stabilized year – the majority of which is estimated to be net new business to the State
Attracting events that generate significant economic activity including spending, jobs and
taxes in a stabilized year
Direct spending resulting from activities at the proposed facility is estimated to range
from approximately $42.5 million to $51.9 million annually
Total spending (including indirect/induced benefits) is estimated to range from
approximately $65.4 million to $79.9 million annually
Activities at the proposed facility are estimated to support approximately 1,080 to
1,320 full-time equivalent jobs annually
Fiscal benefits generated from sales and use, admissions and amusement, personal
income, corporate income, and hotel/motel taxes are estimated to range from
approximately $1.8 million to $2.2 million in the County and $3.3 million to $4.0
million in the State annually
Contributing to the on-going revitalization efforts of the area by providing a critical mass
of patrons to support area businesses as well as mass transit initiatives
Posted by: BK | September 23, 2008 12:46 PM | Report abuse
I drive 20 miles to the HDC at least the stadium is within ten miles of the city center. Then again LA is really spread out. But the stadium near a metro station and its golden.
Posted by: Hank | September 23, 2008 12:49 PM | Report abuse
From the report:
"Capacity of between 24,000 and 27,000 permanent seats with the ability to expand to 35,000"
First I've heard that there is consideration being given to make an expandable seating capacity. That could prove to be very far-sighted. Wonder if that's a temporary expansion they have in mind (MLS Cup??) or a more permanent addition...
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 12:52 PM | Report abuse
Whats funny reading some of these whiney comments is that if the stadium is in say New Carrolton, that is only a 10 minute more metro ride.
Talk about whiney babies.
Posted by: Chief Clancy Wiggum | September 23, 2008 12:56 PM | Report abuse
If you Virginians think you're pressuring DCU by threatening not to come to PG games, I'm not sure that will be effective. For everyone who will find it to be too far, or more of a hassle, there will be a new fan who will be delighted to have a team at their doorstep.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 12:39 PM
Bro, I hope that you are right but I'm not so sure.
If the Virginians boycott then I am not sure sure that we will be able to replace them with folks from HoCo or MoCo or Anne Arundel.
I can't quite explain it but I have always felt like the core base of the supporters are from Nova and that the rest of us are in some ways even the DC residents are just kind of a long for the ride. Sorry that i can't articulate it any better than that...
Posted by: yankiboy | September 23, 2008 12:57 PM | Report abuse
Sigh. I'll go to fewer games if it ends up in PG. I guess that's the price one pays when one is actually a fan of DCU and a resident of DC.
Posted by: D C B 2 3 | September 23, 2008 1:02 PM | Report abuse
Hank Chinaski? I always thought you just played the ponies...
The idea of an indoor concert venue is great, I almost forgot that they did the same thing at Qwest in Seattle. Never went to any events there, but it surely creates an alternate source of revenue year round.
Posted by: dadryan | September 23, 2008 1:04 PM | Report abuse
A stadium setting on a river is so much better than plunked down in the middle of suburbia...
Posted by: RK | September 23, 2008 1:04 PM | Report abuse
If they build in Va then the MD peeps will whine. Build in in MD and the VA peeps will whine. I'm a Virginia resident and I ain't boycotting nuthin' (except of course if they only offer crap beer)
Posted by: Catch-22 | September 23, 2008 1:05 PM | Report abuse
I can't quite explain it but I have always felt like the core base of the supporters are from Nova and that the rest of us are in some ways even the DC residents are just kind of a long for the ride. Sorry that i can't articulate it any better than that...
Posted by: yankiboy | September 23, 2008 12:57 PM
Virginians will lose a sense of comfort, being able to glide into Lot 8 or have a relatively easy Metro ride to Stadium-Armory. They became more of a core because the stadium is more accessible to them.
A PG County stadium is a long way from this point - but I think our VA fans will come around. I won't blame them for complaining about traffic and distance on weeknights, but we'll see them there on Saturdays, if this happens.
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 1:05 PM | Report abuse
The Summary is interesting in highlighting the strong ROI and number of events that it will host in an average year. about 5X the number reported by some...
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:06 PM | Report abuse
RE; Expansion. Some MLS stadiums have a stages or other non-seating areas behind the goals. should be too hard to install retractable bleachers back there and increase the seating by 6-8K (both sides total) for special events, such as any El Salvador-Guatemala, El Salvador-Honduras, El Salvador-USA.
Posted by: I-270, Exit 1 | September 23, 2008 1:07 PM | Report abuse
The Summary is interesting in highlighting the strong ROI and number of events that it will host in an average year. about 5X the number reported by some...
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:06 PM
Yep - I've already forwarded the report to Marc F*sher
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 1:08 PM | Report abuse
"First I've heard that there is consideration being given to make an expandable seating capacity. That could prove to be very far-sighted. Wonder if that's a temporary expansion they have in mind (MLS Cup??) or a more permanent addition..."
I would guess they are looking at a possible return of the World Cup.
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:10 PM | Report abuse
We've heard all these bleatings before. From Marylanders who whined about the possibility of a NoVa stadium to Virginians complaining of a far flung Maryland location.
In the end, it doesn't matter.
If the stadium can't be built at Poplar Point, it's going to the suburbs. As of now, only Maryland has appeared willing to talk seriously with the club, so that's that.
The summary is fairly promising.
Posted by: Eric in Baltimore | September 23, 2008 1:11 PM | Report abuse
Greenbelt and New Carrolton are not as isolated in the burbs as Virginians are trying to make them out to be. They're both much closer to DC than PHP is to Dallas, HDC is to LA, Dicks is to Denver, Sandy is to Salt Lake, Harrison is to NYC, Bridgeview is to Chicago, Foxborough is to Boston, etc. They are also more "urban" locations than Crew Stadium, or San Jose and KC's proposed sites.
RFK, Poplar Point, Greenbelt, New Carrolton... all 4 hour drives for me.
Posted by: AlecW81 | September 23, 2008 1:17 PM | Report abuse
That's right.
Both sites are inside the Beltway, on Metro Lines, and in the case of New Carrollton -- on a MARC line.
In regard to transit access, New Carrollton is actually better situated than Poplar Point.
Posted by: Eric in Baltimore | September 23, 2008 1:19 PM | Report abuse
Union Station to New Carrolton on the MARC...
That is not sounding too bad at this point, but I will miss being able to walk there.
Can we get a DC United gameday train with a Keg car?
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:22 PM | Report abuse
By the way, Greenbelt is on the MARC too (Camden Line). Say United play a 7:30 weeknight match...
Union Station
Depart 6:43 PM
Arrive 7:00 PM
Oh, and you can drink on the MARC :-)
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 1:26 PM | Report abuse
Can we get a DC United gameday train with a Keg car?
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:22 PM
Football Specials anyone?
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 1:28 PM | Report abuse
I would guess they are looking at a possible return of the World Cup.
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:10 PM
35,000 for a World Cup game? Not even in the ballpark.
New Carrollton is also on Amtrak, which would be huge for fans coming from Philly or NY, but that's hardly a reason for building there. I'd be interested in hearing more about the MARC. I've lived in this area for more than a dozen years and I've yet to meet anyone who uses the MARC train (except for rides to Camden Yards). I've always thought it was the least successful commuter railroad ever.
It seems to me that New Carrollton is a good site for Virginians, but that Greenbelt is a far better site for Marylanders. I'd be interested in learning more about the MARC --maybe I'd change my mind.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 1:35 PM | Report abuse
I've always thought it was the least successful commuter railroad ever.
It seems to me that New Carrollton is a good site for Virginians, but that Greenbelt is a far better site for Marylanders. I'd be interested in learning more about the MARC --maybe I'd change my mind.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 1:35 PM
I'm a MARC fan - although I'm only an infrequent rider. I know many people that use it everyday and like it. Sure, like any commuter system it hits snags, but it's reliable.
It's downside is that it has to share tracks, either with CSX or Amtrak, so trains can be rather infrequent. Just takes some more planning for your trip. Governor O'Malley would love to ramp up the system so that there are more, faster trains - and weekend service. But those plans are slow going with the state's deficit and other concerns. There has also been talk of expanding MARC to connect with Virginia and VRE, making it a more thorough regional rail system (like SEPTA around Philly).
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 1:54 PM | Report abuse
35k would be small, but Germany used 5 stadiums with a capacity in the low 41k.
I did like the "ballpark" pun though
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:54 PM | Report abuse
35k would be small, but Germany used 5 stadiums with a capacity in the low 41k.
I did like the "ballpark" pun though
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:54 PM
The biggest selling point for US World Cup bids is stadium size. If we get the Cup in the next 15 years, "DC" matches would be played at FedEx or an RFK EnormoDome.
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 1:56 PM | Report abuse
I thought it was the economic stability...
Posted by: jgildea | September 23, 2008 1:57 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: Kev | September 23, 2008 2:01 PM | Report abuse
While Greenbelt is technically served by MARC trains, in effect evening and weekend matches would not be served because:
A) No weekend trains
B) last Camden Line train is 6:53 PM Southbound and 7:52 PM Northbound
Of course, that could all change if a large development was completed at Greenbelt.
Posted by: Eric in Baltimore | September 23, 2008 2:17 PM | Report abuse
"Thank you Kevin for this D.C. United jersey and congratulations on your terrific season," Fenty said. "It is great to see over 20,000 fans here at RFK supporting D.C. United. It is my hope that your fans will soon be coming to your brand new soccer stadium at Poplar Point in Anacostia. World class fans, and a world class team like D.C. United, deserve a world class stadium. And I am going to make it a priority to help you build that stadium. Thank you -- congratulations and good luck to the Black-and-Red!"
-Adrian Fenty on Oct 29 2006 (right before a mayoral elction mind you)
link to full article: http://www.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20061031&content_id=77524&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103
Talk about a bold face liar.
Posted by: Never Forget | September 23, 2008 2:34 PM | Report abuse
I don't see anything on the Post's site about the stadium.
I did find this, however, from the MD Daily Record:
Study: PG County soccer stadium could generate millions
Daily Record Business Writer
September 23, 2008 1:01 PM
A study released Tuesday has determined that if a stadium for Washington's Major League Soccer team was built in Prince George's County, it would make the region a "contender for hosting national and international tournaments," and generate more than $6 million for the county and state in taxes and nearly $31 million in total operations.
Posted by: downtown | September 23, 2008 2:51 PM | Report abuse
Talk about a bold face liar.
Posted by: Never Forget | September 23, 2008 2:34 PM
I don't think this blog accepts bold face lies. I don't even think it accepts italicized lies.
By the way, I search the record in vain for a promise by Fenty to front $200 million of taxpayer money to subsidize a soccer stadium. If he said that, then maybe he lied. But if he didn't, then maybe DCU overreached, underestimated or both.
Posted by: OWNTF | September 23, 2008 3:04 PM | Report abuse
Goff has a new thread on the stadium situation. I'm going there.
Posted by: The Jeff | September 23, 2008 3:09 PM | Report abuse
Look, I'm a DC United since 96 and even though DC is playing like trash I'm still a fan. None the less DC needs a stadium of their own. The stadium would do wonders for the team it would create a European type atmosphere. I'm from VA, to be more specific from Arlington which is basically DC, just 15 minutes away but I would prefer to see DC United in the district just because of the history in which DC has assembled there. DC has treated DCU with disrespect. DC has 12 trophy while the Washington Redskins only have a few. Fenty, wants the skins back in DC, but doesn't want a stadium for the pride of DC(well at least not this year, anyway). DC needs the stadium for it's fans and for DC future within DC. Keep DC in DC because if they move the team they might as well change the name, colors, basically make it into a new franchise.
Posted by: RIGS 4um VA | September 23, 2008 3:45 PM | Report abuse
I'd be interested in learning more about the MARC --maybe I'd change my mind.
Posted by: Fisch Fry | September 23, 2008 1:35 PM
It doesn't run on the weekends last time I checked.
Posted by: BK | September 23, 2008 4:55 PM | Report abuse
This is going to have a historic impact on Major League Soccer. Personally , I don't want the team out of DC. If you guys are happy calling it PG United thats fine with me. But it won't be the same. Trust me.
What I am trying to say is. You move the club out of DC. A lot of people are going to have a problem with it.
Call the DC MAYOR!!! NOW!!!
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These 3 photos were taken at Wrynose Pass, Lake District National Park in England.
The Wrynose pass is a mountain pass between the Duddon Valley and Little Langdale that reaches an altitude of 393m.
At the top of the Wrynose Pass is the Three Shire Stone, marking the meeting point of the historic counties of Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland.
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Beautiful landscape, lights and colors ! Cheers, Sophie
- 31 July 2008 at 20:51
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C'est vraiment magnifique, des paysages incroyables. Quelle chance de pouvoir visiter de telles contrées. Un bien fou pour l'esprit, faire le vide. De biens belles photos, merci!
- 31 July 2008 at 22:57
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I love the light in these shots. I'm heading there soon and can only hope to get shots like that!
These are my best from Ireland
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