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30 NESTLÉ BUTTERFINGER Jingles, unwrapped and cut in quarters1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened1/2 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter1/2 cup granulated sugar1/2 cup packed light brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 large egg
PREHEAT oven to 375° F. COMBINE flour and baking soda in small bowl. BEAT butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in Nestlé Jingles. Drop dough by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. BAKE for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly brown around edges. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. NOTE: Try substituting NESTLÉ Milk Chocolate Jingles.
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By Ian Fromholtz
It was a busy day for Warragul cyclists on Sunday. While the club conducted the 10th annual Ross Yeoman Memorial Handicap on the tough Jindivick circuit, six riders made the long trip to Colac for the Victorian Country Championships.
Most successful was Sarah Hill who finished second to top international rider Donna Rae-Salinski.
Third in the women's race was Sue van Derveen from Warragul in her first title race.
This was an outstanding effort for the Warragul riders and indicates that the Warragul club is the strongest in country Victoria in the women's division.
In the senior men's race, Warragul's Phil Gallagher was an unlucky fourth in a very tight sprint finish.
Phil had broken away earlier in the race and looked like taking out the title when he was caught right on the line.
Juveniles Wayne Kestle, Brad Lester and Scott Foster all competed in their division finished seventh, ninth and 11th respectively.
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kodakflash - 13 October, 2009
Great band, bad venue
The band seemed to be in good form, but that is the last show I will see at the Cowboys stadium. The acoustics were terrible, and Bono sounded real tinney there wasn't any warmth in his voice. I love U2 and they seem to always be having a good time, I myself had a good time, but the sound at the new Texas staduim sucks.
- 13 October, 2009
13 Sept 09
It's hard to try and put this show into words that do it justice. Awesome isn't discriptive enough neither is magnificent. Wow in a primal scream with a kick *ss jump may come close. I'm looking forward to seeing them again as soon as I can, maybe sometime in Europe in 2010.
- 13 October, 2009
Wow!...That sucked
Over the top, choreographed, corporate butt rock show is what that was last night. Im a huge U2 fan and have seen them 4 times in the past and maybe im spoiled by how great they have been in past shows. I was on the floor and I still felt disconnected from the band because of the huge setup and video screen that made me feel like I was sucked into a music video. I thought that U2 got shows like this out of there systems in the 90s.
- 13 October, 2009
What a journey with the best rock band in the world( in my opinion)!!! since the start of the concert with Muse I steped into a world I have not seen before! it was a fantastic dream I didn't want to leave it. I love Muse, the reason why I came from Columbus, Oh to Dallas, Tx because they were with U2. It was kinda shocking to see the audience not identifying with Muse, the thing that is unusual. For Muse was nominated the best live rock band in the year 07 or 08, not sure. Lots people arround didn't know the band, some people whispering: " who are they" or someone else saying: " I could not tell a word they say" :) . However, that did not stop me from enjoying every second of the show, literally. Bono was like a hurricane, he was beyond the imagination. It was my first time to see U2 live. I loved the show. i have one regret, and yes it is not accoustics or bla bla bla as some noted :) it is not meeting them in my country Morocco, and more than that in Fes, my hometown, where they spent a lot of time producing their last album. That would have been the best vacation ever...
Thank you U2 .
Windman - 13 October, 2009
Go to the Spa!
Larry, Bono, The Edge and Adam,
How do you do it? What a demanding schedule! Saw you June 20th in Amsterdam at the ArenA. Awesome compared to the Dallas show. The sound was great in C309. Sound suxxx in the top sections even at football games. See you in Houston, Norman and Brussels next year.
Oh, and THANKS for sticking with us.
P.S. Please put Unknown Caller on the playlist for Norman and Houston. We like that song in this part of the country.
Supporting Aung San Suu Kyi and Burna through thoughts and prayers for their release,
lovesatellite - 13 October, 2009
Thank you boys!
I didn't get to see the last two tours so this one was special! Thanks for playing Unforgettable Fire--I never thought I would hear it live. One of my favorite albums. Great show guys!
strangelove7491 - 13 October, 2009
Great show...I think
This was my third U2 show, my wife's second, and my son's first....maybe it was where we were sitting, but the acoustics in "Jerry's Barn" as another poster put it, were horrible. So, I think the show was great, but the sound was so poor it was hard to be sure. It was difficult to understand anything that Bono said or sang.
My wife (scientist of the family) suggested the opening the roof even a little would have given all those echoes some place to go. Instead they just bounced around at the top of the barn. Nevertheless, I'm glad we went, and I'm looking forward to the next tour.
LarryOliver - 13 October, 2009
Section 400 Bad
My wife and I, along with another couple attended and was very disappointed with the sound in our section. We know it's not the band, it was the stadium. Perhaps there shouldn't have been seats sould for the upper section.
rhorto - 13 October, 2009
I can die happy now
A lot of people have been giving this venue heck about the sound quality. I guess someone was looking out for me when I got my tickets then.. because where I was sitting, it was great all around. I have been a HUGE U2 fan for a really long time, but this was the very first time I have been blessed enough to get to see them in concert!! The rockin irish boys did not disappoint! Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry, and all who helped them put on an amazing show- THANK YOU!!!
lbernardo - 13 October, 2009
"Magnificent" in Arlington, TX
WoW! A Magnificent experience!! Musically top notch and a technological wonder! This was by far the best concert we've attended and the visuals were
Thanks for a great first concert experience for my teen daughter--she'll never find another that will live up to
the wonder of U2--and she loved MUSE too!!
Great job and a MUST EXPERIENCE!
psst--use another venue until they improve the acoustics in this stadium please!!! We don't want to miss a single word or note!
- 13 October, 2009
Bad Acoustics? I think not!!!!
Man, you guys ROCK. U2's the Joshua Tree changed the way I appreciated music for the rest of my life. I love U2 and was totally blown away by the performance that was awesome as always. I didn't know it was possible to rock the dog shit out of a place as large as the new Cowboy's Staduim.....but DAMN and SHAZAM U2 came through like a champ. I thought it sounded fantastic. I was near the 50 yardline on the lounge level and it sounded great from my seat. Visually stunning as well. Grade A all the way. I can't wait for you guys to come back. Maybe I'll be able to bring my baby girl next time and get another generation turned on to your kick ass tunes. Much love for you guys. Thanks a million!!!
danharmon53 - 13 October, 2009
I finally got to see the greatest band ever at age 46 and it was awesome. Another item checked on my bucket list.
Thank-you Larry, Adam, the Edge, and Bono!
- 13 October, 2009
Poor Venue
Cowboy stadium acoustics don't cut it up high - very, very bad in section 445. Also pre-paid parking pass not honored because the "lot was full". I don't expect this to be posted - but I want U2 to know about the acoustics. The music is what I came for.
Set was great and band had high energy - I'm still a fan.
llhart - 13 October, 2009
U2- you never dissappoint your fans and that is why you are the greatest band!!! Words cannot fully describe a live U2 show; so much emotion and talent!!
Can't wait to see you in Norman, OK!
u2kdog - 13 October, 2009
I still love this band
This was my tenth (?) show since the Boy tour, and I was amazed at how they can still perform inspired when it's obvious they don't have to subject themselves to the hard work a tour of this magnitude requires.
The sound was not good from our seats, but the stage and show was great. Friends with better seats said the sound was great. I guess you get what you pay for.
Anyway, my wife and two boys enjoyed it, too.
These guys stand for something greater than themselves, and that is the secret to their success.
derspink - 13 October, 2009
U2 Greatness
Great show last night. Great to take the kids. Bono's voice was spot on and the band was extremely tight. Muse was great as well. Saw them in Dublin and this show was much more polished. Heading to Norman to see them again this weekend.
U2FANLS - 13 October, 2009
No Fly Zone
My daughter (10) waiting to hear "The Fly", but it never came... :( Awesome show anyway!
Immuzakman - 13 October, 2009
What a great night! Great seats in the inner circle on the rail by The Edge with he and Bono crossing the bridge over us. Love the 360 screen and The Spaceship. Also a bonus that they played my favorite song The Unforgettable Fire. Nice to have that song in the mix for this tour.
I hope they come back thru again after Europe. Would like to see about going to Norman this weekend for the show.
Well done guys. Thanks! A little bigger venue than my first band show at The Bronco Bowl during the War tour.
greenalgee - 13 October, 2009
An Evening with Old Friends
One thing is for sure: U2 knows how to take an event of more than 70,000 people, and make it seem like an intimate gathering with old friends. This was my 7th U2 show since I first saw them in 1987. No matter where your seat, U2 connects with the audience.
On another topic, the stage worth the price of admission alone! It was like U2 brought the Texas State Fair to Arlington. Once they launched into Vertigo, it felt like an amusement ride. I was spinning at the end, and thankful there was no fried butter at Cowboys Stadium...
Thanks to they guys for putting on another awesome show, and thanks for the many years of great memories with your music!
Allisa Green
Chaister - 13 October, 2009
It was amazing!
Thank you for a Amazing Grace...it was awesome!
KLPrewitt - 13 October, 2009
Thanks for a great night!
I saw my first U2 and first stadium concert last night. It was a blast. If I didn't have a conflict, I'd watch the Houston and Norman shows, also.
U2 was great last night. It seemed to me the band really enjoyed themselves, especially the Irish Cowboy.
It takes a degree of arrogance to be the center of attention for a two hour concert, or to be rock stars for more than 30 years. U2 pulled it off with sincerity and humility (some how).
U2's stage is out of this world!
- 13 October, 2009
Jerry's Barn
From the first note from Muse to the last encore of U2, the concert was an overall bad experience. I'm sure that both bands performed their hearts out for the fans, but the acoustics inside of Jerry's barn totally stink! I heard someone make the comment on the way..."but the light show was great"! I didn't go for the light show, I went for the music! Too bad the venue was so bad.
u2giodapiv - 13 October, 2009
the trip start...
Don´t forget U2; the dream is starting with "BAD, UNKNWON CALLER, STAY AND PRIDE"... The music it the soul of world and you have the best. Houston is waiting minute at minute... See you on wendesday...
A fans
barryjohn - 13 October, 2009
Bigger than Texas
I paid $4 for my first U2 concert in 1980 in Atlanta. Bono and Adam signed my ticket stub so everytime I see them I think back to that night with 500 or so people. They blew me away then and they blew me away last night. Only U2 could come into Jerry's billion dollar stadium and dwarf it. The stage and video screen were unbelievable. I couldn't believe how great the sound was. The dome was closed so that may have helped.If you haven't seen them this tour and still have a chance then Go Go Go !!


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Local quartet led by pop-rock singer-songwriter Paul.
East Lansing pop dance quartet.
Soulful rock and blues covers and originals by a trio led by award- winning local singer-guitarist Al-Saadi. With bassist David Stearns and drummer Griffin Bastian.
Local ensemble led by guitarist Belhaj that plays a range of New Orleans jazz styles, from struts, stomps, cakewalks, and rags to pop tunes, marches, and classical favorites.
Local jazz sextet led by trumpeter Anderson.
Hosted by The Martindales, a local band led by singer- guitarist Brian Brickley that plays blues and rock covers and originals. All electric musicians invited.
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Food – I found the Lido deck buffet food less tasty and less varied than on past cruises. I love Asian food, but there was basically only one or two (at most) entrees offered, and they were never anything that I would call "typical" (like orange chicken or kung pao, etc.). So although I looked almost every day, I never ate anything from that station. The room service menu has shrunk considerably. No hamburgers and no fries – what's up with that? Very poor selections. Main dining room meals were mostly good (loved the eggs Benedict at brunch) but the desserts were very plain and bland. Our servers were the usual excellent wait staff that we've come to expect in the main dining room. So we were glad for that, and tipped heavily the last night. We went to the Steakhouse one night (Nick and Nora's) but just as soon we hadn't. It wasn't that great. One of our steaks was very thinly sliced and seriously overcooked – not sure why a steakhouse chef would have even sent it out. I wouldn't recommend it. Didn't love the "comedy brunch" concept. The comedians weren't that funny to begin with and the "teasers" they would do at brunch were more intrusive than entertaining in my opinion, which leads me to…
Entertainment – never thrilled with this on Carnival, but we saw some BAD shows. The comedians were just ok, but the ventriloquist was AWFUL. He had no material. The one "show" we went to see was a Beetle's review…very "high school musical" to me. Some of the individual entertainers were good. Piano player, one guy with a guitar who was often at the Atrium bar, and a band I saw a couple of numbers from in the Jazz Lounge – they were all good (and of course, not the ship's staff but privately contracted).
LGBT Friends of Dorothy Meetings – these are a common thing on all Carnival ships as I understand it. They are advertised in the Fun Times at a specific time in one of the bars. It's just an opportunity for LGBT passengers to find each other and socialize, so the place doesn't really matter – any bar is good. These have always gone very smoothly on the other Carnival ships we've sailed. Well, the first 3 meetings were held in the piano lounge, but as the piano player missed the ship, it wasn't staffed. It was open, 6 or 8 of us gathered, but no bartender, even after we called guest services and asked. We were told they don't staff "private functions" (which this wasn't) and that the bar manager didn't have staff to cover (well, if the piano player had made the ship, wouldn't the piano bar have been staffed?) Very disappointed how this was handled. Had it been just one night, I might have been more forgiving, but it was 3 times, and here is what really gets me: when we picked up a piano player in the Bahamas and the piano bar opened, we talked to the bartender – turns out, she's not a bartender but a bar server filling in. Why couldn't they have done that for our group? We've never had issues with these meetings on other Carnival ships. In fact, the staff seemed to enjoy working where we met. On the Triumph we met in the Wine Bar every night and had the same bartender. On that cruise, our meetings quickly grew so that we ended up with nearly 30 people by the last night of a 5 night cruise! Carnival missed the chance to sell a number of drinks on the Miracle.
Bed - Why do some ships pay attention to the bed preference (together or not) and others don't? Miracle staff set up our room with two singles, when we expressed in our Online Check-In that we wanted one King.
Good things – all of the main dining room wait staff, our steward (awesome!) the piano player (Hailey), most of the bar servers.
While we had a good time, it wasn't as good as it could have been.
While I may go on another Carnival cruise, I won't go on the Miracle again.


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1998 Plymouth Voyager Repair Question
Asked on October 22, 2012
Plymouth Voyager Engine Problem
This question is relating to a previous question I submitted at an earlier time. Why is the system not sending a signal to the relay for the radiator fans to turn on? I've replaced the relay and the fuses are fine.
Replied on October 22, 2012
How do you know there is a lack of signal? You need a scanner that can display live data to see what the Engine Computer is requesting. If it requests the fan to turn on but they don't run, you can also use the scanner to cycle the relay on and off allowing you to take voltage measurements in the circuit.


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Creativity Derives from Nothing
by RahilDisclaimer: This thought is probably ripped from Jon Stokes.
Creativity. Creating something. How does one create something? Well, it's easy to create something like something else, just copy, but that's not very creative. I think the amount of creativity could be measured by how dissimilar it is to everything else, and is probably how fine art is judged. How does one create something like nothing else? How does on achieve pure creativity?
Creativity starts with nothing.
But starting with nothing is limitless. There has to be a beginning.
One method to help the creation process is by adding a contraint. First, a medium. Then, perhaps something is chosen arbitrarily: a word, a subject, an object, or out of inspiration: a thought, an image, a feeling. The rest is creativity. For example, game jams and similar events work well because there are contraints: the game medium, a theme, and time. The space between the single word theme and a complete game is filled by creativity. The constraint adds direction, and in the context of game jams, it enforces it, forcing one to create something.
If the resulting creation isn't very creative, then perhaps the creative process was affected by one's experience with the medium. Consuming media does not always affect creativity positively. A person who has vast knowledge in fine art does not make one more creative than one who does not. The consumption of art may affect the person negatively, as the person may be more inclined to create something like something they really like, or copy.
A recurring thought I've had: If one lived in humanly sustainable vacuum, a world where there is very little, that person would be extremely creative.
In the past, I stayed up late nights, consumed lots of media, avoided normal life activities, replacing them with films. As a result, I spoiled myself with fine art. For example, I wanted to create films with social realism, in a contemporary foreign setting, with long takes, and other characteristics I liked in art films. I also wanted to avoid things I disliked in pop films. Although I have taste, I like and dislike certains things, I don't think it positively affected my creativity. Perhaps I now know what I want to make and what I don't want to make, but avoiding the consumption of films altogether I wouldn't have to avoid anything, and I wouldn't be copying anyone, and it would have resulted in a better creation.
Now, after consuming very little media while travelling, then glancing at media, I find everything extremely uncreative in every aspect. I wonder why anyone would make such a thing. Of course, I know this because I consumed a lot of media in the past, I know what exists, but still, I feel a huge difference in the amount of creativity of media.
Consumption is a necessity in life. Travelling is a form of consumption. Instead of consuming art, I think it's better to consume life. Explore places, eat something new, cook something new, play with friends, tend to family, explore people's minds, create relationships, deepen relationships, create something with others, consume something with others, talk to people, observe nature, try a new job, try a new hobby, learn a new language. Live life, then create something from it. Perhaps these are the greatest derivatives of creativity: personal experiences.
In order to achieve pure creativity, one must remind oneself to do the following: starve oneself from art (at least the medium), start from nothing (or something minute), and live life. Then, create something from it.


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Total Abortions (2008): 34,290
The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) reports that 34,290 abortions took place in Maryland during 2008. In 2005, there were 37,590 abortions reported.
Total Abortions Rank (2008): #10
Out of the 50 states (+ Washington DC) that AGI lists data for, Maryland's 2008 abortion total places it at number 10 on the list (#1 on the list is the state or district with the most abortions and #51 is the state or district with the fewest).
Abortion Rate* (2008): 29
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Abortion Rate Rank (2008): #5
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Percentage of Pregnancies Ending in Abortion (2008): 26%
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The rapid emergence of Marco Rubio
After months of keeping a purposely low profile, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has stepped onto the national stage — in a major way — twice in just the last 24 hours.
On Wednesday Rubio penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal coming out in opposition to raising the debt limit, a major bete noir of the tea party movement. (Congress must approve raising the amount of money that the country can borrow; traditionally it's a no-brainer but tea party-aligned politicians believe authorizing further debt is a non-starter given the current state of economic affairs in the country.)
"We cannot afford to continue waiting," Rubio wrote. "This may be our last chance to force Washington to tackle the central economic issue of our time."
Then, late Wednesday came word — first reported by the Weekly Standard — that Rubio had penned a letter to Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate pushing for the chamber to pass a use of force resolution against Libya that had as its stated goal the removal of dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
Within the space of 24 hours then, Rubio stepped in to the center of the hottest domestic and foreign policy debates in the country at the moment — and immediately drew national headlines for it.
"Marco's original plan was to take some time and get a good feel for the Senate," said Heath Thompson, an adviser to the Florida Senator. "The sheer magnitude of these issues, and Marco's passion for what to do about them, has changed everything."
Rubio came into the Senate already a star following his stunning ascent from a little known state legislator to the giant killer who drove Gov. Charlie Crist (I) out of the Republican party. Rubio rapidly became the face of the emergent tea party movement nationally and was touted as the next big thing on magazine covers and cable television chat shows.
Rather than play into that star status, Rubio seemed content to follow the blueprint laid out by Hillary Rodham Clinton following her election in 2000.
Clinton immediately became the most famous senator in the chamber upon her election but purposely played down that celebrity — declining most national media interviews while making a genuine effort to learn the rules of the chamber, make friends across the aisle and fit in.
Rubio spent the first three months of his Senate career doing the same, avoiding opportunities to build on the buzz around him. For example, Rubio didn't address this year's Conservative Political Action Conference — an early 2012 cattle call — after receiving a hero's welcome at the gathering in 2010. (Rubio did record a video message to introduce former Florida Republican Party Chairman Al Cardenas at the event, however.)
Rubio's office estimates that he receives roughly 200 meeting and speaking requests per week including invites to headline Lincoln Day dinners in places likes California and Ohio. He also turned down all national media requests before this week.
"Treating the Senate seriously and respectfully, rather than an immediate trampoline to the Oval Office, gives a senator the chance to more fully understand what works, and what doesn't, in D.C., is appreciated by colleagues who can be in key positions to help you down the road, and gives you the institutional heft to develop a governing framework with practical applications before you try to take that nationwide," said Eric Ueland, a former chief of staff to then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (Tenn.).
Rubio's decision to step forward on two such high-profile issues as the debt ceiling and Libya — and take positions in opposition to President Obama -- will quickly ramp up talk (again) about his potential for national office.
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Digital marketing is the most efficient, most measurable and most interactive media tool available to casinos — so why are so many of us ignoring it?
Change is hard. And scary. But if the change looks like a good change, and the upside can be measured, and the change tested and built-up incrementally, then a change that looks good can be a change that is good. I remember when I first started working at my tribe's casinos as the advertising manager at Grand Casino Hinckley in Minnesota. It was the year after we started sending out direct mail offers. Prior to that we hadn't done any mail. This was 15 years ago, but I remember those first meetings as a young advertising manager like they were yesterday. What I remember most is the fight our sister property's ad manager and I had with management to steal back our budgets from the direct marketing team. You see, for the previous 10 months, our advertising had gone dark. No ads, because management and the newly created direct marketing team had stolen away all the advertising dollars to fund this new direct mail concept. And they didn't want to give us back our advertising budget because the direct mail experiment had been so very successful. Very, very successful. That's an example of good change. Very good change. There are others and we can all point to them when the industry changed dramatically for the good. All businesses have them game-changing paradigm shift.
Dont believe me? Think I'm jumping the gun? Go look at the stats online (by the way, that I can just say, "Go look at the stats online," and know that anyone reading this article can immediately, from their smart phone or ipad or computer where, by the way, you are all reading this article right now can access thousands of reference, hours and hours of reading, on the power of digital communications and how it's changing everything we do in every possible way). There are digital tools you need to leverage, right now. The opportunity is too large.
One example: Facebook. By August of this year, 1 in 7 people on the planet will have a Facebook account. And that doesn't include China, where Facebook is not now allowed. More people visit Facebook in a day than visit Google. Facebook is more than just a fun toy. It's an incredibly powerful marketing tool that allows us to target very specific individual demographics including location, age, sex,and a host of "likes" and other affiliations, making it possible to send extremely intelligent targeted messaging to people in your market. This sort of marketing power combined with the number of people using Facebook and how often they use it has never, ever been available to us before. It's a game-changer that's transforming the way human beings live and interact with each other, with the brands they buy from, with the world at large. The question you need to ask yourself: Are you using the power of Facebook to grow your business, or are you just posting event updates on your Facebook page. There's a big difference.
Another example: Re-targeting in online advertising. When you go to sales school they teach you that warm leads are worth infinitely more than a cold-call. The man who walks on the car lot wants to buy. The salesman's job is to close the car sale. In the digital space, you can choose to buy banner ads on websites with heavy traffic, and truth is there's a place for that sort of media spend. But there's more efficient tools, and you should be considering these first, because they are more AND focus your spend on warm leads rather than cold call leads.
Re-Targeting works like this. A potential player/customer comes to visit your website, our technology will place a "cookie" on the player's browser, thus allowing us to "follow" that player around the internet, placing ads for our casino/entertainment/events in from of that player at a schedule and a rate we choose. 5 times per week? 5 times per month? Our choice. We can set it up so that when people visit our entertainment page the next 5 banner ads they see will be banner ads for our upcoming concerts. They walk on the car lot because they want to buy, and it's our job to close the sale. A warm lead vs. a cold lead. The fundamentals of the science of sales tells us that we're going to close a warm lead with 100x more efficiency than a cold lead. Which type of sales lead would you rather spend your online advertising pursuing?
These are just two examples. There are many. Have you ever tested your online SEO (search engine optimization)? SEO is the art/science of "getting found online." Ever look at how many people in a week search your casino? Search for a casino in your market? Check it out. It's probably more than you think. Do that. Find out what that number is. (Probably it's a bunch.) How important is that number? Think about how you find information for yourself. When you travel, how you decide where to stay, or where you're going to eat when you're in a new city? You don't use a phonebook, you use Google. How important is SEO? How many searched a week are you missing out on? Yeah, it's important.
What is Red Circle most excited about right now? The use of daily deals networks to place new trial use hotel and/or food/play offers in front of players in markets that you don't normally advertise in this is the thing we're most excited about right now. Mostly because it's so very, very efficient for our clients. The quick overview is this: We're using existing deal networks to place our clients casino deals in front of hundreds of potential users AT NO COST TO THE CASINO. This new social buying tactic, like Facebook, like the re-targeting system, like the science of SEO, allows us to utilize the power of digital/social media to transform our clients' business through through more efficient, more effective marketing tactics. Example: We organized a deal this winter for a small casino in the far northern Mid-West. We sold more than 800 room nights in a month and a half. All to people 4.5 hours south of their primary advertising market. 800 room nights. No cost. That's efficient, that's effective. That's the power of digital (social buying) marketing.
A word of caution. Just because your casino has a website and a Facebook page doesn't guarantee you are utilizing the power of these two tools (or accessing any of the other available tools). Find good help. Good help can help you avoid the pit-falls and make sure you maximize the opportunities right away. When my tribe first started direct mail 15 years ago we had good help, and that made all the difference.
Be cautious, but don't shy away. The paradigm shift is upon us. Jump the change, get ahead of your competition. But do it smart. Measure it. But do it now, before your competitors leave you behind.
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Moon illusion
This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2008) |
The Moon illusion is an optical illusion in which the Moon appears larger near the horizon than it does while higher up in the sky. This optical illusion also occurs with the Sun and star constellations. It has been known since ancient times, and recorded by numerous different cultures. The explanation of this illusion is still debated.[1][2]
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Proof of illusion [edit]
A popular belief, stretching back at least to Aristotle in the 4th century B.C., holds that the Moon appears larger near the horizon due to a real magnification effect caused by the Earth's atmosphere. This is not true: although the atmosphere does change the perceived color of the Moon, it does not magnify nor enlarge it.[3] In fact, the Moon appears about 1.5% smaller when it is near the horizon than when it is high in the sky, because it is farther away by nearly one Earth radius. Atmospheric refraction also makes the image of the Moon slightly smaller in the vertical direction. (Note that between different full moons, the Moon's angular diameter can vary from 33.5 arc minutes at perigee to 29.43 arc minutes at apogee—a difference of over 10%.[4] This is because of the ellipticity of the Moon's orbit.)
The angle that the full Moon subtends at an observer's eye can be measured directly with a theodolite to show that it remains constant as the Moon rises or sinks in the sky (discounting the very small variations due to the physical effects mentioned). Photographs of the Moon at different elevations also show that its size remains the same.[citation needed]
A simple way of demonstrating that the effect is an illusion is to hold a small object (say, 1/4 inch wide) at arm's length (25 inches) with one eye closed, positioning it next to the seemingly large Moon. When the Moon is higher in the sky, positioning the same object near the Moon reveals that there is no change in size.
Possible explanations [edit]
Ptolemy attempted to explain the Moon illusion through atmospheric refraction in the Almagest, and later (in the Optics) as an optical illusion due to apparent distance,[5][6] although interpretations of the account in the Optics are disputed.[7] In the Book of Optics (1011–1022 A.D.), Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) repeated refraction as an explanation, but also proposed an explanation based in human perception. His argument was that judging the distance of an object depends on there being an uninterrupted sequence of intervening bodies between the object and the observer; however, since there are no intervening objects between the Earth and the Moon, the observed distance is inaccurate and the Moon appears larger on the horizon. Through additional works (by Roger Bacon, John Pecham, Witelo, and others) based on Ibn al-Haytham's explanation, the Moon illusion came to be accepted as a psychological phenomenon in the 17th century.[8] According to Schopenhauer, the illusion is "purely intellectual or cerebral and not optical or sensuous."[9] The brain takes the sense data that is given to it from the eye and it apprehends a large moon because "our intuitively perceiving understanding regards everything that is seen in a horizontal direction as being more distant and therefore as being larger than objects that are seen in a vertical direction."[10] The brain is accustomed to seeing terrestrially–sized objects in a horizontal direction and also as they are affected by atmospheric perspective, according to Schopenhauer. Most recent research on the Moon illusion has been conducted by psychologists specializing in human perception. After reviewing the many different explanations in their 2002 book The Mystery of the Moon Illusion, Ross and Plug conclude "No single theory has emerged victorious".[11] The same conclusion is reached in the 1989 book, The Moon Illusion edited by Hershenson, which offers about 24 chapters written by different illusion researchers.
Angular size and physical size [edit]
The "size" of an object in our view can be measured either as angular size (the angle that it subtends at the eye, corresponding to the proportion of the field of vision that it occupies) or physical size (its real size measured in, say, meters). As far as human perception is concerned, these two concepts are quite distinct. For example, if two identical, familiar objects are placed at distances of five and ten meters respectively, then the more distant object subtends approximately half the angle of the nearer object, but we do not normally perceive that it is half the size. Conversely, if the more distant object did subtend the same angle as the nearer object then we would normally perceive it to be twice as big.
A central question pertaining to the Moon illusion, therefore, is whether the horizon moon appears larger because its perceived angular size seems greater, or because its perceived physical size seems greater, or some combination of both. There is currently no firm consensus on this point.
Relative size hypothesis [edit]
Historically, the best-known alternative to the "apparent distance" theory has been a "relative size" theory. This states that the perceived size of an object depends not only on its retinal size, but also on the size of objects in its immediate visual environment. In the case of the Moon illusion, objects in the vicinity of the horizon moon (that is, objects on or near the horizon) exhibit a fine detail that makes the Moon appear larger, while the zenith moon is surrounded by large expanses of empty sky that make it appear smaller.[12]
The effect is illustrated by the classic Ebbinghaus illusion shown at the right. The lower central circle surrounded by small circles might represent the horizon moon accompanied by objects of smaller visual extent, while the upper central circle represents the zenith moon surrounded by expanses of sky of larger visual extent. Although both central circles are actually the same size, many people think the lower one looks larger.
Angle of regard hypothesis [edit]
According to the "angle of regard" hypothesis, the Moon illusion is produced by changes in the position of the eyes in the head accompanying changes in the angle of elevation of the Moon. Though once popular, this explanation no longer has much support.[1]
Historical references [edit]
Immanuel Kant refers to the Moon illusion in his 1781 text the what Critique of Pure Reason when he writes that "the astronomer cannot prevent himself from seeing the moon larger at its rising than some time afterwards, although he is not deceived by this illusion".[13]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Hershenson, Maurice (1989). The Moon illusion. ISBN 0-8058-0121-9.
- ^ "The Moon Illusion Explained". Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ^ "See a huge moon illusion". USA Today. 17 June 2008.
- ^ Astronomy Picture of the Day — large and small full moons, NASA
- ^ Good, Gregory (1998). Sciences of the Earth: An Encyclopedia of Events, People, and Phenomena. Psychology Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 9780815300625. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Robinson, J.O. (1998). The Psychology of Visual Illusion. Dover Publications. p. 55. ISBN 0486404498. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Ross HE, Ross GM (1976). Did Ptolemy understand the Moon illusion? 5. Perception. pp. 377–385.
- ^ Hershenson, Maurice (1989-11-01). The Moon Illusion. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780805801217. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, § 21 [ist also rein intellectual oder zerebral; nicht optisch oder sensual]
- ^ On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, § 21 [unser anschauender Verstand nach dem Horizont hin alles für entfernter, mithin für größer halt als in der senkrechten Richtung]
- ^ Helen Ross, Cornelis Plug (2002). The Mystery of The Moon Illusion. USA: Oxford University Press. p. 180.
- ^ Restle, Frank (February 1970). "Moon Illusion Explained on the Basis of Relative Size". Science.
- ^ Kant, Immanuel (1900). Critique of Pure Reason. Translated by J.M.D. Meiklejohn. New York: Dover Publications. p. 189. (B 354)
External links [edit]
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- A vision scientist reviews and critiques moon illusion theories (and argues for oculomotor micropsia).
- Another careful review of moon illusion research.
- A physicist offers opinions about current theories
- Summer Moon Illusion – NASA
- Why does the moon look so big now?
- Why does the Moon appear bigger near the horizon? (from The Straight Dope)
- Moon illusion illustrated
- Moon illusion discussed at Bad Astronomy website
- New Thoughts on Understanding the Moon Illusion Carl J. Wenning, Planetarian, December 1985
- Father-Son Scientists Confirm Why Horizon Moon Appears Larger
- Astronomy Picture of the Day — 16 June 2009