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Wow. What parts did you use?
Funny Fan Fic: Meet the Rea-Por! (Heroic & Villainous Deaths) & The Mighty Spector's FIRST EVER FAN-FIC
& not so funny Fan Fic: War of Attrition
Trade feedback & WANTED: Bow/SLL style boots!
Body: BG Teela
Head: hole in the head She-Ra
headpiece: Lady Death fig
extra front hair: cut from a Star Saphire fig
lance: Hasbro Valkyrie
that´s it
Wow Carlos! That is awesome. I'd call her done & move her to the front of the shelf!
Great use of parts & I love how her eyes look.
The Space Mutants are missing something CRITAcal!
"I damned the world to save my daughter once... and I will do it for her again."
I do custom action figures, commissioned art, and I will make any Masters of the Universe costume, tailored to you!
View my website! http://www.havocstaff.50megs.com
My Feedback Rating Thread http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...43#post2936643
My Ebay ratings http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...k&myworld=true
My Custom MOTUC's http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/album.php?u=36694
Here is a custom I made a little while back.
Love this thread. This one is all just swapped MOTUC parts from six different figures. (With the exception of his chest-strap and second sword...)
John Carter: Warlord of Eternia
Where are the rest of my New Adventures Classics figures?!?!?
**Staunch FILMation lover!!! **** MUST complete the New Adventures Faction!!!**
MOTUC NEEDS more TROLLANS !!!
One with the Power
My feedback http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=197226
well done!
snake power!!
Great collection.
"These are the days of high adventure"
Love, love, love the He-ro and She-Witch customs. They are awesome. She-Witch needs a top, how is she going to battle like that??
A few easy mix&matches.
First off my updated Mek-a-neck, he's been shown before, but I really like the look of him:
Cy-Chop with a twist and no chop!
Horde Prime gets an update
Horde Prime and Cy-Chop together
I have absolutely no connection to the Horde Prime UK head so for me this is a new character, I'm sure some people will think this looks really really wrong, but I like the way it turned out. Also - Used spymonkey parts for his weapons arms.
Fabulous secret powers revealed
Horde Prime with Cy-Chop head looks pretty cool.
Where are they? Where are your friends now? Tell me about the loneliess of good, He-Man. Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?
i'm planning to use the other kk's head to make a new character.
yes, the snake lower body is from sansker, spawn series 6. his head is on the battle armor snakeman.
a better pic of the two snakes:
Sale/Trade//Feedback//MOTU Customs// MOTUC Albums//MOTU Fans Puerto Rico Chapter
I got lazy...So here is a link to my NON MOTU Collection!
Collection and NON MOTU Customs
XBOX ONE Gamertag: Avenger12PR
PSN: Avenger12PR
Do the colors match well between those two figures? I can`t see that clearly...

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LONGMONT -- Authorities today are continuing to search for a man suspected of breaking into his estranged wife's Longmont home Saturday morning, shooting her with a Taser and pepper spray, and kidnapping the couple's 3-year-old son, Luke Turner.
Late Saturday night, Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said that "we have strong information to believe" that 51-year-old Monty Ray Turner and his son, Luke, were heading along the Interstate 70 corridor through Kansas to Missouri in a white four-door 1999 Chrysler 300.
Satur said Longmont police also believed that Monty and Luke Turner were traveling with Monty's 73-year-old father, Ronald Turner.
Early this morning, Satur reported that the Missouri State Highway Patrol had located the white Chrysler traveling on a highway in Vernon County, Missouri, which is in the west central part of that state.
Ronald Turner, Monty's father and Luke's grandfather, was arrested as a suspected accessory to the alleged kidnapping, but Monty and Luke Turner were not in the car.
As of about 3:30 a.m., "we do not have any new leads," Satur said.
Luke "is probably scared to death," Brandy Turner, the boy's mother, told reporters on Saturday afternoon.
She said that when the boy's father began struggling with her inside her home on Saturday morning, the boy was yelling: "Please don't hurt my mommy."
Police believe Monty Turner took the boy and left the area of the 700 block of Eldora Place on a bicycle at about 10 a.m. Saturday. Satur said Monty Turner and the boy were last seen eastbound on Mountain View Avenue from Independence Drive. Satur said police believe a vehicle was waiting for him somewhere in the area and that he had help.
Luke had just been returned to Brandy Turner in March after Monty Turner had previously taken the child and disappeared last July. In that case, no crime had been committed because both parents had custody rights.
However, Brandy Turner now has sole rights to the child, who is described as blonde with blue eyes. Luke was last seen wearing a royal blue "Lightning McQueen" shirt and light blue swim trunks.
Police tracked Monty Turner and Luke to the child's paternal grandparents' Washington County property in March, where Satur said the boy and his father were found hiding under carpet padding inside a truck -- an action, Satur said Saturday, that "just does not seem like great parenting."
In that earlier incident, the family's search for Luke had included a Facebook community with more than 9,100 followers and a profile with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Monty Turner has relatives in Missouri, and Satur put out the word on Saturday night that Luke, Monty and Ronald were thought to be on their way there in the white Chrysler.
That was one of several vehicles police earlier had said might have been involved in the kidnapping, including: amaroon 2001 Dodge Caravan with Colorado tag 576-ZXY; a brown, four-door 1997 Ford F350 pick-up with Colorado tag 541-YLH; and a 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Colorado tag 837-UHS.
Police at one point had earlier included a dark blue 2001 Ford F350 in that list, but said later Saturday that it had been located in Weld County -- and that Monty Turner and the boy weren't in it -- so "it is no longer considered to be involved."
An Amber Alert has been issued, and Satur said police have called the FBI for assistance.
Monty Turner was akready wanted on an outstanding warrant with a $50,000 bond for failure to appear in court, an appearance that Satur said Monty Turner was supposed to have made in connection with a hearing on a protection order.
Brandy Turner had a protection order in place against Monty Turner at the time of Saturday's incident, police reported, and Brandy Turner said that under that order, Monty Turner wasn't to be allowed near their son.
Longmont police now have obtained a warrant for Monty Turner's arrest on several possible charges in connection with Saturday's incident, including suspicion of: second degree burglary; second degree kidnapping; menacing; violation of a custody order; third degree assault; obstruction of telephone service; violation of a protection order; child abuse; and domestic violence.
Brandy Turner told reporters that she found her husband in her back yard when she went outside to take out some trash on Saturday morning. She said she talked to him for a few minutes but went inside to call 911, locked the door behind her before Monty Turner broke his way in.
Brandy Turner said Luke was eating breakfast when Monty Turner attacked her, with the boy witnessing at least part of that attack.
"I was screaming and fighting," she said.
She was treated at Longmont United Hospital for her injuries after police arrived, Satur said.
Brandy Turner said that before Saturday morning, Luke wasn't afraid of his father and had actually "asked for him a couple of times." But she said her son was visibly scared when he saw Monty Turner struggling with his mother.
Brandy Turner said that based on what happened at her home on Saturday, Monty Turner "definitely had a plan" about what he intended to do. But she said that "I don't know what his plans are now."
"I'm really worried for my son," she said.
Satur said authorities are concerned about the child's safety, based on Brandy Turner's report about Monty Turner's "pretty extreme behavior" Saturday morning.
Brandy Turner said that if Monty Turner sees the video from her Saturday afternoon news conference, her appeal to the boy's father is: "Don't hurt him ... Think about Luke instead of yourself."
The Amber Alert issued on Saturday afternoon describes Monty Ray Turner as a 51-year-old white male with blue eyes and brown hair, about 6 feet, 2 inches tall, and weighing about 230 pounds. He was last seen wearing a long-sleeve dark blue shirt and blue jeans.
Luke is about 3 feet tall and weighs about 28 pounds.
Anyone with information about the location of the father and son is asked to call 911 or the Longmont Police Department at 303-651-8501.
Tips also may be left with Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Tips may be submitted online a www.nococrimestoppers.com or via text message to 244637 using keyword "NOCO" followed by tip information. Tipsters who provide information leading to an arrest and filing of charges in the case may be eligible for an award up to $2,000.
Luke Taylor's alleged Saturday kidnapping came on this year's observance of National Missing Children's Day, the May 25 date when law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children annually highlight the problem of child abduction.
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- Jan 22:
- Did Beyonce lip-sync national anthem at inauguration?
- Jan 21:
- Barack Obama's Inaugural speech, prepared remarks
- First family fashion review: 'A stylish couple'
- At second inauguration, Obama says 'America's possibilities are limitless'
- Jan 20:
- President Barack Obama begins second term with White House swearing-in ceremony
WASHINGTON -- Beyonce drew a loud cheer from the audience Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem.
The applause started when she took her place with Jay-Z at the Capitol to watch President Barack Obama take the oath for his second term in office. The two stopped to chat with the Rev. Al Sharpton.
James Taylor kicked off the musical performances, strumming his guitar and singing "America the Beautiful." Kelly Clarkson followed with a different arrangement of "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Then Beyonce was introduced and the crowd again roared its approval.
Beyonce had a definite fan in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who applauded eagerly after she finished singing the national anthem.
Beyonce might have been the star musical attraction, but she had plenty of company from Hollywood at the Capitol on Monday. Katy Perry and John Mayer sat side-by-side, with Perry in an orange-striped coat and wide hat, and Mayer in dark sunglasses. Singer-songwriter Ke$ha was there, too.
People flocked to the colorful pop star, snapping photos. And Perry did the same, taking shots of "Girls" actress and daughter of news anchor Brian Williams, Allison Williams.
Actress Eva Longoria was seated on the platform outside the Capitol after making an appearance at a Kennedy Center performance Sunday night. Perry sang at the children's concert the night before.
Former Boston Celtics great Bill Russell was in the crowd, too, along with actor Marlon Wayans.
A surprise attendee was Miss America Mallory Hagan.
Hagan had said Saturday she wasn't sure if she would attend, even though she had a ticket because "it's going to be freezing."
But Monday she tweeted a photo of herself from the inauguration wrapped in a blue scarf with the words "bundled up!" She later tweeted that she was "proud to be an American."
Hagan, a 23-year-old Alabama native who lives in New York, won the Miss America title earlier this month.


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The Entergy Arkansas and Stuttgart Kiwanis Club-sponsored show will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Riceland Auditorium of the Grand Prairie Center, 2709 Hwy. 165 S.
Arkansas' past is the setting for the upcoming performance of "Arkansas Tales" at the Grand Prairie Center.
The Entergy Arkansas and Stuttgart Kiwanis Club-sponsored show will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Riceland Auditorium of the Grand Prairie Center, 2709 Hwy. 165 S. A school performance of "Arkansas Tales" is scheduled for area students on Feb. 15.
"This is an engaging story that entertains and educates the audience," center director Amanda Holsted said. "Arkansas folklore and history are included in the production. It will be a great show that people of all ages will enjoy."
"Arkansas Tales" is a sequel to last year's production, "The Arkansas Traveler," and takes the audience into the Arkansas Ozarks to the cabin of an old squatter and his wife alongside the White River.
"Trouble ensues when a school teacher arrives in the area and becomes upset with the old couple's tall tales," according to the center. "The teacher feels that the stories that are spun on the front porch aren't true, because the old couple cannot support the tales with facts. This performance, complete with folk music, provides us with a glimpse as to how the 'mountain folks' react to the encroachment of 'modern tales.'"
According to the center, the moral of the tale is "one should not be too quick to condemn another person until you have 'walked a mile in their shoes.' It also encourages respect for our elders and the part they play in helping us understand our past."
Holsted said, "It is not necessary for you to have been an audience member at last year's show. This is a spin-off of that show but will have its own story line."
It's the second of three performances the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre will present in Stuttgart. Children's Theatre Associate Director of Arts Alan Keith Smith wrote "Arkansas Tales" with veteran actor and director John Isner directing it and Lori Isner writing the music.
The cast consists of Andrew Bartholmy, Garrett Flood, Jillian Kuhl and Cassandra Nary, who also serves as tour manager.
Tickets are $9 for children and $13 for adults, and may be purchased by calling (870) 673-4201 ext. 1895, visiting www.pccua.edu/gpc, or at the center's box office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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Husker XC Heads to B1G Championships
In a year where the Nebraska men's and women's cross country teams have seen vast improvements under second year head coach Dave Harris, the Huskers now will travel to the talent-rich Big Ten Championships in West Lafayette, Ind., on Sunday morning. The meet will open up with the men's 8k race starting at 10:45 AM, with the women's 6k to follow. (Approx. 11:45)
Harris hopes that both the men's and women's teams have their best races of the year, because it will be tough to beat teams at the ultra-competitive Big Ten Championships.
"Our mindset is that we have been challenged to beat some teams, and the only way we can do that is if our team runs their best-best race of the year." Harris said, "I feel like the men's team has taken some steps forward this year and is ready to compete at the Big Ten Championships for a better spot than we have been in the past. On the women's side I am cautiously optimistic for their chances, I am hoping we can beat a couple teams and have our best races of the year."
With freshmen and sophomores making up the majority of the team, Harris hopes that the young group of NU runners use the Big Ten Championships as a good experience builder for the future.
"I know especially on the women's side, we are running with a lot of youth, and every time we go to a Big Ten Championship, that youth gets more experience." Harris said, "We are still in that gaining experience mode this year." Harris said.
Harris's goal for the Huskers at the meet is to place five men in the top 50, something the Huskers have not done since Harris took the job two years ago. NU will definitely have a shot to do this on the men's side, with sophomore Jacob Olson and freshman Joe Harter coming off of an impressive first and second place finish at the South Dakota Invite two weeks ago.
"If we get five guys in the top 50, I will feel like we have really competed well." Harris said, "It is not going to be easy for our men's team to compete this feat, but they are a bunch of young talented athletes, and I believe in them."
Check back here at Huskers.com for race results Sunday afternoon. The men's race starts at 10:45a.m. with the women's race following at 11:45a.m.


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Nice find dude.
Hopefully Herm has the internet now and reads this article!
I saw this on the Chiefs site this morning:
He is basically saying in the end, that even if Ryan is available, the Chiefs should probably move on. HE said some fascinating things about QBs too, most apparent to me is that very very few first round picked quarterbacks develop at all, and even fewer develop in the first year they are starters.
He talks at length about Brady Quinn, who despite his big endorsement deals is a second string QB.
I would like to see what he thinks about the options if McFadden is still available. I woud doubt that he would be but one never knows.
Most likely, if a good offensive lineman is not available, I would expect the Chiefs to trade down. I am sure there are some other teams out there looking for a fin youg stud QB.
Are you man enough? Eric Berry? Apparently Not!
Nice find dude.
Hopefully Herm has the internet now and reads this article!


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ĀRobert Merle Bishop
Age 79, of Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE Ś Robert Merle Bishop, 79, passed on Feb. 4, 2013. The Fort Wayne native was born on Feb. 17, 1933 to the late Merle and Alma Bishop (Meyer). He was one of six siblings.
Bob graduated from Central High School in 1951. He then attended Indiana Tech, where he was awarded a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering in 1954.
Shortly after graduation from college he married Roberta "Bobbie" Ulrey of Fort Wayne. Bobbie had just graduated from Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne.
Bob was hired by Essex Wire in Fort Wayne in 1955. For Essex, Bob managed the Hillsdale plant before being selected to be plant manager and build the state-of-the-art Vincennes, Ind., plant.
Bob later returned to Fort Wayne, where he subsequently was named president of the Magnet Wire Division. Bob retired at age 54, and enjoyed spending time with his wife, his children and their families.
He is survived by his wife, Bobbie; his daughter, Brenda Bishop; sons Brad (Nichole) and Rob (Lois); grandchildren Angela, Jacob, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Madison, Paul and Grace; one great-grandchild, Brody; and his brother, Merle, Jr. (Glova).
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 10700 Aboite Center Road, with calling one hour prior. Calling is also 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Covington Funeral Home, 8408 Covington Rd., with a vigil service at 3:30 p.m. and an Elks service at 7 p.m. He will be laid to rest at Catholic Cemetery.
Please consider a donation to Heartland Hospice, 1315 Directors Row Suite 200 Ft. Wayne, IN 46808. www.covingtonmemorial.com
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture dashed milk producer's hopes Tuesday when Secretary Karen Ross denied an increase to the milk price for Class 4b milk, used for manufacturing cheese.
In a long battle to reconnect the value of whey in the 4b pricing formula to the marketplace, producer groups petitioned Ross to increase the 4b price by 35 cents per hundredweight of milk for one year and to permanently increase the cap on the whey value sliding scale from 75 cents to $1 per hundredweight.
Ross denied that proposal and instead extended temporary increases she put in place this summer on all classes of milk – including an increase of 15 cents for 4b milk – through June 2014.
Those increases combined will raise the blend price for all milk by 12.5 cents per hundredweight, as opposed to producers' proposal that would have increased the blend price by 46 cents per hundredweight.
Producers went into the Sept. 12 hearing on their petition with cautious optimism, banking on an agreement containing the petitioned increases between producers and processors, negotiated by Assemblyman Richard Pan and supported by several legislators.
California's milk producers were optimistic. But fixing the state's pricing system is like trying to move a boulder up a mountain, said Michael Marsh, CEO of Western United Dairymen.
He said the rub came during the hearing when processors, represented by Dairy Institute of California, refused to honor the deal they had negotiated.
The Dairy Institute contend producers walked away from the agreement when they had language linking an increase to economic conditions stripped from the bill.
Marsh said producer groups and Western United's lobbyist are unaware of any such conversation of stripping the language from the bill having ever taken place.
Producers are disappointed, especially by what they view as processors backing out of a deal they put in writing, said Rob Vandenheuvel, manager of Milk Producers Council.
"When you find out folks who are supposed to be partners in the industry go back on their word, it's very disappointing," he said. "The bottom line is a deal is not a deal," he said.
CDFA was not part of any negotiations, and there was no piece of legislation reflective of an agreement, Ross said.
Processors were not petitioners, Ross said, and when questioned in the hearing, processors responded that there was no agreement.
The hearing was granted due to uncertainty in dairy markets and the then-unknown outcome of the corn crop. While market places are clearly recovering and feed prices are going down, that recovery is slow.
Ross said an extension of modest additional income for dairy producers was prudent to insure the stability of the dairy sector and allow time to get a better a sense of what's happening in markets.
Ross said she understands there will be disappointment with her decision, but testimony did not provide justification for the proposed increases. She also realizes that California's pricing system is outdated and broken and she is committed to working on a long-term fix, she said.
That's little consolation for the state's milk producers, Lynn McBride, executive director of California Dairy Campaign, said.
"We were disappointed once again. We think the decision demonstrates the state's milk-pricing system just isn't fair to milk producers in our state," she said.
Producers say the temporary price relief is minimal considering the $1.05 per hundredweight gap between the blend price in federal orders and in California and mounting losses to California dairymen.
The decision does not give dairymen or creditors any more confidence in the state's pricing system. The only way to join California's milk prices with those in federal marketing orders is to join the federal system, and the Dairy Campaign will put its efforts in that direction, she said.
Processors, however, respect Ross's decision.
"She understands conditions are improving for dairymen," Bill Schiek, economist with the Dairy Institute of California, said.
Powder prices are strong and look to continue, cheese prices have strengthened, dairymen are receiving a lot more revenue this year than they did in 2012, and corn prices have fallen dramatically since July, he said.
Schiek said Ross provided additional income support for dairymen by extending the temporary prices increase that would have ended at the end of December.
"At the end of the day, the secretary is balancing the needs of processors and producers," he said.


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what did i say to you last night, China mentioned something "professor X"???
what did i say to you last night, China mentioned something "professor X"???
you scared me last night. If I ever try and call you while on your meds again. just dont pick up
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Its aight man. Everyone has their lows.
oh dear
for weeks I've been wondering what my 6000th post will be. thinking I should really make it special...
here it is...
Please dont wear blue and yellow spandex to legends
Not exactly sure why Asians seem to think Wolverine is a fop, but my 6'1", 250lbs would look GOOOD squeezed into one of these!!!
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Worse comes to worse and Rukh can ride on my shoulders for a game, master and blaster style.
if you come dressed in that I will get you AND bigevil in the bikini contest!
Am on the phone with rukh and team defiant right now. He's getting a chair with a steel exoskeleton that will LOOK LIKE A TANK that can be ejected for normal chair use.
I will post pictures when I get them.
just as a side thought... can we get an automag themed mini gun to mount on his tank?
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I dont stop going till I drop. usually running on 4-5 hours of sleep a night cause I always have too much in my head to stop
OPBN: I doubt it i'm pretty out of shape since my injury, but when i was drugged up a few nights ago i said something to my wife about me being professor X. Maybe i'll just get a flag on my tank and that could be the theme, "the mutant wars"
BBOTTS: I couldn't agree more... THANK YOU ZAC (BTAutoMag) FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND FORESIGHT
I do it for anyone.


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I just thought we should have a new thread for Windows 7, seeing as it has nothing to do with Linux.
If you guys need any tips feel free to ask, I have been using Windows 7 since January, and have grown very accustom to it. Some helpful tips/hints to get you started:
#1...STOP USING DESKTOP... It is no longer needed with Windows 7, you can simply pin your most used/favorite programs to the taskbar at the bottom now. That means you dont have to close windows or press the start button to get to the program you want.
#2....When your looking to do ANYTHING at all on your computer, the easiest way minus the taskbar is to press the windows button, and simply type any thing your looking to do in the search box at the bottom. this is the best feature in my opinion. For example if you want to burn a dvd but dont want to go through all the hassle all you have to do is simply>press windows button>type dvd, and its the first thing that comes up.
#3.....Virtual Sticky Notes on your desktop rules, and Gadgets can go anywhere now, not just on a stupid sidebar.


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any updates?
I'm at work... So can't give you a decimate figure...
I believe it's sub 1000 (I will have to do out the math on payments again to get it close
Assuming I don't spend all my dublons in the UK this week I'll be buying a board. Will pm/email when the time comes.
Any new updates?
hey guys im checking in here,.. been a few ticks.
no new development on getting these assembled. the board house keeps asking about them as normal.
The last deal to finish the things didnt work out,.... it may come down to something I didnt want to do,.... but I want to wait and let my second job I have make some of the extra cash first.
This message is for "ANYONE WHOM HAS COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT BY MEANS OF A DEPOSIT OR PAYMENT IN FULL"
I have an option for those that are involved in this project. A way to meet the end in a reasonable time frame as of the date of this post.
The company that made the solenoids for the board order is in full agreement to buy back the solenoids purchase for full rate MINUS the tooling and setup charge
What this means for you:
IF (and only if) EVERYONE that has paid in some form agrees 100% to use their existing solenoid and fore-fit the new solenoid that would come with the board, I will move the funds to the board house to get the run of boards assembled and get them to you as quick as they can be programmed.
This means: no new solenoid. Your existing solenoid must be solder spliced with a new header to mate with the new board.
This option has been on the table for some time,.. but I didnt feel it to be the route to take.
If its a group choice 100%, then I will put my personal feelings aside on the matter and do what YOU all wish.
Thats it,..... comment away.
Are the new solenoids the exact same model number as the existing/old solenoids?
They are pound for pound the same. Same model and make....
So whats the cash difference in price with out the solenoids?
interested, just do it!!! can't wait to get this
for the two boards I have paid for I need the two solenoids. I have empty frames in need to be 100% filled with the boards and solenoids.
I do not have two extra solenoids.
what is the remaining balance needed to finish this project as originally intended?
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I, too, have a completely empty frame.
I think many of us need the full frame, with solenoid.
I suggested, via PM to P8ntbal4me, that some people such as myself would be willing to chip in another $20 or whatever just to get this project finished.
Hopefully its not too inappropriate here, but it seems that we are at the point where nothing is going to happen unless we make it happen. Are any of those who are paid in full willing to pay MORE to get their boards?
If memory serves, there is a set up charge, plus cost of the boards to be made. Maybe we make a run of boards for those who are willing to pay extra just to get this whole thing behind us?
i'll throw down $20 + my remaining for a hard deadline when i will get my board. If they are done (a few at least) i will pay extra to get it NOW
p8ntbal4me: How much money do we need to finish up the project. If I purchased 2 boards how close would we be to get the project rolling.
there is no price difference
The solenoids were paid for as a cash on delivery item,... (meaning,.. money paid for item,... item delivered when requsted.)
Since I have not requested the solenoid delivered,... the money can be re-routed.
This is a short end term out deal for those waiting product.
When the remainder of the boards are made,..... solenoids that are purchased new as requested will be delivered. Once the run as been assembled and paid for
(If that makes ANY sense)
Im just trying to get these in your hands guys,..... I dont like this option one bit.
So,.. to clear that up for you guys:
You PAID for a board and solenoid
You get a board MINUS a solenoid
Once the remainder of the boards are sold,... you get your solenoid as paid for in the pre-order information (minus the delivery date)
You STILL get your solenoid..... dont get me wrong on this item
Ok. I just purchased a board yesterday. I am in!
I am getting an X-mag w/o ACE that I would love to add it on.
that's awesome now just a few more
Im checking in here guys,.. let you know Im still alive!
Im about to head out to work,... nice 45 minute commute for the last 3 months.
I will be back here on Wednesday to open up and clear my PM box as well as back read the thread and answer any questions regarding the board assembly.
Keep posting up questions and concerns,.... see you all on Wednesday night!
Alright guys I have decided to go a different route with one of my projects. I will give up my spot for $50.00., saving you $50., all you have to do is pay the remaining $60.00 and you get my spot.
PST for my paypal addy.
Now has my spot with a $100 down, best of luck to all in this project, I will probably regret it and get jelly when the boards are complete.
Its 5:32 EST and Im here!
Let me read back a few pages on the thread and get a response post going in a few.....
Edit: $900 due to assemble the boards
Edit: Tropical Life sold his spot to havinnoj for $100 per post #568
Edit: havinnoj sent a payment of $60 via paypal to pay his board in full + shipping
Edit: JimBobFett sent a payment of $183.22 to pay his board in full + shipping and fees
Grand total to SEND the boards to assembly is = $656.78 + shipping
Thats the update for now,... I will be around at the house checking the forums from time to time,....
Please post up if you want anything answered tonight!
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Believe it or not, Robert Downey Jr. makes more money than you.
He even makes more money than me.
What an insane world this is.
Forbes magazine reports Downey is the highest paid actor in Hollywood for the second straight year, estimating the "Iron Man" star earned $75 million between June 2013 and June 2014, which is about the same amount as he earned last year.
And it seems there's a reason for that. Forbes reports Marvel movies starring Downey have earned almost $4 billion at the global box office and millions more on home video. Then there's all those Iron Man action figures everyone bought for their kids.
OK -- so maybe I bought some Iron Man pajamas that were "too big" for my kids. What was I supposed to do -- not wear them?
Disney know a good thing when it sees it. Perhaps that is why Downey has been able to hold out for the upcoming "Avengers: Age of Ultron" to get a bigger upfront paycheck than anyone has ever received for a movie.
The business of being a superhero is apparently pretty good right now. Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, debuted on Forbes' annual list this year, finishing fifth on with $37 million. The Thor sequel "The Dark World" made $200 million more than the first movie, which naturally means Hemsworth will make even more for the next Thor film.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson finished second to Downey, with an estimated $52 million in earnings. Though not an official marvel superhero, Johnson will profit nicely from his upcoming film "Hercules." He also has benefitted nicely from appearing in the "The Fast and the Furious" franchise.
But back to Marvel ... the company's upcoming "Guardians of the Galaxy" helped Bradley Cooper rank third with $46 million this year, including what he's already earned playing Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel film. He also hasn't hurt his bank account by starring in "The Hangover" franchise, as well as the Oscar nominated "American Hustle."
Leonardo DiCaprio finished fourth with an estimated $39 million in earnings, thanks to "The Great Gatsby" and "The Wolf of Wall Street," which combined to earn $743 million at the global box office, according to Forbes.
The magazine compiles its estimates through information from agents, producers, lawyers and insiders who understand how actors earn their money.
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It's time for the annual Toys for Taft Toy Run where local road bikers gather for a good time a a good cause.
It gets underway Saturday morning at Chilled and Grilled.
Signups start at 8 a.m. and it's kick stands up at 9:30 a.m.
The entry fee is $20 plus one new, unwrapped toy per rider and $5 for passengers.
The entry fee includes dinner.
It's going to be a ride with stops at the Penny Bar in McKittrick, Buttonwillow Park and Monte Carlo before returning to Chilled and Grilled for dinner.
Walk-ins for the dinner are $5 per person plus one unwrapped toy.
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Peg Nichols writing As Emilye Yancy will chat at The Book Barn from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday about her new book being launched: A Collection of Short Stories: Emergency, No-Guilt Hot Chocolate.
Peg Nichols writing As Emilye Yancy will chat at The Book Barn from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday about her new book being launched: A Collection of Short Stories: Emergency, No-Guilt Hot Chocolate.
1. Can you tell us about the connection between you winning a prize in a local chocolate contest and your new book of short stories?
Winning a prize – even though it was second place – was such a fun time. Part of the prize was a ticket to the Women's Community Y Chocolate Event, at the Riverfront that year. I went on a no-chocolate regimen for about a week in advance so I wouldn't feel guilty about indulging on that day.
The Leavenworth Times printed my recipe in the newspaper, and I had some extra copies made to pass out amongst my friends. Writing a short story about someone who won a recipe contest seemed a way to share the recipe with a different audience. Is the title story biographical? Well, I'm closer to the grandmother than the young woman who won the contest.
Donating $1 for every copy sold at The Book Barn during the month of March is just a way of paying the WCY back for all the fun I've gotten out of the experience.
2. After your chocolate recipe won a prize in the contest you faced some difficult times, including the death of your husband and surviving the Joplin, Mo. tornado. How has writing helped you cope with these life challenges?
My husband's health failed gradually, so his death was not unexpected. I hardly had time to start adjusting to widowhood when my son and I were caught in the May 22, 2011 tornado. We had gone to attend the high school graduation of a granddaughter.
We have a large number of relatives in Joplin. We are grateful that none of the family was injured severely. No one was untouched, however, by the loss of friends and neighbors. The body of a young man, who had graduated just hours before the tornado, was not found for almost a week. A writing colleague of mine lost a grandson and two great-grandchildren.
My son began writing a personal account almost immediately, but I was emotionally paralyzed. We were in Joplin often in the aftermath. We happened to be in Joplin again on the occasion of the sixth-month anniversary program at Schiefferdecker Park, and it jolted me out of my state of suspension. I finally forced myself to start writing again.
3. You write fiction and non-fiction. What sort of non-fiction subjects did you tackle and what made you decide to transition into the fiction world? Any plans for writing another book?
For a number of years I was coordinator of the volunteer mediators for small claims court in the Kansas Tenth Judicial District at the courthouse in Olathe. After I resigned from that role in order to spend more time at home with my husband, I wrote and published Mediation Survivor's HandBook, which is a basic guidebook for people who do not understand the process of mediation.
Being at home gave me more time for writing, in more than one genre. I have been published in Kansas City Voices and The Best Times, mostly articles, but also a smattering of poetry. The first chapter of an unfinished novel won third place last year in a writing competition.
I always intended to use a pseudonym for my fiction. People who know me will know that I am writing under two names. For people who do not know me, it won't matter and may avoid confusion. I am working on projects both in fiction and non-fiction.
4. Can you give us a glimpse into some of your short stories and what you hope that readers will learn and savor from them?
Short stories are something new for me. More or less on a whim, I submitted a short story for an anthology. That story has never been published, but I was invited to submit additional stories with a seasonal theme, two of which have been published by Welkin Press.
Once on a roll, I completed several more short stories, far beyond Welkin Press's current publishing schedule, so I contacted another publisher, Hill Song Press of Lawrence, about publishing a collection. Short stories are a whole lot more fun to write than full-length books, which tend to deal with more serious themes.
While my characters are fictional, I hope the readers will see them as real people, confronting, and resolving problems in their lives, possibly in unexpected ways.
5. Is it safe to say that the fact that you entered a chocolate contest and wrote a book entitled Emergency, No-Guilt Hot Chocolate might be a good indication that chocolate is an important comfort food in your life?
Oh, yes, chocolate is a comfort food for many people, although a late uncle of mine was so allergic to chocolate even the mention of the word was enough to make him sneeze. I realized a long time ago – as Gabrielle tells her grandmother in Emergency, No-Guilt Hot Chocolate – that it's not the cocoa that adds the calories, it's the sugar and the butterfat.
That was the origin of the guilt-free recipe. I use stevia as a sweetener, but there are lots of other choices. Getting the water hot enough to dissolve the cocoa, however, makes it too hot to drink right away, so if I'm really desperate to get my chocolate fix, I need something to cool it down. Say of scoop of vanilla ice cream. I kid myself that there can't be too many calories in a single scoop of ice cream. Two scoops, that becomes an indulgence – but makes the drink, oh, so much better.
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Lessons in living 'The Good Life'
Can money buy happiness-or at least make you happier? Susan Kietzman examines this age-old question in a new light in her first published novel, "The Good Life: Will you know it when you find it?"
Ann and Mike Barons are a wealthy suburban couple with two teenagers, Nate and Lauren. They're living the perfect life far from Ann's humble Pennsylvania farmland roots. It is a life in which money can solve all problems-or so they've convinced themselves. That is, until her father's increasing dementia brings Ann's parents, Sam and Eileen, to live in the Baronses' guesthouse while Sam and Eileen wait for an apartment to open up in an assisted living facility. The paradigm shifts dramatically, and Ann and her family are forced to look more closely at their lives, their values and what really matters.
Kietzman lives in Mystic with her husband and three sons. She has a graduate degree in journalism from Boston University, worked in the magazine and newspaper publishing industries, and taught English composition at Three Rivers Community College. She is a grant writer for Mystic Seaport Museum.
The following is a conversation with the author about her debut novel.
Q. Why did you decide to write a novel about the effects of dementia on a family-and why this family, this situation?
A. It grew from this concept of "the good life" and what that means. I've thought about it for a long time. As a child, the good life was not a concept and something to be pursued. You just lived it. Having the whole summer in front of me to swim and go to beach and skip stones and run around barefoot-that was the good life.
As I aged, the good life meant being among my friends, hanging out with them, and feeling a sense of camaraderie. It wasn't until I was in my 40s that I started to think of the good life in terms of finances. It seemed like people were suddenly talking about what they had, what kinds of cars they drove, how big their house was, where they were going on vacation, what kinds of boots they bought at the mall. Was this the adult version of the good life? I wanted to explore it-not necessarily from my own viewpoint, but from someone who has all that. If you have all the money to buy all you want, are you happy?
Q. Is this novel at all autobiographical?
A. Pieces, sure. My father had Parkinson's disease and dementia. I'm well versed on the ravages of that disease and what it can do to a person. Sam is not my dad but pieces of my dad are in Sam.
Q. Ann is pretty unlikable and yet an important character in the book. It's hard to empathize with her. What's going on with her?
A. She's lost contact with everything that grounded her-mostly her parents, her childhood, and what she learned on the farm. She's lost track of those values and has gone down this path and may not even be sure how she got there and is fully immersed in Ann Barons and does what she wants to do when she wants to.
But when Ann comes face to face with her past, it reminds her that she's erred and has lost track of everything and she doesn't want to admit that at first. She was an attentive mother earlier. But when her kids became teenagers, as they naturally do, they push away their parents, and she got hurt by that and kind of pushed them away in return and pursued absolutely her own interests.
Q. Nate and Lauren are very believable teenagers. Was it easy to develop their characters?
A. I had so much fun writing those two characters. Teenagers get a bad rap, but they can be fun and really interesting. Nate isn't one of my boys, but having three boys and going through teenage years, there are pieces of them in him. I don't have a daughter, but I have a lot of friends with daughters and have been around a lot of teenage girls. It was so much fun to write about the transformation in those two kids.
Nate is more bitter than Lauren. He's afraid of his grandfather at first. The disease is scary. As he allows himself to just be with his grandfather, he sees the value in it and they forge a kind of unlikely friendship and alliance. Lauren wants to confide in her mother, but doesn't want to be interrogated by her. Eileen, just by showing she loves her and cares about her, warms her up. Food is such an issue for Lauren, it makes sense she would find comfort in preparing food-not like her mother. Eileen can't control what goes on with Sam, but she can control what goes on in the kitchen.
Q. You use humor in the novel. Sam is so endearing and says such funny things, despite his disease. Can you comment?
A. I didn't want him to be a totally depressing character. My dad happened to be a very funny man, and so, some of that obviously comes through-that sense of humor. We all have stuff to deal with, whether it's disease or death-all the challenges life has to throw at us. Also, we do better when we find a lighter side or something we can smile through or laugh at.
Q. Are there lessons you wanted to impart? Questions you wanted to raise for readers to think about?
A. I'm not trying to be a teacher or a preacher with this novel, but I guess I want people to look at that term "the good life" and see that it can be any number of things as we mature. For some people, it's being around family, if you've lived far away for a while, as we have. Or health, if you haven't been well. So, it sometimes depends on experience, but it's about a lot more than money. Money doesn't buy happiness, but the opportunity to have the good life, so to speak. It's the choices you make.
"The Good Life" by Susan Kietzman (Kensington Books) is $15, trade paperback.
Susan Kietzman will discuss and sign copies of her book around the region starting Thursday, Feb. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bank Square Books in Mystic. For information, call (860) 536-3795 or visit www.banksquarebooks.com.
Other dates include:
Saturday, March 2, from 4 to 6 p.m., Other Tiger, Westerly, R.I.; 401-596-2200, www.othertiger.com
Tuesday, March 12, 7 p.m., RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison; (203) 245-3959, www.rjjulia.com
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - Junior Hunter Knight earned a spot on the podium for the second straight evening as the Duke men closed out the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving Championships Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The Blue Devils finished seventh in the final team standings while turning in All-ACC performances in five events and setting four program records over the course of the four-day championship meet.
"We finished up a very successful weekend here on the last day of competition," said head coach Dan Colella. "The group did a great job this morning, getting a number of people back tonight. We're just really excited about what we did here and the fact that it gives us some really great things to build on in the coming year."
Hunter garnered All-ACC honors for the second time in as many days, eclipsing 2012 graduate Piotr Safronczyk's program record in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 1:56.78 clocking to come in second in the championship final. Knight closed out the meet with a pair of ACC medals - the first of his career - after taking third in the 100 breaststroke, and also posted four NCAA 'B' cuts in the breaststroke events.
"Hunter is a young man who is steadily improving each year," Colella said. "He's one of the hardest workers on the team and it's great to see someone who's worked that hard reap the benefits of it. Breaking the 200 breast record was really big. We're extremely proud of everything he's done all season-long."
Junior Nick McCrory joined Hunter in collecting All-ACC honors during the meet, sweeping the men's diving titles with first-place finishes last week in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform disciplines. McCrory also broke his own conference record on the 3-meter board with a score of 498.60, in addition to recording NCAA Zone Diving qualifying marks in all three events and scoring 60 points for the Blue Devil men. The Chapel Hill, N.C., native was tabbed the Most Valuable Diver for the third time in as many appearances at the championship meet and now owns seven ACC diving crowns for his career, making him the most decorated diver in the history of the conference.
In the first event of Friday evening's finals session in Greensboro, freshman Kevin Butz went a personal-best 15:56.29 to place 17th in the 1,650 freestyle, while senior Matt Carder finished right behind him in 18th with a season-best 16:08.23 swim.
Senior Ted Minturn advanced to the consolation final of the 200 backstroke, taking 16th in the conference with a 1:45.54 showing, good for an NCAA 'B' cut. Sophomore Tyler Toren also competed in the 200 backstroke, coming in 21st at 1:50.42. In addition, both Minturn (1:44.88) and Toren (1:49.92) registered new personal bests in the event during preliminaries.
Duke swimmers notched a number of personal bests in the 100 freestyle, highlighted by sophomore Stefan Knight and senior Ben Hwang's performances to reach the event consolation final. Stefan tapped the wall at 44.04 during the morning session to earn an NCAA 'B' cut and a personal best, and returned to the pool Friday evening to come in 14th overall at 44.45. Hwang also grabbed an NCAA 'B' cut in the preliminaries with a personal-best 44.30 clocking, and later finished 16th in the finals at 44.63.
Freshman Sam Skinner (45.15), senior Adam Flur (45.61) and junior Steven Gasparini (45.86) each swam in the 100 freestyle bonus final, placing 21st, 23rd and 24th, respectively. All three also set new personal bests in the event preliminaries, as did sophomore Michael Donnalley at 45.61.
Hunter Knight's second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke headlined another strong outing by the Blue Devil breaststroke lane, as seniors Jim Zuponeck (2:00.30) and Evan Schwartz (2:00.56) closed out the last ACC Championships of their careers with lifetime bests. Zuponeck also finished fifth and Schwartz 19th at the 100-yard distance Thursday evening, recording best times in that event as well.
Sophomore Clay Sanders rounded out the individual swimming events with a 21st-place finish in the 200 butterfly. Sanders dropped time from his preliminary swim to earn a personal-best in the evening session at 1:49.92.
The final event of the ACC Championships - the 400 freestyle relay - saw the team of Stefan Knight, Skinner, Flur and Hwang go 2:58.52 to place sixth.
Virginia captured its sixth consecutive ACC title and 26th overall, finishing first in the final team standings with 759.5 points. Virginia Tech took second for the second consecutive year with 597 points, while North Carolina came in third with a total of 549.
The Duke men finished seventh for the second-straight year and set new school records in 200 breaststroke, twice in the 200 IM and in the 3-meter diving event. Gasparini also equaled Spencer Booth's program record of 48.17 in the 100 backstroke earlier in the week. Hunter Knight came away with the first All-ACC honors of his career in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and McCrory headlined a strong showing by the Blue Devil divers with ACC titles in all three disciplines.
Final Team Standings
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|2. Virginia Tech
|3. North Carolina
|4. Florida State
|5. NC State
|6. Georgia Tech
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LONGMONT -- March 1 had been the deadline for Dillard's and the owners of Twin Peaks Mall to strike a deal on the mall's development. The day may end without one, but Longmont officials say the talks are still moving forward and that the city doesn't want to cut off the discussion.
"You don't want to arbitrarily say 'Here it is' when both parties are still communicating," city manager Harold Dominguez said. "They're still talking. There's not a point where they're so far apart that the discussions have ended."
The Longmont City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in a closed-door executive session to be updated by city officials on the latest negotiations with both Dillard's and the Regal Entertainment Group, owner of United Artists Theatre. The meeting will be in the study session room of the civic center, 350 Kimbark St.
The mall's owner, NewMark Merrill Mountain States, has said it needs agreements by April 1 with both Dillard's and with Regal, or else the mall's redevelopment could be pushed back a year. Unlike the rest of the mall's businesses, Dillard's owns its own building and land, while Regal's lease gives it the exclusive right to operate a theater on the site.
A timeline presented to the city council in February set a March 1 date for Dillard's and NewMark Merrill to reach an agreement. The Regal lease was to be finalized by March 15.
"We do feel good about the negotiations and where we're at," external assistant city manager Shawn Lewis said, referring to both tenants.
On March 19, Twin Peaks will be back at the center of the City Council's agenda. If agreements have not been reached by then, the council will have to decide what to do next -- including whether to reach for the last-resort hammer of eminent domain.
Right now, Dominguez said, the city's not going to make any rash moves.
"There are no imminent decisions," he said. "The parties are talking and they're communicating with us."
Allen Ginsborg, the managing director of NMMS, said talks with Dillard's had been cordial with "a lot of back and forth, but that's how negotiations go, don't they?"
Dillard's declined to comment on the talks while they were still in progress.
If the agreements go forward, NewMark Merrill plans to demolish the entire mall except for Dillard's, which will be a stand-alone building on the 75 acre property. The new open-air mall would include the movie theater, smaller mini-anchors near and to the south of Dillard's and a plaza on the center-west section of the site surrounded by smaller shops and restaurants
The city is contributing $27.5 million of the estimated $80 million redevelopment project; the city's bonds will be repaid by the additional sales and property tax the mall generates and by a mill levy the mall will place on itself. An agreement between Longmont and NewMark Merrill sets several benchmarks before any city money is released; under that agreement, the project must be at least 85 percent finished by the end of 2015.
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has recently acquired The Network, a video portrait by the artist Lincoln Schatz. Called a generative portrait, this piece is a single-screen video that constantly recombines 89 interviews with politicians, scientists, innovators and scholars. The piece will be on view beginning Dec. 11.
This innovative piece presents visually the interconnectedness that defines contemporary life in Washington, said Wendy Wick Reaves, interim director of the National Portrait Gallery. Inspired by Richard Avedons work The Family, Schatz found a thoroughly 21st-century way to capture the accomplishments and aspirations of people who are leading this country in many fields.
The portrait includes people such as former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor, Emmy Award-winning journalist Cokie Roberts, Republican strategist Karl Rove, political heavyweight Vernon Jordan, congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and congressman Eric Cantor. The process included filming each person with multiple cameras during his or her 45-minute conversation with Schatz. He asked the leaders about their legacy, accomplishments and aspirations.
As the The Network plays, multiple images of the person appear simultaneously. The software then combines the interviews by topic to transition to the next person.
Schatz is a contemporary American artist best known for creating portraits of people, places and processes by using video and software to collect, store and display images.
An accompanying 223-page book titled The Network: Portrait Conversations will be released Dec. 11. It includes 89 interviews and 260 color photographs selected from the video footage. Public programsa gallery talk at 6 p.m. followed by book signing with Schatzare planned for the same day. More information, including a list of the sitters, will be posted at The National Portrait Gallery.
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COMMENTS: Penny, who lasted only four innings (giving up 5 ER) in his last outing in New York, has the opportunity to get his own record back to even with a win tonight. Similarly beleaguered Jeff Francis has allowed 16 runs in his previous three starts. Expect another offensive bonanza following last night's three-HR fireworks show (Kent, Kemp, Ethier)--and let's hope it's the Dodgers' bats which are again humming tonight.
Trivia! The last time Penny and Francis made sports headlines together was the NBA trade of the Magic's Steve Francis for Penny Hardaway and UCLA's own Trevor Ariza of the Knicks, back in February 2006.
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When she got out of college and moved to New York, Elizabeth Cline liked to shop at vintage-clothing stores. They were the kinds of places tucked away on side streets in Manhattan and Brooklyn, where a lot of hunting and a little luck might reward you with a great, inexpensive cocktail dress that no one else had.
Then she discovered the world of "fast fashion" — chains like Forever 21, H&M and Zara — and it redefined her whole notion of bargain shopping.
"The products are very, very cheap," says Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. "The design is pretty attractive. And if you walk into the store, I think, for a lot of consumers, it's virtually impossible to walk out empty-handed."
'Selling An Ocean Of Clothing'
Over time, Cline had amassed 354 items of clothing, some of which she never wore. And such excesses aren't all that unusual, she notes. Chains like H&M are constantly turning over their merchandise, introducing ever-trendier clothing and feeding their customers' desire for novelty.
"We want to surprise the customers," says Margareta van den Bosch, the company's hugely influential style adviser. "We want to have something exciting. And if it's all the time hanging the same things there, it is not so exciting, I think."
Much of H&M's clothing is so inexpensive — a $10 leopard-print top or a $15 sweater, for example — that consumers can afford to buy it in quantities that wouldn't have begun to fit in our grandparents' armoires. It's so cheap that it isn't even worth returning if we get home and decide we don't like it, Cline says.
But despite the low prices, fast fashion chains can be enormously profitable. Sales at H&M's parent company rose by 11 percent in 2012. Its chairman and largest shareholder, Stefan Persson, is the 17th richest person on the planet, with a net worth of $26.3 billion, according to Bloomberg. Amancio Ortega, founder of Zara, another highly successful chain, is the third richest, worth $58.3 billion.
How can these stores make so much money selling $10 shirts? Mostly because of volume.
"A store like H&M produces hundreds of millions of garments per year," Cline says. "They put a small markup on the clothes and earn their profit out of selling an ocean of clothing." H&M has 2,800 stores in 48 markets and it's growing fast, especially in China and the United States, according to the company's website.
The success of chains like H&M and Forever 21 represents a paradigm shift in the retail world, one that has affected every corner of the industry.
In the 1960s, people generally bought their clothing from large retailers like department stores, which in turn bought from manufacturers. But in the 1970s, retailers began to manufacture clothing themselves, giving them direct control over the manufacturing and distribution process.
Among the pioneers of the change was Les Wexner, founder of the Ohio-based women's clothing chain The Limited, says Frank Bober, CEO of Stylesight, a company that helps retailers and designers spot trends.
"He was the guy that recognized that, 'Hey, I can do this myself. I can understand what my clients want, what my customer wants, and then I can go make that for them. I don't need to go to a bunch of manufacturers to do that,' " Bober says.
The End Of The Two-Season Shopping Calendar
Meanwhile, computer technology transformed the entire process, enabling retailers to design, manufacture and ship products much faster and more efficiently. At one time, the fashion industry worked around a two-season calendar that unfolded at a predictable pace.
"I remember my mother would take me shopping in August for the fall, and I would just be dying, putting on these itchy sweaters when it was 90 degrees outside," recalls Sharon Graubard, Stylesight's design director. "Nobody does that anymore."
A relentless drive for speed now characterizes the industry. Chains like Zara are so fast, they can design, manufacture and get clothing onto store shelves in a month. Customers can now easily see the latest fashions online and have become conditioned to expect a constant stream of trendy new styles from retailers.
This focus on speed has affected every kind of retailer, even those not generally considered fast fashion.
"What that has done is made the industry move faster and work faster and have to produce more product," says Ed Filipowski, president of KCD, a public relations firm that represents some of the biggest and best-known brands in fashion. "It's created a sort of year-round calendar for fashion as opposed to a biannual calendar for fashion. It's made our job a lot harder and it's made creativity a constant challenge."
But now that retailers have whetted customers' demand for novelty, they have to keep their products affordable — a big challenge. That means manufacturing in low-wage countries like China, but it also means using cheap, synthetic materials and rudimentary manufacturing processes.
The simple fact is that much fast fashion doesn't survive more than a few washings. Simon Collins, dean of fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, likes the way fast fashion has brought a level of style to the masses, but he laments how poorly made it can be.
"You see some products and it's just garbage. It's just crap," he says. "And you sort of fold it up and you think, yeah, you're going to wear it Saturday night to your party — and then it's literally going to fall apart."
Author Elizabeth Cline remembers buying a shirt at Old Navy, a chain she used to frequent. "I had this tank top that had two flowers, kind of like on the strap, and ... after I started writing the book, I just started looking at my clothes, and the flowers were actually affixed with some sort of tape. They weren't even sewn on."
'Landfill Fashion'
Poor quality has turned the fast fashion label into something of a pejorative, so much so that chains like Uniqlo and H&M now reject the term altogether.
And the chains have other image problems as well. Cline says there's a growing public consensus that the mass production of so much cheap clothing is an enormous waste of resources such as fuel and water. While many people donate their clothing to charities and consignment shops, fast fashion tends to be so cheaply made that no one wants to buy it, she notes. Instead, it gets recycled into industrial rags and insulation, or even thrown out altogether — generating the term "landfill fashion."
The fast fashion model may be cracking in other ways, too. Factory workers in China, where a lot of clothing is manufactured, are increasingly pressing for higher wages.
Companies have responded by moving production into places where wages are even lower, like Bangladesh. But such countries lack the sophisticated manufacturing infrastructure of China, and in the rush to fill the void, tragedy has sometimes ensued. A fire at a clothing factory on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, killed 112 people in November.
The industry will no doubt adapt over time, but the days when fashion gets faster and cheaper every year are probably at an end.
It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. At the recent fashion week in Paris alongside Valentino, Chloe and Chanel came a surprise - a runway show from the low price retailer H&M. The company is a purveyor of what's known as fast fashion. You may not know what that means but it almost certainly affects the way you shop and the clothes you buy. This week, we'll be exploring changes taking place in the fashion industry. And NPR's Jim Zarroli gets us started with fast fashion and how it has transformed the retail business.
JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: When she got out of college and moved to New York, Elizabeth Cline liked to buy clothing at thrift stores. She loved finding a great old sweater at a cheap price. Then, she discovered chains like Forever 21 and it redefined her notion of bargain shopping.
ELIZABETH CLINE: You know, it's not something that anyone plans. It's just very easy. The products are very, very cheap, the design is pretty attractive. And if you walk into the store, I think for a lot of consumers, it's virtually impossible to walk out empty-handed.
ZARROLI: Before she knew it, Cline was shopping at places like Forever 21 and H&M all the time.
CLINE: I got to a place where just by shopping sort of casually and continually I had - you know, I counted it all. I suddenly had 354 items of clothing.
ZARROLI: Cline never even wore all of the clothes she bought but she says if you buy a $10 sweater, it may not even be worth the trouble of returning it. And Cline, author of "Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion," says that's part of the secret of fast fashion success. At H&M's store in Soho in New York City, another big shipment of clothes has arrived and employees are racing to get it on the shelves. H&M changes its merchandise all the time and the turnover keeps customers coming in.
Margareta van den Bosch is the chain's design director.
MARGARETA VAN DEN BOSCH: We want to surprise the customers. We want to have something exciting. And if all the time it's hanging the same things there, it is not so exciting, I think.
ZARROLI: The clothes that H&M sells are amazingly inexpensive, like a leopard skin print top for $10. But Elizabeth Cline says, they sell a lot of them.
CLINE: A store like H&M produces hundreds of millions of garments per year. They put a small markup on the clothes and earn their profit off selling an ocean of clothing.
ZARROLI: And the profits are staggering. The founder of H&M is now the world's 17th wealthiest man. The founder of another fast fashion chain, Zara, is number three. The success of these chains has upended the retail world.
ZARROLI: In the 1960s the fashion industry operated under a series of fixed relationships. People shopped at department stores, which bought their clothes from manufacturers. But Frank Bober, CEO of Stylesight, says by the 1980s, retailers learned they could manufacture their own clothes. Bober says Les Wexner, founder of The Limited, was one of the pioneers of this trend.
FRANK BOBER: He was the guy that recognized that, hey, I can do this myself. I can understand what my clients want, my customer wants, and then I can go make that for them. I don't need to go to a bunch of manufacturers to do that. I can do that. It was a paradigm shift, an earthquake.
ZARROLI: By cutting out the middleman retailers could control the manufacturing and distribution themselves. And with computer technology they were able to bring clothes to market much faster. Today, throughout the industry there is a relentless focus on speed. Chains like Zara are so fast, they can design and manufacture clothing and get it on store shelves in a month. Ed Filipowski runs a public relations company that represents fashion firms. He says, even high-end designers are feeling pressured to work a bit faster.
ED FILIPOWSKI: What that has done is made the industry move faster and work faster and have to produce more product. It's created a sort of year-round calendar for fashion, as opposed to a biannual calendar for fashion. It's made our job a lot harder. And it's made creativity a constant challenge.
ZARROLI: Meanwhile, customers are conditioned to expect a constant stream of new fashions. But to keep them buying, fast fashion has to be affordable. That means manufacturing in low-wage countries like China. But it also means using cheap synthetic materials. Simon Collins, who heads the Parsons School of Design at The New School, says, fast fashion has brought style to the masses but much of it is poorly made.
SIMON COLLINS: You see some products and it's just garbage. You sort of fold it up and you think, yeah, you're going to wear it Saturday night to your party and then it's literally going to fall apart.
ZARROLI: As a result, the term fast fashion has become something of a pejorative. And companies like H&M now reject the label altogether. H&M has also introduced a green clothing line. Author Elizabeth Cline says there's a growing public consensus that all of this clothing manufacturing is a huge waste of resources.
CLINE: Producing a single T-shirt requires 700 gallons of water. So, just from a resources perspective, the fashion industry can't continue to operate the way that it currently is.
ZARROLI: The fast fashion model may be cracking in other ways, too. Factory workers in China are demanding higher wages, forcing production into even lower-wage countries. But as the recent factory fires in Bangladesh so tragically showed, those countries often lack the infrastructure to become major manufacturing centers. Fashion companies will no doubt find a way to adapt but the days when clothing becomes ever cheaper are probably at an end. Jim Zarroli, NPR News, New York.
CORNISH: And tomorrow, more fast fashion. We'll hear about the reclusive billionaire behind Zara, Spain's fast fashion empire. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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FITCHBURG -- A four-alarm fire swept through an abandoned century-old tenement building and destroyed an occupied house next door Friday evening. The fire started at 6 Hale St. at about 4:45 p.m. in a building that authorities said was regularly inhabited by the homeless.
Fire Chief Kevin Roy said he could see the thick plume of smoke from the post office by the Upper Common when a state trooper alerted the Fire Department over the radio that there was a fully-engulfed building near Water Street.
Lionel Tarbell, Jr. owns the house at 8 Hale St. He said he had just gotten home from work and was taking a shower when he noticed bright light coming through the curtains. His son was visiting and alerted him that the brick building next door was on fire and could spread to his house. Tarbell dressed quickly and escaped with his cat and two dogs.
After about an hour Roy said firefighters had the fire knocked down in the tenement building. The brick structure had gone from an inferno to a dark shell but not before the west wall of the building collapsed on Tarbell's house, smashing through the roof and starting the second fire that destroyed the home.
"I've been out in the cold all day and I come home and now I'm out in the cold again," said Tarbell. He said his family has people they can stay with in the area.
He said in the 13 years he's owned his home there has always been a homeless colony next door where drug use was common.
Roy said there were no known injuries from the fire.
Our Father's House Shelter Manager Kevin MacLean said he knows of four homeless people who normally stay at the building, but he was able to track all of them down to confirm they are alive. Because of below-freezing temperatures this week, most of them had been staying at a motel in Leominster.
One of the men, Robert "Hogan" Wilson, who was featured in a story about efforts to reach out to local homeless in Thursday's Sentinel & Enterprise, had called MacLean upon learning of the fire.
"He called me because he wanted to know if the fire was at his home," MacLean said.
He said he also spoke with another homeless man who had previously stayed at the building to ask him if anybody had been through the building on Friday, and he told MacLean he did not know of anybody else staying there.
MacLean added that the building contained hundreds of boxes of split firewood.
Chad Goldsborough was working as a clerk at the M&M Variety on Main Street in front of the fire. He closed down early because the wind was pushing ashes and flames directly overhead.
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Does the leak go away when you reduce the velocity? Have you changed the oring on the regulator piston assembly?Originally Posted by MrScorcher
Clean the valve. Clean the regulator piston assembly and change the oring. If it still leaks out the back, change the regulator seat oring. If it still leaks but the leak goes away when you reduce the velocity, you will need a new regulator piston assembly.


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