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Posted on December 14, 2009
Dear Santa Blogs:
I keep asking for vampire books for Christmas, and Santa Claus keeps bringing me books with fuzzy bunnies and like that. Is he working through you, and, if so, could you try to get it right this year, you big pumpkin muffin? It's enough to make a kid stop believing. I am eight years old now and it is time to move on from bunnies.
Dear Virginia:
Do you call Santa names in your letters to him? I think we may have the answer to your problem right there.
Anyway, Virginia, I hope you are not going to lose faith in old Santa because the holiday doesn't turn out the way you like. He is really enlisting you in one of the oldest and greatest of all Christmas traditions: complaining.
People traditionally complain about their presents (like you, plum dumpling), about their food (think of all the fruitcake jokes alone), about the expense, about the weather, about the lack of time, and about the complete lack of attention paid to the religious nature of the holiday. (This complaint goes back at least as far as the Roman winter festival of Saturnalia. We find writers in the first century B.C. complaining about the secularization of the day. Go look it up in one of your bunny books, carrot cake.) If you don't complain about SOMETHING at Christmas, you're missing one of the ancient joys of the season.
I am afraid I cannot speak for Santa Claus in this matter, but I will suggest a compromise. Surely, at the ripe old age of eight, you are beginning to receive cash gifts. Bank these, oh raspberry cheesecake, until July, when you can come and buy all the vampire books you can carry at the second annual 25th Newberry Library Book Fair. Tell 'em Santa Blogs sent you.


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Wow it must be doing well. Masters to get an ongoing monthy comic
Wow it must be doing well. Masters to get an ongoing monthy comic
Check out my MOTU Spin off comic here: http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...62#post3784962
Top MOTUC wants: Sagitar, Great Black Wizard, Skeletor's Skeleton Warriors, Odiphus, Illumina w/Sleetah, Lady Slither, Tuvar & Baddrah 2-pack, "new" characters as designed by Axor (Axel)
No thanks. I stopped buying the issues at number 3 because they were awful and read my friend's copies of 4 and 5 and the series just keeps getting worse.
Can someone PM me the US number for Matty? I want to talk to someone who might has a clue of what is going on.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
THIS LOOKS AMAAAAAAAYZING! He-Man Vs. Despera! Big-Boob Teela, NOW WITH RED HAIR!
can you share a link for a non mobile device?
Sweeeet! Show me the Dodsons' cover now!
I really want figures based on this comic!
Yesss - can't wait !!! and future figures too.
now new sub section for DC comics please
Amazing, if predictable news.
"Also -- somebody dies!" - they say this like it's a good thing?
When do we get to see the Dodsons' cover?
Also, I would love to start seeing MOTU incorporated into Cartoon Network's DC block as little mini-sodes
wow SOTS 2.0 !
Red Teela is back and very sexy .
YES!!! I can read comics again! I gave up on Marvel after it rebooted its main titles and became sheep dung. I finally have a regular book again!
Looks great! I just don't like the 'somebody dies' part...it seems too cliche for this book so far. Red Hair Teela = YES!
We all thought there was a reasonable chance of this happening. Good to see that it not only is, but its happening much sooner than I thought it would. I can see Horde Troopers in the background.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
CHECK OUT MY BRAND NEW WEBSITE for my Akil and Saltfish comic strip, more to come soon!
I've got everything that I need, right in front of me! Life's a happy song people!
Fear is faith in failure
That Battle Cat looks pretty much like the Classics BC I think.
As much as some (and part of me) is against the deaths, I wnt them to treat this with a good gravitas in places so the property gains credibility. i know i know someof you will (to a degree correctly) point out that deaths and gravitas are cheap and quick ways to 'mature' up a storyline, but it can also be done expertly. a good writer doesn't draw a line at going too light or too dark, they can make both work and in tandem. thats what i hope for for this series, give us eternia as we've known it, but bring us to brand new levels and places as well.
as far as i know Despara has been widely accepted as a new take on Adora's horde ties, and to me it's a fantastic addition. familiar story but brand new elements, that's what I want more of.
CHECK OUT MY BRAND NEW WEBSITE for my Akil and Saltfish comic strip, more to come soon!
I've got everything that I need, right in front of me! Life's a happy song people!
Fear is faith in failure
It's too early on in the comic's lifespan to kill major characters off. Especially when She-Ra isn't even She-Ra yet.
Can't wait to see the Dobson cover!!!
And that's an Ed Benes Teela if ever I saw one.
I can see why Duncan is so furious!!!
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. -George Bernard Shaw
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How exciting! I'm thrilled we're getting more Despara/She-Ra goodness.
I seriously hope this eventually spins off into She-Ra getting her very own comic series, with Drew Johnson contributing to some of them.
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The Andover Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and BOB-FM announced today Richard Marx will be performing live in concert Saturday, June 22 in Andover Central Park. The concert will be FREE to attend, however concert-goers must obtain a ticket from one of several area businesses prior to the show.
The Andover Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and BOB-FM announced today Richard Marx will be performing live in concert Saturday, June 22 in Andover Central Park. The concert will be FREE to attend, however concert-goers must obtain a ticket from one of several area businesses prior to the show.
The summer concert in the park stemmed from the desire of the Andover CVB to build a permanent outdoor amphitheater in Central Park. The CVB decided in late 2012 the best way to gauge interest in the project would be to host a free concert. If the event is successful, the group will continue to move forward in recommending plans to the Andover City Council to build an amphitheater in Central Park.
The Andover Convention and Visitors Bureau is funded through hotel guest taxes, received through the two local hotels: Days Inn and Holiday Inn Express. Andover general fund tax dollars are not being used to pay for the event.
"I think this will be a great project for Andover and for the region," says CVB Chairperson Ben Lawrence. "I can imagine families coming throughout the concert season, with lawn chairs and blankets, enjoying live entertainment in
the beautiful setting of Central Park. Outdoor theaters are certainly coming back in style."
BOB-FM got involved with the project early in 2013 because the timing coincided with their plans for the station's 7th birthday party. General Manager Doug Downs says, "The partnership between our station and the Andover CVB is a
win-win relationship. We had the goal of a similar summer event, free for the public to enjoy. It just made sense to do this as a joint project."
Richard Marx has a nearly three-decade career to his credit as a performer, songwriter and producer. He has sold more than 30 million albums. Some of his chart-topping songs include: "Hold on to the Nights," "Don't Mean Nothing," "Satisfied" and "Right Here Waiting." Marx remains the only male artist in history to have his first 7 singles reach the
Top 5 on the Billboard charts.
Marx also has enjoyed a second, very successful career as a songwriter and producer with songs like "To Where You Are," the first hit single from Josh Groban's debut album, as well as "Dance with My Father," a 2004 Grammy Song of the Year he co-authored with Luther Vandross. Other artists he has written songs for include: Barbra Streisand, Vince
Gill, LeAnn Rimes, Natalie Cole, Travis Tritt, Daughtry, and Lifehouse. Just last year, Richard scored a #1 Country single with Keith Urban's "Long Hot Summer," his second with Urban after "Better Life."
Richard remains active as a live performer with an ongoing solo acoustic tour that's taken him around the United States as well as to China and throughout Europe.
Ticket locations will be listed online at WWW.971BOBFM.COM on Friday, May 24.


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TRAINING: A typical day of training consists of a session around 11am, usually strength and conditioning, then MMA at 3, then jiu-jitsu in the evenings.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started when I was 21, always loved the sport. I won my first fight 8 months later and decided to see how far I could take it. Now I fight for my wife and baby boy.
What ranks and titles have you held? Won a few local grappling tournaments, King of the Cage Canada Heavyweight Champion.
Do you have any heroes? My parents for showing me the meaning of hard work. Everyone who helps me (or anyone in general) out of the kindness of their heart.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? When I began fighting it was the Ultimate goal; now that I'm getting my shot, I want to prove to everyone that I am an elite level fighter. I am 100% thankful for the opportunity. It really means the world to me.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I have a Bachelor of Arts from Augustana University/College, and an Elementary Education degree from the University of Alberta.
What was your job before you started fighting? Kindergarten Teacher
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? King of the Cage Canada Heavyweight Champion
Ranks in any martial arts styles: BJJ Blue Belt
Favorite grappling technique: Blood Chokes
Favorite Striking technique: Left Hook
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - On the final day of action at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships East Preliminary Round on Saturday, Columbia added three more distance runners to the NCAA Championships trip to Eugene, Ore. With Harrison McFann and Mike Murphy already qualifying for the 2013 NCAA Championships in the previous two days, Waverly Neer, Daniel Everett and Mark Feigen have now punched their tickets to this year's ultimate competition.
Neer competed in the women's 5,000m where the top five finishers of two heats advance, along with the next best two times. Although the sophomore clocked in with a solid sixth-place time of 16:05.70 in the opening heat, her time stood 11th overall to push her to the championship round.
On the men's side, Everett and Feigen put together strong performances in the 5,000m run. Both lined up in heat two of the event and Everett led the Lions with a fourth place automatic qualifying finish with a time of 14:07.43. Just behind him, grabbing the final automatic bid, was teammate Feigen who finishes fifth with a time of 14:08.70. From June 5 – 8 these Columbia runners will represent the Lions at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Women's 5,000m – Caroline Williams (Heat 2: 23rd – 17:03.83)
Women's Triple Jump - QueenDenise Okeke (Flight 2: 9th - 11.95m), Nadia Eke (Flight 4:11th – 12.41m)


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In her State of the Borough Address Tuesday morning, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall dedicated the last year of relief and recovery efforts in the district to Dylan Smith, a Belle Harbor man who lost his life after helping save lives during Hurricane Sandy, providing $10,000 in grant funding to the Swim Strong Foundation in his name.
As she stood on the Colden Auditorium stage at Queens College and honored of those who lost their lives in the storm, Marshall also looked to the tragedy at Sandy Hook, showing her support for gun control and a framework for forward movement and positive change in the borough.
"While Thanksgiving was muted by Sandy and the holiday season as saddened by the horrific violence in Newtown, let's all agree that 2013 must be a year of hope," Marshall said. "I'm proud to say that my office made a contribution to this effort when it sponsored a gun buyback in June in which dozens of firearms were brought in, I think it was 42 guns."
Over the last 10 years, Marshall has spent $616 million in capital dollars on completing unfinished projects like the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, as well as the pool and skating rink at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, worked to rezone 6,300 blocks of "inappropriate zoning" in neighborhoods like Long Island City and Jamaica.
"This year, working with our great Speaker of the City Council, Chris Quinn, we will work on another 1,000 blocks," she announced. "To support this tech boom, my office will develop a strategic plan to create a 'Tech Zone' on the Queens side of the East River."
Marshall revealed that her office would work with the Coalition for Queens and other "tech stakeholders" after receiving a $150,000 state grant for developing a waterfront revitalization strategy in support of technological innovations.
In addition to investing over $63 million in CUNY institutions, she spoke of her work with Lorraine Grillo and the School Construction Authority on opening six new schools and 60 new school buildings.
She also noted the importance of the Parents Advisory Board's involvement in making the most out of the nearly 30,000 added seats.
"Our schools must provide the virtual link to the growing economic sectors of science, technology, engineering and math," she said, announcing the distribution of $2 million for adding mobile science labs to schools that have not yet added science labs or dedicated science rooms.
Her office invested $117 million in library renovation and expansion projects since 2002, and is now looking toward breaking ground on a replacement library in Far Rockaway, a new library in Glen Oaks, and expansion projects at the new Hunters Point Library, East Elmhurst Library, Kew Gardens Hills Library and the Rochdale Village Adult Learning Center.
While Marshall discussed the expansion of the USTA and her support for the Major League Soccer stadium, both in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, she highlighted her work with the Queens Parks Commissioner Dottie Lewandowski and investing $151 million in new baseball, soccer, volleyball and cricket fields.
As she outlined her work on job creation with the Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct, which has generated of $434 million in revenue and creation of 3,000 jobs, she also touched on her work in opening visitor's centers in PS1 and Queens Botanical Gardens, along with expansion projects at the Queens Museum of Art, Queens Theatre, Museum of the Moving Image and New York Hall of Science.
"At Flushing Town Hall, we'll complete several renovation projects and improvements to its adjacent garden, and we'll complete the renovation of the Afrikan Poetry Theater in Jamaica," she added.
Other expansion projects from Marshall's time in office included the growth of emergency, cancer and cardiac centers, and the development of $15 million in grant money for additional medical equipment.
"Today, it's more important than ever to continue our work to increase the availability and accessibility of the health care services," Marshall said. "We must develop a healthcare system that meets the needs of more than 100,000 residents of the Rockaways."
Marshall also expressed her support and dedication to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo in their work towards climate sustainability, hopeful of preventing more disasters like Sandy in the future.
"I know that ingrained in us is the determination and hope that has seen our borough through its hardest days," she said. "We will meet future challenges the way we met challenges in the past: united."


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ADRIAN TWP. — Hospice of Lenawee has received a donation that brought its capital campaign total to more than $4.5 million, hospice president Bill Kenyon said.
The gift was from a donor who already had just completed giving $5,000 a year during a five-year period and decided to add an extra $20,000, Kenyon said.
"We were very grateful for that, of course," Kenyon said.
That means the capital campaign has $490,000 to go to its $5 million goal, Kenyon said.
Kenyon did not name the donor who gave the extra $20,000. He said he keeps donors' names confidential unless they specifically give permission to use them.
All proceeds from the capital campaign go to pay for the building and furnishings at hospice's new facility on Wolf Creek Highway in Adrian Township, Kenyon said. The facility includes a hospice residential facility for patients who are too sick to receive care at home. This is the first time Hospice of Lenawee has been able to offer that service.
The new facility opened in February 2012 and the first residential patients were admitted in the summer.
Hospice used a long-term loan from United Bank & Trust to pay for the new building, Kenyon said. The final cost for the new facility will probably be close to $5.5 million, he said.
A provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" legislation allows people 701⁄2 years old or older to make charitable donations from traditional IRAs without paying tax on the money withdrawn for the donation, Kenyon said.
Previously, such withdrawals from traditional IRAs would have been taxed, he said.
The capital campaign for the new facility began in 2008 and more than 900 donors have contributed, according to a news release.
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ADRIAN TWP. — Hospice of Lenawee has received a donation that brought its capital campaign total to more than $4.5 million, hospice president Bill Kenyon said.


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Cyprus heads into a runoff presidential election next weekend, with voters called on to select who will lead the country through a severe financial crisis after no candidate won an outright majority in Sunday's vote.
Nicos Anastasiades, a right-winger who presented himself as the most capable to negotiate a bailout with Cyprus' European partners and who went into the election a strong favorite, won the first round with just over 45 percent of the vote. But he fell short of the 50 percent plus one vote needed for an outright victory.
In the Feb. 24 runoff, he will face Stavros Malas, a left-winger who has advocated being more assertive in negotiations for bailout loans to limit the severity of austerity measures they require.
Final results Sunday night showed Anastasiades winning 45.46 percent, well ahead of Malas' 26.91. Independent Giorgos Lallikas was a close third with 24.93 percent, and was eliminated from the running.
The change in leadership, after unpopular President Dimitris Christofias said he would not seek re-election, comes at a crucial juncture for Cyprus. The other 16 countries that use the euro are expected to decide next month on a financial lifeline for the tiny country of less than a million people.
Many had criticized Christofias and his communist-rooted AKEL party for a shrinking economy and 15 percent jobless rate, as well as having mishandled events that led to a deadly explosion of seized Iranian munitions that wrecked the island's main power station.
"What we can deduce from this strong election result it that the overwhelming majority of people have expressed their demand today to rid the country of a government run by the AKEL leadership," Anastasiades told supporters.
Malas said, "Together, we can counter the crisis without having society endure tough policies." Malas' support from AKEL is seen as his main liability.
Lillikas avoided saying which candidate he would support.
Cyprus is fast running out of cash to pay its bills, and the new president faces the difficult task of overcoming skepticism from some bailout-weary euro-area countries to secure help.
Cyprus got into trouble after its banks, whose assets are bigger than the country's entire economy, took huge losses when Greece restructured its debt. The country has already reached a preliminary bailout agreement with its eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund, and has enacted a raft of spending cuts and tax increases.
But Cyprus' help request is meeting resistance from some quarters, especially Germany, which says the country's banks serves as money laundering hubs for Russian oligarchs, or that is too small to matter since it contributes about 0.15 percent to the euro area economy.
Cypriot officials strongly reject the money laundering label and say allowing Cyprus to fall could set back the euro area's fragile recovery.
The size of the bailout, estimated to be up to €17 billion ($22.65 billion), is tiny compared to the hundreds of billions given as rescue loans to other troubled European countries such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal. But it is equivalent to Cyprus' entire economic output, putting into question whether the country would ever be able to pay it back.
"Cyprus needs an adjustment program, a comprehensive one," Joerg Asmussen, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board, told Germany's ARD television Sunday.
It will have to focus on shrinking the banking sector in an orderly way and "financial help will be needed for that, but in order that there can be such a program Cyprus must make efforts in advance — this is not a one-way street," Asmussen said in the interview, which was broadcast before Sunday's election results became clear.
Cyprus will need to improve the transparency of its financial sector and taxation system, Asmussen said.
Asked about the election, Asmussen said the ECB needs "an interlocutor with whom we can negotiate on an adjustment program."
"In order to secure debt sustainability, we will, for example, need far-reaching privatization — the current president had rejected that. Now we will see whether we can negotiate such a program sensibly by the end of March."
Malas rejects selling state-owned companies.
Anastasiades said he would resist outright privatizations, opting instead for selling a minority stake to a strategic investor.
Both candidates have said they would utilize the prospect of the natural gas riches from newfound offshore deposits to jumpstart the economy, but such potential revenue is still years away.
The financial crisis has overtaken the country's ethnic division as the primary campaign issue in some 40 years. Cyprus was split into an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north in 1974, when Turkish invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece. The latest round of reunification talks between Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu resulted in deadlock.
Turnout in Sunday's vote stood at 83.14 percent of the 545,491 eligible voters.
Geir Moulson in Berlin and Elena Becatoros in Athens contributed.


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USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for October 12
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October 12 (Bloomberg) -- This table displays the latest daily spot or bid prices for durum wheat. Prices are in dollars a bushel Information is supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Prices are determined by a USDA survey of grain purchasers with elevators located in seven regions of Montana. Prices are displayed as a "low-high" range, or as a "single" price depending upon the degree of consensus among the purchasers.
Durum wheat is the hardest wheat. The test weight is at least 60 pounds a bushel. Durum averages 15 percent protein and is mainly used in the making of pasta.


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"School Lunch with a Mexican Twist"
The same foods that parents pack into a hearty school lunch in Mexico are perfect for school lunchtime in America. These dishes are so tasty and filling, even grownups will want to take them to work! Street-Style Cut-Up Fruits and Vegetables; Ham and Cheese Torta Sandwiches; Juju's Birthday Cake (with a Brownie Twist).. D
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While Valve talks freely about some aspects of its work, the Steam and Half-Life creator is always tight-lipped about business. However, the flurry of speculation, rumor and doomsaying which sprung from news of layoffs at Valve has provoked a statement from head honcho Gabe Newell. Nothing's being cancelled, he says, and no priorities or projects shuffled, but he won't discuss the layoffs.
Here's Newell's statement, as provided to Engadget:
We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I'd take the unusual step of addressing them. No, we aren't canceling any projects. No, we aren't changing any priorities or projects we've been discussing. No, this isn't about Steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here.
Whispers on the wind said around 25 people were laid off, but this was unconfirmed. Valve certainly won't be the one to clear this up, so it'll remain a mystery for now.


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Thanks to everyone who came out for the Prima Coffee Barista Bash 003 hosted by Java Brewing Company on Friday night! There was a great turn out with both new and familiar faces in attendance.
Heiniger and Shiny Shiny
Anyone who knows Chris Heiniger knows that the man just doesn't smile all that often. Or, if he does smile, it's fleeting and not easy to glimpse. Thus, it becomes all the rarer to see not only a picture in which he is smiling, but a picture in which he is posing and smiling. This Linea 3MP, which he will be working very closely and lovingly with, was deemed by him a more than adequate reason to pose and smile.
What a Bash!
Sorry for the delay, but this is my first day back in the office since the Bash. First off... wow! What an awesome success! So many people showed up and so much great coffee was consumed. Congrats to Chris Heiniger and Kenny Smith who took first and second place in the latte art competition, and a HUGE thank you to Chris Deferio for driving down from Muncie and gracing us with his coffee expertise.
There are so many more people to thank. I'm not sure where to begin and I'm sure that I will forget somebody. Here goes, thank you to:
SCAA 2013: Boston-bound and It Feels So Good
Pack your bags and fasten your seatbelts — we're going to Boston! SCAA is back in Beantown for the 25th annual expo and you're invited. Join us!
SCAA 2014: Getting Giddy for the Emerald City
Here at Prima, the office is buzzing in anticipation of this year's SCAA Expo, for its 26th incarnation in the legendary coffee town of Seattle.
Coffee Fest 2013: Chicagoland or Bust
Coffee Fest is back in Chicago — are you ready? This is one of the most fun weekends in the coffee world and we hope that you'll come play. Read on to see where we'll be.
Quills Coffee Linea Installation...Party
Last night, I had the privilege and honor of hanging around with the staff at Quills Coffee as Kenny Smith helped them install their new La Marzocco Linea 3MP. To the best of my knowledge, it's the only paddle-group machine in the city, and by all accounts, it's well worth the investment. It took us a little while to get all the kinks worked out, and Chris Heiniger claimed to be nuzzled by a family of possums, but the early closing time of 4 PM yesterday still allowed us to get everything done by midnight or so.
Boston Translation or: A Soulful Synopsis of SCAA
Eleven days and a thousand miles separate me from my last morning in Boston. Swag sorted, coffee stashed, and sleep recovered, I'm back to normal life in Louisville. Back to writing at a desk, breathing warm, Kentucky air and sleeping in my own bed. Back to wishing I was in Boston.


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Monday, June 2, 2008
The Best Backwards NASCAR Show On TV
SPEED executives answered criticisms from The Daly Planet in no uncertain terms. This Monday, it only took three minutes until the Pocono preview started on This Week In NASCAR. Apparently, the current program format is here to stay.
Host Steve Byrnes and panelists Michael Waltrip and Chad Knaus tried their best to sell the excitement of Pocono, but veteran fans knew the truth. Even after a test, the potential for a single file COT parade existed once again.
The good part was that Waltrip and Knaus are now working very well together. They have sorted-out what topics each should address and are working to speak from their strengths on the show. Waltrip does not feel threatened by Knaus, and this duo should be able to continue to allow their working TV relationship to grow.
With most of the first thirty minutes of the program dedicated to Pocono, the momentum of the show is tough to keep very high. Even with good preview information, it was Dover and not Pocono that was on the minds of the fans who tuned-in to this TV program.
The Dover review gave Knaus a good opportunity to speak directly to the issue of the big wreck in the race. His point about limited sight lines and the speed of the laps made a lot more sense than explanations offered during the live telecast. Knaus added the item about Dale Earnhardt Junior getting his car's splitter stuck under the wall in the accident.
The show was now in full swing with Dover on the menu and all three men contributed to the fast-paced conversation. This is the fun part of the show that fans really like. Why it does not lead this program is anyone's guess.
The complete difference between Waltrip and Knaus makes their conversations interesting. The analytical Knaus is often put off his game by Waltrip's comments, but sometimes Knaus teaches Waltrip a thing or two about the very cars he drives.
Since the team radios have been used extensively on TV, it has become obvious that a lot of the things said during the race are said for one purpose. That purpose is to make it to shows like TWIN. The original TWIN feature showcasing the radios was fine, but now it often seems to be nothing short of campy. What a shame that PR and sponsors have now crept even into the team radio chatter.
It was never really mentioned why a feature appeared with old footage of Tony Stewart in his rookie season. Sometimes, things toward the end of this program just "show-up." There was no connection to Dover, Pocono or any other topic in the show. Rather than talk about issues in the NASCAR news, TWIN viewers saw old footage that made no sense at all. If Stewart was there because of his upcoming Eldora race, it was only mentioned in closing quickly by Waltrip.
With the personalities on this TV series starting to gel, it is time for SPEED to turn The NASCAR Media Group loose to open the format and encourage more of the give-and-take between Waltrip and Knaus. The potential for fun is there, but is it currently buried under pre-produced features and sponsored elements.
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31 comments:
- Newracefan said...
Come on JD you left out the best part. Chad busting on Michael with the old sway bar issue. Michael rolled with it and I just about fell on the floor laughing.
I have moved on with the backwards issue. Not that I wouldn't be happy with a switch around.
I'm not sure why they did the TS piece but watching Chad try to keep a straight face talking about how different Tony is and we all know his demeanor was not the only part of the discussion we did not hear was hysterical. Chad and Michael are the funniest combination with this show, not that I don't like Greg but Chsd cracks me up. As to the wanting their scanner chatter to make it on to TV I will say it is usually not the driver who comes out with a lot of the zingers it's the spotter's and crew chiefs and I am not sure it's not just a way to keep the driver from getting frustrated, unfocused, or just not on their game for much of them.
- June 2, 2008 at 9:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
With this format why not just go ahead and call it "Next week in Nascar"?? I mean my God at least the name will match the format!!!
- June 2, 2008 at 9:49 PM
- Renata said...
I think they're on to something. Michael and Chad are becoming TWIN's version of the 'Odd Couple,' and it's producing some great comedy moments, not to mention some information thrown in along the way.
On the Tony Stewart piece, I'm fairly certain that it was featured because the Prelude is on Wednesday.
- June 2, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
I will never watch this show the first 30 minutesfor the reasons mentioned, but after I tuned in with about 20 minutes to go, I caught the line about the sway bar and LAUGHED OUT LOUD as Mikey's response. He could've taken that a number of ways but I agree, these two are great.
Honestly if SPEED wants a great show, GIVE IT TO THESE GUYS and let them talk for 30 minutes. Hello, these guys could sit and read email questions and discuss the race on their own and be fun in a 'different format.'
What a waste these guys are gelling in such an irritating show.
I also loved the ]Tony looks/talks so much different now' (and the LOOK on Chad's face was PRICELESS!!)
A few minutes of great fun still can not fix a limping show. Or as mentioned here and I suggested months ago...MOVE the show to Thursday night, and call it NEXT week in Nascar but NWIN makes a bad acronym.
the Odd Couple is one of my favorite old movies and I loved the tv show as well.
Thanks for the write up JD..wish you were producer/director.
P.S. Favorite line from Odd Couple movie Oscar (matthau) ranting on Felix (Jack Lemmon) " I hate that you always leave me little notes everywhere.
Oscar, we're out of milk. I went to the store.
It took me 10 minutes to figure out what F.U. stood for!" (Felix Unger)
..that was a racy joke back in the 60's :-0
now back to JD's column talk.
- June 2, 2008 at 10:24 PM
- Tracy said...
We Tivo TWIN and skip the first 25 minutes. Agree about the swaybar jab. What a hoot!
They need to put up a translation of the scanner comments. Can't hear them clearly enough. Annoying.
If they need to fill time, let Chad and MW loose. Didn't need the early Tony video. Waste of time
It's a shame Speed can't admit it's wrong about the format. Thank heavens for Tivo.
- June 2, 2008 at 10:30 PM
- Wisconsin Steve said...
If Speed is not going to change the format of TWIN, then maybe they should change the day on which it airs. A show focusing on a preview of the next race would be a lot more relevant on Wednesday or Thursday than on Monday.
- June 2, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The Odd Couple...that is perfect!
I wonder if that makes Steve Byrnes into Murray the Cop?
- June 2, 2008 at 10:44 PM
- Amy/HarpAmy in FL said...
I am commenting here without being able to watch the first airing so I tread on thin ice here. But I will say that from what I have seen of Mikey and Chad this year, dare I say that they are an even better pairing than Mikey and Kenny Schrader. I loved the Schrader/Waltrip pairing but Waltrip/Knaus is definitely on an even par if not better.
I plan on watching the midnight reair if I can stay awake for the entire show. Man, gotta hate when work cuts into my Monday Mikey fix. But alas, I love what I do and that is free-lance harping on my harp.
Love the columns JD. BTW, did I miss a TWIN colum last week? Just wondering.?.
- June 2, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- AMS fan said...
This past weekend I had made up my mind Monday would my last TWIN unless a change was made. I still felt the same at 8:00 pm Monday. I've watched my recording and it's such a shame that the format makes no sense. I cannot convince myself that it does.
I have never been a fan of Chad. I respect his knowledge which is one of the best in the business. Mikey is nuts, and Chad is as serious as a Greg Biffle alternator. They were peanut butter and jelly tonite. The eariler "Odd Couple" comment is perfect. The 2 worked so well together tonight. They were even able to play off the others comments. Even when Chad about pulled Mikeys britches down and spanked him in public. {PRICELESS} It's rare when Mikey is speechless.
My fav was Chad "why are you touching me, quit touching me". As the few remaining loyal viewers know how much Mikey will sit up and poke at Chad so he can but in. In jest, Chad finally set Mikey straight. great
Well there were just to many good thing done on tonights show so I'll stop with those.
Chad trying to keep a straight face was pretty good also.
I really enjoyed the show, but I still got this one hangup. The format makes no sense and works on my nerves right down to the last one. (I know, sounds like a personal problem, it is)
So I think for the next 6 races I'll watch both Monday recap (loosly) shows. I've caught the other one a few times and it's growing on me. The one that I can get past that logical side of my brain, will be the only Monday recap (ha ha) show for me.
Nascar on FOX, I like your Nascar coverage far more than the others, I just can't get past this bassackwards show.
I hear all good things must come to an end, even in NASCAR.
ps: the hockey fans are gettin' their money's worth tonite, uh/O - it's morning now
guess I'll watch TWIN again, maybe it's better the second time
- June 3, 2008 at 12:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
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- June 3, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Mikey and Chad are great together--now just give them a show format that makes sense, and we'll be all set.
- June 3, 2008 at 3:12 AM
- dannyboy said...
Chad is getting very good at ribbing his co-panelist: after Chad chided Mikey on the swaybar, Michael's comeback was classic:
"I'm a couple swaybars short of a full rack."
Then after the review of the truck race, when Steve pointed out that Scott Speed had his toenails done after the race, Mike quipped, "Junior Johnson and Bud Moore are puking right about now..." After which he thought "I might try that" and Chad "poked" him with, "But first you have to win." Hilarious.
JD, I'm still thinking the ESPN scanner clips are better chosen, more in-context, and even possibly someone is tweaking the audio to make them more understandable.
Many good points here by others, but the #1 thing about this show is that it's bass-ackwards and "fan Michigan" said it best;-D
- June 3, 2008 at 3:27 AM
- Dee said...
I never thought this combination would work, Chad and Mikey, but after a long day at work and having to deal with that BORING race on Sunday it was refreshing to watch this show. Format doesn't bother me, can't hear the scanner talk, so that is a waste. Great show, two unique personalities that work great together.
- June 3, 2008 at 7:31 AM
- Ritchie said...
I agree that the chemistry on this show is getting better between Mr. Waltrip and Mr. Knaus.
If I ignore the layout of the show's segments, it wasn't that bad and I think I know why.
Having Michael Waltrip on a talk show is a lot like trotting a horse, you need to let him run, but with the reins pulled back slightly to keep his mouth under control. That is what the video clips do. They minimize the amount of time Mr. Waltrip has to talk and that helps to focus him.
I don't think that this show will ever live up to ESPN's NASCAR Now round-table episodes, but if they keep working, I'm sure they will find their stride.
- June 3, 2008 at 8:20 AM
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- June 3, 2008 at 8:20 AM
- glenc1 said...
those of you who skipped part one missed the comment of Chad's on letting them shift at Pocono again--when Mikey countered with his 'that's your opinion' I couldn't help but laugh, as if Chad knows less about that than Mikey...but at least Mike was polite. It was a pretty good show, and I haven't seen it in a few weeks. But I got to thinking--Alan B had a show some years back that was a 'TWIN', wasn't it? Maybe someone's mentioned it before--I think it was just a cover show of the week's highlights. We didn't have SPEED then, but they used to air it here on FSN in various time slots. Maybe this show is meant to be a combination of the two. The backwardsness doesn't bother me as much as some of you. I don't know why.
- June 3, 2008 at 8:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm getting used to the backwards format. I just turn the TV to SPEED as soon as Jeopardy is over (which is a few minutes before the hour). That way I don't miss the opening remarks about the previous race before they jump into the next race.
Also learning to accept that Ken Schrader is not a regular anymore. Chad Knaus is a welcome addition to the show.
Sophiaz123, your reference to The Odd Couple is hilarious. So glad you explained what F.U. meant.
- June 3, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Tracy said...
fan Michigan:
You're my hero.
- June 3, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Tracy said...
Wait, I could have been clearer!
fan Michigan:
.hero my You're.
- June 3, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
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- June 3, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 10:54AM,
After you read the rules for posting on the right side of the main page, please come back and re-post.
Many of your points are very valid, they just need a little re-phrasing for this forum.
- June 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Anon 9.53
That rant from Walter Matthau is hilarious.
OMG, I missed the comment about somebody getting their toenails done and mikey said Jr Johnson is puking somewhere right now! Wow...some classic stuff.
The swaybar was a good one as well.
On and to whomever wrote your message backwards, good job...It took me a minute to figure out your point. Well done.:-)
- June 3, 2008 at 11:44 AM
- Renata said...
Probably. If it doesn't make Steve into the Cop, I don't see what other role he's in under that context.
I love that sequence about the note from the Odd Couple too. In addition to the movie and TV show, it was great as a play with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broaderick as well.
fan Michigan,
Thanks for the laugh, or should I say: laugh the for Thanks ;-)
- June 3, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- Geez said...
I guess I don't understand the harping on the format at this late date.
They said upfront that the new show will be as much about the next race as the last one. It's a Monday show titled This Week In NASCAR.
I Didn't care for the order in which they did it at first, but I got used to it.
- June 3, 2008 at 1:03 PM
- Dannyboy said...
GlenC: Re: Shifting at Pocono you said: "when Mikey countered with his 'that's your opinion' I couldn't help but laugh, as if Chad knows less about that than Mikey"
And Chad has driven how many laps at Pocono?
Nevertheless your point is well taken. If I'm not mistaken I seem to recall Mike making negative comments on the old show when NASCAR changed the shift rule a few years ago. He seems to have changed his opinion.
P.S. I've been to a couple races there, and despite what many say, I like the racing.
- June 3, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I know I'm a bit late, but I didn't get to see the show until noon --- had to record it.
I can't add much except that I laughed myself into tears at the repartee between Chad and Michael. Keep it up, guys --- you're doing great! (Especially when Chad totally silenced Mikey -- ROTFL)
I, too, have moved on with the backwards issue, and have just decided to relax and enjoy.
- June 3, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- J. D. said...
Uh, John, you have not acknowledged the obvious in your week's long issue about this show being backwards. What is the name of the show? THIS WEEK in NASCAR. Not LAST WEEK in NASCAR. From the beginning the format has lived up to the original name. Like it or not, that is what separates it from every other recap/review show on television.
- June 3, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Michael Waltrip, terrible on track performance, terrible off track performance.I tune in week after week but always stop watching because he offers nothing but stupidity. He really out to spend Monday nights improving his teams performance,although maybe he does more for his team by staying away. Some of the people who are outrunning him every week should embaress him, especially with all of the Toyota $, horsepower , and tech help he has.
- June 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm really starting to like Chad on TWIN. How come we didn't hear about Jr's splitter stuck under the wall during the race? I couldn't figure out why he wasn't back out on the track since his damage did not look bad. Nice to find out two days later.
We need to quit complaining about the backasswardness of TWIN. The suits won't change it until next season. They can't change it now, or they will have to admit that they messed up. Can't have that.
fan Michigan, clever too you're.
- June 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Coffee said...
I like the "backwards" programming myself! When the checkered flag drops, that race is over!
It's getting so bad I hardly watch the "victory lane" SPEED puts out--I just watched the race--why do I need highlights?
I MIGHT stay if they wanted to show some pit stops we missed or which drivers were running for cover(KB?) right after a race.
All of the shows use the same footage it seems to me, by Monday night it's time to move on.
Therefore it is a relief when they move on to the next race first, so I can move on or skip over the highlights and listen to the chatter among the guests.
- June 4, 2008 at 1:50 AM
- Anne M said...
I'm enjoying your coverage of TWIN and I agree wholeheartedly with your criticisms of the format and your suggestions for improvement. I was a new NASCAR fan last year and never missed the old Inside NEXTEL Cup program -- in fact, many weeks it was better than the race. I really loved the race review as it helped me understand what I had seen (and missed) during the race. And I seem to be in the minority on this, but I liked Dave Despain. I appreciated the questions he asked and the discussions they prompted.
I don't really expect TWIN to ever take the place of INC for me, unless they drop the taped segments and focus on talking about the race, but it's much better than it was at the start. And while I desperately miss Ken Schrader and the 3-panelist format, I am a huge fan of Chad Knaus. Getting to see him on this as well as NASCAR Performance is a treat for me.
There are a couple of things I don't think you've mentioned. One is that the scanner segment is far inferior to the one on INC, both because the subtitles were really helpful and because INC didn't drown out the radio communications with loud music.
Also, this week for the first time Byrnes seemed to be prompting Knaus to talk about things he'd already discussed on NASCAR Performance. I don't mind this if it happens once in a while because it was interesting information, but they need to be careful not to lean on it too much -- there must be a lot of us who watch both shows, and the last thing they need is to make this show a rehash of something else.
I also would appreciate it if you would suggest the most productive way to provide feedback to SPEED on what I like and don't like about the new show. I can't imagine they don't know that they've taken away some of the best things about INC, but I guess I'd like to tell them anyway. If you've already done this, I apologize for missing it.
I'm looking forward to reading more from you on this show and others. Thanks!
- June 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM


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"... Problems with accommodating everyday needs
Mick Jagger's great strength lies in his wonderful mental abilities, evident in his growing ability to handle difficult concepts and articulate his ideas, and these deserve as much support and encouragement as possible. However, his innate fear of his very powerful feelings will continue to be a challenge throughout his early years. Control is unusually important to this child, and he may sometimes display efforts at self-control which make him seem strangely precocious and aloof compared with other children. In fact these efforts are not strange at all, but are part of his instinctive need to preserve his autonomy and protect his vulnerable feelings. Also, there are innate ideals in Mick Jagger which are likely to become increasingly important as he learns to articulate them - ideals such as fairness, truthfulness and kindness to others. This ethical core contributes to a decent, kind and highly attractive personality. But his outer surface of amiability will often conceal very powerful feelings and needs - particularly an urgent need for emotional support and reassurance which Mick Jagger may not be able to express but which may lie behind a great many of his efforts to be "good" and "perfect" in the eyes of others..."
"... A rich imagination and a lively mind
All this imagination and breadth of vision, however, are challenged by the perennial dilemma which Mick Jagger is likely to encounter throughout his childhood - the difficult realm of his emotions and personal needs. His marvellous gift of creating a rich and complete fantasy-world of his own design may in fact further alienate him from difficult feelings which he would rather avoid. Mick Jagger may make up a story rather than confront his feelings of anger, need or loneliness. It may therefore be important for parents to recognise that his methods of communicating his feelings will not always be direct. He may exaggerate, infer or disguise what is happening inside him, not because he is untruthful but because he does not understand what is really troubling him. The physical world may also prove somewhat problematic for Mick Jagger because his rich imagination and identification with the figures of myth and fairy tales will cause him to rebel against too many boundaries, rules and restrictions. Routines and the necessity of waiting are likely to be experienced as enemies, and he may show a tendency toward restlessness and refusal to perform "boring" activities and tasks which could arouse annoyance or anger in parents and family members. It would be a mistake, however, to assume that Mick Jagger is "spoiled" or lazy. He has a warm and generous heart and a great willingness to please, and he is also capable of plenty of effort to achieve his dreams - provided the promise of the future justifies present boredom. Understanding, support and encouragement are needed to help this child come to terms with mundane reality and difficult emotions, because his real allegiance is to the inner world of ideas and dreams. This radiant inner world will need to be balanced by a greater appreciation of the material world as he grows up, but it should never be crushed through secret envy on the part of parents or family members, oppressive routines imposed without a purpose, or blindly authoritarian attitudes which attempt to break his spirit. Mick Jagger may be slower than some children to adapt to external requirements and limits. But with enough love and support he will eventually achieve such adaptation, which will provide a strong and well-grounded base for his unique mental and imaginative gifts.. ."
"... A child who sees the drama in
Nothing is as endlessly fascinating to Mick Jagger as the continuous stream of images which pours from his fertile imagination. His real abode is the dramatic realm of myth and fairy tale, and he will seek to express all the larger-than- life melodrama of his fantasies in every way possible. He possesses great quantities of sheer unadulterated vitality,and the intensity of his imaginative assault on ordinary everyday life may sometimes prove extremely tiring to family members and friends. Everything must be big and exciting and full of extreme emotion. Mild irritation in Mick Jagger is transformed into global rage, and love will be expressed as a passionate and all-consuming attachment. Frustration may lead to really flamboyant tantrums, and whatever he finds interesting will possess his whole heart - for a time, until something more exciting comes along. Then the old interest will be forgotten as though it had never been. He is also acutely conscious of himself as the protagonist in all these dramas, and will therefore appear quite self-centred and concerned with the image he conveys. There is great style and flair in everything he does, but sometimes he may pose a little and "milk" a situation for everything he can - all for the purpose of infusing boring old reality with some of the magic and grandeur of the mythic realm. He can be intensely loving and loyal, and has a courageous and generous heart. But it is natural for him to be interested primarily in himself. If all the world is a stage, as Shakespeare once wrote, and all the men and women (and children) merely players, then Mick Jagger intends to be a star - or, at the very least, the villain if he cannot achieve the main heroic role. He would rather be thought badly of - the chief troublemaker at home, for example, or the "terror" of the neighbourhood children - than not thought of at all. He carries within him the deep sense of a special destiny, and has no intention of being deflected from what he fantasises as a great and wonderful future. From the earliest months of life he will contrive to draw everyone's attention to himself, sometimes at the expense of quieter, more self-effacing siblings. Mick Jagger may need to learn that other people are important in their own right, and not just supporting roles in his own drama. Yet his sunny charm and magnetism are irresistible, and his periodic bouts of undisguised egotism will always be forgiven...."
"...The vision of a courtly world
Mick Jagger's perception of the world is full of high drama. He has no intention of being one of the cast of extras standing along the roadside watching the main action.He can sometimes be very aggressive in claiming centre stage, and much tact may be needed to help him recognise the needs and rights of siblings. If he is the eldest child in the family, he may express intense and prolonged jealousy at having to share parental love with a new arrival. If he is a younger child he may resent the special privileges accorded older siblings. He will need a great deal of loyalty, affection and affirmation of his lovability until he is old enough to formulate his own goals. Then he will begin to seek attention and admiration through his accomplishments. For this reason Mick Jagger should be encouraged to be actively creative and take pride in doing things well, so that he does not resort to manipulative tactics in order to get the reassurance he craves. As he gets older he will not mind the envy or competitiveness of other children, for such envy can be a measure of his importance just as much as adulation can. He has an instinctive understanding of this basic human mechanism and is therefore not afraid to shine. Winning gives him great satisfaction even if the losers are annoyed...."
"...The craving to be first and best
Mick Jagger possesses a fiercely competitive spirit which demands that he is unquestionably first and best. He may therefore resist sharing love, time and space in a large family, and may also have difficulty in group participation at school.He is a solo performer, and in early life this may cause many storms because his combustible temper and intense self-will ensure the loudest possible protest if he does not get what he wants immediately. Being naturally quick and bright, he may also be impatient with slower siblings. As he gets older, his enormous reserves of energy can be encouraged to take more constructive channels. He needs a lot of physical activity and may enjoy sports or competitive games. If he shows an inclination toward such pursuits, encourage him to learn the patience necessary to develop winning skills. If he shows intellectual aptitude, his competitive spirit can be encouraged to develop academically - or along artistic lines if he displays interest in playacting, storytelling, painting or dance..."
"...Everything in excess
Mick Jagger perceives everything, including himself, in grand and intensely theatrical terms. His imagination is perpetually active, injecting into ordinary life a sublime vision of an exciting world where more is always better.He finds it hard to be imprisoned in what others call reality without some hope of an adventure around the next corner. A domestic environment entirely focussed on material security and daily routines will prove heavily oppressive to him. For this reason parents need to provide him with some excitement and change - even if this is simply a regular supply of new books or a walk to a different place each day - so that his inquisitive and restless mind can discover something new. Mick Jagger may enjoy stirring up trouble if he becomes bored - not the serious kind, but small acts of mischief such as practical jokes. Even a good quarrel is more interesting than day after day of interminable domestic sameness. Danger may carry a certain excitement for him, although he has an excellent instinct for self-preservation. But parents may have some hair-raising moments when they find him clambering over a forbidden fence to steal the neighbour's apples or paint graffiti on the school wall..."
A wealth of artistic gifts
Socrates once spoke about his "daimon" - an inner creative spirit which propelled him toward the fulfillment of his destiny. Mick Jagger might be said to have this kind of "daimon". Such a powerful creative force can be a burden even for a wise adult, and Mick Jagger has not yet developed a mature capacity to formulate and channel it. The result may be many outbursts, tantrums and periods of hyperactivity, as well as friction and rivalry with siblings as he seeks to impose his will on the environment. However, as he gets older it will gradually become easier for him to cope with his turbulent inner world - particularly if parents and family members are prepared to support his fertile imagination and developing creative interests. Whatever the presiding family values, it is not likely that Mick Jagger will ultimately adhere to any values other than his own. These are the values of the artist and the visionary rather than those of the collective. If parents are prepared to accept his highly individualistic nature and can combine ordinary everyday guidance and discipline with empathy and respect for his need for myth and magic, he will be able to develop a solid sense of self-worth, enabling him to be less stubborn and impenetrable. He is not innately gifted with the ability to recognise the separate needs and natures of others. But with the loving support of family members, his innate nobility and loving heart will allow him to meet this greatest of life's challenges..."
an impact on life
Mick Jagger loves to infuse reality with the images of his inner world, and his mind is attuned to future potentials and possibilities. The need to express his developing ideas to others is highly important to him. He will try to inject a note of individuality into any subject he studies. Because he is likely to be more interested in the broader picture than in one highly specialised area of knowledge, he needs an educational environment where teachers can recognise that music has something in common with mathematics, and that one cannot study history without studying human nature as well. This holistic and far-ranging quality of mind may make Mick Jagger do extremely well in subjects which inspire him, while he may do surprisingly poorly if the subject or the teacher are too narrow or mundane. The operative word here is inspiration - he needs to feel his understanding is growing through discovering meaningful connections, not shrinking through memorising too many facts. So intuitive and imaginative is his mind that he may have a hard time settling down to ordinary school routines. He dislikes the more boring aspects of learning and may have a tendency to procrastinate and daydream rather than getting down to doing homework. If possible it would be worthwhile considering a more progressive and creatively focussed type of school for him. If impossible, try to make provision for his highly active imagination through encouraging creative hobbies and interests outside school. Academic prowess may prove less important for his future than the chance to find appropriate avenues for creative self-expression ..."
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Mick Jagger
British guitarist, musician and lead singer superstar with The Rolling Stones. One of the pop world's biggest stars, he has also appeared in over six films, including movies based on his life and band. Specializing in guitar and lead vocal, the band has been active since the early '70s and recently started a world tour in 1997.
Their music draws crowds of all ages and their concerts are noted for showing rock culture at its worst, causing orgies of violence, drugs, victims of injuries and a few deaths. Each band member is a multi-millionaire many times over. Jagger reportedly earned $25 million from 1971-1978 alone.
A middle-class street kid, Jagger was always driven, always felt that he was special. He pushes himself to exhaustion on every tour, worries about every record release, redlines every budget sheet, keeps up on every detail of the production whole, controlling every facet. Complex, unsettled, always controversial, he has sampled multiple relationships, brief affairs with some of the groupies who follow the band and two marriages. He had a daughter, Karis, with actress Marsha Hunt in 1972. He married model Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, then 21, in 1973; their daughter, Jade, was born five months later. In 1979 the nuptials ended in divorce.
In May 1976 he first met tall, blonde model Jerry Hall. They re-met the following year at Studio 57 and began their romance.
Steady companions from 1978, they had four children, including Elizabeth, 1984, James, 1985 and Gabriel Luke Beauregard, 12/9/1997. Hall and Jagger married on 11/21/1990 in an Indonesian ceremony in Bali.
Their 21-year relationship folded when rumors that Brazilian model Luciana Morad was carrying his baby hit the papers on 1/12/1999. Those rumors proved true when, on 7/27/1999, the results of a blood test were announced, proving that Morad's baby, Lucas, was Jagger's child. Hall, who has weathered Jagger's indiscretions over the years with disgruntled tolerance, had enough and filed for divorce in mid-January. At stake is the 55-year-old rocker's estimated $230 million fortune, including a half dozen houses, and the well-being of their four kids. When Jagger made a feeble attempt to declare that they had never been legally married, a judge remarked that "Living together with four children sounds married to me." Hall sued for a reported $50 million, but settled out of court with Jagger the day their trial was supposed to start for $15.5 million.
Jagger has never pretended to maintain monogamy. His masseuse said, "He looks like an old raisin but he's still wicked sexy. He has this giant Grand Canyon ego and it just can't be filled by one woman."
Jagger's mother, Eva, died of a heart condition, 5/18/00 in London. She was 87. In San Francisco, 7/01/2000, Karis Jagger, his first born daughter by Marsha Hunt, was married to Jonathan Watson, a film-production assistant.
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Alec Baldwin apparently landed in the courtroom of Manhattan's most easygoing judge Thursday.
Judge John Delury gave the "30 Rock" star a chance to clear his record when he adjourned Baldwin's case for riding his bicycle the wrong way on a New York City street, reports the New York Daily News.
"Can you stay out of trouble, Alexander?" the judge asked Baldwin.
"Sure, sure," the actor replied.
"Be a good boy from now on," Delury said. "Have a good day."
And just like that, Baldwin escaped legal trouble with an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal for his illegal May 13 bicycle ride that ended in a shout-down with two city cops and Baldwin's arrest, captured in a photo published by In Touch Weekly.
The adjournment came moments after Baldwin told the judge he would rather pay a fine than apologize for his encounter with police officers that witnesses described as belligerent and curse-laden.
Now, if Baldwin can remain trouble free for six months, the charge again him will be dropped.
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If you would like a volunteer from your organization highlighted in the Daily Local News, contact Phyllis Rowan at email@example.com.
Habitat for Humanity of Chester County is looking for volunteers (ages 16 and older) for its Coatesville and Kennett Square ReStores. Habitat ReStores are retail outlets where quality used home furnishings and surplus building materials are sold at a fraction of normal prices. Proceeds from sales help local affiliates fund the construction of Habitat houses within the community. The stores are open Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis and Saturdays tend to fill up quickly. Coatesville and Kennett Square ReStore volunteers help with incoming/outgoing donations, pricing, displays and cleaning up the store.
For more information visit www.hfhcc.org or call 610-384-7993, ext. 17.
The American Cancer Society�s Road to Recovery program in Chester County is currently seeking more volunteers to provide life-saving rides to treatment for individuals with cancer. If interested, contact Jane Blanas at 888-202-1487 ext. 65133 or firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
A clean driving record, valid driver�s license, and proof of automobile insurance are required.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is looking for volunteers to prepare federal taxes for low to moderate income families in Chester County at no charge. It is a free service. The organization is currently recruiting volunteers for the coming tax season.
Volunteers are trained in tax law concerning low to moderate income families, are taught how to use the software used in the preparation of taxes, are certified by the IRS, and protected from civil action through that certification.
Anyone interested in volunteering and learning how to prepare federal income tax returns; contact Rich Baxter at Life Transforming Ministries by phone 610-380-9099, Ext. 12, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for more details on times of day, days of the week, locations and training dates.
Life Transforming Ministries is a nonprofit organization and the program is funded by the United Way and the Internal Revenue Service.
The Barn at Spring Brook Farm, a fully handicapped accessible facility that offers animal-assisted activities for children with disabilities between the ages of 2 � 12, is in need of volunteers to participate in its Individualized Program. No experience is necessary, training is provided. All that is needed is the love of animals and children. Working one on one with a child on a weekly basis at The Barn can be a very rewarding experience.
To find out more about this volunteer opportunity, for more information about Spring Brook Farm and to download a volunteer application, please visit the website at www.springbrook-farm.org or call the office at 610-793-1037.
Pennsylvanians for Human Life provides informative, nonjudgmental presentations to people of all ages on life issues. Thorough training is provided for volunteer speakers. No teaching experience is necessary. For more information, visit www.Pennlife.org , phone: 610-696-0780 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thorncroft Equestrian Center, located in Malvern, is in need of volunteers. The therapeutic riding program serves riders with any of over 30 disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, head trauma, spina bifida and mental and emotional challenges.
Volunteers can be a side aide or leader and help with tacking up of the horses and ponies or in the barn. Lessons take place in an enclosed/covered arena, an outdoor arena or walks cross country. Extensive training is available for new volunteers and a quick brush-up for seasoned horse people.
Help is also needed in the office, the organizing of horse shows and working at special events.
Riding is offered to students with or without disabilities, also.
For information, call Amy Davis, volunteer coordinator, at 610-644-1963 or visit www.thorncroft.org.
The Revolutionary War Paoli Battlefield, located in Malvern, is recruiting for volunteers who are interested in history, particularly this period in the early history of Chester County and the United States, for membershipon its Board of Directors.
The Paoli Preservation Battlefield Board runs programs that tell the story of the massacre that occurred on this site on Sept 20, 1777, as well as runs an historical speaking series that begins in September with a different published speaker recounting events that occurred within the county and the 13 Colonies during the early creation of our nation.
The board and its volunteers run these programs to raise funds to achieve National Landmark Status for the Battlefield site and your input, ideas and help would be most welcome. The board meets for about 1� hours once a month at the Malvern Borough Office, the second Wednesday of the month beginningat 5:30 p.m.
Interested volunteers should make application by following the instructions on the Battlefield�s website under the section contact us at www.ushistory.org/Paoli, or call the automated phone system at 866-650-7273.
The Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates are looking for volunteer tour guides, interpreters and retail volunteers to work gift shop sales on an as-needed basis that will complement and schedule based on your availability.
Tour guides and interpreters will perform guided tours of the historic site, museum, its two restored houses that were used as headquaters during the battle, and other areas of the historic site.
Those with past retail experience, or interest in historic retail sales, are needed as musuem shop retailers.
All training is provided.
For more information, visit the website at www.brandywinebattlefield.org for an volunteer application, or call 610-459-3342.
The Christian C. Sanderson Museum - A Man�s Life, A Nation�s History is looking for volunteers. The museum includes an eclectic array of art, military memorabilia, presidential artifacts, local history and collectibles and is open March through November, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment. The museum is located at 1755 Creek Road (old Route 100), Chadds Ford, just north of Route 1. For information visit www.sandersonmuseum.org
The Chester County Department of Aging is in need of volunteers to join the APPRISE Medicare counseling program. This opportunity will include helping with outreach to other organizations and senior living facilities in Chester County. Activities envisioned include establishing contacts with non profits, helping to set up presentations on Medicare, distribution of material on APPRISE, identifying possible new volunteers and marketing activities.
Training and mentoring will be provided. Volunteers meet monthly to discuss issues and keep up to date on latest federal, state and local regulations.
Call 610-344-5004 and leave your name and phone number on the voice message center and your call will be returned within 24 hours.
Quest Therapeutic Services, a pediatric therapy center in West Chester, is seeking volunteers to assist in its hippotherapy programs for children with special needs at our state-of-the-art indoor arena and treatment facility. Volunteers play an important role in leading horses, acting as side walkers and assisting the therapists while interacting with children during therapy. Sessions are scheduled Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 3 - 7 pm and Wednesdays and Saturdays 8 am - noon. A weekly commitment of 1 � hours or more is ideal. Volunteers receive orientation and training, so experience is not necessary. Quest is located at 461 Cann Road in West Chester. For more information, call 484-678-6047 or e-mail email@example.com.
The Trading Post, a nonprofit, volunteer-staffed consignment shop with proceeds benefitting Fox Chase Cancer Center is in need of volunteers. The Trading Post has been serving Fox Chase for more than 50 years. For information, call 610-644-4110 Monday thru Friday 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., or Saturday noon - 4 p.m. The shop is located at 1536 E. Lancaster Ave., Paoli.
The West Chester Area Senior Center is in need of volunteers for a variety of positions. Located at 530 E. Union St., the center provides meals, services, educational and entertainment programs to seniors in West Chester and the surrounding townships. Meal servers, receptionists, bookstore clerks are most needed, but your specific talents can also be developed into programs and activities.
Individuals, groups and service organizations are welcome. Contact Jim Mobile at 610-431-4242 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Surrey Services for Seniors, located in Berwyn, is seeking volunteer driver escorts for senior neighbors who can no longer drive. As a driver escort, you would use your own car to take seniors to and from medical appointments or Surrey-sponsored activities. For the most part, the health care appointments are centered between Lankenau and Exton, with most between Bryn Mawr and Paoli. However, there are occasional requests for rides to Philadelphia hospitals. As an escort, you can choose the assignment based on familiarity with the area and convenient times. To be an escort you must be a licensed, insured driver with human relations skills and you must pass a DMV check and a criminal background check. For more information contact Linda DiMaggio at 610-647-6404.
The Clinic located in Phoenixville, is a nonprofit medical facility that provides comprehensive primary medical services for people who do not have healthcare insurance or who are underinsured. The Clinic has volunteer opportunities in medical and nonmedical positions. Volunteers are asked to contribute at least four hours weekly during office hours, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On the job training will be provided. For more information, call Jan Baldo at 610-935-1134, x28 or visit www.theclinicpa and fill out a volunteer information form.
The Women�s Exchange, a nonprofit, volunteer-staffed consignment shop with proceeds benefitting various community service organizations, is looking for new volunteers to help customers. For information, call the shop at 610-696-3058 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and leave you name and phone number. The shop is located at 10 S. Church St., West Chester.
Neighborhood Hospice volunteers are special individuals who provide companionship and support to patients with a life limited illness. Reading, listening and reminiscing along with supporting the family are just a few things volunteers share upon visitation. Volunteers are needed for complementary programs such as pet, reiki, massage and music therapy. Bereavement department volunteers make phone calls, help in preparation of memorial services. Office volunteers do data entry, miscellaneous duties. Volunteers are also needed to answer phones and greet families in the inpatient unit. Volunteer�s visitation is done in the patient�s home, nursing facility, assisted living centers and in the inpatient hospice unit. Training classes are available day and evening. Volunteer in the area where you live and the time that best suits your schedule. Contact Janice Gathercole at 610-696-6574 for more information.
Compeer Chester County has many volunteer opportunities that provide a chance to enjoy friendship while helping someone else. Women and men age 18 and over can be matched one-to-one with an adult who may be feeling lonely and isolated due to behavioral health issues. Friendships are same-gender, and Compeer matches people based on common interests, geographic location and compatibility. Volunteers make it possible for their friends to get out into the community, have some fun, and grow in the process, as they strive to achieve maximum recovery. There is also a need for volunteers to make weekly, reassuring phone calls to those who are waiting to meet a friend. Compeer -- a word that is a companion and peer -- provides training, and mentoring is available. For more information or a volunteer application, visit www.CompeerChesco.org or call 610- 436-4445.
The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program in Chester County is seeking caring individuals who have empathy and are good listeners for residents living in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living residences. Responsibilities include visiting residents on a regular basis to make consumers aware of their rights and to assist consumers in resolving their concerns. Program offers training and flexibility.
A free training for prospective volunteers will be offered May 16 in the Southeast region. All interested persons are invited to attend. The one-day training will include a general overview of the Ombudsman Program, characteristics of long-term care residents, residents� rights, communication skills and the roles volunteers can play in enriching residents� lives.
An interview and orientation must be completed prior to attending the training. Call Donna Eaves at the Chester County Department of Aging Services at 610-344-5612, 800-692-1100, ext. 5612, or e-mail email@example.com.
Maternal and Child Health Consortium needs your time and talent. Organize your friends, church, school or club to collect baby-care items and new baby clothes for our Infant Care Packages. These packages are given to each new mom that participates in the Health Start Program and provides them with the basic necessities to care for their infants after returning home from the hospital. Especially needed are new infant clothing, blankets, diapers, wipes, shampoo and lotion. Volunteers are also needed to assist the administration office with bulk mailings, filing, educational packet preparation, Infant Care Package assembly, sorting donations and much more. For more information, call Courtney Coleman at 610-344-5370, x108.
The Chester County Health Department, located in West Goshen, offers an opportunity to volunteer by giving back to the community or simply updating skills. Volunteers assist staff members during regular business hours (8:30-4:30) performing duties according to the need and the volunteer�s expertise. Adults are preferred but 16- to 17-year-olds with parental consent, especially if part of a school sponsored program, are welcome. For information, contact Ilene F. Greising at 610-344-6232 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Domestic Violence Center of Chester County is seeking volunteers to help victims of domestic abuse and their families. A training program is provided for individuals who would like to volunteer in the areas of adult and child counseling, child care, legal advocacy and public education. Volunteers are also needed for special projects such as moving furniture, cleaning and organizing, and landscaping. For more information, contact Terry Moody at 610-431-3546, ext. 16.
The Crime Victims� Center of Chester County is seeking volunteers to provide hotline counseling and direct services to victims of crime in Chester County. The organization relies heavily on volunteers during the weekend and evening hours. For more information, contact Courtney Winkler at email@example.com.
RSVP of Chester County has been placing volunteers in rewarding community service projects that have helped to transform lives and make a real impact on the critical needs of Chester County. If you are 55+, discover a rewarding and fulfilling way to enrich your life while making your community stronger. Share your interests, skills and life experience as an RSVP volunteer. Contact Leslie Stauffer at 610-696-4900 or email@example.com.


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Hey all! I recently pitched to Quasar the idea of making a thread dedicated to faking and helping each other achieve a high standard when making them. Sometimes when you are faking you get to the point where you can not improve further without help. I know I eventually hit a wall where I would have stayed without input from others.
What This thread is for
Posting questions about faking, photoshop, etc. You post an image and get an honest critique and some specific examples of how it could be improved. You come to use with a specific image where there is something you just can't quite get right. If you a pic in this thread you are requesting help and advice.
What this thread is NOT for
Telling people how amazing their fakes are (we have a thread for that already). Posting new finished fakes you don't intend to work on or get advice about. Telling people their fakes are terrible. Negativity. Spamming. Posting if you cannot handle criticism. Making fakes for you.
All rules that apply in the main faking thread also apply here. Ye be warned!
So here is the preferred format of this thread (I understand sometimes you may need to mix it up).
You Post:
1. Your question/concern/plea for help
2. The pics. You can post just the fake itself if you would like. If its an especially tough problem it is always helpful to post the fake + ALL source pics either through links or uploads (Uploading to JUB is not preferred because it downsizes images)
3. What you have tried/how you think it should be done?
4. What program are you using? Photoshop? Gimp? What version (most are on PS 5.1 or 5.5)
What others post in response:
However they see fit really. Whether it be explaining their opinion on it is. Telling you their technique. Etc. Or they they can take your pic itself and show you what it looks like them. Essentially please try to answer the questions presented. If you want to post a couple pics occasionally just to show your own style and abilities that is fine.....do not go overboard though. They are just for reference.
I plan on answering as many questions as time permits but others should feel free to answer questions as well. Everyone can (and must) contribute if this thread is to be a success.


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Computers and cyborgs aren't about to render the American worker obsolete. But they're tilting the nation's economy more and more in favor of the rich and away from the poor and the middle class, new economic research contends.
Despite rising fears of technology displacing huge swaths of the workforce, there remain huge classes of jobs that robots (and low-wage foreign workers) still can't replace in the United States, and won't replace any time soon. To land the best of those jobs, workers need sophisticated vocabularies, advanced problem-solving abilities and other high-value skills that the U.S. economy does a good job of bestowing on young people from wealthy families — but can't seem to deliver to poor and middle-class kids.
That is the alternatively optimistic and bleak picture of the domestic labor market sketched by economists Frank Levy of MIT and Richard Murnane of Harvard, who conducted a detailed study of what jobs have been lost to automation in recent years and which jobs are likely to be lost as technology keeps advancing. They wrapped their findings into a new paper for the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, in which they argue, "For the foreseeable future, the challenge of 'cybernation' is not mass unemployment but the need to educate many more young people for the jobs computers cannot do."
It's a challenge other countries are solving better than America, Levy and Murnane say. It's one U.S. policymakers will need to solve if they hope to keep their global economic edge, and to keep lower-income Americans from falling further and further behind.
"We've been fearing this technological change since LBJ," said Jim Kessler, Third Way's senior vice president for policy. Murnane and Levy, he added, "are saying, 'Look, understand what these technological changes are. There are things we do better, there are the machines do better. Know that, and we can prepare ourselves for it.' "
Experts have warned for decades that technological advancements could eventually muscle people out of the workforce; in 1964, a group of high-profile scientists and economists called the Ad Hoc Committee on the Triple Revolution told President Lyndon Johnson that computers would soon create a massive unemployment problem, Kessler noted.
More recently, MIT professors Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee penned an e-book, "Race Against the Machine," blaming automation for the sluggish job growth of the last decade-plus. They predict worse employment effects to come. The professors cite the recent — and historically anomalous — "decoupling" of productivity and growth in the United States: The economy is producing more per worker, but that extra efficiency isn't translating into a corresponding rate of hiring.
"Race Against the Machine" argues that all sorts of jobs people once imagined could never be done by robots are on the cusp of automation. The authors cite truck drivers, whose jobs are threatened by the advent of Google's driverless car.
Levy and Murnane don't believe such breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are anywhere close to at hand, based on extensive conversations with AI experts at MIT. (They've convened several lunches with those experts; Brynjolfsson and McAfee have attended some of them.) They're not convinced driverless cars will replace truckers — computers still have a "common-sense" problem, Levy and Murnane say: A driverless 18-wheeler won't know to hit the brakes preemptively if a ball bounces into the street, knowing from experience that a small child may likely chase after it.
The more optimistic view holds that computers will continue to struggle, for a long time, with several types of tasks — and in those tasks lie America's employment future.
Levy and Murnane looked back over 50 years of employment in the United States and sorted jobs into five broad categories: routine manual tasks, routine cognitive tasks, non-routine manual tasks, working with new information and solving unstructured problems. In the last 20 years, almost all the net job gains were in the two areas computers struggle with the most: working with new info (for example, figuring out a customer's Internet service issues) and solving unstructured problems (such as repairing cars when computer diagnostics can't pinpoint what's wrong).
Put another way, computers have grown very good at doing things that require plugging in formulas, or simply following directions. Humans are still much better at talking to one another to figure out where problems lie and strategize how to solve them.
There are still a lot of jobs in the economy that require those human skills. But wealthy kids have a huge advantage in getting those jobs, thanks to their schooling — Pew research shows the lowest-achieving wealthy child is more likely to finish college than the highest-achieving poor child — and, maybe more importantly, their home enviornments.
"With the constant need to acquire and work with new information," Levy and Murnane write, "literacy requires not only the ability to sound out words phonetically, but also the background knowledge and vocabulary to make sense of newly encountered words and concepts." On this, studies show wealthier children have a big edge, hearing their parents speak nearly four times as many words in their infancy than the children of welfare recipients do. More affluent parents send their children to preschool and science camp and all sorts of other enrichment activities that supplement their basic educations.
When it comes to the skills most prized in the future job market, Murnane said in the interview, "kids from affluent families get a lot of that at home, and poor kids don't."
Educators and policymakers will need to find ways to fill that gap, the economists say, or they risk exacerbating America's already wide — and damaging — economic inequality. They say countries such as Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom are meeting the challenge more effectively, as evidenced by their lower income-inequality ratios and higher degrees of economic mobility.
Other economists say the policy problem goes well beyond education. Many liberal labor economists, for example, contend that decreased worker bargaining power over the past decades explains the inequality trends more than educational failures.
And as Murnane and Levy concede, even bridging the educational divide, to help lower-income students succeed in the robot-proof workforce, is a huge undertaking. Murnane called it a decades-long challenge — but one that, ironically, could gain urgency among policymakers if the pace of technological advancement accelerates and more and more people find their jobs jeopardizedby automation.
"One of the things that operates right now is there are a chunk of people who are doing just fine, because they're not threatened by technology," he said. "Once you see more and more people threatened, that really changes the political calculation."


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