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Spidey Watches The Indies
An undertaking of minuscule proportions.
I've set a challenge for myself. I'm going to watch at least one episode of whatever indie promotion I can get my hands on that's readily available on Youtube or any other free site. It can't be a big promotion like WWE or NJPW. Not really wanting to cover TNA/GFW/iMpact/etc but if I am asked, I will. There is a criteria on how I'm going to be judging these things, as it's really mostly on first impressions:
The venue. I figure this would be a big selling point for small shows as the bigger ones have gone vanilla with their locations.
The crowd. If the fans are digging two guys doing somersaults around the ring, then maybe I can warm up to it, too. Also factoring in what sort of people are in attendance too, like if it looks like an older audience, then I expect a more mature program. Tricky to explain, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
The wrestling. Obviously. I don't expect the super-athleticism we get from the WWE, but I still expect to enjoy the choreography. Also will factor in mannerisms of wrestlers and what little I know about psychology. Expect me to approach this as a literature fan, where I'd expect certain things from certain characters. On that note...
The characters. How interesting are these guys outside of a flip and a dive? I truly believe a company can make a basic guy look like a great working class hero type if they put the effort in, so this will matter to me a lot when watching the show.
The production. Do I expect TV quality? Nah. But I do expect something that would make the program stick out a little from mainstream programs. If it's a comedy wrestling thing, then I don't expect the same quality I'd get from one that's focus is on hardcore, unless of course I should expect a clown to go through a table.
So how am I going about this?
I am also taking suggestions.
Up first: Reality of Wrestling
This is interesting and I do hope you get on small promotions and leave the Ring of Honor/TNA's out of the line-up. There are a lot of indie promotions I haven't watched and have great reviews, with PROGRESS being one that comes immediately to mind.
Reality of Wrestling is as good as any to start with. I'll leave my suggestions here for the future:
- Championship Wrestling from Hollywood - This is the NWA show, where Magnus aka Nick Aldis is the NWA World Champion and is on a run to defend the title against former World Champions or World Championship contenders, with James Ellsworth being one of his future opponents.
- Dramatic Dream Team - A japanese indie promotion known for being really over the top with everything they do. This is the promotion where Kota Ibushi fought a blow up doll and Kenny Omega a 9-year old girl. There is a guy that literally takes his dick out and rapes you as a finishing maneuver. Seriously... https://gfycat.com/BronzeIdleBorzoi
- PROGRESS WRESTLING - As far as I know, it's just really good as far as in-ring action and storyline driven shows. There's a guide on Reddit if you are interested in: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ess_wrestling/
I'll post more after your first reviews and comments. Good luck Spidey.
I don't give a damn what they are, they're all on the list,
and that's Stone Cold's list, and I'm fixing to start running through all of 'em.
When you get a chance, please check out Hoodslam. Just do it.
WZCW: Join Today
Urban. Wrestling. Federation.
I can't remember the order of the shows they did, but I assume UWF does some manner of SEO and this was the top result. It's the best indy ever, because it shows exactly why WWE has been king since before I was born, and will be until the day I die.
"Intensity: Give 100%. 110% is impossible. Only idiots recommend that." - Ron Swanson.
Reality of Wrestling - Via Youtube
Reality of Wrestling
Episode 197 - Youtube Preview (Running Time: 24:30)
Current Champions (via Wikipedia)
Click for Spoiler:
ROW Heavyweight Champion: Gino
ROW Tag Team Champions: The Heavenly Bodies (Desirable Dustin & Gigolo Justin)
ROW Diamonds Champion: Kylie Rae
ROW Television Champion: Abel Andrew Jackson
ROW Texas Champion: Mysterious Q
Current Roster
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Abel Andrew Jackson
Ayden Cristiano
Brock Baker
Bryan Keith
Cameron Cole
Cedric Pain
Connor Hollomon
Clay Roberts
Diego de la Cruz
JJ Blake
Jeisan Boudreaux
Jonathan Vega
Mysterious Q
Rex Andrews
Rob Barnes
"Ruthless" Ryan Davidson
Sean Studd
Shawn Hendrix
Terrale Tempo
Tyree Taylor
Van Harrison
Women's Roster
Ivory Robyn
Jada Keys
Kayla Lynn
Kiera Hogan
Kylie Rae
Laynie Luck
ROW opens with a video montage of wrestlers doing things backstage or in the ring similar to what WCW had before it closed. From what I gather, the theme music is different this episode compared to the others - a smooth R&B-like diddy.
We're greeted by standing commentators Matt Topolski and Brad Gilmore. Brad cuts off Matt's introduction and asked him if he subscribed to the Dynamite newsletter. Big announcement coming from JJ Blake aka "The Dynamite Adonis" later tonight. More breaking news - this week the Texas Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as "The Franchise" Mysterious Q defends against former ROW Heavyweight Champion Ayden Cristiano (this is not in the Youtube Preview).
"The Thoroughbred" Studd vs. Terrale Tempo
Worth noting that Studd is WWE HoFer Big John Studd's son. This match felt all kinds of slow, with a few okay spots like Tempo flipping himself from the corner turnbuckle to the ring apron and Studd's chokeslam finisher looked good. Crowd wasn't very into it, though a few kids were cheering on Tempo here and there. Studd had no heat for what was really a David vs. Goliath match. Every single move looked SUPER SAFE, including one moment where Studd's head "hit" the steel stairs (bad camerawork there). For me it was a serviceable fight, but a bad choice for an opener. When I think opener, I think "hey, the crowd is already hyped for the show to begin, let's keep that momentum". Didn't happen here. I would have put this match second to last on the card.
After the match, cameras focus on kids booing the holy hell out of Studd. Great idea to put the children in the front row. If anybody is going to give a reaction, it's them.
Rob Barnes Interview
Interviewer Ashley Bull (who has outstanding mermaid-colored hair) stands by with Rob Barnes. He talks about a potential match with Cameron Cole but Cameron is here with a mute guy named Startek who looks way more hipster than Corey Graves. Apparently they all belong to the same stable, and Cameron is offended Rob started an interview without them. Rob pretends he didn't ask for the interview (and wanting to fight Cameron), but that Ashley asked Rob personally for an interview, and even calls Ashley Cameron at one point "Now is not the time, Cameron! My name is Ashley..." I couldn't help but chuckle at that. They leave without Rob. Fairly funny and not meant to be a serious ordeal.
GM Sharmell Is Shown Something On Her Laptop
Scene cuts to Hyaneyoung (had to put a face to a name since nobody said her name) showing Sharmell on a laptop how her foot was underneath the rope... and how is this not a standard in mainstream wrestling by now???? Like really, everything in the business is under a microscope so it'd make perfect sense for someone cheated out of a win to show evidence to authority. Anyways, I marked out at seeing Booker T's titles hanging on racks above the two women. Sharmell said she'll think about giving her a rematch though she obviously took exception at her saying how she demanded it.
Gino Training For His Match Against MVP
ROW Heavyweight Champion Gino is running the ropes in a training ring. Flag of Texas is essentially a backdrop, in case you forgot this is shot in Texas (Side note: You have no idea how much this state is in love with itself). Commentary tells viewers he is getting ready for his match against MVP next week. Far out. Weird cut to Gino sitting in the ring and getting asked about how he's preparing for the match. It's just another match for him. Hard to get a bead on this guy. He didn't show any intensity, nor did he really come off as humble with facing someone obviously a big threat to his title. I got more character from Studd just standing around than I did with the Heavyweight Champion. Not good.
JJ Blake's Mysterious In-Ring Segment
Nice dig at the ring announcer from commentary as they introduce viewers to "The Dynamite Adonis" better than how he did. Made Blake feel important. Business Suit Lawyer Alex with one hell of a stooge Yes Man persona as he continuously calls him Mr. Blake and told him how everything was already in order. There's a table with papers and a briefcase in front of them. The Dynamite Adonis works the crowd by calling them pathetic idiots with miserable lives. It's hammy but based on who's all in the crowd this was alright for me.
He says that it'd be fitting to make his own...(???) the briefcase on the table gets its own music when Blake opens it up...and it's a brand new Television Championship Belt complete with a bold red "FITE" in the center, because ROW is on the FITE App. Commentary reminds viewers that JJ Blake didn't win the TV Championship, but apparently he bought his own belt (Dynamite FITE Wrestling Championship Of All Television, he dubs it). I thought this was hilarious and a perfect thing for a heel to do. Tells the crowd he'll defend this belt at anytime, anywhere, including now! Commentary is losing their shit, saying how it's an unsanctioned title and isn't for real. Fun segment.
JJ Blake vs. A Jobber The Ring Announcer Introduced Through A Mouthful Of Cheeseburger, I Assume
LE$, some musician, is in the audience. Announce booth calls the white guy Will Lockhart, "The Third Sibling", but I have no clue to what group he's referring to, since it doesn't match up with anybody on the Wikipedia roster. It goes without saying this fight is 100x more athletic in the first minute of the bout compared to Studd vs. Tempo. Some great lines from the commentators: "That isn't a title, it's a belt. That's not a title, is't a strap." "It's a Championship Match, Topolski". The Blake End (lol) puts Will away for The Dynamite Adonis to retain his championship. Minor altercation between LE$ and JJ Blake seemed promising but was immediately stopped. Commentary gets another shot in as the show ends by calling Blake's belt "The Shiniest Participation Trophy You'll Ever See". Golden angle.
In hindsight, thank god Studd vs. Tempo didn't close the show/video. I didn't expect there to be just two matches, even with it being a Youtube Preview of 24 minutes. But a quick look at the previous episode 196 only had one match and it started the show so hey I don't know I take what I can get.
First Impressions
Venue: Super Small Arena. Imagine what WWE runs, but so tiny there were only a few rows of chairs in the audience. Not exactly a colorful setting, but it works. I think I spotted a few tables wayyy in the back. If there's some bar or restaurant off-screen, this was probably a better venue in person than on-screen.
Crowd: Composed mainly of children and what I imagine are their parents. They were definitely in the fore-front at least, getting plenty of camera time. Not a wild bunch, shockingly enough.
Wrestling: Let me rip the band-aid off here. It's not good. Not compared to what the average WWE fan is used to. Studd vs. Tempo was so safe I half expected them to be bouncing around on a trampoline while doing their moves. Almost heartbreaking because 1. It's an HOFer's son and 2. the Big Boot starting the fight was not bad. Boy was it slow though and I started to think they were both gassed long before the finish, even Tempo. Agility wasn't strong in either match really but I wasn't overtly disappointed with Blake vs. Lockhart. Again I find myself using the word serviceable, because the kind of people I see in the crowd makes it clear we weren't getting a barn burner. Eh, two matches in 20 minutes, though.
Characters: A mixed bag. On one hand, JJ Blake was a lot of fun, Studd was hit/miss but still very Kevin Nash-like in what he did and Rob Barnes/Startek/Cameron Cole were an interesting bunch. But I could have slept through the Heavyweight Champion's promo, and it's against possibly the biggest draw he'll ever face. Super letdown by that and Tempo who came to the ring fine enough but didn't give enough reason for me to cheer him on other than he was the smaller guy. I can see a pattern here in how family-friendly every character shown is, so overall it gets a wavy thumbs up from me.
Production: Impressive for something that is clearly for some fighting/martial arts App for our phones. Best way to describe it is Raw/Smackdown 2000s in HD. No fireworks, unfortunately, but I thought the camerawork was top notch (minus Studd hitting the steel stairs). Lighting was solid. Backstage bits were minimal but definitely didn't take away from segments. Best part of the episode for me.
It's clear this show is geared more towards children, but not in a way that's insulting to them like tossing in clowns, superheroes, etc. might. I think that's an incredibly difficult group to reach, really. Kids will obviously imitate the cool moves, so I think it was smart for ROW to not focus on the big things and to play it mostly safe in the ring. Characters are still hammy as you'd expect for this demographic, including the announce team. But is it watchable? Sure. If you're looking for a break from a smash-style approach to wrestling, and wanna see a company ran by Booker T and his wife, here you go.
May do another one of these where I see the full show.
Up next: Championship Wrestling From Hollywood
In case anybody wondered, there was a flippy count of around 2 or 3 for ROW.
I'll be sure to keep a flippy counter for later reviews.
Don't forget WCWC.
You made it sound like a really low-budget WWE style promotion. I didn't know Studd's son was in the business, that was neat and being in Booker's promotion is the right way to sign with WWE in the future. I always dig that "son of famous wrestler" gimmick, yet they don't use the cliché rivalries one would expect. Call me simple minded, but I dig that.
All in all, I see ROW isn't really something worth my time. It seems like a great school for wrestlers to learn, specially playing to a camera and being safe in the ring, which to me is actually something I dig in a match - simplicity. I don't need the thousand flips, just a good set of punches and a good selling to keep me entertained.
I am more intrigued to see your opinions on PROGRESS really! Keep up.
I don't give a damn what they are, they're all on the list,
and that's Stone Cold's list, and I'm fixing to start running through all of 'em.
Championship Wrestling From Hollywood - FITE website
United Wrestling Network Presents:
Championship Wrestling From Hollywood
Episode 350 - Fite TV (Running Time: 49:28)
Current Champions (via Wikipedia)
Click for Spoiler:
CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Champion: Bad Dude Tito
UWN Television Champion: Scorpio Sky
UWN Tag Team Champions: Pac 3 (Dan Joseph & Dylan Bostic)
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Nick Aldis
Other Accomplishments
Red Carpet Rumble Winner: Tyler Bateman
Percy Pringle III Memorial Cup: Dicky Maier
Current Roster:
Click for Spoiler:
Bad Dude Tito
Big Duke
Coach Flex McCallion
Dan Joseph
Danny Rivera
Dicky Maier
DJ Hyde
Dylan Bostic
Dylan Drake
Eli Drake
Eric Watts
James Morgan
Jarek 120
Jervis Cottonbelly
Joey Ryan
Jorel Nelson
"Pistolero" Julio Pedroza
Julius Coleman
Kevin Martenson
Leo Blaze
Nick Aldis
Mike Camden
Peter Avalon
Rocky Romero
Ryan Taylor
Sasha Darevko
Tim Storm
Timothy Thatcher
Todd Chandler
Ty Matthews
Will Rood
Will Cuevas
80s-esque United Wrestling Network moving graphic starts presents the show. We move in to a cold open interview with Denise Salcedo (unlisted on their Non-Wrestler page) talking to two semi-finalists for the Percy Pringle III Cup Tournament: Royce Isaacs (unlisted from roster) and Andy Brown (another unlisted, I see a pattern here...). They're to compete this episode and she wanted to know what it would take for them to reach the finals. Brown calls himself "The Dying Breed" and Isaacs takes a moment to poke fun at Denise's outfit for being hipster. Nice lampshading there, as he's wearing the same thing she is, but more ridiculous as it's big and white. Says he is the most talented person he knows, so he doesn't know where that leaves Andy Brown. Ends the segment by telling Brown "Don't forget your shine box". Goodfellas reference? Derogatory remark because Andy is black and shining shoes was a common job for impoverished minorities? I don't know, but I'm curious to see where this goes.
CWFH intro is similar to ROW's but with a lot more movement. The music is what you're likely to find in royalty free rock. It all has a Saturday Morning vibe to it. Hard to explain, you'd have to see it to understand.
Ni w/Ichi vs. Ray Rosas
Ring announcer botches by saying it's Ichi that is wrestling. This was a squash match that had a failed Twin Magic moment with Ichi coming in but Ray Rosas hits an Adios Amigos aka CM Punk's Go To Sleep on both men and pins them in unison (wasn't really a pin but whatever their legs were in the air). The major story here is that Ray Rosas was betrayed by his friend Peter Avalon (Holy shit a name that's on the roster) and is working himself up the ranks to confront him. Ni and Ichi were practically a tag team of Eugenes and were uncomfortable to watch.
United TV Champion Scorpio Sky w/Chris Bey vs. "Rocket Boy" Dmarco Wilson
Alright I'm going to get this out of the way now, because obviously it's going to bug the shit out of me as the hour goes by: The state of this company's wiki roster is atrocious. Even a champion is unlisted. I figure this promotion is more Frankenstein than an actual clean-cut program, so I'm going to let it go now. I include a roster for something remotely resembling familiarity, but don't expect any of the names that are there to be on this episode. Part of me is thinking to remove the list altogether, but I took the time typing all that out...
Dmarco Wilson is already in the ring. Scorpio hands his title over to Chris (who's wearing a Bey is Bae shirt that parodies the old Raw is War logo) and welcomed everybody to another edition of "The Sky Box". Gets its own title graphic for a second. He gestures to his friend, saying he's here with his new guest host, Chris Bey and the Onion Pizza Band. Course, his friend is just ??? and so is the rest of the crowd. He turns his attention on his host- woops guest, Dmarco, and asks him what it is he's carried to Scorpio's ring. A skateboard without wheels, axle, etc. Calls him Jabroni Hawk, in case The Rock impression wasn't catching on enough. Says if Dmarco thinks he can beat Sky, than Dmarco is higher than the referee's pants. Alright, you got lucky with that joke, Sky. Gives a Final Thought: Skate away if you see Sky's name in the marquee again. Cheap shot leads to the match. Two things:
1. Dmarco Wilson is a quick one.
2. He woke the crowd up after a pretty bad segment.
Still, can't have the newbie beat a champion. Did a good job on getting heat on Sky though, so I didn't mind this fight ending with the more interesting guy losing. "The Best!" "The Best!" "The Best!" "The Best!" is also a great catchphrase for a 4x champion, which Sky is.
I looked Chris Bey up by the way, and this picture was the first in Google Images. Don't say I never did nothing for y'all:
Click for Spoiler:
Bateman Interview
Denise Salcedo is back with a new guest, Bateman, and Jesus Christ take back what I said about ROW's StarTek looking like the definition of a hipster. Handlebar mustache...cane...eyeliner...that weird shaved haircut...top knot...one colored eye contact...a fucking braid...total carny. Maybe I should keep a hipster counter while I'm at this. Anyways Bateman is asked about Dicky Maier, who pinned him at Milestone, and is fighting him tonight. His lines are pretty good: "The thing about the Devil, is that you can capture him once in a while, but you can't hold him." "You're a boy in a Man's world, and tonight I'll show you I am the main Man around here..." but it's not very intimidating, probably because I feel his lines don't quite match his voice or his look.
Kevin Condron & Richie Slade vs. Spirit And The Stars
So Kevin came out in a headscarf and sunglasses and vaped the entire way. Laughed my ass off. SATS are masked luchadors. Story is Kevin & Richie are an unlikely alliance from the PP3 Tournament and SATS were jumped by Howdy Price (not sure on name) and The Rancheros and had their masks removed, but they got them back before the episode aired. Nice Gorilla Monsoon discussion about how he'd take to Kevin wearing scarves in his matches. Guy named Thomas, Kevin's "social media manager", got up on the apron to record the match via phone and this gimmick is perhaps too good for what is essentially a random tag match. The red masked Spirit and The Stars (fuck names) botched to high hell but his black masked partner wasn't bad. A double dive to Kevin & Richie leads to Kevin throwing Thomas in the way to absorb the attack. Afterwards Kevin is crying alligator tears and it's clear this guy will be going places in the future. With Kevin distracted on the outside SATS double team Richie with a cutter followed by a standing shooting star press leading to the pinfall victory. The match took a backseat for me as I was completely enthralled with Kevin Condron's starletesque gimmick.
"American Thunder" Dicky Maier vs. Bateman
To give the vaudevillian from Hell his due, Bateman's entrance sold him as a sinister threat without being over the top. Something that took me too long to notice, though: the crowd the cameras are focused in on the most are wayyy too reserved. They don't look bored, and they're not on their phones, but they do seem just to be chilling and eating popcorn like they're at the movies. The bulk of noise and chants stem from behind the main camera, and it's only a few guys doing it. Why anybody would pay for seats they'd know would get the most exposure on-screen and just sit quietly is a little confusing. Even the ROW kids knew to go nuts. Anyways, Bateman hits the Death From Above, some standing forearm/elbow drop to the chest, gets Bateman the win. I hated this finisher. It looked all kinds of lazy. The Discus Elbow Smash he did prior was WAY more devastating a maneuver than him just dropping an arm down for the pin. Besides that, I am warming up a little to the character, but his appearance still leaves me thinking he's trying too hard. After the match he sits for a moment on the bottom rope (never seen someone do that), and leaves looking pissed. Maybe he realized his calling card looked like shit.
Kevin Condron Wants To Talk
We get backstage interviewer Denise Salcedo once again, but before she can tell us how 2018 is a big year for UWN, Kevin Condron pops in, blows a ton of vapor smoke into her face, and snatches the mic from her. Please let this show just be Kevin from now on. He's angry, stating he's been there for over a year and deserves a shot for the Heritage Championship. "NIKKO, COME HERE!!!...plz?" Nikko is there, and is told that a very ugly man, Bad Dude Tito, is on the posters here and that needs to change. Kevin is here to take the belt off of him. Kevin is about to beg Nico for the chance to face Tito for the belt...and Nikko says "why not?" while eating some Cheetos or some cheesy looking snack, cutting Kevin off. Kev doesn't say another word, but hands him the mic, pats his shoulder, and happily walks off. Okay, this guy is Tyler Breeze if Tyler Breeze was too good to hold his own selfie stick, and he's sooo goddamn likable even when he's the heel. He's just fun and by far the highlight of this show.
Nikko Marquez Interview
You know, Denise Salcedo gets a SHITLOAD of screen time for somebody not on their wiki roster. She's standing by with CWFH's minority owner Nikko Marquez (same guy Kevin Condron just got done talking to) and asked him who would be facing Bad Dude Tito next week. For a minute I thought this would be a title match, and was legit confused because they just announced Condron a few seconds ago. But I rewatched the segment and it holds up. Next week Bad Dude Tito isn't going to just fight, but wrestle. And it'll be against an olympic wrestler named Jeff Cobb. Holy shit, they're getting Matanza next episode.
PP3 Semi-Finals Match: "Uptown" Andy Brown vs. Royce Isaacs
The trophy is seen, and it's The Undertaker's Urn. Kinda curious how they haven't been sued for the obvious reference, but eh. Some backstory on the PP3: The winner can challenge for any title the company has. A few notable names from the tourney's past included Eli Drake and Ricky Mandel. Isaac's knee pads pissed me off the entire match because they were right below his knees. Also, first time they've went to a break during a match, and I had completely forgotten how much I hated WWE doing that. Least they only did it the once here. When he was in the driver's seat, Royce Isaacs audibly shouts "Oh, you're quiet now..." at the crowd, doing a good job getting heat. Valiant effort from Andy, but this was really Royce's win since the beginning. An X-Wing German Suplex, a Full Nelson Hold lifted into a German, gets him the 3. Royce advances to the Finals and I'll never know what he meant when he told Andy to get his shine box.
First Impressions
Venue: Another cost-effective small arena, which is fine. Garbage bags lined the barrier, and I think they had Christmas lights on a few columns and walls. Wrestlers entered through an archway and left through red curtains. All in all, another basic venue with a few more noticeable cuts than what Reality of Wrestling made. Not impressive in any way, but not something that made me hate it.
Crowd: Composed mostly of an older audience. They weren't that excited, and so neither was I. At one point a ticker graphic hyped the next show and in bold letters "Free Admission" covered the screen. Really said it all.
Wrestling: An average affair not worth writing home about. Technically it was better than ROW, but then again I understood why ROW wasn't going nuts with their moves. There was no reason these guys couldn't let loose a little. The only fight that held my interest was Scorpio Sky and Dmarco Wilson, and even then I don't think it's good to have some newbie character steal your champion's thunder.
Characters: Kevin Condron was excellent. Bateman was just a weird combination of dark carny steampunk but I understood what he was doing and in the end warmed up to it. Dmarco Wilson also had me interested with his throwback grunge skateboarder thing and I hope he uses the board for RVD levels of fun in the future. Scorpio's Rock impersonation was horrid, but he does have The Look of a champion. So does Royce Isaacs to be fair, so for me this was probably the strongest thing about the program.
Production: Frankensteinesque. On one hand, the intro looked good, the lighting did a fantastic job covering up how small the place really was, and it even had some decent smoke for Bateman's entrance. But backstage segments were all in one spot, and I hated that. ROW at least knew when to change it up. Theme songs weren't too generic but neither were they memorable, so they were better than ROW in that regard. I can't help but think the garbage bags that lined the barrier are a bit too lowgrade for what this is trying to present itself as.
Flippy Counter: 9
I'd say this type of show that appeals to the casual fan who might bring their kids along and not worry about anything risque. Judging by the (eh) roster and overall production, you're not likely to see women fight or faces getting bloody. Know how I said at the beginning the intro felt like a Saturday Morning show? This whole episode felt that way. Some decent characters, but nothing that really sets itself as an alternative to WWE.
Up Next: Hoodslam
I didn't really get the NWA stuff like I thought I would, Prince. I have been keeping up with it on Youtube though so I'll definitely review it piece by piece.
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|28 Jul 2009
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Hi guys,
I have Windows 7 64-bit installed on my PC with Virtual XP Mode installed. I have an application that I installed within Virtual XP. Now I'd like this application to connect my SQL Server installed in Windows 7.
The problem is I can't access any network resource from my XP mode. The funny thing is I can access the internet from it. I tried browsing Entire network and it sees the workgroup but doesn't see the other PCs in the workgroup.
Any suggestion on how to configure this?
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First off Welcome to the Se7enforums! rgbautista
I have some bad news for you on that. While still being able to access the physical drives as well as the internet you are still inside 7 not remote from it as far as the IE connection is concerned there. The virtual network adapter is simply sharing the established physical IE connection 7 already uses.
Unfortunately besides being able to get online and access the drives installed as well as the virtual C vhd drive the XP mode is still a bit limited but serves the purpose of allowing older programs to run free of any compatibility issues with the newer version or even the 64bit kernel while being sheilded and rather isolated in the virtual environment.
Here I went as far as seeing the 32bit RC installed as an upgrade to Vista installed first on a virtual hard drive to find only the floppy drive if one is present and dvd drive used for installation the two drives available there. You can still connect online but..... that was even more limited.
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The Diagnosis Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
How to Treat IBS Naturally
Hey guys, Axe here, of naturalmedicine. In this training tutorial, I'm going to talk to you about IBS natural treatmentsand the IBS diet. And IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and I'm going to go throughthe four steps, specifically including diet, what foods not to eat, supplements and lifestyleon how you can heal IBS syndrome. And I've worked with thousands of patients who havestruggled with IBS and laid out natural treatment plans for them, and I've seen them overcomeit. So I know you can as well, if you're a person or have a family member strugglingwith this condition. So first let's start off talking about whatfoods you have to stay away from if you have
IBS. Number one is going to be gluten. Ifyou are consuming gluten, that inflammatory protein and grain products that can causeIBS and I recommend for my patients with IBS at the start, for them to stay away from allgrain products, especially wheat products, but all grains to start. Now, later on aboutthree to nine months into care, sometimes they can add in some sprouted grains or sourdoughgrains. But from the start, that first three months, going completely grainfree is important. Also staying away from casein or conventionaldairy products. Lactose, the sugar in dairy, in casein, can be problematic. Now doing kefiron the other hand, can be greatly beneficial
or a fermented dairy product, but regulardairy products, especially milk, can be absolutely destructive for IBS. Some of the other things you want to be carefulof and stay away from with IBS are pretty obvious, hydrogenated oils. Those cause intestinalinflammation. Also, raw foods. That's right. Salads, raw fruits and vegetables and rawfruits can really damage the gut if you have IBS. So you really only want to be consumingcooked foods. Also, stay away from cold foods. Ice water, ice cream, anything that's coldis actually hard on the digestive system. Then of course, any processed food, refinedfood, packaged food, get those out of the
diet if you have IBS. Now, here are the top healing foods for IBSor the IBS diet. On the IBS diet you want to consume foods that really nourish the colonas well as nourish the spleen. The first category is going to be white immune boosting foods.So again, white foods, think cauliflower, onions and garlic. Cauliflower steamed isvery easy to digest. Garlic and onions when they're well cooked are great for killingoff bad bacteria in the gut, and also have immune boosting benefits. The other group of foods is going to be foodsthat nourish the spleen and that is especially
going to be squashes. Things like butternutsquash, sweet potatoes in some instances, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, but doingsquash is very nourishing to the spleen and to the colon as well. And then in generaldoing a lot of bone broth soup. Bone broth contains amino acids, proline and glycine,which make up collagen which helps to repair and heal the intestinal lining. So bone brothshould be the number one super food you consume to help heal IBS. On an IBS diet, the perfect meal is whereyou get out a Crock Pot, you put in some organic meat, whether that's beef or chicken. Thenyou're going to add in bones, you're going
to do the broth itself along with the organicmeat and then also vegetables, things like squash in there, celery and carrots are great.Onions are great in there. But doing a bone broth soup for most of your meals is one ofthe fastest ways to help you heal from IBS and a great part of an IBS diet. Step 3 in healing IBS is taking the rightsupplements. I recommend number one, to get a quality probiotic supplement into your dietand the problem is 90% of most probiotic supplements today are dead by the time you take them.So take a live probiotic supplement. They contain several things. Number one, againgood quality probiotics like lactobacillus
Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS and What Tests You Should Get
Kenneth Falchukgt;gt;gt; Irritable bowel syndromeis the word points to it, is a syndrome, it is a composite of complaints that patientshave that effect the GI tract. It is not something that we could immediately say is caused byan infection or is caused by a structural change in the bowel. So therefore the physician who evaluates thepatient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has to pay attention to the types of symptoms,when they occuré How frequent is your trigger factor, has to evaluate his patient for thepossibility of other conditions and that is where we bring in the criteria of or the charactersof what we call reg flags.
So irritable bowel syndrome is a combinationof symptoms that the patient mentions to the treating evaluating physician that consistsof either pain with or without a change in bowel habit such as diarrhea, constipation,or a variable pattern, a mixture of both diarrhea or constipation with bloating with a changein a shape, consistency of they stools, they could be loose, they could be hard, they couldbe like little fragments. Above all, the irritable bowel does not havethe red flags that I mentioned previously, that is the presence of bleeding, very significantrelevant weight loss in a short period of time, no fever, and no vomiting, once we considerthe red flags and if they are not present
in the patient, there are other lab resultsthat we could request to evaluate the patient and exclude something that may be caused byanother illness other than the IBS, the irritable bowel. If a physician requests those labs, they arenot specific. There is no specific blood test to make the diagnosis of an irritable bowel.So what one does when he looks at the lab for help to see if there is anemia, evidenceof bleeding indirectly or directly, a low red cell count, a low iron or something calledferritin, signs of inflammation in the blood. We request a test called Sed rate or CRP thatindirectly look at this aspect.
Other tests may show low protein to suggesta difficult absorption, nutrition, which is not really a main issue when one deals withirritable bowel. So once the red flags are excluded and that the physician is certainabout that, he or she can then say "Well I am not yet sure. I need to evaluate my patientproperly.� That can be done with xrays such as CAT scan, xray of a small intestine,a barium enema sometimes or proceed to something more specific and definitive, yet somewhatinvasive called a colonoscopy where you look at the lining of the colon. You can take samplesand make sure there is no inflammation. The bottomline is to make sure that thereis no colitis because colitis is treated differently.
It is somewhat of a greater concern to somepatients because it could bleed to serious consequences and disabilities, so it is importantnot to attach diagnosis of IBS, irritable bowel, to someone who may have something thatcan be treated differently and therefore modify their quality of life and outcome. I think that more or less summarizes whatI have been trying to convey about what IBS irritable bowel syndrome is and how to proceedwith a detail specific evaluation of this condition.
Health Nutrition How to Diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome
My name is Christine Marquette and I am aregistered dietitian with the Austin Regional and I am going to talk to you abouthow to diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Right now there is not any one diagnostictest that is used to diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Typically what is done if you arepresenting with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bloating, cramping, possibly constipationor any of these things cycling, your will do a variety of tests to rule out diseases.He will do stool samples, a battery of blood tests. He may be put through a colonoscopyand a siguenoscopy and if all of those tests are negative meaning everything comes outnormal then the will do an extensive
health history and ask you about your symptomsand there is something called the Rome criteria that is used meaning you have to have twoout of three particular symptoms related to diarrhea and you also have to have symptomsrelated to your actual stool frequency, if it has changed, if your stool has changed,if it is different colors, that type of thing. Also when you do have pain in your abdominalarea is it relieved by having a bowel movement. There is a long list of questions that your will go through with you and again if you are meeting two of the three in eachof the major categories of this Rome criteria and you have been ruled out for any otherdisease such as ulcerative colitis or cancer
or Krohn's or anything like that, it is atthat point that your will diagnose you as having Irritable Bowel Syndrome.


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(AUSTIN) — A special joint committee charged with fixing the Texas Youth Commission met for the first time Thursday, March 8, to hear testimony as to the progress of the investigation into alleged abuses within the agency. The TYC has been under scrutiny since a two year old report alleging incidents of sexual abuse at one school in west Texas was revealed. Last week, the Governor appointed Jay Kimbrough as special master to take control of the agency and facilitate co-operation between all the various state agencies dealing with this issue.
Senator John Whitmire, one of the co-chairs of this committee, said the purpose of this committee and of the investigation as a whole is clear. "We're trying to protect the children, the good employees, hold those accountable for wrongdoings, and the move forward to fix this agency, once and for all, so that nothing like this will ever be repeated," he said.
State Auditor John Keel testified that his office has begun the process of analyzing and interpreting financial and operations data taken at three TYC facilities. The Auditor's Office distributed surveys to staffers, corrections officers and inmates to give those individuals a chance to make confidential reports about the operations within the TYC. Many of these surveys have been returned, said Keel, and those that alleged abuses have been sent to the special investigation division with in the Attorney General's Office.
Kimbrough testified that he is expanding efforts to collect complaints from those employees and inmates who are no longer within TYC. He added that he intends to even contact adult inmates in Texas prisons who were in TYC as youths to see if they have any allegations of abuse to report.
Wednesday, March 7, lawmakers filed a bill that would mandate random drug tests for all high school athletes in Texas. Senate Bill 8, authored by Galveston Senator Kyle Janek, is part of Lt. Governor David Dewhurst's Texas Children First child safety and welfare initiative. Under this bill, the University Interscholastic League would be empowered to create a random testing program for performance enhancing drugs, like steroids, and would also have discretion to determine sanctions. Janek says while he wants to leave rule making authority up to the UIL, it is possible that an athlete who violates the law would be barred from competition.
Dewhurst said this bill delivers a clear message to young Texans. "I think mandatory, random sampling will send a chilling effect to all of our high school athletes: don't use steroids in Texas," he said. Dewhurst added that it is estimated that 42,000 high-school athletes have used performance enhancing drugs.
Also Wednesday, Governor Rick Perry announced legislation that would create a multi-billion dollar endowment that would put an estimated $300 million to cancer research in Texas. Senator Jane Nelson of Lewisville, who authored Senate Joint Resolution 43, said her bill will bring together all of the major stakeholders in the fight against cancer. "For the first time in history, we have the opportunity to bring together all of those individuals and all those organizations that are working to fight cancer in our state, and we can move forward together under this new umbrella this legislation creates," she said.
SJR 43 would amend the Texas constitution, which means it needs approval from the voters in November to become state policy. The amendment would authorize the issuance of $3 billion in general obligation bonds to create the Texas Cancer Research Institute. Revenue earned from the endowment would be aimed at Texas universities and labs and is intended to hasten research and bring the top researchers and doctors in the cancer field to the state.
Two Senators held a press conference Thursday to announce legislation that would let Texans vote on whether to allow casino gaming in Texas. Senators John Carona of Dallas and Rodney Ellis of Houston said SJR 45 and its companion bill SB 1359, if approved by the Legislature and public, could bring up to $4.5 billion per year in revenue to the state, without factoring in job creation and local economic impact. Ellis says he wants to keep the $10 billion per year Texans already spend to gamble in other states or online in Texas. "We can either continue to allow the majority of that money to fund education and health care in other states, or use it to fund our own critical needs here in Texas."
The announced legislation would create the Texas Gaming Commission and authorize up to 12 destination casino resort projects around the state. It would also set up a billion-dollar higher education trust fund, which could fund the college education of a quarter of a million students in Texas, said Ellis. Carona says that Texans have shown overwhelming support of gaming in Texas in polls and surveys, so lawmakers should allow them to decide. "Because we've been sensitive to protect neighborhoods and specifically limit the number of these [casinos] in Texas, why not have the benefit for all of these in Texas, or at least allow Texans to vote on it themselves," he said.
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Product differences have virtually disappeared in the PC industry, so "the brand is what people are buying," says Scott Helbing, VP-corporate brand strategy at Round Rock, Texas-based Dell Computer Corp., and architect of Dell's new brand advertising.
IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., paved the way when Chairman-CEO Louis Gerstner Jr. made advertising and marketing a priority, consolidated at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and, in 1995, launched a seminal tech brand campaign, "Solutions for a Small Planet." Many tech ad insiders still say IBM does the best tech advertising in the business, but suddenly IBM is facing competition on the brand front as it has never seen.
"The bar has been raised," says Steve Hayden, president of worldwide brand services on IBM at Ogilvy & Mather, New York.
Fueling factors
The unprecedented brand promotion is driven by a series of factors. Maturing of the PC industry has resulted in PC companies selling remarkably similar boxes, giving marketers more incentive to differ- entiate themselves on brand attributes, such as service and support.
More broadly, the growth of services revenue has given impetus for companies such as IBM, Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, and Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif., to broaden their brand image beyond hardware.
Emergence of new non-PC technologies and the convergence of computers and telecommunications are giving new and old players reasons to define brands in a broader market. A strong economy, a desire to sell a brand story to Wall Street and a need to keep up with rivals are also strong motivators.
Ogilvy's Mr. Hayden says the mandate from the top of tech companies for better advertising has led to "a professionalizing" of marketing communications departments that in an earlier era, he jokes, were populated with "bad engineers" relegated to a function where bosses figured they couldn't do serious damage.
Tech assignments have become marquee accounts at the world's largest ad agencies, attracting the best and brightest who a generation ago would have gravitated to packaged goods or cars, says Marty Susz, group account director on Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel Corp., at Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG, New York, and former director of advertising in IBM's corporate marketing group.
Broader base
The big winners in media are television, consumer and business print publications, outdoor and the Web. The 10 biggest tech spenders in business and in-flight publications last year increased their page count in those publications by 20.8%, according to Adscope, a Eugene, Ore., ad tracking service.
The new brand boom is no boon to computer publications, as tech marketers reach out to a broad base of business customers and consumers. Tech ad pages declined 5% last year in computer, telecom, business and news publications tracked by Adscope.
The 10 biggest spenders in computer and telecom titles last year increased ad pages in those publications a scant 3%, reported Adscope, as many of them allocated more money to other media.
Compaq, for example, last year cut ad pages in computer and telecom titles by 9.7% and boosted business and in-flight pages by 19%, according to Adscope.
In large measure, spending increases reflect that some major technology companies are finally getting their acts together in brand marketing after aborting earlier efforts.
The biggest new spending blitz is coming from Hewlett-Packard, which this year has launched two global brand-building campaigns totaling $250 million, mostly incremental -- a big play for a tech giant that in the past has seen ambitious ad plans fizzle when budgets dried up.
Compaq, meanwhile, this year boosted its global budget by 50% to an estimated $300 million as it launched a brand campaign on television in the first quarter --nearly three years after it announced plans to do a major global campaign.
Dell and Gateway, North Sioux City, S.D., also are rolling campaigns that continue efforts begun last year to define their brands.
Elsewhere in the PC marketplace, Intel nearly doubled its estimated global budget this year to $325 million to launch the Pentium III chip with the most integrated -- and lauded -- campaign in its history, created by its new agency, Messner Vetere.
Services spending up
Spending on hardware and services is booming beyond the PC. New work is rolling out in the networking space, including the first major campaign for Nortel Networks since Nortel bought Bay Networks last fall and consolidated advertising at Temerlin McClain, Irving, Texas. Nortel is boosting spending from $40 million to between $60 million and $90 million with an integrated campaign launched in March with a TV spot featuring lyrics of the Beatles' "Come Together."
3Com Corp., meanwhile, last month began a multimillion-dollar global campaign for Palm, the biggest campaign ever for the hot-selling electronic organizer. Print and outdoor ads, featuring bold images of fictitious Palm users such as a naked dancer and a hotshot attorney on a motorcycle, sell a lifestyle as much as a product.
The "Simply Palm" ads, from Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco, are reminiscent of Samsung's "Simply Samsung" ads and Apple Computer's "What's on Your Powerbook?" campaign.
Liz Brooking, director of marketing communications at 3Com's Palm Computing division, says the ads purposefully blur the lines between product and brand advertising. "We want to emphasize the brand but talk about the features," she says.
The ads reflect how even the nascent market for electronic organizers is maturing: Early ads had to explain the product, but the new campaign can more simply promote the benefits, Ms. Brooking says.
3Com's campaign reflects a trend of bringing a definite brand component to product ads that in the past generally were focused on "speeds and feeds" and other techy fodder.
As tech companies get better at branding, they are working harder to integrate branding and product messages. Nortel's new TV spots, for example, show specific products -- such as a technology that combines e-mail, fax and voice mail on a PC -- as a means to a bigger brand statement about the networking company's broad capabilities, says Jeffrey Brooks, senior VP-brand management.
Change in approach
PC companies are making changes in their approach. Since hiring McCann-Erickson, New York, as global agency a year ago, Gateway has made great progress in unifying print advertising so that product ads and more brand-oriented TV commercials seem in sync.
Dell, meanwhile, is reviewing advertising for its $30 million Home & Small Business Group assignment, now at Goldberg Moser O'Neill, San Francisco.
The fact that Dell is reviewing some product advertising for the first time in more than a decade shows that even the world's most successful PC marketer is considering changes in its advertising.
"One of the internal goals right now is to align all of our communications" by agreeing on a brand positioning and visual cues for all global print, television and direct work, Mr. Helbing says.
IBM, the champion of tech branding, is getting better at meshing brand and product in print advertising, following a mandate from the top. Last year, Chairman Gerstner and Abby Kohnstamm, senior VP-marketing, challenged the company and agency to bring print advertising up to the quality of IBM's oft-lauded TV work.
"Both we and the agency were collectively disappointed [with print] and felt we could do so much better," recalls Messner Vetere's Mr. Susz, the former IBM ad director.
IBM cleared the way by consolidating PC marketing under one executive, David Bradley. Ogilvy & Mather went to work.
The call to action paid off in a sleek, new PC print campaign that simply meshes style -- fashion photos of IBM products -- with substance -- features and price. IBM hasn't figured out how to make money in PCs, but it has learned how to do provocative product ads.
With all the money, talent and client focus on tech branding, it should be a given that the level of tech branding has never been higher.
"The overall industry has had a quantum improvement in the quality of advertising," especially on television, Mr. Susz says.
Yet the industry has a long way to go.
"We've got our [Intel] war room here filled with the walls of competitors' print advertising," says Mr. Susz, "and by and large, it's pretty bad. Not much of it stands out."


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CAN THO — More than two thousand workers at the Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company (Bianfishco) in Can Tho have been struggling to make ends meet for the last month after the company closed its doors to deal with loan issues.
Bianfishco, which had reportedly accrued a debt of VND1.54 trillion (US$73.9 million) has extended layoffs three times since closures began.
Early last month, more than 2,400 workers were laid off for a week when the company said it was unable to secure banks funds to buy raw materials. Workers were told to return to work after March 12. However, the workers were then asked to wait for another week, and then again until April 2. At that time, the company promised work would resume soon as it had won a contract to process salmon.
Duong Thi Mai, one of the struggling workers, said her life had been difficult since the company closed as she didn't have the funds to pay her rent and other bills.
She was happy to hear that the company would open on Monday after winning the fish processing contract, but then nothing happened.
Workers like Mai are still waiting for the company, which is on the edge of bankruptcy, to open while some others have given up and returned to their hometowns to search for agricultural jobs.
Huynh Van Tuan, Chairman of Can Tho Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones' Trade Union said the company had consistently promised its workers they would get back to work with each extension of the lay-off, and many were facing a real dilemma.
"The company has yet to provide official information on when they will resume operation, and employees have no choice but to wait," Tuan said,
Although the company's new CEO Tran Van Tri, who replaced his wife and the company's president Pham Thi Dieu Hien, said workers might find new jobs to earn their living, the company owed more than VND3 billion (US$144,000) in employee salaries and the same sum for their social insurance, Tuan said.
"Workers who are staying have been promised 70 per cent of their basic salary, which is not enough to cover daily expenses. They will surely not receive unemployment insurance payment if the company doesn't pay back its loans," he said.
The trade union had asked the company to complete the procedures for loans to cover its workers and asked the workers to wait until next Thursday, he said.
"In the event of the worst case scenario, the trade union has contacted several aquaculture processing companies to help between 500 and 1000 of these workers find new jobs," he said.
Ho Tuan Tu from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said employees would receive unemployment insurance in accordance with their contributions to the fund.
The ministry promised to help relevant authorities support these workers in the event they lost their jobs permanently, he said.
Early last month, Bianfishco was repeatedly asked to pay back loans to banks, partners and local farmers. The company's president and CEO Pham Thi Dieu Hien has gone abroad to seek treatment for an 'incurable disease'. Her husband, Tran Van Tri, is temporarily managing the company during her absence. — VNS


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Gulliver's Travels
Summarize the Lilliputian emperor's command concerning eggs.
The people of Lilliput and Blefuscu are unable to get along because years ago, after an emperor's son was injured trying to break his egg on the smaller end (the traditional way of egg breaking), he decreed that no one may break the smaller end of his egg. This caused a great uproar among many of the Lilliputians and led to six rebellions and thousands of deaths. Eventually the Big-Endians were exiled and went to Blefuscu, where they gained favor and convinced the government to go to war against Lilliput.


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Pantone 199
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- Size framed 27.5" x 34.5" / 70cm x 88cm
- Price in USD
- Drawn on Arches 100% cotton rag
- Prismacolor Premier pencils
- Framed behind museum plexiglass, 97% UV protection
- Authenticity medallion will be included with each piece. Each work will have its own unique authentication number.
- Sits on museum Rising Mountboard
- Worldwide shipping is included in sale price. Works will be shipped the week of 9th April
- Each piece is one of one, completely unique. Once this series has been sold it will never be revisited.
- Due to the delicate nature of each piece, we recommend hanging in a place away from direct sunlight. Whilst we have done everything in our power to ensure its longevity (museum framing, 100% cotton paper, and lightfast materials) sunlight can have irreversible effects.


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Acorna's PeopleBook - 1999
Filled with adventure and wonder, Acorna's Peoplecontinues the enthralling saga of Acorna, the beautiful, brave, and kindhearted creature known as the Unicorn Girl.
"Welcome Home, Linyaari Child!"
With the help of her "uncles" and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari. But Acorna still has much to do before she can enjoy her new home. The legendary resting place of the lost Linyaari ancestors has yet to be found. And with the help of a rogue spacetrader and his feline sidekick, Acorna must strive to right an unspeakable wrong and defeat an enemy even crueler than the Khleevi. Along the way, she will at last uncover the Universe's most carefully guarded secret--the true nature of the ancient link between the Linyaari and the space-faring humans she has also come to think of as her "people."
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The Glenfarclas Cross Country Series at Cheltenham
2017 is the 9th year of Glenfarclas sponsorship of all Cross Country races in England. The series consists of three races each season, all on the purpose-built course at Cheltenham, and culminates in a level weights final at the Festival in March. This is a Class 2 race over 3 miles 6 furlongs and some 32 obstacles of great variety including the "Cheese Wedges", banks, hurdles, Aintree style fences and a new fence which includes Glenfarclas Casks. Enda Bolger has been the dominant trainer, and J.P.McManus the most successful owner over the years of the sponsorship and together have won three of the Festival races and many of the other races. John Grant, Chairman of Glenfarclas, said: "We are very proud to be associated with such a prominent series of races at Cheltenham and believe it to be in perfect synergy with the Glenfarclas brand."


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Cloning, Patching, and Content Aware
Lesson 5/8 - Content Aware Extend Mode in Photoshop
Cloning, Patching, and Content Aware
Lesson Info
Content Aware Extend Mode in Photoshop
Class Description
Learn more about Photoshop's three most indispensable tools in Cloning, Patching, and Content-Aware with Dave Cross.
In this class, you'll explore and compare common retouching techniques. Dave will share important tips for getting the most out of the Cloning, Patching and Content-Aware tools. You'll develop the skills to tackle nearly every retouching challenge that comes across your screen using just these tools.
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From Houston, Texas, USA:
I am a 24 year old who has type 2 diabetes treated with oral medication, this year I decided to run the marathon, and I am one month into the training. As marathon runners begin to increment in distance, they begin to consume products energy bars for glucose. Would it be safe to consume these carb-loading products? Since these products are very high in sugar, should I take my medication prior to the event?
You don't say which oral hypoglycemic agents you are currently taking to manage your diabetes. The effect that the medication has on your blood sugar management not only during the marathon itself, but also throughout your training progression, will depend on which medication it is.
You may observe the need to decrease or even discontinue the medication as your training mileage increases, and your body weight decreases. The caloric expenditure and training adaptations for running distances required in marathon training will decrease insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity. This will lower your blood sugars, not only during your training runs but for the following 24 to 48 hours. Unless you are severely insulin deficient (producing little or none of your own insulin), you will probably not need to take your diabetes medication during the race itself and may very well be able to transition off of (or decrease) your type 2 medication during the months leading up to your race. Please discuss this with your physician well before race time. Remember that you should not make any changes in medication therapy without your physician's consent and guidance.
The glucose gels and energy bars used during distance running will most likely have very little appreciable effect on your overall blood sugar control, as you will be "burning these off" during your runs. Frequent blood sugar testing before, during, and after your training runs will allow you to pattern your response to these energy products. With frequent testing you will also easily identify the need to discuss medication changes with your physician when the time is right.
Congratulations to you on your commitment to exercise and best of luck with your race and training.
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However, by putting a unique twist on this common marketing ploy, Business.com, a search engine and portal for business information, achieved all three goals.
The site partnered with agency L90 Inc. to develop an online marketing campaign to help build its user base while increasing brand awareness and promoting its accurate, business-focused search engine. The agency placed banner ads on numerous business-oriented sites, encouraging professionals to take the "Search for accuracy challenge" and enter to win a 2001 Acura MDX SUV.
|Advertiser: Business.com Inc., Santa Monica, Calif.
Campaign: "Search for accuracy challenge"
Objective: Build registered user base while creating brand awareness.
Agency: L90 Inc., Santa Monica
Budget: Undisclosed
Media: Banner ads, viral marketing, Web site
Results: 100,000 new registered users in three months
Visitors were asked to answer five business trivia questions. If they were stumped, they had two chances to run a search on Business.com to find the answers to the questions. "We based it on the 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' lifeline idea," said Lauren Kay, L90's VP-marketing. The search function allowed us to wrap the brand and the experience in the game and, at the same time, allow the user to actually experience the brand."
Business.com was very happy with the results, adding 100,000 people to its registered user base. A key feature of the "Challenge" allowed contestants to challenge their colleagues, Kay said. Each visitor asked four to five people to play the game, and 10% of those who registered were brought in by this viral tactic. "The viral component was an essential element because it stretched our marketing dollars further," said Jennifer Stephens, Business.com spokeswoman.


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Referral marketing is a great way to attract loyal customers to your business. Referral Candy reported that consumers pay twice as much attention to recommendations from friends than from other sources. They also shared that referred customers are less likely to leave. If you encourage referred customers to share the word about your business and product, you'll easily create a steady stream of referred customers. Here are four referral marketing tips for attaining more referrals online.
Derive valuable information from your referral marketing stats in Google Analytics
If you want to get more referrals online, then you should know where your business currently stands in terms of referral marketing. You should know who's already linking to you and talking about your ecommerce store on their blogs. To view your referral marketing stats, check your Google Analytics under the referrals category. It will show you which sites are linking to you, how much traffic each sends your way, and how many of those referral visitors convert into customers. What can you do with this data? Consider writing a guest blog post for them or asking them to guest blog on your site. Invite them to your referral program. Or work out additional mentions in upcoming posts. These are just some of the ways you can benefit from analyzing your Google Analytics data on referrals.
Make it easy for website visitors to refer your brand
If you want more online referrals, you must make it easy for website visitors to refer your brand. Most people are willing to refer businesses they like but most don't because it wasn't made easy for them to spread the word. For example, you can add a "refer" link to your website menu that not only makes it easy for visitors to refer your website online but places the thought in their minds. Also make sure social media share buttons show up on every product page, so that customers can easily share items they like with their followers.
Send your subscribers an email asking them to share the word
Ecommerce email marketing serves many great uses and can even be used in conjunction with your referral marketing strategy. One way to increase online referrals through email marketing is to ask subscribers to share the word about your business and products. As with all referral marketing tactics, this works best when you give subscribers an incentive to refer you.
Be careful you ask in the right way or else subscribers will think you're begging or being too salesy. There's an art to asking. For one, write a good email subject headline. It must be a headline that makes people want to click on it. In the email, discuss the benefits to both the customer and his/her friends if they take you up on your offer. For example, you could give a discount to customers and their referrals when the referral orders from your business.
Deliver exceptional service that makes people want to talk about your brand
Last but not least, you should always deliver exceptional service. Receiving referrals depends on how much you delight your customers. If they leave your business feeling unhappy about your service, they're not likely to recommend you to their friends and family. If anything, they will warn people they know to NOT go to your business. Therefore, delivering great service is crucial for succeeding with referral marketing.
Increasing your online referrals is important for growing your business through one of the most powerful forms of marketing: word-of-mouth. Customers who discover your business through being referred are generally more loyal than those who aren't. Four ways to get more referrals online are to analyze your referral stats in Google Analytics, make it easy for customers to refer your brand, use ecommerce email marketing to ask for referrals, and deliver exceptional service.
What incentive are you giving customers to refer you? Contact us for help creating a good incentive for customers to refer your brand that won't be hard on your wallet but still be enough to excite customers.


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2013 Race will be on Monday September 2nd (Labor Day Monday).
Official Results from 2012 Colesburg Gravel Race
Facts from 2012 Race
1. Longest Race Ever (45.something miles)
2. Longest Stone Saddle Time (due to #1, #5 and loose gravel conditions)
3. First Finish by a Road Bike
4. Most Level B Roads
5. Most Broken Hips
1st Over All: Matius Perret Mtn Male Long 2:35
1st Cross: Jeff Barnes Cross Male Long 2:36
1st Tandem: Kim
& Brian Eppen Tandem Long 2:50
Kevin McConnell Cross Male Long
Mario Czarnomski Mtn Male Long 2:54
Chris Eastburn Cross Male Long
A.J. Turner Cross Male Long 2:59
Mike Dalton Mtn Male Long
Jeff Dalton Mtn Male Long 3:02
1st SS: Jed Gammell Mtn SS Male Long
1st Female: Robin Williams Cross Female Long 3:04
Sam Cohen Cross Male Long
1st Road: Lance Andre Road Male Long 3:05
Tom Scholz Cross Male Long
Ryan Nenninger Mtn Male Long 3:11
Brittany McConnell Cross Female
Long 3:13
Brian Walsh Mtn Male Long 3:14
Isaac Salwolke Cross Male Long 3:14
John Moore Mtn Male Long
John Adamson ? Male Long 3:32
Jim Nemmers Mtn Male Long 3:37
Spahn Mtn Male Long 3:38
Kyle Williams Cross Male Long 3:39
Andy McCann
Cross Male Long 3:40
Bruce Timmerm Mtn Male Long 3:45
Andrea Cohen Cross
Female Long 3:46
Thomas Sulentic Mtn Male Long 3:46
Troy McDermott Cross
Male Long 3:48
Jason Lewis Mtn Male Long 3:49
1st FatBike: Rob McKillip Fat Bike Male
Long 3:54
Joe Behan Mtn Male Long 3:59
Mark Steen Mtn Male Long
Jerry Full ? Male Long 4:08
Karmen Woelber Mtn Female Long
Gary Bramel Mtn Male Long 4:26
Shann Lueth Cross Male Long
John Peters Mtn Male Long 4:35
Stone Saddle: John Bandt ? Male Long 5:15
James Dockal Cross Male Long DNF (Broken Hip)
Matje Mtn Male Long DNF
Jeff Stackis Mtn Male Long DNF
Ross Lemery
Kickbike Male Long DNF
Landon Beachy
Cross Male Short 1:39
Juan Ochoa Mtn Male Short 1:41
Michael McConaue Mtn
Male Short 1:42
Brett Noble Mtn Male Short 1:45
Kathleen Porter Mtn Female
Short 2:08
Tom Goodman Mtn Male Short 2:38
Sandy Kilburg Mtn Female Short
Bill Klauer Mtn Male Short 2:38
Dione Klauer Mtn Female Short
Marge Leigh Mtn Female Short 2:38
Traci Andre Mtn Female Short 2:38
Bill Stoffel Mtn Male Short


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Ladurée: Sucré: The Recipes by Phillipe Andrieu and Sophie Tramier. Published by Scriptum, Nov. 2010.
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I've been wanting to do these for the longest of time, but didn't really get the courage :p Still, yours looks so fun! Blue coloring included.
You've been busy baking I see;-)
Did a macaroon making course recently. They are quite difficult to make. I see you've done a fine job. I adore the colours.
They're going to take over the world, a new Macaroon shop has opened in Melbourne and you have to queue to get in, it's crazy town...I would scoff these in a minute!
Sleekit x
Hmmm!!! I bet your homemade ones taste even better than store bought ones :) Someday I'll attempt it along with all the other baked goods I want to make!
They look absolutely DELICIOUS!!! Love the pictures too!!!
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they look good to me, i want some lol
Oh my goodness! I was running through Covent Garden with friends a few weeks ago (trying to catch the Tube) and I saw Laduree and squealed! I had no clue there was one in London. Shall we meet there? My facebook is acting funny and I've been trying to get a hold of you but my messages keep getting an error.
these look soo yummy. i love the colors of these..
but i'm actually not a fan of macaroons- though i wish i were simply because they look so good.. could have them as a decor in my home rather than eating them.
Hope you're having a wonderful summer darling
Oh wow, these look amazing! I kind of love the colours too!
Very pretty. The colours turned out well I think. xx
yum!! now i'm really craving macaroons!
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Your macaroons look so cute and tasty, maybe it's easier buying them but making them is more fun :)
Like the last picture.
i find macaroons very attractive physically, but i do not want to eat them. i think they are one of the VERY FEW sweet treats that i refuse to eat. lol
but they look lovely!
Oh these look amazing, Sabine!!! I like your take on them. They look even more delicious and like little works of art! xoxo
OMG IM EMAILING YOU! i must make these!
Wow, your macaroons look delightful! :)
And I bet they were delectable too.
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TEASE. These look gorgeous and delicious and amazing and cute and I want to eat them rightthisveryminute.
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Yummy, Yummy. I love that you have made green lemons. Xxxx
Gosh, I love how You made yours. So awesome.
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OMGAH YUMMMM!! I love macaroons! Will you send me some of yours? They look too good!
awwww I think they are quite cute! Awesome job IMO :)
Yummy! I looove macarons so looking at these is enough to set me off wanting some.
that looks really yummy :) I would make them myself, but I'm too lazy these days :)
i love macaroons but i find them difficult to be done :)
The colour of yours is fabulous! I'm deeply impressed you made them xx
Yum! I tried making macarons once, they're quite difficult to make.
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I think they look yummy - if you lived closer I'd be heading on over to snack on a few (OK, who am I kidding.. I'd probably eat all of them!) LOL
mmmm mmmmacaroons! x


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Community Matters: are our communities ready for ageing: Getting out and aboutFuture of Age,Quality of Life,Transport
Tuesday 11th March 2014, 13:30 (for a 14:00 start) – 17:00, London
This is the first in a series of three seminars exploring 'Community Matters: are our communities ready for ageing?' from ILC-UK and Age UK. The topic is 'Getting out and about', and focusses on issues of transport and the built and social environments and their impact on getting older in local communities. The results of these seminars will inform a solutions-focussed policy brief, looking at what needs to be done to create age-ready local areas. This brief will be launched in May at a full day conference on ageing in our communities.
Getting out and about is of vital importance if older people are to remain healthy, happy and active members of the communities they live in. Getting outdoors benefits older people socially, by allowing them to visit friends and interact with members of the community, and practically, by allowing them to access local amenities and services. These activities also help older people to become more integrated into their local community. Despite these benefits, research has shown that as older people age they make fewer trips outside of their home.
Many factors contribute to older people not getting 'out and about'. A lack of access to affordable and accessible transport options can be a significant barrier to social inclusion and independence. Bad or poorly maintained pavements, and a lack of benches or accessible toilets create physical barriers to older people when they want to get out and about. These physical barriers then help to create mental barriers. For example, many older people do not leave their homes because of a fear of falling. Elsewhere, research has found that many older people do not venture out of their homes because of a fear of crime.
This seminar will explore:
- how the local environment can be adapted to better meet the needs of older people.
- the different physical and emotional barriers affecting older people's ability to leave their house and engage with the community, with a focus on three key areas- transport, the local environment and fear of crime.
- the current transport options available to older people in the UK, and then discuss how to ensure private and public transport facilitates the connection between the home and community.
- strategies to reduce fear of crime while maintaining older people's natural defences against crime, and the usefulness of planning measures such as Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED).
More information on the second seminar in the series can be found here: Community Matters: are our communities ready for ageing. At home
More infromation on the third seminar in the series can be found here: Community Matters: are our communities ready for ageing: Ensuring communities offer what older people want
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