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|System: X360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: EA Tiburon
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: EA Sports
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Aug. 10, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-4
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Much like last year, outside of the exhibition and franchise modes, the real highlight of the game has to be the Superstar Challenge mode. This mode provides the player with a series of challenges, taken from actual events that occurred in the last football season. You can then either help to relive the event by making sure it plays out the same way as it did, or you can play the part of the spoiler, controlling the other team and ensuring that history is changed.
This is a great mode that gives any fans with regrets from last season (which should be everyone but Saints fans) the chance to stick it to the opposition after the fact, with a nice rundown of how history would have changed had things not gone the way they did. However, just like last years Madden, this mode has one flaw that severely detracts from the experience. Instead of playing through these events with the appropriate last years roster, you will be forced to tackle these events with the teams current rosters, effectively eliminating all authenticity.
All the modes aside, once you get on the field, the gameplay is as satisfying as it has always been. Though you wont enjoy the same level of animations or physics as you would in the console versions of the game, this version does a respectable job of making the gameplay feel realistic. Actually, the only real complaint I have with how the game plays comes from the awkwardness during some running plays. When trying to execute a running play through the middle of your offensive line, instead of finding a seam or being tackled by waiting defensive linemen, sometimes you will find yourself stuck in a massive group of teammates and adversaries, unable to move. While this does break the immersion, it eventually rectifies itself, with one of the horde eventually managing to make contact with you so that you can move on to the next play.
As always, Madden on the PSP isnt as fully featured or graphically impressive as its console counterparts, however, it still manages to pack an enjoyable football simulation experience onto a tiny UMD that can be played anywhere. If you played or own last years Madden, this game may be a tough sell for you as not much has changed outside of the roster and a new mini-game mode. However, if youve been away from the series for awhile or are a newcomer, Madden NFL 11 for the PSP is a solid football experience that shouldnt be missed by fans of the sport.
Adam Brown
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In this episode, we will learn about the history of the Benson Bakery, a family-owned and operated business for over 80 years. Then see how Minnesota is honoring the memory of three conservation officers killed in the line of duty more than 70 years ago with the DNR Memorial in New Ulm. Discover how a small town farm boy, Glen Johnson, started the Lake Lillian Crier and went on to work for the U.S. Treasury.
This episode of Postcards is now available to view online: http://video.pioneer.org/video/2364996018/.

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Nike sues Reebok in NY
Nike Inc. claims in a lawsuit that Reebok is using Tebow's name on Jets-related apparel without permission.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan.
It seeks unspecified damages. The claims include misappropriation of publicity rights; interference with business relationships; and unjust enrichment.
The lawsuit says Reebok International introduced new products with Tebow's name after the quarterback was traded from the Denver Broncos to the Jets.


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Currently, many eyes are riveted on the battles taking place in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states where public sector unions are desperately fighting to hold on to their privileges. I don't blame them for that–privileged classes generally find it easy to believe that their privileges are well-deserved–but, while the results of these battles are in doubt, I wonder whether the war is not, in essence, over. The reality is that we, the taxpayers, can't afford public sector unions. And the unions and their members have nowhere else to go–no one else to sell themselves to, except us. So I think they are doomed.
Michael Barone has interesting thoughts on the history of the union movement in the U.S., which include these observations:
[N]on-union private sector companies have thrived, while unionized companies have gone under. And public sector unions, with their bought-and-paid-for politicians, have produced public sector work forces that are unresponsive, unaccountable and impossibly expensive.
Noel Sheppard, meanwhile, comments on a surprising New York Times editorial that, while it includes the usual partisan barbs, nevertheless acknowledges the key facts:
Private-sector wages in New York dropped nearly 9 percent in 2008. In 2009, Gov. David Paterson pleaded with the unions to give up the raises to help the state out of its crisis. Union leaders attacked him in corrosive television ads, and Mr. Paterson eventually caved, settling for an agreement that reduced pension payments to new employees. The deal wasn't enough to address New York's serious fiscal problems.
The average salary for New York's full-time state employees in 2009 (even before the last round of raises) was $63,382, well above the state's average personal income that year of $46,957.
It is not realistic for public sector employees to expect private sector taxpayers to maintain them in a style which is unattainable in the private sector. The Times continues:
In 2000, employee pensions cost New York State taxpayers $100 million. They now cost $1.5 billion, and will be more than $2 billion in 2014. Wall Street's troubles are a big part of that. But so are state politics. The Legislature, ever eager to curry favor with powerful unions, added sweeteners to pensions and allowed employees to stop making contributions after 10 years.
Noel Sheppard comments:
Readers are advised that this is a 1900 percent increase in eleven years. Inflation during that period was only 24 percent. This means that employee pension costs in New York have risen at almost 80 times the rate of inflation!
The Times, of course, recoils from the solution proposed by Governor Walker and others: break the power of the public employee unions. But, as Sheppard points out:
The reality here is that New York's problems are not much different than Wisconsin's or California's or Indiana's or Ohio's. Public employee unions for decades have gotten contracts for their members that in the end were unaffordable.
But the unions don't care, and frankly, neither do their members. These folks feel they're entitled to everything they get, and that states should just be raising taxes to cover the rising costs.
It may not happen this year or next, but the power of the public sector unions will be broken, because there is no alternative. The ability to buy politicians who then "negotiate" pay and pension increases with their union friends delayed the inevitable for a while, but unions have priced themselves out of the market in the public sector, just as they did in the private sector. They are, I think, doomed.


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The F/A 18 Hornet that crashed Friday in a Virginia neighborhood experienced "catastrophic engine failure" shorly after takeoff, a Navy official said.
Capt. Mark Weisgerber said the two-man crew had just started a training flight from Naval Air Station Oceana when the trouble developed. The problem triggered what he called the forced evacuation of the crew: a student pilot sitting in the front, and his trainer in the back. The two men have been hospitalized.
It's too soon to draw firm conclusions about the cause of the crash in Virginia Beach, but Weisgerber said there was no indication the fighter jet had struck a bird. "All we know is there was a mechanical malfunction shortly after takeoff," he said in a televised news conference Friday afternoon.
Weisgerber was asked about eyewitnesses who reported seeing fuel spewing from the plane before it went down, and whether the fuel had been released intentionally. He said it appears the fuel release might have been connected to a malfunction but stressed that the investigation was in the early stages.


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Thursday, May 4, 2017
Buy American, Blow Off the WTO?
On April 18, President Trump signed an Executive Order setting out his "Buy American, Hire American" policy. A month earlier, the Department of Commerce issued a request for comments on requiring a specified minimum domestic content in pipeline construction.
Both of these moves are consistent with Trump's campaign promises to promote American industry. But both may violate the WTO Agreements and, if successfully challenged, could give rise to trade retaliation by other countries against U.S. industries.
What's more, those moves are likely to tick off other countries and lead to the imposition of more domestic content requirements of their own. It's difficult to see how strict enforcement of Buy American laws would offset the costs to U.S. industry if the world descends into a flurry of protectionist procurement legislation.
The National Treatment Principle under the GATT
The DOC's potential imposition of domestic content requirements on the pipeline construction industry is the more legally thorny of the two. First of all, it's also not clear whether the domestic content requirements on private contractors are valid. It's one thing for a government to set guidelines for purchasing by its own agencies (although there are limits there too), and another thing for a government to tell private industry like pipeline construction contractors who they are allowed to do business with. In its comments on the DOC notice, the European Union noted that imposing domestic content requirements on the purchasing decisions of private companies would be "unprecedented" in the trade sphere and "would have serious consequences also with respect to policies with third countries."
Moreover, domestic content requirements – or legal requirements that producers include a certain amount of domestically-produced raw materials into a final manufactured product – were among the types of restrictions that nations deliberately limited when they entered into free trade and investment agreements in the first place. Domestic content requirements fly in the face of the "National Treatment principle," one of the pillars of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (one of the many agreements that makes up the WTO Agreements). "National Treatment" is a somewhat confusing name, sounding at first blush perhaps like an endorsement of nationalism in trade relations. National Treatment actually means that a nation may not treat the products of its trading partners differently than the products of its own nation. (Likewise, National Treatment's ironic sister principle, Most Favored Nation, prohibits favoritism among different foreign countries' products. Never a dull moment in trade law.)
The National Treatment principle for the GATT is stated in Article III. Entitled "National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation," Article III, paragraph 4 says,
The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin in respect of all laws, regulations and requirements affecting their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation distribution or use. …
In other words, all WTO members have a legal obligation not to discriminate against foreign products that are "like products" to those produced in their own country. (Whether two products are "like products" is a fact-based inquiry based on the products' physical properties, end uses, and consumer tastes and habits as to substitutability.)
The governments of both Canada and the EU made the point in their comments on DOC's request for information that any minimum domestic content requirements on pipelines would appear to violate the National Treatment principle. Were the U.S. to require that pipeline contractors purchase a minimum amount of domestic steel (or be denied federal permits, presumably), it is almost certain that someone – Canada, the EU, and other countries whose steel industries compete for those contracts – would challenge the regulation before the WTO.
In introducing the President's trade policy agenda in an annual report by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, USTR suggested that the Trump Administration might not comply with adverse WTO decisions, but that's questionable and complicated (and a post for another day). Suffice it to say that any persistent failure to respect an unfavorable WTO decision would trigger WTO-sanctioned retaliation against other U.S. products or industries that those industries would surely not take kindly to in the next domestic election cycle. It's not so easy just to blow off the WTO.
Limiting the "Public Interest" Exemption from Buy American Laws
Does the order change anything? The short answer is maybe.
In the short term, the Executive Order directs federal agencies to strictly comply with Buy American laws already on the books. One thing that might change immediately is contractors' ability to obtain waivers from the Buy American laws. Right now, the Federal Acquisition Regulations allow waivers when purchasing from a foreign supplier is in the "public interest" because a trade agreements (like the WTO) allows it; where the material is unavailable domestically; or when the domestic supplier's price is "unreasaonble" based on a prescribed calculation.
The "public interest" exemption is what saves the Buy American statutes from violating National Treatment right now. If agencies are now instructed to apply that exemption strictly, does that mean that they won't grant an exemption even where the Buy American requirement would violate National Treatment?
Opaquely, the order instructs Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to "assess the impacts of all United States free trade agreements and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement on the operation of Buy American laws" with 150 days of the signing of the order. It could be that he plans to use this study to be sure that Buy American laws, and the new Executive Order, comply with the United States' international obligations.
But it would be more consistent with Trump's rhetoric to use that assessment to decide whether to renegotiate or terminate U.S. commitments that he believes impair U.S. industry. Although Trump seems to have decided against withdrawing from NAFTA for now, it's unclear what demands he will make to renegotiate both NAFTA and the WTO Agreements and what might make him change his mind and walk away. "Assessing the impacts" of the country's free trade agreements on domestic sourcing laws might give him a starting point for crafting his positions in renegotiating.
National Treatment in Government Procurement
The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement also incorporates the National Treatment principle of nondiscrimination, although subject to many exceptions. The interaction between Buy American laws and those articulated exceptions will be studied by DOC and USTR.
Only nineteen WTO members, including the U.S. (and the EU on behalf of all its members), are parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement, a "plurilateral" side agreement to the WTO Agreements. That suggests that renegotiation or withdrawal from that Agreement might be more feasible than tampering with any of the 100-plus member multilateral agreements in the WTO. If Trump is unsatisfied with the results of Commerce and USTR's study about the impacts of the agreement on Buy American laws and wants to identify the low-hanging fruit of renegotiation in the WTO, this might be a place to start.
Policy Concerns
If Trump decides to go down the road of minimum domestic requirements for construction and tougher Buy American laws in government procurement, hopefully he will consider the potential effects of those policies. First, other countries may follow the lead of the U.S. and implement Buy National policies of their own, cutting off overseas market for U.S. products and services. The European Union emphasized this risk in its comments on the Commerce notice:
Both the US and the EU have in the past been pursuing a clear policy against localization requirements in third countries, including China, India, and Russia. … These potential measures, which would be harmful to US industry, would also make the international fight against third countries' local content requirements much more difficult.
Second, requiring private industry like the pipeline construction industry to source domestic products even when prices or quality are not competitive could degrade those firms' competitiveness and potentially lead to the elimination of American jobs. The Associated General Contractors of America made this point in its comments to Commerce. For example, the Executive Order excludes a certain segment of the steel industry from qualifying as "produced in the United States" because the industry's raw materials (steel slabs) are not commercially available in the U.S. Currently, the industry's products are still considered to be products of U.S. origin due to waivers of the Buy American laws. The Executive Order, as currently drafted, eliminates that option and makes U.S. slab converters noncompetitive. The AGC said:
If a key aim of the memorandum is to maximize jobs in the U.S. steel industry, we are concerned that it will more likely have the effect of shuttering many U.S. operations spread around the country and replace some of those operations with a consolidated finished steel industry that will be limited both geographically and by ownership.
There's been recent evidence that Trump can be persuaded to consider the larger impacts that his policies would have on U.S. industry, beyond their stump-speech value. Last week, news reports indicated that Trump was persuaded by some members of his cabinet, especially Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, not to withdraw from NAFTA. According to the reports, Perdue showed Trump a map of regions that would be hard hit by loss of NAFTA trade, a map that overlapped substantially with one showing strong voter support for Trump. It is likely that a map of the steel industry would as well. The assessments Trump is commissioning may show that this is another case of what he has learned in his first 100 days: things that sound good on the campaign trail don't always look so good when the legal details are analyzed.


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The Beautiful Notes of God's Symphony
"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth." ~Bah'u'llah
- Please Tell Me Who I Am: The Genius of Supertramp
What happened to the magic and awe of childhood? Why do we abandon ourselves in favor of conformity. Supertramp explores some of the deepest questions that we all consider at some point in our life, such as "Who am I? What have we learned?"
Quotes of Love, Kindness, and Gratitude
What makes a classical piece of music beautiful?
Is it a particular note in the piece that makes it spectacular? Or is it the arrangement of all the notes that make the piece incredible. These notes consist of tones of varying vibration; and in addition to these notes, there are also rests. These periods of silence in which a tone is not played are just as important as the notes, because they can build anticipation and excitement. "I wonder what is going to come next." Then we come to the emotional experience of classical music.
A classical piece of music will often take one on a journey through a variety of different emotions. Doesn't this sound like life itself? On our life journey we have all experienced highs, lows, and the in betweens. Classical music is different than traditional pop and rock music, which will usually follow a predictable steady grove throughout the piece, whereas as a classical piece usually doesn't. You might think the piece is going to stay on its current course, but a switch in notes takes the piece to another road. This is also similar to life. We may think we are supposed to sail to a certain location, but then the wind gets hold of our sails and takes us in a new direction. Now, I would like to talk about these beautiful notes of God's symphony.
These beautiful notes are us. We are each a beautiful note in God's symphony. Each note is unique and special. As in a classical piece of music, not one note is more special or more important than the other. God loves the notes of the symphony all the same. They are all beautiful music to God's ears; and even though we appear to be separate from one another, we are actually One. We are not only the beautiful notes of God's symphony, but we are also the symphony itself. We often get so caught up in only seeing the differences that we forgot about our true connection to one another.
We are all a part of this beautiful symphony we call life.
I truly believe that we should celebrate our differences. This is what makes life interesting. Imagine if everyone looked and acted just like each other. This would be mighty boring. However, our society is bent on having everyone look the same. When I was in high school, if a person didn't wear designer jeans and sneakers, they were made fun of.
What does this say about individuality and uniqueness?
In our educational system, it is not set up to honor the unique individual. It is truly sad to see so many talented and gifted children fall through the cracks because their unique peg doesn't fit in society's square hole. There is a very important song by Supertramp called "Logical Song" that talks about the dangers of conformity. For those that are interested, I wrote an article about that song entitled "Please Tell Me Who I Am: The Genius of Supertramp."
Now, let us imagine a world in which the gifts and talents of the child were nurtured. How beautiful would that be! This would put an end to the high number of individuals that work jobs they hate. This would also put an end to the high number of unskilled workers that we currently have in this country. It should come as no surprise that people are happy when they are allowed to follow their hearts and do what's natural to them. Life is too short to waste your time doing something you do not like. That is not living; that is dying.
We are Extraordinary Spiritual Beings with a Soul Purpose.
Instead of following the crowd, why not follow your own Soul? It knows you better than the crowd of conformity which doesn't have your best interest at hand. Believe me, there is a much better way, my friend. Embrace the powerful words of Sting:
"Let your Soul be your pilot."
Som Sabadell (We are Sabadell) Flashmob
The Idea for This Article
The inspiration for this article came from my friend Ashvina, commonly known around these parts as Feline Prophet. She posted a video that was made on the 130th anniversary of Banco Sabadell. The people of Sabadell wanted to honor their city. They showed their respect by performing one of Beethoven's beautiful classical pieces in a Spanish plaza.
It was very beautiful to see the connection between the musicians and the audience. This is a perfect illustration of Unity Consciousness. As we are the individual notes and the symphony, we are also the musician and the audience.
We are each unique expressions of the Divine.
We are also One with the Divine.
We are the Light.
Hi Terry27, I am a classical music lover and I also love life. Classical music can transport you to a level of inner peace and reflection. Voted Awesome and Up!
Terry27: just write-don't pay too much attention to the beginning score. It raises as Hubbers comment and the longer it is a hub. I suggest you always write what you feel and what is meaningful to you-if you do that, believe me you will have lots of readers . This hub is well done and well written. I wish you the best on HP!
What a beautiful piece you have written here! Yes, we are the notes and God is the conductor! We must play our notes together in harmony. God's symphony is melodious and beautiful if we just would flow with the music. I love the metaphor you have created here. Thanks for sharing this with us! The world would be a much better place if everyone understood this.
It's awesome, so beautiful. Thanks for the video.
In my little way I am trying to create a beautiful note in God's symphony.
this was a rather positive message
What a positive and uplifting methodology. Thumbs up. I liked your analogy because it was creative, thought provoking and uplifting. Thank you.
A symphony of life where every (human) note is unique and true to itself - the most beautiful music there is!!! Terry, this is one of the most inspiring articles I have read!! In this score there is a place for every living (and passed over) soul for each plays a part and each part is important to the whole. An incredible concept. My votes and best wishes to you, Terry and sharing your concept far and wide!!
Terry, Your message that we are beautiful notes of God's symphony made my heart expand. You have a gift in conveying a message in such a way that makes one feel hopeful and uplifted. I have tweeted and shared this in FB.
Voted up, awesome and beautiful!
P.S. In my Beyond Inspiration Daily blog I shared your guided meditation video in the section where I list various inspirational videos. Michelle's healing chant is also there. In addition, I shared your review of my book in the section on "book reviews." Just thought I woul shared the light and good vibes with readers. :)
What a very beautiful analogy - comparing classical music to life. As I was reading this hub the thought came to me that I probably knew what had inspired it...and lo, I was right! :)
Really enjoy reading your hubs, Terry...don't ever lose your enthusiasm for life!


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In the latest round of awards season jockeying, the National Board of Review announced its picks this afternoon for the best efforts of the movie year, choosing "Hugo" as the best film of 2011.
Martin Scorsese's simultaneous celebration of cinematic tradition and 3-D magic also earned the veteran filmmaker the best director title from the board, a nonprofit group of film scholars and enthusiasts whose choices typically kick off the annual round of movie prize-giving. The New York Critics Circle beat them to the punch this year by announcing its selections on Tuesday; that group went in a slightly different direction, naming "The Artist" as best picture. Apparently at this stage in Awards Season 2011-12, the battle for supremacy is between two films that both wear their reverence for movie history on their motion-picture sleeves.
Who else was singled out by the National Board of Review?
George Clooney — snubbed earlier this week from the Spirit Award nominations — was named best actor for his work in "The Descendents," while his "Michael Clayton" co-star, Tilda Swinton — another Spirit Award snubee — took best actress for "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
Christopher Plummer's work in "Beginners" earned him best supporting actor, while Shailene Woodley won the supporting actress honor for "The Descendants." Other high-profile winners: Will Reiser for "50/50" (best original screenplay), Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash for "The Descendants" (best adapted screenplay); and "Rango" (best animated film). Felicity Jones ("Like Crazy") and Rooney Mara ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") both were singled out for breakthrough performances, while the "Harry Potter" franchise was given a special achievement in filmmaking designation for its "distinguished translation from book to film." The full list of nominees can be found on the NBR Web site.
The board traditionally reveals all 10 of the movies on its best film list: This year, in addition to "Hugo," those included "The Artist," "The Descendants," "Drive," "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," "The Ides of March," "J. Edgar," "Tree of Life" and Steven Spielberg's forthcoming "War Horse."
Naturally, some notable Oscar-baity films are not on that list, including "The Iron Lady," "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (which has not screened for critics yet), "50/50," "Young Adult" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," among others.
Perhaps the most notable inclusion here is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," which has been the subject of debate regarding its potential for an Oscar nomination. Its spot on this list suggests that maybe it has a shot.
Then again, in the up, then down, then up again world of awards season voting, it's still very early.


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The 103-year-old General Motors Corp. division launched its last new product-the redone 2002 Bravada sport utility-March 15 on CBS. But parent General Motors announced Dec. 12 Oldsmobile would be phased out, which could take anywhere from a year to three years.
"The business situation we're facing is unique. It's phaseout, not closeout," said Jim Vurpillat, brand manager of Bravada. Olds' demise will come faster if the brand can't sell its vehicles.
But so far, Olds' vehicles are selling-based on heavy discounting and a new warranty. The division sold 51,886 vehicles in the first two months of 2001, only 771 fewer vs. the same period a year ago, according to Automotive News.
Soon after the announcement, Oldsmobile started touting in TV spots a five-year/60,000-mile warranty, dubbed the "GM Protection Plan." "We found the extended protection plan helps people consider the product and forget any concerns they have," Mr. Vurpillat said.
Bcom3 Group's Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, created a single 30-second spot for Bravada's national TV launch. The mainly TV push, estimated at $10 million, will get the heaviest play on syndicated cable during its three-week flight. The commercial will continue to air during CBS broadcasts of "March Madness" basketball coverage. Then the spot goes into rotation with two existing "buyer testimonial" spots.
Doing voiceover, Maurice Lamarche introduces Bravada as "a new beast on the road" as wild horses run alongside it. Verdi plays in the background. The new 270-horsepower, aluminum, inline, six-cylinder engine is "more powerful than Jeep Grand Cherokee," says Mr. Lamarche, who also mentions the warranty and states "built by Oldsmobile, backed by General Motors."
Oldsmobile, which started selling cars in 1897, was the first American carmaker to advertise, a spokesman said. Horses appeared in many early Olds ads.
The roughly 60 horses in the Bravada spot were filmed separately from the SUV's action, then made to look like a larger group via Site Effects, Venice, Calif., said Scott Smith, co-creative director on the account at Burnett.
It took Burnett four weeks to finish the spot from the time of client approval vs. the normal 12 weeks, said Charley Wickman, co-creative director at Burnett. That's because the commercial didn't have to undergo pre-testing by Diagnostic Research International, Los Angeles. Mr. Wickman said his team learned a lot during DRI testing of proposed creative presented just before GM's fateful Dec. 12 announcement. The work was for a shootout with Interpublic Group of Cos.' McCann-Erickson Worldwide, Troy, Mich., for an Olds division branding assignment. The review was called off after GM's announcement.
The brand's phaseout some day could be the subject of a case study, said Randall Tallerico, who joined GM as Oldsmobile's advertising director in October after more than 20 years with WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson Co.
"Having a divisional [ad] approach is the way to go," he said. During the agency shootout, consumers in focus groups were better able to grasp the division's five-vehicle lineup when an umbrella ad theme was used, he said.
Burnett's Mr. Wickman said, "We'd been toying with the idea of doing a divisional campaign for a long time, so we had done the [consumer] research for a long time."
But under GM's brand management system, every vehicle model is a brand, as is every vehicle division. In recent years, critics said Oldsmobile had confused buyers by trying to distance its own products from the divisional brand in ads. Until last year, the division didn't have full-line ads.
The Bravada starts at $32,400 for the two-wheel drive version. Mr. Vurpillat said this is the first time the SUV is available with two-wheel drive, which should help sales in warm climates. Roughly 75% of SUVs are sold with two-wheel drive.


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(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, despite weaker revenue caused in part by the stronger U.S. dollar and the exit of certain businesses.
The maker of Diet Pepsi, Frito-Lay snacks and Tropicana orange juice said third-quarter net income was $1.90 billion, or $1.21 per share, down from $2.00 billion, or $1.25 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding restructuring and other charges and a gain on commodity hedges, earnings were $1.20 per share. On that basis, analysts on average were expecting $1.16 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue fell 5 percent to $16.65 billion, below analysts' average estimate of $16.90 billion.
Excluding the impacts of currency fluctuations and the refranchising of its bottling businesses in China and Mexico, revenue grew 5 percent, reflecting 1 percentage point of volume growth and 4 percentage points from price increases.
The results come a day after rival Coca-Cola Co also reported weaker-than-expected revenue, hurt by declines in Europe and the Pacific region.
In the third quarter, overall sales volume rose 6 percent in the snack business, after acquisitions lifted sales in Latin America. In North America, volume rose 1 percent at Frito-Lay and 2 percent at Quaker Foods.
PepsiCo's Americas Beverage business saw volume fall 3 percent.
The company also affirmed its full-year outlook, which calls for earnings per share to fall 5 percent from the $4.40 it earned in 2011, and revenue to increase by a low single-digit rate reflecting the changes in China and Mexico.
For PepsiCo, 2012 is a transition year, as it ramps up marketing, cuts thousands of jobs and streamlines its portfolio to improve performance, especially in its North American beverage business.
So far this year, the company has introduced Pepsi Next, a mid-calorie cola, and started a new global marketing campaign for its flagship Pepsi brand.
The company has incurred restructuring charges of $193 million through the third quarter related to its productivity program. It expects additional charges of $205 million in the remainder of 2012, and $129 million from 2013 through 2015.
Reporting by Martinne Geller in New York; Editing by Maureen Bavdek


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1969 Mercury Cougar XR7 Convertible
Price: - Item location: Charlottesville, VA, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Mercury
- Model: Cougar
- SubModel: XR7
- Type: Convertible
- Trim: XR7 Convertible
- Year: 1969
- Mileage: 84,893
- Color: Medium Emerald Metallic
- Engine size: 351-4V Windsor
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Transmission: Standard Shift (manual)
- Drive type: 4-Speed Wide Ratio (manual)
- Interior color: Black
- Options: AM/ 8-Track, Tilt-Away Wheel, Convertible
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1969 Mercury Cougar XR7This 1969 Mercury Cougar Convertible is quite rare and one of only 4,024 XR7 convertibles produced in the '69 model year, ne of only 67 with the M-Code 351-4V and a wide ratio 4-Speed transmission and a "one of one" vehicle when scrutinized for color/trim packages. It is the third '69 Cougar Convertible I have owned and restored and the lessons learned on the previous vehicles' restorations have very much informed the restoration of this vehicle. I'm an professional engineer and extremely particular by nature and this car was built with the intention it staying in my collection, ndefinitely. It is extremely correct and equally ready for a trailer ride to a competition/show or for a cross country drive.
Fully numbers matching with every cross reference and purchased from the third owner in 2001 after having been parked and stored since the mid eighties (a father and son project never realized). The car is originally a central Virginia vehicle and it did not suffer from the severe rust of the Northeast. The underbody is as clean as the rest of the car and the original floors/rockers/torque boxes/trunk drop offs all survive from '69.
The car's ground up restoration was completed in 2007 and it has logged about 10,000 miles since that time. The engine and drivetrain were partially disassembled at the time of the restoration but found to be so near factory tolerances in every way that a rebuild was not warranted, he indicated mileage is completely accurate to both the driveline and to the body. At that time of the restorationthe engine was fully cleaned, ll mains were re-torqued, high volume oil pump was added and external components were all rebuilt/replaced with period correct/date coded equipment (carb
The underbody is finished in "slop grey" as were the majority of the Dearborn convertibles and some panels were provided the correct red oxide primer based upon the found, riginal condition of this car (back sides of front and rear valances, tc). Rocker crimp seams are appropriately blacked-out over the body color overspray and all correct assembly line chalk and paint markings have been replaced either as found or as indicated in the vehicle's build sheet. Underbody/chassis restoration included completereplacement of front and rearsuspension, ll bushings, as lines (stainless), rake lines (stainless)and braking system components. The one deviation from factory stock is the exhaust which is a complete 2-1/2" system from Magnaflow (utilizes correct factory hangers).
The interior was found in excellent, riginalcondition with cracking only of the leather insert sections of the XR7 upholstery. Wanting to achieve a factory accurate look and not being interested in even the best available upholstery "kits", he original seating surfaces were completely disassembled (front and rear) at the stitching and only the damaged leather panels replaced with leather from a new, orrect grain hyde. All was then re-sewn and re-installed on the seat frames. Door panels are unrestored.
Medium Emerald Metallic paint was color-matched from the car to validate the standard paint mix codes to get the correct shade. Pinstripes are painted (and not taped)as applied at the factory with the correct breaks at the quarter/ fender extensions. Factory Styled Steel Wheels are fitted with modern Goodyear thinline whitewalls while the spare still retains its original Goodyear Polyglas tireon the5th styled steel wheelalong with jack and accessories.
The car continually finishes near the top of it's class and was chosen asFirst in Class ('69-'70 Convertibles) at the largest and most recent East Coast Cougar Nationals in 2011. If you have any particular questions or pictures you would like to see that are not included in this auction, lease don't hesitate to mail and request something.
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March 20th, 2015
I think parents these days are often mindful about stereotyping on the basis of gender and try to avoid it by not dressing their children in 'gendered' colours (but did you know that up until the early 20th century pink was thought of as a strong boys' colour?), providing them with opportunities to play with toys and to take part in sports or activities generally associated with the opposite sex, exposing them to different role models (in literature and in reality) and speaking to them in gender neutral terms.
But it's actually really easy to get caught out by little gendered remarks that slip out unnoticed. For instance have you told either your sons or daughters to 'man up'? What does that mean? If it means to toughen up and be strong is that an attribute just for men? If it means don't give in to your feelings or don't talk about your feelings or, worse, don't have those feelings, what are we saying about men and emotions? The answer to that last question was made abundantly clear to me once when I was giving a workshop on Raising Boys. I was talking about encouraging boys to identify and manage their feelings when one father said "I would question my son's masculinity if he was talking about his feelings"!
Sometimes with the best of intentions we'll say things like "big boys don't cry." In hundreds of little ways we give our sons the message that it is weak and unmanly to express emotion and to be a man is to cope on your own. Statistics show what terrible repercussions this has for adult men not seeking help when they need it –men don't even go to the doctor let alone ask directions! More seriously the suicide rate is much higher in men than women.
It's just as problematic if we're giving limiting messages to our daughters. Have we fallen into the trap of calling our daughters 'bossy' for behaviour that we would find acceptably assertive in our sons? I hope you've seen the wonderful you tube video 'Run like a girl' by Proctor & Gamble which aims to celebrate the phrase rather than allowing it to be derisory.
And of course there is still much stereotyping in music, the media, video games and in film through images and the behaviours portrayed by men and women despite recent efforts by children's programme makers. Certain 'masculine' or 'feminine' qualities are ascribed to men and women. And children will be exposed to a lot of gendered stereotypes in shops with pink and blue aisles and packaging as well as boy toys and girl toys.
There is much that parents can do to avoid these stereotypes and to offer contrary images and messages to those absorbed through the media etc. But what if, in spite of your best efforts, your child is the one coming up with stereotypes for boys' and girls' behaviour?
One parent told us that her three and a half year old son had been making comments like "only boys can play with this…" to which the mum responded that "Actually boys AND girls can play with the same toys!" she was curious as to where this fixed attitude came from as neither she or her husband had ever consciously stereotyped boys vs girls. She said she always tried to use gender-neutral words such as 'firefighter' instead of 'fireman' etc.
It is perfectly normal and developmentally appropriate behaviour for a young child to explore his or her identity including gender roles. Research has shown that children may be born with gendered tastes in toys, in that girls prefer dolls over cars and nothing we do or say can change this! However up until the age of 12 months boys are equally interested in dolls. It is only after this age that boys show a preference for toys with wheels, whereas girls continue to prefer dolls. This suggests that this is attributable to social factors rather than genetics. By the age of 3 or 4 children have surprisingly definite ideas about what behaviour and dress is appropriate for boys and girls. By this age most children when interviewed give stereotypical answers about behaviours appropriate for male and female dolls -100% of the children interviewed in one study said the female doll liked to clean the house and took care of the babies while the male doll went out to work!
These perceptions of 'boys' toys' or 'girls' toys' and dress and behaviour show a normal, healthy development of gender identity and a natural inclination to want to fit in with their sex. This adapting to belong is a sign of good social skills but parents are wise to offer contrary messages as well. The strongest message we can give our children is through what we model so if boys see their dad sewing on a button or cooking a meal they will think that is an appropriate activity for a male. Likewise if mum mends the fuses or changes a tyre then obviously women can do those things. Children will model themselves on the same gender parent so dads please let your sons know its ok to talk about your feelings.
Children this age are very black and white –its only as they get older that they can understand the grey areas of life, including the idea that boys and girls can do things beyond the stereotypes.
March 19th, 2015
By Kaitlin Gardner of AnApplePerDay.com
When we started our family, water safety was a big concern for me. My husband and I love the water, and I knew we would be spending time at the pool, or on a family vacation to the beach. I wanted my kids to be well prepared to be safe in the water, and that meant swim lessons.
The safety factor. It's just a reality that there are inherent dangers when around the water. I read that drowning is one of the biggest causes of unintentional death among small children, so safety needs to start early. Formal swim lessons can reduce the risk of drowning for young kids as much as 88 percent, which only reinforced my desire to start early with my kids. Here are some great articles with more details about swim lessons for kids:
Introduction to the water. I used our bath time as a way to introduce my kids to the water, but also to see how receptive they would be to the whole experience. One of my kids loved the water when he was a baby, so bath time was a joy for him. I got soaked with suds the first time he discovered the art of splashing. By smiling a lot and laughing with him, it reinforced the water as a positive place to be. My other boy was more hesitant, and wanted to investigate everything cautiously before deciding if it was alright. I realized we might have to be more patient with him.
Getting in the pool. When my kids were about 6 months old, they were ready for a Mommy and Me class. My water baby took right to it, and took in everything we did in the class. It wasn't really a lesson, but a way to let the child get oriented to the water. I liked that idea a lot – when they took lessons, it would be in a familiar environment. He played and wanted to reach out to the other babies, and was soon splashing merrily and enjoying the whole experience.
The hesitant child. With my child who was more hesitant about the water, I thought a class might move too fast for him. My husband and I took him to our community pool (in swim diapers) for several sessions, to let him check out the water. My husband sat in the shade back from the pool, holding our baby. I went into the water and began laughing and splashing like we had done in the bathtub. My husband moved gradually closer to the pool, and when my baby reached out for me, I took him in my arms. I just held him against me to let him look around. Over time he decided the water was safe, so we began to move around the water. I gently bobbed him where his feet touched the water. Now he is fine with the water just like his more adventurous brother.
Formal lessons. It is suggested that a child is developmentally ready for lessons at around age 3 or 4. By then they will be able to move around safely, and listen and retain instructions. We signed our kids up when they were that age. I didn't think learning to swim should be a one time experience, so I have continued their training with intermediate and advanced lessons. We sign up in the fall – when they're more used to being in a school atmosphere, and are receptive to learning. It's been a pleasure to watch my kids grow in confidence around the water.
As my boys splash and play in the pool, it makes me smile to know that they have learned how to safely enjoy all the fun the water has to offer.
Kaitlin Gardner started An Apple Per Day to explore her passion for a green living lifestyle, and healthy family living. She and her husband have just moved to rural Pennsylvania, where they enjoy exploring the countryside to discover interesting and out of the way places. She is also learning how to paint watercolors.
March 05th, 2015
How would it be if your child turned around to you one morning and said "Mummy, I think this is the best morning I have ever had….." and you knew that was because of what you had just done? You. Super mum. Deserving of the highest accolades on Mothering Sunday.
A parent in one of our classes told us this is what her son said to her recently and it brought a tear to our collective eye.
By way of background this mum told us that their usual experience of morning getaways was the all too familiar horror story of rushing, nagging, dawdling, nagging, feet-digging in, nagging, cheekiness, telling-off, daydreaming, SHOUTING, crying, threatening, more crying (this time mum) and pulling out of hair. We all know how it goes. She would wake the kids up in plenty of time and get herself dressed so that she'd be available to marshall everybody. She'd go into their rooms and no progress would have been made. At all. None. Nobody would have even started on getting dressed. And by now 20 minutes would have elapsed and the timetable would be seriously jeopardised. So she would berate them for not doing anything. They would look at her puzzled and she would wonder how she'd spawned such half-wits, and realise it must be her husband's genes. Well when you're working with poor material you have to be creative. So she'd try again. "If you get dressed and come downstairs quickly I'll let you have Nutella on your toast." She'd go downstairs thinking she'd provided the necessary incentive and get going on the lunchboxes. 15 minutes later there would be no sign of anyone so she'd go back up again to find two half-dressed children playing with the Sylvanian families. More shouting and ushering and they were downstairs but she felt like a worn our dish-cloth and it was nearly 8am.
Well our mum had just done our class on Descriptive praise so she decided to try it. You know descriptive praise. You don't? You don't know about the magic key that unlocks cooperation? The secret formula to motivate your child? The thing that is guaranteed to bring a smile to a little face (and your child's too) and that leads to "Mummy, I think this is the best morning I have ever had…..?" If you don't know about descriptive praise you must be new to our blogs. If we didn't tell you about it at every opportunity we would be derelict in our duty. We would be failing in our mission to bring happiness to the families of the world.
So let us tell you now. It's not rocket science. It does what it says on the tin. You just describe what they're doing ….positively. You notice something small (and we mean small) that they're doing that is good, or possibly that is not bad. And you mention it to them. Sometimes you'll add what positive quality that behaviour shows. So you might say: "I see you two have got out of bed. That's a good start to our day. That's a lovely smile to get us off to a good beginning Jacob. Pause. Ella, you put out your clothes last night which will make things quicker this morning. That was really sensible, wasn't it? You prepared for success! And you are getting really good at getting your dress on yourself. Would you like me to help with your tights? …Jacob I see you've got your pyjamas off now….Oh Ella, thank you for helping him with his shirt. What a kind sister. I love it when you two are being so helpful. I need to put lots of pasta pieces in the jar so Daddy can see what a great morning we had when he comes home."
And if you think nobody talks to their children like that, we concede it is different from the norm. But the norm is as described above. And the norm doesn't lead to "Mummy, I think this is the best morning I have ever had….."
So what would you like? Would you like to talk a bit weirdly to your kids and watch them beam at you and each other, stand a bit taller in front of your eyes, feel more confident and be more cooperative? Would you like them to start their day feeling happy and thinking you're the best mum in the world?
We thought so. You are the best mum in the world, especially with descriptive praise in your toolkit.
Start using descriptive praise today. It's free and the results are miraculous. If you want to know more about it check out our face to face courses and our online courses here. Tell us how descriptive praise worked for you at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If this is your first Mothering Sunday, congratulations. If not do let us know about any funny or touching presents you've received from your children on Mothering Sunday.
Keep developing your parenting practice with love,
Melissa and Elaine
March 04th, 2015
meltdown |ˈmeltˌdoun| noun
1 An external demonstration of emotional distress caused by anything from a dropped ice-cream cone on a hot summer's day; being given a red cup when all he really wanted was a blue one; having to go to swim practice when she really wanted to go to her best friend's party; when he didn't want to switch off the video game … and many other triggers.
The good news is that parents can support their children during their meltdowns to minimise the negative effects … eventually getting to the point where a solution is possible. Here's what happened at my house a while ago.
Me: Seems like something is bugging you. It's not like you to be snarky with me.
Her: I'm fine. (shouting) I-M F-I-N-E FINE … What part of 'I'm Fine' don't you understand?
Me: (Silently to myself) Well … I'm kinda getting that you're not fine.
Me: Listen, I'm getting that something is up. You don't seem like you want to talk about it right now. I'm going to go downstairs and if want to talk, let me know.
Ten minutes later …
Her: Mum …
You know your children better than anyone and you know what calms them down. Some children will respond to a calm, quiet hug; others a few minutes to run around outside; others a gentle voice; others simply some quiet time to play and reconnect the thinking part of their brain with the big emotional part.
I gave my daughter time. She was in the bathroom, with the door locked and that was what she needed. She wasn't going to hurt herself or damage anything, she just needed to be alone for the few minutes it took for her to call out to me. I must confess, the time was good for me too because I was feeling pretty helpless and frustrated!
If your children are speaking, just listen. It's often pointed out that LISTEN and SILENT are made up of the same letters. If they're not speaking, listen to the behaviour. If they're crying, you can say something like 'you're so upset about something'. If they're slamming doors or throwing things 'wow … you are so MAD!'.
My daughter unlocked the door. She was sitting on the floor crying. I picked her up and she sat on my lap saying nothing for about 5 minutes. I just held her quietly. Slowly she began to tell me about what was going on. A few months earlier we had moved from the UK to the US and she was missing her friends and feeling like she was "losing her British-ness".
Acknowledging your children's feelings doesn't have to mean that you are agreeing with them. When a child says "You love [sister] more than me" and you respond with "you're feeling like I love her more than you" … is not a confirmation that you do. It's simply allowing their feeling to be out there … heard.
My daughter was missing her friends – terribly – she has incredible friends back in the UK. If I had said 'come on, buck up … don't cry. Why don't you call your new friends to come over?' I would have completely invalidated her feelings and tried to fix things for her. It's ok to be sad, to miss people, to be nervous about losing a part of your life that is special to you. Empathy and compassion will always be your best gift.
We are so quick to want to fix things for our kids and to help them feel better. Rather than advising them and telling them what to do, it is so much more effective to allow them to come up with their own solutions.
I asked my daughter what would help her retain her British-ness and how she could maintain her friendships. Over a cup of tea and a nice Cadbury biscuit (a little bit of Britain!) she decided that she would FaceTime her best friend over the weekend so they could have a virtual playdate. Her ideas … her solutions.
Stay Calm
We know this is the holy grail of parenting. (For more help with keeping calm click here.) It always helps to have a go-to mantra to catch yourself. I love Bonnie Harris' 'my child is having a problem … not being a problem'. I will also say to myself 'Choose: respond or react'. That usually clears my mind to make the conscious choice to respond to the situation with calm compassion. And each time, that alone makes all the difference in the world.
Using these five simple steps, meltdowns can be averted or reduced, family harmony restored, self-knowledge gained, understanding achieved, solutions found, self-esteem nurtured, compassion shown and relationships greatly enhanced.
Wishing you peace and calm in your parenting practice,
Elaine and Melissa
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Inside one of my mother's sketchbooks, I found 3 delightful little sketches by her friend and mentor Gordon "Kit" Thorne. All of them were of the same subject, composed differently. The paper looks like ordinary typing paper and the rendering was probably done with a refillable artist's marker pen. He and Helen were both using such pens in those days.
This sketch is characteristically loose and sure, but it pleases me particularly because he recorded a monumental torso that I sculpted and stood in our back yard in Vancouver's University area.
The sculpture was made of cheap, but fairly durable black cement over a wire armature. I never finished it and it's long gone now, no doubt. Thanks to Kit, it survives in a modest way.
The yard was covered with snow, some of which is piled up on my sculpture. I am amused by the footprints (Smokey the cat?) that Kit dotted across the snow.
You know, Kit had been in the trenches of World War One and had seen terrible, terrible things. I was touched but his memory of the fate of horses in that conflict… innocent creatures that had done nothing to cause the brutal horrors they suffered.
After the war, he remained a sensitive observer of animals. When he sketched trees, they often had birds in the branches. It's not at all surprising that he made note of the paw tracks across our yard.
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yes! I remember.
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and I wonder how big that tree is now?


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was the founder of I.M. Singer Company. He was the first person to patent a practical, widely-used sewing machine. Sewing machines started to appear on the scene in the mid 1800's—but not like the one Singer manufactured. Singer's sewing machines could sew 900 stitches per minute, a lot more than any other sewing machines in existence at the time.
Because everything was stitched together by hand in the mid-1880's, a faster sewing machine was really big deal. The women who did the sewing worked incredibly long hours, in clothing factories that weren't very nice places to work. Housewives had to do a good amount of sewing too, if their families could even afford a sewing machine.
At $120 each, Singer sewing machines were out of reach for most Americans. But one of Singer's partners fixed that. He came up with what would turn out to be the first-ever installment plan. That's right—everyday people could purchase Singer's sewing machines and pay for it in installments. With this plan in place, Singer was able to sell a lot more machines. He just needed a better distribution method. And being the entrepreneur that he was, he figured out just how to do it.Licensing Arrangements
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Singer and his partners would find businesspeople who were interested in owning the rights to sell Singer's sewing machines in specific geographical areas. Once they found parties that wanted to become licensees, they would charge them an up-front fee—a licensing fee, for the right to sell the machines. In addition, Singer required licensees to teach consumers how to use the machines that they had just purchased. This arrangement was a win-win. The partners now had money coming in from the licensing fees which enabled them to fund more manufacturing. The licensees had businesses of their own, and were selling a product that most households wanted.
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The galley cart is able to keep contents below a temperature of four degrees Celsius for up to 20 hours without using chillers or other active cooling devices such as dry ice, power supplies or operating fluids, meaning there's no reduction in the usable internal space of an ATLAS-sized cart.
Bucher Aerospace's CEO Francisco Aguilera explained, "The ARCTICart program was launched with the ambitious and clear objective to present aircraft operators a solution to significantly reduce weight and power consumption of airplanes by allowing the removal of chillers from commercial aircraft."
"The ARCTICart program was launched […] to significantly reduce weight and power consumption of airplanes by allowing the removal of chillers from commercial aircraft." – Francisco Aguilera, Bucher Aerospace
The company says that, unlike with active refrigeration methods, temperature differences within the ARCTICart are minimal regardless of whether meals are stored in the top front drawer or bottom back tray. Other benefits include the eradication of the high maintenance costs and extra cabin noise associated with chillers.
Gustavo Romero, director of Europe for Bucher Aerospace, explains the ARCTICart has been in development since 2015 at the company's facility in Everett, Washington. "That is also where the carts are going to be assembled," Romero continued. "Production is scheduled to start later this year, and then to ramp up early 2019." A half-size cart is currently in development.
Romero believes the ARCTICart's features will significantly decrease the total cost of ownership for the product and convince the airlines it is currently in discussion with to purchase the product.
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The kids seemed to love it. The Bexley schools superintendent did not.
The animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - known for its publicity-grabbing stunts to highlight its campaign against animal cruelty - showed up at a Bexley elementary school yesterday to protest the treatment of elephants by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Seeing that the dismissal of school was turning into, well, a circus, the principal called in the Bexley police, who quickly determined that no laws were being broken. It was just a person dressed in a cartoonish elephant costume - with a bloody bandage on its head - and a woman handing out comic books to kids leaving Montrose Elementary after the school day.
The kids soon were swarming the elephant, getting hugs, taking photos and picking up the free comic books depicting a story about how circus elephants are abused and telling them they should buy tickets only to animal-free circuses.
Why an elementary school?
"I think that if we try to protect (children) from everything, then they're not going to be able to make educated decisions about what they want to support," said Virginia Fort, a PETA employee who was handing out the books. "Obviously, they're smart enough to understand this. We're hoping the children will take the information home to their parents."
Fort and the elephant - Holly Petersen, a 21-year-old PETA intern from New Zealand - travel to cities ahead of the Ringling Bros. circus, which is to be at Nationwide Arena on May 13-16.
An angry Bexley school Superintendent Michael Johnson told Fort that his students have nothing to do with the debate over circus elephants' care.
"I would prefer that you take this to someplace where they are abusing animals," Johnson told Fort. "This is desensitizing children to come up to a stranger."
Standing on the public sidewalk, Fort and the elephant politely declined to leave. Bexley Police Sgt. Ken Gough said the protest might have caused a stir, but it wasn't illegal.
Ringling Bros. spokeswoman Amy McWethy said by phone, "It's a bit disconcerting that they go to elementary schools. We want parents to make those decisions and approach their children on any topic that may be controversial."
As for PETA's allegation of abuse, it's "completely false," McWethy said.
"We have great animal care. You can tell by just looking at the animals. They probably have a better health-care program than people in the United States."


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This week on Rootstock Radio, host Theresa Marquez continues her conversation with Michele Merkel, co-director of the legal arm of Food and Water Watch. This is the second part of a two-part interview, so if you haven't heard part one yet, you can listen to it here.
Today, Michele and Theresa discuss the importance of political involvement for the health of our planet, the quality of our food, the cleanliness of our water, and so much more.
"Everyone should be voting for sure, but in between elections I think people should be really trying to engage their elected officials, and making food and water issues a priority for them," says Michele. She believes that participation in democracy is more crucial now than ever before. "Profits shouldn't take priority over people," she emphasizes, continuing, "it's the government's job — even though corporations have a role to play in our society — to regulate them [corporations] in a way that our water and our food is being protected."
Michele and Theresa also talk about the increasing importance of building "coalitions that are as broad as possible." That is, fostering collaboration between environmental groups, labor and justice-focused organizations, internationally-focused organizations and other movements that are similarly connected. Michele feels that people are starting to get more traction when they link things like environmental concerns with agriculture contributions, or fracking concerns with climate change, and that this intersection could be a key to enacting positive change in our world.
So what's the bottom line on food and water? "Everyone needs it. Everyone," says Michele. And, she adds, "If you eat, you have a stake in our food system. So everyone has the right to engage."
Get engaged right here and right now by listening at the link above or on-the-go via iTunes or Stitcher!


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2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0: The Fun Police Are Going Away Soon
January 13, 2012
And by "soon"I mean this weekend. In only 118.8 miles bodyblue will be surrendering his Fun Police license which will preclude him from ever again criticizing our enjoyment of long-term cars through gratuitous burnouts.
In case you've forgotten, the comments on this post explain the terms of our agreement. Here are the basics: When the 'Stang rolls through 20,000 miles with its clutch and transmission in tact, I will officially win the wager.
The Mustang is in my driveway right now. I have plans this afternoon to knock off the remaining mileage. Check back next Tuesday for the victory post, which, if I had to guess, will contain a most creative burnout. See you then.
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It's been a long time since I've written a post! There's been a lot going on, both on the "farm" and off. Over the past few months I've graduated high school, decided to attend The Rhode Island School of Design this fall, and collaborated on the smart beehive project which has grown and developed – it's still very much a work in progress – into a really unique and popular project. Some of the stuff that's happening is just amazing.
I'm very happy to announce that we now have 4 active beehives which means that even with the harsh winter and 75% die off we experienced last winter, we've been able to build our colonies back up to the number we had last year. I'm continuing to try to build up colonies and go into Winter with as many strong hives as possible to increase our chances of having more colonies make it through to next Spring. Our one hive that did make it through last winter is doing super well. It is now 6 supers (boxes) tall. we've almost run out of bee supers to expand the hives with so I'm getting ready to extract some summer honey this week to free up some frames.
The other hive that's doing really well is the smart hive, they're building up comb and storing up lots of honey. This week we're getting ready to replace the camera we have in the hive now with a new 1080p HD camera and also install new sensors and have them all store then data automatically over our home wifi network. This is a huge step towards being able to post the data and video online and sharing it with you.
The chickens are doing well despite the blistering Summer heat here in Philly. Chickens in our area are actually more at risk during the heat of Summer than they are in the cold of Winter. They'll start to pant with their beaks open and spread their wings out to cool off so if we see them doing this we feed them watermelon and set out a dish of water filled with ice to help them cool off. We're getting more eggs than ever now – about 5 a day which still doesn't give us enough to sell but it allows us to share some with our neighbors. Our Spring chicks Ida and Luna the Swedish Flower Hens are growing fast. They're incredibly cute and have of late been spending the day perching on the hammock swinging back and forth.
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Ash Wednesday follows Fat Tuesday, and the mood could not be more different. Today, a day of fast and prayer, marks the beginning of Lent. The day of ashes on foreheads, and the admonition Memento, homo, quod pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris ("Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.")Share
No better illustration of the contrast between Carnival and Lent than this work by the 19th century Bavarian artist Carl Spitzweg. Spitzweg, though classified as a Romanticist, admired and emulated the genre paintings of the 17th century Flemish school. His style is often humorous and down-to-earth (two qualities I find somewhat lacking in Romantic art.) (Read more.)
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Professional football players do it. White House officials probably come closer than they should to doing it. But could your "sweet" kid also be involved? Or, even more heartbreaking, be a victim?
The digital world has become a haven for cyberbullying—bullying that takes place with the help of smartphones and computers and via methods including email, social media and text messaging. What's more surprising is how widespread this behavior has become—and the gravitational effect it has on children who might otherwise not be part of the bullying process. While parents may think they understand how modern bullying works, their kids beg to differ.
A study from wiredsafety.org found that most parents believe they understand the ins and outs of digital bullying. However, when the group asked 13,000 kids—in grades six and under—if their parents did, in fact, get it, only 23 percent said they did.
"I think kids are bullying more in the digital world," said Parry Aftab, founder of wiredsafety.org and an expert in cyberbullying. "It has greater impact because you have more people tuning in to see. ... When we start using digital technology, you lose a lot of humanness of this. You lose a lot of the real emotion behind it. There's a lack of understanding of consequences."
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Digital bullying occurs in an ever-growing number of ways. It could be a barrage of harassing or insulting text messages, a rumor posted to Twitter, embarrassing pictures forwarded to social circles or posted online, or fake Facebook pages made in a child's name and loaded with embarrassing or untrue information.
A recent wiredsafety study of students in high schools and middle schools in Canada found 70 percent of teens saying they had been digitally bullied in the past six months; 92 percent felt it was getting worse.
"When a rumor would happen in a schoolyard before, it would spread and take a bit of time to do that, changing a bit along the way, or someone would stop it. That doesn't happen today," said Barbara Coloroso, who has spent the past 38 years consulting on bullying and is author of "The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander." "When virtual and real worlds are merged for our young people, we now have social assassination done online. ... [And] bullying can happen under the radar of adults."


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Originally posted by silent thunder
reply to post by boondock-saint
Boondock, without having read the specifics of your platform I am tossing in my endorsement on the strength of your character and what I know of you as an ATS poster.
It will be good to have a man who enjoys a good cigar in the oval office again.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
there are no favorites.
All men, women and children are created
equal under God.
Originally posted by Ophiuchus 13
Originally posted by boondock-saint
there are no favorites.
All men, women and children are created
equal under God.
There is my vote!
Originally posted by nightbringr
reply to post by felonius
Fascism is bad, mkay?
Did you throw the tongue-in-cheek parts in there just to try and cover up how extreme your policies would be?
Might i ask you since you seem to be throwing your hat in the ring by making policy declarations id like to ask you this:
-How would Israeli/US relations fare under your administration and would Israeli/US citizens enjoy the same freedoms as anyone else?
-Would you allow free elections when your term ended?
-Would jackboots and brown shirts be on permanent discount?edit on 28-3-2011 by nightbringr because: (no reason given)
extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
I have no experience whatsoever in politics
Originally posted by Whereweheaded
reply to post by boondock-saint
A women's body belongs to her and her alone. No Fed law would make that decision for her.
So the man in the relationship has no bearing what so ever, if there is a child in question? Just lost my vote~
Thats the problem with our Family Courts system, they are way to biased towards women, with the mans " say" being deemed irrelevant. Without the mans " seed " the child in question would not exist. Remember, it takes two to tango.
Originally posted by TheOracle
Hello again Boon
I do have a question
If you are elected POTUS
And you discover that the POTUS
Is not really the one in charge
And if you don't follow orders
You and your loved ones are at risk
What would you do?
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
My question to you is this: If elected president, and were privvy to certain information.....how would you handle disclosure, assuming there was something to disclose?
Thanks in advance!
If there was something to disclose about Aliens,
it would be disclosed under my watch unless
it was hid from me also.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by cushycrux
I have no question, but I have an forgotten video for you, holding the truth. Please listen exactly.
thanks for the vid
but I would disagree
everybody needs a hero.
It gives them hope and aspiration.
Originally posted by Antoniastar
I vote YES.
I have a question for you Boon.
What would you do if this happens?
No communication, like in SG-1, Season 7, the final episode (22 which part 2, episode 21 being part 1) "The Lost City"...
"losing the ability to communicate"
"Anubis' fleet then appears above Earth and targets its communications network"
Your in charge, worldwide communication is out as a result of an alien invasion.
Now what?
Thank you for your time,
Originally posted by mugger
How do you feel about your competition from skeptic overlord and springer?