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Last month's Club Industry East trade show in Philadelphia and some recently received "other communications" have led me to take a look at the industry mid-year to give you a bird's eye view of where we stand after six very interesting and somewhat turbulent months.
The recent trade show was not so much an eye opener as it was an affirmation of change. As usual, it was a small, regional, quality-packed show — not as attended as it should have been, but I've learned, sadly, to get used to that. The good players were there, with the exception of a few regional mid-Atlantic and Northeastern chain operators who skipped out entirely (obviously, they are now believing their own press releases and don't think it necessary to grace educational conferences with their presences any more). The customary groupings of small and new one-off clubs were in attendance. But the talk was different.
It used to be that people from the independent sector wouldn't let me go. They would follow me around and besiege me with questions from early morning until late at night. Either I've gotten a reputation for being inaccessible (which I'm not), or they have less interest now. Questions were coming from small investment companies looking to invest in the industry, hedge fund representatives who were snooping for club companies to possibly buy and others who were genuinely concerned about the competitive nature of the business.
Unquestionably, money is coming into our industry at an increasingly rapid rate. It is coming mostly from outside the industry, and these investors aren't looking to buy single clubs or do business in the same way we have done it for years. They're looking to monetize memberships and market to niches of current and potential customers who we have not yet found the keys to totally capturing.
The presence of LA Fitness around the greater Philadelphia area has caused a serious buzz. Many veteran club operators are feeling the effect of this company's apparent "cluster marketing" efforts. As the model develops from its earlier beginnings, LA Fitness appears to be a major competitor, if not the major player, in the mid-price marketplace to come.
Some questions posed to me focus around the big-boxers like Lifetime Fitness. What will their strategy be? What effect will they have on the larger population markets and thus on the athletic club segment of our industry, which has been relatively impervious to competition for a couple of decades? In talking with one veteran owner who reinvests in his club regularly and has training sessions implemented for all levels of staff, I discovered that Lifetime Fitness has taken nearly 15 percent of his memberships in the year that they have been in competition in his marketplace.
Other talk focused on the low-price club arrivals and how they appear to be doing some big numbers when it comes to membership sales. One yet to open suburban Philly Planet Fitness owner has sold more than 2,500 memberships in pre-sale, and already three local small clubs have approached him about buying out their memberships in entirety.
Frequent to-the-side chats centered around rumors of imminent sale of a noted national gym chain, reports that several high-price niche, multi-club operations are not doing all that well this year, and the always present gossip that a few smaller equipment companies are about to close their doors. Some banter was with strictly niche operators in the studio marketplaces (personal training only and group fitness only), and they are all generally doing well.
Finally, as I was about to leave Philadelphia, I received an e-mail from a friend in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York. Attached to the e-mail was a photo of a hand-written sign on a recently closed Curves franchise door (the city's name will be withheld to protect the innocent and/or terminally stupid) that read: "To all members: As of June 1, Curves is closed. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but Planet Fitness has 50 percent of our members. Curves of (town name), (town name), (town name) or (town name) will be more than happy to take any members. If you choose to go to a club, please call (town name club) at (phone number), and I will transfer your files to wherever you'd like to go to."
With that, dear readers, I leave you to make up your own versions of the untold parts of that story. I have way too many scenarios to even begin here in this column. But it seems to speak volumes about where we are midway through the summer of 2006.
Michael Scott Scudder, a contributing author for Fitness Business Pro, owns and operates MSS FitBiz Connection, an online-based club consulting and training service. Scudder can be reached at 505-690-5974 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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An Oak Street woman came home Thursday night and found a man in her house. A second resident fought briefly with the 18-year-old suspect as he ran out of the house.
Abraham M. Magana, of Portland, was arrested about 20 minutes later at Industrial and Wasco a few blocks north of the home, in the 1200 block of Oak.
Acting Police Chief Sgt. Neal Holste said the woman came home at 8:39 p.m. and noticed items had been moved around.
"The homeowner came into the house, went into a room and noticed all her items stacked on the bed, thought it was kind of odd, and she started collecting the items," Holste said.
The woman, 26, turned around and saw the suspect, in a black hoodie and pair of jeans, and "verbally confronted him," Holste said. The suspect allegedly told the woman he "wanted to hang out and crash in her house," but when she noticed several items in his hands he fled out the front door.
Holste said a male, age 46, who lives in the home, arrived and confronted the suspect as he was running out, "actually grabbing him."
"A few blows" were exchanged, he said. The suspect got away and headed north. Magana is listed as 5-9, 158 pounds.
In addition to the items, Magana allegedly took "a substantial amount of money" from the home, which had been left unlocked, according to Holste.
In addition, the security tag was still on the hoodie, which allegedly he stole from a Hood River shop earlier in the day.
Officer Aaron Jubitz and Deputy Mark Smith of Hood River County Sheriff were searching the area near Industrial and Wasco when Jubitz noticed someone sitting in the grass, reading a magazine, with some objects nearby.
Jubitz approached the man, determined it was Magana, and he and Smith cuffed and arrested him.
"He admitted to taking some of the items from that house he had just left," Holste said.
Magana was booked at NORCOR on the charges of first degree burglary, third degree robbery and second degree theft.
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The Astros didn't promise but they hinted and teased.
They would be better in 2013. More dynamic. More interesting. More competitive.
Not right now. Seldom during the last 10 messy, uninspiring games. And what was already rough is simply becoming ugly for a 30-54 club that's lost five consecutive contests, hasn't scored a run in its last 21 innings and has been shut out in back-to-back games.
The boos began filtering in during the seventh inning Tuesday at Minute Maid Park. Two frames later, the lifeless Astros were finished, erased 8-0 by lefthander David Price and the highly efficient Tampa Bay Rays before an announced crowd of 19,631.
The Astros haven't scored since the sixth inning Sunday during a 3-1 home loss to the Los Angeles Angels. They struck out 12 times Tuesday, recorded only four hits, have dropped eight of their last 10 games and been outscored 34-5 during their last five.
The Astros are now 24 games below .500 – the farthest they've fallen this season – and still have five games against the Rays, three against the Rangers and two against the St. Louis Cardinals before the annual All-Star break.
Asked about his confidence in a lineup that's mustered just six hits and failed to score a single run during the last two games, Astros manager Bo Porter said he continues to have confidence in his backsliding club.
"We've been pretty consistent with the guys that we have here," Porter said. "I've said this all along: All 25 guys we have in that clubhouse, they're here because we believe they're major-league players. And they're either going to prove us right or prove us wrong."
Price made his first start since May 15 after missing 44 contests with a left triceps strain. The 2012 American League Cy Young winner was smooth, powerful and consistently unhittable, racking up 10 strikeouts in seven innings on just 70 pitches (48 strikes) and walking none.
"That's called Mr. Price," Porter said. "I mean, that's why he's a Cy Young winner. And he pitched like it (Tuesday)."
Astros lefthander Erik Bedard (3-4, 4.59 ERA) took the loss, giving up four runs, six hits and six walks in 5 1/3 innings.
Bedard was off from the start. Rays (45-39) leadoff hitter Desmond Jennings singled up the middle on the first pitch of the game and Evan Longoria walked to load the bases with one out.
Rookie Wil Myers then lifted a ball to deep right field, scoring Jennings and giving Tampa Bay an early 1-0 lead.
Bedard continued to pitch around the plate, mixing speeds to slowly collect outs but rarely appearing in command. The Rays made it 3-0 in the fourth after Jennings' one-out, two-run single drove in James Loney and Jose Molina. Jennings took second on an errant throw from right fielder Jimmy Paredes, who went home on a ball that should've gone toward second base and eventually ended up between home plate and third.
Bedard exited the fourth having allowed three runs, four hits and five walks on 77 pitches (43 strikes). The Astros exited the frame with just two hits off Price, who blended a 96 mph fastball with an 85 mph changeup and an 82 mph curve.
"That's probably the best I've felt on a baseball field maybe in my entire life, honestly," said Price, who lowered his ERA from 5.24 to 4.65. "I felt like that's the most control I've had of a baseball game in a very long time. I think that was better than I threw the ball really at any point last year."
Price glided while Bedard just got choppier. Tampa Bay's Jose Molina led off the sixth with a line-drive double to right-center field. With Bedard at 95 pitches and just 54 strikes, the Astros turned the ball over to rookie righthanded reliever Josh Fields. The Rays responded to the change with a 5-0 advantage, courtesy of a two-run blast to deep left field by Jennings, who hammered Fields' fifth pitch — a 94 mph fastball – to put the Astros down for good.
Price didn't stop attacking. By the seventh, he'd pocketed his 10th K and was averaging just 10 pitches a frame. All the Astros could do was flail away.
"He just did a good job of pounding the zone with all his stuff and he threw everything for strikes, so it made it tough on us," said Astros first baseman Chris Carter, who went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Like Porter, Carter also stuck by a struggling lineup.
"It's hard to judge these last couple games because we've faced their top pitchers," he said. "We'll come around and it's nothing to worry about."


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I had to ditch my 10 meter Best Taboo kite on Saturday afternoon at 3rd Ave. Probably around 4pm. Ended up getting tangled in my lines, and mistakenly pulled on the leash release once untangled and trying to get back to the bar.
I was pretty far south when this happened, and the last I saw of the kite, it was pretty close to the San Mateo bridge.
If anyone managed to rescue it, or if it ended up on shore, I would be hugely grateful to get it back. Lines, bar, and half a leash should still be attached too... Also lost in the melee was my white twintip board with my friend's name and cell number written onto it.


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The site is relatively accessible and I'm not keen to inspire private collectors to poach the site, so my details will be limited. Most of the material is not really the envy of collectors as it is generally disarticulated, broken open in section, and ridiculously difficult to prepare. The fossils are found in shale beds that crop out in various parts of southern New Brunswick.
An outcrop of Carboniferous shale that is quite typical of the region. Fossil vertebrates appear to come from only a few restricted horizons in the formation.The site is relatively rich and surprisingly more diversity is found here than we had previously expected from this fauna. Sadly, the tetrapod continues to elude us.
The partially articulated skeleton of an undetermined genus of lobe-finned fish is seen in section on the side of a large boulder.
Hopefully, the data from this work will help us understand both the diversity and paleoecology of vertebrates that lived shortly after the Devonian. This site has equivalent age counterparts all over the Atlantic provinces of Canada, each of which has different kinds of animals living in it. This could provide some information on how animals are distributed across different environments during this time which should be crucial in understanding what these ancient communities were like.
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Yikes, the days are flying by and excitement is reaching fever pitch at the Palladium offices as several new books are approaching completion and release.
Ideas are flying like crazy and we've been discovering and trying new talent behind the scenes. Actually, there's a lot going on behind the scenes.
- We continue to develop comic book ideas and put people in place for doing them.
- We've done a bunch of promotional materials, including flyers for upcoming releases, the Christmas Grab Bag and Palladium Open House, as well as a Distributor Update.
- Carmen Bellaire and I want to get those video reviews going and we've taken some steps to do them, including creating the backdrop banner for the program.
- After observing my interaction with fans at the Detroit FanFare comic convention, Alex Marciniszyn is pushing for me to make a 2-4 minute weekly or bi-weekly video version of the Weekly Update. You know, where I'd talk about a few of the most exciting moments of the week, show off artwork, etc. What do you think? Does anyone want to see me talking Palladium for a few minutes a week? I'd also like to do some other things with video online including interviews with me, staff and freelancers.
- We're trying to keep a half-dozen books moving along in production for release by the end of the year.
- We're also busy trying to keep a half-dozen books moving forward for release in the first four months of next year.
- We're prepping for the Christmas Surprise Packages – a ton of work but worth every moment. Order yours this weekend. We start shipping on Tuesday.
- We're putting various new products like a set of four bookmarks (Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™ and Dead Reign™), a new limited edition print, and a new T-shirt or two into production in time for Christmas. We'll also be reprinting the ever popular Dead Reign™ and Property of the Coalition™ T-shirts. More on them in the next Weekly Update.
- I'm getting ready for the Alliance Trade Show, Sunday and Monday.
- I'm meeting with new artists, working with long-time artists and coordinating the next several books with writers.
It's all very exciting and rewarding, but time just seems to be flying by at lightning speed.
UPDATE: The Rifter® #56 went to the printer on Monday. I approved the printer's proof copy a couple days ago, and have gotten an official ship day from my printer of Friday, October 14, 2011. Knowing them, we'll see it a day or two early. There is some unique material in this issue, including Rifts® in orbit and Time Travel, as well as some nice horror stuff.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria nears completion. I have not been able to work on this book as much as I would like this week, but it is coming along nicely. Man oh man are there some cool things in this baby. I can hardly wait for Greg Diaczyk's next book, Rifts® New Navy™. This book may squeak in as an end of October release or slip into early November. Hard to say at this point.
UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook is pretty much done. I'm waiting on the last of the artwork and final approval and changes from Harmony Gold. As soon as we get those two things, we lay it out and send it to the printer. Pending approval from Harmony Gold, this book is on track for an October release.
UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook. I think we have an excellent shot at seeing this book released in December, 2011. If not, it will be a January release. Writer Irvin Jackson has been working on it for a while now and it is coming along well. I have a couple artists in mind to do the cover.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. As I stated last week, when I'm done with Rifts® Lemuria, I plan on completing this book, then it is on to Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three, followed by Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™.
UPDATE: Dead Reign® Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™. Matthew Clements's material rocks. I can hardly wait to work on it. I've already assigned art to one of our new artists and Nick Bradshaw has been working on it for a while. Next I send Mike Mumah the new O.C.C.s to illustrate. E.M. Gist is to paint the cover. Probably a November release.
UPDATE: Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™. I need to assign art out for this bad boy too. Shooting for a December release.
UPDATE: Back in print – soon. Actually, there a few books that need to be reprinted, but these three are coming soon.
UPDATE: Palladium Open House, May 4-6, 2012. Every week we see people ordering tickets and reserving hotel rooms. See the revised description of the event toward the end of this Weekly Update. Join the fun.
UPDATE: Kevin's Online Toy & Collectibles Store. Alex has put a bunch of new toys up, including more super-hero action figures, McFarlane Movie Maniacs and other good stuff. There is a selection of Palladium artwork, prints, and out of print books (signed) and more should go up over the weekend or early next week. Most of the toys are at low to blowout prices. Many of these items are ideal as Christmas presents. We'll be adding new items once or twice a week so keep your eyes peeled.
UPDATE: Alex. Good news at last! Alex was told he is out of the "danger zone," does not have to see the doctor again for a month and his condition should be manageable from this point forward. Thought you'd want to know. (No new word on Kay Kozora's condition.)
Halloween Store – QueenofGhouls.com – Halloween is just around the corner, and if you are looking for Halloween decorations that are truly unique and fun, then check out this website. Palladium's very own Kathy Simmons makes and sells life-like, life-sized Halloween props that are realistic, durable, fun and funny. As good as they look in the photos, they are so much better in person. Her Ebay store currently offers a host of zombies, killer clowns, a sinister circus ringmaster, a werewolf, scary nurse, a new type of crawling zombie, wizard, witch and much more. Plus, she has plans for a Mad Doctor, more zombies and monsters in the works. Halloween is only 39 days away.
Kathy's life-sized Halloween props are unlike anything you have ever seen (unless you've been to the Palladium Open House). If you are looking for a standout Halloween item for your front lawn, one of these will do the trick. Easy to set up, wet weather is no problem. Folds up for storage. WARNING: Once you see one of Kathy's ghouls in person and get rants and raves from everyone who visits your home on Halloween, you may find yourself buying a new one every year. QueenofGhouls.com
Christmas Grab Bags. $80-$90 worth of books and cool stuff for $38 plus shipping and handling. It's a great way to get Christmas gifts for your gaming buddies, fill in holes in your collection, get back issues of The Rifter®, and try new game settings. Ask for autographs and we'll sign every book in your Surprise Package.
We start shipping Christmas Grab Bags Tuesday, next week, so place those orders. About 100 smart people have done so already. There is no limit to how often or how many you can order.
The excitement continues to grow.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher & Fan Boy
The Christmas Surprise Package is our way of saying thank you to our fans and to putting smiles on the faces of gamers around the world.
What is a Palladium Christmas Surprise Package? $80-$90 (or more!) worth of Palladium Books product for only $38 plus shipping and handling. A minimum of eighty dollars ($80) retail. Sometimes much more! Santa Kevin often packs in $90-$100 worth of goodies.
It's a surprise package because you never know exactly what you're going to get or who will sign your books. We try to include many of the items on your "wish list," but we'll surprise you with stuff you are not expecting. All Surprise Packages are "handpicked" by Kevin Siembieda from YOUR "wish list." All books will be autographed if you want us to sign them. For many of you, this is the only way to get autographs!
We are taking orders right now and start shipping them out on Tuesday, October 11. Buy one or ten, but get at least one. Buy them as gifts or to try a new game line, or fill holes your collection. Just don't miss out. The Surprise Packages start shipping on October 11 till December 23, 2011.
Spread the word. Tell all your gaming pals, because the Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, to readers of The Rifter® and on Palladium's website, so tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know and have a very Merry Christmas.
Click here for more information and to place an order.
The ship date has been confirmed. Order your copy today.
The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new heroes, powers, weapons, magic and adventure for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider.
The Rifter® #56: The articles are expansive and fun.
The battle for the liberation of Earth starts here. For the first time in its history, the Earth has been invaded and occupied by alien invaders – the Invid. The Invid think they have won, but Freedom Fighters, UEEF soldiers and other heroes continue to fight. This is the first sourcebook to combine ALL generations of Robotech® into one epic setting.
The power, secrets and magic of the underwater realm of Lemuria revealed. Player characters can use symbiotes, magic and technology to breathe underwater and spend time below the waves.
Lemuria is more than an underwater civilization of aquatic beings. They can trace their lineage as far back as the Atlanteans and can survive on dry land as well as underwater. In fact, their greatest secret is that there is no one resting place for the Lemurians, their great cities are always moving. Learn about the people of Lemuria, new Biomancy magic and weapons, Biomancy engineered riding animals, sea herbs, new powers of healing, sea monsters, and more. Epic adventure awaits.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and foodstock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
As time goes on, the zombie hordes only grow in size and strangeness. This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivors' Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is going to be epic. Kevin and all the Palladium creators are pushing the envelope with each and every book they work on.
With zombies and horror all the rage in film and books, this RPG captures all the best aspects of the zombie genre. The setting is as much about survival in a post-apocalyptic world as it is about battling legions of walking dead. If tales of human survival, horror and zombies are of interest, you will love this fast paced game and its sourcebooks.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
Data about the chaos and madness of the early days of the Great Cataclysm, and the brave men and women who tried to stem the tide of destruction and save lives, the First Responders.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
All of the following (and more) are being written right now. A few are already finished. Most will be 2012 releases. And this does not include projects I would like to do for Palladium Fantasy®, Dead Reign™, Warpath™: Urban Jungle and new mediums.
Beyond the Supernatural™: Arcanum
Beyond the Supernatural™: Tome Grotesque
Beyond the Supernatural™ Sourcebook
Chaos Earth™ First Responders
Chaos Earth™ – Zombie Apocalypse Rifts-style during the Great Cataclysm.
Heroes Unlimited™ – Had two people who were supposed to be working on a pair of books, but they disappeared on me, so we are looking for folks to write a couple of HU2 sourcebooks.
Nightbane® – An as of yet untitled project, and looking for more.
Palladium Fantasy® – Mysteries of Magic 2 & 3
Palladium Fantasy® – Tombs of Gersidi expanded and new. Plus I have a few ideas on this front myself to revitalize this line, including writing Land of the Damned 3 for 2012 release.
Phase World®: United Worlds of Warlock™
Phase World®: Pirates of the Three Galaxies™
Rifts® Antarctica
Rifts® Black Market
Rifts® China Three
Rifts® Deep South
Rifts® New Navy™
Rifts® Northern Gun™ Books One & Two.
Rifts® Sovietski™
Rifts® Titan Industries™
Robotech® Genesis Pits™ adventure sourcebook.
Robotech® UEEF Marines™
Splicers® Sourcebook One – concepts and art by Charles Walton.
Splicers® Sourcebook Two – concepts and art by Charles Walton.
The Palladium Open House (POH) is, plain and simply, a blast for everyone.
Think family reunion with people you like from around the world that involves laughs, fun and three days of role-playing games. (Four for those who attend VIP Thursday.) We invite you into our home – the Palladium warehouse and office – where we make the games you love and treat you like family and welcomed guests.
● 40+ Palladium creators are there for you. The Palladium staff and as many of the freelance writers, artists, Game Masters and Megaversal Ambassadors as possible (typically 30-45) are present the entire event. Many run games you can play in. All are there to sign autographs and talk with you.
Unlike game conventions, at the Palladium Open House you have unprecedented access to Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium creators, because they are there, on the floor with you all day long. They are happy to talk about Palladium Books, artwork, writing, movies, comic books and exchange stories about their own gaming experiences as well as listen to yours. Some artists are willing to do sketches of your characters, others bring prints and original artwork to sell. All are friendly and goofy gamers just like you. It seems like we laugh and have fun all weekend long, stopping only to catch a little sleep.
● Gaming events are run all day and into the night. Many are run by the very people who create the games, like Kevin Siembieda, Julius Rosenstein, Carmen Bellaire, Carl Gleba, Brandon Aten, Mark Oberle, Irvin Jackson and many others. There is also an open gaming area for pick up games. When gaming ends for the day at Palladium, there are two meeting rooms at the hotel where you can continue to play games, chat and have fun into the wee hours of the night.
● Panel talks (every day). I and others host several panel talks and question and answer sessions that reveal secrets, offer G.M. tips, player tips and lots of laughs.
● Costume contest (Saturday). YOU should make a costume based on one of Palladium's RPG settings and enter the costume contest. It is always a ton of fun and winners who take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place all get Palladium gift certificates and a plaque worthy of hanging on the wall. Best of show gets a $100 gift certificate (actually, it's Palladium Bucks redeemable wherever you find Palladium, at the POH, conventions, or via mail order). Costume contest categories are: Rifts/Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror/Modern/Superhero, and Best of Show.
● Live auction (Saturday). Get rare, out of print books, proofreader copies, artwork, prints, posters, collectibles, and strange things put up for rapid-fire auctioning by Kevin Siembieda.
● Meet fans from around the world. This year we already have gamers coming from Japan, Australia, Germany, England, Canada and across the country. Note: Our capacity is limited to about 350 people, so if there is a bigger than usual turnout, you may not be able to attend. Order your admissions tickets and reserve your hotel room now. The hotel will not be charged to your credit card till the day before the event.
● The POH is inexpensive compared to most game and comic conventions. You get more bang for your buck, total access to Palladium creators and enjoy everything for the price of admission.
The cost of admission covers everything. The games, the panel talks, the auction, entry in the costume contest . . . EVERYTHING.
The hotel is only $69.95 a night for a room with two double beds or one king-size bed. Suites are under $140. Free hot breakfasts. Note: you MUST tell them you want a room in the Block Reserved for Palladium Books to get the special rate. Your credit card is not charged until a day before the event, so reserve early. Call 734-455-8100, Comfort Inn Plymouth Clock Tower Hotel.
Food and stores all around. There are fast food places and inexpensive restaurants to eat all around Palladium Books. A Bennigans is across from the hotel. Denny's, Dunkin Donuts and McDonald's are down the street one direction, Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, Lee's Chicken, Baskin & Robbins, and more are down the other way. Westland Mall is a half mile away, so is Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Kohls, Macy's, Sears, JC Penny, Lowes, Meijer, Sam's Club, Ikea and Dollar Tree, among many others. A large movie theater is around the block, almost walking distance, and another is near Westland Mall. We've got it all. ;)
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Obama becomes Black Candidate in South Carolina
Obama took just under four-fifths of blacks. He again won as strongly among black females as he did among black males. Whites voted against Obama nearly as heavily as blacks voted for him--he took 24% of that vote.
While the media stories are generally portraying this as a big win for him, it seems to me that it's the end of his Presidential run. He's become the black candidate, and if that needs reiteration, Obama's relationship with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright has now been 'publicly' exposed (nearly a year after Steve Sailer began released his exposition of Obama's past) and will be readily pointed to by Clinton surrogates.
It's tiresome conjecture over the intent, I know, but Hillary's 'controversial' MLK comment now looks tactically to be quite sound.
Outside of that, identity politics reigned once more. Edwards, who only garnered 18% of the total vote, easily won among white males (45% to Hillary's 28% and Obama's 27%). Hillary won among white women, and of course Obama cleaned up the black vote.
Also of interest in the exit polling is how Edwards was again, in spite of his 'two Americas' theme, the patrician's candidate. The percentage of each candidate's supporters who came from families with incomes of $50,000+ (just under half of the total electorate):
Edwards' supporters were also more likely to have been college graduates than either Obama's or Hillary's were.
In contrast to his performance in the whitebread states of Iowa and New Hampshire, Obama actually did slightly worse as incomes increased. Unfortunately, blacks were not broken down by income group, but as more than 80% of Obama's supporters were non-white, the trend proxies pretty well for how he did among blacks at various levels of income (I suspect among whites Obama supporters were again better off financially than at least Hillary's, which probably means that among blacks his support was at about 80% irrespective of income level). It appears that, contrary to the uncertainty less affluent blacks felt towards him as recently as a couple of months ago, members of the community from across the economic spectrum stand behind the (unwillingly) black candidate.
Obama's tragedy is that, in becoming the bona fide representative of black America, he has all but forfeited his chance at the '08 Presidency. One can only wonder how this unfolding sequence will affect him.
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I imagine he must be looking at those trends and cursing.
To take such a low percentage of the white vote is not a good sign, and he cannot really count on getting many votes from the Hispanic end of the electorate, although they have not had a large percentage of voters, historically (perhaps 5% overall).
- al fin said...
Southern states will show different voting patterns than northern, western, and midwestern states.
Even so, the more Obama is painted into the "black candidate" corner, the worse his prospects will be in the general election.
Of course, Obama is an afrocentric eccentric, which anyone can see by noting who his closest mentor and advisor is, and by reading his 1995 book "Dreams of My Father."
He has a great voice for sounding reasonable and inclusive, but behind the voice is a mind that lives in more confined ghettos.
As whites gravitate toward the Republican party, it all but guarantees more national Democratic elections will be going to minorities in the Democratic party.
After the boomers start dying out, how man white democrats will be left as a percentage of that party? Not alot it seems. They will lurch leftwards further still.
- keypusher said...
Evidently he wasn't the black candidate in Iowa or New Hampshire, or he would have gotten very few votes at all. As al fin says, southern voting patterns are different. My mother (a South Carolina Democrat) describes the state democratic party as a "black party" because so many whites have gone over to the Republicans. (She voted for Edwards.)
- Audacious Epigone said...
I agree. The black label is 'divisive'. That is why there is only one (half) black Senator, but almost 10% of the House is black. It wins in majority-black locales. It loses everywhere else.
Al Fin,
I wonder if what you say will be propagated by Clinton surrogates. I don't think they'll need to 'dip' to that level, but it's probably the trump card if needed.
Right. And a much of black America was ambiguous towards Barack during those campaigns (see this post). That's changing against Obama's will. Clearly he is trying to fight the characterization, and the media (listening to Meet the Press I was stunned out how pro-Obama/anti-Hillary the entire panel was) are largely aiding that effort. But I don't see how that changes what happens in Nevada or South Carolina.
Re: Edwards, the sooner he drops out, the better for Hillary, even if he endorses Obama (which he probably will). Seems to me he's hanging around in hopes of a virtual Obama-Hillary tie, so he (and his delegates) become crucial.
- Audacious Epigone said...
Sorry, here's that post.
- Audacious Epigone said...
Agreed. Married whites with mortgages and kids vote Democratic less and less as time goes on. But whites are still 80% of the electorate, so that time will come later than purely demographics would make it seem.
- Fat Knowledge said...
You know, I was thinking along these lines prior to the election (that he becomes the black candidate and unelectable), but now I am not so sure.
A couple of points in refutation of this theory.
1) Obama carried 52% of the under 30 non-white demographic.
2) His speech was great, and anyone listening to it would have a hard time labeling him as the 'black candidate'. I am no fan of unabashed nationalism, but when the crowd started cheering 'USA, USA', for some reason it worked for me. And when you look at the crowd, it is all races and all ages.
3) Most of the media coverage I saw on it went with the headline of 'Obama wins big' and really didn't mention the racial breakdown of the vote at all. I am not sure the average viewer realized the racial reason for his victory.
4) I think the Clintons' attempt to make him the 'black candidate' might actually be backfiring. I think Democratic voters and bloggers are being turned of by the Clintons' tactics. Ted Kennedy is now supporting Obama because of what they did (according to Drudge: "Kennedy upset over attempts by Clinton campaign to highlight Obama's race and distortions of statements"), and I think that is a big deal.
I also think the press doesn't like what the Clintons have done and you can expect pro-Obama coverage for a while (as you noted on Meet the Press).
So, I am not counting Obama out yet.
Oh, and did you catch the male/female breakdown? 61-39% female to male. That is amazing to me. Unmarried women outnumbered unmarried men 2-1! And the thing I don't get is that on the Republican side it 51-49 male to female. Where did all these extra women come from on the Democratic side? Or maybe I should be asking where are the missing men? I can't tell if this has a racial angle to it, but I don't think so.
- Audacious Epigone said...
We'll see for sure soon enough :)
Obama carried 52% of the under 30 non-black demographic.
But favorites of the young crowd on both sides rarely end up banning out, at least in recent times (Howard Dean, Ron Paul, etc). The numbers just aren't there. Hillary has in every state gotten better as people have gotten older.
Re: your 3rd point--are you sure? I haven't come across a print article yet that doesn't mention how he fared among blacks, usually in the first few paragraphs.
Re: the media favoritism, it has little to do with what the Clintons have done. The major media predictably favors the black man with the exotic name and exotic past over the white woman from the upper midwest.
Re: the age disparity, black males are not very politically active. There were nearly twice as many black females as black males who voted in the SC primary.
That explains it almost entirely. If the vote was all white in South Carolina (extrapolating from the white exit poll figures), it would have been a 59%-41%, female advantage. Iowa and New Hampshire were both 57%-43%.
The GOP seems a little surprising, but I presume that in states with large non-white populations, the white male/white female partisan split isn't as pronounced, and that's what we're seeing a little of. Not sure though.
- Fat Knowledge said...
Yeah, the California polls came out today and Obama was behind by like 17 points, so that is not looking good for him at the moment.
I still think that he is more than just the black candidate in that he also gets the young and the educated/higher income voters. Whether this will be enough or whether he can extend it, we will see.
The major media predictably favors the black man with the exotic name and exotic past over the white woman from the upper midwest.
I assume you are basing that on all the other political races that have had featured a black man with an exotic name and a white woman from the upper midwest. :)
I guess I was thinking about the NY Times columnists of Dowd, Rich, and Kristoff who have all written pro-Obama/anti-Clinton columns lately. I am kind of amazed that there is only one NY Times columnist supporting Hillary: Krugman.
As for the gender gap, I ran the numbers and there were 1.4 white women per white man, 1.75 black women per black man, 1.23 married women per man and 2.3 unmarried women per man. So, race explains part but not all.
Oh, and one more scenario to throw at you. What if Edwards stays in the race the whole way and then throws his delegates to Obama in exchange for the attorney general spot. Do you think a Obama-Edwards primary "ticket" would be able to beat Hillary?
It still isn't clear to me if Edwards voters would go to Hillary or Obama, but if he stays in, I think he could be able to take like 15% of the votes and I think that would be enough to make the difference.
The "afrocentric factor" of Obama's past and present will loom very large, if his candidacy continues to threaten the Clintons' plans.
The Clintons want to be able to use black insularity and paranoia (afrocentrism) later on against the Republicans. They don't want to come out against afrocentrism now if they do not have to.
- Audacious Epigone said...
Al Fin,
Very well put.
The married/unmarried rate is influenced by race though, since blacks are about twice as likely to be unmarried than whites are. When I pointed to the white gap only, I meant to indicate that it was virtually the same as the gender gap on the Democratic side in other states.
Re: the NYT, it's interesting that the columnists oppose her but the paper's op/ed board endorsed her.
Re: Edwards, I suppose it'll depend on whether or not Obama is still competitive with Hillary after next Tuesday. I'm surprised she doesn't make a similar offer, because if Edwards got behind her, that would certainly end it.


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Well, not always, experts say.
It's true that grandparents have some leeway when it comes to making the little ones mind, in taking them on special outings and providing them with some of their favorite toys. But when it comes to discipline, grandparents would be remiss to let children have their way all the time.
Letting children stay up a little later than their bedtime and eating a bit of junk food is one thing, but kids are opportunists at heart _ they will push the rules, even when breaking the rules could hurt them.
Some rules should be non-negotiable, such as riding a bicycle only while wearing a helmet or using elbow and knee pads while skate boarding.
And grandparents should never undermine a parent's authority over his or her child.
The adults in every child's life should work together to raise responsible, caring and compassionate individuals who are a credit to their family, their community and their country.
The first Sunday after Labor Day is National Grandparents Day in the United States. President Jimmy Carter declared the day a national holiday in 1978 "to honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love to their children's children and to help become aware of strength, information and guidance older people can offer."
At the time, Carter said the holiday would recognize "the importance and worth of the 17 million grandparents in our nation." A generation later, there are now more than 70 million grandparents in the United States.
Read more about Grandparents Day at http://www.grandparents.com/gp/topics/national-grandparents-day.html.
Parents can help their children show their grandparents how important they are by helping them make a Grandparents Day gift with a mug or teacup purchased from a craft store and some three-dimensional paint. Use these directions I found at the Learning Channel's How Stuff Works Web site at http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/grandparents-day-crafts1.htm. I modified them for our use.
Supplies you will need:
- Plain mug or tea cup and saucer.
- 3-D paint in various colors.
- Embellishments such as craft foam hearts, fake jewels, decals and ribbon.
- Glitter glue.
- White glue.
Paint the cup with words and phrases that tell your grandparents how you feel about them such as "#1 Grandma" or "Grandpas are Great." You can write surprise messages of love on the inside of the cup and underneath it.
Paint pretty designs on the cup or glue on foam hearts, jewels, decals, ribbons and glitter.
(If you have a craft idea or question, contact Kathy Antoniotti, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640; 330-996-3565; or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
(c) 2010, Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio).
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MARLBOROUGH � A Marlborough High School graduate who just finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) will head to India this fall through the Fulbright U.S. Scholarship Program.
Anisha Gundewar, a 2009 MHS graduate, will spend the next year in Mumbai conducting a public health study exploring community health and its relationship to existing social infrastructure among impoverished populations.
Gundewar, one of six recipients of the grant at the University of Rochester, said in a phone interview Monday that although she got word she received the grant in April, the news is starting to sink in this summer amid a flurry of preparations she is making for the trip.
Gundewar, who graduated this spring with a double major in Health, Behavior and Society and Microbiology, will conduct the research project working with Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research, a non-profit organization based in Mumbai.
Gundewar said she wants to examine ways in which the existing social structures in slum neighborhoods might be used to carry out public health initiatives.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards about 1,900 grants each year. Gundewar said she began the application process for the grant in May 2013. The program drives students to design their own project and work independently, which Gundewar said is a valuable part of the experience.
"The development of the project is all up to you," she said Monday. "The Fulbright projects are very self-driven."
Gundewar is spending the summer working on an independent research project at the Strong Children�s Research Center in Rochester, examining the treatment and management of children with asthma, according to a notice on the university�s website.
At the same time, she said she is trying to complete further research ahead of her trip and make preparations for several months out of the country.
Gundewar is enrolled in an eight-year program at the university, where she plans to complete her medical degree after returning to the country.
She said she thinks the experience will be a valuable one, especially as she heads into the first years of medical school upon her return. Gundewar said medical programs start off with dense scientific material, so a robust experience in public health will be a good experience from which to draw context.
This will not be Gundewar�s first trip abroad. She took a year off after her sophomore year, when she first conducted molecular genetics research at UMass Medical School and then worked for a community health non-profit organization in Peru. She also went to India in the summer of 2013 with other Rochester students to perform a study on anti-smoking programs for youth in Ladakh.
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Marlborough High grad receives Fulbright grant
MARLBOROUGH � A Marlborough High School graduate who just finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) will head to India this fall through the Fulbright U.S. Scholarship Program.


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Now the Relax part is harder. I have lists for lists in prep for BM. I'm so OCD sometimes with prep work. But I am working on it.
The greeters hug you? Awesome.
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Say hello to Charlie! Think he normally works the gate semi clothed, but I've only seen him clothed only 3? Times over the past 11 yeras. He's a vietnam vet.


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About Charlie
Why is it that denunciations such as yours always end with an invitation to move to another country, instead of an invitation to work to change the mess we've allowed to be created around us? That is, to change things in a practical manner, and one that is legal.
Approaching my 73rd birthday, I note that the U.S. has plenty of problems, but until we get past stridency, there's not much that can be done to reduce the problems.


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Prime Minister Julia Gillard will formally apologise to victims of past forced adoption practices in March next year.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, about 150,000 unwed Australian mothers had their babies removed by churches and adoption agencies.
In some cases women were tricked into signing adoption papers and physically shackled to hospital beds.
The federal government said on Wednesday it would offer a formal apology to those mothers and children on March 21 when the parliament is sitting.
"The government recognises the pain and suffering of those affected by these policies and practices," Attorney-General Nicola Roxon told AAP.
"The apology will be offered on behalf of the nation as a significant step in the healing process for those affected."
She said a reference group chaired by former Family Court Judge Nahum Mushin had provided advice to the government on the wording of the apology.
"These practices resulted in profound feelings of sadness and loss, not only for the mothers who had their children taken, but their children, fathers and countless other family members," Ms Roxon said.
"We hope that this national apology will assist in recognising the hurt and help families to heal."
Arrangements for the apology are still being finalised and there will be a further announcement in early 2013 about how people can register to attend the event in Canberra.
The apology will include a ceremony for mothers and fathers who were forcibly separated from their children, the now adult children who were adopted, affected siblings, and extended family members.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott will also be given the opportunity to deliver a speech on the day.
The states of NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania governments have already apologised to victims.
In February, a Senate committee tabled a report after an 18-month inquiry into the Commonwealth government's involvement in past forced adoption practices, which recommended a national apology.


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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (Feb. 15) – Team USA left it all on the course Saturday but was not able to keep pace and finished ninth at the women's 4x5k relay of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. The relay was staged amidst the third day of spring-like temperatures at the Laura Cross Country Ski Center, where Team Sweden mounted a stunning comeback in the fourth leg to earn their first Olympic relay gold medal since 1960. NBC will air coverage of the women's relay during their Olympic Daytime feature Saturday at 3:00 p.m. EST, and the event can be streamed in its entirety on NBCOlympics.com. The men hit the course for the 4x10k relay Sunday.
Team USA left it all on the course Saturday but was not able to keep pace and finished ninth at the women's 4x5k relay of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. (Getty Images/Adam Pretty)
Jessie Diggins
I'm really proud with how I skied. I pushed myself really hard. You know when you cross the finish line and you desperately need to puke that you've pushed hard. I know my teammates did the same.
That's how we ski relays, we just give it everything we have. Sometimes that means we're in the hunt for medals and sometimes that means we're in the back of the pack, but I'm really proud with how we worked our best. We prepared as well as we could, we pushed ourselves as hard as we could, we believed in each other and that's what matters. I'm just really proud of the team effort today.
This morning there was a ton of pressure and expectations with everyone saying, 'This is it! This is your shot to win a medal.' Realistically there were six or seven teams that had a shot to win that gold medal today, and as you saw, things didn't shake down exactly how you might have expected them to every other World Cup weekend. So I just focused on the things I could control: when I was going to eat breakfast, how I was going to test my skis, when I was going to get on course to warm up. I memorized the course. I visualized it a ton of times. I prepared as well as I could and I know that my teammates prepared themselves as well as they could.
Kikkan Randall
That was a tough one today. I kind of went deep into the hurt box, and unfortunately kept getting slower and slower at the end–not what I wanted to do today.
I had a great first lap. I was staying up near the front, feeling good. The pace accelerated on the second lap, and I just flooded and couldn't keep my tempo up. That's where you really start to lose time. I'm kind of at a loss as to why. I had a great workout on the course two days ago and felt totally ready coming into today. I love the excitement of the head-to-head racing in these relays. It's just a real bummer when you've got three teammates waiting for you. I really wanted to put us in a better position today.
The conditions were actually really good today. They salted the course and the track stayed really firm. My skis were incredible. I had great kick and I was gliding up on people so that was all set.
Sadie Bjornsen
Today I was sent out on the chase from the start. So that was fun just looking up the hill, seeing a person, trying to catch them and just knowing that every second I was picking away was a second more for those next girls. We all kept fighting today.
We're at the highest level right now. We're at the Olympic games and everyone is at their top shape. Just a small fraction off is where we are today and I think that we're completely capable of winning medals. Today was maybe not our best day but that's totally part of it.
Liz Stephen
We all fought as hard as we could and my brain was in it the entire time. I pretended Italy and I were out for silver and gold and went my hardest. I know Jessie did the same and I know Kikkan and Sadie did too. So that's relay day. I'm very proud of our team and I can't believe how lucky I am to be on such a strong women's team. It might never be as amazing in the next ten years as it is right now, so I'm enjoying every second.
Today was about maybe we can bring one home, but win, lose or draw we are a fighting team that really embodies the team spirit of the Olympics and of sport. So I couldn't be prouder.
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