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Care to explain those five ways it's wrong?
I didn't realize that everyone with a leftist viewpoint has been indoctrinated and never engages their brain. Thanks showing us the error of our ways.


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Mel's Diner Naples Restaurant Review: When nostalgia for diner food strikes at the same time as hunger pangs, enter Mel's Diner---easy to recognize and a welcome counterpoint to fast food franchises or up-market eclectic menus. This menu isn't quite stuck in the 50s even if the decor is. And some options are definitely not politically correct in terms of today's fad diets. We're talking about chili-cheese fries and beer-battered onion rings. On the other hand, there are homemade soups and chili. Salads are a little trendy, sometimes coming with chicken strips. There is also non-traditional diner food: the roasted herb chicken is a welcome entrée. A half-dozen omelets are available anytime, and there is even a trio of options labeled lite fare. Other locations.
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Climbing the Granite Frontier, From Muir to the Masses
By MICHAEL J. YBARRA
In 1869 John Muir scrambled up a soaring granite tower named Cathedral Peak, becoming the first person to stand atop the table-sized summit, which offers a magnificent view of California's High Sierra.
The Nose on El Capitan has become a magnet for speed-climbers.
"No feature, however, of all the noble landscape as seen from here seems more wonderful than the Cathedral itself, a temple displaying Nature's best masonry and sermons in stones," Muir wrote. "This I may say is the first time I have been at church in California. . . . In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars."
Muir was Yosemite's first climbing bum -- a rara avis then, but a species that is not at all endangered today. Witness the queue to get a tent site in the park's Camp Four, where bedraggled climbers with duct tape holding their down jackets together mass early every morning hours before the ranger station opens. And those are the orderly ones, not the so-called dirtbags who sleep illegally in the bushes, ignoring the regulations and spending months at a time in the park pursuing their passion. It's not uncommon, moreover, to find climbers lined up to scale popular routes such as Cathedral Peak, although most use a rope to protect themselves from falling off the summit -- unlike Muir, who trusted all to his hands and feet and steady nerves.
The ascent of Cathedral Peak was notable not just for its physical accomplishment but even more so for the mental
aspect, which in Muir's case was inescapably spiritual. The son of a harsh, itinerant preacher who viewed all fun as
frivolity, Muir transmuted his father's stern philosophy into an unreservedly generous worldview that marveled at the wonder of nature and saw God's love manifested in every petal of a flower or broken chunk of gleaming granite. To Muir climbing was not merely exercise but essentially an act of transcendence. Climbing, like love to Paul Valery, was "where self and not-self meet."
It's also a lot of fun. That's something I was reminded of again and again walking through a new exhibit that recently opened at the Yosemite Museum. Called "Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing," the show traces the evolution of the sport from Muir's ascent of Cathedral Peak to the speed-climbing frenzy that has seen the record for running up the Nose on El Capitan repeatedly bested in the past year (it currently stands at 2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds, although most people take three days or longer to do the route).
Left:Visitors explore the climbing exhibit at the Yosemite Museum.
The exhibit was organized by Ken Yager, who in his dirtbag youth spent two years living in a cave in the park and now runs the nonprofit Yosemite Climbing Association. The show, which is on display through Nov. 9, uses photos, artifacts and the words of participants to try to explain the exploits of climbers to those who usually see them only as dots on the sheer walls surrounding Yosemite Valley.
Although the start of mountaineering as a leisure activity is usually dated from the first ascent of Mount Blanc in 1786, no single place has been more crucial to the development of technical climbing as we know it today than Yosemite, the proving ground for much of the equipment and techniques that currently define the sport.
Muir, unlike many weekend warriors who rack up with thousands of dollars of space-age equipment, was a minimalist. A blanket, a crust of bread and a drinking cup constituted his usual kit. Muir's tin cup is on display, adorned with his signature, much like modern climbers who mark their gear (I use nail polish).
A lot of metal is on exhibit, including about 100 pounds of pitons, the minute engineering advances of which perhaps not every visitor will find fascinating. One neat feature is a section of granite spilt with cracks where visitors can practice placing nuts and caming devices -- the removable gear to which climbers clip their ropes for protection. Although judging by some of the poor placements I saw, I hope the people in front of me weren't heading up a real wall anytime soon.
But the real advances in climbing have been conceptual, mental breakthroughs of what is thought possible, rather than pure engineering triumphs.
In 1870, for example, Josiah Whitney looked at the towering blank mass of Half Dome and quailed. "Perfectly inaccessible, being probably the only one of all the prominent points about the Yosemite which never has and never will be trodden by human feet," he wrote.
"Five years later," the show dryly notes, "Half Dome was climbed."
That was George Anderson's ascent, when he drilled eyebolts up the smooth side of the monolith, standing on each successive rod to place the next and then fixing lines to the summit so that others could follow.
Anderson's use of equipment to ascend a rock face makes him the first "aid climber." "Free climbers," by contrast, use equipment only to catch a fall but do the actual climbing with their hands and feet -- and sometimes elbows and knees. These contrasting approaches were re-enacted by the two climbers who most pushed the modern boundaries of the sport in the Valley in the 1960s: Warren Harding, who made the first visionary aid climb of El Cap, and Royal Robbins, Harding's free-climbing rival, whose gecko-like prowess on the rock continues to inspire.
Both styles require skill and courage. But once again it's Muir who encapsulated the transforming essence of the experience, especially during his first ascent of Mount Ritter in 1872. Half-way up the crumbling mountain, Muir became gripped with fear.
"I was brought to a dead stop, with arms outspread, clinging close to the face of the rock, unable to move hand or foot either up or down," he wrote. "My doom appeared fixed. I must fall. . . . But the terrible eclipse lasted only a moment, when life burst forth again with preternatural clearness. I seemed suddenly to become possessed of a new sense. The other self -- the ghost of by-gone experiences, instinct, or Guardian Angel -- call it what you will -- came forward and assumed control. Then my trembling muscles became firm again, every rift and flaw was seen as through a microscope, and my limbs moved with a positiveness and precision with which I seemed to have nothing at all to do. Had I been borne aloft upon wings, my deliverance could not have been more complete."
It's those moments -- when you do something you think you can't possibly do -- that make climbing what it is.
Mr. Ybarra is the Journal's extreme sports correspondent.


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Samsung and Visa have announced that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be the official Olympic Games Phone during the London 2012 Games.
Working in partnership, the two brands are hoping to demonstrate the power of contactless payment using the S3's inbuilt NFC chip and the Visa payWave system – users will simply have to open the Visa app and hold their phone up to payment point.
Samsung and Visa sponsored athletes and 'trialists' will be given a 'showcase' version of the phone for use throughout the Olympic village, London and the UK, where they can take advantage of the UK's 140,000 contactless payment points.
"Mobile payment services enabled by NFC technology are gaining momentum around the world. The Samsung GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind and is the ideal device to showcase the ease and convenience of Visa's mobile payment application at the London 2012 Olympic Games," said DJ Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing team of Samsung's Mobile Communications Business.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the company's latest flagship phone which launched to great fanfare last week. The handset features a 4.8in HD Super Amoled screen, a quad-core 1.4GHz processor, 8MP camera and has unique apps like S Voice, which lets you control the phone with your voice.
However, some have expressed disappointment with the design of the handset, citing its glossy plastic build as being a bit lacklustre. We got hands on with the handset last week and you can read our full in depth report and watch our hands on video here – Samsung Galaxy S3 Hands On. With the handset launching at the end of this month, you'll soon be able to try it out for yourselves.


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White carpet in my Scarface house
No undergarments on my Scarface spouse
My Elvira twisting that reefer and delivering that dough
To the front door like a pizza carryin
Her own weight financially, she don't need me
She just in love with a real nigga, continuously weeded
At my undisclosed location
Reading up on V-12 engines
And the greatest strains this season
And I grind for that very reason
The toxic air that I'm breathing leave the average man weakened
Watermarks still on the houses as I drive by em
Crack the sunroof, let a cloud out it. Trill shit
Next time I vacate, I'm bringing all my cars on the plane with me
We gon' show our folks how to make them millions
Grappling hooks, scaling the building
Rap with no hooks, I'm high how is you feelin
Captain Hook whilin' and sailin'
Though no stealin'
That shit hurt, I know the feeling
These niggas'll borrow your style like
You wasn't about to do nothing with it
That's why I only kick it with real niggas like Dom Kennedy
And people I ain't got to name cause they was probably here
Getting high with me
If y'all don't know where to put it at, don't ride with it
Cause they'll try to lose you in the system for some weed in my city
In the hood, ain't no love or no pity
Looking for charity? That dog don't hunt, don't come in the woods with it
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METRO VANCOUVER - A pungent haze loitered among the ashes of a massive medical marijuana grow operation levelled Monday by what Surrey's top firefighter termed a suspicious blaze, sparked on the very day Canada's controversial, outgoing pot licensing scheme was set to expire.
It took more than 30 firefighters to put out the six-metre-high flames that destroyed a modified warehouse on a former Port Kells mushroom farm that since at least 2011 had housed three medical marijuana licenses good for more than 500 plants, according to Chief Len Garis.
"Fortunately, nobody was hurt," said Garis, who added that the fire showcased the dangers of licensed grow operations under the old system. "But you know what? I have six engines there and it's just a stark example of why these things need to be regulated properly."
He noted that the Government of Canada appealed a Federal Court injunction Monday that allows people to continue to grow medical marijuana while a full legal challenge plays out in the courts. Garis and other Lower Mainland chiefs had been planning to start a crackdown today on local medical marijuana patients who refused to stop home production and destroy their plants, as was required by Health Canada regulations until the injunction was set two weeks ago.
By Monday afternoon, firefighters had entered the smouldering warehouse near 187th Street and 88th Avenue where they found plant remnants in what may have been a drying room, said Garis, who did not know what part of the plants had gone up in smoke.
Neighbours living near the old mushroom farm said the smell of marijuana on the huge site was not unusual, and that over the past few days they had seen tenants moving equipment off the property, which had been gutted by the fire.
"I saw the flames on top of the roof and it was going crazy," said Drago Kodelja, who lives in the 8700-block of 187th Street directly across the street from the fire. "The whole building burned down from one end to the other. And it went fast. In half an hour, they couldn't stop it."
Kodelja said that he often smelled marijuana at the property and that there were "scrubby" people hanging around.
"There were a lot of weirdos around there. They had long hair, unclean, with a lot of tattoos. Everybody thought it was suspicious. And quite a few people complained about the marijuana smell. Quite a few neighbours have moved out because they were fed up with the marijuana."
Kodelja, who remembered buying mushrooms at the farm years ago, said police had been at the property last year and the gates were always locked.
Kodelja noted that empty trailers and forklifts were brought into the property in recent days to move things off the property.
"A lot of equipment was moved out in the last few days. Big forklifts were taking out equipment on panels. When somebody moves everything out and then there's a big fire the next day, you certainly wonder."
Cathie Gambling, who also lives near the farm, said it came as a surprise to her that the property was used to grow medicinal marijuana. "When I pulled into my driveway, you'd smell heavy, heavy skunk. But I didn't know where it was coming from. It would have been nice if (the authorities) would have let us know."
Gambling also said the property was pretty quiet and that she didn't notice who was coming and going.
Landlord Amarjit Kang, who lives directly behind the farm, said the medicinal marijuana grow operation had been there for four years, but that he had lately developed a poor relationship with his tenants.
Kang had told them their rent was going up, but they argued they'd already spent $45,000 on equipment and wouldn't pay the extra cost.
"They had an argument with me and we didn't have a good relationship," said Kang, adding that his farm was worth $4 million. "I said you can move out if you don't want it."
According to the property title, the property is registered to Baljit Kaur Hundal and was transferred to Hundal in January 2010 from Kang Mushroom Farm Ltd., which bought it off another mushroom farm in 2007.
The site was not on the radar of the Lower Mainland's integrated anti-gang unit, according to spokesman Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, who added it is not uncommon for organized criminals or their associates to get licenses to grow medicinal marijuana.
"We have heard of cases where Hells Angels members do in fact have medicinal marijuana (growing) licences," he said. "Anywhere that criminals can make money, they will try."
There are around 1,100 medical marijuana grow operations in Surrey licensed under the older system, of which firefighters have inspected at least 300, Garis said, adding that of those 300, 97 per cent had electrical safety violations.
Until the smaller production licences from the older system are fully banned, Garis said, the current federal legal struggle means fire departments like his can only enforce "immediate safety issues," such as violations of the Electrical Safety Standards Act.
He said he supported the new federal regulations.
"I'm looking forward to it, quite frankly," he said. "I have no opinion whether or not marijuana should be used for medicinal or any other reason, but what I can say is I haven't found (grow operations) to be compatible with a residential setting."
Garis said that until the courts had dealt with the injunction and appeal — "and god knows how long that's going to take," he added — he and his crews would be left cleaning up the mess of a system that left grow operations scattered through the city. No one from Health Canada was available for comment before press time Monday, but the ministry has previously denied requests to confirm that as few as three of its inspectors regulate the thousands of B.C.'s licensed producers.
Garis said his department has had no communication with any inspectors.
"I don't even know what their job is," he said. "I do know anecdotally that they were going to be doing some random checking, but they were concerned because they were solo and they didn't feel safe and therefore they didn't want to do this.
"The whole thing is just a joke," Garis said. "That system continues to be an absolute disaster."
Before last month's ruling, the city had planned to send out inspectors and charge homeowners $5,200 if the plants were not destroyed by Tuesday. The fines would continue to rise every month, about $800 each time, until the grow operation was shut down.
Neil Boyd, the director of Simon Fraser University's School of Criminology, said that with the injunction in place, anyone who was licensed to grow under the old system was "permitted to keep growing until the case is resolved by a future court."
The federal government has noted there were fewer than 100 people authorized to possess marijuana for medical purposes when the program was introduced in 2001. That number has since grown to close to 40,000, posing "significant unintended consequences on public health, safety and security," including risks of home invasion, fire and toxic mould.
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Winter Dawn
It's harder to take morning power walks along the Chicago lakefront in winter, but it's worth the trip. If it's been snowing a lot, I spend a morning or two on the treadmill at the World Gym, to give the Park District time to plow the bicycle path where I walk. If it's below 10oF, I use the treadmill to protect myself from frostbite.
After it's stopped snowing for a day or two, or after the temperature has risen into the teens, I pull on my long johns and bundle up in a parka. Off I go at about 6:00 AM, thrilled to be outdoors and heading for the lakefront park after missing it for a few days.
The winter temperatures give a crystal clarity to the air, and the white snow glows with reflected light. The bare trees are black and graceful against the snow. The stage is set for the sky show.
Over the past couple of weeks, as I've arrived at the park, Venus has greeted me from high up in the eastern sky, a shining white crescent. When the moon is also in the east, the two make a brilliant pair, showing no sign of the vast distance that separates them. Both are wonderful to see in the deep blue sky—even though, were we there, the moon would actually be dim, gray, and cratered—even though, were we there, Venus would be a hellish, roasting hot planet, so hot, water is all vapor and the planet is dark as night under such perpetual cloud cover.
So I walk along, breathing in the cold, fresh air, glorying in the shining sight of Venus and the Moon above the black trees and white snow. Beyond the snow, a ribbon of dark, shiny lake ripples at the horizon. And here comes the Sun, evident so far only in a growing pink-orange-rust glow over the water. Sometimes there are purple clouds between the rosy pre-dawn and the water, sometimes it's just the pre-dawn rosiness.
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Many employers (unfairly, I think) tend to view RA positions as reserved for underachieving students
I'll be working this summer as a research asst for my Crim Law prof. Seeing as that won't take up all of my time, should I be dead set on supplementing that with other legal work? To be honest with you, I have no interest in taking on other work this summer beyond that (at least work that doesn't pay or particularly interest me), but my fear is that future employers might see it as a cop out since most research asst jobs are part-time. In short, is there any reason to take on part-time work this summer other than to supplement my income?


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Q&A: How Phillips-Van Heusen Is Fashioning A High-Scoring Sports Marketing Roster
The roster of companies either owned or licensed by the multibillion-dollar Phillips-Van Heusen corporate umbrella reads like a Who's Who of fashion: Calvin Klein, Arrow, Tommy Hilfiger, Izod, Bass, Kenneth Cole, DKNY, Joseph Abboud, Geoffrey Beene and Timberland, among others. But beyond sporty looks, PVH has recently begun to amass a solid roster of sports alliances that, as evp-marketing Mike Kelly explains, is scoring high marks among fans and consumers.
By Barry Janoff, Executive Editor
(Posted September 16, 2010)
Phillips-Van Heusen knows much more about three-piece suits than it does about three-four defenses and more about checkered shirts and ties than checkered flags and tie games But the corporation that either owns or licenses some of the most successful fashion brands in the world has found a way to fashion successful sports sponsorship and marketing alliances.
Over the past few years, New York-based PVH, led by its iconic Izod brand, has signed a series of deals that moved it from sideline observer to active player. Among them have been Izod's title sponsorship deal with Indy Racing signed in 2010 (reported to be $10 million a year for five years), which expanded Izod's status as the official apparel provider of the IndyCar and Firestone Indy Lights Series; naming rights to the Izod Center (a five-year deal starting in 2007 valued at $1.4 million), which had been home to the NBA's Nets and NHL's New Jersey Devils (both now at the Prudential Center); and title sponsorship to Monmouth Park (NJ) Racetrack's signature event, the Izod Haskell Invitational. Izod will continue its relationship with the Nets when team moves to Barclay's Center in Brooklyn in 2012 when it opens the Izod Nets Team Store.
A major sports endeavor began in 2009 when Phillips-Van Heusen signed a deal with the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, to launch the Fan's Choice campaign, which gives people an unofficial voice in the nomination process. Although the 1.5 million votes received did not factor into the actual Hall of Fame vote conducted by the board of directors and members of the media, both sides selected Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith as the top vote getters. And, if nothing else, the Fan's Choice effort did start people thinking about the Hall of Fame nominees in September, month's before the official inductees were named during Super Bowl week in February.
In the second year of the Phillips-Van Heusen Fan's Choice promotion, several significant marketing factors have been added to TV and print, including a strong tie-in with various ESPN divisions, in-store POP at more than 1,100 JCPenney locations nationwide, a robust social networking element on Facebook and elsewhere and the involvement of several members of the Hall of Fame, such as Rice, Harry Carson, Warren Moon, Roger Staubach and Steve Young, who returns as lead spokesman from the inaugural effort. The campaign will conclude on Feb. 5, 2011, when the PVH Fan's Choice Class of 2011 is unveiled on NFL Network, prior to the official Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 inductees are named in Dallas during the festivities surrounding Super Bowl XLV.
Mike Kelly, evp-marketing for Phillips-Van Heusen, spoke with NYSportsJournalism during the Fan's Choice Class of 2011 launch event at Gallagher's Steakhouse in New York, where company executives and Rice, Carson, Moon, Staubach and Young — attired in their official gold PVH Hall of Fame jackets, also were in attendance.
NYSportsJournalism: The Pro Football Hall of Fame has been in existence since 1963, so why are they now ramping up so much marketing activity?
Mike Kelly: The Hall of Fame hired George Veras, who comes from a marketing background — ABC, CBS, working with the NFL, the Olympics — to be CEO of Pro Football Hall of Fame Enterprises, their for-profit division created in 2006. The Hall had always been a non-profit entity, but they brought in George to see if there were ways to develop the brand through marketing, media awareness and sponsorship deals. The money goes to help develop and expand the Hall of Fame, and also assists the men who are enshrined in the Hall [who may be in need of financial support].
NYSJ: How did the alliance between Phillips-Van Heusen and the Hall of Fame happen?
MK: Phillips-Van Heusen owns many well-known brands, some of which are very involved with sports. Izod has title sponsorship rights with the Indy Racing League and an official apparel status with IRL and since 2007 has had naming rights for the Izod Center in New Jersey. What we do is look for brands that have great equity and assets but perhaps are underdeveloped, then get behind them and develop programs around them. George saw what we were doing with Indy and was very impressed. The Hall of Fame was in a similar position: It had a very rich history and rich story lines, but they weren't being developed.
NYSJ: Was the talk always about developing a fan-based program for marketing the Hall of Fame?
MK: Actually, George initially approached us to see if we would sponsor the Legends Invitational Golf Tournament, which takes place every November and features men who are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's three days of golf in California at Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay and Spyglass Hill. He knew we weren't going to say no to talking about that. [Laughs]. But when we did sit down we told him that doing [just] the tournament wasn't our style. But we said to him, "What's your agenda? Let's talk about that." So the more we understood what he was looking for, the more we both looked for ways in which we could help each other. It involved a lot of work, because whenever something doesn't exist and you have to start something from scratch, develop it, it takes a lot of time and money.
NYSJ: Was there an advantage for PVH going in because, from a public standpoint, people know about the Pro Football Hall of Fame and many can even tell you that it's in Canton, Ohio?
MK: That did help and it wasn't as if the Hall of Fame itself needed brand awareness. But if you look at the potential of all the stories, the players, the annual induction ceremony and other endeavors with which the Hall is involved, there is a tremendous opportunity to bring the Hall of Fame to the public year round. Before, the public may have heard about the Hall of Fame in August during induction ceremonies and the Hall of Fame game, which opens the NFL pre-season. And then again perhaps during Super Bowl week when the official inductee class for that year is announced. But George saw opportunities for more, and when we looked at it we agreed with him. The way football developed from this small town in Ohio and grew into this massive industry that is the NFL is a great story. And when you look at the athletes in the Hall of Fame, there are so many stories that are so underdeveloped. And it so often is a story that revolves around December, January and February. So there is still so much to it.
NYSJ: In 2009, when the first PVH-Hall of Fame Fan's Choice program was unveiled, and this year, the kickoff tied in with the opening of the NFL season in September. Did you find from the first year that public awareness and involvement was sustained throughout the event?
MK: We saw that starting the dialogue in September at the start of the NFL season did work, and here we are this year talking about it again. Part of the challenge has been to show the fans that they can be involved and that there is a place for them to express their opinions. Otherwise, why would they want to get involved. The potential we see is to reach anyone who is a football fan. So you are looking at more than 180 million fans who follow football to some degree and who want to be connected to the NFL in as many ways as they can. But when we looked at it, we saw that there really wasn't a lot of talk about the Hall of Fame. Why? Mostly because the fans weren't asked to talk about it. It's that simple. They are talking about every other detail about the game, the players, the way the NFL conducts business. This gives them a voice and a forum to talk about the Hall of Fame that has some skin on it.
NYSJ: How did the first Fan's Choice campaign compare to PVH's expectations?
MK: We received more than 1.5 million votes. But to be honest, I shot my mouth off and told the board that it wouldn't surprise me if we saw 15-20 million votes. And they remind me about that. [Laughs.] But the reason I had that figure was that I saw similar programs and the votes they were getting for the NFL Pro Bowl, the MLB All-Star Game, I really felt that the size of the NFL fan base would support the numbers [I projected]. But we learned a lot, and that gave us the opportunity to expand on the Fan's Choice program for 2010.
NYSJ: What were some of the biggest challenges you faced in launching Fan's Choice?
MK: Fan awareness was vital and getting the word out for a start-up program. But first we had to learn whether or not the men in the Hall of Fame and those who were nominated for induction would accept the idea. It's their sport and it's their Hall of Fame. So we had to find out if they would be supportive. We had to find out if there would be media backlash, in particular from among the members of the media who are part of the selection process [one member from each city with an NFL team, two from New York].
NYSJ: How did members of the Hall of Fame board of directors respond to the Fan's Choice proposal?
MK: There was no resistance at all from the Hall of Fame, from the board of directors. When it was presented to them, they did stress that they wanted their process to remain behind closed doors, that in no way would their selection and election process be made public. That certainly was not a problem. That was never intended to be part of our process. What I have is that this can be complicated territory. There are politics involved. You don't want to affect the outcome or a player's chances for getting into the Hall. No one involved wanted to do any damage.
NYSJ: What were some of the successes that came out of the first event that you brought to or added upon for the 2010 campaign?
MK: Our corporation is a fashion company. We have the No. 1 dress shirt brand in the country, and have had that distinction for many years. We have used fashion print to get our message out for years as a way of speaking to guys. But we went out and did some research. When we talked to men and asked them what they cared about, they told us sports, their family, issues of health. They didn't care as much about fashion. And when we dug into the issue of sports, we found that that football was at the top of the list. So one of the great steps for the brand was to introduce ourselves into the game and get some skin on it and to have a place inside the conversation of football.
NYSJ: Was another challenge finding a way to align PVH with the NFL?
MK: As everybody knows, it's not easy to find a place in the NFL. It's very expensive, you have to find a business model that works. And while we sell a lot of shirts, it's not like the margin is there. it's what the financial model allows you. That's why you don't see a lot of apparel companies involved in big sports contracts or on TV. So it's not an easy thing to afford. We were able to find a model and to find a way in which we could get involved in a meaningful way.
NYSJ: How involved is the NFL in this effort?
MK: They were very involved from the very beginning. They were very supportive in helping us to find a way to discuss whether the fans' votes should count [toward the official Hall of Fame balloting], how long should the process take, what PVH's relationship with the NFL would be moving forward and how the players and the images of the players among fans would be handled?
NYSJ: Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith not only were among those officially elected to the Hall of Fame, but they received the top votes in the Fan's Choice balloting. Now, Rice and other Hall of Fame players such as Steve Young, Harry Carson, Warren Moon and Roger Staubach are involved with the 2010 Fan's Choice campaign. How was the campaign presented to them and why did they decide to support the effort?
MK: These players represent the NFL and we always have been very aware of that. So in presenting the Fans Choice program to the NFL, I think we over-delivered the way in which the players would be treated and how they would be honored and handled when dealing with fans. And the NFL was very happy with how we delivered that [in the first year]. There also were other issues image use, rights to NFL marks, connecting with the teams and working with them to engage their fan clubs. All of those issues took some working out.
"I won't put a number on the number of votes we project. Do we expect to see growth? Absolutely, because we've seen growth in every other area."
NYSJ: This year the effort has expanded to include a great deal of involvement from ESPN. How did that come about?
MK: We had a Web site last year but it wasn't connected to a company like ESPN.There were times when we ran ads on ESPN.com, took a roadblock of the home page, and our site crashed due to the among of traffic and voting that it generated. It was a Catch-22 because we wanted to drive traffic to our site but the site wasn't able to handle it. So it was a learning process to see where the most Web traffic was generated, where the and in particular where the football traffic is. So this year we really needed to build a vertical relationship with ESPN. Last year we had Steve Young as our spokesperson, but there were lots of places we were blocked out from using Steve because he has a role with ESPN. There were conflicts with his contract or a conflict with ESPN. So that has been resolved.
NYSJ: Do you see working with ESPN as a way to get your company more closely associated with sports?
MK: We were building a greater synergy, not only here but taking title with Indy Racing and the Indy 500, the title sponsorship of the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, and other deals with our Tommy Hilfiger brand, which we bought earlier this year. So slowly but surely we are building stronger relationships with ESPN, which includes increased spending. We want to look to the future with them, to see how we can align in developing projects.
NYSJ: Have you been able to see this translate back to brand awareness and or a bump in sales?
MK: Brand connection, yes. Does it translate into sales? Sales figures corporate-wide and among our brands are very good right now. But we haven't been able as yet to show a direct correlation between our Hall of Fame alliance and sales figures. But what we are doing is learning the marketing and finding the best ways to measure input and results. We are only in our second year of doing this to be able to show measurement. Also, last year we entered into the program and didn't necessarily have the inventory behind it to support a larger sales addition. It was a case of putting the cart before the horse. So this year we have the inventory behind it to handle the increase in sales. We have greater presence in the store with J.C. Penney to support the vote and the concept of the vote. So now, if consumers see us on ESPN's Monday Night Football, they can be reminded again in-store, which wasn't necessarily the case last year. You need those dots to connect and somehow put it back to sales. Are we in it to sell a billion shirts because of this? Not necessarily. This is great branding. It's building brand awareness among consumers, which is something we want to remain with people for a long time.
NYSJ: Can you tell that the marketing is connecting with football fans?
MK: Let me tell you this, We've run some beautiful ads for hundreds of items, and I've been running ads for Van Heusen for 10, 12 years. And I've never received a letter for an ad that I've run in GQ, Esquire. I've never received a letter that read, "Amazing ad, Mike." But when it comes motor sports and football and other sports in which our brands are in sports marketing, I could show you stacks of letters we from fans who write, "I saw what you are doing. I get what you are doing. I support what you are doing." And best of all they write, "I plan to go out and buy your products." It's unreal.
NYSJ: So are NFL fans getting why Phillips-Van Heusen is involved with their sport?
MK: Yes. And so are fans of motor sports. Again, it's connecting the dots. But it also has to work on the corporate side. But you also have to convince the corporation. You have to say, "If we are going to involve ourselves in sports, you can't just stick your toe in. You have to build an organization around it, you have to hire people with skills, you have to spend the money. It takes time and effort.
NYSJ: So if you start with the 1.5 million people who voted last year, what numbers are you projecting for this year's Fan's Choice response?
MK: We'd be thrilled if we go to five or ten million. But I won't put a number on it. Do we expect to see growth? Absolutely, because we've seen growth in every other area. We have more marketing. The alliance has expanded with ESPN. We are giving fans more opportunities to vote and rewarding them with autographed items, a trip to the Legends Golf Tournament and even the opportunity to announce the Fan's Choice winners on TV. This year we have the men in the Hall of Fame endorsing it, guys like Jerry Rice, Roger Staubach, Harry Carson and Warren Moon, where last year the only Hall of Fame member we worked with was Steve Young. So the clout within the NFL community has become stronger. And I definitely can see that translating into more fans paying more attention to what we are saying.
NYSJ: What do you see for the long-term regarding the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
MK: What I'm looking for this year, which is something we did not get the traction on last year, is fans speaking to fans. So on the Web site we have a section called "Smack Talk" where fans can debate issues, a new section on FaceBook where fans can engage each other, much more social media than we had before. Fans want to vote. Right now the Hall of Fame voting is not in their hands. But if fans continue to tell other fans and if we continue to build the numbers, and we take it to the [Hall of Fame] board of directors and the NFL, they at some point have to take it seriously.
NYSJ: The Izod Center in New Jersey was home to the NBA's Nets and NHL's Devils, but the Devils have permanently moved to the Prudential Center in Newark and the Nets are there temporarily until Barclays Center is built. What do you see for the future of the venue?
MK: We are still committed to the venue. We are hosting college basketball and other sports and big entertainment events. We are right near the New Meadowlands Stadium, home to the NFL's Giants and Jets, where the Super Bowl will be in 2014. We also have a vision to bring an Indy Race event to the New Meadowlands Stadium. So it's a valuable property and there is plenty of exposure. And we are in a way moving with the Nets to Brooklyn, where we are going to build the Izod Nets Team Store in Barclays Center. So we still will have a strong connection to the team and its fans.
NYSJ: What else is coming for this year, 2011 and beyond for PVH and sports?
MK: Indy Racing growth is off the charts. It's unbelievable. Anyone involved with motor sports knows that Indy Racing was way down compared to where it was in the 1990s. Now there is reunification, there is a new CEO [Randy Bernard, who took over in February], and there are huge indicators that it is back up: Verizon moving a great deal of money into the sport, HP is stepping up, Mattel, others. I can't have a bad meeting these days around Indy Racing. The momentum is unbelievable. And 2011 is the centennial race of the Indy 500, and wait until you see what the plans are. ESPN is involved, all of the key marketing partners. It's pretty exciting.
"Are we in this to sell a billion shirts because of this? Not necessarily. This is great branding. It's building brand awareness among consumers."
NYSJ: What other pitches are you hearing regarding potential sports deals?
MK: I have to say I'm getting about 100 pitches a day. One hundred a day! We're looking at a few things. Izod is about a $1 billion brand, but only about 3% of its business is done overseas. So we're looking to do business in China. And in Europe we're expanding Izod in the spring of 2012. So we're looking at big sports events there. I was at the last two legs of the Tour de France, for example.
NYSJ: Coming off the huge success of the FIFA World Cup, do you see any deals for PVH in soccer?
MK: Soccer is big internationally and in the U.S. But soccer is tough for us. Our model is different. What we are learning is that our business model doesn't allow us to take a single product, let's say a shoe, and introduce that product the way Nike or adidas can, with a global campaign around it, attach a $40 million endorsement to it, spend another $100 million to market it and then aim over the next three or four years for $1 billion in sales. Our model is to look around sports for under-developed properties and attach our name to it. The Hall of Fame and Indy Racing are perfect examples, where there are rich assets and rich story lines that have the potential for huge development.
Football Hall of Fame Dresses Up Class Of 2010 With PVH
Izod, Indy Racing League Put Marketing, Alliance On The Fast Track


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1. I am originally from Hackettstown, NJ but now I live in Hawaii (Army)
2. Osi Umenyiora is my favorite current Giant
3. LT...favorite former Giant. Tiki is second.
4. I also root for the Steelers (other blue collar team)
5. I am also a Yankees fan, Devils fan, and Nets fan.
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Fantastic Reality
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In this tutorial, I will be showing you "how to draw Princess Merida from Brave", step by step. I like a few of Disney's movies, especially when they're done by Pixar. This lesson will breakdown Merida's facials and hairstyle in a few simple steps so you can have your own Merida drawing posted on your wall or sketchbook!
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Ryan149291 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 198 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
The Murray Group
For 36 years, we have done business under the Guilderland Agency name. Currently, we are undergoing some new branding changes and our new name is going to be The Murray Group (TMG). We operate a family owned insurance agency in Albany, NY and specialize in providing personal insurance (car, home, renters insurance), commercial insurance for business (property, liability, workers comp, etc) and employee benefits (group health insurance, group disability and life insurance, etc). We are a small business that currently has about 15 employees.
We are looking to re-brand ourselves to go from a regional insurance agency into a bigger "player" in our market. Our clients are located throughout the country. We need to update our image, totally re-do our logo, and need your help!
Our clients are both individuals (of all ages) and businesses (small and large size) countrywide. Our clients and prospects expect us to be extremely professional and competitive in terms of the product we deliver them. The insurance industry is a very competitive marketplace.
Our initial thought regarding our logo was to creatively arrange the letters T, M and G. The letters can overlap or not overlap. We also thought about making the M the feature letter with the T and the G still part of the logo but not play a prominent role like the M would. Therefore, please be creative with letter placement. Also, please incorporate "The Murray Group" name in the logo (above, below, or to the side of the TMG logo). Therefore, the entire logo would be the T, M, and G arranged in a creative way with "The Murray Group" name.
We would like the overall logo to portray: professionalism and strength. Therefore, designing a logo that is modern, clean and relatively simple is what we were thinking of. We are looking for the letters T, M, and G to become our logo and be recognizable to the point where people know when they see the logo that it is The Murray Group that it is referring to. Feel free to add a shape (one that is strong looking such as a square or diamond) to the logo. We do not want to logo to look soft (please do not use: 1)script or cursive font ((we prefer an Arial type font)), or 2) shapes that are curved or circular that tend to give off a "softer feel").
Colors to be used: black, shades of gray, and maroon. Feel free to use just 2 of the colors if you think it looks better.
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Welcome to the Office of Community Education
The college experience can be wonderful: meeting new people, developing your academic interests and skills, growing as an individual.
But some aspects of college can be hard to navigate by yourself: That's why we are here!
Our primary foci are creating safer communities (including bystander intervention, sexual violence prevention), healthy sexuality and helping students navigate the challenges associated with alcohol/other drugs.
Our office provides engaging opportunities throughout the year, including trainings, workshops, programs and volunteer opportunities.
Our staff (comprised of professional staff members, graduate and undergraduate interns and student volunteers) are here to help all members of our Willamette community get the tools and information necessary to be fully successful.
The Office of Community Education at Willamette University serves to encourage and empower the University community to live healthier lives. Our staff is committed to facilitating the academic and co-curricular education of students by providing engaging, accessible and high quality wellness programming and services.
We support a wide range of educational opportunities to encourage and promote the development of wellness, leadership and citizenship skills that our students can use both in their time with us at Willamette, and in their lives after graduation.


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Howard Swan
Welcome to our world,So you are planning a hotel break? Imagine a peacefully secluded family owned resort providing down-to-earth customer service mixed with elegant luxury.Now take the leap and escape the hustle and bustle of day-to-day life for just a few short days (or longer if you wish). We are sure you'll experience something truly unique in the form of our 80 contemporary hotel rooms, two 18-hole championship golf courses, a 2 AA Rosette restaurant, nine well-appointed function rooms, five Country Lodges, a luxurious spa and high-tech gym. And our location – within 300 acres of rolling countryside in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – is a truly spectacular sight.But don't take our word for it, visit us at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa, located just outside Colchester, and experience everything that we are for yourself. We look forward to welcoming you.


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Forest Adventures - 20/06/14
Read all about our woodland adventures!
What is Forest School?
Forest School originated in Sweden in the 1950's and was introduced in Britain in the late 1990's. It is an inspirational process that offers regular opportunities to appreciate and enjoy the outdoors. Learning occurs in a relaxed environment using all of the senses. Choices can be made and risks understood and taken. Forest School happens all year round and so children should wear warm, waterproof clothing. The ethos of Forest School is that learners should be allowed time and space to explore, develop skills and interests and understanding through practical, hands on experience. Forest School promotes good health and fitness and an awareness of good hygiene. It helps children's social and communication development as they work together problem solving, developing motor-skills and coordination in a fun and relaxed environment. Children also learn a sense of personal responsibility and respect for their environment as well as developing their confidence, self-esteem and independence.


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Dave Camp: How to Fix Our Appalling Tax Code
Every year Americans spend more than six billion hours and $168 billion to file their returns.
There have been so many changes to the tax code over the past decade that it is now 10 times the size of the Bible, but with none of the Good News. That factual statement usually gets a good laugh back home in Michigan. What isn't funny is the effect that constant tinkering with taxes has had on the people who pay them, and on the economy.
According to Nina Olsen, the National Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS, Americans overall spend over six billion hours and $168 billion every year to file their returns. This is stark testimony...


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Land Steward Program
The Land Steward Program helps owners learn how to better utilize and take care of their land. The multi-disciplinary program covers a broad range of management topics including wildfire risk reduction, woodland and forest management, encouraging (and controlling) wildlife, stream ecology, pasture management, soil health, rural acreage systems and infrastructure, economics and enterprise on your land, stewardship planning and more. Program offerings include field-based training, online short course, evening classes, land tours, workshops and the regional Living on Your Land Conference.
Tree School
Regional Tree School events held each year throughout Oregon provide important opportunities for continuing education and building community, helping support the success of family forest landowners.


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Some of us Linux users have been waiting for a very long time for Unreal Tournament 3 or for that matter, any big name titles coming to the Linux platform.
GDC (Game Developers Conference) is happening right now and there has been one huge announcement that has taken the internet by storm accross every major gaming/tech news site.
A new startup has announced a new product that allows gamers to run games on their computers or televisions without actually running the game on your hardware. Basically, how it works is that you get a very well set up Xbox Live/Steam like community page in which you can rent or purchase games and it will run the games on their servers and stream them to you, the computer user.
Sounds like a concept that would work horribly? Well according to IGN and others who got to play Crysis with max visuals on a Macbook Air, it runs nearly perfect and is very impressive. IGN is already calling this the death of PC gaming as we know it.
Check out what they have to say here:
Anyways, it's supported in Windows and Mac but no word on any Linux version (as always). However, apparently it only requires a simple web browser plugin to work. I don't know about the rest of you but I certainly plan to convince OnLive to support the Linux platform. Their website goes live later today and can be found here:
This is a huge deal and could mean that Linux gamers finally step on Microsoft's face and finally get the gaming fix they have waited so long for. I've been reading up on this technology and reactions from those who used it and to me it sounds like it's going to be a huge thing just as Netflix is taking movie rentals to the next phase.


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SKF appoints Alrik Danielson as new President and CEO as of 1 January 2015, succeeding Tom Johnstone
2014 August 21, 08:00 CEST
Gothenburg, Sweden, 21 August 2014: SKF today announces that Tom Johnstone has decided to step down as President and CEO of SKF, on 1 January 2015.
Tom Johnstone will be succeeded by Alrik Danielson who has been President and CEO of Höganäs AB since 2005. Alrik Danielson worked at SKF between 1987 and 2005 and held a number of executive positions within the Group including that of President of the SKF Group's Industrial Division and member of the SKF Group's Executive Committee.
Leif Östling, Chairman of the Board of SKF, comments: "I am very pleased to welcome Alrik Danielson back to SKF. His experience during 18 years at different positions in SKF and the last nine years as CEO of Höganäs AB makes him a competent successor to Tom Johnstone."
Leif Östling continues: "I want to thank Tom Johnstone warmly for his great achievements during close to 38 years at SKF and above all during his time as President and CEO. Under Tom's leadership SKF has developed into a Knowledge Engineering company, profitably increased its sales from SEK 41 billion in 2003 to SEK 63 billion last year and delivered a Total Shareholder Return of over 400 percent".
Alrik Danielson says: "I am proud and happy to rejoin SKF and to become its President and CEO in January. I look forward to continuing to build on the Group's positive development during the last decade."
Tom Johnstone, SKF President and CEO, comments: "To retire from SKF after almost 38 years with the company will not be easy. However, the time is right and the decision to step down has been made easier by the Board choosing Alrik Danielson as my successor. I wish him and the SKF team the best of luck. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board, our shareholders, our customers and distributors and all the fantastic employees within SKF for their strong support in my years as President and CEO."
Aktiebolaget SKF
Alrik Danielson, 52, is a Swedish citizen and holds a B.Sc in Business Administration and International Economics from the University of Gothenburg. He joined SKF in 1987 as a financial controller in Gothenburg. Before leaving SKF in 2005, he held a number of managerial positions in Sweden, Venezuela, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Brazil. Between 1996 and 1999 he was President of SKF's Industrial Division in Spain and Portugal. Thereafter he was appointed President of SKF do Brazil between 1999 and 2003 and from 2003 to 2005 he was President of the SKF Group's Industrial Division and member of the SKF Group's Executive Committee. From 2005 to 2014 he has been President and CEO of Höganäs AB.
Alrik Danielson is married and lives with his family in Gothenburg.
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SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2013 were SEK 63,597 million and the number of employees was 48,401. www.skf.com
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Anyone notice that they never got their 1c credit card check fee back within 5 days? I know its only 1c, but its the principle. Mine was never returned, so effectively I was over charged by 1c.
Are you for real?
May be a good idea to always check the terms & conditions of the service you are signining up for before clicking on that "accept the T&C" button.
Check, in section 2. Eligibility to be a Quickflix Member and Service User
When you become a Service User, we may validate your credit/debit card or PayPal account with a test transaction of 1 cent which will result in your available credit/debit being reduced by this amount. These funds are not held by Quickflix but by your card issuer. It can take up to 10 days for the validation amount to be re-adjusted on your credit/debit card account. The validation is required to ensure the credit/debit card is not being used fraudulently.
Call your bank if you feel ripped off about the 1cent
The bank isnt the one charging me, on my bank statement it is clearly a charge by Quickflix NZ. Just because it's in their terms and conditions doesnt make it right.
The amount was never "re-adjusted" like stated in your pasted extract above. They charged me, they arranged the transaction, they organised the fee. The onus is on them not the bank, why should I have to deal with the bank for their issue?
BraaiGuy:ArcticSilver:Notice how they've added a "$5 administration fee" to their adverts? We'll its only on ONE of their adverts, the one that cycles through on their main page and they have taken it out of the order process, so miss this advert? We'll your in for a shock.
Again check the T&C, administration fees apply. Sometimes they dont apply for free trials and promotional offers.
Miss the promotional advert? You pay the $5 administration fee. Whats wrong with this?
The problem isnt that there is a $5 fee (though I question its importance), it is that they havent clearly stated that there is in fact a $5 fee! If you do not see it in their rotating advert on the front page and do not read the terms and conditions you will never know.
It should 100% CLEAR to see what you are being charged. You should not have to read all the terms and conditions just to find out you're paying more than advertised.
On another front I also see this as misleading/false advertising and you could even go so far as to say bait advertising. Most of their adverts do not include any hint of the extra fee.
I would forgive this as an oversight if it wasnt for the fact that I have given them constructive feedback about this issue the day after the launched. Not to mention I have seen others on twitter point this out only to be told that they believe it is clearly stated.
Again the terms and conditions in my mind dont even come into it, the fact is the whole process is extremely misleading and they do not seem motivated to fix this issue.
BraaiGuy:ArcticSilver:Lots of people cant get through on their 0800 number. Some of their staff dont seem to even know about Quickflix NZ.
You MUST call to cancel your account, you cannot do it online (even better when their 0800 number isnt working).
I called and did not have a problem. And as stated in the T&C that you accept when signing up, you agreed you need to call them if you want to cancel. I got through within a few minutes, and was even offered a second month free. I cancelled anyway due to the poor content. I can say far worse things about Sky and their callcentre.
Again, just because its in their terms and conditions does not mean its right.
I find it a little cheeky that you can sign up 100% online, but when you want to leave, you suddenly have to wait to speak to a CSR. Why not allow you to cancel online? Every other service like Quickflix allows this.
There are plenty of stories (I believe some in this post) about staff telling people AU prices, trying to delete/create AU accounts and not even knowning about Quickflix NZ.
I can however forgive this, but it all seems to be adding up.
BraaiGuy:ArcticSilver:The list goes on (it really does), im really guttered aswell since I so badly wanted a service like this to take off, but they really seem to be stabbing themselves in the foot at every opportunity.
I dont believe im a unresonable person and I challenge some one to prove me wrong, but how can any company continue to stuff this much up is beyond me, not to mention ignoring all the construtive feedback people have been putting forward.
My opinion. You being unreasonable. Half of your problems would have been solved if you just read the T&C before you signed up.
Give the guys a chance, they new in the market. And with time the service and everything will improve.
So far you havent convinced me why I am being unresonable.
To me the T&C argument is a whole other ball game and doesnt even come into it.
The simple fact of the matter is, all I was looking for was recognition of the problems and a desire to fix them. Unfortunitly I have spent my time getting nither and this is the last type of person I want to give my money.


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A World In One Branch Line [OMNIBUS VOLUMES 2,3,4] Very large landscape format
The George - Knysna Railway (Volumes 2,3 & 4 OMNIBUS EDITION)
by The George - Knysna Railway : Freight Years ~ Mixed Traffic ~ Tourists, trash and timber
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About the Book
This is probably the largest railway photographic album ever produced. It follows on from Volume 1 (available separately) which followed a geographical presentation covering three decades.
This OMNIBUS Edition of Volumes 2,3,4 , presented in chronological order, covers 1983 - 1994 # 2, 1994 - 1999 #3, 2000 - 2006 #4.
Please note there is no duplication with Volume1 whatsoever, which was produced separately due to the different presentation styles.
For the real enthusiast of this railway, the Author is proud to present
this huge collection of many of his favourite images, from the largest photographic collection of this Branch Line in the World.
The series title is an apt description of the 67 km long railway running from George to Knysna in the Southern Cape area of South Africa. It was one of the best known steam worked railways in the World and constantly attracted photographers, both local and from overseas.
For several decades the Class 24 2-8-4s dominated the scene and only in later years were they supplemented by the 19D 4-8-2s on scheduled trains. Nonetheless many other classes put in an appearance from time to time. Notwithstanding familiar locomotives, the attraction lay in the line's varied scenery. This railway had it all : the ocean, estuaries, rivers and lakes, pastoral farmland, pretty as a picture villages, forests and mountain backdrops. Not to mention one of the World's most famous railway bridges.Other picturesque bridges and tunnels abounded.
As varied as the scenery was, so too the weather : fickle in the extreme, great patience was required by photographers as they waited for the coastal fronts to clear. Over the years, the Author spent more time in the vicinity of this line than any other, notwithstanding that it was 1,200 km from his home. A substantial portion of the route cannot be accessed by vehicle and the Author has walked the entire length of these remote sections searching out unfamiliar locations. This, together with having been granted access to various private properties, permits the presentation of images taken from unfamiliar vantage points.
Realising that three more Volumes will be beyond the financial capacity of some readers, the Author has specially assembled the three Chronological Volumes (2,3,4) in a massive Omnibus book, which is thus available more economically than had he released them in 3 separate books. ( Note , the first Volume is completely "stand alone " in its own right due to its geographical presentation.)
This massive 426 page omnibus in a huge landscape format, is not designed for steam / railway enthusiasts alone. All those who love stunning landscapes in this most beautiful part of South Africa will find this book fascinating.
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Intro | Original Novels | Short Stories/Folklore | British Authors | Irish Writers | American & European Writers | Conclusion
An Gúm faced many difficulties: the absence of a standard form of spelling, the lack of a codified grammar, rival type fonts, and competing dialects generated disputes and arguments. Poor translations and uninspiring original work also blunted the effect An Gúm hoped to achieve. Máirtín Ó Cadhain, author and political activist, dismissed the An Gúm publications, which he proffered were "as harmless as cement or tractor novels" and argued that the publications "presumed that everything that was to be written in Irish was for children or nuns." Despite adverse criticism An Gúm persevered. Between 1926 and 1964, An Gúm produced 1465 publications: 1108 general literary works, 230 pieces of music and 127 textbooks. ("The Cost of An Gúm," Irish Independent, 24 January 1966. Translation of "Costas an Ghúim" which appeared in Comhar, November, 1965.) The 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of independent publishing houses which focused on creative writing in Irish. In response An Gúm began to focus increasingly on fiction for children and young adults, most notably thrillers, detective fiction and educational texts.
Foremost among the fiction for young adults were the novels of Cathal Ó Sandair and Micheál D'Andún. Cathal Ó Sándair, one of the most prolific Irish language authors, produced over one hundred novels, many of them westerns featuring cowboys and gun fights. Born in Weston Super Mare, England to an English father and Irish mother, his family moved to Ireland when he was a child. While still a school boy Ó Sandair published a story in the first issue of the magazine Gael Óg in 1938. His first novel appeared in 1943 and featured Réics Carló, the most famous Irish language detective. In addition to the many adventures of Réics Carló, Ó Sándair wrote a series of novels featuring the character Réamonn Óg. The third strand of his fiction centered on school adventures where boys and girls inevitably save the day. Ó Sándair is reputed to have published 160 books and sold more than 500,000 copies.
The institutional history of Irish language publishing in the Irish Free State is largely An Gúm's story. From the mere six Irish language books in print in 1893, An Gúm produced a corpus of varied books. The words and images employed in An Gúm's publications re-enforced the national aim to foster a distinct cultural identity. The original and translated prose works served as visual manifestations of the defined Irish identity. While the 1940s and 1950s would see An Gúm focus more on young adults and textbooks, they would continue to produce translations and original work which foster national culture and identity such as Tadhg Ó Rabhartaigh's novel Thiar i nGleann Ceo, a novel of the Irish War of Independence where the British Officer bears a none too subtle resemble to Adolf Hitler.
Title: Réamonn Óg agus Marcaigh na hOíche (Réamonn Óg and the Night Riders)
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In 1999, Pascal Rigo opened his first San Francisco bakery and called it La Boulange. 14 years later, Rigo has an outlet in almost every neighborhood of San Francisco, plus cafes in Marin County and the East Bay. In La Boulange Bakery: Cafe Cooking At Home, Rigo's second cookbook, he shares recipes from this Bay Area favorite.
The book is 85% photographs, which serves its mission well. Every recipe is presented in similar fashion: on the left, a luscious full-page photo of the finished product, and on the right, each step is accompanied by its image. As the saying goes, you eat first with your eyes. Making the process so visually consumable simultaneously builds the interest of the reader while erasing doubt that any dish is beyond their skill set.
Serving as the ink-and-paper version of La Boulange Cafe founder Pascal Rigo's culinary efforts, the book shines. The sweets are as deserving of praise as every savory dish, of which there are many. The image-heavy design and no-frills ingredients are a clear mark of enthusiasm and pride for the process and product. La Boulange Cookbook brings cafe cooking home, in the best and simplest way.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Times is reporting Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams was stabbed in the thigh at his home and an arrest warrant has been issued for his brother.
The newspaper reported Williams was treated for a relatively minor laceration at St. Joseph's Hospital and released.
According to the Times, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant Sunday night for 23-year-old Eric Baylor on a charge of aggravated battery/domestic violence after deputies were called to Williams' home in the Avila community north of Tampa.
The Buccaneers released a statement saying team officials were aware of the situation and were working with Williams and the authorities to get additional information.
Williams signed a $40 million, six-year deal with the team last year. He caught 22 passes for 216 yards last season.
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Case Nos. IPC-E-10-06,-07 and -08 and -12.
May 28, 2010
Contact: Gene Fadness (208) 334-0339, 890-2712
Website: www.puc.idaho.gov
Rates decline slightly with four adjustments
Rates for Idaho Power Company customers will decrease an average 5.2 percent as the result of four rate adjustments approved today by state regulators.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved the annual Power Cost Adjustment, an average 6.5 percent decrease, and three smaller increases. The percentage of decrease will vary because the adjustments don't apply to all customer classes and vary in size according to customer class. For residential customers, the PCA decrease is 3.2 percent and the overall rate decrease, after the increases in the three other cases, is 1.4 percent. The adjustments are effective June 1.
Below is a summary of the four rate adjustments.
Power Cost Adjustment (6.5 percent decrease) – Every year on June 1, customers receive either a one-year surcharge or credit, depending on streamflows and market conditions from the previous year, a forecast of the next year's conditions and a true-up of the previous year's forecast.
This year's power supply costs not included in base rates are anticipated to be $42.2 million, far less than 2009's $188.9 million, resulting in a PCA reduction of $146.7 million. As the result of a stipulated agreement reached with Idaho Power in January, $88.7 million of that PCA reduction will be included in permanent base rates, thus avoiding an Idaho Power rate case this year. The January agreement stipulates that Idaho Power base rates will not increase again until January 2012 at the earliest. The remaining $58 million of the PCA reduction goes directly to customers. The impact on the PCA surcharge is a reduction from 1.4 cents per kWh to 0.31 cents per kWh.
The power cost surcharge covers expenses, not already included in base rates, which Idaho Power incurs to provide energy to its customers. During low water years, Idaho Power must rely on more expensive sources of power than that generated from its 17 hydroelectric plants. Power supply expenses vary due to the always fluctuating prices for natural gas or changing market prices for wholesale power, thus the need for a yearly adjustment to rates. None of the money collected from the PCA surcharge can go to increase company earnings, but can be used only to pay off power supply and related expenses.
(The percentages of increases for the three adjustments below are based on base rates in place before June 1.)
Automated meter installation (0.41 percent increase) – Idaho Power may include $2.36 million in base rates for the second year of a three-year installation of automated meters throughout its territory. The company is replacing its existing meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) that will eventually allow customers to monitor electric prices and adjust their use to take advantage of lower price-periods. Idaho Power submitted a cost estimate of $71 million for the project and will absorb any costs above that. At the end of the second year, expenditures are at $47.3 million.
In early 2009, the commission directed Idaho Power to "move forward with all deliberate speed" with installation. The meters were installed last year in the Boise area and are being installed this year in Canyon and Payette counties and surrounding regions. During 2011, meters will be installed in the Magic Valley, Pocatello and Salmon areas.
The advanced meters can be read from a remote location, negating the need for an Idaho Power representative to access customer properties. They can provide the company and individual customers with hourly meter readings and inform customers of current electric prices, allowing them to manage their use and reduce their bills.
"As we did in 2009 … we continue to find that both present and future public convenience will be served through the enhanced outage management and billing accuracy, as well as reduced operating and maintenance expenses," the commission said. Implementation of AMI "will inevitably benefit customers and lower the pressure for increased rates," the commission said.
Fixed Cost Adjustment (1.85 percent increase) – The commission is allowing the company to recover about $6.3 million in under collected fixed costs from residential and commercial customers.
The FCA was implemented in 2007 as a pilot program. The FCA allows Idaho Power to recover the fixed costs (but not to exceed 3 percent) it loses when conservation programs result in lower power sales. Without a mechanism like the FCA, there is a financial disincentive for utilities to promote energy efficiency and conservation programs because they lose money when those programs are successful. The FCA allows Idaho Power to recover its fixed costs as established in the most recent rate case. If the company under collects its fixed costs, customers get a surcharge. Conversely, if the company over collects fixed costs, customers receive a credit, as they did in the first year of the program.
This year, Idaho Power reports it under collected $5.17 million in fixed costs from the residential class and $1.16 million from the small-business class. This was due largely to a 7.6 percent increase in energy savings during 2009 and a 28 percent reduction on the company's energy demand during peak-use periods.
The Idaho Conservation League submitted comments supporting the FCA, but said the commission should require Idaho Power to "better articulate the benefits customers receive from the FCA mechanism."
The expansion of conservation programs since implementation of the FCA help keep rates lower than they would otherwise be. Reducing demand on a utility's generating system, particularly during times of peak-use, is less expensive per kilowatt-hour than building new power plants to meet demand. By enrolling in conservation programs, customers can benefit by using electricity more efficiently, reducing consumption and bills. Even customers who don't directly participate benefit because the cost of the electricity saved system-wide through these programs is about half the cost of electricity generated by a new power plant.
The FCA will continue as a pilot program for two more years to allow for more data to accumulate and to correct problems.
Pension Funding (0.77 percent increase) – The commission is allowing Idaho Power to increase rates by 0.77 percent to allow it to collect $5.4 million over 12 months to replenish its pension plan. The company's contributions to its pension plan have always been included in base rates. However, since 2003, Idaho Power was not required to contribute to the pension plan because the market value of the plan's assets was more than enough to cover future obligations. Recent market conditions and increasing pension obligations require Idaho Power to begin funding the plan again. The commission said this year's amount due may be recovered over 12 months, but cautioned Idaho Power that recovery of this year's expense does not ensure the same level of benefit in future years.
The commission suggested Idaho Power consider alternative pension plans. "It is unreasonable for Idaho Power's customers to be solely responsible for large contributions to the company's defined pension plan. Many employers in recent years have replaced their defined benefit plans with pension programs that place greater responsibility and investment risks on employees. Idaho Power must similarly consider changes to its retirement plan and address shareholder and employee liabilities in the assignment of pension plan investment risk. The commission will not approve additional pension plan contributions from customers without evidence that Idaho Power has carefully reviewed alternatives to reduce the burden placed on customers."
The commission's orders in all four cases are final. Interested parties may petition the commission for reconsideration by no later than June 18. Petitions for reconsideration must set forth specifically why the petitioner contends that the order is unreasonable, unlawful or erroneous. Petitions should include a statement of the nature and quantity of evidence the petitioner will offer if reconsideration is granted.
Petitions can be delivered to the commission at 472 W. Washington St. in Boise, mailed to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID, 83720-0074, or faxed to 208-334-3762.
A full text of the commission's orders, along with other documents related to these cases is available on the commission's Web site at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on "File Room" and then on "Electric Cases" and scroll down to these case numbers:
IPC-E-10-06 for Advanced Metering Infrastructure; IPC-E-10-07 for Fixed Cost Adjustment; IPC-E-10-08 for pension expense recovery; and IPC-E-10-12 for the Power Cost Adjustment.


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Andrew is proud to have earned the AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) distinction. This and many other honors are indicative of Andrew's passion for weathercasting and storytelling that helps people stay informed and safe.He came to WDIV from the Fox News affiliate station WUPW-TV in Toledo, Ohio, where he was chief meteorologist. Prior to being chief, he was seen around the world on CNN and CNN International and got his start in Washington, D.C. at NBC's WRC-TV and then Fox's WTTG-TV.
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In addition to his work, Andrew enjoys being involved with the community and in the lives of young people. Along with visiting several local schools, he established and serves as Co-Chair of the Digital Journalism Task Force for the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), is Past President of the Detroit Chapter – NABJ and is on the boards of the Detroit Science Center, FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science and Technology) in Michigan (which holds a robotics competitions for students), the Midnight Golf Program and the Alumni Leadership Council of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.Andrew's awards include the Emmy award for weather anchoring from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Spirit of Detroit Award from the Detroit City Council and the Community Service Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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The poor Cleveland Indians are 50-60, 10 games out of first in the division and 9.5 games out of the second wild card spot. They're not going anywhere this year, even though they entered the season with this triumphant retrospective and a slogan to match: "What if?"
So, firmly in the throes of the dog days, Cleveland comedian Mike Polk Jr. decided to make his own version of the "What If" ad. Like anything involving sports in Cleveland, it's the pinnacle of tragicomedy.


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