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Japanese franchises cut loose by overseas brands after serving their purpose
According to Asahi Shimbun's online magazine Webronza, the U.K. apparel maker Burberry has decided to end its long-standing licensing agreement with Japan's Sanyo Shokai in order to develop its own retail outlets in Japan. Sanyo first signed the agreement in 1965, and since then has made Burberry one of the most consistently successful foreign brands in Japan by tailoring the company's line to Japanese bodies and tastes. Though Burberry's famous tartan check pattern is at the heart of Japan's love for the brand — owning a Burberry scarf was, for a time, a rite of passage for Japanese high school girls— Sanyo's main achievement was making the Burberry trench coat a timeless fashion favorite.
In 2006, an American, Angela Ahrendts, became the CEO of Burberry and worked to return the company to its roots as a high-end brand. She downplayed the tartan check pattern, reducing its use to only 10 percent of the product line, and concentrated more on new, original designs. From 2006 to 2013, when Ahrendts left to become senior vice president of retail and online at Apple, the company doubled its sales revenues and tripled its stock price. One of Ahrendts' main concerns was doing away with all the licensing agreements the company had with regional companies. She bought out the Spanish franchise and opened directly owned stores in Spain that have become just as successful if not more so than the franchise business.
As it stands, of Burberry's ¥349 billion annual sales, only ¥18.5 billion comes from franchises, or 3 percent, but after Spain was cut loose, Japan accounts for 60 percent of all franchise business. Burberry obviously thinks it can make more money dealing directly with Japanese consumers, specifically high-end Japanese consumers, since an imported Burberry trench coat costs as much as ¥230,000, while the trench coats that Sanyo makes under its Black (men) and Blue (women) Burberry labels only cost half as much.
Sanyo isn't the first Japanese company that has worked hard and long to successfully popularize a foreign brand among domestic consumers only to be let go by the foreign licensor. Adidas did the same thing with Descente in 1998, and Mercedes Benz eventually took over Japanese sales of its cars from Yanase, who no longer has the import license for Mercedes, only a sales license. However, in Yanase's case the situation was the opposite of Sanyo's. Yanase cultivated Mercedes as a brand only for the well-to-do (leading to the old joke about the cars being the exclusive property of doctors and yakuza), but Mercedes wanted to cater more to middle class buyers and started opening their own showrooms in Japan.
The luxury Belgian chocolatier Godiva, now owned by a Turkish company, is also discontinuing its long-standing licensing arrangement with a Japanese company, the tea importer Kataoka Bussan. Starting in 2015, Godiva will start selling its chocolates at directly owned stores in Japan.
Some franchises suffer more than others. At least half of Sanyo's ¥106 billion annual sales comes from Burberry products, which it sells in 300 dedicated department store outlets, so the loss of that business is a serious setback. The advantage of this model to the overseas brand is incalculable in that, for years, Sanyo took care of all promotion, building the brand to where it is now. For what it's worth, Burberry by far sells more trench coats in Japan than any other apparel maker, domestic or foreign.
The reason these franchises can do this is Japanese consumers' distinct identification with brands, which accounts for some unusual distribution deals, especially for brands that are considered exclusive. The problem for Japanese makers who also count on brand identification is that it seems to be a one-way street.
Japanese brands don't have the traction overseas that they once did. Sanrio has made Hello Kitty famous worldwide, but mainly by giving the trademark to anyone who pays for it. If you buy the rights to Hello Kitty, you can do anything you want with the name and the image. That's good for licensing, but now the company wants to make money from sales, and the transition has proved to be more difficult than Sanrio thought.
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Topic: Happy Easter - 2009
Hi All,
Just thought I'd wish you a happy Easter and may the bunny be good to you... mmm chocolate.
It was like thousands of voices cried out for a sequel and were suddenly silenced...
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Hi All,
Just thought I'd wish you a happy Easter and may the bunny be good to you... mmm chocolate.
Thats ahhhh...thats alot of chocolate.
All hail the Easter Platypus!
I hope everyone has a nice Easter. Me, personally? My least favorite holiday. Less candy then Halloween, long and formal, no interisting TV programs or movies, and I think Easter ham is nasty. Its all wet and mushy and has mustard and sugar plus pineapples on the outside. Ewwwwww. I did paint nice little Boba Fett egg though. I'll take a picture of it before it gets obliterated into deviled egg tomarrow.
Oh, and Zim for the win! <3
Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Working at a grocery store taught me to hate every holiday except this one. Yes, I am in incredible back pain from hauling around tons of eggs (eggs come packed in 24s, and you wouldn't think they'd be heavy, but, they're just about heavier than a case of butter! And those are 36 pounds), and a few times after work I couldn't move and had to just sit there with a heating pad on my back... But I still love Easter. I love the feeling of spring. I love the flowers and the bloom of new life coming back into the world. I love the sun today, which is odd cause normally I don't like sunlight that much. Everything is happy and pretty. A gentle breeze makes it better though. Everyone dresses up in their spring best. You go to church and it's all happy. I mean, today's the day Jesus rose. What's not to celebrate about that??? After all, that is the real meaning behind Easter. It's not all about eggs and bunnies. But you don't have to skip that part either. Cause after church everyone goes down to the park for the easter party and egg hunt and the kids are running around finding eggs and there's bbquing going on and people are talking and having fun. Then you all go home and enjoy your candy and get into other clothes, especially the kids who would ruin their nice stuff. And then later you have a nice dinner. Or you could have your own little egg hunt in your backyard with just your kids. I know a lot of the non-christian aspects of Easter are for kids, but adults can still have fun too. Egg dying, easter baskets, and candy! And this is the time of year where people are trying to lose their winter weight to look good for summer clothes which show a lot more skin than heavy winter coats. So it's a good thing this isn't really a candy holiday. (though you do have to keep me from buying mounds of jelly beans.... why must they be made of fat??) But you know, it's ok that the focus isn't on candy, cause it's not. The point and focus of Easter is, of course, Jesus. But if you're not Christian you can still have fun today with eggs and candy, and that's fine too. Cause today is still partially about new life, spring, birds chirping, flowers starting to come up, leaves starting to come out. It's about coming out of the dead of winter (our life of sin?) into the new life of spring (being born again through Him?). See? Easter is all around a great holiday that everyone and anyone can love and enjoy, for whatever reason you wish. As for me? I love all aspects of it. ....except this stupid back pain....
Oh, btw? If you guys see a floor display of eggs and then right behind that are the EXACT SAME eggs....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE *gets on knees begging* take from the boxes on the floor!!!!! Having to bend down, take eggs from the box, and put them on the shelf, in a constant leaning over state, is 99% of why I have this back pain. (I almost threw up and later almost fainted, that's how bad it got one day) I hope everyone who took from the shelf breaks their back so they know I feel. I even TOLD some people that it's so much easier for me if you took from the box, I made my point to so many people, and yet they watch me fill the shelf from the floor and then watched me rub my back with a look of extreme pain on my face.... and then take from the shelf. And no one will believe me when I say these people are evil.
damn, hollidays just seems like every other normal day to me. I completely forgot it was easter...
Mmmmmmm.....I had roasted lamb for dinner....yumm...
Happy be-lated Easter!
I ate penne alla vodka for dinner....it was goooood. And I had some ham and turkey...yummy
I got two chcolate easter eggs....... one my dad's dog Katie got..... lunged at.......... and ............ consumed...
I got a Maltesers one from my neighbour, Mabel. She's 92 years old!
Also, Val, I think that egg is made from shiny brown marble, not chocolate.
It is very pretty though!
i got the blues brothers movie and soundtrack
anybody seen that?
Oh! I've seen the Blues Brothers! Good movie
A belated happy Easter everybody! Not much happened for me yesterday. Dad and I went out for lunch that was it.
i got the blues brothers movie and soundtrack
anybody seen that?
loads of times.
love that movie...
What's it aboot, Regimas?
a topic for another time, back to Easter-
it's done and dusted
but mine was good. I only got a few easter eggs. But I'm not fussed over Easter. Sure, it's a holiday, but still, it's not christmas or a birthday.
I wonder how much that chocolate coloured marble egg is? ( see top )
I've still got most of my candy (I'm really good at making it last for some reason. I can even make Halloween candy last to Thanksgiving). All the chocolate is melting though. D= Only in Arizona does chocolate melt in April (it can melt in February too, actually).
( lol, CCDF! )
Is chocolate classed as " candy " over in the USA there?
I thought " candy " was just another names for sweets... hmm.
Chocolate is candy. Sweets and candy are basically the same thing. Over there aren't a lot of sweets made from chocolate? Over here almost every kind of candy has chocolate in it.
hmmm, sweets is basically maowams, haribo, sherbet lemon, etc
chocolate is chocolate.......
unless there's haribo stuck inside Cadbury Dairy Milk bars!!!!!!!
here is the chocolate that us brits consume a lot
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so … FXSUixhBOQ
mostly, everyone has the plain ol' chocolate, fruit and nut, caramel etc
I haven't heard of a peanut butter or orange flavoured... lol
You don't know of chocolate and peanut butter?? So you mean you don't know what Reeses is? Reeses are the best, they're my absolute favorite.
I know what Cadbury is, we sell them here too. They're more expensive though. Hershey's is what I eat mostly, it's another chocolate company.
I'm with Miba. Reeses is definitley the best. That's my Kryptonite, I think. I used to love it when Easter came around, because they made those special Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs. But now they also have the Reeses pumpkins for Halloween and the Reeses trees for Christmas. They taste so much better than the regular Reeses cups, I think, because they're big enough to put more peanut butter in them.
"Hey, you got your peanut butter all over my chocolate.....Hey, you got your chocolate all over my peanut butter."
And you know that the Fettster has been a Reeses man since the 80's.
Not a big chocolate guy, but those Wonka bars get me every time
Chocolate is Ok...but Nerds and Everlasting Gobstoppers are AWESOME. <3
Oh, and that is the BEST Reese's wrapper ever.
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From Kigali to Kampala, Dar es Salaam to Dakar, Cameroon to Kenya and across the African continent, new collaborative workspaces and technology hubs are emerging as beacons for the hi-tech hopes and dreams of the continent.
As fibre optic cables continue to lay the foundations for a new era of African innovation, the continent is undergoing a dramatic "tech-hub boom". There are now more than 50 tech hubs, labs, incubators and accelerators across Africa, with a new one springing up nearly every two weeks.
These hubs portray a very different Africa to the one often seen in the media and attract creative, young tech graduates who come in search of opportunity. In most cities, these spaces offer students, programmers, developers, entrepreneurs, creative, investors and techies a place to work, network and create for the first time.
As these spaces become the nerve centres for the tech community, they also become critical international touch-points for those seeking to engage in technology and business in Africa. They are the new points of exchange for long-term expatriates and short-term visitors looking to identify trends, find local talent, and catch the African wave of innovation.
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Joy of the towel elephant: Hospitality industry loves and hates
(CNN) — In many ways our relationship with the hospitality industry is like a fledgling romance.
Sometimes, it pulls some smooth moves, everything clicks and we walk hand in hand into the sunset.
But just as often, its fumbling advances leave us feeling cheap, embarrassed and more than a little concerned about an itchy rash.
So, in the interest of seeing this relationship through its growing pains, here are a few hints about what we'd like to see more of — and less of.
Share your loves and hates in the comments box below.
We love airport taxi driver signs
Foreign airports can be intimidating places.
Humidity hangs in the air, smells hang in the toilets and the mustaches hang off the faces of customs officials.
These can all leave the frazzled traveler feeling disorientated.
So, when we emerge onto a concourse filled with hundreds of baying touts, there's nothing more comforting than seeing a small cardboard sign bearing our misspelled name.
This is our ticket through the chaos.
Instantly, we have a friend and guide to get us through the perilous first few hours, to usher us to an air-conditioned vehicle and navigate the potholed roads that lie between us and our hotel.
And if we're not too choosy about where we're staying, there's no need to book ahead to take advantage of this service.
Few drivers speak our language and will be so bored of waiting, they'll happily accept our claim to be "Goerge Cloney."
Clooney can find his own way to the city.
We hate welcome drinks
Because — after we've traveled halfway across the world in a cramped and airless passenger jet — the last thing we want on arrival at our resort is a glass of sugary punch to swill into the fur-coated hole we used to call our mouth.
Maybe hotel staff think that hot, sticky and uncomfortable guests need hot, sticky and uncomfortable beverages.
But what's wrong with a freshly brewed cup of tea or coffee or a restorative pitcher of beer?
Failing those, a bucket of cold water would do the trick.
We love pillow chocolates
There's a glorious lack of logic to the hotel habit of placing chocolates on pillows.
When we've brushed our teeth in readiness for a snooze, why do we then need a mouthful of sugar?
But for anyone who relishes the joy of a new hotel room — trampolining on beds, raiding minibars, wallowing in bathrobes — pillow chocolates serve to heighten those childish pleasures.
They do, however, present a hazard to those too exhausted to spot them.
Although there are probably hotels somewhere that deliberately cater to this, most guests won't enjoy waking up to find a blotch of warm, brown goo sliding down their cheeks.
We hate bellboys hauling our luggage
We've bounced our suitcase down 6 million steps from our apartment.
We've pulled every muscle in our upper bodies hoisting it into the overhead lockers.
We've survived angry mobs bent on avenging the elderly woman we hospitalized with a careless swing of our backpack.
So why do we now need to tip someone to carry our bags the last 20 meters?
Sure, we appreciate that some frail or lazy folk need a helping hand with their luggage.
But look at us: we're normal human beings, we've made it this far and we can manage on our own.
It's a long shot, but we can probably also figure out how to switch on the lights in our room, flush the toilet and put the large denomination banknote, which is inevitably the only cash we have on us right now, to much better use.
We love towel elephants
"Towel elephant" sounds like a euphemism for an unexpected encounter in the men's steam room, but actually describes a form of origami deployed by some hotels.
This involves folding together a hand and bath towel to produce a cute, fluffy pachyderm, replete with trunk, ears and legs.
Towels have long been at the front line of hotel cost-cutting — usually in the shape of those environmental notices that urge you to reuse them as much as possible — so it's nice to see a bit of attention lavished on them for once.
Just remember to unfold them before use.
There can be few things more distressing to hotel maids than seeing a damp elephant in the corner of the bathroom, its trunk drooping in shame.
We hate hotel music
There are two types of jazz — and they're both execrable.
Neither more so than when they're oozing through a hotel loudspeaker system.
As if it wasn't bad enough to smother us with soft saxophone every time we step into an elevator, many hotels also pursue us down their corridors via loudspeakers embedded in the ceiling.
In psychological warfare, music is often blasted round-the-clock at targets to force them into surrender.
This won't work if the enemy has spent any amount of time in a hotel.
We love the concierge desk
Always smiling, always genial, always ready to serve.
Many of the responsibilities of the concierge are being replaced by the Internet — after all, it's tough to compete with local websites when searching for the best jalapeno-infused margarita in town.
But it's nice to know these service stalwarts are still around to scatter our dog's ashes in the sea and find us life-sized replicas of ourselves made of chocolate at a moment's notice.
We're not making those up.
Click here for a list of bizarre hotel guest requests.
We hate feeble Wi-Fi signals
For most people, an Internet connection is now as essential as having water on tap in the bathroom.
So if you're going to include it in the price of our hotel room, make sure you give us a strong, uninterrupted signal.
If the water slows to a trickle or cuts out every couple of minutes, angry guests will willingly stomp down to Reception, naked apart from a bath towel, to point wet accusing fingers at the manager.
Given that many bored business travelers also use the Internet while wrapped in a bath towel, it's in everyone's interests to ensure they are kept online and their wet accusing fingers are kept out of Reception.
We hate unreliable magnetic swipe cards
Magnetic key cards are easier to carry than clumsy old skeleton keys and when we forget to return them at checkout they're easy to throw away.
But few indignities foisted on us by the hotel industry are as aggravating as returning to the hotel at 11:30 at night after drinks and dinner, crossing the lobby, taking the elevator to the 23rd floor, walking down the hallway thinking of nothing more than that toilet in the room we so desperately need right now … then not seeing that reassuring little green light appear when we swipe our key card.
Wait, did we do that right?
Try it again.
Try the other one.
Do it again.
The other way.
Try the …
Eventually, the only thing left to do is slog back down to the front desk for a "quick fix" to a problem that pops up far more often than it should.
We love free bread sticks
Perhaps love is too strong a word.
But we like them a lot, so do keep them coming while we're deciding what to order.
Yes, obviously some are finding their way into our pockets for later consumption, but after the "towel elephant" incident in Reception and that George Clooney mix-up with the taxi, it could be a while before we're able to sneak past the bellboys and get to eat our pillow chocolates.
What are your hospitality industry loves and hates? Share them in the comments box below.
Originally published August 2012, updated June 2014.
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Earth Day/OK Kids Day
Location: Cross Timbers State Park - Toronto Point
Type: Area School Event
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019
Contact: Kimberly Jones
Phone No: 620-637-2213
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Earth day event held especially for area schools. The students will enjoy Kansas Wildlife, Archery, Shelter Building, and more. Event sponsored by the OK Kids program presented by the Kansas Wildscape Foundation.


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Adam Wexler and Matt Jackson, who have co-hosted KBME's (790 AM) morning talk show since 2009, have been dismissed by the Clear Channel-owned station and will be replaced in morning drive by Lance Zierlein and Adam Clanton.
The change, which was disclosed in a memo distributed by Clear Channel, is effective Monday and is part of a drastic shift in the station's weekday lineup.
The most drastic change, aside from the dismissal of Wexler and Jackson, is the insertion of Jay Mohr's syndicated Fox Sports Radio show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., breaking up what had been an all-local lineup from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Zierlein, who most recently has worked afternoon drive with Charlie Pallilo, worked mornings with Wexler and Jackson from August 2011 through September 2012, will now be paired in the morning with Clanton, the former KPRC (Channel 2) and KILT (610 AM) host who joined the station in March to work an evening shift.
Former NFL linemen Greg Koch and N.D. Kalu will now work from 9 to 11 a.m., followed by the Mohr show. Midday host Matt Thomas will now work from 2 to 4 p.m., and Pallilo will return to hosting a solo show from 4 to 7 p.m.
Jackson and Wexler were not immediately available for comment, and Eddie Martiny, general manager of Clear Channel Houston, did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the changes.
The website Inside Music Media has reported that Clear Channel will lay off 624 employees nationwide. The website Inside Radio reported that cuts will hit hardest in the programming department, focusing on program directors, music directors and air staff.
UPDATE: A note of clarification: Bryan Erickson, Clear Channel's director of AM programming, has objected to a phrase in the original post that said the changes were "announced" by him in a memo to advertisers. While Erickson's name was signed to the memo describing the changes in the KBME lineup, the actual distribution of the information came through another Clear Channel e-mail account. This entry has been edited to reflect his objections.


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The next FAT meeting is going to be on the 9th of this month at 7pm in the cafe. We now have a new (if temporarily out of action), 4th kitchen manager (me), which is a new update. So brave the cold and bring your (warm) thinking caps and come get involved in the direction of the Forest!
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Fifteen faces for the future
Green Guide compiles a list of underrated Australian talents who have made a big impression on the small screen.
Jane Harber
IN a St Kilda cafe, we are trying to remember where, when and who started the most recent round of nonsense about women not being funny.
We're stumped, until Jane Harber moves things along. ''I don't know,'' she says with animated impatience. ''An idiot started that, a moron.''
Forthrightness and directness come naturally to Harber, who is best known until now for her role in Offspring, as the fiery, temperamental and, until she had a baby with Jimmy Proudman (Richard Davies) in the season-three finale, fiercely independent nurse Zara.
Harber, 27, became involved in theatre as a student at Wesley College. Touring South America and Thailand with Handspan Theatre at age 13 ''made me fall in love with theatre and acting''. She had bit parts in Neighbours and the final season of The Secret Life of Us, where as Ryan Johnson's sister she got to spew on Stephen Curry.
More memorable was playing Rodger Corser's girlfriend in the first Underbelly, after which she took herself to acting schools in New York and LA before landing a role in the first season of Lowdown.
Spinoff webisodes built around the oddballs who gather at the nurse's station in Offspring gave her a taste for loosely scripted, shot-on-the-run comedy. Those muscles are being given a workout in her latest part in the deft character comedy A Moody Christmas.
As the disenchanted girlfriend of Hayden (Guy Edmonds) and tentative love interest of Hayden's cousin Dan (Ian Meadows), Cora is at the centre of a complicated love triangle, as well as the flummoxed interloper at the increasingly chaotic Christmas parties of the dysfunctional Moody family.
Unsurprisingly, Harber draws inspiration from the new wave of female actors who are charged with shaping their own shows. Among them are Tina Fey (30 Rock), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) and Lena Dunham, whose Girls is ''up there as one of my favourite shows of all time''.
It's the awkwardness, frankness and willingness to put no-go topics such as abortion, sex, weight and body image on screen that she so admires in Girls. ''I know guys like that,'' she says of Dunham's on-screen boyfriend Adam, whose post-coital first response is to offer her a Gatorade. ''And she's like, 'What flavour?'''
''There are people on that show who look real. I think what it's showing is that if you like their characters and find them attractive and they don't have their clothes on they don't need to look like porn stars. ''
Brenna Harding
WHEN the cast list for Channel Ten's Puberty Blues was announced, there was a lot of focus on the big names. But it was Brenna Harding as Sue who ended up both making, and stealing, the show. Just 16 and with an understandably limited CV - an episode of My Place, a short stint on Rafters - she was compelling as the plainer, more contemplative, more troubled of the two best friends. Whatever she does next, we know it'll be good.
Aaron Jeffery
MOST people recognise the face from McLeod's Daughters and the New Zealand-born actor has - like so many in the trade - been something of a ''Hey! It's that guy!'' in any number of local dramas, from Wildside to Wild Boys. But as Frank ''Tink'' O'Rourke in Underbelly: Badness, he really showed us what he could do, demonstrating a wonderful combination of toughness and vulnerability in the kind of understated performance we'd love to see more of. He's now working a two-month stint on Neighbours; next up, he's a corrections officer in the Prisoner remake, Wentworth.
Zoe Tuckwell-Smith
PLAYING Miss Goody Two-Shoes - without becoming boring or repellent - is a tough gig, but Zoe Tuckwell-Smith absolutely nails it. Channel Seven is actually very good at finding relative unknowns and giving them a break, and as Bec in Winners & Losers - Tuckwell-Smith's first big role after doing the rounds of Australian dramas - she brings genuine sweetness without ever being saccharine. The depth she brings to what could be an anodyne role really impresses.
Lincoln Younes
NEVER underestimate the talent lurking in our soaps. For a lot of people - especially the under 25s - Lincoln Younes is simply Casey Braxton. But his previous gig was as troubled teen Romeo Kovac in the classy high-concept Showcase drama Tangle. There, as the son to Ben Mendelsohn's equally troubled Vince, he beautifully embodied the sins of the father and he brings much of that combination of heartache, frustration and simmering testosterone to his current role. A genuine leading man in the making.
Nicholas Bell
ALTHOUGH the name is not instantly familiar, you would recognise him immediately - the bald head, the quizzical, slightly pointed features, the air of quiet vulnerability. Born in England, Bell has worked extensively in Australian theatre, film and TV for more than 20 years. He's your go-to villain (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Jack Irish) but he's remarkably versatile, moving effortlessly between comedy (The Games) and drama (Satisfaction). It'd be great to see him tackle a meaty lead role.
Russell Dykstra
BEST known as a stage actor and playwright, Dykstra has only occasionally appeared on TV, usually in minor roles. But two seasons of Rake has changed that. He is unforgettable as Barney, the long-suffering friend and colleague to Richard Roxburgh's insufferably unreliable Cleaver Greene. Dykstra manages to find the perfect balance between the comic, almost farcical elements of scripts and the genuine drama and pathos. Hopefully, casting agents now see him as more than just a character actor.
Nicole da Silva
SENIOR Constable Stella Dagostino was the wild child of Rush's rapid-response team. The ideally cast da Silva has a tomboyish athleticism that worked well for Rush, but she can do the glamour, too, as she demonstrated in Carla Cametti PD. Da Silva arrived via a multi-episode stint in All Saints, but made her mark as the reckless EC in the drama Dangerous. Her smile can light up a scene, but she excels at characters with an edge. Next she is Franky Doyle in the Prisoner remake, Wentworth.
Dan Wyllie
PLAYING the elusive object of desire for Kat Stewart's Nat in the final season of Tangle, Dan Wyllie invested his character with remarkable depth. Chub was a smooth charmer, but Wyllie managed to suggest the murky depths that lurked beneath the well-polished surface. He has great range: he can do unsettling evil, easygoing domesticity (Puberty Blues), or goofy comedy. In Love My Way, he also showed off his leading-man credentials. He should get that chance more often.
Beth Buchanan
Beth Buchanan deployed her pert, pretty face and doll-like eyes to great advantage as Rita, the quixotic, on-again, off-again girlfriend of Alex Burchill (Adam Zwar) in Lowdown. A blithe yet calculating spirit, Rita can be simultaneously infuriating and adorable and, with the role, Buchanan (Blue Heelers, Neighbours) demonstrated a light touch with comedy and a capacity to play the margins, never allowing Rita to lose her charm.
Blake Davis
DAVIS burst on to the scene playing gay teenager Richie in The Slap, but in Tangle we saw the emotional maturity and adolescent awkwardness that the actor - who is about to turn 21 - could bring to the screen. Richie was Connie's friend who mistook loyalty for consequences when he disseminated an ugly lie about Hector, but it was his vulnerability rather than malice that we took away.
Anthony Hayes
IN The Slap, Anthony Hayes did something extraordinary. He turned Gary, the resentful father of the slapped brat Hugo, into a man who inspired empathy. Hayes gave him depth and dimension. It was a standout contribution from an actor who's served an extensive TV apprenticeship: Beaconsfield, Jack Irish and the mini-series Bikie Wars - in which he displayed a brooding, volcano-about-to-erupt quality. Hayes does menace well, excels as a knockabout bloke, and can also bring substance to a fleeting support role.
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
IF THERE was one thing to take from last year's Underbelly: Razor - aside from Anna McGahan's audacious turn - it was Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, playing Melbourne criminal Norman Bruhn with chilling intensity. Demonstrating his range, this year he was superb in Puberty Blues as Martin Vickers, the seemingly amiable father with a bad haircut and a wandering eye. He epitomised the show's darker side and its near-constant undercurrent of suburban angst.
Leah Vandenberg
LEAH Vandenberg ended her stint on Play School two years ago after 250 episodes. However, after Adam Zwar's comedy series Lowdown and Agony Aunts, we now know she does Sarah Silverman-esque funny - deadpan, withering, scathing, with a touch-of-honey one-liners that leave you wincing as they register. Her reply to the date from hell who inquired when she last had sex - ''4pm'' - without batting an eyelid, remains one of the funniest TV moments of this year.
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Scunthorpe United prevailed 2-1 after a thrilling finish at Stevenage, where there were two injury-time goals.
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Scunthorpe United prevailed 2-1 after a thrilling finish at Stevenage, where there were two injury-time goals.
Eddie Nolan put the Iron ahead on the stroke of half-time before Michael O'Connor looked to have sealed the points late on. However, Boro hit back immediately through substitute Josh Walker to set up a tense finale.
Scunthorpe had the better of the first half and deservedly went in front. It was two minutes into stoppage time when Garry Thompson touched the ball neatly to Nolan and he crashed home an unstoppable shot from just outside the box.
Chris Day had been by far the busier of the two keepers. The Iron had twice gone close but Day came to the rescue as he saved from Shane Duffy and Oliver Norwood.
At the other end, Sam Johnstone saved well from Scott Laird's driven shot.
After the break the heat appeared to take its toll and chances dried up somewhat, although Mark Roberts went close for the hosts when he saw a crisp drive fizz just past the post.
The visitors effectively wrapped up victory in the first minute of stoppage time as O'Connor guided home a neat shot to make it 2-0, although Stevenage did have the last word as Walker pulled a goal back to set up a frantic finish.


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MAVEN Paces Through Prelaunch Prep
By Anna Heiney, NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft, better known as MAVEN, is slated for launch Nov. 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Upon its arrival at Mars in Sept. 2014, MAVEN will spend a year seeking clues into the disappearance of atmospheric gases believed to have resulted in climate change on the Red Planet.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft delivered MAVEN to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 2, kicking off prelaunch preparations. Shortly after the spacecraft arrived in Kennedy's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, its parabolic high gain antenna and science instrumentation were installed.
On Aug. 13, MAVEN was powered on for the first time since reaching the Florida spaceport.
With launch only 11 weeks away, the pace of prelaunch activities has intensified. The MAVEN spacecraft and its two sets of power-producing solar arrays have been going through a series of checkouts and tests. Each solar cell was examined, cleaned and repaired if necessary, and testing of the arrays continues, leading up to reintegration with the spacecraft later this month.
Once in space, MAVEN must be able to orient itself, aim its instruments in the right direction, carry out steering maneuvers to communicate with Earth and stay on its Mars-bound course. Before sending the spacecraft on its way, the processing team must verify critical systems to ensure the spacecraft will be able to perform these tasks during its journey. MAVEN's steering thrusters and star-tracker guidance system have been tested and the final flight software is installed.
While MAVEN continues through its prelaunch paces, its ride to space is undergoing its own preparations for liftoff. The first and second stages of the Atlas V rocket arrived at Florida's Port Canaveral on Aug. 26 aboard United Launch Alliance's barge, the Delta Mariner.
Both stages were trucked from the port to a hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center, or ASOC, on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. In late September, the stages will be moved to nearby Space Launch Complex 41 for stacking, and the protective payload fairing will arrive from its manufacturing location in Harlingen, Texas.
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If you're lucky or just old, you can remember the classic stand-up arcade era, where Pac-Man machines stood next to Defender and/or Donkey Kong and people lined up for the chance to play. Those same machines have become collector's items now and there's money—and stories—attached to each one.
That premise is what drives High Score, an in-development reality show that focuses on TNT Amusements, a Pennsylvania showroom that specializes in the acquisition, restoration and sale of old, coin-operated video game machines. The video above is a sizzle reel to help the show find a home on a television network. There's clearly a reality show template at work here, like American Pickers or American Retsoration: find person who has/wants thing, find or make desired things, have staff do their crafty things to desired thing, deliver finished desired thing. Still, the most fascinating part of the clip above is watching TNT's staff crack open the coin-ops of yesteryear and seeing how they restore the machines to their optimal states. Or, they'll just shove them off the roof. Painful. Come, cable networks: if we can get hour after hour of z-list celebrities doing stupid crap, then surely High Score can get on the air, no?
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The challenge is for National Sportsmanship Day . . . for One Theme, Three Scrappers. Steph has pulled this challenge together and I love her idea! I think that hunters must abide by good sportsmanship just as athletes in competitive sports should. I am making this into a two-page layout with more journaling on the second page.
This layout uses a photograph of our youngest son from a couple of years ago on our farm. He loves to hunt and loves to fill his freezer to feed his family. Fortunately, they love to eat deer, turkey and fish! Im a fan of Butterball myself!
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CD-i: Back in Time for a Dime
>> Friday, December 29, 2006
Recent months I think The Black Moon project has managed quite some attention from especially Retro Gamer, a UK published magazine dedicated to the old 16-bit, 8-bit and even older game consoles. You remember the charity auction with very exclusive material about the Zelda CD-i games! As I'm not living in the UK, I was never able to find myself a copy... To my surprise, when I was walking by the local AKO bookstore, it was the first time around I saw one copy of the latest Retro Gamer in stock here in the Netherlands! Ofcourse you've already read the project news from The Black Moon project, so you know this very issue has eleven pages dedicated to CD-i! That's quite some attention for an underrated console like CD-i, nowhere considered even as a game console by itself! The magazine was pretty expensive by the way (12,50 euros), but just for CD-i's sake it's worth it. As Devin sais: "This really is THE RetroGamer for Philips CD-i! Black Moon is pretty damned proud to be a part of it as well."
I'm also preparing a tutorial about CD-i Emulator, and I'm happy to see also Retro Gamer spent a page to explain it as I feel the CD-i Emulator is pretty complicated to use. The article starts with a lengthy introduction using the Black Moon articles of Super Mario's Wacky Worlds and with some great insights from Dale DeSharone who worked at Spinnaker Software and Animation Magic (look at the games from the CD-i Zelda auction). I'm happy to see Retro Gamer doesn't trash the CD-i as layman's Defunct Games does, starting with "The CD-i is known though misunderstood by nearly everyone." This is going to be great. I don't know why they quote Philips as "technically the second oldest company in the world to dabble in games, after Nintendo which is two years older", as far as I know this is not true: Philips was the first one to produce a videogame (as Magnavox), even Nintendo started their business in videogames by selling the Magnavox Odyssey video system in the first place. "CD-i was just obviously not a game system and Philips was actually very clear in telling us that it didn't believe the market for this device was games". Excellent quote from Dale who hit it right on the spot and points out the misunderstanding of most people why they feel the CD-i failed.
Devin even hints in the article to an (upcoming) interesting story: "A CD-i 2 was on the drawing board and Philips even commissioned Argonaut to produce the 3D Processor" When you link Argonaut being the core team behind the SNES Super FX chip, I'm very sure you want to track down a copy of Retro Gamer to read all this!
To complete the issue, the coverstory is about the classic "Galaxian" which has been converted about a million times. Ofcourse we all know Galaxian was included in CD-i's Arcade Classics. While an expensive magazine, if you like CD-i, this is a magazine for you to buy.


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NCSF Newsletter
2nd Quarter 2011
In this issue
- NCSF's Coalition Partners Meet in Cambridge
- Annual Meeting Letter From the Chair
- Hosting the Annual Meeting
- New Coalition Partner, FetFest, Launches Ticket Donations
- Creating Change at Creating Change
- Why KAP (Kink Aware Professionals)
- Affecting the Law In California
NCSF's Coalition Partners Meet in Cambridge
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom held its annual Coalition Partner meeting in Cambridge, MA from March 26-27, 2011. The CP meeting was well attended by 23 Coalition Partner Representatives, the entire Board of NCSF and the senior staff. The Coalition Partners voted in the new Board of Directors for NCSF, approved the 2012 budget, and brainstormed on NCSF's projects and goals for the coming year.
The CP meeting was preceded by a training-the-trainers day for NCSF's Education Outreach Project on March 25th. The EOP training was attended by 15 EOP presenters who were updated on the 20+ workshops that teach you how to protect yourself, your groups and events or your businesses.
NCSF's board consists of 9 members elected by our Coalition Partners to 2 year rotating terms. 4 additional seats are appointed to 1 year terms by the board. The board has 2 remaining seats to fill by appointment and we expect the board will appoint the seats at the next board meeting on May, 12th. The Board of NCSF currently consists of:
Leigha Fleming - Chair - Denver, CO
Vivienne Kramer - Treasurer - Boston, MA
Laura Carlson - Secretary - Boise, ID
Jim Fleckenstein - Hearndon, VA
John Baku - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Julian Wolf - Albuquerque, NM
Kevin Carlson - Boise, ID
Mark Richards - NYC, NY
Mercury - Nashville, TN
Steven Johnson - Dallas, TX
Susan Wright - NYC, NY
Kevin Carlson, NCSF Board Member, received the Volunteer of the Year Award for his tireless and countless hours on the brand-new, 21st century NCSF Web site. Check it out: www.ncsfreedom.org
NCSF gratefully acknowledges the hard work of Opn, Coalition Partner Representative for Mob and NELA, who acted as the weekend community organizer and arranged complimentary meeting space, found volunteer Mobster shuttle drivers for attendee travel to the meeting venue from the hotel, solicited meal sponsorships from local groups, and co-hosted the Saturday night play party with another Mobster and her Queer PlayCon (www.queerplaycon.com) co-producer.
NCSF would like to thank:
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NCSF & The BDSM/Leather/Fetish Communities Launch a Legislative Campaign
In March, 2011, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) became aware of pending legislation in California, intended to further protect victims of domestic violence, that could seriously impact consensual BDSM activities between adults involving use of hoods, gags and the like. This legislation, while well intentioned to better protect domestic violence victims in incidents involving "strangulation" or restricted breathing, includes broad language that could be used to selectively prosecute consensual BDSM between adults.
NCSF and our communities fully promote and support protection of victims of domestic violence. NCSF has been in touch with the Senator's office introducing the legislation and has proposed alternative language that would better protect both victims of domestic violence and practitioners of BDSM.
NCSF launched a letter writing campaign online, at LLC and at IMsL to support legislative efforts. The leather community rallied at these events to gather over 400 letters from Californians in support of this legislation to submit to the California Senate. To find out more about his campaign and to submit a letter, visit our site.
Coalition Partners as of March 2011
Adventures in Sexuality (Columbus, OH) * Albany Power Exchange - APEX (Albany, NY) * Arizona Power Exchange (Phoenix, AZ) * Barone Photo Art (Perkasie, NY) * Black BEAT Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland) * Black Rose (Washington, D.C.) * Boise BDSM Society (Boise, Idaho) * Brandon Longwood (Maryland) * CAPEX (Gastonia, NC) * Center for Sex Positive Culture (Seattle WA) * Club X (San Diego, CA) * DC TNG (Washington DC) * DFW PowerExchange (Dallas, TX) * DLH Productions - (El Sobrante, California) * Eau Claire Munch (Bloomer, WI) * Evergreen Leather Events (Kenmore, WA) * Females Investigating Sexual Terrain (FIST) (Baltimore, MD) * FetFest by Born Lucky Productions (MD/DC/VA) * Fox Valley Coalition (Neenah, WI) * FetLife (Worldwide at Fetlife.com) * The Group in Fresno (Fresno, CA) * House of Decorum (Greenville, SC) * Iconic Bondage Productions (North Carolina) * International Ms. Leather (IMsL) * Kevin Carlson (Boise, ID) Knights of Leather (Minneapolis, MN) * LA Noble (New Orleans, LA) * Leather SINS (Chicago, IL) * Leigha Fleming (Denver, CO) * Lesbian Sex Mafia (New York, NY) * The Mark by CPI (Nashville, TN) * Midwest Alternatives (Lincoln, NE) * Midwest Fantasy Adventures (Chicago, IL) * Minnesota Kinky Youth (St. Paul, MN) * Minnesota Stocks, Debentures, and Bonds - MSDB (Minneapolis, MN) * MN Rope - (Minneapolis, MN) * MOB New England * Mollena.com, (San Francisco, CA) * New England Dungeon Society - NEDS (New England) * New England Leather Alliance - NELA (Boston, MA) * New Mexico Leather League (Albuquerque, NM) * OhioSMART (Cleveland, Ohio) * The Red Chair (Birmingham, AL) * Riverbound (Iowa/Illinois) * Robin Spector (San Leandro, CA) * Scarlet Ranch (Denver, CO) * The Sanctuary (Dallas, TX) * The Siege (Tennessee) * SINZ Social Networking * smOdyssey, Inc. (San Jose, CA) * Society of Janus (San Francisco, CA) * Swingers Date Club (North Carolina) * TABU Social Club (Baltimore, MD) * TES (The Eulenspiegel Society) (New York, NY) * Threshold (Los Angeles, CA) * TNG Baltimore (Baltimore MD) * The Treasure Coast Kinksters (Stuart, FL) * Tulsa Dungeon Society (Tulsa, OK) * Windy City Boys Troop (Chicago, IL)


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The totals are in from Georgia College soccer's "Think Pink" Night, fundraising for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the Bobcats raised over $1,000 for the cause.
Georgia College raised funds through T-shirt sales, auctioning off the pink gameday jerseys, and through straight donations for the Oct. 19 game against Armstrong, and the coaching staff couldn't be more excited.
All proceeds went to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in the name of Athletic Department Administrative Assistant Patti Weimer, who is battling stage one breast cancer.
"Breast Cancer is a terrible disease that affects almost everyone, either through their family, friends, or on an individual level," said assistant coach Mary Byrne. "This year our girls wore pink uniforms, pink socks, and the field was lined with pink paint; all the efforts of this event raised an amazing amount for Susan G. Komen. I am so proud of my players for their efforts in making this a great event, but I am also thankful for everyone who donated to this worthy cause."
Byrne has her own special addition to the cause, as for the second-straight year, the former Bobcat player and current assistant coach participated in the Susan G. Komen Three-Day for The Cure. Byrne participated in the walk for three days in Atlanta, her second year of raising funds through the event. She's raised over $2,500 each year for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
"I lost my Aunt many years ago from breast cancer, so raising money for research has always been something close to my heart," Byrne added. "The Susan G Komen 3-Day for the Cure, a 3-Day 60 mile walk throughout Atlanta, is another way I personally get involved. Every effort is helping to make this a world without breast cancer."
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Musicians and vendors set up in the streets to sell their wares. Steel drum players were on every corner, people in colorful costumes danced in the streets to the calypso music. I wandered by them, taking everything in. The girls were beautiful, dressed in bright colorful dresses. One girl danced up to me and threw several beaded necklaces around my neck. She laughed as she pulled me into her dance, I tried to follow along, but she was too fast for me. I laughed and threw up my hands as I wandered over to where a vendor was cooking some kind of meat on a kabob. It smelled wonderful. I bought one, and stood to the side while I ate it. I love listening to the musical voices of the local people mixed in with the metallic sound of the steel drums. It sounds like a rhythmic, living song. A small parade of people wearing shiny masks danced by. They threw candy and more beads to the crowd as everyone cheered and yelled for more. After about a half hour I had twenty strands of beads around my neck.
As it grew later the streets became more and more tightly crammed with people and it got harder to get around. Normally the crowds would have bothered me, but I was too distracted by the Mocko Jumbies. I'd read earlier that the meaning comes from Moko, an African god, and Jumbi, which is a West Indian term for good spirits or ghosts, so they are "Good Gods" or "Good Spirits." They danced in the streets on high stilts and wore colorful costumes with masks. Their presence was said to be a blessing, to mock evil spirits and scare them away. I was fascinated by how well they could dance on their high stilts to the lively Calypso of the steel pan drums. As they danced they touched people's hands and posed for pictures. One of them danced over to me and I held my hand up, but then froze. He was wearing a mask, but I knew those eyes. He was the taxi driver who gave me the necklace. He winked at me, but before I could say anything he danced away.


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This week, Marah Eakin, Genevieve Koski, and Nathan Rabin look for redeeming value in the third season of MTV phenomenon/trainwreck Jersey Shore. Is it a harmless trifle or the end of civilization as we know it? Unintentional comedy or human tragedy? Should it end now or go on forever? One thing's for certain: It's T-shirt time.
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Baltimore, MD (March 13, 2014) – Prichard's Distillery, the first craft distiller founded in Tennessee in the past 50 years, has exclusively appointed Aveníu Brands to oversee their national distribution and marketing efforts. Founded by Phil Prichard in 1997, Prichard's is a family-owned business that has enjoyed continuous growth over the past ten years.
"We are thrilled to add Prichard's to our portfolio of family-owned, quality-driven brands," stated Andrew Mansinne, President of Aveníu Brands. "Like Prichard's our company embodies generations of family ownership, and we pride ourselves on supporting the growth of their craft tradition through our national distribution and marketing network."
"We have been overwhelmed by the positive response to our efforts to revive the grand tradition of hand-crafted Tennessee whiskies, rums and liqueurs," adds Prichard. "We've grown significantly since our launch in 1997 and we conducted an extensive search to find a true partner to support our next phase of brand expansion. Our focus is on the simple and elegant craft of distilling the best spirits, and working with the expert team at Aveníu Brands we look forward to making Prichard's available in many more markets."
The Prichard's family legacy dates back over five generations to 1822 when Benjamin Prichard of Davidson County, Tennessee passed his "still, tubs and utensils thereto" to his son Enoch. Benjamin Prichard perfected ancient pot still techniques to make his Tennessee whiskey with a naturally high sugar content white corn as the malt base and pure Tennessee spring water.
Using many of the same quality ingredients and centuries-old techniques, Prichard's crafts the finest Tennessee whiskeys and rums. Prichard's Distillery is an award-winning producer of Prichard's Double Barreled Bourbon, Double Chocolate Bourbon, Tennessee and Rye Whiskies, Sweet Lucy and Sweet Lucifer Liqueurs, and a comprehensive range of aged, spiced and flavored American Rums. The company owns two distillation facilities: the historic distillery based in Kelso, Tennessee, and a new distillery facility inaugurated in 2014 in Nashville.
For more information about the agreement between Aveníu Brands and Prichard's Distillery please contact Helen Gregory, firstname.lastname@example.com, or call (718) 403-9473/ cell (646) 621-3559.


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SupaEZ, I am sorry but I don't understand what you are talking about!!!!! All I can tell you is that the CORE 17 was as powerful as the INFINITY V1, but still was not as fast. Now the INFINITY V2 blows the Core Riot XR2LW 17M away in power and once again turning speed. And also if you compare it to the CORE RIOT XR2LW 19M then I think they have the same power but once again the INFINITY V2 is way faster then the 19 M CORE. Which means the v2 is more fun then the 19 meter CORE. But now the INFINITY V3 will blow the CORE RIOT XR2LW 19M for its light wind performance and still will be as fast as the INFINITY v2. So the real test will be the INFINITY V3 against the CORE RIOT XR2LW 19M.
Also, the only time I can kite with the INFINITY v3 prototype on the water in (2 to 4 knots) will be only with an SUP board. And also this is not for every one. In (2 to 4 knots) on the SUP you need to know what you are doing. But if it is blowing (7 to 9 knots) will be on the OXYGEN v2 board or the REEF 5'7" surf board.
But once again Mr.SupaEZ, please show us some videos of you on your kites in 2 to 4 knots. Because you and every body else have seen so many videos on the INFINITY v1, v2 and now v3 in action but me and every body else never seen any of your videos backing up what you are saying about kiting in light wind.
So please SupaEZ, get off your computer, get your best light wind kite and go do something productive. Then come back to your computer, down load the movie that you just did in 2 to 4 knots and then we can talk. But with out videos, testimonials from other kiters and proofs, there is nothing else to say except bringing up this topic to the top every time.
Oh and by the way good luck with your light wind kite in 2 to 4 knots. Make sure there is no wrinkles at all on the water and make sure you have few people on the beach that will back this up. I had 12 people that seen the entire thing happening in front of them. And few more drove to the parking lot to come and witness what was going on after seen a kite in the water going up wind in NO WIND.


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The plurality of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say Rochester is in "fair" condition, but nearly 60 percent say the city is in better shape than it was two years ago before Mayor Thomas Richards took over.
Richards' State of the City address Monday night at the School of the Arts was his second since being sworn in as mayor in April 2011 after a special election to replace Robert Duffy, who became lieutenant governor.
A year ago, Richards said Rochester was "stable, strong and moving forward despite the expected and unexpected challenges," including a multimillion-dollar budget gap. This year's State of the City address was titled, "Rochester, a City Transformed."
Forty-four percent of readers say the state of the city of Rochester is fair, compared with 37 percent who answered good. Just 2 percent answered excellent, compared with 17 percent who said poor.
In the area of economic development, half say Rochester is in better shape when compared with two years ago; 15 percent think it is in worse shape.
The city's fiscal management gained favorable reviews. Roughly 57 percent say it's better than before Richards took over, compared with 36 percent who see no change and 7 percent who answered worse.
Nearly half of readers-48 percent-say the city's public safety is worse than two years ago, compared with 29 percent who said better and 22 percent who said unchanged.
Nearly 500 readers participated in this week's poll, which was conducted May 6 and 7.
Overall, what is the state of the city of Rochester today?
Excellent: 2%
Good: 37%
Fair: 44%
Poor: 17%
In general, how does the state of the city of Rochester today compare with two years ago, when Mayor Thomas Richards took office?
Better: 58%
Unchanged: 33%
Worse: 9%
In each of these specific areas, how does the state of the city of Rochester compare with two years ago:
Economic development
Better: 50%
Unchanged: 36%
Worse: 15%
Fiscal management:
Better: 57%
Unchanged: 36%
Worse: 7%
Public safety:
Better: 29%
Unchanged: 22%
Worse: 48%
Mayor Richards is the right man at the right place at the right time.
—Larry Glazer, Buckingham Properties
We need more creative and positive thinking. More BIG thinking.
—Eric Bourgeois
We need to be more business-friendly.
—Dan Cannan, Cannan Alexander & Scott
Brick-and-mortar projects do not make a city successful. The sign of a successful urban environment is one where the residents can receive a good education and the streets in all areas are safe. Without an innovative educational agenda and a proactive police force, our great city's future is limited.
—Michael J. Lebowitz, real estate broker
Mayor Richards is using some good business plans to go forward. We need more businesspeople to help run government. They understand income (taxes) have to come from the people.
—Harold H. Ley, Rochester sales representative, Appliance Associates of Buffalo
When are we going to get it? Until we improve the public schools, nothing else matters. What is the state of a city with a school system that graduates under 40 percent? We don't even ask ourselves if we are doing better. Does economic development, fiscal management or public safety matter if our kids can't read, write or count well enough to feed themselves?
—Jay Birnbaum
If you focus on out-of-town developers, the economy is fantastic. Our city government continues its build-at-any-cost mentality, which has never been a long-term solution for any city—ever. If we do not start focusing on people instead of projects, we are going to be in much worse shape than we are now.
—David Atias, Green Rochester
Every time someone comes up with an idea for helping the city and its downtown, it gets wrapped up in endless bickering and conflict. The downtown transit station, Renaissance Square, Midtown, etc., all seem to go nowhere because our "leaders" can't agree on the time of day. In the midst of this, the city continues its death spiral as the population flees for suburbs with better schools and fewer open-air drug markets and the violent crime they create. Add the anti-business culture that neighborhood activists bring to any proposal for development, and you have a toxic perfect storm for killing jobs and investment. No wonder the city has pretty much emptied out and looks good only if you hold it up to Buffalo and Detroit.
—Bob Sarbane
Mayor Richards is doing a very fine job in a very challenging role. I don't think it's wise to change horses right now, given the scope of the issues facing the city, especially since Mayor Richards has earned another term by having demonstrated fiscal prudence, leadership expertise and the imagination to envision a positive future for the city.
—Carolyn Phinney Rankin, president and creative director, Phinney Rankin Inc.
City Hall needs to focus on much more than just balancing the budget. We need to turn around the city's economy, and it in order to do so, Rochester needs to learn from cities that have successfully revitalized themselves. While City Hall is focused on the successes in downtown and the southeastern neighborhoods, we need to pay attention to the vast majority of the city neighborhoods that are still in varying stages of decline. We need to pay more attention to the problems that are causing people to move out of once stable neighborhoods. Enforcement of code violations and quality-of-life problems is seriously lacking. The city has focused on new downtown housing while largely ignoring the much larger population (and tax base) in the neighborhoods. We need to focus more effort on attracting and growing industrial and office employers into the city. We can't base a revitalization strategy on a small number of new housing units focused downtown. To really revitalize downtown, we need to improve transit in order to bring more people into and around downtown without parking (and thus encourage more development).
—DeWain Feller
Mayor Richards is a fine gentleman who has done a decent job with the budget using the traditional fiscal tools. However, he can't see the forest through the trees. It appears the city is facing many millions in budget shortfalls for the coming and future years. Mayor Richards insists that we don't need a financial control board because we are better than Buffalo; think again, Mayor Richards! Yet Buffalo has shown surpluses over recent years because of the financial control board. Mayor Richards says that a financial control board would take power away from elected officials. However, most of our elected officials have been hijacked by the big special interest groups primarily sponsored by public-sector and quasi-government unions. Buffalo had a similar problem until the financial control was instituted and took away some decision-making from irresponsible elected officials. The result is a commercial property owner in the city of Rochester pays an approximately 35 percent higher property tax rate than the city of Buffalo. It seems like Buffalo has the best of both worlds: lower commercial property tax rates and a consistent budget surplus. I think Mayor Richards should educate himself and reconsider a financial control board.
—John Rynne, president, Rynne, Murphy & Associates Inc.
It's all about schools.
—Jay Ross
The only bright spot is private investment—solid investors making efforts to meet an upper-end housing market while taking smart advantage of available tax incentives. Poverty is up; schools are dismal; jobs are lacking; too much hunger; public transportation is pretty good, but residents have nowhere to go. What happened to the "Albany connection" with Bob Duffy? Other than her newsletter, where is Louise (Slaughter)? Even (Sen. Charles) Schumer has had difficulty finding a camera. Voters are strangely silent; politicians are padding retirement accounts; promises are generally unkept; and remarkably, voters must be satisfied because they elect from the same shopworn group of politicians who have little vision, no power and fear only the loss of their pension. Rochester gets less money from Albany and Washington than similar-sized cities, balanced only by promises of what will come next time. Aah, but we have some terrific festivals and music!
—Bob Miglioratti
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The Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Tourism has launched a project called "Night at the Museum " on the whole national territory , which includes the extraordinary opening fee , from 20.00 to 24.00 , some museums , monuments and archaeological sites state of exception, every last Saturday of the month until the end of the year.
Adhere to state museums of Venice, the Accademia Gallery and the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca ' d'Oro.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia , besides admiring the museum's permanent collections , with the same ticket will visit the exhibition " Leonardo da Vinci, the universal man ' , a collection of 52 autograph drawings to which they approach other works who want to express extraordinary importance that Leonardo was able to impress his followers and successors.
At Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca' D'Oro are two ongoing exhibitions : " Da Giorgio Franchetti Giorgio Franchetti . Collezionismi to the Ca 'd'Oro " – a comprehensive collection of Italian post-war works with the heirs of public museums and Italian in comparison with the collection of antiquities collection of Baron Franchetti senior who donated the Ca' d'Oro State – and the precious exhibition "Treasures of the Venetian Ghetto " dedicated to a select group of silver restored the Jewish Community of Venice.
For a full list of events and institutions participating in the initiative in Italy www.beniculturali.it consult the website or contact the toll-free number 800991199 MiBAC


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A Thanksgiving Miracle
A look at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the alumna who makes it fly
Editors note: Amy Kule '87 delivered the 2012 Ithaca College Commencement address on May 20, 2012. Watch the webcast of the ceremony by visiting ithaca.edu/commencement/cablecast.
By Robin Roger
In a scene from A Miracle on 34th Street, Doris Walker retires to her glamorous apartment after planning the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and leisurely watches the event unfold below.
"It's not true!" says Amy Kule '87, executive producer of the parade. "I oversee a team of 150 people, and we're all working crazy hours that are frankly unnatural."
Putting It Together
On a day when many people have stuffed themselves with turkey and all the fixings, and are getting ready to plop themselves on the couch for a day of relaxation, all of Kule's efforts from the past year are culminating in a day of gloriously ordered chaos.
A history major at IC, Kule started out at Macy's as director of special events, organizing in-store programs, coordinating everything from personal appearances to fashion shows, large cooking shows, and mobile marketing campaigns.
Last year Kule took on what Macy's considers its "jewel" events: the Fourth of July Fireworks and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Before she got the job at Macy's, she said that organizing the parade was a big mystery to her.
"As somebody just watching, you don't think, 'How did they do that?'" Kule says. "I didn't think about the nuts and bolts until I got here."
The planning process starts more than a year before each parade, and Kule is looking as far ahead as 2026, the event's 100th anniversary.
"It's funny, because people do believe that a few days before Thanksgiving we reach into our studio and pull out everything that should come down the parade route," Kule says. "The process to build a balloon or float could take a few months, but the process of planning the parade takes years. Every year we look to see what can be new and different."
Parading the Numbers
Marking the 10th anniversary of September 11, Kule performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony with the "children of 9/11" — children who were born after their fathers were killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
There are 50 balloons in each parade. Together the balloons contain 400,000 cubic feet of helium.
Each balloon flies for a minimum of three years.
Some 850 clowns are trained by professional clowns from the Big Apple Circus at Macy's Clown University.
Nearly 250 pounds of confetti drops on the spectators.
About 1,600 cheerleaders and 24 Rockettes take part in the parade.
Hundreds of marching bands apply, sending in footage of their best marches. A committee goes through each application. Only 10 are chosen and the bands are given two year's notice.
The event was originally called Macy's Christmas Parade, and each year the parade still ends with a visit from the one and only Santa Claus, which marks the beginning of the holiday season.
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I attended the Ithaca College 2012 Graduation Ceremony earlier today (my niece was a doctoral candidate) and heard Amy Kule's commencement address. It was both humorous, self-effacing, and ultimately incredibly inspiring. I hope the college is able to post a YouTube video of the address as I would like my daughter, a sophomore at Ithaca (and unable to attend today's ceremony) to hear Amy's story, the path taken, what she learned, and the valuable lessons and advice that she shared with all of us -- they were truly words to live and shape your life by.
Thank you so much for your comment. I'm glad you liked our commencement speaker! A video of the ceremony can be viewed at this link:
Amy Kule's speech begins at 1:30:45.
- Robin Roger
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Higher Education Action Plan
Emergency Planning Webcast
Teaching Foreign Languages
NCLB Update
Single-Sex Regulations
International Education Week
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
Higher Education Action Plan
During the last two weeks, Secretary Spellings presented her action plan for improving the accessibility, affordability, and accountability of America's higher education system at three different venues. First, on October 23, she addressed students and faculty at Ohio State University's John Glenn School of Public Affairs. "In 1957, the year I was born, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and set off the space race. Senator Glenn and many others risked their lives to secure America's leadership on this new frontier.... Today, we have no symbol as obvious as a Russian satellite streaking through the sky to galvanize our nation to action, but there are many smaller signs approaching on the horizon. The world is changing faster than ever. We must act to make sure our system of higher education remains the best in the world..." (http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2006/10/
10232006.html). Then, on October 26, she delivered remarks at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. "For generations, a college education has meant the difference between a life lived on the edge of promise and one lived in the full embrace of the American Dream. Among college graduates, the unemployment rate is a mere two percentcompared to 4.6 percent overall. Moreover, the earnings difference, between a worker with a college degree and one with a high school diploma, is almost 40 percent" (http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/10/
10262006.html). Finally, on November 2, she keynoted the National Symposium on Postsecondary Student Success, a three-day forum on what constitutes success and what factors impact the chances of success for different types of students in different types of institutions ( http://nces.ed.gov/npec/symposium.asp). For more information on the plan, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/09/09262006.html.
In other higher education news:
- The College Board recently released its annual analysis of the cost of colleges and universities. For the third consecutive year, the average increase in tuition and fees at four-year public schools slowedincreasing 6.3 percent from 2005-06 to 2006-07, versus 13 percent in 2003-04, 10 percent in 2004-05, and seven percent in 2005-06. However, adjusting for inflation, costs are still up 35 percent from five years ago. The group also unveiled a report on student aid (finding total aid is up but not keeping pace with costs) and a supplement to a 2004 study on the monetary and non-monetary benefits of higher education (finding men ages 25-34 with bachelor's degrees earned 63 percent more than those with high school diplomas, while for women that age the difference was 70 percent). For more information, please go to http://www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/150634.html.
- "Where Are They Now?," a new study by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), provides a detailed overview of the status of 1992-93 college graduates 10 years after graduation. Specifically, the study looks at five areas: graduate education (by 2003, 20 percent had earned a master's degree), employment, opinions about education, family status, and civic participation. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007159.
- The Department's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) has announced it will establish up to four negotiated rulemaking committees to prepare regulations under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The last of four regional hearings to solicit issues that should be considered by these committees is scheduled for November 8 at the agency's Washington headquarters. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/
Emergency Planning Webcast
In follow-up to the Conference on School Safety, the Department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) will host a webcast (November 15, 1-2 p.m. ET) to review emergency planning and share ways schools can help mitigate, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis. Details on the webcast, including registration and how to submit questions, will be posted shortly at http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/.
Teaching Foreign Languages
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (November 21, 8-9 p.m. ET) will feature a conversation with experts from school districts, associations, and other organizations about what is being done in our nation's schools and communities to ensure that students graduate with the ability to communicate in critical languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, and Hindi. The benefits of studying foreign languages are well known, from expanding one's view of the world to improving one's knowledge of one's own language. And, in a world where security and economic and political success depend on mutual respect and understanding, it is vital that American students learn additional languages. Yet, less than one percent of American high school students study any of the critical-need languages. That is why the President proposed, and the Department is helping implement, the National Security Language Initiative, designed to dramatically increase the number of Americans learning critical foreign languages. Just last month, the agency awarded $22 million in grants to states and school districts. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
On October 23, in Ohio, Secretary Spellings announced the first of 16 Teacher Incentive Fund grants, totaling $42 million, to be awarded through the coming weeks. The funding will provide financial incentives for teachers and principals who boost student achievement in high-need schools (where at least 30 percent of students are receiving either free or reduced-price lunch). The funding will also be used to recruit effective teachers to those schools, especially for hard-to-staff subjects like math and science. The goals of the program are two-fold: to improve student achievement by increasing the effectiveness of teachers and principals and to increase the number of high-quality teachers for minority and disadvantaged students. Another $43 million in grants will be awarded next spring. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/.
Concerning teachers, the "Secretary's Fifth Annual Report on Teacher Quality" gathers data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas on such items as the completion rates for regular and alternative route teacher preparation programs, state teacher assessments and certifications, and use of emergency licenses and waivers. The 2005 data shows states have made considerable progress toward the nation's goal of a highly qualified teacher in every classroom as well as describes areas that need improvement. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/teachprep/.
Today, as part of Education Trust's 17th National Conference, the Secretary will help honor five "Dispelling the Myth" schools. For more information, please go to http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/Press+Room/DTM+Winners+2006.
Single-Sex Regulations
Recognizing that some students learn better in single-sex environments, the Department last week released amended Title IX regulations that grant more flexibility to offer single-sex classes, extracurricular activities, and schools at the elementary and secondary education levels. Title IX regulations have always permitted school districts to provide single-sex schools under certain circumstances. The new regulations expand on this exception and make it easier to offer additional choices while still upholding non-discrimination requirements. Interested schools must have an "important objective," like improving the educational attainment of students; provide a "substantially equal co-educational class" in the same subject; make student enrollment in a single-sex class completely voluntary; and re-evaluate their single-sex programs every two years. The regulations take effect on November 24. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/10/10242006.html.
International Education Week
This year marks the seventh annual celebration of International Education Week (November 13-17), jointly sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Education and State. This year's theme is "International Education: Engaging in Global Partnerships and Opportunities." Keeping with that theme, the Education Department is partnering with NASA to highlight the importance of a rigorous math, science, and foreign language curriculum. The agency will also link up with local schools to showcase foreign language studies. For more information, please go to http://iew.state.gov/.
Quote to Note
"The world is changing faster than ever, shrinking distances and barriers between people. And the ramifications are felt across every aspect of our society. For example, issues we have always put in a domestic policy box, such as health care and education, have taken on global dimensions. This is seen in our efforts to combat diseases such as pandemic flu and AIDS and also our work to prepare students for a world where what you know means far more than where you live."
|Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (10/26/06),
delivering remarks for DePauw University's Discourse 2006
Upcoming Events
November is National American Indian Heritage Month, honoring American Indians and Alaska Natives who have added to the character of the U.S. For more information, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/
20061030-16.html. (For a list of relevant FREE resources, see http://www.ed.gov/free/past/2005/111.html.)
On November 15, NCES will release results from the Trial Urban District Assessment in science. Ten school districts participated in this pilot effort. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.
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Anyway, my staff and I were already pretty excited about the release of the four issue CBGB comic already… with stories from Jamie Hernandez, Kieron Gillen, Chuck BB, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Sam Humphries, Rob G, and the rather awesome Scissor Sisters songstress Ana Matronic? How could we not be?!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 263 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
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Well respected 45 year old Boston personal injury law firm designing a new website and looking to create a logo to match - - project will most likely lead to business cards and stationery as well. The image of the firm is that of a high powered law firm (good size with lots of resources and experience - vs. the typical small solo practitioner). Looking forward to seeing an award winning design! Thank you!
Basically anyone injured in an accident from someone else's negligence or wrongdoing. We are also catering to other lawyers and law firms with the goal that they refer business to us that is either too complex for them to handle (if they do personal injury law already) or if they do not do this area of law at all. I want to cater to the average Joe as well as the sophisticated client or lawyer who is searching the web for the right law firm.
1) Very PROFESSIONAL and CORPORATE looking - and at the same time SLEEK - HIP - MODERN. It needs to have a large corporate law firm feel, but not be old and stuffy. It should REALLY stand out. Our website talks about how we stand out from the rest of the personal injury lawyers and we need to portray that in our logo.
2) Don't really want the use of the scales of justice (VERY typical).
3) It could/should say in smaller writing "The Law Offices of" above our name or something like that. You can be creative here.
4) A tag line on the logo (perhaps under our name) should say
Over 45 Years of Personal Injury Law Success
5) Our new concept home page can be found at http://www.exclusiveconcepts.com/cl…ckups.html
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On this you will see our home page and in the top left is where the logo will go. Please use the page and its colors for color reference.
6) To get more insight of our firm, you can look at our current website and review pages to get an idea of what our firm is about at http://www.joelhschwartz.com.
Looking for a very creative design. Thank you!
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