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Pre-engineered metal carports shield your cars, RVs, ATVs, livestock, commercial and agricultural equipment from weather elements along with enhancing your property in Sapulpa, OK, thus offering you a great return on investment for your hard-earned money.
Buying a metal carport is a big decision as it will be installed on your property, most probably next to your house. A wise decision will not just improve the view of your land but also add value to its price. We have identified your pain areas and your needs and they inspire us to offer the most affordable and premium quality metal carports, enclosed garages, lean-tos, clear span metal buildings in Sapulpa, OK right at your doorsteps with free installation facility.
METAL CARPORTS PRICES Sapulpa, OK
You're ready to buy a metal carport, but you're not sure about metal carport prices in Sapulpa, OK? Steel buildings are among the most affordable types of structures, which often cost less than any other buildings or storage units. Every metal carport cover provides great value, but there is a difference in each building price that you buy based on various factors.
The most important ones are selecting the correct building type and dimensions that include the width, length, and height. Yes, the height of your building is also a factor to be considered while pricing an enclosed garage or a clear span metal building. Apart from these common features, the extra elements that you add such as garage doors, walk-in doors, insulation and extra mobile home anchors based on the building foundation you select also affect the price of a metal carport.
When you want to protect your cars, motorhomes, horses, boats and agricultural equipment, pre-engineered metal buildings are highly recommended. Buying low maintenance metal carports, enclosed steel garages, lean to carports in Sapulpa, OK instead of squandering your money on wooden buildings is a wise decision due to metal over wood benefits such as:
Average life of a metal carport is nearly about 30-40 years with low maintenance, whereas wooden buildings have a life span of 15-20 years with high maintenance. Viking Steel Structures offer 20 years rust through warranty on every metal structure we sell, which means more than 50% of your metal building life is covered.
Metal structures are flexible and can be designed based on individual needs due to their flexible building pattern.
Pre-engineered metal structures are manufactured in parts, these parts are also referred as steel building components which make a complete structure. Every component is a separate entity thus you get the flexibility while designing the steel structure to fine-tune these components based on your necessity.
Wood is expensive and involves high maintenance costs, which can be as high as the twice the amount you have paid for the building. Whereas, metal is less expensive which makes it cheaper than wood and involves practically less maintenance cost. When you are looking for affordable prefabricated workshops, horse barns, enclosed garages, carports in Sapulpa, OK, steel is what you should prefer against wood.
Metal doesn't shrink, split, swell, twist, is insects free and doesn't decay, which makes metal carports, horse barns, enclosed garages a great low maintenance solution to all your needs.
The custom-building options we provide include building size, option to add custom ends and sides which can be open, half closed, gabled, or fully-enclosed. Further, you can also add a roll-up garage door, walk-in door or a window in your building to enhance the aesthetics and create a quick way for you or your equipment to enter the building. Our customization options offer you the opportunity to choose the perfect pre-fabricated metal carport in Sapulpa, OK that suits your needs and can be customized in an affordable way that meets both your budget and requirements without having to settle for an expensive and maintenance-heavy alternative.
Our steel buildings are environment-friendly and we do understand that living in an extreme weather will require a robust steel structure to give the right protection.
Our buildings are made from top-quality American steel and these buildings don't get damaged easily like wooden structures are prone to damage.
PLACING AN ORDER IN Sapulpa, OK
Our building experts will help in identifying your purpose for the metal building and advise the best out of metal carports, enclosed metal garages, clear span building, commercial buildings etc. The next step would be to identify the state you live in and the requirement of a certified building. Next, you can select the roof style and determine if you want the building to be fully enclosed, or half closed or just have the best metal carport. Once you identify the important elements of your building, you can select the color of your metal carport, clear span building and you are ready for the purchase in Sapulpa, OK. We will quickly process your order in easy steps and complete your top metal building purchase.
RENT TO OWN METAL BUILDING PROGRAM IN Sapulpa, OK
Are you planning to buy a horse barn, side entry garage, two car carport, or an RV cover? We have setup a quick and easy Rent-To-Own program that lets you afford a customized metal structure to provide shed to your belongings. You can select from our wide range of pre-fabricated metal buildings and rent them until you own them. Monthly installments, no credit check, instant approvals and flexible payment options are available to convert your rental into a purchase at any time with no penalty in Sapulpa, OK. These are some of the benefits offered by Vikings Steel Structures in their rent-to-own program. Call us to know more in Sapulpa, OK and rent-to-own your building now.
METAL CARPORT INSTALLATION IN Sapulpa, OK
A flat land does not mean that the land is leveled. Before installing a building, you need to make sure that your installation site whether it is Ground, Concrete, Asphalt or Gravel should be leveled properly in Sapulpa, OK. An un-level installation site may cause various issues such as cleaning of the building, entry doors not closing properly, and difficulty in squaring the building. If the site is not leveled, it's the installation crew who has to level the land which may cost you additional dollars on the building for which you have already paid. Installation surface also affects the cost of your building which means, if the site has a concrete base, concrete wedge anchors will be installed with your building same is the case for other bases Mobile home anchors are always recommended when installing a metal carport or metal barn on ground, asphalt or gravel. We offer free delivery and Installation for your building in Sapulpa, OK right at your doorstep. Our trained team of installers will come to your site and assemble the pre-fabricated building you purchased in Sapulpa, OK.
METAL CARPORT WARRANTY IN Sapulpa, OK
When you buy a metal carport or enclosed garage from us, you get a 20-year limited warranty on rust through of frame assuming normal user care/maintenance. There is another condition with the warranty, if you alter a purchased unit, it voids the warranty that is offered for metal carports in Sapulpa, OK.
Look no further if you are looking to buy or rent-to-own a pre-engineered metal carport, utility building or even a commercial building that you want to own. Trust the name; Viking Steel Structures and give us a call at 877-801-3263 to know more about the ordering process of carports, metal sheds, loafing sheds, garages, metal barns or motorhome covers in Sapulpa, OK.
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Archdale Library Book Sale
Saturday, November 13, 2010
9:00am to 1:00pm
This year, we are changing our book sale pricing and structure.
Starting at 9:00 am on Saturday, you can fill a plastic grocery bag (that the library provides) with any of the books, dvds, videotapes, etc. for $10.00 a bag!

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Someone on Formspring asked me about the bracelets I always wear, and I was talking to Christina and she was telling me about her bracelets that she wears daily too. I currently wear 6 different ones, Each has its own meaning to me and my past, I thought I'd share them with you! No they don't smell (that is a common question I'm asked!) and No I never take them off! I even had my festival bands on at my Dads wedding!
Reading Festival 2006+2007 wristbands: Yeap, I still have these on, 4 years and counting! Reading Festival 2006 was the first time I ever went to a festival, and it was amazing. I met so many amazing people and have such brilliant memories from it. From finding a trampoline with my friend Sara and then never finding it again, Hugging Carl Barat and petting his poorly arm and singing Bohemian Rhapsody with like 1000 people!
Freshers Fest 2008 Sheffield Hallam: From my short but well loved stint at Sheffield Hallam University. It makes me think of the city and the people I met their. Its a shame I left because I kinda regret it now, However its still memories!
Black beaded bracelet: Ivor gave me a bracelet like this on the first ever date we went on. Silly I know but it was kinda "our" relationship thing, When I was in New Zealand last year my baby brother, Zak, kept playing with it so I took it off to give it to him to play with, Of course because I'm so used to having it on my wrist I thought nothing of it until we got to a Motel and I hadn't got it. It had fallen out somewhere along the way and I was so upset I couldn't stop crying! However months later Ivor actually found me an indentical one and now I have it back!
Turkish Eye: They are supposed to protect you from bad spirits and that, So my mum bought me one when I was being troubled by really bad dreams and little bit of depression, Maybe it didn't really help but it does remind me that Im always protected from things and I shouldnt worry as much as I do!
Jesus Bracelet Thing: I'm really not sure what the correct name for this is but if you know please correct me! My mum bought me a wooden one when I firsted started being with Ivor, Ivors a right posh boy, well he went to private catholic school and my Mum thought I should get one too impress him! However that one broke eventually so my Step Dad bought me this plastic one in Turkey when we went a few weeks ago!
I'm always adding and taking away from the wrist, But those are the ones that really stick with me, Do you have anything you wear daily? Or something that means so much to you and holds all your memories? Let me know!
PS. Will get back to everyone regarding my new little project, If you follow me on Twitter you'd know already, I'm at Ivor's right now and hes bugging me to get off the laptop so we can watch a movie! Will be posting about it tomorrow or Friday as I've got a day off! Yayyy!


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1963 Plymouth Savoy Post Car - Reincarnation
A Former Race Car Is Transformed Into A Show Car Street Cruiser
Bob VonSee, a New York City crane operator from Fair lawn, New Jersey, picked up this project car from a friend who had taken care of it for 21 years. This '63 Plymouth Savoy post car was a race car in its former life, and when Bob started work on the car, he carried that theme over with his restification. It's a hardcore performer down to its core, but it has a softer side that includes drop dead good looks that place Bob in the upper echelon of car show entries.
Since Bob was buying a former race car, he knew the Plymouth was only a rolling chassis. The body was in outstanding shape and didn't even have a hint of rust. It did, however, need some work. The floor had been cut up from previous transmission swaps. At one time, it was an automatic car, then it was switched to a four-speed car, and once again, it was changed back to an automatic. So he just decided to replace the floors entirely and start clean. The fenderwells were hacked up from running fenderwell headers so they were replaced along with the trunk, which had been butchered for the fuel cell. The 16-year-old paint job was applied by Fantastic Auto Body. Bob didn't even have to touch it because it was in such fine shape. It's a red PPG base/clearcoat.
The front suspension still uses the factory .810-inch torsion bars with 90/10 Competition Engineering shocks. For the rear, Super Stock springs and Caltrac traction bars are used with 50/50 Competition engineering shocks. All these parts get the job done at the strip. Making sure it looks the part are Weld Pro Stars dressed in the proper attire, Mickey Thompson front runners, and rear Sportsman tires. Outback, the 8 3/4-inch rear uses Richmond 4.56 gears and Moser axles.
Inside the B-Body are custom grey and black velour door panels that match the bucket seats, which were found in a junkyard. The gauges are all Auto Meter with a custom bezel just behind the Grant steering wheel. Five-point racing harnesses are attached to the eight-point rollbar and keep Bob and his wife, Diana, securely inside the Savoy. The welcoming cabin was completed with a replacement carpet kit from ACC.
Bob decided he would build a 440 himself, but during the process that displacement swelled to 500 ci. To achieve this magical number, the block was bored .030-inch over and a set of JE pistons were thrown in and attached to Eagle rods. The rods use Chevy rod-ends to minimize the amount of clearancing needed on the block for the long stroke. A 440 Source forged Platinum Series 4.15-inch stroke crankshaft rests securely in the mains. Total compression comes out to 10.5:1. Topping things off are a pair of cast-iron 906 cylinder heads. Bob gave them some bowl work and mildly ported them to match the Edelbrock Dual-Quad intake manifold. Crane valvesprings and 1.5 roller rockers actuate the Manley swirl polished 2.14 intake and 1.81 exhaust valves. Telling the valves what to do is a Mopar Performance Purple Shaft cam with a .509-inch lift and a 110-degree lobe separation angle. The 500 cubes exhale through a custom 3-inch exhaust that was built by Mufflex Exhaust. It uses stainless steel MagnaFlow mufflers and aluminized pipe. A set of conventional 1 3/4-inch Hedman headers are used-a far departure from the fenderwell headers originally installed on the car. Finally, a pair of Carter 625-cfm carburetors completes the big-block power combo.
Bob lucked out by finding a car in such great shape, but it did take him two years to finally finish his vision on this B-Body. In its current setup, he is able to run an 11.50 at 122 mph in the quarter. These days, the Savoy's duties are to win and attend car shows. This former drag car has a new home, but its performance racing heritage can still be felt.
Fast Facts'63 Plymouth Savoy Post CarBob VonSeeFair Lawn, NJ
Mopar Power
- Engine: Bob assembled the engine himself. A stroker 440 pumps out 500 ci. The '68 block was bored .030 over and uses JE pistons, Eagle 6.760-inch rods, and a forged 4.15-inch crankshaft from 440 Source. A Mopar Performance Purple Shaft cam has a .509-inch lift, 242-degree duration, and 110-degree lobe separation angle. Cast-iron 906 heads were mildly port matched and received bowl work. The valvetrain handles the large cam with Mopar Performance valvesprings and Crane 1.5-ratio roller rockers. The exhaust leaves the engine through 13/4-inch Hedman headers with 3-inch collectors. Bob had Mufflex fabricate a 3-inch exhaust with aluminized pipe and stainless steel MagnaFlow mufflers.
- Fuel, Air, Spark: Providing the fuel is a pair of 625-cfm Carter carburetors. The factory intake was replaced with a high-flowing Edelbrock dual-quad manifold, and the ignition system was upgraded with a Mallory UniLite distributor.
- Transmission: Dave Johnson rebuilt the four-speed, and it's shifted with a Hurst shifter using a pistol grip and a Ram twin-disk clutch.
- Rearend: A beefy Chrysler 8 3/4-inch rear with 4.56 Richmond gears and Moser axles.
Sure Grip
- Suspension: The front uses the fac-tory .810-inch torsion bars with Competi-tion Engineering 90/10 shocks. The rear has Super Stock springs, Caltrac traction bars, and 50/50 shocks.
- Weld Pro Stars are a proven performer at the strip and on the street, and the 15x3.5 front and 15x15 sizes mean business. They wear Mickey Thompson front runners and 33x18.5x15 Mickey Sportsmans in the rear.
High Impact
- Fantastic Auto Body sprayed the Savoy with red PPG basecoat and clearcoat 16 years ago.
- Interior: The black carpeting was replaced with a kit from ACC. The seats were sourced from a junkyard and covered in custom grey and black velour, which also covers the door panels. An eight-point rollbar increases safety and incorporates a harness bar with five-point racing harnesses. The dash was updated with a full set of Auto Meter gauges.


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Violence to Animals in Film
Portrayals of violence, cruelty or harm to animals in films.
Heads Up, Ears Down
This blog accurately identifies depictions of violence and cruelty toward animals in films. The purpose is to provide viewers with a reliable guide so that such depictions do not come as unwelcome surprises. Films will be accurately notated, providing a time cue for each incident along with a concise description of the scene and perhaps relevant context surrounding the incident. In order to serve as a useful reference tool, films having no depictions of violence to animals will be included, with an indication that there are no such scenes. This is confirmation that the films have been watched with the stated purpose in mind.
Note that the word depictions figures prominently in the objective. It is a travesty that discussions about cruelty in film usually are derailed by the largely unrelated assertion that no animals really were hurt (true only in some films, dependent upon many factors), and that all this concern is just over a simulation. Not the point, whether true or false. We do not smugly dismiss depictions of five-year-olds being raped because those scenes are only simulations. No, we are appalled that such images are even staged, and we are appropriately horrified that the notion now has been planted into the minds of the weak and cruel.
Depictions of violence or harm to animals are assessed in keeping with our dominant culture, with physical abuse, harmful neglect, and similar mistreatment serving as a base line. This blog does not address extended issues of animal welfare, and as such does not identify scenes of people eating meat or mules pulling plows. The goal is to itemize images that might cause a disturbance in a compassionate household.
These notes provide a heads-up but do not necessarily discourage watching a film because of depicted cruelty. Consuming a piece of art does not make you a supporter of the ideas presented. Your ethical self is created by your public rhetoric and your private actions, not by your willingness to sit through a filmed act of violence.


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Solitaire engagement ring in yellow gold: simple and elegant, but with rounded edges on either side of the center stone to give it an artistic and contemporary feel as well. This ring looks great without being overwhelming, and it's also versatile -- set it with a diamond of almost any shape.
Classic, simple solitaire engagement ring in 14k white gold. This ring is a great value at $345 and will leave plenty of room in your budget for your center diamond. The band has been designed to be comfortable to wear as well as beautiful to look at! You can set this ring with a diamond of any size and shapes.
The classic solitaire engagement ring with 2 interesting twists: (1) this ring is handmade and (2) the six-prong setting adds modern flair to this setting. This band is a nice width, not too wide and not too narrow. Round diamonds only!
The details make this pave engagement ring one of the most popular settings. Pave diamonds cover most of the 14k white gold band, tapering in at the shoulders to emphasize your center diamond. Milgrain detailing on the edges of the band adds an antique feel, and a scrollwork design around the basket-style prongs adds flair. This ring can be set with a round diamond between .75 and 1.5 carats.
Timeless solitaire engagement ring in beautiful platinum with contoured edges to add a slightly modern touch. Shown here with a princess-cut diamond, but can also be fit with a round or asscher cut diamond.
16 pave diamonds stud the band of this gorgeous ring, adding additional sparkle and accenting the center diamond of your choice. Shown here with a cushion-cut diamond, it can also be set with a diamond of any shape.
This classic solitaire engagement ring in platinum is designed to be comfortable to wear with its rounded inner edges. Set this ring with a diamond of any shape and you'll have a beautiful, lasting piece of art.
12 channel-set diamonds add sparkle to the platinum band that decorates and holds your center diamond. The channel-set diamonds are round, but you can choose a diamond of any shape to set in the center of this ring.
Basic, stylish, and beautiful. Not to mention, the price can't be beat! At only $180, this ring will leave plenty of room in your budget for an amazing diamond!
Simple and elegant, this classic solitaire engagement ring in proudly displays your center diamond in all its glory with the four-prong setting. The 18k white gold band will sparkle along with your diamond -- you can choose a round, princess, Asscher, cushion, emerald, oval, or radiant cut diamond for this ring.
Stunning engagement ring with 3 sidestones on either side of your center diamond to add additional sparkle and emphasize the beauty of your center stone. This ring can be set with a diamond of any shape.
Exceptionally crafted, this engagement ring is a dazzling combination of styles that blend perfectly together. 8 channel-set princess cut diamonds decorate the side of the band and come up to meet the 2 bigger princess cut side stones at the top. In between the 2 side stones will be your center stone, a princess cut diamond of your choice.
Beautiful, full-sized pave diamonds decorate the band of this spectacularly sparkling platinum engagement ring. Choose a round, princess, asscher, radiant, or cushion cut diamond to set in the center of this ring and you'll have an amazing engagement ring!
Very nice engagement ring with 8 channel set diamonds that taper up to the center diamond to make a bow tie shape.
Simple and elegant, this solitaire engagement ring in platinum allows your diamond to take center stage. The four prong setting lets more of your center diamond's brilliance to shine through to please the eye. You can choose a round, princess, cushion, Asscher, emerald, oval, or radiant cut diamond.
Beautiful engagement ring with 12 channel set diamonds surrounding your center diamond and a gorgeous 18k white gold setting. This one begs compliments! Any shape or size diamond will fit on this ring.
This solitaire engagement ring tapers in to emphasize your center diamond. The inner edges on this 18k white gold setting are rounded in order to maximize wearing comfort, and the basket is a cathedral style setting to showcase your diamond. This ring can be set with any shape diamond.
Absolutely stunning ring with 2 princess cut sidestones and 10 round pave diamonds to complement the center diamond of your choice, which can be any shape. Great value for the money!
Simple but striking, this platinum three stone princess cut engagement ring gives you complete control as you can select all 3 diamonds.
This solitaire engagement ring features a 18k yellow gold band to provide a gorgeous contrast to the center diamond that you choose to grace this ring. This setting can be set with a round, princess, cushion, Asscher, emerald, oval, or radiant shaped diamond.
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El Capitan
Availability: made to order (5-8 days)
Dimensions: 70"w 1"d 24"h
Assembly: none required
Freight: $41.00 or less*
Uniquely interesting and definitely modern! El Capitan is produced with high definition photography with artistic digital enhancement. The process for framing and mounting is called Archival Gold which provides extra protection from moisture and dust particles. The photo is mounted between a clear acrylic panel and a Sintra backing board. A stainless steel frame is mounted to the back of the Sintra so the piece can be hung on the wall. El Capitan is made to order so please allow approximately 2 weeks for delivery!


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It's time for another book haul! This month, I did go a little crazy with not one, but two Book Outlet orders and ended up with nineteen new books. Three (and a half) of which I've already read. And only two of them are sequels to books I haven't read yet. Baby steps, right?
Here are all the books I added to my library in April:
Normal People by Sally Rooney. This was my Book of the Month pick for April. I've been seeing this around quite a bit, and I'm definitely curious. Plus, it made the longest for the Women's Prize for Fiction this year, and I tend to love those books.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. Something you should know about me: if I listen to a book on audio and enjoy it, I almost always end up buying a physical copy. Which is exactly what happened with this one. It was just really fascinating, and I think I might want to go back to it once all of the Theranos movies start coming out.
The Killer in Me by Olivia Kiernan. Detective thrillers aren't usually my thing, but I did enjoy the first book in this series. I'm looking forward to reading more.
The Last Man by Mary Shelley. I love Mary Shelley, and Frankenstein, and I thought it might be interesting to read more of her work.
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He. I definitely fell for the hype (and the beautiful cover). And of course, I haven't read it yet. But I will. Eventually.
The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin. The Immortalists was one of my favorite books of 2018, and I've been meaning to read Benjamins debut novel. I honestly have no idea what this is about, but I love her writing so much that I don't really care.
The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth I by Alison Weir. I've been a fan of Alison Weir for about a decade at this point. I love her fiction and nonfiction, but I really want to read more of her novels outside of the Six Tudor Queens series – I love them, but there's more to read. And I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth I.
Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Victor Hugo. I won't lie, I picked this up after the Notre Dame fire. I'm pretty sensitive to the loss of history, and I couldn't help but feel sad (the fact that I had literally read about the burning of the fictional Kingsbridge cathedral – in The Pillars of the Earth – the same day didn't help). Also, I've never read anything by Victor Hugo, and this seemed a little less intimidating than Les Mis (we just won't talk about my three copies of that one).
NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior by Eliezer Sternberg. Maybe I will finally understand why I buy so many books. Seriously, I probably should not surround myself with so many stacks of books when I live so close to a fault line. If there's an earthquake, I might die under a pile of books.
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon. For someone who watches a lot of documentaries about psychopaths, I've read very little about them. What exactly is a psychopath? I thought it might be interesting to find out from someone who is both a neuroscientist and an actual psychopath.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I still haven't read The Nightingale, even though it's been on my shelves for years, but I couldn't resist this one on Book Outlet. I keep buying historical fiction I think I'll love, and then not reading it because I know it'll make me cry.
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood. Margaret Atwood? Yes. Shakespeare retelling? Also yes. I had to.
The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America's Courtrooms by Kevin Davis. This combines two of my favorite things: neuroscience and true crime. I'm especially fascinated with the brain chemistry of murderers, so I feel like this one will turn out to be very interesting.
Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart. I read this one a while ago (I think I borrowed the ebook from the library), and saw the hardcover for less than $2 on Book Outlet. Why am I compelled to own every book I've ever read (and about a thousand I haven't yet read)?
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. I just finished my first Ken Follett book, The Pillars of the Earth, and loved it. I've been gradually collecting the Century Trilogy from discount bookstores, and finally found book two! So now I can binge read this intimidating historical fiction series. Just not right now. (Seriously, The Pillars of the Earth is a 40-hour audiobook and it destroyed me. I'm not ready.)
The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri. I am not just a bibliophile in the sense that I love the stories of books, I truly love the entire package. And I'm really curious to see what Lahiri has to say about the external design of books.
The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker. Okay, this is the second book in a series I haven't started yet. Don't judge me. I have a problem. Also the covers are so good! Plus, vikings. I needed it, okay?
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. I am planning on finishing the Binti series soon, and want to read more by Nnedi Okorafor because I love her writing. Not just because her cat has the best Twitter.
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Yet another book I read and loved and needed to own. This one is just as good as We Should All Be Feminists.
That's it for this month! Which book(s) from this haul do you think I should read first?


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The Matthew Pillsbury City Stages Portfolio offers a paean to the craft and visionary potential of large-format, black-and-white photography as well as to the vibrancy of the cultural landscape at a transitional moment—a moment in which our very relationship to that landscape is increasingly mediated by omnipresent screens. Over the past decade, Pillsbury has built several extensive bodies of work—Screen Lives, Hours, and City Stages—that deal with different facets of contemporary metropolitan life and the passage of time. Working with black-and-white, 8-by-10 film and long exposures, Pillsbury captures a range of psychologically charged experiences in the urban environment, from isolation—tuned into our tablets, laptops, televisions, and phones—to crowded museums, parades, cathedrals, and even protests.
Working primarily in New York but with forays to Paris, London, Venice, and other sites, the precise and concrete rendering of cityscapes, iconic landmarks, and interior spaces in his images provides a stage-like setting for the performance of human activity. Thanks to the extended exposures—some as long as an hour—the actions of both individuals and crowds are blurred and transformed into pure gesture and energy.
Aperture Foundation has partnered with the artist and Amanasalto, Tokyo, to craft the Matthew Pillsbury City Stages Portfolio. Each portfolio includes six exquisite platinum prints from the artist's different series, accompanied by a signed copy of the artist's first monograph City Stages (Aperture, 2013). The prints and signed book are presented in an elegant clothbound clamshell case, limited to an edition of thirty-five copies.
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Drag on, warrior.
Hawaii rocks! Sun, surf, all the poi you can eat – what more could you ask for? Island life is the way to go, unless you're Tom Hanks. But what if Hawaii was the last land mass on Earth, surrounded by endless water? Would paradise still seem so great?
The island of Estard in Dragon Warrior VII exists in such a waterworld reality, though it isn't truly alone. Hidden in the past are islands long forgotten, lost to tragedies and darker deeds. Locked within broken tablets are the keys to traveling back in time and the chance to right the wrongs and restore the missing islands.
Dragon Warrior VII marks the returns of Dragon Warrior to America after a long drought last quenched by Dragon Warrior 4 for the NES. Quite a trip back in time, Dragon Warrior VII continues the Dragon Warrior tradition to an almost severe degree, ironically locking itself in the past like the islands you rescue. Nonetheless, there are some genuinely fun qualities of old-school RPG gaming in here that make for a long and involving quest.
The Dragon Warrior series has always prioritized stat-centered gameplay over a direct story-driven approach. Progression involves gradually leveling up your characters, making your way through dungeons, and in the end, fighting the ultimate evil.
Dragon Warrior VII has an especially episodic quality, more so than any other RPG in recent memory. The different islands you search and discover are like individual episodes of some TV series. Each new island brings with it another adventure with brand new friends and townsfolk. The Dragon Warrior games work well in short playing stints, well suited for the second life the series has found on the Game Boy.
Yet unlike a TV show, the supporting cast gets top billing. The townsfolk take center stage as the different disasters in their lives become your problems to fix. By traveling between the past and the present time frames, you can bear witness to interesting chronological changes. Save a town in the past and hear the whispered legends of your party in the present. Experiencing the flux and growth of these towns is the heart of Dragon Warrior VII.
The main characters are basic archetypes with minimal personality and descriptions. You play the aptly named Hero, who follows a long line of mute game characters. At the very least, I wish the other main characters extended beyond "snobby high maintenance girl" and "vain adventuring prince" stereotypes.
Blame it on the writing. The translation lacks character and punch. The style of prose is reflective of the earlier Dragon Warriors' utilitarian manners; it's very dry and bland. Plus, there are a few typos and errors in the translation, which is a sign of shoddy workmanship.
For a game that can take over 100 hours to complete, the first 20 suffer from poor pacing. The very first fight takes an excruciating 2 hours to reach. Up until then, you work through some uncharacteristic puzzles and searching errands.
After more than 20 hours, you can choose a job for your characters, enabling them to level up to different power and abilities. I wish the character classes were introduced a little earlier in the game. The fights had long since begun to stagnate by the time they added in this feature.
The battles recall the classic setup, with a lineup of monsters and play-by-play details of the turn-based fight spelled out textually. Characters in your party can be set up manually or automatically, allowing the AI to make their choices.
The graphics are a throwback to the original Dragon Warrior. Bright colors and dated designs mark little in graphical evolution. Despite having 3D polygonal backgrounds, the environments still have the look and feel of their 2D forefathers. When you've got a guy like Akira "Dragon Ball" Toriyama running the character designs, filtering his artwork into tiny little bitmaps seems like such a waste. It's like going to a museum and just looking at the gift shop postcard reproductions.
These character sprites keep getting reused. I can only stand the same cookie cutter old man, young boy, and pirate guy for so long. Are more detailed and varied character sprites too much to ask for?
If you listen closely, the first several notes of the overworld theme sounds like a slow rendition of the opening to Sesame Street. The rest of the sound effects are ubiquitous RPG fare.
For the most part, Dragon Warrior VII captures the fun of old-school role-playing. It's not particularly complicated and the general gameplay will appeal to most RPG fans. Still, this latest incarnation pays almost too much of a tribute to past Dragon Warrior games, offering sound, graphics, and writing that seem like a step backwards in their simplicity. If you are looking for a classic console RPG to spend lots of time working your way through, this game will fits the bill. It's just too bad that 'classic' also can mean 'dated.' At least it's cheaper than tickets to Hawaii.


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Sometimes we make holidays too hard. We buy cards. We buy ties, baseball caps and t-shirts for our dads. We plan elaborate parties and rack our brains for the next great Father's Day gift when what our guys really want is just to hang out with us.
Easy and Thoughtful Father's Day Ideas:
- Does your dad like breakfast? Mine does. Why not have a pancake extravaganza? Pick up 3 or 4 different kinds of syrups, maybe some bananas or walnuts and cook breakfast together–or at least pull a chair up for dad so he can sip on his coffee and read the paper nearby.
- Is your dad a fisherman? Pick up some worms or some shrimp and find a lake or stream and hang out a bit. Even if dad is in a care home, you can usually take him on an outing for a couple of hours–or get that fishy kids game that have magnets on the end of tiny fishing poles–it's fun.
- Stop by the library and rent some WWII movies–you know, those classic war films with Lee Marvin. Make bowls of ice cream (don't forget the whip cream!) and even if you're not into shoot-em-ups, you can be for a couple of hours.
- Make your own card by writing your favorite "dad" story. Start with, "My favorite day with dad was…." Or, how about "I'll never forget when dad…" Write it big and clear so he can keep it and reread it.
- Does your dad have a friend he hasn't seen in a long time? A work buddy? A distant cousin? Why not plan a get together. Even if you have to pick the buddy up and take him to your dad's place–or plan for them to meet at a restaurant, it will be toally worth it just to see the two of them gabbing and smiling This hanging out time with a buddy might be just the thing to lift his spirits.
No matter how you celebrate Father's Day, remember to relax and not watch the clock. It's so easy (espeically if you're his caregiver) to get on such a regimine that we forget just to sit and talk, to not be in a hurry, to not think about all the things we have to do. Even if your dad has dementia, Lewy Body or Alzheimer's, research has shown that the things we've enjoyed all our life (art, music, entertainment) still holds true–even after our mental decline.
In other words, your dad is still your dad, and our most precious gift to offer…is our time.


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Friday, April 9, 2010
"Why I Love 'Law & Order'"
Phew, that's a long sentence. And not all that interesting. Though for those who do find it interesting, I can imagine the heated debate:
LAW & ORDER FAN: "We're the longest running drama."
GUNSMOKE FAN: "We made more episodes."
LAW & ORDER FAN: "We're the longest running drama."
GUNSMOKE FAN: "We made more episodes."
You can play that loop till the cows come home, after which the cows would immediately leave, because who wants to listen to that all night?
I've been an enormous Law & Order fan from the very beginning. I continue to watch the syndicated reruns to this very day. Often more than once a day, and often the same episode more than once, though not the same episode more than once on the same day. More on the "same episode re-watch" issue later.
(I rarely watch the two Law & Order spin-offs – Criminal Intent and Special Victims Unit, being particularly put off by the latter series, beginning with its title. They're not special victims, they're "Horribly Sexually Abused Victims", though that doesn't quite "sing" like "Special Victims." It's like the show's selling point: "If you like victims, you'll love the special victims.")
I was working at Universal Studios at the time Law & Order was created there, so I know a little about the back-story. Apparently, in the late eighties, hour shows were not selling well in syndication. The then studio boss was therefore intrigued by the idea of a drama, whose single-story episodes could be split into half-hour segments, thus making them easier to sell.
Out of this business necessity came Law & Order, offering two separate components of the same half-hour story – the first component concentrating on "law" (the police investigation) and the second on "order" (the trial). At some point, however, the "splitting the episode" experiment was abandoned, and the show was delivered intact in its now familiar one-hour format.
(One other semi-interesting factoid to round out the story. The "law and order" concept had already been done. It was called Arrest and Trial. The main difference was that each episode of Arrest and Trial lasted ninety minutes. The series ran for one season.)
Why do I love Law & Order? Is it because of the "ripped from the headlines" storylines? No. The "ripped from the headlines" episodes are my least favorite and, in my view, the show's least successful offerings.
Is it the suspense? Despite how it's promoted on television, Law & Order has little to do with "Cracking the case." Invariably, the person arrested near the middle of the episode committed the crime.
Is it the "clank-clank" music they play to bridge the scenes? I like the "clank-clank" music – it seems to fit – it sounds like prison bars clanking shut. The "clank-clank" music is indeed an enhancing effect; but I wouldn't want to listen to an hour of it, let alone twenty-one seasons. Three or four "clank-clanks" per episode is about all I can handle.
Is it the show's acting that I appreciate? The series' regulars' acting has been, generally, uneven and is, to a large degree, irrelevant. The show is the star. Over the years, Law & Order has regularly changed its continuing cast members, indicating that even the producer doesn't care who's in it. As long as they're cheap.
(Parenthetically, in the late eighties, Universal dispatched me to New York to try and persuade longtime Law & Order regular, and fine actor, Sam Waterston, to star in a comedy pilot I was making called Family Man. Waterston seemed genuinely interested, but he ultimately turned us down. Which proved to be a good thing, because, during his sixteen-year tenure on Law & Order, Waterston has never made me laugh once.)
I love Law & Order because of the arguments. In the end, the tension on Law & Order depends not on their tracking down the perpetrator – they invariably do – but rather on whether or not the protagonists – the New York District Attorneys' Office – can successfully make their case to the jury.
Our interest is held till the last minute, because – and this is what's great about Law & Order when it's at its best – the arguments are written in a skillful and carefully considered manner. The audience may know the defendant is guilty – being privy to information that's been ruled "inadmissible" in the trial – but there is no way of our determining which of the opposing lawyers' arguments the jury will buy.
The jury's decision involves more than their simply applying the law. In virtually every episode, you have longstanding legal concerns – for example, you're not allowed to kill people – going head to head with emotional issues.
For example, a light-skinned black attorney, passing for white at some snooty law firm, kills someone who's threatening to expose his secret. His lawyer argues for a ruling of "Temporary Insanity, due to 'Race Rage.'" We're aware of our country's history of discrimination. If this discrimination did not exist, the defendant would have had no need to conceal his racial identity. However, given the, arguably, still-present climate of inequality, his client, argues his attorney, was compelled to act the way he did.
Sometimes, it's the D.A's office that plays the "emotion" card. A gun manufacturer makes a rifle that, though legal, can be easily converted into a more deadly assault weapon, which is not legal. The D.A. puts the gun manufacturer on trial, calling them a cold-hearted menace to public safety. The gun manufacturer's attorney claims that his client's actions were entirely within the law.
In every episode, Law & Order's suspense hangs not the question of innocence or guilt, but on
How will the jury decide?
One final factor that keeps me returning to Law & Order reruns. Remember when I said, "More about the 'same episode re-watch' issue later"? This is "later." So here we go.
I watch the same episodes of Law & Order over and over for a very simple reason. As many times as I've seen them, I almost never remember how they turn out. Credit for my forgetting can be explained by the reasonable and even-handed manner in which the cases are presented. Though it could also be a matter of advancing age.
Enjoying multiple viewings of the same episode – one of the meager blessings of a deteriorating mind.
Though I wouldn't have watched once, if I didn't love the arguments.
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- growingupartists said...
Look lawyer. AND writer.
- April 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM
On the SVU name : the unit on which SVU is based is in New York. It is the Sex Crimes Unit, but NBC nixed the title due to concerns that it was too..whatever.
- April 9, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Pidge said...
I love the show because even if you tune in half way through, you can figure out what's going on immediately and enjoy the rest of the show. I, too, never remember how the story ends, so can enjoy the same episode, over and over. I find the other offshoots ok, but not as interesting and too salacious and sensational. I reallly miss Jerry Orbach.
- April 9, 2010 at 3:19 PM
I have to agree with you on the sister shows. Both suffer from...well"sub par" writing I guess is the polite way of saying it. And given the long running original, it also sometimes lacks some logical/emotional threads although it remains watchable.
Bob Chesson
- April 10, 2010 at 8:34 AM
LAW AND ORDER was a really good show for the first four or five seasons, when it not only delivered good stories, but delivered good stories about the moral ambiguities and complications of law enforcement and they way that police and courts are often forced to deal with problems that other sectors of society should have. I realize that going out while everybody involved is drowning in money and applause is difficult, but several of the best shows I can think of did just that, instead of petering out to become a shadow of themselves.
- April 13, 2010 at 5:04 PM


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San Diego police are searching for a suspect involved in a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday evening outside a National City restaurant during a World Cup party.
According to the National City Police Department (NCPD), a 36-year-old man was critically shot several times on a sidewalk at around 5:40 p.m. The victim was taken to UCSD Medical Center where he died from his wounds. His name was not immediately released.
The shooting followed an argument that happened inside the restaurant Rincon Del Mar on 324 Highland Avenue. The fight spilled into the street, where shots were fired, police said. The restaurant was hosting a World Cup after-game celebration at the time, where a large crowd had gathered.
Investigators aren't yet clear on what led to the dispute. There were between 20 and 30 witnesses.
Officers closed streets in the area and detoured traffic after the shooting. A search for the suspect or suspects was launched.
As of Wednesday morning, the suspect or suspects responsible for the deadly shooting remained outstanding.
The NCPD said the investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information should contact the NCPD Communications Center at (619) 336-4411, ext. 0.
The shooting was frightening for those attending the World Cup party as a night of fun was marred by violence.
Witness Raudel Salazar heard the fight and gunshots that led to the death of the victim.
"I just heard fighting and screaming. Then, next thing you know the three gunshots. The guy was on the ground full of blood," Salazar told NBC 7.
The Rincon Del Mar restaurant addressed the incident on its Facebook page Tuesday night, posting: "We are glad everyone inside is OK and we are in disbelief just like all of you."
Following the shooting, yellow placards marked the spot where bloody clothes and shell casings littered the scene of the violent crime. A blood-soaked blouse laid at the scene, too, evidence of someone who tried to help the victim.
For some Highland Avenue residents, the sounds of sirens and violence are an all too common occurrence.
Resident Osvaldo Partido said he knows of another recent killing in the area, the deadly stabbing of a man at a nearby liquor store.
With the National City community dealing with another murder case, a segment of the population has become somewhat numb to the violence.
"It's just life, you know. You can't do nothing about it," added Partido.
The manager of Rincon Del Mar spoke with NBC 7 on Wednesday morning and said the restaurant would remain closed for the day out of respect for the victim. The manager said the victim was a longtime patron who visited the restaurant several times a week.
NBC 7 spoke with family members who identified the shooting victim as Josue Crook. A family friend said Crook was loved by many and a "devout church man who touched many lives."
The family friend said Crook was watching the World Cup game with friends and was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. The family is in the process of setting up a memorial fund for Crook.
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8 November 2012 - Bydgoszcz, Poland - A two-day site visit to Bydgoszcz, host city of the upcoming IAAF World Cross Country Championships, concluded on Wednesday.
IAAF Council Member Anna Riccardi, IAAF Competitions Department Senior Manager Carlo de Angeli and IAAF Coordinator La Tanya Waweru inspected the official team hotels and proposed event venues and discussed several key organizational aspects of the 40th edition of the Championships which will be held on Sunday, 24 March 2013 in this northwestern Polish city.
"We are happy to be back in Bydgoszcz, the city of sports where we have organised successfully almost all of important events in our calendar," Riccardi said, speaking at a well-attended press conference on Wednesday. "We bring the World Cross Country Championships to a new formula of holding it every two years instead of each year. That is the reason of importance of the Bydgoszcz event.
"We hope the time break between the events will give a kind of a new spirit to this competition, will be a key to make the athletics world more focused on it and make the level of competition even higher as the athletes will have more time for the preparations."
The 2013 edition of the Championships will be an historic occasion for his city of 400,000 as it becomes the only city to host the event for the second time. This city, located 270 kilometres west of Warsaw, hosted the world's finest middle and long distance runners in 2010.
"Of course we appreciate the role of the City Hall in the preparations as well, as we remember the experiences of (LOC General Director) Krzysztof Wolsztynski and his team gives as a very big chance for even more successful Championships than it was in 2010."
Wolsztynski said: "As the organisers of three important IAAF Championships in the past we strongly hope we will again fulfill the IAAF's trust and expectations.
"Of course once again it makes us happy and proud to invite the athletics family to our city to take a part in the fortieth World Cross Country Championships on the new course in Myslecinek Park."
The Road to Bydgoszcz 2013 begins this Sunday (11) with the Cross Internacional de Atapuerca, the kick-off event of the 2012/13 IAAF Cross Country Permit season.
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I'm attempting to port over a very simple game I've written in another language as my very first Java project. However, I'm a bit unsure as to how I should be drawing the images I've loaded from file. The idea that every JComponent has its own drawComponent() method is totally new to me. I come from the experience where each game object manually drew itself onto a shared graphics back buffer, which was then swapped to the front after everything had been drawn.
My first idea has been to use the JFrame I'm using as my main game window (is this even the way they're intended to be used?) to determine what needs drawing and then do so, but it's probably going to lead to a very bloated class. The ideal way, I'd imagine, would be for me to offload the code responsible for drawing each object to a class of that object, but so far my experiments with trying to have them draw to my main JFrame have all ended in failure. I'm not sure what the "correct" approach to this problem would be. I don't really have any code to show at this point because I haven't gotten past the concept/test phase.
For a specific example: Would there be a way to have a method of a class draw a Line onto an unrelated JFrame-type class? Google hasn't turned up anything useful, but the wording for this one is a bit tricky. All of the other simple Java game examples I've found use a single class to draw everything, as well as for most of the logic.
EDIT: Should this actually go in the Java Theory & Questions sub-forum?


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Five Ancestors Out of the Ashes #1 (Hardcover)
Random House Books for Young Readers, 9780375870187, 288pp.
Publication Date: September 25, 2012
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It is 350 years after the events of The Five Ancestors. Phoenix Collns lives in Indiana with his grandfather who is teaching him kung fu. But Phoenix's real love is mountain bike racing. When unsettling events reveal that his grandfather is not only one of the legendary five Cangzhen monks, but also almost 400 years old, Phoenix must race the clock if he is going to keep his beloved ancestor alive. Traveling to China, he meets an intriguing young woman who is a talented biker and a terrific mechanic. She offers to help him, but can she be trusted?
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JEFF STONE lives in the Midwest with his wife, their two children, and a python named Yokwan (Cantonese for "Jade Bangle"). Mr. Stone holds a black belt in Shaolin-Do kung fu. He had the honor of traveling to China with the Shaolin-Do grand master and test for his black belt at Shaolin Temple. Like the Five Ancestors, Mr. Stone was adopted as an infant. He began searching for his birth parents when he was 18 and found them 15 years later.
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As the Ducks attempt to woo back fans after the NHL lockout, the Honda Center also will try to attract people to spend more at a new team store that's slated to debut midseason.
Called the Anaheim Ducks Team Store Powered by Reebok, the hockey franchise's retail venture with the athletic shoe manufacturer is a $1 million piece of the Grand Terrace project, an ongoing $20 million expansion that began last year.
When completed, the two-story Grand Terrace will add an indoor and outdoor entertainment space that can be rented for events, a 250-seat full-service restaurant, the new store and a new entrance visible from Katella Avenue and the northbound 57.
With more than three times the space of the current store, the new 6,100-square-foot temple to all things Ducks will carry a much broader and deeper assortment in men's, women's and children's goods and exclusive items. It also will debut some features designed to provide an interactive and immersive shopping experience, said Aaron Teats, vice president and chief marketing officer.
The store is an ambitious effort that may do well when fans keep cash registers busy on home-game nights at the Honda Center, said Mark Francis, professor of sports business at the UCLA Center for Managing Enterprise in Media, Entertainment and Sports.
But the true test of the concept's success is if a team store with a lot of inventory and square footage to manage can generate enough revenue to be profitable in between home games and during the offseason, Francis said. This season, it's unclear whether some Ducks fans, already disgruntled by the recently concluded league lockout, will express their displeasure by cutting back on their spending on team merchandise, he said.
A fresh start
On Tuesday, four days before the Anaheim Ducks' first home game of the season, Adam and Rebecca Woods headed to Honda Center with 4-month-old son Dylan to get the family outfitted. After perusing the racks in the 1,800-square-foot team store, the Lake Elsinore couple decided on a cap for Adam, a T-shirt for Rebecca and three bibs for Dylan, totaling $91.
The men's clothing and accessories selection was decent and the array of women's merchandise, OK, Adam said.
"We were kind of disappointed with the baby sizes in the onesies," Rebecca said, adding that the store didn't have one that fit Dylan.
The need for a deeper inventory across all categories – babies, kids, women's and men's – is among many things the new store will address, Teats said.
Building a team store from scratch gave Ducks management an opportunity to consider new possibilities.
"One of the main differences between the current store and the new one is that we have enough space now to think about the shopping experience," Teats said. "In 1,800 square feet, we put as much product on the floor that people can see and get. With the bigger size, we can ask questions like what do we want the layout of the store to be and what sorts of things provide the retail experience that all of our fans are going to love."
In addition to stocking logo-laden merchandise, the store needed features that were "eye-catching and intriguing to look at that aren't for sale," he said. A life-size model of a player dressed in full gear will be set up in one area. Nearby, "a replica of the players' lockers will be stocked with game-use merchandise to create a pseudo-locker environment," he said.
A section of the store will pay tribute to the Stanley Cup-winning 2007 team in a nod to Ducks' history.
Some official team merchandise is readily available through the NHL website, so the Ducks needed to give the fans reasons to buy items at the team store. The additions include a custom jersey station in the middle of the store and exclusive lifestyle clothing not sold online, Teats said.
Shoppers can put in customized jersey orders before a home game starts and pick up finished jerseys a short time later. "It's immediate gratification for fans who are thinking, 'I want to wear this during the game,'" Teats said.
The Ducks management also has developed Top Line Threads, a small but upscale private label collection that includes long-sleeved T-shirts.
Because Reebok is a partner in this venture, Ducks-branded Reebok goods will be featured prominently during the regular season and playoffs, Teats said.
A small section of the store will be devoted to jerseys from other NHL hockey teams, and the shop is designed to readily accommodate merchandise for a possible local NBA team. Henry and Susan Samueli, owners of the Ducks, have been actively looking for several years to bring in an NBA franchise to the Honda Center.
The Ducks retail team batted around many ideas in conceptualizing the store, but some – such as a radio studio and a video-centric man cave – didn't make the final cut because they were not considered the best use of valuable retail space, Teats said.
The retail pulse
Providing jersey customization, giving fans a wide array of products and making the shopping experience more interactive are key trends in National Hockey League team stores, said Jim Haskins, NHL group vice president of consumer products licensing. "So much of this is about fan engagement – connecting with the fans," he said.
Broadening the assortment to include higher quality, streetwear and accessories makes business sense for the Ducks, Haskins said. "The Ducks have always had more upscale fans. They do demand better products, such as use of better cotton, better-fitting garments and use of trendy fabrics in the women's clothing side of the business."
The alliance with Reebok is logical, Haskins said, given the brand's longstanding ties to the NHL. Since 2007, the NHL has had its own store in New York, which, like the Ducks store, is "powered by Reebok." That shop serves as a veritable lab and de facto barometer to help the league gauge which products, teams and players resonate with fans.
Will they come?
While the efforts to reinvent a team store and cater to fans is laudable, making a large shop a revenue-generating year-round destination for Ducks fans might be a "tough sell," in Orange County, Francis said. It's a common challenge facing team stores in California and other regions outside of the true winter states of the U.S. and Canada.
From a team store perspective, "it's hard to make a big impact in a relatively smaller market," Francis said. "Hockey is not indigenous" to Southern California.
The overhead to keep a team store open throughout the year is considerable, Francis said.
It's unclear whether there's enough fan support in between home games and during the offseason to sustain a larger retail operation, he said.
That's why great merchandise alone won't be enough, he said. "The store should be made as interactive as possible," he said.
"A hall of fame, for example is one of the very popular features that other team stores are integrating throughout their retail spaces, giving people a reason to drop by."
Teats is optimistic that the new Ducks team store has the elements of a successful retail concept – one that he hopes fans will repeatedly visit.
"Whether you buy anything or not, we just want you to love what you see," Teats said. "We certainly want you to buy, but we want you to enjoy the experience."
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Carrie Bradshaw's Apartment Floorplan + More Fictional New York Apartments!
(HBO) Carrie Bradshaw's iconic closet
For a city where living quarters are so notoriously small, there are a surprising number of iconic sitcoms, television shows, and movies that heavily feature New York City apartments as important sets. Like: remember Seinfeld? So much of that show happened right there in Jerry's living room. And Friends? Monica and Rachel lived in a sprawling rent-controlled apartment for years.
Interior designer Inaki Aliste Lizarralde—who's based in the Basque Country in Spain—has taken these magical fictional spaces—places that have become ingrained in our popular consciousness—and drawn them out as detailed floorplans, furniture included! He's selling these drawings on Etsy.com—check out his page right here.
They're amazing—and we can't decide whether we want to buy the Breakfast at Tiffany's one, the Up one, or theCarrie Bradshaw one. Here are some of our favorites:
Carrie Bradshaw's apartment from Sex and the City:
Chandler and Joey's place with Monica and Rachel's place in Friends:
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This isn't from New York, but we love it just the same. Here's Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's house in Gilmore Girls:
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Target Corp. is pledging to win back customers in 2014 with "eye-popping, irresistible deals," even as the nation's No. 2 retailer faces a tangle of challenges after suffering a major data breach over the holidays.
The Minneapolis-based company said Wednesday that profits plunged in the final months of its fiscal year, as the retailer absorbed the twin blows of the nightmare breach and losses tied to its rocky Canadian debut.
"We've definitely got to up our game on all fronts," CEO Gregg Steinhafel said.
Target said it spent $61 million in the fourth quarter on costs related to the cyber theft, but it expects insurance to cover about $44 million of that total.
The final cost of the breach to Target may not be known for years, given litigation, but it is likely to cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. On Wednesday, Target said it could face a wide variety of breach-related costs that could affect results this year and in "future periods." Investors nonetheless focused on the positive, pushing Target's stock up 7 percent to close at about $60.50. While results and the forecast were weak, many investors were braced for worse, said Dan Binder, managing director at Jeffries in New York.
"Bottom line, results and outlook were not good," Binder said. "But expectations were worse."
There was legitimate good news in Target's earnings, Binder said: U.S. sales continue recovering from the hit of the breach, use of Target's Redcard continues to climb and the company cut stock buybacks but didn't eliminate them altogether, as feared.
Plus, the company announced a $1 billion cost-savings program, something investors always like. Target said it expects to reach $1 billion in annualized savings by the end of 2015. That includes $200 million it saved in 2013.
"They painted a picture that showed some slight improvement in the U.S.," said Peter Benedict, senior analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co.
Mark Miller, an analyst at William Blair & Co., said he's not as concerned about the data breach impact as he is about intense competition Target faces from online retailers such as Amazon.com and mom-friendly Zulily, as well as its problems in Canada. The company's ambitious expansion there, its first foreign push, has been tarnished by supply-chain trouble and perceptions that its prices are too high, among other things. Sales have sagged well below plans.
"Canada is way off the mark," Miller said.
The company gave no details of the types of discount promotions it has in mind to recapture shoppers, but it clearly signaled that it intends to be aggressive about winning back their loyalty.
Altogether, Target posted profits of $520 million, or 81 cents per share, for the fourth quarter that ended Feb. 1. That beat the consensus Wall Street estimate by two cents a share but was down 46 percent from the same period a year ago. Sales dropped 3.8 percent, with same-store sales down 2.5 percent, in line with the company's forecast last month.
For the year, Target said it earned $1.97 billion, or $3.07 per share, down 34 percent from 2012. The company also lowered its profit forecast for 2014, even without factoring in the unknown costs related to the breach.
While the data breach generated bigger headlines, the losses in Canada had a more significant effect on its bottom line. Target lost $941 million in Canada for the full year, taking 40 cents a share from profits. By comparison, the data breach reduced profits by about 2 cents a share.
Target's Canada foray has been a huge disappointment. The 124 stores, which were open on average for a little more than half the year, generated about $1.3 billion in sales. The company is adding nine more stores there this year, and said it expects sales in Canada to double in 2014.
Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics, called the sales-doubling projection for Canada "lofty."
Perkins said he was somewhat surprised at Target's optimistic outlook given cautious comments by other retail executives. The weather impact on retail is real, Perkins said, and when heating bills come due, consumers will have even less discretionary income.
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Not only is this dip amazing, but it is naturally GF!!! I love recipes that don't have to be modified, though most times it is fairly easy to modify a recipe. I feel like bowing down to the dip and saying….."Dip, oh sweet Buffalo Dip, thank you for not having any gluten-containing ingredients in your recipe!"
I am going to an ornament exchange Holiday party tonight and this dip will be my contribution (and probably most of my dinner, as I am not sure what else I will be able to consume safely aside from this and my GF Redbridge or a glass of wine). I am bringing along celery and tortilla chips to dip/scoop the dip with.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Yields: 20 servings
2 (10 ounce) cans chunk
chicken, drained (I used 3 cooked chicken breast and it came out wonderfully)
2 (8 ounce) packages cream
cheese, softened (I used Light Philadelphia)
1 cup Ranch dressing (I used Light Kraft Ranch)
3/4 cup pepper sauce, such as
Franks® Red Hot®
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar
cheese (I used 2% milk cheddar cheese make by Kraft)
1 bunch celery, cleaned and
cut into 4 inch pieces
Tortilla Chips
1. Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers.
This is always a big hit. I didn't use to make this with light cheese & dressing, but honestly, you can't tell the difference and most people at the party were shocked to hear that it was "low-fat" or as low in fat as the dip could be. 😉
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Paulo Iutaka Fukue is a Brazilian comic artist of Japanese descent. He began his career with the publishing house Pan Juvenil in the mid 1960s, drawing comics like 'Jaguaruna'. He was one of the regular artists for the publishing house EDREL in the 1960s. The company featured several other Japanese-Brazilian artists, such as Minami Keizi, Claudio Seto and his brother Roberto Fukue, and was the first to publish manga comic art in Brazil.
Young Fukue, who studied at the Pan American School of Art, was responsible for the titles 'Super Heros' and 'Pabeyma'. He also created the jungle hero 'Tarun', a man who was lost in an Amazon region inhabited by dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, for the EDREL comic book Magia Verde in 1967. When Keizi left EDREL in 1972, Fukue succeeded him as chief editor. The pressure of the military dictarorship that caused Keizi's departure, continued. Fukue was even detained and tortured for a month by the federal police for the alleged subversive comic books EDREL published.
Fukue also contributed to Keizi's next publishing project, Minami & Cunha Editores, for which he drew 'Sanjuro, O Samurai Impiedoso' in 1973.


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This is a post partly in response to Phizzle Dizzle's question: WTF do you do?
When I was getting my first degree in geology, I figured I'd go into something I called "Economic Geology" because that's what the courses at VPI&SU were called, and because I liked looking at polished shiny metals under an ore microscope, and also because ore deposits or mines or mining areas are often great places to collect mineral samples, which I was really into at the time. Because my knowledge of economic geology was limited, I ended up in the mining hub of Reno, Nevada, without knowing that it was a mining hub.
Reno is a mining hub - it is and has been one for a long time for three basic reasons: 1) gold and silver were discovered on the Comstock Lode - at Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City, and Dayton - in the Virginia Range not too far southeast of Reno (gold as early as 1850; silver in 1857 or 1859), 2) because John William Mackay (rhymes with wacky) was involved in the Comstock lode, made a name for himself and perhaps a little bit of money, and had a mining school named after him in the town of Reno: the Mackay School of Mines, now known as the MSESE not the MSM (John Mackay's statue here), and 3) because a whole bunch of mining and exploration companies have or have had offices there. When I moved to Reno, I knew only that there was a thing called the Mackay School of Mines at UNR, and I didn't know a whole lot more than that.
Mining and exploration companies are entities that either mine or conduct exploration for commodities to mine. Those commodities can be things like sand, gravel, and limestone, or they can be things like gold, copper, or silver. Sometimes mining and exploration companies both mine and explore, but not always. Hence the name, for example, Noranda Exploration Inc. (USA), which conducted exploration and some mining in the U.S. in the 1970's and 1980's (and possibly before that), and the name Noranda Mines Ltd., which mined in Canada ever since its formation in 1922 and conducted some exploration. [The described history of Noranda Mines Ltd., later known as Noranda Inc., is good only through 2004, after which time it merged with Falconbridge, after which Falconbridge succumbed to a hostile takeover by Xstrata; Falconbridge's website, archived by Xstrata, is less than 100% functional, and you may have to click java error messages several times to read it.]
One reason I bring these things up is that nowadays if you work at a mine, it doesn't matter what you do, you are a miner. A secretary working at a mine is a miner. A miner working at a mine is a miner. A carpenter working at a mine is a miner. A truck driver working at a mine is a miner. An accountant working at a mine is a miner. Part of that determination or terminology has to do with MSHA and the rights of miners. Under MSHA regulations, anyone working at a mine is defined as a miner and has miners' rights (see page 10). Another reason I bring this up is because I personally know few geologists who consider themselves to be mining geologists: most of my colleagues consider themselves to be exploration geologists.
What is an exploration geologist? The first time I heard of an exploration geologist was my second year in grad school, when I was sharing a grad school office with a guy who was T.A.ing Optical Mineralogy and Petrography with me, with me essentially in the lead because it was my second year at it and his first. He kept saying things like, "I want to be an explorationist" or "I want to be an exploration geologist." He also wanted to get married and have kids. At that time, during my second year in grad school, I was taking a course called Exploration Geology. Happened that it was taught by an erstwhile professor: a consulting geologist who consulted for the mining industry, usually by conducting mineral exploration. Happened also that at least one of "the boys from downtown," as he sometimes called them, was taking the course. They were exploration geologists, although I knew them only as "the boys."
An exploration geologist is someone who explores for a commodity to mine. You explore for, try to find, sniff out, look for, poke around, and try to "find a mine" - as one of my colleagues used to say. He would especially say that when our company finally got around to having yearly performance appraisals partly based on goals we would set every year, with each goal having its own action plan, and each action plan having its own timeline. He would persistently insist that our only real goal was to "find a mine," and that's all he'd put down on his list. He wasn't into paperwork or bureaucracy very much.
So, is this a coherent post? Maybe not. It may be more of a ramble, and it has partly been precipitated - like a bunch of little calcium carbonate crystals falling out of seawater - by miscellaneous stuff, including stuff at work, not recent stuff, but stuff nonetheless [i.e., I ain't sayin'].
So, where to now from here? How about this: what are core loggers? Core loggers are geologists who log core - at mines and at exploration sites, near large or small mining towns or way, way, way out in the sticks. [Elko, NV, qualifies as a large mining town, with a population of about 16,000 to 20,000 depending on what website you read.] Drill core consists of long, tubular rocks that come out of the ground during core drilling, as compared to drill cuttings, little chips of rocks that come out of the ground during rotary drilling. Core comes in core boxes, either wooden and heavy as hell or cardboard and only almost heavy as hell (well, especially if you've been drilling massive sulfides or magnetite skarns). Chips come in plastic trays, these days, and it's easy to carry about 800 to 1200 feet of drilling at once, depending on the awkwardness of the trays all trying to fall out of your arms.
Are people who log core or chips at mines or exploration sites, like some of my colleagues and like me, mining geologists or exploration geologists? [We'll just call them all core loggers, to make it simple, although most everyone who logs core or chips does way more than just log.] I guess that's a tough question, and it probably depends on each geologist's background.
Most of the geos I know, who are working in the mining and exploration business, think of themselves as geologists first or second and exploration geologists second or first (depending). Some of these geos have almost exclusively conducted exploration in the past, spending all their waking or working hours looking for something economic to mine. A few of these geos have worked at mines as mine geologists, in surface and in underground mines. Even while working at a mine, many core-logging geos are conducting exploration - sometimes even the mine geologist conducts exploration, sometimes he/she doesn't. [An aside: I don't know any women working as mine geologists, or any who ever have.] That is to say, our main job while working at the mine or on a mining property is to explore for and find more ore. Find! More!! Ore!!!
What I mean is, we are finding, exploring for, looking for, beating the bushes if there are any, looking high and low, rummaging around, digging here and there, drilling holes all over the place if they've given us enough money to do so - we are exploration geologists.
Now, that's not to say that I haven't met any core loggers at or near mines that I wouldn't consider something besides exploration geologists. I think, though, that this geo-type classification depends on background and on outlook of the individual geologist. Some geos at mines just don't have an exploration outlook. They are not thinking about where the next bit of ore might be found. They are not trying to find more ore; instead, they are primarily concerned with dealing with the ore that has already been found. [A few that I've met - very few - appear to be thinking about almost nothing.]
One definition of a mining geologist:
...the role of the mining geologist is to always keep the resource inventory to an optimum level for the mining business and to maximise the transformation of the resources into reserves in a multi-disciplinary work environment. In short, a 'good mining geologist has to always provide the best ore to the mill'. [italics not mine.]A page at Impala Platinum Holdings Limited explains the difference between mining geologists and exploration geologists as follows:
Geologists operate in wide areas. Two of these, mining geology and exploration geology, are vital to the mining industry.They go on to further define mining geology, without further defining exploration geology:
Most of the geologists employed by Impala are mining geologists although there are a number of exploration geologists. Mining and exploration geologists have different responsibilities and are involved in different job activities.
- Mining geologists ensure that the minerals are efficiently extracted from the deposit for maximum profit.
- Exploration geologists locate deposits of important minerals and determine whether the quantities are large enough to make mining economically viable.
A mining geologist's activities include mapping, recording and compiling geological data in and around the mine. This provides the mining engineer with details of the location, structure and distribution of ore in a deposit. Furthermore, the mining geologist delineates the ore reserves on which the mine's life depends, using geoscientific techniques to predict the grade and structure of ore bodies in unknown areas. The mine geologist plays a crucial role in the optimisation of the ore body and is intimately involved in the mine planning process.Ah, but in that last part, they ran mining geologist and the mine geologist together in the same description!
I could possibly rephrase that last definition for an exploration geologist, at least for an exploration geologist working at or near a mine:
A exploration geologist's activities include mapping, recording and compiling geological data in and around the mine, often conducting exploration for more ore outside the mine area. This provides the exploration manager and the mine geologist with details of the location, structure and distribution of ore in and around the ore deposit. Furthermore, the exploration geologist sometimes is called upon to delineate and characterize the ore reserves on which the mine's life depends, using geoscientific [yikes! what a word!] techniques to predict the grade and structure of ore bodies in known and unknown areas. The exploration geologist often plays a crucial role in the optimization of the ore body and can be intimately involved in the mine planning process.Okay, that's deep enough!
More Mackay info:
New York Times 1912 on the Mackay family's gifts to Univ. NV and the original article
John W. Mackay biography at Answers.com
WM Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum with original dedication documents of the MSM building
History of the Mackay Mansion


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With plenty of space for a lamp and your favorite book, this traditional end table helps to create a charming, welcoming, environment in your living room. Featuring tapered gold metal plated legs and a glass table top fits perfectly next to a sofa or love seat.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The head of a trade group representing U.S. bankers said Wednesday the federal government shutdown will hurt what he called a "shallow recovery" from recession.
Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, speaking after he and more than a dozen other top financial executives met at the White House with President Barack Obama, said he and his peers told the president the long-term consequences of a federal government shutdown -- now in its second day -- will be "extremely adverse" if Congress fails to authorize an increase in the federal debt limit, CNN reported.
"There's a consensus that we shouldn't do anything that hurts this recovery that's a little bit shallow, not very well established and is quite vulnerable," said Blankfein, who currently serves as head of the Financial Services Forum. "The shutdown of the government and particularly, a failure to raise the debt ceiling, would accomplish that."
The Treasury Department has said it will run out of money to pay the government's obligations around Oct. 17.
"We shouldn't use the threat of causing the U.S. to fail on its obligations to repay its debt as a cudgel," Blankfein said.
Obama told CNBC in an interview Wednesday he told the Wall Street executives they "should be concerned" by the shutdown, even though the government has done through numerous shutdowns in the past.
"This time's different," he told CNBC. "When you have a situation in which a faction is willing to potentially default on U.S. government obligations, then we are in trouble."
Obama said all businesses should be concerned if budget negotiations are still being conducted during the Christmas shopping season, suggesting such a circumstance could dampen consumers' enthusiasm for spending.


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After the initial buzz surrounding the radical fourth generation redesign of the Corvette started to fade buyers started to realize that underneath the long hood of the C4 things were less than impressive. For 1985 Chevy sought to solve this problem by introducing Tuned Port Injection to 'Vette which bumped the horsepower to a then impressive 230.
It might not sound like much now, but according to this vintage advertisement it was enough to take on the "European Exotic Sports Cars" and beat them. Doing the shameful walk of defeat at the hands of the Corvette were the Lotus Espirit Turbo, Ferrari 308 GTSi, Porsche 928s and 944. Although it beat these cars in maximum lateral acceleration, in the slalom and on the road course, this vintage ad reveals something the Corvette clearly wasn't capable of doing—winning gracefully.
After presenting all the ways Corvette beat the other cars, Chevrolet congratulates themselves on building the "new world-class champion". According to Chevy it took superior performance to earn that title, but we'd say extremely self congratulatory advertising was equally to thank.