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Olfa Stainless Steel Snap Blades GT-116 and Single Edge Blades GT-140
Handled Squeegees are the best ergonomically tools in this category we
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Hard Cards are the most essential tools to complete the window tinting job in this category we have (1) 4" 3M Gold Card (GT-079), (2) Gray PVC Squeegee (GT-087GR), (3) Lil Chizler (GT-083) , (4) Teflon Black Squeegee (GT-086BLK) , (5) Teflon Gold Squeegee (GT-086GLD), (6) Teflon Platinum Squeegee (GT-086PLT), (7) Teflon White Squeegee (GT-086), (8) Yellow PVC Squeegee (GT-087) .
Knives are the most important tools for smooth edge cutting of the window film and to avoid to scratch on the glass, cheap blades may scratch the glass during trimming and the quality of the edge cutting will also be bad. So always recommended stainless steel blade knives. In this category we have 3 different Knives for Beginners, intermediate and for Professionals, which are OLFA "A" Knife (Yellow) (GT-127), OLFA Silver Stainless Steel Knife (GT-126), NT Pro – 1 "Red Dot Knife (GT-027)
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In this category we have 12" Triangle 45/90 Degree (GT-186), Film Opaquer Pen Broad Point (GT-077) , Film Opaquer Pen Thin Point (GT-076)
In this category we have 1" Blade Ade –GT212, 6" Triumph Scraper GT-107, 1" Heavy Duty Razor GT-138
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Little Foot (Blue & Red) GT- 044, Power Stroke Blue GT-254 B,
Power Stroke Red GT-255 R, Power Stroke Yellow GT-256 Y,
Shuttle GT-092, Side Swiper GT- 207, Slammer GT-091, Stroke Doctor GT-1022, Titan Squeegee GT-1042
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Gasket Push Stick GT-194, Hard Card Sharpener GT-068, Heat Gun GT-250,
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I am SO thankful for my family. Mike and I are SO blessed that we have very close-knit families. The support and love that we feel daily exceeds anything that this world has to offer. We weren't able to be with Mike's family this year because of sickness and Thanksgiving just wasn't the same!
We went to my mom's for our traditional dinner. As I sat at the table and looked at each one of the faces around the table, I couldn't help to send up a little prayer of thankfulness. My sister-in-law (LaneAnn) that passed away this year was an EXCELLENT cook. She always WOWED us with her yummy toll house pie. My brother decided that he was going to try and bake it this year (since she is no longer here to do it) and it was DELICIOUS!! We oooohed and aaaahed while we ate it. (While all three sisters just oozed about how proud we were of him!) It took us back to last year and how ill she was at our family dinner. Tears were shed as we spoke of how happy we are that she is healed and in heaven with our Savior. Their children seem to be doing well. They have definitely had their "healing moments" but overall, I feel that the Lord is giving them the strength the need for mourning.
We went to my brothers house to visit a few weeks ago. He had pumpkins picked, hayride ready, bonifre, and poles prepared for fishing! My family had an ABSOLUTE blast!
147 is in PEOPLE magazine!
join us in celebrating with Project Hopeful! We will be forever grateful to Project Hopeful for encouraging us through the dark times in our adoption process with Josie Love. They are so passionate about encouraging the adoptions of HIV+ children. What a sweet, sweet blessing they are to me! Go purchase the newest edition of People magazine, read about their family and see if you can find the 147 Million Orphans item in one of their photos!!
God of miracles
During this season of thankfulness...I am thankful that God is a God of miracles. He makes himself known to me each and every day.
I've been reading in Genesis. In the past I have always read the bible and thought "well, that was in bible times." I mean, the stories seem ABSOLUTELY crazy to me. For instance, God spoke to Abraham when he was over 100 years old and told him that he was going to have a son. WHO DOES THAT!?!?!? As I continued to read it says that Sarah heard it from the tent door and started laughing and thought "YEA RIGHT! this old body? there is NO WAY that THIS OLD BODY can have a baby!" and God called her out.....questioned her about why she would laugh at was He said was going to happen...did she not believe that HE was capable of that? She lied and said that she didn't laugh because she was scared. and He called her out AGAIN.."yes you did! you laughed!"
That is me. I am a modern day Sarah. It's not that I do not believe that HE is capable of making things happen. But for him to use ME is comical. I continued to read Genesis chapters 17-22 and in chapter 19, God was going to spare Lot's life from the burning of Sodom and Gomorah. He told Lot to take his wife and daughters and run for the mountains so that their lives would be spared. Lot fled with his family. His wife wasn't so SURE she believed so she turned back towards the town and was turned into salt....dead. WHY DID SHE QUESTION? Why did she turn back and just WONDER if what God has promised was TRUTH?
That is me. What if every time I questioned what I THINK that God might be saying...death was the alternative? There would probably be more people living "radically" around here huh? You either believe this "crazy' life that you are called to live or you die....hhhhmmmm.
I was able to see my sweet friend Sarah (and her sister Katie) this weekend at our adoption conference. Sarah was with Mike and I when we were in Uganda and found out that Josie was positive. Seeing her took me back to the day that Josie lay limp in Mike's arms, with a HIGH fever. Not a word was spoken in the car on the road back to Jinja. Only tears and sniffles. My head lay on Mike's shoulder as we both wept on behalf of this sweet little angel that so innocently had contracted a virus that could take her life at any moment. To leave Josie Love in Uganda meant death. (maybe not for the next few years, but as children "age out" of the orphanage they basically are on their own.) They only have certain ARV's (meds for HIV) in Africa and not all that most HIV/AIDS people need to survive. what if I had turned back like Lot's wife in this situation? what if?
We have ONE chance at this life. ONE.
Are you going to stay in your comfortable little place and make sure that you and every one else around you is happy and comfortable? We have the rest of our lives to be comfortable...in heaven...FOR ETERNITY. I wanna go outta her all wrinkled, tired, and ragged...LOOKIN like I have lived life to the fullest. At this ONE chance...a very SHORT chance (called life on earth)....DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT to bring God and God alone glory.
Walking a Mile in Their Shoes
Suzanne (my friend and partner in crimestopping) has asked me to blog while I am living a life completely foreign to me. I have the privilege of staying in the Mayernick home with Mike and Suzanne's 7 kids plus my 2 for the next 4 days! Me and my girls, Kenzie (14) and Tyler (13) got here last night and the fun hasn't stopped. This life is a HOOT!
One thing I've learned in my first 24 hours is that there is an abundance of wildlife at the Mayernick home (and I don't mean just the children). This morning we were having so much fun that a bird decided to join us INSIDE the house! Oh my, 9 kids (and me) running and screaming around the house chasing the bird (or running from it like I was) started our day off in the best way EVER! We have belly laughed about that one all day. Thankfully my prince charming, Mike (yes my husband is a Mike too... hmmm must be something about that name) had just arrived and he was able to catch the little birdie and set it free! I honestly think the bird would've just had to stay with us for the week if I had to get it out. Luckily Michael caught a pic from his phone of the temporary house guest...
And if that wasn't enough of nature for me in a day, tonight after dinner Michael Mayernick nearly stepped on a opossum that apparently hangs out here nightly!?! That ought to be exciting... Lord Please let that opossum stay OUTSIDE!!!
Seriously, I have laughed and smiled today more than anyone should! And those of you that know me know that I laugh A LOT!!! This is a busy life and I'm only 24 hours in, but it is a rewarding life. The Mayernick 7 are a FABULOUS group! The hugs make up for the spills and the smiles totally wipe away any mistakes I make (2 outfits in the laundry solely because doing diapers is NOT like riding a bike, it does not "just come back to you" after 12 years).
I am a tired momma tonight! For the past 24 hours I have lived a life I've often wondered about and have 3 days to go. I pray I can get us all to school on time tomorrow because If I get 6 kids tardy demerits it will be traumatic I'm sure! I will let you know how tomorrow goes... all prayers are welcomed! I will leave you with two more pics of the oldest girls in the house this week Grace and Kenzie...
Grace comes downstairs as I'm drowning in koolaid, jello, chicken casserole (thanks suzanne it was terrific) and I look up to see this...
Grace starts swim team practice for the first time tomorrow and said "Its gonna be a loooonnnggg season" hahahhahahaha I love this girl! So grateful she and Kenzie are such sweet friends.
Here is Kenzie who is used to being the princess of the house after today...
Peace and Blessings from the Mayernick Home!
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I need your help!
Some of our closest friends, Tara and Drew Maddux are in the process of adopting from Uganda. They are bringing home two sweet little boys from Josie Love's orphanage....Patrick and Nicholas. Drew is the basketball coach at our school and Tara is one of my dearest and closest friends. They have three little girls that are best friends with three of my children. I cannot wait to see the impact that their adoptions are going to make in our community. Drew reaches SO many families through athletics and his love for the younger generation. He has an unbelievable platform to share Christ's love for the orphan and how his life has been changed through adoption...just the thought of what their future holds makes me smile! Tara is one of the few "safe places" for my heart. Her friendship I hold so close to my heart, and I would do ANYTHING for her. She is truly a gift from above to me. SOOOO, all of that said.....Six Seeds has featured our family on their site for the month of November. Everyone that goes to this link http://sixseeds.tv/s/content/adoption/600-adoption_the_mayernick_family and leaves a comment, they will donate $2 dollars per comment to the Maddux's adoption! now, I know that MANY of you read my blog and never comment...but this time, I NEED you to comment!!! look at these little faces that will be coming home to their forever family in just a FEW weeks! thank you! thank you! thank you!
About Me
- suzanne
- I am a lover of Jesus. I have the most fabulous husband that anyone woman could ask for. The Lord has blessed us with 7 beautiful children. I started this blog so that friends and family could follow our trip to Uganda to visit Katie Davis. I have decided to keep blogging to help bring orphan awareness to the world around me.


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California companies pouring big cash on their CEOs may be forced to tighten the spigot under a new bill that seeks to limit CEOs paid excessively at the expense of their workers.
Senate Bill 1372, authored by state Sens. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) and Loni Hancock (D-Oakland), would increase taxes on companies with wide disparities between CEO and worker pay, and give a tax break to companies with a low ratio between CEO and worker pay.
"History has taught us that the gross disparity between CEO and worker pay is a direct threat to American democracy," DeSaulnier said in a press statement. "It is unsustainable and a danger to our society. We must focus on restoring the middle class and stop fueling excessive income inequality."
The pay-disparity bill cleared the Senate and Governance Finance Committee last Friday, and is headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Local tech companies have much reason to fear the bill. Larry Ellison, CEO of the Redwood City-based Oracle, was paid 1,287 times the median salary of an Oracle employee in 2012, according to a Bloomberg study. Ellison pulled in $96.2 million in 2012, and the median employee working for his company brought in $74,693.
That's less pay gap, more pay canyon. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, a professor at UC Berkeley and a supporter of the pay-disparity bill, connected CEO pay with our troubled economy.
"This growing divergence between CEO pay and that of the typical American worker isn't just wildly unfair. It's also bad for the economy," Reich wrote on his website last week. "It means most workers these days lack the purchasing power to buy what the economy is capable of producing — contributing to the slowest recovery on record. Meanwhile, CEOs and other top executives use their fortunes to fuel speculative booms followed by busts."
The pay-disparity bill would lower taxes on companies with CEOs making less than 100 times more than its median employee. The tax rate for the company would be metered on a scale of CEO-to-worker pay ratio, with the highest penalties for companies paying their CEOs more than 400 times their median employee pay.
The bill also targets non-salaried independent contractors, a significant portion of the state's workers.
Many local companies have wide pay gaps between CEOs and workers. In 2012, Apple had a CEO:worker pay ratio of 192:1, Wells Fargo had a ratio of 186:1, and Intel squeaked by with a ratio of 99:1, according to PayScale.com.
The PayScale.com study only looked at non-stock compensation. CEOs are often paid in stock and other bonuses, a significant part of their earnings. In lieu of this, recently many CEOs jumped on the $1 salary bandwagon, including Google CEO Larry Page. Ellison took home a single dollar for his salary in 2013, according to CNN Money.
This seemingly forward-thinking gesture is a good PR move, but in reality CEOs still take home millions of dollars in stocks, options, and bonuses. Page owned more than 24 million shares in Google as of 2013, for instance. Ellison took in $92.2 million in stocks, options, and other pay in 2013.
Luckily, that's a loophole that DeSaulnier and Hancock considered when crafting the bill.
The bill would calculate executive compensation based on the Summary Compensation Table the company in question reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. That includes salary, bonus, grants of stock options and stock appreciation rights, long-term incentive plan awards, pension plans, and employment contracts and related arrangements.
In 2012, the average CEO pay in California was $5,054,959, according to a statement from DeSaulnier, while the median worker pay in California was $48,029.


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WASHINGTON - Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened Monday to hold up all nominations for federal government positions until survivors of last year's deadly attack on the diplomatic post in Libya appear before Congress.
"Where are the (hash)Benghazi survivors?" the South Carolina Republican said on his official Twitter account. "I'm going to block every appointment in the US Senate until they are made available to Congress."
There have been a number of Capitol Hill hearings on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. And there was a review chaired by former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen. But Graham is among lawmakers dissatisfied with information they've received so far and he has threatened previous nominations over the issue.
This time he's calling for a special congressional committee to investigate.
"The State Department is blaming the CIA, the CIA is blaming the State Department. Where was the Department of Defense?" Graham said earlier Monday on the news show "Fox & Friends." "So I am calling for a joint select committee ... where you get three or four committees together to look at this situation as one unit."
Prominent nominations announced by President Barack Obama and awaiting Senate confirmation include Janet Yellen for chair of the Federal Reserve and Jeh Johnson for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Under the U.S. Constitution, the president nominates - but the Senate must approve - a host of appointments including ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, Cabinet members and military personnel being promoted to the rank of general officer. Graham is a longtime member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Graham complained on Fox that 14 months after the attack, people who survived it "have not been made available to the U.S. Congress for oversight purposes."
The State Department rejects allegations that it has forbidden any of its employees from appearing before Congress.
It has noted that the Benghazi survivors have spoken to investigators and that those reports have been made available to lawmakers.
A blistering report released in December by Pickering, Mullen and three other reviewers found that systematic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels of the State Department meant security was inadequate for Benghazi and "grossly inadequate" to deal with the attack, in which militants stormed the diplomatic post and set it on fire.
Benghazi stands as cause celebre for conservative Republicans who insist the administration was trying to mislead the American people during the heat of a presidential campaign, playing down a terrorist attack on Obama's watch.
In February, Graham and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., led Republicans in blocking the Senate vote on Obama's nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to serve as defense secretary, demanding information about the president's actions in the aftermath of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
The administration responded to the requests, and the Senate later confirmed Hagel.
Later that month, Republicans also threatened to hold up the nomination of CIA Director John Brennan, insisting on documents related to Benghazi. The administration provided emails and other documents to Congress.
Graham, who has drawn criticism in some Republican quarters for working with Democrats on other issues like immigration, has been highly critical of the administration on Benghazi. The two-term senator faces several Republican rivals in the GOP primary as he fights for re-election in South Carolina.
AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee and AP writer Donna Cassata contributed to this report from Washington.


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Inside Russia, it's technically against the law to use a VPN to unblock telegram and content prohibited in Russia, but it's perfectly legal to use a VPN for corporate or security purposes. If you're outside of Russia, you might need a Russian IP address to access Russian social media and popular shows like Zona, Kukhnya, Vanga, Interny and Fizruk.
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TRP on Rhodesia & South Africa by islandshark
The good folks at The Right Perspective regularly have a few gems on the truth about Apartheid South Africa and Africa in general. Here they speak to Paul from Florida:
- Rhodesia going from bread basket to basket case.
- South African government can't protect the citizens.
- Inept South African Police.
- Continuing murders of the most brutal kind.
- Why aren't things going better? It was supposed to after the end of "evil Apartheid".
- Jimmy Carter and other communist inspired liberal idiots' role in the demise of South Africa.
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This is the other thing that is on Bill's mind, which I think the channel will be happy to hear: We understand that part of our role has got to be demand generation, lead generation for the channel to follow up on. So whether it is our digital marketing, our call centers or the work that we do around the globe, we need to make sure that we are generating leads and helping the channel increase their business.
While that has always been part of our role, I think quite frankly that hasn't been as much of a focus as it will be under Bill.


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You've probably heard about the benefits of nature and outdoor play for children. According to the National Wildlife Federation, outdoor play boosts fitness and decreases the risk of childhood obesity; increases focus and academic achievement; and reduces stress and increases feelings of well-being. As a provider of early childhood education and child care, we understand and agree with all these findings. While less tangible and quantifiable, the "fun" value of being outdoors can also be beneficial to children, particularly when they can share that fun with a beloved adult. Conservationist Rachel Carson wrote, "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in." We think she's onto something there. Below are a few simple outdoor activities for kids that can help nurture a love of the natural world within your child. Outdoor Activities for Kids of All Ages Infants and Toddlers Offer safe spaces for babies to crawl, walk, and explore, such as a variety of textured surfaces (e.g. grass, sand, or dirt). Point out and label birds, squirrels, insects and plants. Toddlers are at a vantage point to observe things that we adults often miss. A simple walk around the neighborhood with the family can open a whole world to them if we simply slow down. Make time to explore with toddlers, keeping in mind the journey, not the destination. How many plants and insects can you find? How many different textures or sensations can you discover?
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Thanks to Brett Terpstra I can easily send an SMS through Google Voice in Terminal, but now I want to be able to initiate a phone call via Termainal too.
There is no Google Voice API (yet?) so I know there is no official way to do it, but I'm hoping that perhaps someone else has had this same issue and already found a solution.
A proper solution would have to not only let me say which number I want to call, but also which number Google Voice should use to call me.
(For those unfamiliar with Google Voice, calls are initiated by your phone receiving an incoming call from Google's servers, and then you are connected to the number that you wanted to call.)
I took a look on Github, but the only potential solution I found was https://github.com/tylerhall/google-voice-dialer which hasn't been updated in 2 years, and I'm not sure how to use it.


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Elke The Stallion Interview off the Cheddar DVD volume 7. Buffie da body who? Def One of the best booty's in the industry
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An analyst's poll of Apple stores shows that the iPhone 5 is now physically available at most Apple Stores across the country.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster conducted a poll of 20 U.S. Apple's brick-and-mortar stores and found that iPhone 5s were readily available, including Verizon models which were the most difficult to find, according to AppleInsider. The iPhone 5 hasn't been easy to find in physical stores since its launch in September.
"We believe the iPhone 5 has finally reached a point where consumers can walk into an Apple Store and walk out with a phone," Munster said in a note to investors on Thursday.
Is it a coincidence that it's now available during the lucrative holiday season? We don't think so. However, the numbers that Munster kept show that Verizon models have been startlingly low since launch and had a steep climb to Black Friday. Now Verizon, Sprint and AT&T all have more than 90 percent availability in Apple stores, according to Munster, and consumers will have a better chance of scoring one in person than waiting a week for delivery from Apple's online store.


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In Russia Friday, a judge read out a two year prison sentence for the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot.
Convicted of "hooliganism," Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich have been jailed for more than five months for a performance at a church they dubbed a "punk prayer."
The band's actions were in protest to the Russian Orthodox Church's support of President Vladimir Putin, and critics have suggested the trial and verdict has the president's fingerprints all over it.
Protesters in Russia and around the world have shown their support for Pussy Riot by donning the band's trademark colorful knit balaclava masks.
Here are five ways (plus a bonus!) to get your own Pussy Riot-style balaclava.
1. eBay
This one is red, like Russia. And communism!
2. Amazon.com
This one is white, so you can blend into the snow. Or dye it your favorite crazy color! Or this one, in pink.
For when you're feeling girly.
In classic, slimming black. Or highly visible orange. Even when protesting, safety first!
4. Etsy
This Etsy shop owner is donating proceeds to support Pussy Riot.
Go wild with the patterns!
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Psst…the Backdoor Route to a Roth IRA
High earners can't contribute directly to popular Roth individual retirement accounts. But there's still a way in. We explain a simple two-step strategy that works for many people. WSJ's Karen Damato explains.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
NASCAR Discovers The Internet
Since 2007 we have been taking aim at one of the worst media contracts in all of professional sports. Over a decade ago, NASCAR sold the total online (digital) rights of the entire sport to Atlanta-based Turner Sports.
Originally part of the NASCAR mindset to maximize profit from the sale of exclusive content, it quickly became apparent that having a third party in charge of the sport's Internet presence was a mistake. Over the past few years, that mistake has turned into a disaster.
Online technology has become a key element for the other professional sports in North America. Recently, the basic offerings of website content and live video have been bolstered by the rapid growth of social media and the technology that comes with it. Digital strategy can now make or break a sport.
Sports Business Journal reporters Tripp Mickle and Jon Ourand broke a story this week that NASCAR had done the unthinkable. Long since governed by the motto that NASCAR cashes checks but never writes them, the sanctioning body seems to be ready to dip into the checking account and buy back its own online rights from Turner.
The SBJ reporters offer that a deal to end the current agreement two years early and have NASCAR back in charge by the 2013 season would wind up costing tens of millions of dollars. Ultimately, it has seemed all along that cash is king for Turner.
While the obvious starting point is the movement of the NASCAR.com website operations to NASCAR's headquarters in Charlotte, that is only the tip of the digital iceberg. The TV networks that will be negotiating in 2012 for rights to races beginning in 2015 need assurance that online streaming of that content is in play.
The current TV deal is NASCAR's cash cow with over four billion dollars changing hands in the current eight year agreement. That money is before any TV network even rolls a production truck, puts out one camera or hires one announcer. Four billion is just for the opportunity to show the races.
Hardcore fans know the real problems. NASCAR.com has been a mess for years and allowed websites like Jayski.com to thrive amid the continuing confusion and constant redesigns being done by Turner. The current version of NASCAR.com is perhaps the worst yet.
NASCAR itself has never been able to stream live race telecasts, radio content or video of any kind. NASCAR's current TV partners have also been restricted in digital applications, even on the websites of the very networks who combined for the current big money TV deal.
This is the right move at the right time and it makes sense for all the parties involved. The big issue on the table is the damage that has already been done. Even as the Sprint commercials on TV suggest that live video of races is available, it has never been. Younger sports fans have never been able to access NASCAR content like the other pro sports.
Secondary to a deal like this is the ability of NASCAR to branch out and address issues that have also been on hold for years. SiriusXM's NASCAR channel has a tiny audience right now of hardcore fans who listen on satellite receivers of all types. NASCAR in charge would clear the way for online streaming to smart phones, tablets and laptops.
While NASCAR's history might be on display at the Hall of Fame, it cannot be viewed anywhere online. Controlling digital rights would allow entire programs to be made available to fans via websites like Hulu, YouTube and NASCAR.com.
"30 Minutes You'll Never Get Back" is a NASCAR.com webcast featuring Rutledge Wood and Kyle Petty on Sprint Cup Series weekends from the track. These two knuckleheads act like fools, talk to NASCAR personalities and generally try to get away with everything they cannot on TV. Fans love it.
Originating live video from the tracks can be as simple as a garage camera with sound or a full-scale production of preview, review or interview shows. Establishing an online production department within the NASCAR Media Group is a clear priority.
Scott Ackerson, a FOX Sports veteran executive from Los Angeles, has been named the interim head of SPEED. One of Ackerson's roles will be to oversee the continued integration of SPEED's TV programs online via the NASCAR.com website.
SPEED is NASCAR's largest TV production partner and has taken the lead over the last few years in expanding the programs being offered in the digital space. Giving fans the ability to keep up with practice, qualifying and the news programs like NASCAR Live via smart phone, tablet or laptop is so very important right now.
Once NASCAR is in charge of online offerings, expect SPEED to play a key role in advancing the integration of existing TV programs onto the Internet. Hopefully, Ackerson will see the opportunity for a strategic partnership that will bring benefits to both SPEED and NASCAR for years to come.
Finally, control of NASCAR's social media would revert back to the sanctioning body. It's been tough to deal with Turner controlling Facebook and Twitter content for the sport. The tension between Atlanta and Charlotte on those issues could be cut with a knife.
The SBJ reporters got a no comment from both Turner and NASCAR, but suggested the deal would be done and announced sooner than later. Thanks to Mickle and Ourand for some solid reporting on this issue. The original story was posted on the subscriber-only Sports Business Daily website. If a legal link becomes available to the full article, it will be added to this post.
We want your comments on NASCAR's online situation. To add your opinion on this topic, just click on the comments button below. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
26 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Very insightful and something I was not aware of. Putting this. In the hands of #NASCAR is a good idea, but at the same time, I hope steaming races live, like race buddy will remain free for those that don't have access to cable or can't afford it. As thrown out there on XM talk of a #NASCAR channel like the NFL, MLB Etc would be the ultimate. Hope it pans out.
- December 20, 2011 at 2:51 AM
- larry said...
NASCAR does nothing for free. We will pay through the nose. They will tease us with some freebies then try to suck us dry.
Sorry for my cynicism.
- December 20, 2011 at 6:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, I would have never thought bf would part with his money. I cannot wait to see how this plays out. MC
- December 20, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
Larry above, beat me to it.
If they charge for it, they won't be getting any of my $$s.
- December 20, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Vicky D said...
Larry I agree with you I have a lot of cynicism regarding Nascar! Plus I take everything they say with a grain of salt. And my word verification is lies!
- December 20, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- MRM4 said...
Sounds good so far. But as others have said, NASCAR will probably have their hand out looking to make up that money they'll be paying to Turner.
- December 20, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- KudzuCarl said...
Interesting (typical?) that there isn't anything about this on NASCAR.com this morning.
- December 20, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Fed UP said...
Chances are, it IS going to cost you to view the online content. Nascar is a business afterall. However, it may not be a direct cost. Think of how Nascar could help its smaller teams with sponsorship by saying that not only do we have tv and radio, we have internet available to showcase your product. It may make the difference between a midlevel company saying no and yes to sponsoring a team. I'm sure that there will probably be more surveys out there, but that's how the companies can judge how effective its advertising is.
Its about time that Nascar buys back its rights. It takes money to make money.
- December 20, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Ziggy said...
I agree with Larry 100%.
Got to think the next TV deal will be less than 500M per year.
- December 20, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- GinaV24 said...
Well, I'll believe it when I see it and like Larry, I believe that NASCAR will do its best to recoup all its money from the fans.
What I'm willing to pay will depend on the product. It bettr be more than cartoon cars racing around a pretend track.
thanks for the info, JD, it will be interesting to watch. Maybe the yahoos in Daytona are listening at least a little.
- December 20, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- Russ said...
Several days ago I got flamed on this very issue. I dared to suggest that a Nascar Channel on TV was not as important as webcasts, and the social media, Facebook and Twitter.
If Nascar recognizes it's importance going forward, and is willing to shell out millions rather than letting the current agreement expire than there must be something to it.
Wonder what those people who were so quick to say that TV was all that was wanted or needed are saying in response to this news.
- December 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM
- 17972 B. C. said...
This is a good move by NASCAR for sure, and no doubt it will cost the fans some cash,but for the fans who live in the NASCAR only world, no other pro sport gives it away for free either. NFL right now will give week 17 and the playoffs feed for $9.99. NHL charges $19.99 for an app that allows radio feeds, live tv cut ins, but not live feeds, and access to 15 minute game tape post game, $160.00 for video for a season.I paid i believe $9.99 for the MLB app that included radio feeds for the season, quite reasonable i thought.The video app was $150.00 i think. So if you expect all of a sudden free unlimited live streaming of everything NASCAR, you might be a bit disappointed.The pricing will be the difference between money hungry NASCAR and fan friendly NASCAR.
And the fact that Sprint is the series sponsor could have implications as to who gets what and at what cost. Bottom line is this is a big plus, but have realistic expectations people.
- December 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- KoHoSo said...
I sort of feel the same way Larry does as I remember the day years ago when NASCAR put driver radio streams behind a pay-wall when they had previously been free. Considering little has been done by NASCAR to help fans during The Great Recession, I fear they will use this as a money grab.
Possibly the best thing to come out of this will be something fairly simple -- a truly sensible redesign of the NASCAR.com website. That thing has been a joke since the late 1990s and they've never gotten it right. Other sports that used to be equally bad finally got caught up (the NHL and IndyCar come to mind) but NASCAR still lags behind both in content and especially ease of finding information. As somebody that has done a little Web design, I swear that the Turner folks make it look like somebody ate a coding textbook and then just slapped up whatever they barfed back up. :-s
- December 20, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
Never thought I'd see the day! I'd understand reasonable pricing for tv/radio streaming. Every sport charges for it. But the alternative of paying for it is the current nothing on NASCAR.com right now. With the current tv contract, the best Turner could provide during the races was cartoon cars on RaceView and moving bubbles on TrackPass.
- December 20, 2011 at 11:18 AM
- The Mad Man said...
I agree with Larry. I also agree with Russ.
Sure it would be nice to have a lot more internet content, but the internet isn't the end all to NASCAR's problems. In order to solve NASCAR's problems, you need to start with a clean slate which means replacing just about all the honchos NASCAR currently has and bringing in somebody who is smart enough to know how to handle both the internet & television products.
Right now, the France's are trying to buy up all the ISC stock they don't control. That smells of desperation. Now, they want all their digital rights and products. I may be wrong but to me this sounds like they're trying to get all their eggs in one basket in order to make a sale of NASCAR, ISC, or both.
NASCAR's TV ratings don't really justify any major network committing to a NASCAR channel. And if what the networks have said in the past about the difficulty of selling commerical time is true, that makes the idea of a dedicated NASCAR channel implausible because unless they run infomercials all night, the odds of normal mainstream advertisers coming onboard are extremely slim. Especially companies who have had past dealings with the France family.
And just what all would be on a NASCAR only channel? We'd get pretty much what we've got now on Speed, Fox, & BSPN. Then what? NASCAR Media Group isn't going to want to show races from the past as fans would be demanding to see the same sort of racing today. Do they air "The Best of Brian France's Speeches" to fill time slots? The True History of NASCAR? Racing movies like "Last American Hero", "Stroker Ace", and "White Lightnin'"?
While NASCAR tends to follow the lead of the WWE in a lot of aspsects because they're both after the same demographic groups, I don't see NASCAR having their own dedicated network like the one the WWE will launch in January 2012. And I don't see NASCAR making much of an improvement on their own web site. They might be able to post things that are currently being sent out to the media from the NASCAR PR site, but then what? They're going to have a tough time competing with Jayski because they won't post any articles which cast even the slightest doubt on what's happening on the track or in the garage. They won't post anything which questions the leadership or officiating. So we end up with a plain vanilla product that is little more than an extension of NASCAR's PR Department which is sort of what NASCAR.com is currently.
- December 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Dot said...
I'm with the others about bf/nascar charging fans to recoup their losses. This wouldn't be happening if there wasn't money to be made.
- December 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have not been to Nascar.com for years,poor design.To many other outlets that provide good coverage.
- December 20, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- Bobby, who believes NASCAR is rudderless said...
The Super Bowl will be available online and on smartphones. Match that, NASCAR!
- December 20, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- OSBORNK said...
I think NASCAR is trying to buy back the online rights to make the upcoming bidding for the rights to broadcast races more attractive. The selling of the online rights lowered the TV broadcast value of NASCAR. The tens of millions of dollars to buy the rights is small compared to the increase in the value in the upcoming bidding "war".
- December 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- uncredentialed said...
This is definitely the way to go. Major League Baseball has the best model and they make a killing off of it.
There are a couple issues here though.
#1 Editorial control - NASCAR has been notorious for the intimidation & games they've played with the independent press over the years. I have no confidence that they won't turn NASCAR.com into a glorified PR outlet.
#2 Mobile - Sprint is still the big elephant in the room. The key features of any mobile app would be live telemetry & live race weekend streaming content. I just don't see Sprint giving up exclusivity in this area.
- December 20, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Editorial content has been a big topic of discussion over on the TDP blog page.
Monte Dutton has said he believes it is the key issue. Marketing guys in charge of the news just does not usually work out well.
- December 20, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Russ, I don't believe anyone in that discussion said TV was *more* important. They simply said it was important for the people who do not have, or choose NOT to access the other avenues you mention to have it available. I personally think this is a great move., but it would not be the answer for that particular set of people I don't expect everything for free, so if they find a reasonable way to work online options out for the fans, it will be great, and this is a good first step. Long time to wait though.
- December 20, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
From someone who is tired of paying up the nose for cable and seeing their bill increase often, I would bet there are others like me who would pay to watch the streaming of races. It would mean I can get rid of my cable. So with what money I'm saving, I can pay for the races online.
It would be another source of revenue for Nascar and would also get more exposure to their favorite demographic, the 20 something crowd, who almost all have some kind of gadget on the go that can access the web.
I'm very interested to see how this plays out
- December 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Sally said...
I really don't have a dog in this fight, since I won't bother even trying to watch a race on anything other than my 42" flat screen. I'm one of those who choose not to buy every electronic gadget known to man, and have no plans to do so. I'd be perfectly content with just getting good TV coverage of all the races, not a 'scripted' version of what someone else thinks I want to see. While I would be grateful for a less trashy Nascar.com website, I can find what I want to know elsewhere (like here!).
- December 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Russ said...
This is move in itself shows how the situation in the motorsports world has changed. At the very least it is apparent that they realize that without the digital rights they have a very weak bargaining position when the negotiating starts to replace the existing TV contracts.
Certainly it will be appealing to the networks, by opening up new venues to deliver content to a broader market.More important it will be appealing to sponsors, who have been voting with their checkbooks as to the attractiveness of Nascar as a brand.
Ultimately this can only benefit Nascar. Whether the increased revenue is enough to justify the cost remains to be seen. But my guess is that it will ultimately be a windfall to the stockholders.
And after all they are the ones that matter, right?
- December 20, 2011 at 7:47 PM
- Air Ride Parts said...
Someone they put in charge in the website must be worse on how NASCAR.com is now. That's the problem.
- December 21, 2011 at 4:17 AM


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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Voyaguer 50 Mile Trail Run: A Perfect Day :)
Before I left the house yesterday morning I took a look at the weather forecast for Carlton and Duluth. Duluth showed thunderstorms and Carlton showed showers. Great. The power lines become orange mountains of lard when they are wet and you know how I enjoy running in the cold rain. Not.
I headed out at 330 AM, a bit tired as I was totally Godsmacked at the Myth Friday night. Fabulous! I had plenty of time to make my way to Duluth, arriving around 630 for the 700 start. Lots of visiting friends and visiting the bathroom. The beans Friday were making themselves known. Yikes.
I saw Uncle Al Sauld, but where was Debbie McKenzie? Debbie, we missed you. Were you golfing, instead of running?
I wore a new top yesterday, one that has a good sized pocket in the inside, in between my boobs. I decided I'd stash a few gels in there as I can't stand the way my race ready shorts fit and I didn't want to wear a belt or pack. Sadly Voyaguer doesn't have gels on the course. Or Heed. I had gels in the small inside pocket of my shorts as well as my bottle pocket. I also had gels in two drop bags with a Red Bull in each. I have never tried Red Bull while running before but figured if the RockStars (Helen, John Duke..) use it then I should try it.
So the shirt, it worked great! I looked like I had a third boob but who cares? The gels fit in there perfectly along with an 11 hour pace chart. I was hoping to finish in 11 but didn't really know what might happen.
Off we went, leaving the High School in Carlton, up the street, onto the asphalt bike path and into the woods and rocks. This first 4 miles is a bit like the Superior Hiking Trail. I like it on the way out, hate it on the way back.
I found myself with Matt Long, Kevin and Paul; listening to their conversations as I ran along. It was a really nice morning. The sun was shining and it didn't look like rain. Happy days.
It was great to see so many women running the race. I never looked at the entrants list but I think I will to see how many women ran. Alicia registered in the morning and was number 137! Lots of runners for a 50 mile.
Over the swinging bridge, before the first aid station. Be sure to smile, click, they take your picture, have it developed and it is ready for pickup at the end of the race. Cool.
Wayne was working the aid station, refilled my bottle with Ultima, the race drink, and off I went.
OK, rant about Ultima. You know I favor Heed but drink Ultima at Voyaguer because it is there and I didn't feel like dragging Heed in drop bags, having to take the time, etc. Well, I noticed this morning in my race bag there is a sample of Ultima. Get this: 10 CALORIES per 16 ounces. TEN!!!!! 3 grams of Carb. WTF is up with that? This is more of an Scap in drink form. I can't believe it. I can't believe I haven't researched this and just drank it, thinking it must be relatively near Heed's 130 calories/35 g of carb per bottle. NOT. Dang. More work for me next year; dragging along powder. No wonder I feel totally wiped out at mile 40. I am mistakenly thinking that I am consuming 1000 calories/350 grams of carb when I am getting like nothing. Wow. Eye opener. I'm glad the sample pack of Ultima was in my packet.
I kind of think I must be reading the label wrong? How could this me an energy drink?
OK, enough of that business.
I ran along, feeling great, strong no worries. The clouds looked friendly, it was warming up, it was going to be a super fine day. Indeed.
About 2 hours in I approached the power lines. Crazy 300 feet hills of orange mud hills over and over again with a few rivers thrown in for added entertainment. The hills were actually in pretty good shape. A few slippery spots but not too bad. It's been MUCH worse!
As I crested the top of a hill I heard Kevin yell "ICEBERG". I gave him a pump of the arm. It was the last time I was in front of him.
I wore my Garmin Forerunner 50 and as I was running through the river I saw that it still had the footpod signal. Cool.
Out of the powerlines, no damage, all good. Onto the bike path for a bit and then an aid station 15.5 miles I believe. I had gels here so dropped my trash and refilled my boob pocket. Sweet.
I wasn't really running in a pack anymore, I was hanging out on my own, totally enjoying the scenery.
As I was running a downhill section deep in the woods I was thinking about how I was really in a zone. Really running hard, feeling good, listening to Ozzy now. As I was thinking about how great this all was a man was at my side. I about jumped out of my skin. I felt bad because I was not paying any attention at all and I should have had one ear bud out so that I was at least paying attention to other races. I apologized, he apologized for scaring me, I said I should have been listening for runners, it was embarrassing. This is why some don't like us to wear headphones while running. I totally broke the rule. Oops. The man was running really strong and was a good 40 minutes ahead of me at the turnaround.
Before the final section before the turnaround I began to see the front runners approach. Andy Holak was first and ended up winning the race in 7:16! Good job, Andy. 7:16. Just floors me! I believe Dusty ( Scott Jurek friend and pacer) was next, and John was next. Woohoo! Not too much later and here comes Helen, looking as strong as can be! Helen took first woman in 8:07 I believe! Incredible. I can't imagine.
Onto the final section before the turnaround. At 25 I had a Red Bull and more gels. I slammed the Red Bull, it was tasty. No aftertaste, no burping, just numminess. I emptied out my used gels and refilled with some more. Up and out of there.
I saw Doug Hansel at the turnaround and told him to get going. He is so much faster than I, he had no business running my pace! I decided to take out my pace chart and saw, much to my almost horror, that I was on pace for 10 hours. Oh oh. I needed to slow down, didn't I? Then I saw Julie Treder and was even more concerned. She's usually a good piece ahead of me too.
I didn't feel bad so figured I'd just keep running as I had been. I knew I would eventually slow down. I might as enjoy it while I was feeling strong.
Out of the zoo and uphill forever. It's so much fun to see the rest of the runners running into the turnaround. Lots of good jobs and high fives.
At Becks Road I ran out with Connie, Kami, Julie and Doug. On the way up the hill, Steve Q passed us. He exclaimed "road section, I'm faster here" or something like that. He was too! He zoomed right by us.
Steve posted on his blog that he felt it was time to beat me at this race. As we entered the woods I told Doug to take off and quit hanging with me. You should have seen him fly! He zoomed out of there and ended up finishing in 9 something! Wow.
I was feeling strong and fast so ran hard down down down the path, passing Steve, but saying "you can still beat me"! I didn't feel like I was going too fast, but who knows. Again, figured I might as well spend what I had.
At mile 35 I couldn't believe how good I felt. I had a drop bag, slammed another Red Bull and realized I hadn't been grabbing any solid food. I had depended entirely on Hammergel, two Red Bull and Ultima. I was calculating each Ultima to be 130 calories.
My shorts were really bothering me. I was SO wet! I was sweating like crazy, more than usual. Well, I never used to really sweat much running these things. My shorts were soaked and clinging to my thighs. This was causing horrible chafing. I looked at my legs and the girl that had been telling me how great and strong I looked gasped. Ooh, raw. I grabbed a glob of Vaseline and rubbed it onto the chafing. Ouch.
It was only about 65 so I don't get the sweating so much. Maybe it just took 5 years of ultra running for my body to begin to work correctly.
Each aid station I looked for Vaseline thereafter and lubed up. Thank god each aid station had some! Pain I tell you. Pain.
Back over the power lines. Now I was back with Connie and Kami. I thought I recognized Connie from Superior 50K, she won. At the awards ceremony she told me she had ordered some of my Foot Potion and loved it. If this was Connie, I had just mailed her out two MORE canisters of Food Potion Wednesday! I didn't ask her if she was Connie until after the race while we were showering, yes, it was Connie! I could have saved her the postage.
The rivers felt good on my feet which felt hot for some reason. There was a very light shower, but nothing much, more like a mist now and it actually felt good. The power lines were in great shape, they had dried out were actually tacky.
Mile 39.5 aid station came and went. Onto the final 10 miles. This seems like it is all uphill at first. I was so happy I made it through the power lines unscathed, then it is miles of uphill grinding. I was now on 1020 pace. Still thrilled but worried that I hadn't peed at all the whole freaking race.
Mile 44 aid station is coming up and I see Kami is missing it. I yell out to her so she turns around to make it. That would really suck, to miss the aid station at mile 44! Ugh.
Now I'm just trying to get to the finish. Everything is tired, I keep telling myself this is how it is supposed to feel..hard. If it was easy there would be more than 130 people running and I probably wouldn't be here. So suck it up and get it done.
Final aid station. Wayne is still working, tops off my bottle and I'm out of there. Wrap this baby up. It begins to pour out as I'm running over the bridge. Downpour. I know that the next section is my nightmare on the way back. Now it will be wet and slippery. I tell myself to be happy..you are now at the last section, you made it. Enjoy the final miles. Ok, Ok.
I let Kami go ahead, I could not talk anymore. I just had to grind this out. I recall that it took me 39 minutes to reach AS1 so it will probably take me an hour to get to the finish. Hmph.
Rain rain rain. But at least it waited until the finish. It could have been so much worse, it could have been raining through the power lines so be happy. Be happy that you are able to do this, that you don't have any blisters and the only pain is the chafing. That's pretty good!
Ok, across the bridge, amen, and onto the bike path. Run Run Run, onto the road and I can see the school. Thank goodness! Lots of cheering, there is John and Helen, there is the finish line in 10:44. I think. I forgot to stop my watch. Woohoo!!
Celebrate the race!
Even with the rain many spectators and finishers stayed at the finish line to cheer on the runners. I sat down with Helen and John and learned that Helen BEAT John in the final 1/4 mile. I said " Helen is the winner, see her prize...John is the loser that sits and cries", all in fun, of course. John was pretty excited that Helen beat him! Nice stuff.
After chatting for quite some time I went in for a hot shower. Fabulous. Wash away the chill and the dirt.
More visiting, awards and hot coffee. I even received an award for a 5 year finisher. I didn't realize it! I enjoyed talking with Kim Holak about Hardrock. Wow. What an epic adventure. This was her second year and she'd like to go out every year forever. She loves it that much! Amazing.
Eventually I called it a day and packed up for home, hoping to get pretty close before dark. I have horrible night vision.
Back home by 1000 to revisit the day with Steve and the boys. What a great day!
This morning Topaz and I went for a five mile run. Slow and easy. No pain but for the chaffing. Oh man. What is up with that? I slathered Foot Potion all over it so I could run. It felt so much better. I'm down 8 pounds today. This is strange as I used to always be up and bloated with water / salt post race. My body is beginning to act differently during racing. I don't pee every hour, as I used to..I didn't pee during the race once and not until I arrived home last night. I still drink the same amount, at least 24 oz each hour. Yesterday I drank more. I am not eating all of the sandwiches during the race, this may be the weight difference/bloat. I'm not sure. I no longer take eCaps or Scaps because I became so swollen during the race. I found that Heed was enough. I didn't take any salt yesterday, maybe this is one reason I'm not so bloated/heavy the next day? Interesting.
Thanks to the race committee and all of the volunteers that make this race what it is!
Up next: Lean Horse 100 August 21
6 comments:
- SteveQ said...
Coming back from the turnaround, when I saw you I knew you'd finish ahead of me, though it hurts a little that you did it while singing along with the i-pod. It was 90 minutes later that the first women in skirts passed me.
Everyone hates Ultima - nothing in it AND it tastes bad! It does require one to plan out putting everything in drop bags, so i count it as good practice for Superior.
- Helen said...
Great job Julie - it was fun seeing everyone out there and it looked like most people were enjoying it though it was a pity it rained towards the end - the rocks are bad enough without it!
I made a promise that I would not continue my gloating about beating John once yesterday was over but I totally enjoy anyone else doing it on my behalf :)
Hope you make it to the Luce Line run next weekend.
- Wayne said...
Nice job, Julie... it was nice to see you out there. Too bad I didn't realize what I was serving you! That's something to make note of the next time I'm at an aid station.
- sea legs girl said...
Great race and race report! I am pretty sure I saw you but was sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you.
Did you honestly go for a 5 mile run the day after the race? Two days later and I still can barely get up from sitting.
- Zach said...
Wow, what an eye opener about the Ultima, I guess I should do more research in the future, I just assume that these drinks at these races are all some form of maltodextrin / 100 and some calorie per bottle drink. I survive largely on sports drink calories so I don't have to eat as much, I'm surprised I didn't crash. I was hungrier than I thought I should be however... :) Great race, was nice chatting at dinner!
- Travis said...
great report Julie! Congrats on a great time! I'm coming up for Superior 50 in September. Really looking forward to it.


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Steve Wynn and porn producer Joe Francis faced off before jurors Tuesday, with the casino mogul denying that he threatened to kill the "Girls Gone Wild" founder and saying the accusation is threatening his upscale casinos.
Jurors listened to wildly varying accounts of whether Wynn threatened to hit Francis over the head with a shovel and have him buried in the desert, with the soft-porn producer insisting he heard about the threats from record executive Quincy Jones. Francis testified that Jones told him Wynn made the threats in conversations and emails, but Wynn denies it.
"I've never sent an email in my life," the 70-year-old designer of signature casinos such as The Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn and Encore, told jurors.
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Wynn is suing Francis for slander, the latest legal fight in ongoing battles between the two men that include gambling debt that Francis racked up in one of Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s casinos.
Wynn also testified that he has been repeatedly investigated by gambling oversight agencies and the FBI for a presidential commission appointment and wouldn't be allowed to run casinos if he made threats.
"It would be a singularly self-destructive act - incredibly, incredibly stupid," Wynn said.
The billionaire was mostly poised throughout his testimony, his deep voice occasionally quivering when he discussed the potential downfall that Francis' claims could spark.
"I'm sitting here because Joe Francis decided he wanted to destroy my company because he didn't want to pay his marker," Wynn said, using a term to refer to a gambling debt.
Francis was at times jittery and combative toward Wynn's attorney - and argued with a judge who urged him to keep his answers succinct - but maintained Jones gave him good reason to fear Wynn. "He was trying to save my life," Francis said of the record producer.
He claims Jones told him that Wynn was a gangster and a murderer who was the de-facto head of the Genovese mob family. In deposition testimony read in court, Francis claimed Jones said about Wynn, "He's gangster. He's old Vegas. He doesn't play."
Francis acknowledged he never actually read the emails Jones claimed he received. He said he saw one was written in all capital letters but couldn't describe them further.
Jones, who is Francis' next-door neighbor and a close friend of Wynn's, is expected to testify in the trial.
Wynn, who said he had never threatened anyone in his life, said he was concerned that Francis' allegations will hurt his reputation with his thousands of employees in Las Vegas and harm future casino projects.
"If I was a gangster and a criminal, what would that mean to their job security?" Wynn said.
Calling Francis "the most desperate, the most reprehensible" character he has met in more than four decades of work in Vegas, Wynn said he had to sue to protect his honor and business.
"The trouble is Joe Francis' statement stands without the footnote that Joe Francis is a flake," Wynn said.


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The Child of Lov • The Child Of Lov
The Child of Lov heads back to the future as both modern soul man and funk revivalist on his self- titled debut album soon to be released on Double Six. It possesses a nostalgic reverence for the heavyweight roots of early trailblazers like Little Richard, Otis Redding and James Brown and as well as a penchant for the later neo soul of Dilla and D'Angelo. The Child of Lov certifies his scholarly underpinnings with a consummate cool that makes him feel like the rightful successor in the long line of important soulful beings.
The album was recorded at Damon Albarn's 13 studio in London and features contributions from Albarn and DOOM and features artwork designed by The Child of Lov himself.


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My latest project at work is a bit confidential, but I can say that it has me designing a webpage. I grew up on this stuff and I've almost entirely self-taught myself it. This time, I was given the design prototype, and didn't have to worry about the actual design of the document.
But it was still a huge bitch. I began by reading up on some extra CSS articles. Maybe this time I'll try absolute positioning instead of floating divs. It has its own issues. Creating web pages is fun for me … up until I run into the issues. I seems the W3C specs aren't designed to make things easy for web designers. Some of the most common practices in web design are using CSS specs that aren't designed specifically for layouts. Absolute positioning is generic – it's useful for positioning arbitrary elements, which has a lot of use in layout design, but it has limitations and problems. Using floating divs and wrappers and margins to create a particular layout is using these tools for something other than what they are design for.
Take float – it's a property to make text flow around an object. It wasn't designed to create columns on a webpage. And there's no CSS property that creates columns, or a header. In simple cases and the beginnings of large projects, working with a web layout seems simpler than a desktop application layout. All you need are some elements and style rules – no worry about creating objects and adding them and listening for events.
But I'm beginning to wish we had a better approach to creating webpage layouts. Something that's actually designed to create web forms and two-column pages. The SWING library for Java is a good example. It was designed to create layouts for people to use an application. CSS is designed to style documents. It does have its uses, and that is styling documents. But there are a lot of cases where that doesn't apply. I would guess that the majority of uses of CSS are either web applications or websites (with columns, headings, footers, and the whole bit) I have no clue what the actual distribution is, or if even the majority of cases are that way, actually, but you can't argue that there's a lot of cases like that. And CSS simply doesn't lend itself well to that.
I'm not saying to abolish CSS. It needs to be improved though, perhaps split into separate specifications. Give me something where I can layout a page as easily and reliably as I could with a table, without the actual horrible atrocities of table design. I'd like something where I can say "this element is going to be a left column that spans from below the header to the bottom of the document" and "the element is going to be a horizontal menu whose items are centered and spaced evenly". I'm sure some would say that was too specific. Rules that would be used to do that simply would be very narrow-focused. But there are so many cases where this could be used.
CSS is about separating the content from the design. But we should be able to separate parts of a CSS document: style and layout. Fonts, colours, paragraph spacing, etc, are all design properties. Floating divs and absolutely positioned footers are all things that make up a layout. I haven't looked into to HTML5 much, so maybe there's a step in the right direction, but what about something like this?
  <title>FGC Sample</title>    <page>  <navigation> <item href="#">Home</item> <item href="#">Products</item> <item href="#">About</item> <item href="#">Contact</item> </navigation> <content id="aside">
New product launched!

We have launched a new product XXBBYY

Herp derp derp

FARBLE GARBLE FBRARFGARFGB
 </content> <content id="main">
Welcome to FarbleGarb CO

At FGC we have pride and garbs to make you garble in pride.

These paragraphs will float around that image like in regular CSS
 </content> Copyright © FarbleGarb 2009 </page>
I don't even have to tell you what it would look like, really, because the CSS explains it. Not perfectly, perhaps, but that's why I'm not working with the W3C to design the next specs. I'm not even that great of a web designer. But I do know what problems I run into when I'm working on a website, and all the articles across the web that take a genius to get a properly flowing 3-column layout with variable length columns and a footer.
I doubt there's going to be anything like this soon, or even not soon. CSS3 is barely implemented, and IE still has troubles with most of CSS2 and some of CSS1. But I can dream (and rant), right? One day I'm going back to party like its '99 and make a table-based layout. Yes,  tags and all.
(I'm extremely interested in other folk's opinions. I know there are a lot better web designers out there, and I know they don't read this blog. But if there's any post that I think deserves commentary and discussion, it's this one.)


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Though Terminator 5 is currently without a director or screenwriter, a brief yet relieving update regarding the project was revealed a couple of days ago. Megan Ellison, who holds the rights to Terminator 5 and is the savior/financier of many projects including Paul Thomas Anderson's latest effort, was asked on Twitter what kind of rating the fifth installment would carry. She responded simply:
"We can't really tell you guys anything about Terminator BUT it will be an R rated film as God and James Cameron intended."
Hallelujah! Following the disaster that was Terminator: Salvation, it's refreshing to know that Terminator 5 will return to the less compromised quality of the earlier films. Fast Five helmer Justin Lin was onboard to direct, but was forced to drop out in order to finish out the Fast and Furious series. Hopefully we'll hear more regarding Terminator 5 soon. Until then, fans can rest a bit easier.


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Better LTE than never
Battery life on smartphones is often an issue. Though the iPhone is better than it was, the more it does the more you want to use it, so it discharges more quickly. However, this is not just an Apple problem. HTC has improved the battery life in its phones markedly, as has Samsung. Things get easier on big phones because you can fit a bigger cell. And in a week of testing, the iPhone 5 has a noticeably improved battery life over its predecessors, thank goodness.
The new software, iOS 6, is available now for the iPhone 5 and some earlier models - and it's reviewed separately, here. There are lots of neat extras here. And some users may feel there's no need to upgrade since all the star attractions of iOS 6 work on the iPhone 4S, too. But the processor is what makes the difference here, ensuring that the phone handles the camera's Panorama feature, for instance, with ease.
And downloading the data for the half-baked Maps app's gimmicky 3D Flyover feature is the fast it can be – there are often delays but that's mostly down to the speed of connection. Speaking of which, let's remember that this is the first phone with 4G in the UK. Others will follow and anyway the only network with 4G access, Everything Everywhere, hasn't turned it on for public use yet.
Vodafone and O2 users can take comfort in the fact that the fast 3G connectivity has a noticeable effect, with data speeds being faster than on previous iPhones.
Limitations? There's the much publicised lack of NFC, but even the iPhone 5 naysayers have to admit there's very little need for it now, certainly as a payment mechanism. Next year, when the iPhone 5S comes out, maybe; but not now. I can't see too many, if any, iPhone 5 users desperately wanting to initiate fileshares with other users by tapping their handsets together.
The new EarPods are better than their predecessors... but that's not saying much
If you're an iPhone user, you'll want to move on up to what is surely the classiest handset from Apple yet. Though the 4S still has lots to offer, thanks to the arrival of iOS 6, the iPhone 5 hardware is nevertheless spectacular and deeply seductive. And when 4G arrives for EE customers, it will be an even more attractive package.
Sure, there are other handsets which do as much as or more than the iPhone 5. But Apple's ease of use, highly populated App Store and irresistibly sleek hardware design are enough to give it the edge. ®
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About Catalyst Global
Catalyst Global are the originators of corporate team building. An award winning business, established over 25 years ago, which uses the power of intelligent game design to positively affect the culture of teams with lasting results.
About Catalyst Global
In 2014, 1725 Catalyst team building programs were run with 145,337 participants worldwide. This success comes from:
Consistent high standards in product & delivery worldwide
Catalyst Global highly values the quality of their products and the professional manner in which they are sold and delivered to meet the unique needs of each client. Catalyst Global runs comprehensive, on-going training programs for its network partners to ensure excellence in the sale and delivery of Catalyst team building programs is maintained. The Catalyst Team Building Network partners share knowledge and best practice daily on an internal forum and, meet annually at zone and global conferences for face-to-face meetings.
Global Product Delivery
The Catalyst Team Building Network is now the largest in the world. With representatives in over 40 countries worldwide Catalyst has local knowledge and expertise in your region. So, whether you require a series of events across several regions, or a single event anywhere in the world, Catalyst team building can deliver it for you. Catalyst understands the needs of multinational organisations, delivering consistent programs across the world and with worldwide distribution offices, equipment and personnel, Catalyst can ensure products are delivered at a competitive price without compromising on standard.
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Catalyst Global create innovative, creative team building products through extensive research and development. Catalyst Global have a keen interest in current trends in motivational psychology and pay close attention to proven techniques for creating real change in corporations and apply this science to the development of their games. They constantly explore how they can utilise technology in the creation of their products. With an ever growing product portfolio supported by some of the longest standing, tried and tested team building products, Catalyst team building is proud of their extensive range of clients who regularly turn to Catalyst to enhance the dynamics of their teams.
That is why Catalyst team building is the largest network of its kind delivering the very best in team building products at consistent standards across the globe.
Catalyst Team Building – the Catalyst for lasting change in organisations worldwide


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Domestic LandscapesPhotographs by Bert Teunissen
Availability: Out of stock
Over the past decade, Dutch photographer Bert Teunissen has documented hundreds of old European homes and their inhabitants. For this limited edition, the artist has selected twenty images from his book Domestic Landscapes: A Portrait of Europeans at Home (Aperture, 2007). Taking a family-album-like approach, the artist has left five of the photographs loose, enabling the viewer to move them in and out of different pages. This special edition artist's book is limited to 400 copies, with only a small quantity available exclusively through Aperture.
Bert Teunissen was born in Ruurlo, the Netherlands, in 1959. His work has been exhibited across Europe and the United States and published in many magazines, including Aperture, Zoom, and Art on Paper.The artist lives in Huizen, the Netherlands.
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|Bill Barretta 2006-2010
|Tyler Bunch 2007-present
Louie is a loving caregiver to his son, Elmo, and husband to Mae. While Elmo had been a major character on Sesame Street for twenty years, his parents were never seen on the show until 2006.
Louie first appeared on-screen in the Sesame Beginnings direct-to-video series, as a stay-at-home dad and the primary caregiver to his infant son. (Sesame Beginnings takes place in a fictional "past" when the characters were babies, which we can assume in Elmo's case is about three years earlier than the Sesame Street "present".) Louie plays the saxophone, and fills Baby Elmo's daily routine with rhythm. He organizes a baby band with Elmo's play group.
Flash-forward to the present for Sesame Workshop's direct-to-video special for military families, Talk, Listen, Connect. In this 2006 special, Louie has joined the military, and is deployed far away. The special doesn't explicitly state that Louie is in the military; instead, it's explained that Louie is away "working" and "helping people". Elmo's mom Mae helps Elmo to understand why his father is away, and uses a daily routine to help Elmo cope with the separation.
Louie's appearance was changed after the initial Sesame Beginnings releases, starting with Talk, Listen, Connect and continuing in the later Beginnings DVDs (such as Exploring Together). Louie's new look included a different hair style, different facial hair (a goatee rather than a mustache), and a new wardrobe. However the older, mustached, Louie design was seen in Elmo's Potty Time.
Louie initially appeared solely in direct-to-video and outreach productions, but began making recurring appearances on the show itself starting in season 47.
- Sesame Beginnings: Beginning Together (2006)
- Sesame Beginnings: Make Music Together (2006)
- Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments (2006)
- Elmo's Potty Time (2006)
- Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together (2006)
- Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together (2007)
- Learning is Everywhere (2007)
- Talk, Listen, Connect: Homecomings (2008)
- Talk, Listen, Connect: Changes (2008)
- Bedtime with Elmo (2009)
- Sesamestreet.org "Daddy Day" welcome video (week of June 21, 2009)
- Families Stand Together (2009)
- When Families Grieve (2010)
- Elmo's Travel Songs and Games (2011)
- Little Children, Big Challenges (2013)
- Here for Each Other (2014)
- Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016)
- Sesame Street
- Episode 4160 (2007, "Elmo's Riding" song)
- Episode 4705 (2017)
- Episode 4809 (2018)
- Episode 4913 (2019)
- Episode 4920 (2019)
- Chrysler web videos
- "Happy Halloween? Count on It!"
- "On the Go Game Show: I Spy"
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
Book appearances
Old design
- When Is My Birthday? (1988)
- Elmo Gets Homesick (1990)
- Sleep Tight! (1991)
- Friends & Family Lace-Ups (1992)
- Zip! Pop! Hop! (1996)
- Elmo's Apartment (2001)
- Elmo's First Babysitter (2001)
New design
- Fun with Friends (2004)
- Elmo's Easy As ABC (2005)
- Red or Blue, I Like You! (2005)
- Be a Friend (2006)
- Elmo & Friends Picture Stories (2007)
- Elmo 'n' Daddy (2007)
- Elmo's Favorite Places (2007)
- Have Yourself a Furry Little Christmas (2007)
- What Makes You Giggle? (2007)
- I'm a Helper (2007)
- Let's Help the Earth (2008)
- What Makes Elmo Happy? (2008)
- What's the Word on the Street? (2008)
- Love, Elmo (2009)
- Out & About (2010)
- Imagine with Elmo (2011)
- Simple Science Experiments with Elmo and Friends: Water and Earth (2012)
- Elmo's Daddy (2013)
- I Love You Just Like This! (2015)
- Elmo's Merry Christmas - Oscar's Grouchy Christmas (2016)
Alternate incarnations
Elmo's dad had been seen in a number of books, and like Grover's Mommy, his appearance varied widely according to the artist. In such titles as Elmo Gets Homesick and When Is My Birthday?, Elmo's dad resembles an adult version of Elmo. However, in the more recent illustrations and books, the character holds true to the current Louie, as seen in Sesame Beginnings.
Elmo's World
The first incarnation of Elmo's dad to be seen on television was in the "Birthdays" episode of "Elmo's World," in which Dorothy imagines Elmo on the day of his birth in a dream sequence. As with all such "Elmo's World" sequences, all of the characters are seen from Dorothy's point of view -- that is, as an altered version of Elmo. In this incarnation, Elmo's parents look just like Elmo and are referred to as George and Gladys (named after the parents of Elmo's puppeteer Kevin Clash).
- Louie Monster is the first, and only, major character in the Sesame Street universe performed by Muppeteer Bill Barretta.
- Louie was performed by Tyler Bunch in Learning is Everywhere and Bedtime with Elmo before he became Louie's permanent performer starting with Elmo's Travel Songs and Games. Barretta's last performance as Louie was in When Families Grieve.
See also
- Sesame Street monsters
- Louis, an otter on Sesame Park


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PartyTime Rentals is a full-service party rental and event management company providing corporations and families with a wide range of equipment, from tents to linens to inflatable games. The company is based in Wappinger Falls, New York, north of New York City, and services the entire tri-state area.
'I started the company out of my home about eight years ago and we now operate out of four different buildings with a fleet of nearly a dozen vehicles,' says Darren Morizet, president of PartyTime Rentals. 'Everything we do, we do in our company to ensure the highest level of quality control. We don't really outsource anything. We process our linens internally. We wash and maintain our equipment internally. We even have our own repair facility for tents and inflatables where we do repairs for other companies.'
PartyTime Rentals became a TomTom customer soon after the business was started to solve its navigation problems. 'About seven years ago, I said to myself, "Why aren't we using these new GPSs that are out on the market?" and I went out and bought a TomTom ,' says Morizet. 'Within two weeks, I made my money back on fuel savings and improved customer satisfaction because our driver was not getting lost.'
With TomTom, PartyTime Rentals also narrowed its service window to one hour. 'If you're having a child's birthday party on a Saturday, you're probably running around like crazy that morning,' says Morizet. 'You've got to get the cake. You got to make sure the house and yard are ready for guests. So knowing your inflatable is going to be delivered between 10:00 and 11:00 in the morning, and it's going to be picked up between 7:00 and 8:00 that evening - that's a tremendous value for the customer.'
Beyond improving navigation and dispatch, PartyTime Rentals is using its TomTom fleet management system to optimize its entire operation by tracking setup time, idle time and driver safety.
'We reward drivers and crews for good performance, so it has become part of our culture,' says Morizet. 'If we know a particular tent requires a 25-minute setup on average, but we notice that one crew spent an hour and ten minutes on it, we can address that issue at the end of the day when we run our reports. We can also review miles traveled to and from jobs, idle time between jobs, and poor driving behavior such as quick stops and harsh cornering to incent our crews to be more conscious of what they are doing with the trucks.'


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My protagonist, Elizabeth Parker, is a young woman with a penchant for Jane Austen, all things English, sarcasm, and rash behavior. Not only that, but she has a face that prompts most family and friends to advise her to avoid playing poker. Ever. Therefore, the idea of her infiltrating a cult gives me pause. (Actually, it makes me laugh out loud in that horrible snorting manner that I've been trying to curtail, but I thought the whole "gives me pause" bit sounded better.)
Anyway, that said, there are only a few cults I could see Elizabeth infiltrating with any kind of believability. They are as follows:
· The Cult of Jane Austen – Originated in 1915, by Miss Emily Jacobs of Devonshire, England, this cult not only promotes the constant reading of Jane Austen's works, but its members are required to insert portions of Ms. Austen's dialog into their daily conversations. Members are also required to be able to recite both Captain Wentworth's letter to Ann on command, as well as both of Mr. Darcy's proposals to Elizabeth. Failure to do so results in immediate punishment, which varies from public rebuke all the way to the dreaded 'Lydia Treatment' wherein the member is tricked into thinking they are going to a Scottish retreat, but instead are sent to a dodgy part of London and forced to entertain a drunk man. Members meet once a month at a hidden location, where they dress in Indian muslin, drink tea, eat marzipan, and engage in snarky batter. The precise number of members is unknown, but it is thought to be in the millions.
· The Cult of Colin Firth – Founded in 1996 by Ms. Edwina Jennings of Trenton, New Jersey, the Cult of Colin Firth was created for one simple purpose; the tracking and monitoring of Colin Firth. Members are required to be able to recite every movie Mr. Firth has been in (in chronological order), recite most of the dialog from these movies, and know his current location within a tenth of a mile. The ultimate goal, of course, is to find him again emerging from a lake wearing a thin white shirt. Members are punished by being forced to watch continuous showings of two of Mr. Firth's regrettable cinematic forays, What a Girl Wants and Mama Mia!, for days at a time.
· The Cult of Wanting to be English - Founded in 1932 by Ms. Jenna Marshal, the cult's philosophy is very simple; the life of the upper class English, as depicted in the movies and books of the day, is preferable to reality. Members learn to speak in the upper class manner that suggests they are being slowly strangled. Muttering is also encouraged. Members must learn to ride (or at least be able to discuss riding at length) and must be able to not only play and understand cricket, but become irate if their access to the latest scores is in anyway thwarted. Female members must wear enormous, structurally unsound contraptions on their heads to every social function, and men must own at least three tweed jackets, eight scarves, and one bloodhound named "Duke". All members must smoke. Members are punished for any infraction by being sent to Las Vegas for a month, and while there are forced to watch A Tribute to Manilow nightly. Its membership numbers are in the millions – with a particular spike occurring after most Superbowl halftime shows.
These are the cults that Elizabeth could penetrate, if needed. They are not well known, but they are not to be trifled with. Should the occasion arise for Elizabeth to infiltrate and right a wrong inflicted by any – or all – of these cults, you can rest easy, and know that she has the talent and ability to get the job done.


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Title: Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, serving from 1861 – 1865, was one of America's great leaders, demonstrating uncommon courage during the Civil War, one of the greatest crises in our Nation's history. His life is commemorated in music, poetry and sculpture; his words are quoted by poets and politicians; and his face appears on coins, currency and postage stamps. Mountains, cities, highways and schools throughout the country bear his name.
The year 2009 marks the bicentennial anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Public Law 109-285, the "Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act," signed into law on September 27, 2006, requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins in commemoration of this milestone anniversary.
Born of humble roots in present-day LaRue County, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809, Lincoln reached the presidency through a combination of honesty, integrity, intelligence and commitment to the United States of America. With the firm belief that all men are created equal, he led the effort to end the institution of slavery in the United States.
President Lincoln had a generous heart, "with malice toward none, with charity for all." He gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country, dying from an assassin's bullet on April 15, 1865, just days after the end of the Civil War.
In dedicating the Gettysburg National Cemetery* at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, site of one of the fiercest battles of the war, Lincoln eloquently reminded the country and the world why it was being waged:
"…we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this Nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Today, the Gettysburg Address is recognized as one of the most beautiful and poetic statements in American literature, a moving tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and the ideals for which they died.
Those immortal words Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg -- the last 43 of his most famous speech -- are inscribed on the reverse (tails) of the Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar, encircled in a laurel wreath placed at its center. Above the wreath is the inscription, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Under the wreath is a curling banner with Lincoln's signature incused in the center. On either side of the signature, ONE DOLLAR and E PLURIBUS UNUM are incused in the banner. The reverse was designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.
The obverse (heads) of the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar features an image of President Lincoln with the inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and 2009, designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Justin Kunz and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart.
The image is symbolic of Lincoln's strength and resolve, and was inspired by Daniel Chester French's famous sculpture of the President that sits inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
Surcharges from sales of the Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar are authorized to be paid to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to further its work in planning the celebration of Lincoln's bicentennial and the continued study of his life.
Coin Specifications: Weight: 26.73 gramsDiameter: 1.500 inchesComposition: 90 percent Silver; balance CopperMintage Limit: 500,000 (across all product options)
*The "Gettysburg National Cemetery" was originally called the "Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg."


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We all know that the fiber community is ...well…a tight-knit group. There is something about seeing another person knitting or crocheting, that we feel the need to introduce ourselves as a fellow fiber enthusiast and tell them what we are working on, even if we don't speak the same language. Fiber is the great common denominator that becomes a universal language.
So when there is a loss in the fiber world, it is one that we all feel personally. I am sure you have by now heard about the loss of our fiber friend, Kathreen Ricketson. She and her husband recently passed away, leaving behind two small children.
Our good friends, Kay and Ann at Mason Dixon Knitting have released a pattern called A Light in the Window. The pattern is free for a limited time (from now until June 3, 2013) and Ann and Kay ask that you consider making a donation to the Education Fund for Otijillo and Orlando Shugg(Kathreen's children).
Originally designed as a knit-along for Ann's book Bowling Avenue, the blanket is made from Liberty Wool and Chesapeake using mitered squares and garter stitch trim. This is one of those pieces that will become an instant classic. With lots of colors to choose from, your options are limitless.