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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Nationwide Series car? Here's a spoiler

Catching up, in a midweek sort of way:

  • A Nationwide Series crew chief told us on the Sirius NASCAR Radio show I do weekday mornings that some teams have already been given previews of what the new car for that series is going to look like. The Nationwide car will be built on the same chassis as the Cup Series car of tomorrow, but the bodies will be different. And, at least right now, the Nationwide cars will have spoilers and not wings. The new car will be in use in the Nationwide Series in 2009.
  • The season's final Cup statistics are done and the top 49 drivers in points all won at least $1 million. The top 42 all won at least $2 million. Bill Elliott was the sport's first $2 million man back in 1985 when he won the $1 million bonus from Winston and took home $2,383,186 as the runner-up to Darrell Waltrip, who was the first champion to top $1 million with $1,318,375 that same year.
  • Jimmie Johnson won twice as many races this year as he did last year and repeated as champion. But he won more money in 2006 -- about $560,000 more. A big reason for that is that he won the Daytona 500, NASCAR's richest race, in 2006.
  • When the space shuttle Atlantis goes up Thursday, it will carry three racing flags. When those flags come back to earth, one of them will be given to winner of the Daytona 500, the Daytona 500 Experience (formerly Daytona USA) will keep one and NASA will keep one.
  • I gripe about travel a lot, I know, but I have to admit I sort of enjoy the game of trying to get around the country to cover NASCAR races without spending any more of the company's money than I really need to. You find a decent hotel room about five miles from the track for a race next fall, on the side of the speedway away from which most of the traffic comes in, for $71 a night. You reserve a car for two weeks out of the Orlando airport for half what it would cost if you rented from another company that's basically under them same corporate umbrella. It's annoying, though, when you can buy an airline ticket for a trip to Las Vegas that connects through an airport for $300, then come back and try to buy a ticket to get off the plane in that same airport for a race there and they want $500. It costs $200 more to NOT keep going? How does that make sense?

Monkeesfan said...

First of all, the constant changing of sponsors shows why the media needs to use generic names for series as well as racecars (i.e. Petty Dodge, Hendrick Chevrolet, etc.) Call it the Sportsman Series, which is what it originally went under.

Second, these new Sportsman Series cars - will they have the closed airdams of the old cars since they're running spoilers, and will they keep the roof wickers?

tradin' paint said...

So monkeesfan,

As a business you are attracted to spending your $$$ on a car or series that will only be seen by the fans at the race track????

It'll never happen. NASCAR perfected sponsorship long before other sports.

I would support however calling it the Sportsman Series presented by Nationwide to give it some consistancy. And why not compete for the Petty Cup or the Jim France Cup.

Monkeesfan said...

trading paint, where are sponsors denied publicicy if the media uses generic race and series names? NASCAR perfected sponsorships and sponsors got all the exposure they could hope for when the media refused to give them airtime freeloading via endless plugs. Call it the Sportsman Series. As for the Cup, we can call it the Grand National Championship.

Marc said...

How very typical of the non-sense monkeesfan (a/k/a mike daly) usually posts.

So... you ask how if generic names are used a sponsor loses out? Is that your question?

Here's how... how many new reports, blog posts, media headlines, radio reports etc, etc have you read and seen that contained refs to NEXTEL/SPRINT or Busch/Nationwide?

With supreme confidence I'd bet it numbers in the thousands.

Each time a sponsors name is mentioned its sponsorship gold.

Would YOU as the CEO of a multi-national/multi-billion dollar company invest anywhere from $4 million (approx for the NCTS) to $20 million per year to NOT have your companies name and logo plastered all over each and every mention of the series you spent money on?

If you answer in anything but the affirmative you're more delusional than I ever thought.

Monkeesfan said...

And it's all irrelevent, marc. The sponsors lose nothing when the media use generic names. They get all the exposure they need by sponsoring the racecars, buying TV commercial time, etc. When a spoonsor's name is mentioned, it's not gold, it's overkill. We know who they are, what car they sponsor, what race they sponsor, and so on - we don't need to have it rammed down our throats. The media can use generic names and sponsors will not lose one dollar from it. They can't lose money from not getting airtime freeloading.

CEOs would indeed spend the money to sponsor racecars etc. even if the media used generic names, because they get the exposure they want anyway. That's what happened when CBS never used sponsor names in all the years they covered the sport, when the media refused to use the sponsor name for the series and instead called it Grand National, and when everyone else in the media didn't overkill it with airtime freeloading.

It's not delusional, marc, it's the truth.

NH_NascarFan said...

Marc is right on... like it or not, without sponsorship NASCAR doesnt exist, or its at least a small regional racing circuit that is struggling to survive.

Belive it or not, corporations who are throwing millions into any professional sport know what they are doing - they have tons of marketing data to back it up. No company spends that kind of money without data to support it, and in fact it works. You may not think it works, but again, as I have always said with your rants, just because YOU believe it to be true does not make it so. Fact is there are thousands of NASCAR fans who use Nextel/Cingular/AT&T, drink Budweiser/Miller Lite, shop at Home Depot/Lowes, eat Little Debbies, etc because of the sponsorships. Well done sponsorships sell among all racing demographics, and NASCAR fans are some of the most supportive sports fans out there. Most of us recognize the importance that a good sponsor (i.e. money) has on our own particular driver. Without supporting of the sponsor, those much needed dollars will go elsewhere, and with it, our driver/team suffers. Well done sponsorships include an element of 'ramming it down our throats', the more exposure they get the better it is for their outcomes (i.e. sales). There is really no such thing as bad PR, some of the smaller team sponsors dont mind when their drivers car wrecks or blows up, as it may be the only time they get TV exposure all day (how often do you hear the Ward Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet mentioned when something bad isnt happening?). How many people STILL call the Nextel/Sprint Cup the Winston Cup? Thats a sponsorship deal that is still paying dividends to Winston. How long will it take people to stop calling the Nationwide Series the Busch Series? For some, possibly never... and thats what the companies are paying for! Its basic marketing 101, anyone who has taken that class understands that, and its a basic concept because it works.

Yes, Monkeesfan, you may long for the 'good old days' of NASCAR, but face it - like it or not, they are long gone, never to return. My suggestion to you is to forget about NASCAR, as its obvious you never really have anything good to say about it, and focus on your local short tracks that seem to have everything you wish NASCAR had.

Monkeesfan said...

nh_nascarfan, you forget that NASCAR was a "small regional racing circuit" and it got sponsors who were never mentioned on telecasts for some twenty or more years yet got the exposure they wanted anyway.

You point out the loyalty fans have toward sponsors, which only further proves my point that the sport does not need to plug them on the air very much, if at all. Using generic names carries zero threat to the sport.

BTW, I attend local tracks quite often during the season, but being a superspeedway fan I don't give up on Grand National. The "good old days" may be gone, but a lot of what made them work then still works now.

nh_nascarfan said...

Monkeesfan, you are correct - to a point. In the old days, when they were a small regional racing circuit, they had sponsors - but there was very little TV to mention them. With the big TV contracts, Direct TV pass, Sirius radio, MRN, internet, etc, the numbers of fans watching has jumped significantly, meaning that the value of the sponsorship has gone up as well. Nobody would have ever thought of paying $20 million/year for a sponsorship back in the 70s/80s, but now those numbers are commonplace. The economic reality is that in order to compete at this level, those numbers need to be that high in order to pay the bills. Its no wonder teams like Hendrick are as successful as they are when they have the levels of sponsorship that they do, while single car teams with one low budget sponsor dont stand a chance.

I never forgot that NASCAR was once small, I have just moved on with the times and realized that they are no longer what the used to be, they are what they are... and I can either love it or hate it, and I choose to love it. I love being able to watch every race, to tune into Direct TV and follow my driver, to be able to sign online and follow the telemetry real time... these are things you wouldnt see without the big buck sponsors footing the bill. I love the Hooters series as well, but you just dont get the exposure you do in Nascar, and that is directly related to the amount of dollars pumped in to the sport.

I agree with you on the superspeedways, and there isnt a better way to spend a Saturday night at a local short track.

Monkeesfan said...

nh-nascarfan, at first there wasn't much TV to cover the sprot, but TV grew and grew, and sponsor plugging didn't become out of control until the latter 1990s - more often sponsors were seen, not heard, on telecasts, and they got the exposure they wanted regardless.

The premise that TV has to mention sponsors names for them to get exposure is ridiculous. We know who they are, what they sponsor, etc. They can get away with generic names and the sponsors will not suffer.

NH_NascarFan said...

Yes but thats what adds value to the sponsorship... like it or not, calling it the 'Nextel Cup' thousands of times per season adds value to the sponsorship as opposed to using a generic name. If the networks start using generic names on a regular basis, the value suddenly goes down and corporations arent going to be throwing money into the sport the way they have been. Is that a good thing? Who knows, a very real argument could be made that it would allow smaller, single car teams to compete, but right now the corporations are paying big bucks to have their names/products rammed down our throats, and the data shows it works quite well. I dont disagree that its gotten old hearing a driver drone on about thanking sponsors, but its part of the price we pay to get the kind of coverage we now have, as opposed to seeing races on tape delay or worse, not at all...

Anonymous said...

Hey, David, thanks for clearing up for me that Buschwhacking is all about money. I'm sure that warms the hearts of guys like Danny O'Quinn, who can't get a decent ride because of guys like Carl Edwards racing in Busch.

Monkeesfan said...

nh nascarfan, calling it Nextel Cup instead of Winston Cup adds nothing of value to the sponsorship - what adds value is whether people go to the races, buy the products being sold, etc. There is such a thing as negative publicity - people do ignore products because of marketing overkill. Using generic names for races, racecars, etc. is not going to devalue sponsorships; it never has.

As for the original point of this post, the new Sportsman Series car - will it have the enclosed flush airdam and nose configuration of the old car and the roof wicker for the plate tracks? If they do, they show that NASCAR itself knows the COT is a fraudulent idea.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Just trying to avoid Speed and foo

In the media center by 12:37 p.m., avoiding most of the foo one normally must fight on the way to a big race here.

I will say that the person driving the white van/SUV with the South Carolina plate who changed lanes three times and was going about 80 when he got off the exit ramp to Highways 29 and 49 must have thought the race started about 12:45 and didn't want to be late.

Here's a question that came to me over lunch. Who decided that every salad that's made these days has to have about half a pound of cheese in it? And what's the deal with hiding cumcumbers? If you want to put cukes where a man can see them and get rid of them if he wants, that's fine. But you take a forkful with a hunk of that hidden down in there and you'll be tasting cucumber for days.

I've decided that I am going to try not to watch Speed for as long as is possible today. Total resistance is futile, I know, since all of tonight's coverage will be on the network. But the longer I can avoid Speed the longer I can avoid certain elements of the network's "talent" roster - and believe me, I use that term loosely.

It's such a nice day I think I will go out and see if I can find any trouble to get into in the garage area. I think it's supposed to be open now that it's just past 1:30 and I've goofed around in here trying in vain to get this laptop to recognize the wireless network.

Only 7 1/2 hours (at least) until they start the main event.

AMS fan said...

Good afternoon David,
Just to say, I listen every day, unless I'm asleep. Huh, I had a thought, that may be the best way to listen.(LOL)
Another think I remembered is Bagley has a saying for days like you seem to be having, "They have a pill for that". Maybe you can find him and he might have one (or two) for you. (LOL)
Since you said you would be avoiding the channel broadcasting today, just thought I'd mention Mr. Joy brought up your blog Friday. (I had to watch it recorded because I was listening to Sirius all day Friday) I thought if was kind of funny, but after reading your blog, it seems things may be a little more "Sirius" than I first thought. I guess we all have people we're not fond of, but calling them out in print, WOW how amazing, but I'm just a simple fellow that don't stir up to much.
I'm still glad you're or radio, you get everyone thinking, which I think is VERY important.
Keep up the good work, but really, go find Bagley so maybe he can help.(lol)
And to any Speed folks reading, I like every one of you. Each brings a specific personality to the dance.

Diane said...

Sorry you don't enjoy SPEED. It's the only network that gives NASCAR the attention it deserves. The only thing I don't like about it is when they use the Fox personalities.

Monkeesfan said...

diane, how much attention does NASCAR deserve, anyway? Wouldn't cutting back on some of the attention work better?

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Surfer Girl
  • "In My Room" is about Brian hiding from abuse and the pressures of fame. Knowing what we know now about what Murry Wilson and Mike Love did to him, the pressure Capitol and the band members put on him, and his subsequent mental issues, it's a tragic piece of music. It remains beautiful, however.

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  • The intro to "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" can be this for some. The carnival-like melody being played sounds just a

  • "The Old Master Painter" track begins with a brief string rendition of the aforementioned and then progresses to a haunting version of "You Are My Sunshine", which has its lyrics put to past tense (eg. "You were my sunshine...") and make it appear as a melancholic song about a person suffering from a heartbreak. It does not help that Dennis Wilson's vocals have been altered to have an echoey timbre. The song ends on a long descending note played on violins, as if it's meant to project the idea that the singer had either lost his mind or apparently committed suicide.
  • The instrumental outtake, "Look", opens with a stark and moody piano chord progression.
  • "OVER AND OVER..."
  • The original ending to "Surf's Up". Wordless vocals continue to go on until the song gradually fades.
  • A very notorious example would be the Fire section of The Elements Suite. While the piece was supposed to convey the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Brian Wilson channeled the experience of his second LSD trip (wherein he experienced ego death and saw himself burning within the fires of hell) as the musical bedding for his composition. Roughly three minutes of this is purely screeching violins, organ jabs, and ominous timpani strikings amidst the array of chaotic sound effects. Probing deeper in to the music and you get a portrait of Wilson's deteriorating mental state at that time - he had studio musicians wear firemen hats while performing, even encouraging the engineer to throw piles of wood in a trash bin and burn them during the session. If that is disturbing enough, what is more disturbing is the aftermath of the recording itself. Unbeknownst to Wilson, at the time he was working on the Fire section, parts of neighboring Santa Monica were engulfed in flames. Once word got to him, he was so convinced that his music unleashed "bad vibrations", that he immediately halted work on this song. Eerie.
    • While on this subject, the second disc of the Good Vibrations box set features what is ostensibly a small snippet of "Heroes and Villains"... then wham! Out of nowhere, it's "Fire"! And what's worse, it remains unknown whether this was a printing mistake, or some sort of creepy mind game...
  • The repetitive "Heroes and Villains" harpsichord motif. A massive Ear Worm teetering uncomfortably on the edge between beauty and horror, it's been known to induce wildly different reactions to whomever is exposed to it. What's more, if you're listening to Smile for the first time, after hearing the first side you might expect it to appear out of nowhere at any time.
    • Around the time of its release in 2011, The Smile Sessions had an official sub-site as part of The Beach Boys' official website. The first thing you were greeted with when opening it? The "Heroes and Villains" riff (in its even darker outtake form, even), juxtaposed with the otherwise happy and cheerful album art, modified with some Uncanny Valley animation.

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  • Smiley Smile, the album we got instead of Smile, was no picnic either. In fact, most consider it to be even more creepy and nightmarish. A minimalist, quirky, and intimate production, it's been likened to being stuck in a small room with some imaginative, if harmless, manics for thirty minutes. It even manages to make some of the Smile songs that were relatively innocuous dark and creepy...
    • The revamped "Heroes and Villains" that was finally issued as a single on July 1967 is the track that opens this record. The song starts on a rather lighthearted manner, with first two verses being a bouncy ode to the Old West; its tone reminiscent of the good clean fun typical of early Beach Boys songs, and its surging rhythm evoking the dynamics of "Good Vibrations". It seems like a song full of groundbreaking promise: an attempt to surpass "Good Vibrations" as pop music's greatest achievement as planned; enticing us to eagerly anticipate what surprises Brian Wilson has in store for us. Only to fade out. And then... without warning, the CHORUS JUMPS AT US. But unlike earlier, we are subjected to a chorus so sad, so melancholic, it comes off as jarring. "Heroes and villains... just see what you done....," the Boys lament. They chant not once, but twice, and we are left with a sense of despair and helplessness. What did these heroes and villains do? And then it hits you, Are *we* the heroes and villains of the title? "Na na na naaa na...," they sing with unnervingly childish inflection as though they are taunting us for our actions. And as we begin to contemplate over our enforced guilt, the song JUMPS AGAIN to the bouncy verse. There's a slow rendition of the verse that follows it, and the music box-like instrumentation gives it a gentle feel at first. However, it then descends into disturbing territory, as the barbershop-style vocalizations become more ominous. Just before it could become creepy, it abruptly halts. Fading in is a soothing a capella reprise of the first verse. The sound quality is significantly different this time around, being of low fidelity. The hisses from the background are so dissonant on a sonic level, the idea that it could be a cult recording from a dark basement is not far off. And before the last couplet "I'm fit with the stuff to ride in the rough / and sunny down snuff, I'm all right by the heroes and villains" could be completed, it CUTS RIGHT OFF TO CHORUS for a second time and fading out to uncertainty. It's as though Brian gave up on the whole thing.
    • "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)" is a strange, repetitive little soundscape that's quite gloomy and sinister on its own accord... and that's without knowing of its origins as the above-mentioned "Fire". Whatever those strange noises heard throughout the song are, they are surely not human...
    • "With Me Tonight" has an unsettlingly creepy organ undercurrent running through the entire song. It doesn't help that the organ begins right after an unidentified dark voice says "GOOD" (some have theorized it to be an archival recording of Murry Wilson, which does not help things). And then there's the song itself, which, what with its repetitiveness of variations of "you're with me tonight," borders on creepy obsession.
    • "Wind Chimes". It's unsettling enough that the song has a calm yet dark vibe, then once the last verse is about to end, there is a dissonant, unidentifiable noise that blares out of nowhere. Could count as a middle note nightmare. And the next section alternates between a heavenly falsetto and a dark bass that keeps on getting darker in pitch for every line...
    • "Wonderful", in its sparse arrangement of piano and sustained organ, benefits from a sinister vocal turn by Carl Wilson (transforming what was a song about losing consensual innocence feel like a song about being an unsuspecting target of prowling rapist, making it all the more creepy). The seemingly-jovial interlude is dissonant at first, but makes a lot of sense when put to context, heightening the listener's fears. The mood is somber and gloomy, resembling a funeral dirge - as though we are mourning for the untimely demise of the poor girl's virginity. Not something to smile about.
    • "Whistle In" is a repetitive koan-like song that never resolves itself... it just goes on, and on, and on, and on about the importance of remembering the day and remembering the night, all night along... and then, nothing. What makes this worse is knowing about Brian's tendencies towards obsession with repetitive song ideas. It's a glimpse into his mind, people.

  • "I Went to Sleep" is quite evidently the product of someone with mental issues, and as Brian's only new contribution to the album (his other contributions were old outtakes), it shows what state of mind he was in at the time.
  • The fact that "Never Learn Not to Love" is a revised cover of a song written by a would-be murderer is already uncomfortable to start with.

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  • "'Til I Die" immediately begins with a droning synthesizer chord progression that plays throughout the whole song. The song's themes of despair, anguish, and (of course) death further brings chills down the listener's spine.

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The Toll Gate Girl's Special Ability

It's fun writing stories about random people! This story was actually inspired by the multitude of toll gate guys and girls I pass by every morning to and fro work. Though our lives never cross paths for more than five seconds, I often imagine how it would be like sitting there day after day, collecting the same amount of money from countless strangers. Wouldn't they get restless? Or did they secretly enjoy it? Or perhaps they were waiting for something special to happen. So many maybes that only a story could ever answer...

But that's just me, I guess.

(My apologies for the delay in posting this story. Had originally planned to get this up real quick and proceed to 'A Halloween Love Story'. Unfortunately, things got really busy at work and I once again failed in my 23-year quest to celebrate Halloween, thus preventing me from getting the proper inspiration for the story.)

There once was a girl who worked at a toll gate.

This girl, Jenny, was ordinary in every single way possible. All her years of living, she had dreamed of discovering this Special Ability of hers. But she never did quite manage.

What is a Special Ability, you ask?

In her words, a Special Ability is that "one talent God gave you when no one else was looking". It is something that everyone wishes for, yet you alone have. And it matters not how unremarkable you are. Your Special Ability sleeps beneath layers of conformity and doubt, awaiting its discovery someday to make your life yours.

For some reason, Jenny was highly attuned to this fact and wanted anything but an ordinary life. Since the moment she could speak, she religiously sought out her Special Ability. It was her means of escaping mere existence.

First she figured it was reciting the alphabet backwards. But then three other boys in her class could do it.

She next tried riding a bicycle with only one hand. Her sister did it with none.

Finally at the age of 18, she thought she found it. She could imitate the sound of an elephant trumpeting perfectly.

Sadly, the joy lasted only a month. She attended a friend's birthday party, only to be horrified by this entertainer who could mimic an entire zoo.

Between it all, life somehow passed her by. Before she knew it, she was 23, Special Ability-less and working as a toll gate girl. Day after day, cars drove past her carrying people eager to go somewhere. Some drivers were headed to places created by and for their own Special Ability, while most rushed to serve the Special Abilities of others. However, what mattered was that Jenny did not know hers.

One day, she shared this idea of a Special Ability to her workmate. "You're right," he nodded vehemently. "Everyone has a Special Ability. But how do you know if you find it?"

"You just know. It'll amaze people, and yet make you feel good."

"Bah. Nothing amazes people these days. Everyone's seen everything."

"That's because everyone thinks like you. So people are no longer willing to find their Special Abilities. They just want to go through life with their Normal Abilities."

He cocked one eye up. "You're weird."

"No I'm not!" she retorted. "All right. What if I discover my Special Ability?"

"How? You're going to amaze the cars?"

"If that's what you say. I make five cars go wow, and that's my Special Ability. Deal?"

"Erm, hello? You have a job here, you know."

"Don't you fret that. I'll only need 5 days to find my Special Ability." Jenny declared, immediately regretting it.

"Whatever." He walked off to begin his shift.

Fuming, Jenny vowed to stick by her promise of 5 days. If she could not discover her Special Ability in 5 days, she would never mention it again as long as she worked here.

And so Jenny began her quest. How would she do it? Simple - if she could make 5 cars go wow with her Special Ability in a day, that was it!

Day One started off pretty well. WCV 5609 was impressed by the way she deftly transformed his two-ringgit note into eight sen coins. So was BHC 4248 and WJK 8020.

But that was all.

Perhaps everyone was in a hurry. It was a Monday morning, after all.

On Day Two she decided to try reading people's minds. She correctly guessed where WAT 7835, MBH 5856 and WLY 1964 were going. Sadly, the other cars considered it a waste of time and berated her for causing a queue.

No luck either on Day Three. Her finger puppet show wasn't very well-received. Only PBA 1413 and AJV 7451 responded with half-hearted smiles.

By Day Four she was starting to run out of ideas. There wasn't terribly much you could do inside a toll booth anyway.

There was one thing she noticed - most people didn't look at her. They would be busy reaching for their pockets, fiddling with the radio or illegally talking on mobile phones.

That was it! She would make them listen instead. Surely no one could resist a singing toll gate girl!

"The toll is one ringgit twenty! One ringgit and tweeenty...ooh wo wo, one ringgit twenty! One ringgit and twenty..." She warbled along to the tune of My Heart Goes Sha La La La La.

"Ha ha ha! You just made my day." beamed WHD 6523.

"That's very original." WFS 3773 loved it too!

"You're amazing!" And so did TAC 2094!

"Brilliant!" mused JCM 5595. Only one more to go!

Just ten minutes to the end of her shift, WAX 2510 eased into her lane. Yes! He's going to adore it, I'm sure. I just know it.

"The toll is one ringgit twenty!" She burst into song, face agleam.

At the end of her ditty, the driver, a merry old man of 65, couldn't help but clap. "You remind me of my niece. She sings very well too."

Mission accomplished! Her heart leapt as his car tottered off. She had finally discovered her Special Ability!

Or had she?

Wait... something didn't seem quite right.

"You remind me of my niece."

Didn't that mean someone else could sing just like her?

Jenny buried her head in her arms and cried.

"So Jenny, how's your Special Ability coming along?" Her workmate made that oh-so-annoying 'inverted comma' sign with his fingers.

"Oh, shut up."

"Hey, I'm sorry. But you know what? I believe you're still talented in your own way. Maybe you're trying too hard."

"How about a movie tonight? Anything to take your mind off this."

"We'll see. Thanks. Hey, gotta get to work now. WJP 7380 is coming."

"Huh? How did you know?"

"There, can't you see? That green Proton Wira."

"But it's so far off! How on earth can you see the number plate?"

"I can't, silly! I just remember the number plates."

"WHAT?! You remember the number plates of every single car?"

His eyes widened in amazement as her mouth fell open in similar fashion. Could she have possibly, accidentally, miraculously, at a time when life seemed destined for mediocrity - found her God-given Special Ability?

She had.

Within three months, Jenny became an instant sensation as the Incredible Memory Lady.

Sometimes, dreams are like butterflies. The more you chase them, the more they flit away. But when you trust and stay still, they come to you someday you least expect them to.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

VBS Memories... In Colour!

Why hey, it's that time of the year again!

The time when little kids get excited, youths reminisce about being kids, and adults try to act like kids! And no, we're not talking about my birthday here!

It can only be the annual VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!

As I roll into my third year of being an 'official' helper of the Intermediate Class presentation, I've resolved to put on the best show ever seen. For selfish reasons, yes, but also because I believe that Ju Liang will be grabbing the best seat in the house and enjoying the show as well. Tee hee hee.

Thus, I have dug deep into and studied the famous moments of VBS Inter presentations past. And the results, my friends, are quite a sight to behold.

VBS 2001 - Wong Fei Hung
The year of Lian Juang! Indeed, this sketch is the shining moment of the Timothy VBS era. LJ plays a disbelieving Wong Fei Hung who attends VBS at the behest of his fiancée Sap Sam Yee. Not much of a story, but plenty of side-splitting antics to make this a performance that every older Canaan member will remember.

VBS 2006 - Tian Mi Mi
Another one for the ages! This was my first time helping out in a VBS presentation, and like all naivé directors I had my best intentions to do a full-fledged musical. Assisting me was the Inter veteran Ju Yuan and a very talented new church member called Teng Teng. The first few songs were pretty so-so, but this last scene was simply a KILLER.

VBS 2007 - Ya Pun Wa Wa
Fresh from the roaring success of Jasper's Tian Mi Mi, Clement had big shoes to step into. I remember his laidback attitude during practice that worried Ju Liang and I to no end. "Aiyah, don't worry lah... on the presentation day I'll remember my lines one." And boy, all's well sure did end well. Clement brought the house down, but it was this particular scene that sealed the deal.

And up next... VBS 2008! You better stay tuned.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Pastor Appreciation Drama

Consider yourself fortunate, peeps!

In view of recent calls for me to post more videos... I. Have. Uncovered. More.

The following sketch is one of those rare self-initiated church projects. I remember sparking it off from a mamak session with Ju Yuan and Ju Liang, where we imagined hilarious scenarios of holy-at-church pastors facing domestic troubles at home. You know - smoking kids, nagging wives and the like. At one point, there even was a song parody of 'We Are The Champions'. Eventually it grew into a cutesy drama we presented (without prior notice!) during the Thanksgiving segment of Watch Night 2005. Pardon the self-praise, but I still insist that this was one of the bravest things ever done on a Canaan stage. How dare a bunch of ignorant youths poke fun at the church culture of unappreciativeness!

Synopsis: Chi Yuan plays a pastor who is both unappreciated at church and tormented at home by a mother-in-law from hell. Hopeless and dejected, he eventually decides to leave for good - only for an unlikely intervention to teach him the true meaning of service. Additional synopses can be found in video descriptions.

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One final note: At the time this drama was presented, Ju Liang had just been admitted to hospital. Zhi Yong was about to leave for Seremban. Jane had left for Belgium. And as for myself... well yes, I remember it was an emotionally difficult time for so many reasons.

Blah! It's all good now. =)

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

The Man In The Computer Shop

An exercise in creative writing, you could say. Last week, as I was leaving office, I dropped by the computer shop downstairs to buy a router that would supposedly fix all my connection woes. (It didn't, eventually.) Most of the shops were closing, but the poor bespectacled man in this shop was still clearing up stuff. He wasn't exactly drop-dead handsome, and rather unpleasant to speak to. In fact, I often made fun of him by impersonating this Ugly Computer Guy in front of my colleagues.
But hey, let's just say...

There once was a man who owned a computer shop.

Every single day of his life was filled with printers, modems, routers, hard disks, USBs and whacamalits.

And everyone who knew him, only did so because he was good at the techy stuff they didn't care for.

The hardware and software were the only ones who loved him in return.

But all that changed the moment he fell in love.

Love is never something you can predict or control. That's why it's called falling in love.

It happened one quiet morning as he was arranging the DVD-RWs in order of capacity.

"Excuse me, do you have thumb drives here?"

His heart paused. When you hear the voice, you just know. He whirled around to gaze into the most perfect face he'd ever seen.

A sparkling set of eyes met his demurely. Rosebud lips that spoke a thousand words with just a smile. Flowing black hair that one could run fingers through endlessly. All standing before him.

"Hello there?" Her dimples made her ever more adorable.

"I, uh- yeah. Thumb drives. What sort?"

"Hmm...I dunno. What kinds do they come in?"

"Well, you have you 1 gig, 2 gigs, 4 gigs, even 8 gigs now."

"I see," Her forehead creased. "What's a gig?"

He almost burst out laughing. Fortunately, the cumulative forces of the universe prevented him from doing so at that very moment in time.

"Do you know what a byte is?"

"See, a byte is a unit of information stored in a computer. So all the data you have - that's all bytes. Ten thousand bytes would make up a megabyte, or MB in short. A thousand more of those, and you have a gigabyte, or GB, or gig as we call it."

She nodded very, very slowly.

"What sort of files would you want to store in the thumb drive?"

"I'm starting my own fashion boutique," she enthused. "And I need to get some photographs of the clothes taken, to upload on the web. But then the file size is too large, and I need to get it in this format, that format, this resolution, that resolution. Argh... it's so confusing!"

"So I reckon you want to transfer the picture files with a thumb drive?"

"Then take this." He slid open the glass case, withdrawing a 8-gig thumb drive. "You'll need this for the hi-res pictures."

She eyed it curiously. "How much?"

"I can loan it to you first. Copy your files and bring them here to me tomorrow. I'll help you upload them."

"Oh thank you so much! You're wonderful."

So are you, he whispered in his heart.

"No problem. Just doing all I can to help."

"Tell you what," she smiled at him. "I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow. As a gesture of thanks."

This can't be happening to me. He felt giddy as a malfunctioning computer fan.

"Wow. You're not kidding."

"Sure I'm not! I really appreciate what you're doing for me."

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The printer cables and CD-ROMs and external casings and speakers and optical mice grinned in unison at him. All those years he spent with them had ultimately culminated in this beautiful, wonderful moment. No more lonely nights. No more self-pity. He could finally become normal again.

Now he would have to change. He couldn't possibly keep talking about games and tech stuff. He had to read up on the latest movies and music and fashion trends. And speaking of fashion, it was high time too he overhauled his wardrobe. Perhaps a Clay Aiken cool geek-esque look would serve him well. Or how about that effiminate Korean rage? He knew a great many girls who dug that. But of course, none of those girls knew him.

First date. First movie. First coffee. First Valentine's. First kiss. How would these feel like? Would his inexperience show? She probably would have had several boyfriends before. What would she be like? Would she laugh at him? Would she find him boring? Serious? Intelligent? Girls liked intelligent guys, didn't they? But it had to be intelligent in an INTERESTING way, no? He was pretty interesting in some ways. He knew a lot of stuff that his friends didn't.

"I can take you to my boyfriend's cafe. It's not too far from here."

He froze.

My boyfriend's cafe.

Boyfriend's cafe.

"What say you?"

"I'm not free tomorrow."

She looked disappointed.

"And the thumb drive costs 60."


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Ever since Raymond Lam’s (林峯) relationship with Karena Ng (吳千語) was publicly revealed, he has been targeted as the media’s focus. In a recent interview, Raymond openly spoke about his romance with his girlfriend for the first time. He emphasized that he wishes for a stable lifestyle, warning the media not to hurt his loved ones.

After experiencing a heartbreaking scandal with Mavis Pan (潘霜霜) in 2011, did Raymond begin to approach relationships with a different attitude? “Everyone has their own journey of growing up. I think the most important thing is to set a goal for myself and know my own position at certain times.  It’s about doing well with the jobs at hand.”

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A trailer of Saving General Yang <忠烈楊家將> was released two days ago in Beijing. Raymond portrays Yang Wulang in the movie, and he expressed having a great time collaborating with Ekin Cheng (鄭伊健), Wu Chun (吳尊), and Vic Chou (周渝民).

Since the movie stars many handsome actors, was there a lot of competition? “The movie required a big team for production. Everyone knew their own position, as well as how to play their part. I don’t think there was any competition. In fact, it was more like coordinating with each other, because the movie is mainly about brotherhood. Although the seven characters carry different personalities, we all have the same goal, which is to save our father.”

Did anything dangerous happen during filming? Raymond replied, “There was one scene where the seven of us were on our horses, trying to escape from chasing soldiers. I noticed that Ekin looked like he was about to fall off his horse, but fortunately he managed to stabilize himself. The results would have been terrifying if he actually slipped and fell with the group of horses galloping towards us!”

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Good Stuff on Agile and UXD

Best practices for user experience design and agile.  I don’t have the brainpower at the moment, or the experience and eloquence in general, to say it better than these guys.  So this week, I’m phoning it in, and deferring to these folks to say it far better than I can.

UXD and Agile

Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development, by Jeff Patton in 2008.  Incredibly comprehensive article here – both summarizing in breadth, and covering in depth.  If you’re interested in how user experience design (UXD) should work in an agile environment, this is the article you need to read.  If you’re really interested in UXD and agile – this is where you need to start!

Scrum and UX – a presentation by Morten Just from 2009.  Morten tells a great story about how many of the different disciplines within the “catchall” of UXD can fit in the world of projects being run in the Scrum framework.

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I feel like UXD is such a broad term that you can’t simply answer “how does UXD work in Scrum?” (a question I was asked today).  Some elements (outputs traditionally labeled as UXD) represent requirements (what should people be doing, what should some of the acceptance criteria be), and others represent design (how should things work / look / feel / exist, given a solution approach).

Every team will be organized differently, and parts of UXD that are “requirements” should be driven – in Scrum – by the product owner and UXD professional working together, expressing the need to enable the right stories with “good (big picture) design.”  The parts of UXD that are “design” should be handled inside the team, and the product owner (and doubly-so the stakeholders) should rely on their trust of the Scrum team to include “good UXD” as part of their design of solutions that enable stories.

As I mentioned in the pre-amble, Jeff and Morten do a much better job of articulating this point of view, so this article is 99% “go read their stuff” and 1% “my mental model that some of it should happen as part of expressing what needs to be done, and some of it should happen as expressing how it should be done.”

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Annual to bamboo-like; roots generally fibrous
Stem generally round, hollow; nodes swollen, solid
Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, generally linear; sheath generally open; ligule membranous or hairy, at blade base
Inflorescence various (of generally many spikelets)
Spikelet: glumes generally 2; florets (lemma, palea, flower) 1–many; lemma generally membranous, sometimes glume-like; palea generally ± transparent, ± enclosed by lemma
Flower generally bisexual, minute; stamens generally 3; stigmas generally 2, generally plumose
Fruit: achene-like grain
Genera in family: 650–900 genera; ± 10,000 species: worldwide; greatest economic importance of any family (wheat, rice, maize, millet, sorghum, sugar cane, forage crops, ornamental, weeds; thatching, weaving, building materials)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1951 Manual grasses US, USDA Misc Publ 200; Clayton & Renvoise 1986 Kew Bull Add Series 13]
See Glossary p. 26 for illustrations of general family characteristics. Generally wind-pollinated.

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Annual, sometimes perennial herb
Stems decumbent to erect; internode spongy inside
Leaves basal and cauline; sheath generally glabrous; ligule generally 0; blade generally flat, upper surface generally glabrous
Inflorescence panicle-like, ± dense; branches generally ascending to appressed, axis generally glabrous; spikelets generally many, 1–2 per node, short-stalked to subsessile, ± on 1 side of axis
Spikelet falling as one unit, ovoid to compressed; glumes unequal, lower < upper, short-bristly to hairy, generally green to purplish, upper glume generally awned; florets 2, lower floret sterile or staminate, lemma generally like glumes, upper floret fertile, lemma leathery or hard, shiny to dull, margin inrolled, tip abruptly pointed, palea free from lemma
Species in genus: ± 35 species: warm temp, subtropical, worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: hedgehog grass, from bristly spikelet)
Reference: [Gould, Ali, & Fairbrothers 1972 Amer Midl Nat 87:36–59]

E. oryzoides (Ard.) Fritsch

Stem erect, 4–12 dm
Leaf: sheath 8–25 cm; blade 7–20 cm, 4–12 mm wide
Inflorescence 8–15 cm; 1° branches 3.1–6 cm, axis glabrous to short-hairy; spikelets 2 per node, stalk < 2 mm
Spikelet ± 4–5.5 mm, 2–2.5 mm wide, elliptic, green; lower glume 1.5–2 mm, 3-veined, upper glume ± = spikelet; lower floret slightly < upper, sterile, lemma 5-veined, acuminate
Ecology: Wet places, especially rice fields
Elevation: < 100 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sacramento Valley
Distribution outside California: native to Eurasia
Synonyms: E. oryzicola (Vasinger) Vasinger var. mutica Vasinger misapplied

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High School: Pioneer HS
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2012-13: Advanced to the bonus final and took home a 20th overall position in the 100 butterfly at the Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. on Nov. 17…Placed fourth in the 100 butterfly in meets vs. Pacific on Feb. 2. and again vs. Cal Poly on Nov. 3.

2011-12: Posted season best times in the 100-yard butterfly, 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle throughout the 2011-2012 dual meet season.

Attended Pioneer High School…Swam for coach Gordy Smith…Was named the Mustang’s MVP during all four years of his prep career…Also was a two-time Academic All-American…Competed in water polo and football…Swam club for De Anza Cupertino Aquatics.

Parker Bovenberg was born on June 25, 1992 in San Jose, Calif.…Parents are Pete and Tamara Bovenberg…Is majoring in biological sciences…Enjoys Transcendentalism-era poetry and abstract art…Favorite authors are E.E. Cummings, Edgar Allen Poe, Emerson and Thoreau…Favorite aspects of college swimming are the team unity and working towards a common goal…Is a certified SCUBA diver.


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  • Know safe wind directions and conditions for kiting
  • Know hazards on a kitesurfing spot
  • Set up a trainer kite
  • Know the use of safety systems

  • Have basic flying skills with trainer kite
  • Launch and land the trainer kite with an assistant
  • Twist and untwist the lines while flying the kite
  • Walk and change directions while flying the kite
  • Know the wind window

  • Set up an 4/5-line kite with a full de-power system
  • Pre-flight check equipment and settings
  • In-flight check equipment and settings
  • Understand and use the international communication signals
  • Launch and land the kite to an assistant and as an assistant (4/5-line de-power kite)

  • Control the kite hooked into the harness
  • Understand the de-power system and can use the safety systems
  • Advanced flying skills with the de-power kite
  • Show full control of the de-power systems in flight

  • Pull quick release and activate leash
  • Recover the bar and kite
  • Self land

2. Intermediate

  • Enter and exit the water independently and safely while controlling the kite
  • Water re-launch the kite
  • First body drag downwind
  • Maintain correct kite position in the wind window
  • Change direction to the left and right while body dragging
  • Recover the kite and bar in the water

  • Upwind body drag to recover board
  • Upwind body drag to recover board with one hand
  • Enter and exit at the same point while upwind body dragging

  • Know the power stroke for a waterstart
  • Know the safety rules and theory for a waterstart
  • Can put the board on the feet and maintain the correct position for waterstart

  • Waterstart in both directions and ride a short distance
  • Come to a controlled stop
  • Understand weather forecasts, tidal- and wind effects
  • Determine the wind strength, direction and quality
  • Know equipment set up and choice according to the weather conditions

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  • Control the riding speed by edging
  • Consistent riding in both directions

  • Consistent riding in all directions including upwind
  • Ride amongst others and water users and respect right of way rules

  • Change of direction without stopping
  • Self-rescue and full pack-down in the water

  • Risk assessment and awareness of the riding area
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Automatic tester device for earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB)

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Mohd Azraie, Suarin (2007) Automatic tester device for earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB). Faculty of Electronic & Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.

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Power system protection plays important role for the safety of humans and electrical equipments in houses or buildings. Besides it also becomes a precondition of the system for obtaining capability and continuous power supply. Earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB) is an important protection device especially for houses and buildings. The ELCB’s spring trap will trip to isolate the fault from the system when line to ground fault occurs. So the good condition of the ELCB is very important to run the duty as a power system protector. This project is designed to test the earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB) automatically every month by detecting current through it when it is in off condition. Microcontroller will be use in this project to make the ELCB automatically tested with programmed it for month. During test period, a current detector which is connected series with the ELCB will detect any current that flow through it. When the detector detect currents, mean that the ELCB does not function properly and LED or buzzer will be ON as an indicator for occupant, so that ELCB can be change immediately. The ELCB is in good condition and can function properly when no current detected and DC motor will be used to switch ON the ELCB’s spring trap. Actually this project can improve the ELCB application and also will enhance the safety for occupant of houses and buildings.

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Greg Edmonson later remixed the theme as a main motif of the soundtrack of Uncharted 3, appearing in songs such as The Setup, Atlantis of the Sands, Sink or Swim, Cruisin' for a Bruisin', and many others. This remix was made less heroic and more dramatic.

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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The US has roundly condemned the ear-splitting murder of Iranian unclear scientist, Mustafa Oppenheimer, in a noisy car bomb attack near Tehran. And both Israel and the US deny any involvement.

Oppenheimer, head of the Unclear Cranium Enchantment Facility (UCEF), was a bastard child sired by late Robert Oppenheimer in the womb of an Iranian cleaning lady at Los Alamos, and he bore a striking resemblance to his late father, who is also the father of mutually assured destruction or MAD.

Iranian officials said two CIA and Mossad agents dressed in Hijab disguised as Saudi transvestites attached a bomb to his car during the morning rush hour – in full view of everyone, and then detonated it when Oppenheimer was present in the vehicle.

Oppenheimer died instantly while his driver died prior to that, Farce reported. A third occupant of the Peugeot was thought to have been dead for at least three months before the blast, although her body was whisked away by large strangers dressed in gorilla suits driving a Blackwater cleaning van.

Washington’s Blowback Damage-Control Agency (BD-CA – pro. BAD COMPANY) spokesman Hector Vector said the US had absolutely nothing to do with the noisy disturbance. “We ordered our agents to go ‘dark’ – you know, like Jack Bauer, and to carry out the assassinations using absolute stealth, such as a jab with a poison tipped umbrella. So it certainly wasn’t us!”

Vector continued, “Israel and the United States uphold the right to peace and quiet, and deny any involvement in disturbing the peace. We insist that the order was for absolute stealth, so if an event was noisy then that unequivocally proves our innocence.”

Several Iranian unclear scientists have been stridently assassinated in recent months, including a huge blast at a weapons factory, with Iran blaming Israel and the US. Still both of Iran’s adversaries insist that all of their missions are carried out in pin-drop silence.

Washington and its NATO cohorts suspect Tehran of secretly developing an atomic weapon, but Iran insists its unclear program is peaceful and aimed at the medical industry.

Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza said on state TV that the bomb attack would not stop progress in the country's peaceful unclear program, because all ICBMs supplied to Iran by the Chinese are armed and targeted, this eliminating the need to develop a bomb.

Reza also produced documents written in Mandarin confirming that China had given Iran as many nukes as the USA had given to Israel. “So it is nonsense to think that Iran is wasting money on weaponry that it already possesses in abundance!” he asserted.

Reza insisted that the global news reports concerning Iran’s alleged threats to obliterate Israel were, in fact, infidel corporate media ‘war propaganda.’ And the ludicrous idea that Iranians are suicidal is simply not supported by the fact that Persia has been thriving unabated for over 5,000 years, the semi-official news agency Farce reported.

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“I would never give you up, I would never let you down!!”
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Born in March the 19th, 1974, Vida Guerra is an American actress/model that has born in Cuba and with 6 years old moved out to New Jersey.

She always wanted to be a model. As every honest citizen, she needed to start from down below her career and achievement of dreams.

And what man wouldn't be proud of a daughter like this...

Again, as any other citizen, there was the need (thus the idea) of getting done on the parades. With that in mind, Vida Guerra and her father started the campaign to market her image.

After many tries to reach success, appealing to photoshopped images, singing in diners, and anything else you can think of, Vida Guerra and her friends Britney Spears, together with Paris Hilton, launched a campaign in the media: Showing panties. The success was so large, that it is used until today when a celebrity starts to lose it's fame. Another fact, was her leaked cellphone pictures, to be found elsewhere today. Adding to that, Playboy magazine called her someday and maybe you can find her Playboy too.

As tendency of success, now our friend here hosts a tv show in north-american television, one of those sitcoms I never heard of because I live in a hell hole away from the civilized world.

She is most know for her nice ass. Which men around the world masturbate to, and what an ass it is. It's so unbelievable nice that she only models her ass, since men are perfectly find jacking off to just that feature of her.

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Her plans also include to keep on doing that program on tv, turning to be a famous singer and accepting her father's excuse when the same has been caught abusing of Kitten Huffing.

Since 2003 she has been taking ass shaking lessons by another famous Latina vixen Jennifer Lopez. Vida then hopes to take over the title of greatest ass in the world from current and ten time champion Shakira.

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The Nifty Wire Bale Stand has been designed to support radios equipped with a folding wire stand at a more convenient operating and viewing angle than can be obtained using the folding wire stand by itself. It is made of a heavy duty polycarbonate with a beautiful gloss black finish with 4 anti-skid rubber feet.

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CW pilots add two ‘Lost’ veterans and a ‘Selection’ star

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Two veterans of ABC’s “Lost” are trading life on that mysterious island for all-new fantastic settings on a pair of pilots from The CW.

Henry Ian Cusick (who played Desmond on “Lost”) has joined the sci-fi pilot “The Hundred” for The CW. Based on the series of books by Kass Morgan, the pilot is set in a post-apocalyptic future where a space station called the Ark orbits the Earth. 100 juvenile delinquents are dispatched to the scorched planet to determine the possibility of re-colonization. According to Deadline, Cusick will play Kane, a shady officer who is vying for a promotion onboard the Ark.

“The Hundred” will be produced by the Warner Bros. TV.

Meanwhile, fellow “Lost” alum Mark Pellegrino (who played Jacob) has been tapped for the network’s “The Tomorrow People,” from writer/exec producer Phil Klemmer and adapted from the 1970s British series of the same name.

Deadline reports that the “Tomorrow People” pilot centers on the titular group of highly-evolved young people who band together to fight evil. Pellegrino will play an evolutionary biologist who sees the “Tomorrow People” as a threat to the future of humankind.

Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti will executive produce, along with Danny Cannon, who will also direct.

Lastly, The CW has finally found the lead for the drama pilot “The Selection” in Israeli actress Yael Grobglas.

“The Selection” takes place 300 years from now, in a time when lower-class girls participate in a lottery to win the Royal Prince”s hand in marriage. America Singer (Grobglas) is among the competitors trying to become the future-queen.

The network initially passed on a pilot for “The Selection” — with Aimee Teegarden (“Oxygen”) in the lead role — last year, later ordering the revamped version. Cast members Sean Patrick Thomas and Peta Sergeant will reprise their roles in the new pilot, according to Deadline.

Warner Bros. TV will produce “Selection,” which is based on the book Kiera Cass.

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Fall is quickly approaching, and, while you’re still in summer mode, weighing in the back of your mind is a mental checklist of what you need to pack to head back to campus. You most likely have not committed to putting this list on paper in fear it will confirm that you summer break is officially over. Fret no longer. I have compiled a quick list that will help you focus on wardrobe necessities so you can in turn focus on loading the car up with your laptop, mini fridge and every book and notebook you won’t be able to survive the semester without. Feel free to add and subtract items. Here we go…

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Tips For My First College Class

These tips will always help whether it’s for the first class of your college career or the first class of the semester.

My most important tip is to always be on time, professors always look to see who comes in late and some even take away points if the same student keeps showing up late.I always try to show up earlier, at least ten minutes so I can prepare myself for the class. If I know I won’t be able to show up for a class, I email the professor just to let them know ahead of time.

Another tip I have is to check the syllabus the night before the class just to double check if anything is due or if I should have read something important that I missed. This always helps me especially when the class has a lot of assignments due in the semester.

Whenever I get the syllabus, I always write all the exams and assignments for each class in my planner so that I know exactly which class to focus on and when. I always try to stay organized with my notes by having a binder for the class, especially when I know the professor uses power point hand outs.

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The Tata group is a global empire with a net worth of over 100 billion dollars. They are a big factor in the Indian economy. The group has grown to this size after its inception over 150 years back when the first Tata started supplying opium to China. The group progressed and the first steel plant and truck manufacturing unit was set up in #India. The Tata's are now global players with hotels and plants all over the world. The present head of the group is Ratan Tata .

Four years back Ratan Tata expressed a desire to hand over the reins of this massive economic empire to a younger man. A selection committee was duly constituted and Cyrus Mistry the son of the biggest shareholder of the Tata group Shapoorji Pallonji was inducted as the Chairman of the group. The Shapoorji group owns about 18% of the equity of Tata group and is the biggest shareholder. The Tata's themselves hold about 15 percent of the equity. Incidentally, Ratan Tata had endorsed Modi as PM 4 years back.

The corporate coup

The holding company for all Tata group companies is Tata sons and this has 9 directors who oversee the running of the group with Cyrus Mistry as the chairman. In a surprise development, more akin to a corporate coup a meeting of the directors of Tata sons was called and by a vote of 6-0 with 2 abstentions, the chairman Cyrus Mistry was removed. It was a dismissal that has shaken the corporate world in India.The surprising thing is that Mistry had been handpicked by the Chairman Ratan himself. So what went wrong in 4 years to necessitate his immediate removal? This #News is reported by the Times of India as well as CNN in their prime time news broadcast.

Clash of values

Basically, it appears to be a clash of values as Mistry who is 42 did not take into account the susceptibilities of the older Tata group members who had been with the group for decades. Secondly, his stress on acquiring new businesses while trying to the sell off non-profit making entities also went against the grain of the Tata ethos of doing good without regard to profitability. The decision to sell Tata steel in the UK  did not go down well with the company. In addition 7 out of the 10 biggest companies of the group listed on the NSE and BSE showed a downward trend in profits.

Last word

Ratan Tata has taken over the job himself for 4 months and a committee constituted to select a new head. But the reverberations of the removal of Mistry will echo long in the corporate world. Cyrus had initially thought of going to court against his summary dismissal but it appears he has dropped the idea for the time being as the board has legally voted him out.


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Chile's president Sebastian Piñera has rocky meeting with the Queen as he tours Europe

Since the success of the Chilean miners' rescue mission, President Sebastian Pinera has seen his approval ratings at home rocket.

And he is clearly enjoying his moment in the spotlight.

This week, the Chilean leader landed in the UK where he met with both the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron – and he didn’t arrive empty-handed.

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The 60-year-old former businessman, accompanied by his wife Cecilia Morel Montes, presented the monarch and the politician with a rock brought out of the San Jose copper mine by Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to be rescued.

Mr Sepulverda, 40, took out a bag containing half a dozen rocks from the collapsed mine, which he gave out when he reached the surface.

President Piñera is currently on a European tour, planned well before the mining incident, and will also visit France and Germany.

After speaking to the Queen and Prince Philip in their private apartment for 40 minutes, he was presented with a framed picture of the pair which had been signed by the royal couple.

Earlier that day, he met with Mr Cameron and received 33 bottles of real ale – one for each of the miners – and an early edition of Robinson Crusoe.


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Taylor Swift’s Red Tour At Soldier Field: Set Times, Parking Info & More

The biggest concert of the summer is almost here! Taylor Swift’s Red Tour is coming to Chicago’s Soldier Field on August 10th along with Ed Sheeran, Casey James and Austin Mahone.

US99.5 wants you to be ready for the show and have a ton of fun with us!

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  • 7:00 – Austin Mahone
  • 7:40 – Ed Sheeran
  • 8:45 – Swift

Concert-going Tips:

    • Get there early to come hang out with us at the US99.5 Road Show by the Southwest lawn along Lake Shore Drive. The parking lots open at 2:30PM, and the gates open at 4:30PM. (Click to enlarge)
      Screen shot 2013-08-08 at 4.04.21 PM
    • Take public transportation: The city is going to be a madhouse, and parking will be very expensive ($49) and limited. Soldier Field is located near the Chicago downtown area. Soldier Field’s address is 1410 S. Museum Campus Drive, Chicago, IL 60605. Click here to search for directions, and click here for public transportation info.
    • Know what you can & cannot bring into the show. Click here to view Soldier Field’s security and facility guide.
    • Find your seats: It’s always good to know where you’ll be sitting. (Click to enlarge)

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  • Drink plenty of water, and dress for hot weather: It’s supposed to be mostly sunny with a high around 79 degrees. Make sure you stay hydrated. Track the weather and get updates here.
  • Post-Concert Designated Pick-Up Area: There will be a designated pick-up area post-concert at the 18th street turnaround located off of the 18th street exit of Lake Shore Drive.

Get ready for the show with some music videos:

Taylor Swift – Red

Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Taylor Swift – Everything Has Changed ft. Ed Sheeran

Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me

See ya at the show!

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