Space aired the AAA versus Elite show last week, so it'll be this week's AAA YouTube upload this weekend.
The Universal Block starts tomorrow on CMLL Marca. It is region-blocked on Facebook at the moment.
Rush & Bestia del Ring challenge defend the tag team titles on Guadalajara/Canal4.
Cavernario back at it again.
I like Cavernario versus Soberano more than most. Other people seemed to like Euforia & Rush more than I did. I think everyone has NGD vs Dragon Lee & Munoz in about the same place. I'm not going to fix the match name.
There's finally an AAA show in the next batch. There was no real reason to keep starting the week on Saturdays, it is just habit at this point.
Today is the final day to vote for the Tapatia awards. You have until midnight to vote. It won't take long.
CMLL posted a photo of all their champions in the CMLL Universal tournament. Of course, being a Mexican wrestling photo, they had 15 people for the 16th man tournament. Dragon Lee, Euforia and Electrico are missing, Dragon Lee is in Block A this week, which means Euforia & Electrico are not participating. There will be no reason given, but I think my theory of not using both Soberano family members was correct, I just had the wrong one out.
That means Block B is Mephisto, Cuatrero, Ultimo Guerrero, Volador Jr., Sanson, Soberano Jr., Diamante Azul, and Niebla Roja. It looks like another Ultimo Guerrero/Volador match, with Diamante Azul being the most likely third choice.
Lost in Lucha has a preview of the Universal tournament.
Atlantis says he's happy with how his son did in Japan. He feels there are three big goals for a Mexican wrestler: wrestle in Arena Mexico, wrestle in Japan and win a title, and his son will have two of those done by the end of the week. He notes the title will take a few years to get towards. Atlantis does not have any plans to retire for the moment, feeling renewed teaming with his son. Atlantis Jr. says he's nervous going into his first Arena Mexico match.
CMLL's Diosas del Ring edecans have a new Twitter account and say they'll be streaming tryouts for their 2019 tryouts today and tomorrow morning.
Hades of AAA is also out with a leg injury. The La Planchitas column mentions she, Goya Kong and Parka Negra were among those riding in a van on their way back from Aguascalientes when that van was hit by a drunk driver. Hades is said to have taken the worst of it, with one of her legs behind trapped under a seat and requiring an operation immediately. Both Hades and Goya Kong have vaguely referred to this on Instagram. There's so match late night travel involved with Mexican wrestling, especially for the AAA side, on roads that aren't always in great shape. It's unfortunate when accidents happen and it is lucky they don't happen more often.
AAA and their local promoters in Morelia held a ticket sale kick-off press conference yesterday for the 02/16 taping. Drago & Myzteziz Jr. were interviewed. It appeared they were still advertising Jeff Jarrett for the show, though it's only really meaningful if they stop mentioning him. Jarrett going to WWE and what it means for AAA was very briefly brought up on Konnan's podcast, but Konnan didn't talk about it and they very quickly moved onto what it means for WWE.
I forgot to screen-shot a tweet and I'm regretting it right now. A random twitter user posted a photo of a Rey de Reyes announce date, asking AAA if it was real. The user has since deleted the tweet. I believe the date was 03/17, might have been 03/24 but it was definitely 2019. The graphic did not have a name of a city but did have a name of a ticket website, which is based in Puebla and has sold tickets for Tehuacán shows in the past, but it does not have Rey de Reyes listed. I couldn't find anything that confirmed that date for either city. AAA did run Puebla for Rey de Reyes last year so it is reasonable possibly but not confirmed.
MexaWrestling will be holding a Toxin benefit show on 02/10. Toxin originally believed he had an injury that would cause him to leave wrestling, then thought it was something less serious (out 1-2 months) and now has found out it's worse than that and is getting an operation imminently. MexaWrestling posted the x-ray and I'm not good at reading x-rays, but it appears to be a lower leg or an ankle fracture.
Super X & MDA held a press conference for their 02/17 show. This comes off like it's a Super X (Juventud Guerrera) programmed show with just enough help from MDA to get their name on the poster. The main event was revealed to be Fuerza Guerrera & Rush versus Juventud Guerrera & Hijo del Pirata Morgan. Pirata & Eterno, who were part of Guerrera's AAA "Anarkia" group, are now part of Guerrera's non-AAA MAD group. (Given AAA's strong feelings on controlling their intellectual property, Guerrera's group might not be MAD for long, though it's not especially clear who owns the name. Or who even cares about the name at this point.) Fuerza Guerrera "invaded" the press conference with his daughter to build up the main event. The El Planchitas column on Monday wrote that the long term plan here is for Fuerza & Juventud to settle their issue and end up teaming again.
Pro Wrestling Revolution announced a Carsitico vs Dragon Lee vs Rey Horus match for 02/23 in San Jose. It's Dragon Lee's first match in the promotion since winning the King of the Indies tournament they co-sponsored. I'm sure they had bigger plans for follow up that didn't happen when Dragon Lee was off on Exatlon (which is still going for at least another week.) It also suggests Dragon Lee has not signed with ROH yet, as assumed to be happening or at least agreed to this date well in advance of any deal.
Arena Aficion has their 67th Anniversary show tonight. The Pachuca, Hidalgo building was opened on January 31, 1952. Today's show is an AAA event with Psycho Clown, Dr. Wagner Jr., La Parka and Pagano in a four-way for a trophy. Locals Persy & Militar de la Muerte have a mask match. Criterio Hidalgo has an interview with the ring announcer.
Arena Naucalpan also has a show tonight. It's a little bit treated like an IWRG show, though it is really more of a Castelazzi promotions show. The Montanez MMA brothers work few other shows except for that promotion. Francois puts his mask on the line against Dr. Cerebro hair, and Cerebro is unlikely to lose his hair. The show has a brothers tag match – Guerreros vs the Luna Brothers of Electrshock & Sharly Rockstar and a father/son tag match – Solars & Panthers.
+LuchaTV put up the 01/20 Angel o Demonio versus Penta trios match. There are so many shows they taped, I wish they would've picked pretty much anything else. Though that's because I feel like re-enacting that spot where someone was seriously injured is a bad thing and most people in Mexico seem like it is a cool thing to heat up feuds. You can see that bleachers in Arena Loepz Mateos seem lower than usual for a Penta appearance, but often I don't think these are decisions made for business reasons either.
Retro Wrasslin' has a recap of the Contrapunto episode most famous for El Santo briefly unmasking.
Lucha Talk has this week's episode.
Back to "normal" on Sunday for IWRG. Trios titles look certain to change hands with how rarely all three Comando Elite are in IWRG. (One missing the title match wouldn't be a change.) Less sure about the main event.
Metálico, Nitro, Sangre Azteca beat Oro Jr., Retro, Star Jr.
Drone, Pegasso, Stigma beat Disturbio, Kawato San, Universo 2000 Jr.
Mephisto fouling Niebla Roja set up a singles match next week.
Pólvora and Felino had random issues in their match, following up from their lightning match last week. Tirantes heroically pretended it wasn't happening.
Poor Tiger got pinned his own family's hold. (Same thing happened to his father moments later.) At least it was in a match where both men were trying, wrestling a technical style for two rudos. Any match with a powerslam on the floor can't be all bad, but it was just an exchange of random moves and no more.
The third fall of the tercera was unexpectedly interesting, or I've been wore down by CMLL b-shows so much that the slightest increase seems like a big deal. I was looking back at NGD results the other day because I couldn't remember if NGD had every lost a team title match. They have, and they also did when Universo 2000 Jr. was in the Guadalajara team before Forastero existed. Universo has gotten to OK and looked it here, but that would've been bad news if that had stuck as the trio. The técnicos were better than usual even if I'm not quite sure what Drone was trying to do on his apron dive.
Halcón Suriano Jr., Robin, Tigre Rojo Jr. beat El Malayo, Policeman, Toro Bill Jr.
Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto beat Niebla Roja, Stigma, Stuka Jr.
Luciferno attacked Niebla Roja before the match, and challenged him after pinning him twice in their match.
The main event doesn't really get going. There's a lot of Villano IV punches if you're for that, but it's 95% rudo beatdown, then Euforia making enough of a comeback to get in the foul. Euforia was fired up for his match and I think it might be interesting, but this didn't do much to sell it. It would've been nice if CMLL tried something different his week.
Luciferno was trying in his match with Niebla Roja and is prone to doing at least one crazy thing in singles matches so I guess I'm for this feud. I'm not sure anyone else is, but anything to break up the monotony is good at this point. It was about to form for the Hijos del Infierno otherwise, with the técnicos doing OK but not much.
This match was at it's best when they were doing nothing. They stuck with almost nothing for the first two falls. It's hard to look dumb when you're just grabbing a body part and yanking it. (The cruz nipona is a great hold for people who can't do much, it's tough to mess up and you can do it standing.) They did more in the third fall and it was a poor idea. Super Pinocho's low bridge spot will be among the worst of 2019. This should be his final match in a CMLL ring, he badly struggled dong basic spots and had to be helped thru the finish. Raton was the best of the técnico side and still missed a corner armdrag he tried to do. The Diabolicos looked fine mostly because they could only look better than the people they were in there with.
The segunda was better than usual. There was some off moments but the action actually made up for it. Halcón Suriano Jr. hasn't been around a lot since the name change, so this was the first time he seemed as exciting in this character as he had as Stukita. It looks like he's switching out a lot of stuff he did as a mini and hasn't really found new stuff yet, but his energy level and movement is better than most in his position. The técnicos wearing matching gear didn't seem to ever be addressed by the announcers. If I was a CMLL luchador, I'd form groups and teams without letting anyone know and run with it until it gets over or it gets caught, so I'm going to pretend that's what happened here. Can't wait for CMLL to come up with an idea for you if you're Robin.
The tapatia awards are closing tomorrow night. There's still time to vote. I think I still have to vote, so there's definitely still time to vote.
Tecnicos took 1/3. Nitro replaced Rey Bucanero (Japan).
Tecnicos took 2/3. Volador & Niebla Roja replaced Kraneo & Volcano on Saturday.
Sounds like a better Tuesday and usual, with the semi-main and lightning match as the highlights.
Fuego and Mystique talk about their returns to CMLL, and Coyote talks about his surprising win.
3) Ephesto, Mephisto, Vangellys b Black Panther, El Audaz, Guerrero Maya Jr.
Atlantis Jr. & Hijo del Villano official debut in Guadalajara (though Tiburon also had a match here.) Caveranrio replaced Villano IV. Tecnicos took 2/3, the last when Villano III took Atlantis' mask.
first defense. Tecnicos took 2/3, the last when Rush unmasked Azul but Azul ended up beating Rush anyway.
Came so close to La Bestia del Ring as champion. May happen someday.
Marcela, being interviewed by Basta about her recent title defense, says the one thing she'd still like to do in her career is to make a movie or be in a movie. I would not have expected that answer. Marcela is still in Japan, wrestling on an upcoming Ice Ribbon show.
Dark Magic has a photo on his Facebook of him back in the CMLL training gym with Okumura. I suppose he'll be back soon.
Sammy Guevera is finished with MLW. Sammy Guevera is probably signing with AEW, if he hasn't signed already. Guevera has been done with MLW for a while – Aerostar's debut match in the promotion this weekend is essentially taking's Guevera spot – and MLW putting the news out is an attempt to frame the story. Just as "MLW outbid ROH for Rush but Paco Alonso wouldn't let him sign", MLW didn't have a talent not under contract scooped up from them by AEW, they "decided not to use him anymore because he was double booking himself" and just happened to leak what happened when they thought that AEW announcement was imminent.
Guevera did have an issue with being double booking, though stories greatly different on which was the first booking on 02/02. He was in Japan for months working for DDT, making him unavailable to MLW. Focusing on other people is the right call for MLW. I even understand why they have to spin these stories – if you're projecting yourself as Major League Wrestling, you can't be losing all the talent battles – but the spin is still annoying.
Anyway, the reason why this really matters for this blog – except for the oh so mysterious other booking Sammy Guevera might have on 02/02 that is not AEW – is where Guevera is working on Friday. Guevera is scheduled to be in Tijuana for his first defense of the AAA Cruiserweight championship. That's an AAA show, where Konnan puts the cards together (at least in part.) It's promoted locally by EMW, where Konnan also puts the cards together. Konnan also is part of the creative process for MLW, as part of Konnan working for 90% of all wrestling companies in North America at the same time. Konnan knows the AEW deal and has much more power to get a title change done than an average AAA spot show programmer. Laredo Kid is the scheduled challenger. He could end up two belt champion, someone else could be moved into that spot (Aerostar also booked on that show!), or they could do some weird shoot angle as they did with Vampiro & Mundo before in that same exact promotion, Guevera is booked on AAA TV in February, but those lineups obviously aren't binding – this could end up being his final AAA show for the time being. Guevera losing the title would be a signal AAA believes that's it.
Pasala has a story on luchador/graffiti artist Struendo.
This was a boring week, where even the first FantasticaMania show didn't really liven things up. Lots of average matches on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Even the Atlantis Jr. match probably wouldn't be as interesting if it was match 100 instead of match 1.
Gran Guerrero, Terrible, Último Guerrero beat Carístico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr.
This was the final show before FantasticaMania for about half the people working these shows. The matches were a bit shorter and lower impact than the names might suggest, though some of that is probably due to being a Tuesday show as well. The last two matches were sort of cut down exhibition showcases, showing some of what these matches could be like while not going full out. This was the more exciting of top two matches, with the rare chance to see the Munoz family together bringing some extra energy. Rush seemed more into than usual for one of these B-Shows. Dragon Lee perhaps less so when he's winning falls with half crabs, but he and his brother show some nice dives. The spot with Dinamitas ever so slightly tossing Místico up and down on a press slam was impressive.
The second and third fall of the semi-main were about two minutes each. They tried for the two minutes, they just weren't going to spend a lot of time on this match on this night. Carístico looked the best of the técnicos and the announcers were way too excited about the third fall finish.
I know Templario did things in this lightning match, but nothing besides getting his finisher countered into a headscissors for the loss really stuck out. He kept up with Oro in the match, but this was mostly the técnico making the effort. It was definitely reduced by being on Fantastica Mania travel day.
They didn't re-invent the wheel in the tercera, but the rudos looked more into the match than usual, and they made the most of what the técnicos were going to do in a match before a big trip. Kawato seemed angry and aggressive, especially early in the match, and it was a vast improvement over seeing lost and confused. He landed a dive and he caught a dive, he is officially over the Yoshihashi line and I can imagine a scenario where he actually has a good match on his own. He and Virus looked pretty good, while Okumura seemed to be off into the background. Audaz did that thing where he looks like the most impressive acrobat in the world for about 30 seconds and then disappears for a few minutes.
The segunda was a strange laid out match. The first fall was even, for the most part, the rudas took over at the end and Sugehit snuck in a pin (which had happen in the opener for the técnicos only win as well.) The rudas took almost all the next two falls, minus a ten-second comeback. This ended up as one-sided as matches can be, though it is not really surprising it was the luchadoras rudas who beat a non-Marcela team pretty dominantly. Skadi got a showcase to start off and was the only tecnica to get in offense in the third fall, so she really needed to be good to make anything out of this. She surprisingly was good, the best she's looked since coming back. It has the same artificial feeling as some of the other women's sequences, but at least hers are new.
The opener seemed like it was built around boring the fans in the second fall so they'd be more excited when the comeback finally happened. They were effective in doing that. Sonic seemed the most confident he's been since coming back from him knee injury, and Bengala let him take a lot of the match for his team. Grako & Coyote continue to have flashes of being interesting.
Rudos took 1/3. First Ozama match in Arena Puebla in 4 years.
Niebla Roja took 2/3, 5th defense.
The tournament was more interesting in paper than in reality. Some of the matches got time (the Peverseo/Valiente vs Arkalis/Vangellys match felt like it got a lot of time) but little of it was good and the more interesting people didn't get advance. Malayo seemed like one of the guys least excited for this thing and somehow went ot the final. Tiger & Azul were the most excited. If I was Tiger, I'd be whatsapp-ing Puma King to ask him how many tournaments he's won lately. But I am a terrible person.
I gave up before the main event but it sounded like it was fine.
Today's CMLL show looks a little better than it was first announced. Cuatrero, Forastero, Sanson were scheduled to face Angel de Oro, Kraneo and Volcano. The big two are out, and Niebla Roja & Volador Jr. are instead. It is the most promising match on a usual Tuesdays show.
Hechicero teams with Rey Bucanero & Shocker, who feel like they're on every show lately. They face Titan, Soberano and Blue Panther. Fuego, Rey Cometa, and Triton meet Kawato, Misterioso, and Sagrado. Coyote gets his first ever lightning match against Super Astro Jr. There's a women's match (Mystique's first Arena Mexico match) and a usual opener to start it off. The show streams at 7:30 pm on CMLL.
Guadalajara has Bestia del Ring & Rush challenging for the tag titles against Diamante Azul & Valiente. A title change is unlikely. A good match is slightly less likely. Atlantis Jr. makes his first official appearance in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, teaming with his father and Mistico. Hijo del Villano III also makes his debut in this arena, teaming with Villano IV and Templario. This should air on Thursday and Saturday locally, though only the Saturday version streams on the internet.
La Sanely will participate in a conference about psychology in sport on 02/01. She's a psychologist in her other life, though I guess she has to go as Sanely now.
Jeff Jarrett reportedly signed a deal to return to WWE this past weekend. AAA announced Jarrett on their 02/16 lineup a few hours before that news came out. It is possible WWE lets Jarrett work out his already announced dates, though I don't expect AAA will make it clear any time before the show happens.
MexaWrestling is teasing a plan to launch a YouTube channel. I don't think you need to a plan to create a YouTube channel, I manage to do it whenever I get owned by a wrestling personality on Twitter and have to find a way to send them a match, but plans are probably a good idea.
+LuchaTV posted an interview with German Cardona of the Mexico State lucha libre commission from the 01/20 Arena Lopez Mateos show. He's asked why Angel o Demonio is now unsuspended. Carona does not come off well. He explains Angel o Demonio is a very professional luchador and the commission said the suspension didn't have a set time, so they could decide to end it at any time. He calls Angel o Demonio "muy professional" at least five different times in a 90 second interview, coming off as if he was unprepared for anyone to ask him that obvious question and latching onto the only thing he could think come up with. Cardona explains the original attack on Cuervo as just as small bit of anti-professionalism and justifying Angel O Demonio bringing out a brick again as proof everything is OK because he was stopped from using it this time. This is the last we'll hear about this story until the next person gets hurt.
The main event feels like it's going to be a title change.
+LuchaTV has their latest podcast.
The masked French submission wrestlers are back. Will one be unmasked by Dr. Cerebro? (Nah, probably not.) It feels like there is a better use of Ricky Marvin than having him tag-along with the new rudo trio that disappeared after three weeks. Maybe not.
Kobayashi mentioned on Twitter that she was happy to be able to check Arena Naucalpan off her list of venues wrestled in.
This looks like a FILLM show but appears to be an ANCLA show? These are important distinctions. Bam Bam versus Fly Warrior seems like a different match if Bam Bam makes the show.
You could say this card is good for nothing but it did remind me Leono still exists. Lightning match seems like Jarochita's toughest task in CMLL so far.
Ephesto, Felino, Mephisto beat Niebla Roja, Stigma, Stuka Jr.
Hechicero wasn't all that interested in helping his partners, though Los Ingobernables were taking no chances. They had the first fall well in hand when Rush fouled Kraneo. They unmasked him too. Tirantes messed up a pinfall count in the second fall. Hechicero eventually gets too friendly with the rudos in the third fall and they attack him, with Valiente throwing him back into gets a bigger beating. Valiente and Kraneo make a two-man comeback, and then the match turns into a normal one for about 3 minutes until Hechicero betrays Valiente again. They argue, and the rudos beat Kraneo.
Mephisto and Zacarias had a lot of fun before the third fall of the semi-final match.
Los Diabolicos are Dqed quickly for excessive violence in the first, though it seemed like the panned finish. Gallego snuck in a foul on Super Muneco in the third fall.
This show was more ordinary than bad, with a lot of the matches just being about the level you'd expect from the people involved without being excitement. The main event wasn't any good, but that was more of a matter of the story they decided to tell than any lack of execution.
The legends match here went smoother than the comparable match in November. They didn't aim particularly high, but they did get as far as a Super Pinocho dive and what they did in the ring looked fine. It's not much worse than the local veterans matches on this show, which is not a high bar. It is weird to bring in the old children's act and have them win zero falls but that's CMLL.


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Ensuring Sustainable development and surmounting the 'devastating impacts' of climate change were on the top of the agenda at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, where King Tupou VI of Tonga was joined by a host of other Pacific Island leaders calling for action on what they saw as "the defining issue of our time".
"In contributing towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its landmark Goals ( SDGs ), including the internationally agreed blueprint for the sustainable development of small island developing States (SIDS), the SAMOA Pathway , Tonga has made both accords an integral part of its national planning processes," he said on Wednesday.
He emphasized the importance of the UN High-Level Political Forum ( HLPF ) on Sustainable Development, which he pointed out will review the SAMOA Pathway in 2019.
"Climate change continues to pose significant security threats to us as island States," he said, noting with concern "the devastating impacts of climate change on our marine environment."
He welcomed the establishment at the initiation of German and Nauru of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security "to further highlight the nexus between the threats of climate change with threats to international peace and security."
He stressed that despite the effects of sea level rise, Tonga's territorial boundaries, established under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea , should remain unchanged.
"Our Sovereignty must not be compromised by climate change and we welcome the work of the International Law Commission on this critically important and timely issue for consideration of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly," he said, referring to the Assembly's standing body that deals with legal issues.
He was looking forward to the 24th Session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) in December to address the adverse impacts of climate change and the need for innovation in adaptation for small island developing States.
"Finally," he said, "sustainable development, whether it be, [among others], through good health and well-being, climate action, life below water, or affordable and clean energy, can only be realized through international peace and security."
"We continue to look to the Security Council to protect the innocent from threats to international peace and security in whatever form, be they traditional threats such as armed conflict, or newer threats like climate change, to ensure no one is left behind," concluded King Tupou VI.
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Bagong Buhay Lodge No 4 led IGLPI lodges and Masons in the observance of 115th anniversary of the martyrdom of the 13 Martyrs of Cavite on September 12, 2011. Commemoration activities, under the auspices of the city government were held at the Martyrs' monument in Samonte Park and at the Garita Elementary School campus.
Guest speaker was Nicolas Ricafrente, Past Grand Master.
Ten of the thirteen martyrs were Filipino Masons of Spanish Grand Orient Lodges in the country, charged with complicity in the 1896 revolution.
A re-enactment of their arrest and execution, annotated by Bro Francis Gealogo was performed by Masons from different IGLPI lodges of Cavite.
RW Amorico Alvarez, Senior Grand Warden and Cavite City councilor chaired the 13 Martyrs Day commemoration committee.
Freedom Lodge No 10 acted as host and coordinating lodge as IGLPI celebrated its fifth founding anniversary on September 10, 2011 by conducting medical and dental missions at the NHA (National Housing Authority) multi-purpose hall at the Northville Resettlement Center in Barangay Atlu Bola, Mabalacat, Pampanga. Attending medical doctors were Benedict Iglesia and Sherwin Foronda of Pintong Bato Lodge; Raymundo Mandigal of Freedom Lodge; and lady physicians Julieta Patani Toledo and Aileen Feliciano. Dentists were Doctors Joel Pingul and Arnel Paulino Maccay of Freedom Lodge; Major Nolasco Tiongson of Pinagkaisa Lodge (GLP) and Captain Jhun Gloriani. The anniversary celebration started at 7:30 A.M with a thanksgiving mass followed by the welcome remarks of Bro Francis Dimaliwat, Senior Warden of Freedom Lodge and an inspirational message by Grand Master Cesar De Leon Go. More than 200 beneficiaries were served and given free medicine donated by Unilab and Freedom Lodge. A luncheon-fellowship was held in the afternoon attended by member lodges and the Ladies of IGLPI.


On Paul's travels he found and photographed more than 20 C2s, including two in steam at tourist railways. He also visited several industrial railways which had once been operated by C2s, but now use diesel or electric traction. There are many more C2s still in China, mostly on static display. Paul is now researching the locations of some more, planning a future trip. There are also two or three more tourist operations to visit.
Paul was able to copy some historical documents that are immensely useful for our historical research. He also bought some spare parts and was able to carry them home on the plane!
Here is a roll-call of the C2s that Paul saw, and a few other related photos. The trip started in Sichuan Province towards the South-West of China, including visits to the locations of two closed railways with surviving C2s, and several active coal mine railways.
Lurking in a locked shed at Rongshan were three C2s; we were able to identify these as 210, 211 and 218. On Paul's last visit in 2014, the railway was still operating and he was able to get inside this shed.
This loco numbered ZM16-4 62-70 worked on the Pengzhou local railway in Sichuan Province, and is now plinthed in the town of Pengzhou. It carries Shijiazhuang worksplates stamped K69-27, but 1969 may be a rebuild date rather than new build. As with all the 28t locos that worked at Pengzhou, it has been modified with air brakes and a front extension to the frame, together with a slope-back bogie tender.
A view of the tender of the third loco in the shed at Rongshan. The big surprise was that only three C2s were present; the last operational loco number 219 was missing!
The YongRong Railway is centred on the town of Honglu near Yongchuan. A busy operation connecting coal mines, a washery and an interchange with China Rail, the line is electrified with a fleet of six B-B locos of which 3 or 4 are used each day. It mostly runs through rural countryside, as seen here. Until the 1990s, the line was steam-operated by a fleet of C2s.
Paul's trip then moved on to Hunan Province, to visit several more active mine railways including the Matian coal railway, north of Chenzhou.
It's early morning inside the loco shed at Matian, and the drivers are preparing two of the diesels. This shed would once have been full of C2s.
The coal railway at Matian in Hunan Province is now operated by Shijiazhuang-built JMY380 'Taihang 51' diesel-hydraulics, and is very run-down. When built in the early 1960s it served many more mines, operated passenger services, and used steam locos like our C2. Here a train of empties growls through the attractive countryside hauled by a loco so shabby that it doesn't even have a number!
In Henan Province in central China, there is a developing tourist railway. Located about 40km from the huge city of Zhengzhou, and only 10km from the Shaolin temple made famous by several martial arts films, this seems a great place for a tourist railway. It is on the trackbed of the former Xinzheng provincial railway, and locos have been sourced from several closed narrow-gauge railways in Henan Province including Xuchang, Yinghao and Xinzheng. Over the past few years, a lot of money has been invested in new facilities, loco overhauls and trackwork. The railway is now functional over a distance of 21km, with the prospect of extending further. However, there are no regular services; charters are possible with advance notice but the cost is prohibitive for small groups. Hopefully the railway will work out a more sensible business model in due course. Some of the restored steam locos have very curious modifications including diesel generators and compressors, electric feed pumps, and corrugated firebox sides.
There are seven restored C2s at Yujian, and number 007 was in steam when we visited. This was a stroke of luck, as we hadn't been able to afford a charter of our own!
Yujian 005 was also under the train shed at Chaoyanggou station, fit for service but not in steam. These locos have been heavily modified.
A set of C2 frames in the workshop at Yujian. Will this eventually be 008?
Anyone looking for a project? There are dozens of wrecks of 380hp diesels at Yujian, representing several different classes and manufacturers.
A permanent way works train on the Yujian line pauses for lunch-break. The locos are Shijiazhuang JMY380 diesels of the Taihang 52 type, very similar under the bonnet to those at Matian, but with an entirely different bodyshell.
Paul then headed North-East to the home of the C2, Harbin and Heilongjiang Province. He separated from the rest of the tour group for a few days, on a whistle-stop trip to find as many plinthed C2s as possible. 10 in three days was pretty good going.
Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, and of course home to the factory where over 200 C2s were built. Fittingly a C2 is preserved in a park to the west of the city centre. This is a Harbin-built loco that worked at Zhanhe forestry railway.
The loco at Harbin carries a cast 'Hongqi' (red flag) plate, which was the brand name used by Harbin for their C2 production. These plates appear in some of the earliest C2 photos we have. We hope to make some replicas for sale.
In the forestry town of Shanhetun, one of their former locos B*031009 is displayed with a caboose. This appears to be an early Shijiazhuang-built loco. Paul was met by dozens of kids keen to have a selfie with the strange foreigner!
In the forestry town of Weihe, one of their former C2s number SW21054 is displayed with a carriage. The locals we spoke to here included former fitters in the loco maintenance workshop. They confirmed that this is a Harbin-built loco.
Yabuli was once a forestry town, but its main attraction now is a ski resort! The resort features a new tourist narrow-gauge railway, serving several areas including a safari park. It is not near any of the former forestry railway route, but has inherited some of its rolling stock including loco, carriages and a railcar. This loco has been converted to diesel operation, with the engine in the cab driving a jackshaft under the former firebox. The connecting rod now points backwards to the jackshaft! This was the former B*309 at Yabuli forestry railway, and was built at Shijiazhuang.
Elsewhere in the Yabuli ski resort area is another C2, with two carriages and a caboose fitted up as a restaurant. This was also a Shijiazhuang-built loco.
The Dahalin forestry railway began in the town of Changting, and the former railway station remains in use as a bus terminal. In the back corner of the yard, this C2 is stored with two carriages; they had previously been displayed in a more prominent position. At some late stage in its life, the loco has been converted to diesel propulsion. It has a diesel engine in the tender, driving via a cardan shaft through the firebox to a final drive gearbox on the loco's third axle.
On platform 1 of Mudanjiang railway station is displayed an un-numbered loco from the Chaihe forestry railway. The characteristics suggest it is a Shijiazhuang product from the early 1960s. The loco is visible from the street through a glass fence; to gain access to the platform for a closer look was a real challenge requiring pleading with the booking office and three separate security guards, but we managed it!
East of Mudanjiang is an industrial area at Modaoshi, where a C2 and a carriage are plinthed within the premises of the former Bosen timber factory. The firm has now closed down and the gates are locked, but it is possible to see the loco over the fence. This was formerly number 30 at the Weihe forestry railway.
In the former forestry town of Chaihe, one of the squares has a display of forestry equipment, including a short log train. On close inspection it was clear that this loco was a Polish-built KP-4 dating from the late 1950s, and later upgraded. It latterly operated at Shanhetun as their number B*031003.
This C2 worked on the little-known Yilan mining railway in Heilongjiang Province, one of 18 in the fleet. Research has so far failed to find any photos of these locos in service, but one is preserved in a park in Dalianhe, close to the former trackbed. The steam fleet was supplemented with electric locos from 1976, but the entire railway was replaced with road transport in 1993. One of the former electric locos is displayed alongside, together with a selection of other mining equipment.
Paul then re-joined the rest of the tour group at Huanan, where we were lucky enough to see steam operation on three days. We also made good friends with the staff and management. Paul's C2-branded clothing proved a wonderful ice-breaker!
The narrow-gauge railway at Huanan is now in its third guise. Built in 1952/3 primarily as a forestry line, it also served a coal mine. When the forests were logged out, the forestry bureau continued to use the line to supply loco coal for their other railways, and heating for offices and accommodation. It finally closed in 2010. However, the forestry bureau retained ownership and it has now been re-invented as a tourist line. At present the steam tourist services operate over only 2km of track, but it is possible to go about 6km in the diesel railcar. There are grand plans to extend further, and clearly a lot of money has been invested in the new facilities.
The new station building and facilities at Huanan are very impressive. The location is about half-way between the existing Huanan China Rail station, and the new high-speed station under construction, so it is well placed. There are plans to extend the line significantly along the former forestry railway trackbed to a lake about 15km away, and to create a resort there. Note the replicas of 'Rocket of China' and a more familar 'Rocket'.
Huanan 011 was in steam at the time of our visit, and is seen here running round its passenger train at the current limit of tourist operations, only 2km from the start. This loco was a later addition to the Huanan fleet, having been transferred from one of the other nearby forestry railways in the 1990s.
Huanan 041 was in awkward corner of the shed. It is basically in operational condition but is awaiting some repairs. In the background a new carriage is under construction, and beyond that is a recently restored caboose. This loco was built at Harbin in 1959 and spent most of its life at Huanan.
Huanan 21043 is displayed outside the station. This loco was built at Shijiazhuang in 1959 and spent most of its life at Huanan. It was operational into the early 2000s but has now been relegated to static display.
Huanan 044 is displayed between station and the loco shed; it does not currently carry a number but the identity was confirmed by staff. This loco was built at Shijiazhuang in 1964 and spent most of its life at Huanan. It is not operational but perhaps could be restored in the future.
Huanan 168 is displayed between station and the loco shed. This loco was a later addition to the Huanan fleet. It is not operational but perhaps could be restored in the future.
The future of Chinese high-speed rail? The orange machine in the background is placing viaduct spans on the new CRH high-speed line from Jiamusi to Mudanjiang, approaching the point where it crosses the track of the Huanan forestry railway. C2 011 steams by with a passenger train. Next year there will be another opportunity to pose a working C2 with a CRH high-speed train! (The previous chance was at Xingyang brickworks railway, just before that line closed).
This is a loco record book for a Shijiazhuang-built 28t loco, works number 353 of December 1961. On the Huanan forestry railway it was running number B*021046. Just that information adds usefully to our research in several ways, but the contents of this book and others seen and photographed at Huanan are even more useful!
Stacked in a corner of the Huanan loco shed, Paul spotted some spare cabside windows. We need some of those! They're a bit battered, but Paul was able to buy them and bring them home on the plane, and has a plan for restoring them to their former glory for our own C2.
The three C2 cab windows, having safely arrived at Manchester airport.
Paul will be back in Wales over Easter to make more progress on our own C2, with the rest of the group.


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IX Indoor Amusement Park: Spin, Puke, & Goldfish!
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Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:40 AM
Hello Coaster Fans Enjoying Their First Rides of The Season,
This past Tuesday my wife (Shawna), Alicia, and I made a trip up to the IX Indoor Amusement Park. Yes, it was an odd number, but those who have been up there know that a lot of rides can only seat 3 not 4 people, so it actually worked out kind of nice :) As always if you want to see pictures, a complete ride lis, and a video of it, check out the link at the bottom!
As for a brief description of the IX Center is a HUGE aircraft building that can hold A LOT of things under it's roof and huge ceiling. It's one of Cleveland's focal points for events (ie. Cleveland Car Show, Home and Garden Shows, etc.) It sits right next the Cleveland Airport. It's a lot of fun to go and ride some of the rides here, due to the fact that A) They run everything on "Bezerk Mode" and B) They come pretty darn close to the ceiling!!
When IX runs their rides in "Bezerk" mode it's like saying imagine CP or SFWoA's Music Express running a max of gear 2 out of 6 gears on their ride. IX runs their Music Express on gear 6 and does it FOWARD and BACKWARDS...it's NUTS!! Their Scrambler, Music Express, Tornado, Cycloid, and more do it! Along with those, the Pharoh's Phury, and Ali Baba rides go WAYYyy higher and faster than traditional parks go. When you sit in the back and lift your feet, you get a TON of airtime. With that said, that's why a lot of people come to this place, is something unusual, fun, and you can't find any place else!
We arrived at 5 pm and got our carload special (it's $30 for up to 10 people you can fit into your car). $7 for parking. The parked opened at 5pm today so we got to park pretty close to the front, which is really nice since this is pretty big parking lot. Right when you go the entrance has a huge American Flag now, and you see a lot of carnival rides. Overall this year was more clean than years in the past. Now they have lots of trash cans and the ride ops look cleaner. They have also layed out things better. Kiddie rides are pretty much together, thrill rides are together, and less thrill rides are together. One new thing I thought was pretty funny is a "relaxation station" where you can get a certified massage for $5.
They have 2 new attractions this year. The first being Glub Glow. Club Glow is a dance club in the dark. It's in the way back of the IX all surrounded by a ton of curtains to block out the light. They have A TON of special effects (probably more than any rock concert), two big screens, along with a lot of speakers. It is pretty cool and they do play cool music. The other attraction is Towering Inferno which is really a Highjacker in the dark. The main thing this year is in years past the Highjacker is like a Giant Frog Hopper where you can stop and drop anywhere on the tower. Now they take you to the top in the dark with special effects lighting going on and off then drop you all the way to the bottom, which does provide a good pop of air.
We went to Cliffhanger first because Shawna and Alicia have never ridden this type of ride. This is one ride that is not NEARLY as bad as it looks it actually ranks on my scale in the low excitement category...but it's the only ride there like it...and compared to the other rides yet to come this is a break. After that we hit some swings. Those were quite fun because of Shawna. She really only rides swings at Amusement Parks wich don't lean forward or back on their seats due to the structure and chains, but fair swings lean way forward or way back, feeling like you will easily fall out if you don't know how to control it...she freaked but had fun :)
Next up was the parks adult coaster "Stealth Flyer"...it's basically like a small mouse coaster (like CP's Wildcat). While we were there they were only allowing 1 car on the circuit for a while but then allowed 2. It's a nice fun thrill, nothing I would wait for 2 hours...but fun.
We made the mistake of all three of us riding Cycloid together...BIG Mistake! This is one of those 6 gear rides I was talking about...talk about some G's. None the less it was a fun. They have the new model of Zipper there but I couldn't get Shawna on the thing due to the fact she lost a hot dog eating and riding marathon on it a few years ago ;) We opted out for the Giant Ferris Wheel. This is the world's largest indoor Ferris Wheel. And it goes through the roof into a plexi glass dome, where you can see all around the airport. This wheel also moves pretty fast for it's size. During the Amusement Park time at the the IX this wheel is free. The wheel is permanent so you can also ride it during other events for a fee.
We then headed over to all the climbing stuff where they had an blow up obstacle course. Not turning down the oppurtunity to make a fool out of myself (hey, those boucy things are fun) Alicia and I decided to have a race. I beat here easily but to be honest, I threw a lot of stuffed logs at her ;) (you can see it in the video on my site).
A few people say the food is priced aweful. I don't think it's bad. Expensive yes, but it's the same as an amusement park and this is considered an indoor amusement park. On the good side the ICEE's are cheaper than most places! We had a bite to eat and decided to go ride some more and play some games.
One thing, I noticed this year...WHERE ARE THE GAMES? They usually have A TON of games. They have a few but mostly jus the throw the dart game. This place usually has a ton of throwing games, peach basket, mallet, etc. Not this year. They are even missing the BB gun game. I have one a N64 and Sony PS on that game the last two years (maybe they new I was coming)? I was kind of bumbed over that. Shawna wanted to play the "goldfish pingpong" game so we had a little fun at that and one two quick gold fish with that game. We game them away to some little girls which were SOOooo happy with them. It was cool and fun. They also didn't have the traveling arcade this year so the only arcade they have is the one under the Ferris Wheel. They have added 6 "ICE" airhocky tables (the ones with a metal suface.)
As usual Bates had their trailer/headquaters there. I stopped in and said, "Hi!" We went over to Pharoh's Phury where we got 3 non stop rides with LOTS of air time, I felt if that thing went any higher I would have flipped over and out of the seats! We didn't do any of the fun houses due to the fact that we have done them all at other places around Ohio. They do have the same one that LeSourdsville Lake had last year, Infernal Combustion. We did ride quite a few other rides but I'll spare you all the reading, I'll just tell you they were all flying!! The park also has a water ride which we opted out on...because you will get SOAKED! It's not designed bad, they just have this plexi glass shell on the landings, that make the water go up and back on you instead of up and out.
Overall the IX Indoor Amusement Park was a lot of fun as always, tons of "spin and puke rides" and pretty good entertainment. It's worth the trip, I don't know if it is by yourself, but many people go up there with their friends and have a blast! If you're in the area try to stop by!! Oh, and they have a sign up saying the IX Center will be OPEN for the next 12 years! See everyone around on the midways!!
"The Future of Roller Coasters"
-RollerCoasterGod
2003 IX Indoor Amusement Park Pictures & Information!


Barbara Turner, screenwriter of Petulia, Georgia, and Pollock, has died. She was 79.
The mother of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to Variety.
Among many of Turner's screenplay credits are 1968's Petulia, which earned her a Writers Guild of America nomination, as well as 1977's The War Between the Tates, which garnered her an Emmy nomination.
In 1994, Turner teamed up with daughter Leigh to produce her screenplay Georgia, directed by Ulu Grosbard. Years later in 2000, actors Marcia Gay Harden and Ed Harris earned Academy Award nominations for their roles in the Turner-scripted Jackson Pollock biopic Pollock. Harden went on to win Best Supporting Actress.
Turner was married twice: to actor Vic Morrow from 1957 to 1964, and to television director Reza Badiyiis from 1968 to 1979. She is survived by her three daughters Leigh, Carrie Ann Morrow, and Mina Badiyi Chassler, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.


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Internet voting gets the Oxford blues
Opinion is split on the merits or otherwise of e-voting - will it be good for democracy, or bring the whole system crashing down?
By Graeme Wearden | June 25, 2003 -- 12:21 GMT (05:21 PDT) | Topic: Tech Industry
Advocates and opponents of electronic voting locked horns in Oxford on Monday, at a debate about the thorny issue of e-elections.
The audience for the debate, which was held at the Oxford Union and was also Webcast, heard that allowing people to vote remotely, rather than having to fill in a piece of paper at a polling station, would give a boost to democratic participation, and was as secure as existing methods.
However, these claims were strongly rebutted by other contributors, who said that there are serious and irreconcilable problems with e-voting.
And it was this view that carried the day, with those present voting narrowly against the motion that "This House has confidence in voting via the Internet".
The motion was proposed by Jim Adler, chief executive of VoteHere, a US company that produces e-voting software.
Adler said that an election conducted using e-voting systems was safe and secure, and that people would be able to check that their vote has been counted. This voter verification, Adler claimed, ensures the validity of an electronic election.
Advocates of digital democracy say that e-voting -- whether online, by mobile phone or at electronic kiosks in supermarkets and pubs -- will increase democratic participation by making it easier for citizens to make their electoral choice. Many trials have been conducted in recent years, including in both this year's and last year's local elections in the UK.
According to Adler, some of these experiments have shown encouraging results. "Places that have trialled e-voting are reporting back that they've seeing more innovation in electoral participation in two years than in the previous 20," Adler said. "We owe it to our communities to continue developing remote voting, both online and offline."
But according to Jason Kitcat, coordinator of the Free e-Democracy Project, e-voting is deeply and inherently flawed. Kitcat said that Internet voting was more expensive than traditional methods and was incapable of delivering free and fair elections.
"If there are doubts about the legitimacy of election results, then our democracy will be questioned at both a national and an international level," Kitcat warned.
If people are to be allowed to vote online, then there needs to be a way of registering the identity of each voter. Otherwise, one person could vote many times by pretending to be someone else.
Kitcat claimed that such identification systems would be both expensive and ultimately unworkable.
"You could use smart cards, but it's very expensive to make then and get them into the hands of people. Then, you need to provide smart card readers -- again you've got to get the readers out to everyone who wants to vote, and provide the necessary software drivers. And, even if you do that, you find that smartcards don't actually authenticate users, they just authenticate computers," said Kitcat.
Biometric identification could be used, but would pose risks of its own if a database of fingerprints or irises were hacked into and compromised.
"You can't just issue new fingerprints, or new eyes. So, the government would have spent a lot of money on something that was suddenly useless," Kitcat said.
Kitcat also claimed that the only way of attempting to tell whether an e-voting system had been interfered with during an election would be to log every keystroke made by every user, but that would inevitably compromise privacy.
"The more information you log to create an audit trail, the more you destroy the confidentiality of the election," he said.
One contributor to the debate pointed out that e-voting could be biased against voters who could not afford a PC, or were unwilling or unable to use one. Another, though, said that if politicians want the public to be involved in elections, then there needs to be as many methods of doing so as possible.
The UK government has said it wants to include e-voting in a general election sometime after 2006.
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A bandeira nacional da Arábia Saudita é um dos símbolos oficiais do Reino da Arábia Saudita.

Descrição
Seu desenho consiste em um retângulo de proporção largura-comprimento de 2:3 de cor verde com texto em caracteres árabes brancos sobre uma espada, também branca, com a lâmina voltada para a esquerda.

O texto na bandeira é o da shahada a declaração de fé islâmica:

لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله
La ilaha Ilallah Muhammadar Rasululah
"Não há Deus senão Alá, e Maomé é o seu mensageiro"

Simbolismo

A Shahada é considerada algo muito sagrado, e como tal a bandeira não deve ser utilizada em camisas ou quaisquer outros objectos. A Arábia Saudita protestou contra a sua inclusão numa bola de futebol que a FIFA se preparava para lançar, e que incluía todas as bandeiras dos países participantes no Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol de 2002. Os responsáveis sauditas disseram que pontapear o credo era completamente inaceitável.

Uma vez que a bandeira contém a "Palavra de Deus", nunca é descida a meia haste como sinal de luto.

Bandeiras verdes contendo esta ou outra frase em alfabeto árabe são visão frequente no Islão e não devem ser confundidas com a bandeira nacional saudita. Habitualmente, as outras bandeiras não contém o símbolo da espada, que é uma homenagem a Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, mais conhecido como Ibn Saud, o primeiro rei do país.

Diz-se que a cor verde desta e de outras bandeiras islâmicas deriva do facto de que o Profeta Maomé envergava um manto verde.

Uma bandeira verde com a shahada foi originalmente a bandeira do movimento uaabita. Depois de conquistar o trono do Négede em 1912, Ibn Saud incorporou a espada neste design, e foi esta a bandeira adoptada depois da criação do Reino da Arábia Saudita em 1932.

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If Reggae on Steroids is your thing, then the Cain's Ballroom was the place to be Wednesday night. It all started off with local favorite, Sam and the Stylees. They started the show roughly 15 minutes early to a fairly small crowd. About half way through their set the ballroom began to fill up and the crowd was really getting into their progressive-groove-funk style. This band is very interactive with the audience with a lot of raw energy. With an organic reggae sound and a message of love and family, Sam and the Styles started the night off right.
Austin Texas based band Full Service was next. This was their fourth time to play the historic Cains Ballroom. If you have never heard them, they are like Black Sabbath meets Bob Marley. The music is infectious with a heavy rock, groove-funk sound. During their song "Black is Back", they even throw in a few lines from "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy. Full Service's front man and guitar player "Bonesaw" joked about changing the band name to "Coat Tails" since they played to a full house the two times they opened for someone else at the Cains. But the one time they came by themselves, they only played to security, the sound guy and Brad (Brad Harris, Cains building manager). Full Service finished their set with the song "Trumpets" to which Bonesaw surfed the crowd on a surf board. Never a dull moment watching these guys. If you have never seen Full Service, do yourself a favor and catch them the next chance you get.
Three words; Reggae, Ska, Rock. If you like that combination then you will love Scotty Don't. The crowd was definitely familiar with the bands songs as I saw many singing along to this "feel good" edgy music. Pat Downes is a solid lead singer. He really knows how to pull you in and make you experience their music. If you are fan of Sublime, then you would easily become a fan of Scotty Don't. In case you didn't know, the members of Scotty Don't are also the guys that make up Badfish.
One of the highlights of the night, maybe even the year, came next. As we were nearing the end of the intermission music before Badfish came on, Bohemian Rhapsody started over the P.A. Instantly as if on cue all 600+ fans in attendance, including myself, began to sing. You could see lighters lit all across the room and when the time was right, everyone was banging there heads in unison. It would have made Wayne and Garth proud.
Everyone was still energized from the sing-a-long when Badfish took the stage. From the git-go, they had a great stage presence. They put their own twists on Sublime classics like "Wrong Way" and "Santeria". They have a way of making it a "Badfish Show" even though they are all Sublime cover tunes. The dancing in the audience resembled Woodstock footage and every word to every song was being sung by all. It was a very free-spirited, fun show. Badfish is the only touring Sublime cover band. What makes them stand out from other cover bands is the huge fan base they have. You would only expect a following like this from a mainstream act. I definitely have new cd's to buy.
This entry was posted in Out & About on February 20, 2010 by admin.


Rather than your sales team wasting their time and focusing outwards on prospecting, it makes a lot more sense to look inwards at the wealth of information a CRM like HubSpot can provide. A CRM software enables your sales team to capture, monitor and understand your contacts and effectively close more deals.
To do that, though, they'll need to use detailed reports. That's where you can help by providing these insightful reports for them to use and also impress senior figures.
In HubSpot, the deal forecast report shows the amount of forecasted revenue for deals in your sales team's deal pipeline. This is calculated by multiplying the amount of each deal by the probability of each deal.
This is great for your sales team, as this report shows all of the deal stages. Plus, these will only appear in this report if they have an amount and a close date that falls within the dashboard date range.
With the inclusion of the deal forecast widget, your sales team gets a more complete picture of their current deals and gives you and other managers more access to controlling your team quotas.
So, at a glance, you should be able to see how your team is doing, where they're projected to be and what changes need to be made - if any - to get them there. At the end of the day, it just lets your sales team spend more time on closing deals.
Different blog posts, CTAs and marketing materials are aimed at different parts of the Flywheel. While some will do a great job of attracting the perfect customers right away, others will need more work to nudge them in the right direction.
Rather than creating reports to look at each individual landing page to see which ones converted the most customers (as that's not exactly scalable), you should create a report of all the leads you've closed by the first conversion.
You and your sales team might find that certain content is driving more success and converting SQLs, This gives your sales team a better indication of what's been working and what they can do more of or which content they can push.
Something a lot of enterprise businesses like yours tend to do is focus on metrics such as the amount of new business revenue on a month-to-month basis alongside your company's close rate.
By using the HubSpot CRM, you can combine the two examples which allow you and your sales team to understand how seasonality affects revenue and the factors which drive that change.
A 'close won vs. closed lost by amount of time' report, for example, can explain when your sales team has hit a certain number of deals in their pipeline. If it shows that their conversion rates increase at certain times of the year or vice versa, then you get a better understanding of how you can scale your sales team so you have enough bodies to cope with the number of deals you're expected to close.
In the HubSpot Sales Dashboard, you can look at the entire performance of your team and check in on how they're doing. As a sales manager or director, the reports within are great to see the current leaderboards from the date range you select.
This gives you a clear overview of which members of your sales team have done the most, such as who has created the most deals, based on the ranking.
These sales rep KPI reports can also remind your sales team about what they need to do more of. As you can track it back to activities on HubSpot, you can see which members of your sales team have made the most and least calls, who has been following up, who has and hasn't connected, which members of the sales team haven't scheduled any meetings or even sent the least or most number of emails.
If your sales team can see and access these reports, it acts as a reminder that they might need to follow up more or even make more close to help close more leads.
Another report you can create in HubSpot and share with your sales team is the number of closed deals. In this report, you can look at data either by each sales rep in detail or as a whole business.
This report makes it much easier for you and your sales team to report upwards to a senior level with how things are going in the sales department without always looking at the finance team for answers.
Instead, you and your sales team can leave a great first impression by going directly into HubSpot and providing a nice looking report which clearly outlines all of the sales metrics they'll care about.
You and your sales team can also automatically schedule these reports to go out to senior figures, such as the end of every month, with detailed graphs to show the number of closed leads either by each individual sales rep or the sales team as a whole.
Like anything, the more data and insights in the reports you have for your sales team, the more difficult it can get for you to understand and digest. Although we've highlighted some of the essential reports you should create and analyse, it's obvious that there's still a massive learning curve to get on board with.
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Q: Cannot Install Aptana plugin on Eclipse 4.2 I've installed Eclipse 4.2 Juno. Now I want to install aptana for developing ruby, but I get the following error,

Unable to read repository at http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install/content.jar.

Unable to read repository at http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install/content.jar.
Read timed out

A: I assume that by now you have probably solved the problem, but I had exactly the same problem and found the solution after many searches, so for the sake of any others searching here...
The URL you need to enter in the 'Install New Software' dialog is
http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install

A: download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install did not work for me. I am using Eclipse 4.3 based STS 3.4
Instead I got the appropriate update site link from this site Aptana Update Site
This is the link for Eclipse plugin update site http://d1iwq2e2xrohf.cloudfront.net/tools/studio/plugin/install/studio3/3.4.2.201308081736/
There is also a link to download the plugin and install through archive. I have used the above update site link and no problem at all.
Hope that will help others.

A: Adding this answer in case somebody still gets this error while using the correct URL from JonB's answer (http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install )
Restart Eclipse and try again.
This appears to be a transient issue, as mentioned here:
Aptana studio 3 cannot contact download.ecplise.org
It worked for me after a retry.

A: The following answer was correct. I just tested it with Eclipse Juno.
Steps:

*

*Open Eclipse

*Help -> Install New Software

*Add (on the top right)

*Enter the following link for Aptana Plugin with Eclipse Juno: http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install

*Click OK

*Put a check mark for Aptana Studio 3

*Next -> Next -> Finish

A: I also gone through same problem. But Following solution works for me,
In Eclipse, go to  "Eclipse Marketplace" and search for Aptana 3 and hit the Install button.
Help -> Eclipse MarketPlace
Eclipse Market place - Aptana 3 Studio plugin

A: I wondered myself whether to install the standalone or the plugin. I tried the plugin based on aptanaès instructions and it failed on the first try.
As usual SO respondents reported this problem.
I restarted Eclipse, and then did the install with Aptanaès URL
http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install
and it worked.
My environment was Eclipse JUNO,

A: As of 01/29/18 and Eclipse Photon, none of the URLs listed as answers here work in Eclipse's built-in software sources panel. However, after some trial and error mashing up Aptana's old download URLs with the ones Appcelerator (which bought Aptana in 2015) uses for its own software, I got:
http://download.appcelerator.com/aptana/studio3/plugin/update/stable
This works, is totally plug-and-play, and is obviously official - no need to go off to some shady 3rd party hosting site. I just wish someone at Appcelerator had spent 15 minutes to post it somewhere.

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Villa Maya has a relaxed vibe with its magical jungle setting and soothing river ambiance. Although our first impression was that, because of its location, it would be hot, humid and full of mosquitoes, we were pleasantly surprised: yes, being down in the gorge means less breeze, but with the lazy river below, the sounds of running water, copious shade and the lovely colours and smells of the gardens it was all very pleasant and comfortable and exuded a lovely energy. And we hardly saw a mosquito (staff are vigilant about lighting coils in the evening). The bedrooms are all huge, maybe a little dark but great rooms and with very natural bathrooms. Two new bedroom suites (each with a private plunge pool) have been added since our first visit, making this an even more attractive proposition for a big group or family get away. The pool is a delight whilst the communal areas work really well with loads of corners to chill out and relax. Children and rivers is often not a good mix but Villa Maya is well shielded from the water by walkways and vegetation, still some care is needed. Food is selected with the chef from a suggestions menu - we found all the staff extremely willing, with a few speaking good English.


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Mumps Antibody
Mumps IgM and IgG antibodies, mumps PCR assay, mumps viral culture
This test looks for antibodies to the mumps virus in your blood.
Mumps is a contagious disease that usually begins with flulike symptoms. The best-known symptom of the disease is swollen salivary glands. This causes painful swelling between the ear and jaw. But this swelling doesn't happen in everyone with the mumps. Some people have no symptoms at all.
When you have the mumps, your immune system makes antibodies to fight the virus. These are called mumps IgM and IgG antibodies. You will also develop mumps antibodies after the mumps vaccine.
Widespread vaccination of children has made mumps infections rare in the U.S., but the disease has not disappeared entirely. Mumps is usually mild in children, but it can cause complications. These include:
Meningitis. Symptoms include a severe headache and stiff neck. Meningitis happens in about 15% of all mumps cases, but usually doesn't cause permanent harm.
Testicular inflammation. Up to half of boys who get the mumps develop this painful complication.
Damage to the testicles. Sterility is rare.
Ovarian or breast inflammation
Deafness in one or both ears. This complication develops in 1 out of every 20,000 people.
You may need this test if your healthcare provider suspects that you have the mumps, especially if you haven't been vaccinated against the disease. Symptoms of the mumps include:
Low-grade fever
Swollen jaw (parotitis)
You may also have this test to find out whether you have immunity to mumps, either from a previous infection or from a vaccine.
You may also have this test to rule out mumps in cases of suspected meningitis, or inflammation of the lining of the brain, or a salivary gland infection.
If you are an adult, it's likely that a case of mumps will be more serious than if you contracted it as a child.
Your healthcare provider may also order a saliva or urine test for the mumps virus itself. If you have symptoms of meningitis, your provider may also test your cerebrospinal fluid for the mumps virus.
Your provider may also order a hemagglutination inhibition test (HAI) to look for the mumps virus. Other viruses can cause a swollen jaw and other symptoms that are similar to mumps. Your provider may do other tests to make sure you don't have other infections.
If IgG antibodies are found, it means you have had a previous infection or were vaccinated against the mumps. These antibodies are not typically found early after you are exposed to the virus, but appear over time and remain in your body for life.
If IgM antibodies are found, it's likely that you have an active mumps infection or recently had one. These antibodies appear very early after exposure to the virus, reach a peak concentration, and then decline over a period of several weeks.
Even if you show symptoms of mumps, but test negative for IgM, it's still possible that you have a mumps infection. Further tests can confirm or rule out the diagnosis.
Having a mild case of the mumps or the mumps vaccine in the past may affect your results.
Exposure to Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, human herpes virus 6, and parainfluenza viruses 1, 2, and 3 may affect your results.
Mumps in Adults
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
Mumps in Children
Antitissue Transglutaminase Antibody
Parents, Protect Your Kids as Measles Outbreaks Spread
Measles Virus; Mumps Virus; Rubella Virus; Varicella Virus Vaccine, Live
Measles/Mumps/Rubella Vaccines, MMR injection


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CDC's Gerberding addresses pediatricians, and flu vaccine
Julie Gerberding, MD, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reported on progress in the availability of influenza vaccine during a plenary session presentation this morning at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2006 National Convention and Exhibition.
October 10-Atlanta-Julie Gerberding, MD, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reported on progress in the availability of influenza vaccine during a plenary session presentation this morning at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2006 National Convention and Exhibition.
"Influenza immunization is a good news, bad news story," Dr. Gerberding said. "As you know, we have more vaccine than we've ever had before." Approximately 26 million units were distributed in September, and another 75 million will be out by the end of October. This number is 15 million more than what was available by the end of October last year, she added.
"The manufacturers and distributors have said that they will try to fill partial orders so that providers can get vaccine, but we all know that this is easier said than done, and we still have providers who do not have vaccine, when a large shopping chain does," she said. "We don't have a lot of ability to change that at CDC; we are hoping, and we believe, based on what we are seeing on a national basis, that it's better this year than it was last year." Dr. Gerberding was apologetic that the CDC was unable to take more extensive action, and assured pediatricians that the agency will continue its efforts to insert itself into the distribution process.
Dr. Gerberding concluded by discussing vaccinations for 3-year-olds. "While we expect to have ample opportunity to immunize children, we hope we can put a bit of fire under the immunization of 3-year-olds, because they are ones with a gap" in terms of the availability of vaccine approved for use in children that age.


When conducting a due diligence on a potential carwash site, the objectives are to assess the level of difficulty for approval, ascertain the approximate time frames required and estimate the chances for success in obtaining approval to build a carwash on the location.
In order to make that assessment, it is helpful to understand who the competing interest groups concerned with a carwash being built are, the specific areas of concern that need to be addressed and what the approval process will entail.
Unfortunately, the various entities whose interests need to be addressed rarely approach the approval process of a carwash in any way less than an adversarial manner. This is especially true in the instance of a re-zoning or a variance request. Investors who have been through the meetings of these interest groups have come to greatly appreciate properties where carwashes are already a permitted use. Here are the groups that need to be considered.
If a carwash is being proposed near a residential area, and it is not a retail or commercial area, it is really important to find out early on what the feeling is going to be from the nearby population. If you meet with people one-on-one in a friendly manner and show them what an attractive concept you are proposing, it can really stop a lot of resistance from forming.
The primary concerns are usually traffic problems that might be created by the carwash, noise levels, hours of operation, water usage, the appearance and cleanliness of the carwash property and the quality level of the people who work at the carwash.
Depending on the municipality's size, the Planning Department usually consists of several employees tasked with making recommendations to the Planning Commission. They will guide you in preparing proper documentation. The Planning Department employees' primary focus is compliance with regulations.
In addition to the site plan, the Planning Department may request site elevations, a preliminary landscaping plan, site lighting plans, a summary of materials, color renderings, environmental impact studies and traffic studies. Once all requirements are met, you will be given a date to appear before the Planning Commission for a public hearing.
Your public hearing with the Planning Commission provides members of the community an opportunity to learn more about your intentions.
At the public hearing, the community can voice any concerns about your proposal before the commission votes to recommend (or not recommend) your project to the board.
You will be asked to post a sign on the property announcing the meeting. It is also common to advertise the meeting in the local paper. You should have your site plan, and it would be very important to bring an architectural rendering of the project to be able to demonstrate that your new building or planned additions to an existing wash will be both attractive and an asset to the community.
The Planning Commission's focus is threefold. First, is this project in compliance with regulations? Second, does this project fit the Planning Commission's view of what should happen with this property? Third, what does the public think of this project?
Once past the Planning Commission, you will then be scheduled to appear before the municipality's board for final approval.
Approval from the Municipality Board simply means you can build a carwash on the proposed lot. This is not a guarantee that it will be easy. If a board is against the construction of a carwash, permitting can be exceedingly difficult and costly in terms of fees and time delays.
At this stage, you will be assessed impact fees and begin the process of applying for your permit.
Unfortunately, building a carwash is often greeted by the public with all the enthusiasm of building an adult video store. The first reason for this lack of enthusiasm is the low image that the carwash industry has attached to it in most areas. Although this image is improving, it still exists and has two aspects to it: the physical image of the carwash, building and property and the image of the carwash employees.
In some markets, this image of a carwash can be so poor that people in the neighborhood surrounding a wash site are concerned about their property values going down as well as their personal safety being affected due to an undesirable group of people being brought into their area as carwash employees. Although these concerns are often not stated and there is no actual evidence of carwashes generating losses in property values or increases in crime, when the topic of carwash image is discussed, these are the issues that exist under the surface.
To counteract the issue of physical image, an artist rendering is needed that illustrates an attractive building with nicely landscaped grounds. To counteract the employee perception, it's helpful to focus on the professionalism of the management; the uniform and appearance policies that will be enforced; and the recruiting process, reviewing the fact that the carwash will be supplying employment to some of the people in the area.
Once the image issue is addressed, there are several technical concerns that will almost always come up. After image, the second biggest concern is traffic.
The worry here is that traffic into and out of the carwash on busy days could back up onto the street and create a potential traffic hazard. This is why the site layout will be critical for any hopes for approval.
The third biggest issue is noise from the vacuums and the blowers that might be heard by the neighbors. This issue is particularly serious if the site is next to a residential area. The issue of noise leads us to the fourth biggest issue, which is hours of operation.
Most communities aren't concerned about when a carwash opens up in the morning for business. Increasingly, however, there is an issue about when a carwash closes. Ideally, self-serves and in-bay automatics are 24-hour facilities.
Most exterior conveyors would want to have the ability to operate until 9 p.m. Some communities try to restrict the hours to closing at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. This issue usually goes back to the previous one of noise. If a neighborhood can be convinced that noise is not a factor, then usually it'll permit the later hours.
In fact, vacuums today can be whisper quiet. The sound of the drying system at the exit end of a carwash can be greatly reduced with sound-reducing material located inside the tunnel that absorbs the noise.
The fifth area that is starting to emerge with more frequency and that I believe will continue to grow in the future is the issue of having a reclaim system for the water. In every case of building a carwash, it is recommended to have a reclaim system with the tanks installed, whether or not it is required. The future is that reclaim systems will become mandatory everywhere.
A few years ago in the state of Maryland when there was a drought, the governor shut down every carwash in the state until further notice. After frantic and intense lobbying by the local carwash association, four days later, carwashes were allowed to open if they had reclaim systems at their facilities. As you might imagine, the sales of reclaim systems were off the charts for the next few months.
In the process of obtaining a variance or special permit, these are the main issues that are likely to come up, and the important point to be aware of here is that you must have the answers for these issues prepared before they arise. Otherwise, the appearance is that you are trying to mollify the municipality's concerns and that the project has not been thought through completely. This is an issue of credibility. If the officials who you are dealing with do not believe that you are going to do what you say you are going to do, sometimes you can be denied permission based on this perception.
Meet one-on-one with local officials. With each one of them, you would briefly explain your plan, obtain feedback from them and review the next steps in the process.
Determine what the level of public acceptance will be for your project. You find this out by meeting with representatives from a neighborhood association; the head of any local retail business group that adjoins your property; and specific neighbors, both commercial and residential, who abut your property.
Present a site plan with as much detail as possible to the Planning Department. They will want to review the site plan in advance of any meeting.
Meet with the department heads of the local government bodies from whom you will have to obtain permission to build your project. This meeting is usually an informal one, and hopefully all of the different departments can be represented to give their comments. Sometimes you have to meet separately with each department. Also, there can be a two-step process where there is an informal meeting first and a formal meeting on the record later. The ideal process would be to have an informal meeting before any kind of a public meeting. The purpose of these meetings with the internal staff of the municipal offices is to provide you with every area that they would like to see changed on your plans before submitting them for final approval. Your purpose is to respond to all of their comments, agreeing with those changes that you consider feasible and handling in a positive way those comments that require changes that might undermine your project.
Obtain staff recommendations for project approval from the various entities involved. If you cannot obtain approval from the staff, it will be extremely difficult when a public hearing occurs for an approval to be obtained.
This step involves a public hearing, and sometimes, with staff recommendations for approval in place, only one hearing is needed to obtain an approval. This is rarely the case, however. What normally happens is that there are one or two public hearings before the Planning Board. Then, there are one or more hearings before a Municipality Board where the public is also invited. The public hearings before the Municipality Board are more of a political process than one of reviewing the details of the plan. It is important to try and determine in advance of the public hearing what the votes are going to be.
The seventh step is actually obtaining written approval for the project. Once this is accomplished, the permit process begins.
Although the actual permit process does not begin when you are conducting a site evaluation, the regulations regarding these permits must be reviewed to determine if there are any roadblocks to obtaining the permits needed and what the costs are going to be of these permits, tap fees, connect fees, etc.
The following is a list of the permits that are almost always required. Once you review the list, I think you'll understand better why you need the help of some local professionals, as outlined in this article.
Building permit: This permit is the major one needed and will require, ultimately, sign-off by the Building Department Inspector, Fire Chief and whoever is in charge of traffic (local Police Chief, County Highway Department or State Highway Department).
Sewer or discharge permit: The local municipality and/or the local water authority are the usual bodies required for approval of this permit. Sometimes, if the site is near a state reservoir, the state can also be a part of the approval process.
Sign permit: The local municipality will have a building inspector or, in some cases, another department that deals with signage give approval for this permit.
Water service approval: The local municipality, water authority and fire department can all be involved in deciding if there is a sufficient water supply, as well as proper piping and connections, for your carwash.
Occupancy permit: To occupy your building, the local municipality has to sign off, attesting that all of the aforementioned permits have been obtained and that the building is suitable for occupancy and operation. A temporary occupancy permit is sometimes issued with a very tight time frame (usually 30 days or less), during which everything must be brought up to compliance.
In the course of a due diligence process regarding these permits, approvals and the fees required to obtain them, it is important to determine what the ongoing costs will be in each area.
For example, utility rates are critical. Also, there sometimes may be renewal fees associated with any of the above permits. Knowing these fees before building your carwash will help you in calculating your ongoing operational costs.
The processes listed in this article may seem tedious and time-consuming, but they are meant to help integrate your wash better into the community, and better communal reception from the onset will go a long way toward boosting your bottom line.
Steve Gaudreau is president of Brink Results LLC. He is also a member of the Professional Carwashing & Detailing advisory board. This article includes excerpts from Gaudreau's book, So, You Want To Own A Carwash: Finding and Evaluating Retail Site Locations for Carwashes. Gaudreau can be reached at www.brinkresults.com or [email protected].


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Я́нош Ту́жон (, 19 мая 1870 — 18 декабря 1943) — венгерский ботаник.

Биография
Янош Тужон родился 19 мая 1870 года.

Он занимался исследованиями в области гистологии древесных растений, а также в области географии растений.

Янош Тужон умер в Будапеште 18 декабря 1943 года.

Научная деятельность
Янош Тужон специализировался на папоротниковидных и на семенных растениях.

Научные работы
Янош Тужон является автором следующих работ:

 Anatomiai és physiologiai vizsgálatok a vörösfenyő fáján. Bpest, 1899. (Doktori dissertatio).
 A bükkfa korhadása és konzerválása. U. ott, 1904.
 Adatok egyes növénykórt okozó gombafajok ismeretéhez. U. ott, 1904. (Különnyomat az Erdészeti Lapokból).
 Anatomisched und mykologische Untersuchungen über die Zersetzung und Konservierung des Rothbuchenholzes. Berlin, 1905. 17 szövegábrával és 3 színes táblarajzzal.
 A növényvilág fejlődéstörténete. (Sillabus). Bpest, 1907. (Szabad Egyetem).
 A növényország filetikai és palaeontologiai fejlődéstörténetének alapvonásai. (A M. T. Akadémia III. osztályának 1909. febr. 15. előterjesztett dolgozat. Kivonata az Akadémiai Értesítőben).

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