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5 things you need to know now
McConnell plans a speedy impeachment trial
Trump's legal team calls on Senate to dismiss impeachment charges
CNN poll: 51 percent want Senate to remove Trump from office
Thunberg warns 'our house is still on fire' at Davos
Pro-gun rally in Virginia draws thousands
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday submitted his impeachment trial rules proposal, which calls for a speedy trial. The resolution will be voted on Tuesday afternoon, and needs a majority to pass the Senate. Under his plan, each side will have 24 hours over two days for opening statements, and senators will have up to 16 hours for questions and four hours of debate. After that, a vote will be held on calling additional witnesses. If other witnesses are called, the Senate will decide if any of them testify publicly. "Sen. McConnell's resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, adding that McConnell "is hell-bent on making it much more difficult to get witnesses and documents and intent on rushing the trial through."
President Trump's lawyers filed a brief Monday urging the Senate to dismiss the impeachment charges against him and labeling the House's impeachment process a "perversion" of the Constitution. The 110-page brief calls the House's impeachment case "flimsy," insists Trump did "absolutely nothing wrong," and says he has "been the victim of an illegitimate partisan effort to take him down." The House filed two impeachment articles against Trump — abuse of power for withholding aid to Ukraine in order to pressure that country to investigate his political rivals, and obstruction of Congress for blocking the House's impeachment inquiry. The Senate trial starts on Tuesday.
Source: The New York Times, The Associated Press
A new CNN poll released Monday shows that 51 percent of Americans think the Senate should vote to convict and remove President Trump from office during his upcoming impeachment trial. Meanwhile, 45 percent believe the Senate should vote against conviction and removal. Almost 69 percent say the trial should include testimony from new witnesses who did not appear before House impeachment investigators. Republicans are split on whether there should be witnesses in the trial — 48 percent are in favor of new witnesses, while 44 percent are not. This was the first major national phone poll conducted since the articles of impeachment were sent to the Senate and Lev Parnas, the indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, appeared on cable news shows and implicated Trump in the Ukraine pressure campaign.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke Tuesday at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, telling world leaders that "our house is still on fire." After warning policymakers that they're running out of time to stay within the climate budget needed to give the world a 67 percent chance of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, Thunberg in an address blasted "empty words and promises which give the impression that sufficient action is being taken" and told leaders that "your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour." President Trump in a Davos address said that "we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse."
Source: The New York Times, Politico
Authorities estimate 22,000 gun-rights advocates attended a rally in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday, to protest proposed gun control legislation. Ahead of the event, Gov. Ralph Northam (D) declared a state of emergency and temporarily banned people from carrying weapons at the state capitol, citing "credible intelligence" from law enforcement that white supremacists groups would attend the rally and incite violence. Some extremist groups did attend, but the rally was mostly peaceful and there were no reports of violence. Democrats now control the Statehouse, and have been pushing for new gun regulations, including universal background checks and a ban on military-style rifles.
Source: NBC News
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Manic Street Preachers Want A Sense Of Optimism In Their Music
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 08 December 2017
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Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has admitted he tried to ''put a sense of optimism'' into his lyrics for the band's latest album 'Resistance Is Futile'.
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire tried to put across ''a sense of optimism'' in his lyrics for their new album.
The 'Motorcycle Emptiness' rockers are preparing for the release of their 13th LP 'Resistance Is Futile', and the band's lyricist has admitted the words are almost a protest to the state of the world at the moment.
He explained to NME magazine: ''On the single ['International Blue'] and the whole album, there are a lot of mini tributes to things that make your life feel a little bit better.
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Celtics’ Marcus Smart has been unflappable against Cavaliers
Steam emission over Taal’s main crater ‘steady’ for past 24 hours LATEST STORIES Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial Since returning from thumb surgery late in the first round, Smart has been unflappable and Boston’s unquestioned deacon of toughness.From sacrificing his body diving for loose balls or keeping plays alive with a rebound , to causing deflections on defense, to popping up out of the crowd for a timely rebound or tip-in, Smart is the proud everyman for a once underdog Celtics team that has outworked the Cavaliers through the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSGinebra beats Meralco again to capture PBA Governors’ Cup titleSPORTSAfter winning title, time for LA Tenorio to give back to Batangas folkSPORTSTim Cone, Ginebra set their sights on elusive All-Filipino crown“That’s me. That’s how I was raised,” said Smart, who was Boston’s top performer off the bench in the Celtics’ 107-94 Game 2 win with 11 points, nine assists, five rebounds and four steals. “I’m the youngest of four boys. My whole life I had to fight.“I had to get down and do things in order to secure my spot in the household. So coming onto the court it’s nothing different.” View comments Winfrey details her decision to withdraw from Simmons film Jiro Manio arrested for stabbing man in Marikina “As long as she’s fighting I’m going to continue fighting.”It’s the kind of toughness that has always run deep in the Smart family. His mother also has been through quadruple-bypass surgery on her heart.She wants her son exactly where he is.“She told me she’d rather me be here than back there, doing what I love to do,” Smart said, “because she loves watching me play. She said it puts a smile on her face.”Along with a lot of other Boston fans.Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next Behind China-bound import, blistering Hotshots turn Columbian Dyip into a wreck Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (36) reaches to slap hands with forward Jayson Tatum (0) during the second half of Game 1 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sunday, May 13, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)BOSTON — Celtics coach Brad Stevens has said what has carried his team through the NBA postseason is its ability to make “winning plays” with the game on the line.And more times than not, it’s been Marcus Smart making them.ADVERTISEMENT China population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls In fight vs corruption, Duterte now points to Ayala, MVP companies as ‘big fish’ Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Lights inside SMX hall flicker as Duterte rants vs Ayala, Pangilinan anew Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard PLAY LIST 02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite03:23Negosyo sa Tagaytay City, bagsak sa pag-aalboroto ng Bulkang Taal01:13Christian Standhardinger wins PBA Best Player award MOST READ Volcano watch: Island fissures steaming, lake water receding Dave Chappelle donates P1 million to Taal relief operations Boston took a 2-0 series lead on the Bucks in the first round before dropping back-to-back games in Milwaukee. Smart came off the bench when the series swung back to Boston for Game 5. He finished that one with nine points, five rebounds, four assists and three blocks to help the Celtics pull out a five-point victory.Boston is 8-2 since Smart’s return and has the Cavaliers facing their first 2-0 series hole since 2008, when they lost 4-3 to the Celtics in the conference semifinals. Boston went on to win the NBA title that season.Not bad for a guy taken sixth overall by Boston in the 2014 draft despite being criticized coming out of Oklahoma State for being undersized at 6-foot-4, having questionable ball-handling and poor 3-point shooting, and at times displaying uncontrollable emotions.“I think he’s as tough as they come,” Stevens said. “He matches his intensity with a physical toughness. … People talk about him all the time. Sometimes they focus on things that don’t matter, and the other times they focus on that he impacts winning.”Smart showed all those attributes late in the fourth quarter Tuesday night against the Cavs, when he came to the defense of Al Horford after JR Smith shoved him in the back on a layup attempt. Smart got in Smith’s face, prompting Smith to shove him. Both received technical fouls. But having a teammate’s back is second nature to Smart.ADVERTISEMENT He said he felt like Smith was being a bully . That has never played well in Smart’s orbit.“One of my guys was down, and I took offense to it,” he said.From a basketball standpoint, Cleveland has taken note of Smart’s impact.LeBron James called Smart’s creativity on the court “uncanny,” and Kevin Love said the Cavs can “definitely learn” from what Smart and Boston are doing to them.“I think Marcus always makes plays at the right time,” James said. “They put the ball in his hands and they trust him to make plays for others.”Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said Smart’s impact is clearly something they must combat as they try to hold serve at home beginning with Game 3 on Saturday.“If it’s 50/50 balls, he’s going to get it. If it’s a loose ball, offensive rebound they need to have, he’s going to get it,” Lue said. “We’ve got to be able to find someone who can match his toughness.”The most impressive thing about Smart’s run might be that he’s doing it while his mother, 63-year old Camellia Smart, is battling bone marrow cancer.Smart learned of her diagnosis during a visit to see her in Texas back in April.“We’re just trying to preserve life,” Smart said recently of how she’s doing. “At her age a transplant would probably be more harmful than good. … It’s tough, but my mom’s a tough cookie. read more
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Agreement yet to be signed between GTU, MoE
Wages impasseAlthough promised for this week, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Education Ministry has not yet signed the agreement to end the teacher’ salary impasse and is more than likely to do so by next week according to the General Secretary of the GTU, Coretta McDonald.The General Secretary made the disclosure during an invited comment on Friday morning.She explained that the agreement “still has a few things to clear up.”When further questioned she said that the GTU has to make sure that it signs a document which will benefit all their teachers, as such there are other non-salaryGTU President Mark Lyte and Education Minister Nicolette Henry following the meeting last week. Also in photo are other GTU executives and Education Ministry staffissues that are yet to be sorted out.McDonald had previously said the agreement would have been signed by Wednesday last.Last Friday, following a six-hour long discussion between the two parties, the GTU agreed to a 12 per cent increase for 2016 and eight per cent increase for 2018.The agreement came more than one month after the GTU called off a nationwide strike.Education Minister Nicolette Henry announced last week, “What we have proposed essentially is in so far as 2016 is concerned, we finalised at 12 and eight per cent respectively and for 2018, we’re at eight per cent and the debunching figure (is) the one that we shared earlier – the $350,000,000.”Although fewer smiles were seen on the faces of the executives after that meeting, GTU President Mark Lyte told this publication that the Union was satisfied with the amount being given to teachers. “We are walking away a lot happier than initially. We recognise that we were able to broker an agreement with the Ministry of Education that will bring a lot of satisfaction to our members, and I think that was the ultimate objective of this whole process to ensure that every teacher benefits significantly.”According to him, the previous offers tabled did not provide benefits for all teachers. In fact, some 80 per cent of teachers, he said, would not have benefited from the Government’s previous offer.It was explained by him that the increases for teachers will be paid in two tranches. “The increases are going to be paid in two tranches, because you know what teachers receive in 2016 would have an impact on 2017 and 2018, so we are going to have payments being done in December and payments being done in January 2019,” Lyte stated.A joint statement shared with the media last Friday from the two agencies said: “Having considered new information provided, which included salary benefits for all scales of teachers ranging from TS1 to TS19 and special and non-salary benefits, the two parties concluded discussions and have committed to the implementation of the agreement. The three-year 2016 to 2018 agreement will be signed in the new week”. read more
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APNU-appointed REO padlocks AFC Councillor in room
A showdown between the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) appointed Regional Executive Officer (REO) Dennis Jaikarran and Alliance For Change (AFC) Regional Councillor, Nathram in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) ended with the Police being called to the Regional Democratic Council Office.AFC Councillor Nathram standing in the locked office before the Police arrived on WednesdayRegion Two REODennis JaikarranReports are on Wednesday, Nathram was in an office, which is under the Regional Finance Department and located inside the Regional Compound in Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, but it was padlocked within the building by Jaikarran.According to Nathram, he was inside his office when the REO placed a padlock on his office door from the outside, locking him in the office.Guyana Times was told that Nathram then said he called the Police, who went to the compound and finally opened the door. The AFC Councillor said since the last sitting of the RDC where he questioned the attitude of the REO towards the acting Regional Chairman, Nandranie Coonjah – after the REO failed to recognised her – there has been high tension at the office. At the RDC meeting, the REO had tried to rebut the Councillor but was asked by Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt to take his seat but this did not go down well with him. The REO then stormed out of the meeting and instructed the regional administration employees to follow him.Nathram on Wednesday claimed that since the incident at the RDC, the REO has instructed the security guards not to allow his vehicle to enter the compound.However, Jaikarran said he wrote Nathram about two weeks ago, indicating that he needed to vacate his office to facilitate renovations. He said he told the Councillor that he will be temporarily housed inside another office until the renovation work is complete. According to Jaikarran, Nathram is not complying and he was forced to put a padlock on the door because there are very important documents and equipment stored in the said office space. Police at Anna Regina have since taken a statement from Nathram and an investigation has been launched.Meanwhile, speaking with Guyana Times, several other Councillors on the RDC said the feud between the APNU and AFC regional officials has been affecting the work of the RDC which is seeking to better the lives of the people of Region Two.One Councillor noted that several statutory meetings are being cancelled because of the pettiness of the two officials. The Councillor added that this is stymieing the mandate of the RDC, while another Councillor added that they are fearful Region Two will be dragged into a political battle as is with the case of the Region Five RDC. read more
THE Orange Line busway has done it again. The 14-mile cross-Valley busway set another ridership record in March. There were more than 23,000 boardings of the big silver buses every weekday – and about 13,500 on Saturdays. What’s notable about this is that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials didn’t expect that many regular Orange Line boardings for 13 more years. They obviously underestimated the desperation for transportation alternatives in the San Fernando Valley. Now that the busway has proven itself over and over again in its first 18 months, it’s up to MTA and city leaders to keep the momentum rolling. Popular public transportation in a city of traffic gridlock is something to be grateful for and nurtured. And that means making the Orange Line even easier to use with the expeditious completion of a Chatsworth leg and north-south connections on major streets like Van Nuys and Laurel Canyon boulevards. 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! read more
Mount Kenya United relegated from KPL
0Shares0000Mount Kenya United head coach Melis Medo and his assistant Anthony Mwangi dish out instructions to the players during a past Kenyan Premier League match. PHOTO/Timothy OlobuluNAIROBI, Kenya, May 18 – Cash-strapped Mount Kenya United have been relegated from the Kenyan premier League after suffering a 3-1 loss at the hands of Sony Sugar at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Saturday.Derrick Otanga scored a brace for the sugar belt side with Stephen Omollo adding the third. Mount Kenya’s consolation was scored by Brian Nyakan with 10 minutes left on the clock. The result means that with three matches to go, Mount Kenya cannot move higher than 17th. They are 11 points away from safety at 15th place and 10 away from the play-off slot at 16th.It was earlier feared that Mount Kenya who awarded a walk over to Mathare United last weekend would not honor their match as they continued their protest over lack of payment, but they somehow managed to gather themselves together and go for the tie.In the other matches played on Saturday, Chris Onyango struck twice as KCB beat Kariobangi Sharks 3-2 at the Kasarani Stadium. Ezekiel Odera opened the scores with a ninth minute penalty before Abuya also equalized for Sharks with another penalty.However, Onyango scored in quick succession in the 61st and 66th minutes to hand KCB the advantage, before Shaphan Oyugi clawed one back for Sharks later on.In Bungoma, Sofapaka came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Nzoia Sugar. Umaru Kasumba’s goal in the 77th minute, his 18th for the season handed Sofapaka a vital point.In the late kick off in Machakos, Posta Rangers and Kakamega Homeboyz drew 0-0.0Shares0000(Visited 3 times, 1 visits today) read more
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LIVE VIDEO: Gareth Southgate names England squad for European Under-21 Championship
England Under-21 coach Gareth Southgate is set to reveal his squad for the European Under-21 Championship this summer – and you can follow the announcement right now.Please note: video transmission will begin at 4pm (UK time).
DD Travel: Beat the Back-to-School blues with amazing getaway packages!
Atlantic Travel have rolled out some amazing back to school deals from €185pp!All our deals include return flights, 7 nights accommodation, carry on baggage and airport transfers.Here in Atlantic Travel we have put together some fantastic Back to School Offers for those of you who are looking for some sunshine. As some of us are getting uniforms and lunch boxes in order and making sure pencils, rulers and school bags are at the ready the opportunity is there for lucky others to escape to the sun. Imagine… no overcrowded beaches, smaller ques and incredible value sometimes at less than half the price of peak time prices.We constantly are looking for the best value for our clients and this time of year certainly offers value! Airports are less busy, theme parks have smaller queues, the searing heat that sometimes can be overbearing has passed and you might even find space for your towel on the beach!We have 5 brilliant offers for you that are all coming in at least less than half the price of peak time. Without a doubt Portugal and Spain are the most popular destinations for shorthaul travel this year for the Irish market. So without further ado let me tell you about our first fantastic offer.Treat yourself to 7 nights in The Algarve from only €185pp.Departing on the 18th October you will stay in the 2* Mirachoro Apts. This apart hotel is situated just a short stroll from the famous beach of Praia da Rocha on the spectacular coastline and the centre of Portimão, the largest town of West Algarve, with its shops, restaurants and bars. Portimão Museum, marina, several beaches and golf courses are within easy reach.The town of Lagos with its historic old town and the 17th century fort, the Forte da Ponta da Bandeira, is just a short drive away. Pricing includes return airport transfers and carry on baggage. If you love The Algarve and really feeling like spoiling yourself why not upgrade to the 5* Forte Do Vale Hotel in Albufeira from only €399pp.This enchanting aparthotel features a privileged location in Albufeira, a popular coastal city in the southern Algarve region that has become a world-renowned holiday destination. Guests will find themselves some 40 kilometres from Faro Airport and a short walking distance from Cachoeira garden. It is ideal for those travellers wishing to enjoy the freedom of a self-catering accommodation and features a choice of fully equipped apartments featuring all the necessary services and facilities to provide the perfect homeawayfromhome experience. The establishment includes two large outdoor pools surrounded by a spacious terrace with sun loungers and umbrellas, ideal to enjoy a moment of relaxation whilst soaking up the sun.This is available from €399pp departing on the 17th October and includes flights, accommodation and airport transfers.Next on our list is an offer to the Costa Del Sol from only €282pp.The Bajondillo Apartments have always been a very popular choice with Irish holidaymakers. It is located in the bustling area of Torremolinos. The hotel enjoys an idyllic setting just 25 metres from the beach and just 500 metres from the town centre and its myriad of shops, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues.Guests will appreciate the peaceful surroundings, yet are never far from the heart of the entertainment. The spacious apartments enjoy a tasteful style and offer a comfortable home away from home for all the family. They come well equipped with modern amenities and offer a haven of peace and tranquility in which to relax and unwind in comfort at the end of the day.This offer is available departing on the 19th October and includes flights from Dublin, accommodation, return airport transfers and carry on baggage.If you are looking for something a little special then we also have the 5* Senator Banus Spa outside Estepona on the Costa Del Sol from €340pp. This hotel lies just a short distance away from the centre of Estepona. You will find yourself within easy access of a wide range of restaurants, bars, the tourist centre and shopping opportunities. This hotel lies a short distance from the beach. The hotel comprises superblydesigned guest rooms, which ooze character and charm. The rooms are well equipped with modern amenities.This magnificent hotel features 3 restaurants, with something to tempt even the most discerning palate. Guests can indulge in the ultimate relaxation and invigoration in the spa.See the beautiful island of Corfu from only €365ppStay in the 3* Island Beach Resort in Kavos, flights departing from Dublin on 01 October.Kavos is a very bubbly place right at the southern end of Corfu. It sprang up in the Eighties as the island’s party capital, and it’s still bursting with enthusiasm as you’ll see from the numerous bars and clubs. The pace is nonstop on the beach, too, with its high quota of watersports – though you can always slow things down with a leisurely boat trip along the coast.Kavos comes with an 8 kilometre strip of sand that’s etched with sunloungers. The water is quite shallow if you’re only up for a paddle, but it’s further out to sea that the action really happens. Banana rides, jetskiing, waterskiing, doughnut rings – you name it, this beach has got it. There’s even bungee jumping and cage catapulting. Luckily, there are plenty of cafés and bars to refuel, too.The Island Beach complex is situated at prime location at the beach front (main buildings) in Kavos Village, the party center of Corfu.The village center is about 150m where you can find many bars, nightclubs, shops and restaurant. The hotel complex consists of two main buildings and many annex buildings which are situated about 100250 m. away, on the opposite side of the street & beach.There is a reception, safe (for an extra fee), bar, restaurant, 2 fresh water swimming pools by each main building with sun terrace to relax after a night of partying. Sunbeds & umbrellas by the pools are available free of charge. Each of the main buildings has its Snack Bar, pool & beach bar. The Island Beach is very well known and popular amongst young people because of the events that are being organised there weekly-such as guest Dj parties, concerts, etc. All clients of Island Beach Resort & Annex get free entrance for these events (food /drink not included)Our final offer today is for Malta from €357pp.This 4* Topaz hotel is located in the centre of the famous seaside resort of Bugibba, in the northern part of the island. The closest local beach is approximately 15 minutes walk away. The town centre is also easily reachable on foot, where guests will find a variety of shops, bars restaurants and cafes. It is a 10minute drive to Mosta Church and Valletta and 20 minutes to Hagar Qim. This is a perfect place for those travellers wishing to spend a nice holiday in a fabulous island.Depart on the 18th October from Dublin for 7 nights, price includes flights, accommodation, carry on baggage & airport transfers.Perhaps you only have 3 or 4 days to get away and not a full week? Not a problem. Get in contact with us and we can tailor make any duration for you all you have to do is ask.As always you can call into us on Oliver Plunkett Rd (opposite the library) or phone in on 074 9126193, send an email on info@atlantictravel.ie or message us on facebook.We look forward to getting you the best deal out there for your next trip away!DD Travel: Beat the Back-to-School blues with amazing getaway packages! was last modified: August 28th, 2016 by Elaine McCalligShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:atlantic travelBack to schoolcheap packagesget awayslast minute holidaytravel deals read more
Chelsea ‘join race to sign Liverpool target’ as Abramovich wants Brazil star
Top nine Premier League free transfers of the decade The Blues endured a disappointing season, surrendering their status as Premier League champions to Manchester City, and it is all change at the club this summer.Manager Antonio Conte looks set to leave the club, with Maurizio Sarri to come in and replace him, and there will be big changes to the playing staff too. LATEST Alisson is one of the most in-demand players this summer It has been reported that Abramovich has instructed the club’s directors to go all out to land Alisson, which would likely spell the end of Thibaut Courtois’ stay at the club.Chelsea are ready to hand Alisson a five-year deal with an annual salary of around £5m, plus a signing-on fee of around £4.4m, in a bid to tempt him into the switch. LIVING THE DREAM Chelsea have joined the race to land Liverpool target Alisson, according to reports in Italy.The Roma star, who is currently with Brazil at the World Cup, is arguably the most in-demand goalkeeper in world football following his exploits in Italy last term. Latest transfer news IN DEMAND targets Man United joined by three other clubs in race for Erling Haaland RANKED TOP WORK 2 REVEALED targets moving on Where every Premier League club needs to strengthen in January Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Ndidi bid, targets named, Ozil is ‘skiving little git’ 2 Kevin De Bruyne ‘loves Man City and wants to keep winning’, reveals father The biggest market value losers in 2019, including Bale and ex-Liverpool star Alisson is currently representing Brazil at the World Cup three-way race Chelsea confident of beating Man United and Liverpool to Sancho signing Cavani ‘agrees’ to join new club and will complete free transfer next summer It has been suggested that the Serie A club want around £80million for Alisson, who is being targeted by Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.And now, newspaper Il Romanista has claimed that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich wants to bring 25-year-old to Stamford Bridge. Tony Cascarino backs Everton to sign two strikers for Carlo Ancelotti Liverpool’s signings under Michael Edwards – will Minamino be the next big hit? read more
Matt Gatens Named Men’s Basketball Director of Operations
Gatens spent the last season on staff at Auburn, the Southeastern Conference Champions, where he assisted in travel, development, scouting, video and camps as a graduate assistant. Gatens also aided in the development of the team’s guards, including All-SEC selections Bryce Brown and Jared Harper. Following his Hawkeye career, Gatens played professionally in France, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine. He returned to the United States to play for the Iowa Energy in the NBA Development League, but he suffered a torn ACL just five quarters into the 2016-17 season to end his playing career. An Iowa City, Iowa, native, Gatens was named Iowa’s ‘Mr. Basketball’ and the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior at Iowa City High School. He led the team to a 4A state title as a senior in 2008 and holds the City High record for career scoring. Print Friendly Version DES MOINES, Iowa – Matt Gatens, a former University of Iowa standout who was most recently at Auburn, has been named the Drake men’s basketball program’s director of operations, head coach Darian DeVries announced Wednesday, April 11. Gatens was a four-year starter at guard for Iowa where he scored 1,635 career points, the sixth most in Iowa history, and averaged 12.8 points per game while averaging 2.3 rebounds per game. He was just the second Iowa player to record 1,600 points, 450 rebounds, 250 assists and 125 steals in a career. Gatens was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and two-time team captain as a marketing major. read more
DD Fitness: Five ways to lose weight without dieting
The word “dieting.” I hate it as much as I hate using the word ‘weight’ when referring to getting lean and dropping bodyfat.But let’s face it, if I had used any other title for the article, the chances of you clicking on it would have gone waaayyyyyy down. So, sometimes you must bend the rules a bit to get what you want.That is exactly what this article is all about.It’s about 5 ways that you can tweak things in your current nutrition to reduce your calorie intake and help yourself to get leaner, burn more fat and lose more ‘weight’.The tips below aren’t special, they have no magical properties and you won’t have to do anything drastic to see some results. The one thing you will have to do however, is try them. You also will have to try them for longer than a week, let’s be realistic here, I’m not giving a diet, I’m showing you how you can implement some small steps so you can see some success, while still eating the same foods you already eat.Let’s get to it;1. DRINK WATER. Yeah, everyone knows that you probably should drink more water throughout the day, (you really should), but that’s not what this is about.It’s about where you will be drinking the water that will help.Right before each meal, drink half a pint to a full pint of water.The water will fill your stomach and make it harder to over eat at that meal.Do this at each meal and you will save some calories from this simple fix.2. USE SMALLER PLATESWe have the tendency to overfill our plates. This wouldn’t be an issue if we didn’t have the tendency to also eat everything that is on the plate.Eating less can be disheartening for some as they feel that they are depriving themselves.By using smaller plates when having your meals, you are eliminating this feeling of depravation by ‘tricking’ yourself into thinking that you are having a full plate of food at every meal. You are, but you are eating smaller portions by default. 3. Increase your Protein and Vegetables.Protein is very hard to overeat, by increasing this you will under-eat on the more calorie dense foods.Increasing your vegetables at each meal will do the same thing.Vegetables are lower in calories than starchy carbs so you can over-eat on vegetables and not worry about going over on your calories.4. EAT THESE FIRSTLike the water, eating your protein rich foods and your vegetables 1st at each meal will also prevent you from going over on your calories at each meal.You don’t have to change anything, just eat these along with the water and you will find that you are less able to over eat on anything else at that meal. 5. SWITCH YOUR DRINKS. You could be taking in excess calories through your fluids without even realising that you are doing it.A simple fix to this is to swap your current drinks for the lower calories options or calorie free options.Switch your milk to semi skimmed or fat free.Switch sugary drinks to their calorie free counterparts.Switch the sugar you add to tea and coffee to calorie free sweeteners.Switch flavoured coffees to regular americanos.If you struggle with some of the things mentioned above and you find it hard to get motivated to change them, my new Summer Shape Up Challenge is starting on June 24th and there is a €1000 holiday up for grabs as an added incentive to keep you on track.Click the link below to get pre-registered for this fantastic challenge NOW!https://www.rushefitness.ie/class/summer-challenge/* Emmet is the owner and operator of Rushe FitnessDD Fitness: Five ways to lose weight without dieting was last modified: May 31st, 2019 by StephenShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:lossrushe fitnessweight read more
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Is Jason Kilar Trying to Get Fired?
February 3, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT
Is Hulu’s CEO trying to get pushed out the door?
That’s the question of the day for the TV and Web video world, prompted by a blog post Jason Kilar published last night.
It’s a lengthy read about the TV business and where it’s headed, and most people I’ve talked to today think it’s smart and well-written.
Some of them also believe Kilar wrote it so that his bosses–executives at News Corp.’s Fox, Disney’s ABC, and Comcast’s NBCU–will give him the hook.
That’s because a lot of what Kilar wrote challenges the TV networks’ existing business model: He argues that there are too many ads, and that consumers want to be able to watch their shows on demand, not on a linear schedule. And, crucially, he argues that the cable network bundle is on its way out.
In other words, change or become the music labels: “History has shown that incumbents tend to fight trends that challenge established ways and, in the process, lose focus on what matters most: customers.”
And all of that makes perfect sense. Except for the part where he says it in public, while working for a company owned by three TV networks.
Kilar’s post began making waves immediately last night, and the Financial Times’ Matthew Garrahan was able to quickly find several network executives who are agog at the post.
Most tellingly, he got a Disney rep to officially distance the company from Kilar’s post, stating that his views (published on the official Hulu blog) were “personal and clearly not shared by anyone at Walt Disney.”
In fact, his views are almost certainly shared by some Disney executives, and others at Hulu backers News Corp.’s Fox and Comcast’s NBCU. (News Corp. also owns this Web site.) It’s just that they have no intention of changing their business anytime soon. Especially now that they’ve gotten cable providers to start paying them for content they used to give away, via “retransmission” fees.
“80, 90 percent of what he says is right,” says an executive at one of Hulu’s network owners. “But why print that? Does he think we’re going to say, ‘Oh, thank you! You’re right! We’d never thought of that! Let’s give away retrans!’? I can’t see what he thinks will happen.”
So here’s one possibility: Kilar knows he can’t win. And his post is supposed to be his “Jerry Maguire moment”, as Garrahan puts it–a fireworks display you put on because you don’t want to work at your current job anymore.
The other possibility: Kilar genuinely thinks he can win.
Up until now the former Amazon executive has done a marvelous job of building a site everyone was convinced would fail, and then sustaining–and expanding–a joint venture everyone thought would collapse.
Kilar has pulled some of that off with brinkmanship. As last week’s well-reported Wall Street Journal piece notes, Kilar threatened to quit last fall, when he was trying to get the networks to agree to cut their monthly price for Hulu Plus. He didn’t get the 50 percent cut he’d been pushing for, but he still managed to get the networks to agree to cut the price by 20 percent, to $8.
Also note that Kilar’s post quite clearly argues that the path he’s pushing for will be better for the networks in the end: “We believe content owners are in a strong position to make higher returns from TV content distribution in the future than they have historically.”
But if Kilar thought his arguments would carry more force in public, he may well have miscalculated. This could all blow over with time, but for now, at least, he has some very bummed backers.
“Here’s the irony. Jason is probably best to lead Hulu. But he is also too righteous/robot to do it ‘the wrong way’ or a way he won’t agree with,” says an industry executive.
Another reports that network executives are “crazy, angry” over the post. “I’d be stunned if Jason was still there in 60 days.”
I’ve asked Kilar for additional comment. I don’t expect to get it.
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The Special Collections and Archives division includes rare books, university archives, manuscripts and personal papers, political papers, and business records. Collections range from ostraka, cuneiform tablets, papyri, illuminated manuscripts, and incunabula to modern artist books and literary manuscripts. The primary areas of collection strengths include Napoleon and the French Revolution, poetry, papers of Florida political figures, Southern business history, and the history of Florida. Major collections include the Claude Pepper Library, the Paul A.M. Dirac Papers, and the Lois Lenski Papers.
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Brat Business: The case of Kelly Flowers
AFW :: General :: AFW Promo
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by Harrier on Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:46 pm
Immediately after Kelli DiVanetti storms out of the official Brat Pack recruitment office...
Kelly was making her way to the head quarter of the brat pack. In ring messages had been sent to kawaii for some kind of revolution when the Brat Pack had shown from what kind of wood they were made when they challenged girls like Cecilia, who was incredibly sexy but also incredibly strong and would easily crush her like an egg under a steam hammer if she tried anything funny on her. And as the people she fought least again were other kawaii, she had decided to take a look at it and see what this was all about and maybe get a chance to play with the big girls. Literally.
Luckily the girl that stormed out did not shove her out of the way or run her over, so she could probably just enter the room now. Hopefully at least?
The door to the Janitor storage room itself seemed not very trustworthy and morale raising, but most things started small until they became big, so she knocked on the door just to open it thereafter. Knocking was definitely un-bratty, but even a rattlesnake had the decency to warn careless beings. And Kelly was definitely as nice as a rattlesnake, probably much nicer!
"Uh, hello?"
She asked, rapidly waving one of her hands like a goof as the other hand was clutching a lap top with her so to speak appliance video.
"I'm Kelly and uhm, wanted to hear more about that brat pack stuff."
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Re: Brat Business: The case of Kelly Flowers
by Kelsea on Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:04 pm
"Get outta here! you ain't Kelli.. I am!" Izzi said leaping to her feet and pointing at Kelly for dramatic effect, it seemed she was still in full crappy Italian accent impersonation mode from a few moments earlier..
"Wait a minute.. You don't even look or sound anything like Kelli... What kind of two-bit Kelli impersonator are you anyway?"
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by Harrier on Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:59 pm
"Eh? A what? impe...what?"
As Kelli pointed at her with one finger, her waving stopped instantly and her face turned red from the lack of understanding and general confusion. It took a few moments for her to realize what an impersonator was and her face turned returned back to her more normal skin color.
"I have proof that I am Kelly, right here on that DVD! Although I am not so sure right now after all of this..."
As usual when she was confused and nervous, the Canadian slightly scratched at her head with the hand that had stopped waving in her attempt .
by Kelsea on Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:10 pm
"Heh!" Izzi scoffed with a swing of her arm that almost caught Cham Cham right across the face... The feline let out a disgruntled "Weow!" as she ducked under the obnoxious succubi's hand
"You have amazing proof... On DVD no less... That's real convenient! Considering how we don't have a DVD player to watch this wonderful unpenetrable proof of yours." Izzi sat back down, interlocking her fingers with her elbows placed on the table
"You had this planned out all along didn't you... You sneaky impersonator..."
"And you would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for us meddling kids..... Orrrr.. Uhm... Maybe she's just a different Kelly from Kelli DiVanetti..?" Dani put in, tugging at Izzi's arm and become the voice of some resemblance of reason.
"That sounds too reasonable to be true!"
by Harrier on Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:41 pm
"But...but..."
Accusations of her imposter state were raining down on Kelly who, as rare as it was, was nearly speechless and stuttering incoherently.
Finally she found something in her favor, at least she hoped that it would be in her favor. She waved the lap top around that she had in the other hand, but not too much as it was really heavy in her small arms.
"I have this computer thing here! Around the DVD! To watch it...I guess. And it has, uhm... kind of batteries to watch it without this...cable stuff...You know...uhm...with electricity! Like with that man that was struck by lightning and invented electricity."
She patted on the lap top, hoping that electricity was still in her lap top after all of this talk about it.
by Kelsea on Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:41 pm
"He didn't invent electricity you dumb dumb.." Cham Cham pipped up "If he was struck by electricity he'd be dead.... He was struck by an apple on the head.. Then he invented electricity."
"Hah, no no Chammers, you got it all wrong... That guy invented gravity not electricity."
"What? no... How did things stay on the ground if gravity was only invented when an apple hit him on the head..."
"Uhm gals.. aren't we getting a little side tracked..."
"Ok ok.. where were we..."
"Kelly said she had proof on this DVD in this laptop.."
"You mean the so called Kelli imposter? Heh... Sure... We'll view this proof... You just happen to have brought a laptop along with you to watch the DVD huh? well isn't that real convenient..? Why don't we all members of the Brat Pack gather around this one table and pop the lid open to watch your unpreventable and then- *BAM!* " Izzi said slapping her hand down on the table and making both Dani and Cham Cham jump slightly
"Chloroform gas sprays out from the lid of the laptop."
"What...? Why would chloroform go 'Bam' for?"
"Cause its the last thing it we were expecting it to."
"Ooohhh...!" Cham cham said... so profound
by Harrier on Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:50 pm
"...Eh..."
Kelly had nothing to add to any scientific debate, regardless of the theme, so she could only watch from one brat pack member to the other one, nodding or trying to look smart whenever someone brought an argument up until the ball was in her court again.
"Ok, whatever or who invented what, here it is."
She would put her lap top in front of the girls, although she was a little bit worried now. What if the computer was really trapped? Although she knew that it wasn't trapped, somehow this talk had come to her and made her totally nervous about it!
"So I open it on the count of 3, ok? And not in your direction, so if anything is in the lap top, we won't get hit."
She'd quickly open the lap top then in the opposite direction of the other girls, closing her eyes to not get hit by a potential chloroform cloud!
by Kelsea on Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:52 pm
"Wait!" Izzi said, slamming her hand down on the lid so that Kelly didn't open it right away "Why would you need to close your eyes when opening it... You should know if you put chloroform in it or not... Unless." Izzi brought her index finger up to her lips in thought "You have an antidote to chloroform and want to trick us!"
"This is getting a bit.." Dani interrupted "I mean... What if she is Kelly but not with the last name DiVanetti?"
"Well that would make her a very bad Kelli DiVanetti impersonator wouldn't it Dani? You should really think these things through more before speaking... So..."Izzi said, turning the laptop around to make sure it was facing Kelly instead of any of the Brat Pack members "It's all on you.. Open up the laptop face yourself so that you can take the chloroform or spring loaded boxing glove, or whatever you've got set up."
by Harrier on Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:11 am
Of course Dani's words made sense, but Kelly did not really get it right now and was sucked up in the non-existent web of a conspiracy she was never part of.
"I guess I can take the hit for the team then!"
She proclaimed proudly...only to look at the screen of her ordinary laptop where the DVD already waited to be played.
"Oh hey, looks like it's clean. And it has the video that I wanted to show you too!"
And indeed, Kelly had a video that showed her victory over Lisa Giordiani(link in her bio) some time ago.
"So, as you will see in this video, I already beat a big girl, fair and square. Means I am perfectly qualified for this kind of work. It's pretty hard to overwhelm a big girl in this way, so I guess I could use any help with that."
by Kelsea on Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:24 am
"What the hell is this...?" Izzi said as the Brat Pack watched the recording on the laptop.
"This doesn't look like Kelli DiVanetti..." Cham Cham before leaning forwards to sniff the front screen of the laptop "It doesn't smell like Kelli DiVanetti."
Izzi looked back at Kelly Flowers as the recording started to come to an end.
"You didn't even use any of Kelli DiVanetti's moves... And you call yourself a Kelli DiVanetti impersonator?"
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Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2018, Page: 40-46
Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Raw Milk and Some Dairy Products in Port Said Governorate
Saly Mamoun Elsayed Toubar, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Port-Said University, Port-Said, Egypt
Abdllah Abdelkader Elbialy, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamed Zaky, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Port-Said University, Port-Said, Egypt
Ahmed Samy El-Shafey, Microbiology Section, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Received: Nov. 25, 2018; Accepted: Dec. 18, 2018; Published: Jan. 25, 2019
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Staphylococcus aureus Food Poisoning is a common cause of food-borne disease worldwide. Of particular relevance is the ability of some Staphylococcus aureus strains to produce heat stable enterotoxins that cause staphylococcal food poisoning, which ranks as one of the most prevalent worldwide causes of gastroenteritis. Several studies have shown that 15% to 80% of the Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various sources (dairy products, ice heavy cream, meat products) is able to produce enterotoxin. Classically, enterotoxins from Staphylococcus aureus strains can be classified into 18 serological types: A-U (except S, F and T), most of these serotypes are heat stable. The percentage of samples of milk and milk products contaminated with S. aurues in the current study were 46% which is higher than that reported by who detected S. aureus in 17 % and 32 % respectively of the analyzed samples of milk and milk products. Staphylococcal enterotoxins are low molecular weight proteins (MW 26.900 – 29,600).They are encoded by genes embedded in mobile genetic elements such as phages and pathogenicity islands .There are several methods for detection of enterotoxigeneic bacteria. The phonotypical methods are not reliable in specificity, because staphylococcal enterotoxins serotypes are antigenically similar. On the other hand, commercial serological kits can not detect all the serotypes and are limited in serotypes (A-B). Therefore, molecular techniques such as multiplex polymerase chain reaction and real-time polymerase chain reaction are recommended for detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins genes.
Staphylococcus Aureus, Gastroenteritis, Enterotoxins, Polymerase Chain Reaction
Saly Mamoun Elsayed Toubar, Abdllah Abdelkader Elbialy, Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamed Zaky, Ahmed Samy El-Shafey, Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Raw Milk and Some Dairy Products in Port Said Governorate, American Journal of Zoology. Vol. 1, No. 2, 2018, pp. 40-46. doi: 10.11648/j.ajz.20180102.13
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The Fantasy World of Ants by Andrey Pavlov
Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov has produced a whimsical photo-series entitled 'ant tales', where he choreographed ants in various moments of the bug’s everyday life using props Pavlov crafted from raw materials such as berries or nut shells. Andrey Pavlov spends hours setting up fairytale scenes. He studied ants, and saw that they all follow a very specific path when they’re working. So he put his props on their trail, and photographed the insects interacting with his miniature 'stage sets'.
Each photo is taken at especially close range by the artist, documenting his insect neighbors near his rural home in their natural environment.
The photographer explained: 'For the last seven years I have always had my camera with me, but it was only when I had children and started reading them fairytales that I realized it was something I never did as a child. That's when I decided to make up for it and start creating some fairytales of my own. I used to work in theatre which was a big help when it came to making props, and I chose ants because I respect them and their way of life. They care about their children and look after the elderly. They have lived for millions of years. I take my inspiration from humans but luckily for me ants are quite inquisitive, which seems to make them very willing participants.'
Diamond Head Volcanic Crater, Hawaii
Diamond Head, located on the eastern edge of Waikiki's coastline, is a famous volcanic crater and the most recognized landmark of Hawaii. Diamond Head is known in Hawaiian as Le’ahi meaning "brow (lea) of the yellowfin tuna (ahi)." It got its English name in the late 1700's when British seamen saw calcite crystals sparkling in the sunshine and thought they had found diamonds.
This broad, saucer-shaped crater was formed about 150,000 years ago during a single, explosive eruption that sent ash and fine particles in the air. As these materials settled, they cemented together into a rock called tuff, creating the crater, and which is visible from the trail in the park. Most of the vegetation and birds were introduced in the late 1800s to early 1900s. The crater is 3,520 feet in diameter with a 760-foot summit.
When the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898, harbor defense became a main responsibility. One of the major defense forts, Fort Ruger, occupied the Diamond Head Crater. An observation deck was constructed at the summit in 1910 to provide target sighting and a four level underground complex was built within the walls of the crater as a command post. A 580-foot tunnel was dug through the crater wall to provide easier access to the Fort. A battery of canons was located within the crater providing complete concealment and protection from invading enemies. The observation deck and underground complex is now abandoned with the advent of radar but evidence of the command post is still present along Diamond Head Trail.
Diamond Head is now a popular tourist spot and hiking destination. A 1.1-km hike leads to the edge of the crater's rim. Signs at the trailhead say that the hike takes 1.5–2 hours round-trip, and recommends that hikers bring water. Although not difficult, the signs also say that the hike is not a casual one: the mostly unpaved trail winds over uneven rock, ascends 74 steps, then through a tunnel and up another steep 99 steps. Next is a small lighted tunnel to a narrow spiral staircase (about 30 steps) inside a coastal artillery observation platform built in 1908. From the summit above the observation platform both Waikiki and the Pacific Ocean can be seen in detail.
The volcano is a symbol of the worldwide recognition of the Hawaiian Islands. Many souvenirs from Hawaii and surf shop logos around the world bear the volcano's distinctive silhouette.
View from Diamond Head Rim. Photo credit
Diamond Head Lighthouse. Photo credit
Diamond Head Landmark. Photo credit
Diamond Head Frontal View.
10 Public Romantic Disasters
Imagine being embarrassed or betrayed in your relationship, by the person whom you’ve confided your most intimate self to, to whom you are devoting what is meant to be a meaningful fraction of your life. It is a prospect so terrifying, that millions of people all over the world don’t dare even approach another person out of the fear it go will go wrong in some way, even though one of the things they want most in the world is the end of their loneliness.
Now imagine that you’ve not only been embarrassed, you were embarrassed in front of the world. History will record your humiliation and for years, decades, or centuries, people will talk about what happened to you!
Okay, now have some voyeuristic pleasure at these stories of this happening to someone else.
10. John Ruskin & Euphemia Gray
This couple married in 1848, into an era when Ruskin’s rather disastrous issues didn’t come up until way too late. As Gray would later say of their honeymoon, “he thought a woman was something other than what I was.” As such, Gray filed for an annulment where her husband’s phobia of female anatomy was dragged into the public eye and, when it was granted, she remarried and had eight children with the artist John Millais. Millais, it so happened, was doing a portrait of Ruskin when his ex-wife married him. So Ruskin had the extra humiliation of cutting a large check and sitting silently in front of the man who married the woman who made him an international laughing stock.
Baby Yoga!?
51-year-old Elena Fokina – Russian gymnastics teacher, now living in Dahab, – shows a new trend in yoga and fitness – baby yoga. These activities consist of twisting and turning children in various ways(and heights)…
The First Mass Commercial Internet Spam Campaign is Launched
On April 12, 1994, the world’s first mass commercial internet spam campaign was launched when husband and wife immigration lawyer team, Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel, who had previously been subject to disciplinary action for unscrupulous practices and had been thrown out of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, used a Perl script to post a spam message to over 5,500 message boards on Usenet in about 90 minutes. The purpose of this mass spamming was to advertise the two’s services to help people fill out and submit appropriate forms to enter the “Green Card lottery”, a.k.a., the Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery.
According to Canter, the script worked as follows: “…a Perl script, that just pulled the names of all the newsgroups off a particular server and, just one at a time, sent the message to them through the various Internet protocols that were in wide use at the time.”
Aside from the mass spamming itself being somewhat exploitative, they also charged $95 (individual) or $145 (couple) for their services in helping people enter the lottery. While this may sound reasonable enough to have a lawyer fill out a form for you, it should be noted that at the time all one really needed to do to enter the lottery was to mail a postcard or letter with your name and address on it to the designated U.S. Department of State address within the time period they were accepting entries.
Software Engineer's Life
Before The Interview
Discuss It With Mom
Got The Offer Letter
First Day at Work
Work Assined
Introduction Call With The Client
Error In Code,Oh God Why me?
Fixed It ,Cool
Issued Simulated Again
Fixes Applied,And Working
Think I Need To Marry Soon
Hoooo,HR Girl Has Accepted To Marry me
Wow My Life is Going To Be Settled
After Marriage I Am Missing My Job Think. That Job Is Better Than Marriage.
लेबल: Hilarious
Are you Quallified to be a Professional?
The following quiz consists of four questions that tell you whether or not you are qualified to be a professional.
The questions are not that difficult. You just need to think like a professional.
Scroll down for the answers.
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Amazing Birds Painting
Strong Man Dai Guohong
Dai Guohong from China lost his legs in 2008 during the Wenchuan earthquake when the roof of his school fell on him and buried him and 52 of his classmates. Only 26 of them survived. But Dai Guohong never gave up. He started swimming and succeeded. Now he is preparing for 2012 London Paralympics.
Beautiful View of Iguazu Falls
Life expectancy calculator
Kinda fun to watch your age go up and down as you answer the questions.
Now this is interesting, give it a try....
How long will you live?
This is a calculator that estimates your life expectancy.
It was developed by Northwestern Mutual Life.
It's interesting that there are only 13 questions.
Yet, they say that they can predict how long you're likely to live.
http://media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan
I sometimes quote others
To better express myself
Today is before me, and I can make progress. I will begin
With a quiet prayer and a moment of meditation.
~ Unknown
लेबल: Quotes
Art with a humble pen by Joe Fenton
This is no doodle - it's a huge work of art created with a humble pen by an artist who definitely isn't quick on the draw.
बर्फीली चट्टान ने नहीं इस 'शक्ति' ने डुबोया था टाइटेनिक को..!
उत्तरी अटलांटिक में बर्फीली चट्टान से टकराकर टाइटेनिक जहाज के डूबने में चांद ने महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई थी। खगोलविदों के अनुसार, साउथम्पटन से न्यूयार्क की अपनी पहली यात्रा पर निकले आलीशान जहाज टाइटेनिक के साथ उस खौफनाक हादसे का कारण 1400 साल में एक बार धरती के चांद के बेहद करीब आने की घटना रही।
डेली मेल अखबार के अनुसार, यह चांद के जीवन में एक बार होने वाली परिघटना थी जिससे 12 जनवरी 1912 को उंची समुद्री लहर उठी थी। इस कारण तीन माह पहले बर्फ की एक घातक चट्टान कमजोर पड़कर लेब्राडोर और न्यूफाउलैंड के तटों के उथले पानी से अलग हो गई और उसकी चपेट में आने से 14 अप्रैल 1912 को टाइटेनिक के साथ हादसा हो गया। इसमें करीब 1500 लोग मारे गए थे।
अध्ययन दल के नेता डोनाल्ड ओल्सन के अनुसार, ‘यह घटना 1400 साल से अधिक समय में धरती के सबसे करीब चांद के होने की थी और उसने धरती के समुद्रों पर लहरें पैदा करने की चांद की ताकत बढ़ा दी।’ आमतौर पर बर्फीली चट्टान अपनी जगह पर कायम रहती है और काफी अधिक पिघलने तक अथवा उंची लहरों से अलग होने तक तैरते हुए दक्षिण की दिशा में तेजी से नहीं तैरती हैं और इस प्रक्रिया में कई साल लग जाते हैं।
‘जब बर्फीली चट्टान दक्षिण की ओर यात्रा करती है, वह अक्सर लेब्राडोर और न्यूफाउलैंड के तटों पर उथले पानी में ठहर जाती हैं। लेकिन जब बहुत तेज लहरें उठती हैं तो वह तैरकर दक्षिण की ओर तेजी से जाने लगती हैं।’
ओस्लो ने कहा, ‘निसंदेह, दुर्घटना का वास्तविक कारण बर्फीली चट्टान से जहाज का टकराना रहा लेकिन चंद्रमा का घटना से जुड़ना दर्शाता है कि बड़ी संख्या में बर्फीली चट्टानें टाइटेनिक के रास्ते में आ गई।’
MAY BE.....
1. Maybe. . we were supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
2. Maybe. . . when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but, often times, we look so long at the closed door that we don't even see the new one which has been opened for us.
3. Maybe. . .it is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives.
Clouds That Look Like Things
Spotting shapes in clouds is a delightful way to pass a lazy afternoon. There's even a society dedicated to cloud spotting. It’s called theCloud Appreciation Society, founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and to fight “blue sky thinking”.
A clear blue sky has always been associated with good, happy weather – a perfect summer’s day, while cloudy skies are regarded as a metaphor for doom. Nothing could be more depressing, it seems, than to have ‘a cloud on the horizon’. Gavin Pretor-Pinney decided that this has to stop. “Someone needs to stand up for the clouds”, he says. So in 2004, he started the Cloud Appreciation Society and few months later launched a website. People sent in their cloud photograph, which he put up on the gallery pages for others to look at. The early trickle of submission soon swelled to a torrent. Today, it has over 29,000 members worldwide from 83+ different countries, and many thousands of amazing images.
Below is a collection of some of the most peculiar cloud formations.
The Book Art of Cara Barer
Texas based photographer Cara Barer uses old phone books, computer manuals, maps, and comic books to create hypnotic sculptures, which she then photographs.
Cara Barer‘s inspiration came when she saw a rain-soaked Yellow Pages lying on the ground. She photographed its intricately bent pages and soon began the search for more books, and more methods to change their appearance. She realized she owned many books that were no longer of use to her or to anyone else. She soaked the manual for “Windows 95” in the bathtub for a few hours, and gave it a new shape and purpose. Half Price Books became a regular haunt, and once an abandoned house gave her a set of outdated reference books, complete with mold and neglect.
Barer seems to have no problem acquiring large reference books. “Half a century ago, students researched at home with the family set of encyclopedias, or took a trip to the library to find needed information. Now, owning a computer, and connecting to the internet gives a student the ability to complete a research paper without ever going near a library”, she said. “I fear that it is rapidly leading us to rely less and less on the reference books common in the last two centuries.”
“With the discarded books that I have acquired, I am attempting to blur the line between objects, sculpture, and photography. This project has become a journey that continues to evolve.”
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Et in Arcadia ego – an aural meditation garden in Music Centre Helsinki September 1st 2016
Et in Arcadia ego – an aural meditation garden
Music Centre, Helsinki September 1st 2016
Sofia Buono mezzo soprano, voice-improvisation
Yoldia van Gemert dance, coreography
Assi Karttunen, musician, artistic designer, research texts
Timo Muurinen sound engineer, artistic designer
Jean-Henri d’ Anglebert (1629–1691): Gaillarde, O beau jardin –Les Pièces Manuscrites-kokoelmasta
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704): Sans frayer Stefano Landi (1587–1639) Augellin
Graham Lynch (s. 1959): Pastorale (2015), Rondeau
How does an intrinsic utopia perform? Do we have an access to Arcadia?
Et in Arcadia ego is an aural garden taking its inspiration from 17th-century European meditation gardens. The organic sound material recorded in advance is related to wooden instruments like organ pipes, psalteries and harpsichords, including also concrete sounds of wood, cones, stalks and sticks. The concert's program includes works by d'Anglebert, Charpentier, Landi and Lynch, whose composition Pastorale had its premier on September 1st in Helsinki Music Centre.
Et in Arcadia ego 2016 impros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Ez2Yx4FEc&list=UUU6sv6uoer87dvCuf1K8roA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNKsIJpbbvA&list=UUU6sv6uoer87dvCuf1K8roA&index=2
https://youtu.be/hCpLA2HQUKE
These sounds, projected to the concert venue by sound engineer Timo Muurinen, work as a basis for the improvisations sung by mezzo soprano Sofia Buono and harpsichordist Assi Karttunen. It’s typical for a human perception to grasp a sound as a living thing.[2] The distances and the surroundability of the sounds are taken into consideration in this aural garden’s design.
The Italian harpsichord’s lid painting, painted by Andrea di Maio (2014), works as an imagined stage setting for our performance. The textual fragment ’et in Arcadia ego’ is echoing the Eclogue V by Virgil, which tells about shepherds at the grave of Daphnis. “I was Daphnis in the woods, known from here to the stars,lovely the flock I guarded, lovelier was I.”’
[1] See also Nicolas Poussin, Dialectics of painting (1990) ja Louis Marin, To destroy painting (1994).
[2] This animated sound has been discussed by phenomenologists of music, such as Don Ihde (1970), Thomas Clifton (1983) and David Borrows (1990).
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Marble.
30—50 CE.
Height 45 cm. Inv. No. 749.Copenhagen, New Carlsberg GlyptotekPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Height 45 cm.
Inv. No. 749.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek
(København, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek)
Found in the Licinian Tomb in Rome.
69. Roman
Possibly a portrait of M. Licinius Crassus, earlier known as Lucius Calpurnius Piso. The portrait is on a large, round bust. The hair is elaborated as a cap of dense growth with high temples. The forehead has horizontal furrows. The portrait survives in three other replicas. The one in the Louvre, МА 1220 (K. de Kersauson, Catalogue des portraits romains I, no. 47) portrays the same man about twenty years later. There are two others in Torlonia and Petworth House which, in all likelihood, are modern. The identification of M. Licinius Crassus (consul, 70 and 55 B.C.) cannot be proven.
Original: с. 55 B.C. Copy: 1st cent. A.D. (Augustan/Tiberian era).
I. N. 749
Bust.
Marble. H. 0.45.
The tip of the nose has been restored. The ears are badly bruised. At the end of the nineteenth century, a restorer carved out a corner of the socle (on the back side) and then carved a new nose out from this piece. Thereafter, the socle was repaired with a new piece of fine-grained, white marble.
Acquired in 1887 from Count Tyszkiewicz’s collection in Rome. According to certain accounts, the portrait was found within The Licinian Tomb.
F. Johansen
F. Poulsen 1951, Cat. 655; V. Poulsen 1973, Cat. 67; D. Boschung, JdI 101 (1986) 276ff; A. Giuliani, Bildnis und Botschaft (1986) 233ff, Abb. 62f; D. Hertel, BJb 188 (1988) 594. M. Moltesen, MedKøb 45 (1989) 91; M. Moltesen, AA (1991) 272, Abb. 1; Kaiser Augustus und die verlorene Republik (1988) no. 155; Kockel, Porträtreliefs, 59, n. 496, 499, 64, n. 538.
(сс) 2008. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: museum inscription to the sculpture.
© 1994. Description: F. Johansen. Catalogue Roman Portraits, vol. I. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1994, p. 162, cat. no. 69.
THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines man uomo mann homme άγνωστος unknown ignoto unbekannter inconnu απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt προτομή bust busto büste buste marble male licinii licinia marcus licinius crassus calpurnii calpurnia lucius calpurnius piso pontifex from the licinian tomb of inv no 749
History of Ancient Rome
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1.2W laser amplification at 1427nm on the 4F3/2 to 4I13/2 spectral line in an Nd3+ doped fused silica optical fiber
Jay W. Dawson, Paul H. Pax, Graham S. Allen, Derrek R. Drachenberg, Victor V. Khitrov, Nick Schenkel, and Michael J. Messerly
Jay W. Dawson,* Paul H. Pax, Graham S. Allen, Derrek R. Drachenberg, Victor V. Khitrov, Nick Schenkel, and Michael J. Messerly
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-479, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
*Corresponding author: dawson17@llnl.gov
J Dawson
P Pax
G Allen
D Drachenberg
V Khitrov
N Schenkel
M Messerly
Jay W. Dawson, Paul H. Pax, Graham S. Allen, Derrek R. Drachenberg, Victor V. Khitrov, Nick Schenkel, and Michael J. Messerly, "1.2W laser amplification at 1427nm on the 4F3/2 to 4I13/2 spectral line in an Nd3+ doped fused silica optical fiber," Opt. Express 24, 29138-29152 (2016)
Lasers and Laser Optics
Fiber design
Fiber optic communications
High power lasers
Photonic crystal fibers
Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators (060.2320)
Laser amplifiers (140.3280)
Lasers, fiber (140.3510)
Lasers, neodymium (140.3530)
A 9.3dB improvement in optical gain and a 100x improvement in total optical power over prior published experimental results from the 4F3/2 to 4I13/2 transition in an Nd3+ doped fused silica optical fiber is demonstrated. This is enabled via an optical fiber waveguide design that creates high spectral attenuation in the 1050-1120nm-wavelength range, a continuous spectral filter for the primary 4F3/2 to 4I11/2 optical transition. A maximum output power at 1427nm of 1.2W was attained for 43mW coupled seed laser power and 22.2W of coupled pump diode laser power at 880nm a net optical gain of 14.5dB. Reducing the coupled seed laser power to 2.5mW enabled the system to attain 19.3dB of gain for 16.5W of coupled pump power. Four issues limited results; non-optimal seed laser wavelength, amplified spontaneous emission on the 4F3/2 to 4I9/2 optical transition, low absorption of pump light from the cladding and high spectral attenuation in the 1350-1450nm range. Future fibers that mitigate these issues should lead to significant improvements in the efficiency of the laser amplifier, though the shorter wavelength region of the transition from 1310nm to >1350nm is still expected to be limited by excited state absorption.
E-band Nd3+ amplifier based on wavelength selection in an all-solid micro-structured fiber
Jay W. Dawson, Leily S. Kiani, Paul H. Pax, Graham S. Allen, Derrek R. Drachenberg, Victor V. Khitrov, Diana Chen, Nick Schenkel, Matthew J. Cook, Robert P. Crist, and Michael J. Messerly
Opt. Express 25(6) 6524-6538 (2017)
Towards the short-wavelength limit lasing at 1450 nm over 4I13/2→4I15/2 transition in silica-based erbium-doped fiber
Nan-Kuang Chen, Chi-Ming Hung, Sien Chi, and Yinchieh Lai
Full investigation into continuous-wave Nd:LuAG lasers on 4F3/2→4I13/2 transition around 1.3 and 1.4 μm
Zhi Lin, Jinglong Lan, Qin Cui, Xiaoxu Huang, Bin Xu, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Xiaodong Xu, Jian Zhang, and Jun Xu
Opt. Mater. Express 6(11) 3386-3393 (2016)
Efficient, multiwatt, continuous-wave laser operation on the 4F3/2–4I9/2 transitions of Nd:YVO4 and Nd:YAG
P. Zeller and P. Peuser
Opt. Lett. 25(1) 34-36 (2000)
Scalable waveguide design for three-level operation in Neodymium doped fiber laser
Paul H. Pax, Victor V. Khitrov, Derrek R. Drachenberg, Graham S. Allen, Benjamin Ward, Mark Dubinskii, Michael J. Messerly, and Jay W. Dawson
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Fig. 1 Simplified energy level diagram for Nd3+ in fused silica. Each energy level is a homogeneously broadened multiplet of states. The absorption and emission wavelengths are denoted as a band rather than only noting the peak in order to reflect the wide wavelength range of emissions represented by each pair of energy levels.
Fig. 2 End-face of Nd3+ doped fused silica fiber employed in this work
Fig. 3 Spectral attenuation of core of Nd3+ doped optical fiber (red line) short cutback 1020-1130nm, (blue dotted line) long cutback, (black solid line) theoretical model.
Fig. 4 Measured absorption of the pump cladding.
Fig. 5 Block diagram of experimental set-up
Fig. 6 Core fluorescence as a function of coupled 880nm pump power
Fig. 7 Increase in fluorescence in the 1300-1500nm wavelength region for an increase in pump power of 34.3x (0.37W to 12.7W coupled pump at 880nm into a 60m long fiber), black line. The core transmission of a 60m long fiber (red line) is plotted on the second y-axis to illustrate the rapidly changing fiber loss in this wavelength region. We assert that an increase of >60 in fluorescence in this fig. is convincing evidence of net gain.
Fig. 8 Comparison of neodymium fiber fluorescence for 808nm and 880nm pumping at same nominal pump power and same nominal small signal absorption from the cladding (~11.7 dB).
Fig. 9 Power and gain vs. coupled pump power for 43mW of 1427nm launched signal light.
Fig. 10 Measured output spectra of 1427nm amplifier at selected power.
Fig. 11 Amplifier gain as a function of launched signal power.
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Apple Hit With Playlist Patent
Apple Hit With Playlist Patent, Suit Filed By Former Judge's Firm
A Texas shell company, Smart Audio Technologies, has filed a suit claiming Apple's iPod Nano and other devices violate its patent for random song playlists.
The suit comes just six months after a jury found Apple violated the playlist patent of another Texas entity, Personal Audio LLC, and ordered the tech giant to pay $8 million. Apple is appealing that decision.
The new case turns on US Patent 6185163 which appears to cover the 'random' function common to MP3 players:
A method is provided for altering a play list of a Random Access Player without interrupting the generation of output by the Player.
The patent was issued in 2001 and since obtained by Smart Technologies which, according to Texas state records, was formed last year.
While these type of "patent troll" lawsuits are filed everyday against Apple and other technology companies, this one is notable because Smart Technologies is represented by a new law firm founded by Joseph Farnan Jr., a former federal judge who worked in the same Delaware court where the lawsuit was filed.
Farnan is not the only one to quit the bench to represent patent plaintiffs. Last year, the judge who helped create East Texas' famous 'rocket docket' left to join the patent law firm run by his son.
Patent litigation has become huge business in recent years and has attracted major investments from private equity firms.
A Texas-based attorney for Smart Technologies, Steven Geiszler, declined to comment on which investors are behind Smart Technologies.
Playlist patents are becoming a major nuisance for tech companies. In November, Personal Audio LLC filed a suit claiming Amazon's Kindle products violated the same patent that it used to obtain the $8 million jury verdict against Apple.
Smart Audio playlist lawsuit
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You Can Apply for Jobs on Facebook Now
Today Facebook announced a new feature that will allow business Pages to post jobs and manage applications on its platform.
In over 40 countries, administrators will be able to create job listings directly from their Pages, where they'll appear throughout Facebook like any other post or ad would: the Page itself, followers' News Feeds, and Marketplace, as well as Facebook's new Jobs dashboard.
Benefits to Businesses and Users
Facebook has positioned the Jobs feature as a benefit to both employers and job seekers. On top of being able to track hiring the way they might analyze any other promoted post campaign, Page administrators can also manage and communicate with applicants via Messenger.
That's a plus for applicants themselves, who can look for listings on the new Jobs dashboard according to criteria like location, full- or part-time status, and industry.
The application process works similarly to one like LinkedIn, allowing users to automatically populate job history according to what's publicly available on his or her Facebook profile.
And for those who shudder at the thought of an employer seeing such a profile, fear not -- Facebook has emphasized that "businesses will only be able to see information you provide them directly, and what’s available publicly on your Facebook profile."
Once an application is submitted, a Messenger conversation between the applicant and the employer's Page is created to maintain contact, confirm that the application was received, and send reminders for or schedule things like interviews.
Built With Users (and LinkedIn) In Mind?
The launch comes at an interesting time when Facebook has been making a series of moves to promote more content from a user's own personal network -- more than that from Pages.
The development also comes on the heels of recent predictions that Facebook will lose 5.8% of users between 18 and 24 in 2018. At the same time, HubSpot's own research has indicated plans to increase the use of LinkedIn among a similar demographic -- ages 18 to 34.
But Facebook didn't necessarily build the Jobs features with one subset of users in mind -- even if LinkedIn shows signs of growing popularity among a population that coincides with the same one where Facebook is predicted to see a loss.
Instead, says HubSpot Social Media Campaign Associate Henry Franco, this move is the latest in a series from Facebook to address the loss or disinterest of any users -- "a sign," he says, "that Facebook lost site of users and had been way too focused on advertisers" and is continuing efforts to both address and remedy that issue.
And while the new Jobs feature does carry benefits for Page owners, it does introduce a new way for users who are seeking work that isn't traditionally listed on business-heavy networks like LinkedIn.
"While candidate information might not be as rich as it is on LinkedIn, Facebook definitely has a more active user base and serves a much easier way for businesses to get jobs in front of potential applicants," says Franco. "I expect companies will find it much easier to hire entry-level or low-skill jobs on Facebook, whereas for higher-skilled jobs or ones that simply require more experience, LinkedIn will provide a deeper pool of candidates."
A Crowded Market
The new Jobs feature also signals a key change in the way people look for and apply for jobs. In 2017, "Google for Jobs" premiered, in which job seekers could type in search criteria like "jobs in Boston" or "marketing jobs" to see listings displayed right in the general search engine results page (SERP).
Both Facebook and Google have been making changes to shape the way people discover, consume, and engage with content -- and to prevent them from doing so in a way that navigates them away from either site. Facebook, for example, modified its algorithm at one point to favor native content, like Live video, that people could do without leaving the network.
Google has been moving in a similar direction, as indicated by a recent announcement that AMP features will be coming to Gmail in a way that allows users to complete email-related tasks -- managing subscriptions, RSVPing to non-Google-Calendar events, and scheduling appointments -- without leaving their inboxes.
Searching for jobs, says Franco, is just the latest integration to that trend, which he predicts could significantly cut into traffic previously earned by existing job listing sites.
"It's interesting that the job posting market is becoming so crowded here," he says. "It builds out not only the business experience, but the candidate one, too."
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Best Inventions of 2003
Gadgets & Robots
Light & Dark
Best Inventions 2001-2009
Among this year's favorites: fish-skin bikinis, a new love drug, the car that parks itself and the invisible man
Camera Phones
By Anita HamiltonSunday, Nov. 16, 2003
Inventor: Various
Sometimes the true measure of a technology's impact is not how quickly it spreads but how long it takes for the backlash to set in. No sooner had cell phones with built-in digital cameras caught on in the U.S. this year than they started getting banned—primarily in health clubs and corporate headquarters. Abroad, concerns about misuse of the gadgets got so bad that Saudi Arabia outlawed them altogether.
Like the Internet before them, camera phones open up a new and surprisingly spontaneous way to communicate. Because they are inconspicuous—many look like regular cell phones—you can snap pictures as discreetly as any spy and, with the push of a few buttons, pop them into an e-mail or upload them to the Web in less than a minute. No wires or computer hookups necessary. To be sure, most camera phones end up taking impromptu pictures of friends, family, babies and pets. But they have also been used to snap pictures of celebrities at private parties, copy recipes from cookbooks at bookstores and even document crimes in progress. In Italy, police nabbed two robbers after a shop owner snapped their pictures and e-mailed them to authorities. In Britain, what looked like a rape in progress at a pub was caught on a camera phone. And in Osaka, Japan, police set up an e-mail address citizens can use to submit shots of suspicious activities.
It was when phone-cam pictures of women undressing in locker rooms began circulating online that some health clubs felt they had to step in. Similarly, General Motors and Volkswagen have prohibited them from their product-development facilities to stave off corporate espionage. In September, guests at a party for Britney Spears were required to check their camera phones at the door.
But with an estimated 80 million camera phones sold this year—6 million in the U.S. alone—the cat may already be out of the camera bag. Like it or not, these hot new gadgets are here to stay.
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A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.
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624 HISTORY OF AVAUPACA COUNTA^
George, Alatie and Blanche. Air. Ritchie and family belong to the Con¬ gregational Church.
Chester R. Alallory, father of Airs. Ritchie, was born in A^ermont, November 5, 1821. His parents were Aloses D. and Polly Mallory, the former of whom was born in Alassachusetts in 1794, and the latter in Vermont, November 29, 1801. They came to AA^'isconsin in 1859 and located in St. Lawrence Township, AA-aupaca County, and the father died July 30, 1867, and the mother Aiarch 10, 1869. Before coming to this state Chester R, Alallory was married to Adaline AV, Allen, who was born in Alassachusetts, January 13, 1828, a 'daughter of Lysander and Mary (AVoodberry) Allen, natives of Alassachusetts, where they died. In 1858 Mr. and Airs, Alallory, with their two sons, came to St. Lawrence Township, Waupaca County, where he cleared up land, made improve¬ ments and lived until his death, which occurred October 29, 1890, His widow survived a number of years, passing away April 13, 1902, They had three children, two sons born in Alassachusetts, and a daughter, Mrs. Ritchie, born in Waupaca County: AVest Allen, Rollin Chester and Mary. The Alallorys, with the Ritchies, for many years were fore¬ most in assisting in the substantial development of the country and none of these honored old names should pass from memory.
Mr. Ritchie has not been unduly active in the political affairs of the county but he has always been a public spirited citizen and has assisted in all worthy enterprises. For some time he served as assessor of Royalton Township. He is a member of the Equitable Fraternal Union.
Rev. Rudolph A. Karpinsky. It is not the privilege of every man to hear the urgent call to the Christian ministry. Some there are who are not finely enough attuned, and others have, by Nature, been destined for other fields of usefulness. AA^hen the call comes, however, be it to the fisherman mending his nets, or to the farmer ploughing his field, its meaning cannot be misunderstood nor its insistence be denied. It is often enthusiastically welcomed although it leads into a life of hard work, of almost constant self denial, of probable small possession of worldly comforts, of strain on physical and mental powers. The minister truly gives the best of himself for others. He leads, he teaches, he expounds, he rejoices with the glad and he comforts and sympathizes with the grief stricken. His influence is seen in all charities and in all reforms and without it civilization would be turned backward. Among the religious bodies that are vastly helpful to the people of Aianawa, AVis¬ consin, is the Lutheran Church, the beloved pastor of which is Rev, Rudolph A. Karpinsky.
Reverend Karpinskj^ was born at Augusta, Eau Claire County, AA^is- consin, July 16, 1871, His parents are Gustav and Louisa (Luedtke) Karpinsky. They were born and reared in Germany and in 1867.were married there. In 1868 they came to the United States and settled first at Ripon, Wisconsin, but remained there only one year, in 1869 removing to Eau Claire County and settling down there as farmers. They still
Title A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.
Title of work A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.
Short title A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Author John M. Ware
Description This two-volume work on Waupaca County, Wisconsin, provides a history of the county and the cities and villages of Waupaca, New London, Clintonville, Weyauwega, Iola, Manawa, Marion, Scandinavia, Freemont, Embarrass, Mukwa, Northport, Ogdensburg, and the towns of the county. Volume 2 consists of biographical sketches of residents of the county.
Place of Publication (Original) Chicago and New York
Publisher (Original) Lewis Publishing Company
Publication Date (Original) 1917
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Decade 1630-1639; 1640-1649; 1650-1659; 1660-1669; 1670-1679; 1680-1689; 1750-1759; 1760-1769; 1780-1789; 1790-1799; 1810-1819; 1820-1829; 1830-1839; 1840-1849; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; 1910-1919;
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Full Text 624 HISTORY OF AVAUPACA COUNTA^ George, Alatie and Blanche. Air. Ritchie and family belong to the Con¬ gregational Church. Chester R. Alallory, father of Airs. Ritchie, was born in A^ermont, November 5, 1821. His parents were Aloses D. and Polly Mallory, the former of whom was born in Alassachusetts in 1794, and the latter in Vermont, November 29, 1801. They came to AA^'isconsin in 1859 and located in St. Lawrence Township, AA-aupaca County, and the father died July 30, 1867, and the mother Aiarch 10, 1869. Before coming to this state Chester R, Alallory was married to Adaline AV, Allen, who was born in Alassachusetts, January 13, 1828, a 'daughter of Lysander and Mary (AVoodberry) Allen, natives of Alassachusetts, where they died. In 1858 Mr. and Airs, Alallory, with their two sons, came to St. Lawrence Township, Waupaca County, where he cleared up land, made improve¬ ments and lived until his death, which occurred October 29, 1890, His widow survived a number of years, passing away April 13, 1902, They had three children, two sons born in Alassachusetts, and a daughter, Mrs. Ritchie, born in Waupaca County: AVest Allen, Rollin Chester and Mary. The Alallorys, with the Ritchies, for many years were fore¬ most in assisting in the substantial development of the country and none of these honored old names should pass from memory. Mr. Ritchie has not been unduly active in the political affairs of the county but he has always been a public spirited citizen and has assisted in all worthy enterprises. For some time he served as assessor of Royalton Township. He is a member of the Equitable Fraternal Union. Rev. Rudolph A. Karpinsky. It is not the privilege of every man to hear the urgent call to the Christian ministry. Some there are who are not finely enough attuned, and others have, by Nature, been destined for other fields of usefulness. AA^hen the call comes, however, be it to the fisherman mending his nets, or to the farmer ploughing his field, its meaning cannot be misunderstood nor its insistence be denied. It is often enthusiastically welcomed although it leads into a life of hard work, of almost constant self denial, of probable small possession of worldly comforts, of strain on physical and mental powers. The minister truly gives the best of himself for others. He leads, he teaches, he expounds, he rejoices with the glad and he comforts and sympathizes with the grief stricken. His influence is seen in all charities and in all reforms and without it civilization would be turned backward. Among the religious bodies that are vastly helpful to the people of Aianawa, AVis¬ consin, is the Lutheran Church, the beloved pastor of which is Rev, Rudolph A. Karpinsky. Reverend Karpinskj^ was born at Augusta, Eau Claire County, AA^is- consin, July 16, 1871, His parents are Gustav and Louisa (Luedtke) Karpinsky. They were born and reared in Germany and in 1867.were married there. In 1868 they came to the United States and settled first at Ripon, Wisconsin, but remained there only one year, in 1869 removing to Eau Claire County and settling down there as farmers. They still
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History of Waupaca County
Chapter I. Natural Features and Resources
Chapter II. The Pioneer Whites
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Chapter III. Under American Government
Chapter IV. Prehistoric and Historic Aborigines
Chapter V. Old Times and Old-Timers
Chapter VI. Lumber and Transportation
Chapter VII. Political, Civil and Patriotic
Chapter VIII. The Bench and Bar
Chapter IX. Waupaca and Vicinity
Chapter X. New London and Its Institutions
Chapter XI. History of Clintonville
Chapter XII. Village of Weyauwega
Chapter XIII. Iola Village
Chapter XIV. Manawa Village
Chapter XV. Marion Village
Chapter XVI. Scandinavia Village
Chapter XVII. Fremont and Embarrass
Chapter XVIII. Mukwa and Northport
Chapter XIX. Ogdensburg and St. Lawrence Township
Chapter XX. Township Histories
Biographical Sketches
Title Page. Volume II
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Economy: Recent developments
EIU global forecast - First-phase US-China deal in sight
The US-China trade war continues to represent the main drag, and threat, to the global economy. We expect that global growth has slowed to 2.3% this year, and that it will rebound only slightly in 2020, to 2.5%. We have long assumed that de-escalation in the trade war will be driven by the US, particularly as the economic and political fallout of that dispute intensifies. The Chinese economy is more exposed to the downside risks of further deterioration in US‑China economic ties, but the position of its leaders appears unyielding. By contrast, the US president, Donald Trump, has come under domestic political pressure as the trade war has escalated. This explains why the US has recently sent surprisingly positive signals regarding the upcoming conclusion of a first-phase trade deal with China.
A first-phase trade deal will be agreed before mid-December
The US and China had initially planned to sign a trade deal on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Co‑operation (APEC) summit in Chile in mid-November. The cancellation of that summit (due to protests in the host country) has added uncertainty about the timing of this agreement. Nevertheless, the APEC summit merely presented a venue for the signing of the deal, and we expect that an alternative arrangement will be agreed in time for a trade deal to be signed before December 15th (when the next round of US tariffs is due to kick in).
The first-phase trade deal has better survival chances than previous attempts
The first-phase trade deal will revolve primarily around Chinese purchases of US agricultural products, but will also incorporate the strengthening of China's intellectual property (IP) framework, the liberalisation of its financial sector and, potentially, an accord on currency developments. Both countries, however, are already aligned in most of these areas, and this agreement would therefore not entail major concessions from either the US or China. Since late 2018 China has moved to strengthen its patent protection framework, as well as to enhance the protection of some IP of foreign companies under its new foreign investment law (to be effective from 2020). Financial sector liberalisation is also at the forefront of China's reform agenda. Finally, the two countries have an incentive to prevent the renminbi from depreciating too quickly against the US dollar. Consensus on agricultural issues may prove more challenging. The US has indicated that it wants China to "scale up" its annual average purchases of US farm products to US$40bn‑50bn within two years of an agreement. However, China has so far pushed back against a firm value commitment.
Mr Trump will present the first-phase trade deal as a policy victory
Coming to a shallow accord with China will allow the US to extricate itself from sharper economic disruption. As part of this, we do not expect the US to move forward with its threatened tariffs in mid‑December on the remainder of finished Chinese-manufactured consumer goods not yet targeted by existing US duties. Such de‑escalation will inject some confidence back into businesses and consumers on both sides of the Pacific; US stockmarkets have rebounded since early October, predicated on the hopes of a deal. Mr Trump will also try to spin the narrative of a foreign policy victory. This is because he has already communicated his intention for both sides to continue discussions on the thornier structural issues—such as China's controversial industrial policies and market access issues, which lie at the heart of the trade conflict—at a later date (as part of "phase two" and "phase three" discussions).
Trade policy will remain uncertain, weighing on business sentiment
Trade policy will remain uncertain as the US keeps the threat of further tariffs on the table in 2020, which will continue to weigh on business investment. However, the suspension of the 15% tariff previously due to be implemented on December 15th will ease pressure on consumers in 2020. In the light of these developments, we will revise up our forecast for US GDP growth in 2020 slightly, to 1.7% (from 1.6%). The macroeconomic impact of a deal will be more muted for China, primarily because the majority of Chinese export flows to the US will remain subject to US duties. Stabilisation in China's economic growth will instead derive from increasingly ambitious support policies. As a result, we have not revised our China growth forecast for 2020, which stands at 6.1%.
The US-China conflict continues to spill over into finance and tech
Beyond 2020, tensions between the US and China will remain high. A first-phase trade deal is a meaningful initial step, but it will do little to smooth US-China trade frictions. We expect the shallow agreement to prevent future tariffs, but we do not expect the majority of existing tariffs—already across bilateral merchandise trade worth more than US$450bn—to be revoked until 2021, after the US presidential election. In all likelihood, the two sides will not be able to reach agreement over issues scheduled for discussion in phases two and three of trade negotiations—areas in which China has steadfastly refused to compromise. Meanwhile the US-China conflict will continue to spill over into areas other than trade, such as finance and technology.
World economy: Forecast summary
Real GDP growth (%)
World (PPPa exchange rates) 3.4 3.3 3.8 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5
World (market exchange rates) 2.8 2.5 3.2 2.9 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9
US 2.9 1.6 2.4 2.9 2.3 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.2
Euro area 2.0 1.9 2.7 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Europe 1.9 1.9 2.8 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9
China 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.0
Asia and Australasia 4.5 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1
Latin Americab 0.1 -0.3 1.8 1.6 0.8 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6
Middle East & Africa 2.3 4.8 1.5 1.2 0.8 2.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.3
Sub-Saharan Africa 2.7 0.8 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.5 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.6
World inflation (%; av)b 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0
World trade growth (%) 2.2 2.1 5.6 3.9 1.5 2.4 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.8
Oil (US$/barrel; Brent) 52.4 44.0 54.4 71.1 64.0 63.0 67.0 71.0 73.8 71.0
Industrial raw materials (US$; % change) -15.2 -2.2 20.2 2.2 -8.6 0.4 4.1 2.7 0.8 1.1
Food, feedstuffs & beverages (US$; % change) -18.4 -3.5 -0.9 1.6 -5.5 0.8 4.0 1.2 0.9 3.7
Exchange rates (av)
¥:US$ 121.0 108.8 112.1 110.4 108.5 106.0 104.7 100.9 97.6 95.4
US$:€ 1.11 1.11 1.13 1.18 1.12 1.13 1.16 1.21 1.24 1.24
a Purchasing power parity. b Excludes Venezuela.
Brexit monthly update: November 2019
Brexit monthly update: October 2019
Brexit monthly update: December 2019
The Conservative Party's election victory will move Brexit and British politics into a new phase in 2020 and beyond.
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Is BMS Pfizer’s Next Target?
24 February 2017 Carlos Vazquez
It is no secret that the failure of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s ($BMY) OPDIVO™ to meet PFS endpoints in CheckMate-026 was a major set-back, leading to a dramatic reduction in market cap (~20%) in its aftermath. BMY undoubtedly has a high-potential pipeline gained mostly through its string-of-pearls acquisition and partnership strategy over the years. However, the rumour mill has once again started churning, and the BMY sweepstakes seem to be back in play for boardrooms among major pharmaceutical companies.
The new year is already shaping up to be a big year for pharma deal making. With a valuation of over USD 90B, a BMY takeover would potentially make it one of the largest ever seen in the industry. Naturally, deals of this magnitude can yield short-term benefits for shareholders, but the question is, how can longer-term benefits be ensured, not just in terms of sustainable revenue growth, but also with regard to meaningfully-improved patient treatment options?
Not many companies have the means to go forward with an acquisition of this calibre, but amongst those that may, PFIZER ($PFE), NOVARTIS ($NVS), and ROCHE ($ROG) are expected to be potential suitors. PFE may be the most likely candidate in light of its significant financial reservoir, with typically a reported cash on hand of over USD 25B, and a clear appetite for such a substantial effect on its portfolio and commercial infrastructure. Looking beyond immediate reward, careful portfolio evaluation must be conducted to understand synergy with regard to a diversifying landscape of influential stakeholders. Doing this will help bring the potential acquisition’s effect on portfolio / pipeline and long-term commercial strategy into focus.
M&A: ARE YOU A GOOD FIT?
The organic pace of pharmaceutical commercial impact is naturally slow. With an increasingly complex set of requirements within clinical trial design to address stakeholder needs, drug development timelines can extend into full-decade range, and so M&A can be viewed as the most achievable means of satisfying stringent shareholder expectations by assimilating assets that are either already commercialised, or in later development stages and having showed promise. However, such a short-term growth obsessed philosophy may lead to unforeseen consequences over time. ASTRAZENECA ($AZN) was aware of this potential misalignment when, after PFE’s final $119B bid was rejected, AZN’s chairman, Leif Johansson, communicated that “PFE’s approach throughout its pursuit of AZN appears to have been fundamentally driven by the corporate financial benefits to its shareholders of cost savings and tax minimisation […] and would present significant risks for shareholders, while also having serious consequences for the company, our employees and the life-sciences sector in the UK, Sweden and the US.”
McKinsey published a paper in 2014 titled “Why pharma megamergers work”, which argues that whilst conventional wisdom has it that mergers of such calibre are ultimately detrimental, some in fact “have been critical for the longer-term sustainability of acquirers”. Here, their analysis of 17 large deals in the 1995-2011 period yields the following three conclusions that corroborate this statement:
Megamergers create shareholder value: companies expanded EBITDA margins by 4% and ROIC by 14%
Consolidation deals generate greater economic profit: deals between companies with notable portfolio overlap yielded larger changes in economic profit, EBITDA margins, and ROIC
Growth-oriented deals change longer-term expectations: growth-platform deals increased trading multiples by more than 60%, possibly because of the growth contribution from the acquired company in launching new products
But referring again to Leif Johansson’s remark begs a couple of questions. Will a new pharmaceutical behemoth favour innovation in the industry and ultimately produce benefits for patients greater than those that might have been achieved by the independently-functioning companies? Do the synergies that lead to a favourable due diligence process also manifest themselves when it comes to the development of new efficacious treatments and increasing patient options? These are questions that must be asked, but here is where McKinsey’s article may fall short of comprehensively assessing the situation. The crux of the deal or no-deal question is whether the potential of both the acquirer’s and the target’s pipelines will be fully unlocked, which is a matter of long-term strategy on part of the acquirer, and an issue that should be thoroughly evaluated before proceeding.
Envisioning what might have been had a merger not occurred is not that simple for a number of reasons, the least not being that any particular clinical trial programme could have been terminated due to lack of efficacy. Thus, blindly postulating that companies operating independently will always result in more treatment options for patients is not a substantiated argument in its own right. To better gauge what the long-term consequences of a putative BMY merger may be, it is necessary to first evaluate its products and pipeline and subsequently define the therapeutic areas it operates in or may so do in the future. From this, we can evaluate how BMY’s potential suitors could fare with the acquisition of its portfolio if the deal were to come to fruition, and how the current pharmaceutical landscape might be altered.
BMY: MORE THAN OPDIVO
Despite finding itself in a debatably faltering state at present, BMY is a decidedly strong contributor to the oncology milieu, and has a number of commercialised products, the most recent one being OPDIVO™, and multiple other biologics such as EMPLICITI™, YERVOY™, and SPRYCEL™. In support of its oncology portfolio, the company’s efforts in immunology through NULOJIX™ and ORENCIA™, as well as cardiovascular disease, fibrotic disease, and antivirals create a formidably diverse presence in specialty disease. A stumble with OPDIVO™ would not break BMY’s back.
PFE: ON THE HUNT AGAIN?
As is historically true, PFE is hungry for a deal – a big deal. After its failed $119B takeover bid of AZN and its thwarted $160B tax inversion merger with Allergan, PFE is still on the lookout whilst sitting on $80B of unremitted foreign earnings. So even though this pile of cash underscores why PFE’s merger attempts would have had clear tax benefits and that a BMY merger, being a domestic takeover, would yield none of these (except if Trump were to decrease corporate taxes), what strategic benefits could be derived from the combination of their portfolios?
Regarding its cardiovascular portfolio, PFE had a setback in its attempt to resuscitate the ghost of LIPITOR™ with bococizumab. However, the tie-up with BMY could lead to a significant and immediate revenue boost by capturing the full rights to ELIQUIS™, which it currently co-markets with its potential acquisition target. BMY’s pipeline of antifibrotics and anticoagulants could definitely be assimilated into PFE’s formidable development capabilities, which currently boasts other assets in similar indications.
BMY’s robust oncology portfolio would undoubtedly be an asset for any pharmaceutical company looking to expand its presence in this space. PFE’s recent addition, XTANDI™, acquired through its acquisition of MEDIVATION ($MDV), could be explored through clinical study to be used in combination with BMY’s immuno-oncologic portfolio. The same can be said for IBRANCE™ and upcoming PARP-inhibitor talazoparib, also from MDV. PFE also has underway several programmes for biosimilars to AVASTIN<™, RITUXAN™, and HERCEPTIN™, which could give it an extra competitive edge in the oncology space. These portfolio synergies could set PFE up to be a force to reckon with in the oncology space, with the potential to rival top drugs such as MERCK’s KEYTRUDA™ and to yield new effective combinations in several tumour types.
Furthermore, in the inflammation space, PFE has a REMICADE™ and HUMIRA™ biosimilars which could be complemented nicely with BMY’s successful ORENCIA™ and NULOJIX™. In the virology space, PFE’s presence is not significant, but the company is no stranger to exploring new therapeutic areas, and would likely retain EVOTAZ™ and DAKLINZA™ to overcome the headwinds that BMY has recently been experiencing. Finally, PFE’s CNS portfolio, consisting of smoking-cessation aid CHANTIX™, is unlikely to be significantly aided by the addition of BMY’s antipsychotic ABILIFY™, which encountered loss of exclusivity in 2015. However, the company’s schizophrenia pipeline could find eventual synergy with BMY’s commercial CNS infrastructure.
A VIABLE DEAL
Overall, PFE has the financial means and overall portfolio capabilities to readily assimilate BMY and its synergistic assets. If proposed corporate tax reforms proposed by the new White House become a reality, this potential ‘mega-merger’ is an attractive proposition for both parties. A commitment to investing in continued licensing activities, as well as some in-house R&D, will ensure that portfolio attrition would be limited, and could yield a combined entity with significant value and improved presence in oncology and cardiovascular disease, as well as other high growth specialty areas. Time will tell if number-crunchers and negotiators can reach a mutually-beneficial term-sheet – and if it does, companies competing in these areas will be exposed to a strong portfolio buoyed by marketing power and finesse.
Carlos Vazquez
Carlos Vazquez is a Senior Analyst at CBPartners.
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Salt City Drift and Crazy Road Stories with Jordan Collier
Welcome back! It’s still Mike, Dave, and Jordan Collier of Salt City Drift for this one. The guys ask Jordan about running a grassroots organization, the future without Rocky Mountain Raceways as a venue, Vxii (V12) coming on as a sponsor, and we read an absolutely crazy ass story from listener Brandon McConkey.
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07th Oct2016
The Best Worst Trip
It was cold and dark last night. In the darkness, surrounded by storage units filled with other people’s stuff, Scott, myself, and a man named Cody pushed Big Ronda onto a U-Haul trailer. As they were ratcheting the car onto the trailer, I began thinking about something I found the day before. I went down to the storage unit on Tuesday, and began cleaning it out the refuse that had accumulated in the three years I owned the car. While cleaning out the glove box I found a receipt and some lotto tickets that never made it across the counter of the convenience store in Franklin, Idaho.
The Powerball jackpot was rather high, but not historic in August 2013. Being the sort of fellow who thinks that having ridiculous amounts of money would allow me to pursue many of the endeavors I’d like to, and having a GT car in need of a test of its grand touring prowess, the decision was made to head to Idaho and grab some lotto tickets. I called up Dave, and we made plans to run to the land of Russets. But first we needed to address one big problem the car had: the lack of speakers.
When I test drove the car, it had a speaker box in the back and some semi-functional door speakers. When I picked it up, the speaker box was gone. Dave and I went to a junkyard, harvested some door speakers from a GS300, and proceeded to install them while parked on the street in front of his house. While installing the speakers, we also plumbed in a fully functional boost gauge. One that went up to 25psi. With those installed, we made our way to Tommy’s family’s restaurant: Thai Drift. We rolled in, showed off the car to Tommy and Trent (who happened to be down there) then made our way back to the freeway. On that short drive we noticed something: Ronda was making more whoosh pcha noises than before. While I stepped on it, Dave looked at the boost gauge and let out an excited laugh when the needle hit 15psi and the car hit fuel cut. That was an issue we’d deal with later, because we were on our way to prosperity!
We stopped at 7-11 in Kaysville before making the final push through Logan and into Idaho. The clutch felt weird while getting off the freeway, but I just attributed it to the heat. We grabbed some drinks, popped the targa top off, and got back on the road. Everything was fine, until we got off I-15. While merging onto US-91, the clutch pedal stopped doing anything. It would sink to the floor, and stay there. I managed to keep the car going, but we ran into some construction on 89 and I killed the car. I had only ever driven it with a full functional clutch pedal, I could blip the throttle on downshifts, but I had no idea how to drive the car without using the clutch pedal entirely.
It was at this point that I began rethinking every decision I made for the last few months: why did I buy this car? I didn’t want a mk3, I wanted a mk2. Something I could slam on tiny wheels, and live out my new found dreams that I saw on Instagram feeds like All That Low, DOHC Research, and Liberty Walk. Why did I not test the car out on a different drive? What happens if this car can’t get going again? Why am I here? Who am I? What is this? Through all of the self-doubt, Dave’s voice came through. He coached me through, and while it was stressful, we made it to the L Tienda.
The radio took a dump on us at some point, so we just had our conversational skills to get us through. So while I went in and spent way too much on lotto tickets, Dave contorted himself and got the radio kicking again. We then faced an important decision: Head back the way we came, which would take us back through Logan and Brigham City at rush hour; OR stay on the 91 until it ran into I-15. After some brief discussion, and realizing that there would be a lot less shifting required, we stuck to the 91. We got on the road, and Dave found what would end up being our soundtrack for the rest of the drive: Sports by Huey Lewis and the News. The 1983 classic went into the tape deck, and never came out. The damn thing ate the tape, but kept playing it. It played both sides, on constant repeat, but refused to eject the tape. It was on the third play through that I decided to uncork Ronda, and see how 100+mph felt without a roof.
We weren’t stopping until we got to my house, where we would grab the Subaru, and take Dave home. A friend of mine in Farmington wanted to see the car, and us, but I did my best to convey to her that we could not stop, despite how much we wanted to. We soldiered southward, and prepared for our final test: the stretch of road between the freeway exit and my driveway. A harrowing 1.1 mile stretch of surface streets, filled with stop lights, traffic, and people who don’t understand how traffic laws or courtesy work. Would we have to face each battle, or would luck smile upon us? Mercifully, we had a favorable drive over that stretch. We made it to my driveway, where we abandoned Ronda for the Subaru, and made our way back to Dave’s.
That was the first, and only big drive Ronda ever went on. It was the best drive it could have been. If it was completely uneventful, it would have been boring, and I wouldn’t have remembered the details three years on. If it was an abject failure, then Ronda would’ve been gone long ago. It was exciting, it had danger, humor, drama, no romance though. I could not have scripted it better, nor would I have wanted it to be any different.
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Tags : A70, grand tour, Huey Lewis and the News, Idaho Lottery, MA70, Mk3, Road Trip, Sports, story time, Supra, Toyota
11th Sep2014
Boise Drift Day 2
When last we left our brave travelers they were scrambling for cover from the sudden and violent storm that had rolled upon Magic Valley Speedway. Chance, Mikey, Brandon, Hector and myself chose to sleep in Brandon’s trailer, while Jordan and Riley elected to sleep in Jordan’s and Hector’s trucks respectively. And now for the conclusion of our tale…
The sudden storm lasted through the night, but had mercifully ended by morning. We awoke to a beautiful, albeit a little chilly, sunny morning. Those of us who slept in the trailer had has decent of a night as one can while sleeping on the floor of a trailer. Meanwhile Jordan and Riley had learned why you don’t sleep in your vehicle in the cold. While at least Jordan came prepared for camping, Riley only brought his hoodie. Suffice it to say they were both happy to see the sun creep over the mountains.
All over the makeshift camp grounds people were working on various things. Brandon was mounting tires for the day, and Mike had begun to cook breakfast for himself and his crew of jolly pirates. Zack was still working on his wheel studs, while Jordan was looking at what appeared to be a bent left rear wheel. Chance took Brandon’s truck into town, and left Mikey with us. Chance returned with breakfast for himself, Brandon, Mikey and Jordan. I had a Clif Bar, and Hector managed to score a parfait from Brandon.
Hector, having eaten, and Zack, having replaced his wheel studs, were the first two out on track, and were both giving ride alongs. Chance and myself made our way over to the track and were chatting about something inconsequential to this story while watching the two of them make their way through the infield. Hector took his usual line through the last two turns, and Zack took a wider line…
The rear quarter panel hit then end of the barrier, and spun the front of the car into it with a great deal of force. Zack and his passenger were ok, however his car was finally dead.
The car hit so hard it snapped the lower control arm, bent the coilover on that corner, dented the wheel well so deeply that the clutch pedal couldn’t be pushed in, sent the fender into the windshield and generally tweaked everything. As it sat the car couldn’t move or be dragged off the course without leaving more parts in its wake. So the plan was hatched to bring the trailer down, and drag the car on to it using ratchet straps, a jack and man power.
A crowd gathered to watch the lifeless S13 get dragged on to the trailer. It took some effort on the parts of everyone in the infield, but the car was on the trailer and secured.
Although he had the worst weekend on paper, he had the best weekend because he went out there and said fuck it. Blow out both tires? Finish the lap on the bare rims and swap them out. A wheel goes flying? Throw that thing on the hatch and get to work fixing the studs. Destroy the car? Jump on that hood, throw your arms to the sky and declare that you won’t be defeated by conventional means! It had cost him $75 to drive, and he got his money’s worth.
After clearing what was left of Zack’s car, the rest of the drivers came out to play.
Everyone was having a good time, just sending one after another after another. Things were moving like clock work.
Smile! This is going on the internet!
And then Brad spun out and knocked one of his battery connections loose. This brief pause in the action allowed for some other drivers to fire up their chariots and make their way on to the track.
Crowd favorites Mikey, Brandon, Worm and Dennis all were out. Things progressed as they do: one driver led to pairs of drivers. Those pairs linked up with the other pairs and suddenly we had gridlock in the grid.
Thankfully this traffic jam passed, everyone was sliding, and I climbed atop a gigantic planter.
This continued for a few laps, then people started peeling off to grab tires or to let their car cool down. This left me standing on top of the planter, and Dane in his 1UZ swapped Celica Supra taking laps. After passing me he stopped, backed up and asked “Hey, do you want me to just hit this corner?”
Yes, yes I do. As so he did until the time came for him to grab new tires and take a break. Which it seemed liked we all decided to do. I took this time to wander about, change lenses, and eventually jam a GoPro on to Jordan’s car before he went out in a four car group. All was looking good.
Until a small fuel leak caused a fire in his car. Thankfully the fire was extinguished quickly, but not before his wiring harness was toasted. Fear not though, there were still three of our group still running! Sort of…
So the trio went out, with various passengers who had GoPros on sticks. Since this was a grassroots, just for fun kind of thing nobody could communicate with the cars while they were on track. And car to car communication was primitive.
And occasionally crude… It was during these runs a few of noticed that Mikey was smokey. Really smokey.
Catastrophically smokey. There was an oil leak somewhere, and it was bad enough to send Mikey back to the trailer. He wasn’t done though, he would take a few runs in Brandon’s car. However, Hector was entirely done. He bent a tie rod on one run, did an epic burnout and headed back to his trailer.
Our crew may have been decimated, but there were still some people who hadn’t broken their cars! Mike and Worm were still out taking cuts.
And then the track cleared, and the Previa rolled down the bank, and began its runs.
Behind every good man is a strong woman, and Dennis & Katie literally demonstrated this. They mounted the rear bench seat of the Previa in the van backwards, she strapped in and went for a ride!
And it is on that note that we end our story. It was an awesome weekend, spent with awesome people and doing awesome things. If there was a better way to spend Labor Day Weekend, and close out the summer, I can’t think of one. This wasn’t an isolated trip either. While I can’t make it to the next event, I will make it to a few more next year. Until then, thank you Idaho! GOODNIGHT!
Category : Coverage
Tags : 1UZ, 1UZ-FE, 240SX, 350z, AE86, Boise Drift, Brandon Wicknick, Celica Supra, Corolla, crash, drift, drifting, Magic Valley Speedway, Mazda, Miata, Nissan, Previa, Road Trip, S13, SR20DET, tandem, Toyota, train, wreck
19th Aug2010
1,487 Miles in a Dodge Viper Part 2
by Trent
The Year was 2010, the first half of the Epic Viper Road trip was completed. I no longer wanted to be in the Viper. Fortunately, we had access to another vehicle while in California. Not wanting to drag out the trip to San Diego we had to make into a 3 hour drive, we took our alternate vehicle. Our purpose was to meet up with Gene, the owner of a red RX-7 we featured previously. Fortunately, the drive to and from was uneventful. The next day however, it was time to embark on our trip back home, putting another 700 miles in on the V10 that has had it’s bouts with schizophrenia. Unfortunately, to make it home in time before work the next day, the drive had to be done in the day time.
First things first, a drive to the coast is not complete without a drive on the gorgeous Pacific Coast Highway. The Viper actually kind of fit in here. We even had a few people staring which is pretty amazing considering the amount of $100,000 and up cars that surrounded us throughout Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. We eventually made our way up the coast and turned inland to Anaheim to scout out a car show and get one last breather before the trip began. (more…)
Category : Features
Tags : CAM Auto Magazine, Dodge, Epic, Journey, Road Trip, Viper
Part 2 of the Viper Road Trip tomorrow
The second and final installment of the Viper Road Trip will be posted at 11:00am MST tomorrow. More pictures and more mayhem is all you need to know.
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Tags : Coming Soon, Road Trip, Viper
In preparation for Part 2 of this story, we are re-posting part 1 here to refresh your memory about this epic journey. Look for part 2 this Thursday!
I thought we might be on to something, I thought I was going to prove to everyone that cars were meant to be driven and driven hard. Nothing tests a car’s endurance like taking it 1500 miles through the desert where’s it’s 105-degrees during the day and drops to the 30’s in the canyons at night. No sweat, no worries. I’ve got a semi-functional heater and no Air Conditioning. No A/C? Yes, but there’s also no top and no windows to keep us cool. It was a plan half baked in awesomeness, then the first of many ‘check engine’ lights came on. (more…)
Viper Road Trip Pt. 2 next week
Next week you’ll finally be able to read the exciting conclusion to the Viper Road Trip. It’s just as, if not more eventful than the first leg of the trip. The first leg of the trip will be re-posted first so you can refresh yourself on our pain and misery. Look for it next week.
Tags : CAM Auto Magazine, Cars, Feature, Road Trip, Viper
30th Jun2010
Cars and Mods Second Issue!
The highly anticipated second issue is here. Download the PDF and check out our Viper Road Trip feature, Civic Hatch feature, and RX-7 Feature!
Download the second issue!
Tags : CAM Auto Magazine, Cars, Civic, Issue, Road Trip, RX7, Viper
Viper Road Trip Live Twitter Feed
Today, Mike and I embark on the first 700-ish miles of the Viper Road Trip. Feel free to follow along on our @camautomag Twitter account. We leave today around 5pm MST(we have day jobs). It’s a balmy 91-degrees today and we have no means of cooling down other than the wind surrounding us. It won’t be too bad until we hit Vegas where it’s 103-degrees today and there is ALWAYS traffic on the freeway. Wish us luck!
Tags : CAM Auto Magazine, Live, Road Trip, Twitter, Viper
CAM: Viper Road Trip Feature
Viper Road Trip
This is where Mike and I will spend at least 1500 miles in late June. It is a 94 Dodge Viper, and it will be our road trip car from Salt Lake City to Southern California and all the places we need to go down there. We’re traveling down there for a reason, but it’s a 10 hour drive there, 10 hours back and we’ll be in California for roughly 25 hours. Crazy? Yes. But even crazier is that two overweight guys are going to cram themselves in this car with a duffel bag(which will fill the trunk) and all our requisite photo gear. Needless to say, we’ll be packing light.
The top and windows will be left at home because they take up too much trunk space, and there’s no A/C, so we can only hope for pleasant weather. Check out the June 30th issue for more on this 2-part series of our road trip in the Viper.
-Trent
Tags : CAM Auto Magazine, Crazy, Dodge, Feature, Road Trip, Viper
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