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"When you leave this company behind, what will it look like?"
That's the most important question Eric Schoenstein asks executives when performing his due dilligence. The co-portfolio manager of the Jensen Quality Growth Fund and principal with Jensen Investment Management knows he'll get the standard answers to any questions he might ask. And as the saying goes, "it's not about what they say, but rather what they do." But it's this is one question that seems to get to the core of what he's looking for from the management teams at the companies he's scouting.
"We have a quality growth strategy begun by Val Jensen in 1988," he said Thursday at the 2012 Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago. "Over the 24 years, the objective is really to mitigate both business risk and price risk."
He said to mitigate business risk they look for companies with "a durable, sustainable competitive advantage with a high level of cash flow that delivers returns above the cost of capital."
"In order to create value, we have to ensure the returns are above the cost of capital year after year," Schoenstein added. "In this way, the returns compound over the long term, which leads to our long track record of success."
As to mitigating the second factor, pricing risk, he simply said, "We make sure we don't overpay."
Sounds great in theory, but how does it translate to research and investing day-to-day?
The fund's "boot camp" style discipline demands that the fund not consider a company if it has not achieved 15% return on equity for 10 consecutive years (you read that right; when they say quality, they mean quality). The small number of companies that meet this criteria means "it's a limited universe in which to shop," another reason for the fund's relatively low turnover.
"We have a bottom-up due diligence process," Schoenstein said. "It's a long-term strategy that isn't about next week, or even next year. Hence the original question; I want to know what their vision is for the company down the road."
While the portfolio looks to be concentrated, the managers look at it as an advantage, as "they truly have their arms wrapped around each and every position," thus lowering the risk. Companies in which it invests include PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Emerson Electric, Nike and Microsoft.
"Globally diversified companies are doing well," he noted. "If they're domestically domiciled, an emerging-market component is needed. Even if emerging markets are slowing over all, they're still growing much faster than developed countries. For this reason, emerging markets should be 20% to 25% of the portfolio."
The firm, which provides separately managed accounts in addition to mutual funds, is located in the decidedly non-financial hub of Lake Oswego, Ore., with total assets under management currently at $5.5 billion. The fund has an annualized 3-year return of 13.66% and a 5-year annualized return of 2%, according to Morningstar. Interestingly, the fund was down 28.97% in 2008, only to rebound with a 28.98% return in 2009, which made Schoenstein's concluding comment all the more prescient.
"We look for consistency and predictability," he said. "Only in this way can you smooth volatility and get needed returns with less risk."


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The Guardian (UK) 7 February 2012
Most of its population are still poor. The row over British aid shows how many people confuse rapid growth with wealth
David Cameron and Manmohan Singh, who has overseen growth of 8%, during a business conference in 2010. Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP
Underlying the debate raging over British aid to India is the myth that the subcontinent's strong, market-driven growth of the past two decades has pulled hundreds of millions out of poverty. The economy is taking off; its people no longer need much aid, it is said.
In reality, since 1991, during which time India has experienced the highest growth in recent history, there has been no significant reduction in poverty or hunger. Two in every five children remain malnourished. A third of adults have an abnormally low body-mass index. Half of women of childbearing age are anaemic, a proportion far higher than in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 500 million Indians have no electricity, and less than a third have toilets.
The neoliberal policies unleashed by the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, when he was finance minister in the early 90s, have widened class disparities obscenely. Numbers such as 8% growth, and the fact there are 153,000 dollar millionaires, mean little to most Indians. The Ambani, Mittal and Tata families don't live on their planet.
The debate in the UK was fuelled by anger at India's decision to buy French Rafale jets rather than the Eurofighter Typhoon, prompting shrill accusations of "ingratitude". International development secretary Andrew Mitchell even admitted that the focus of aid to India included "seeking to sell the Typhoon" – in violation of the stated rationale of British overseas aid, to fight poverty and promote health and education.
So if India can spend billions on nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, and on a moon mission, does it deserve aid? As was revealed this weekend, India has itself told Britain it doesn't want aid.
But this confuses the nature of aid – which is about poor people, not poor countries. Many Indians question the government's ballooning military expenditure, which has more than tripled since the 1998 nuclear blasts. Instead they want substantially improved public services, including food security, drinking water, healthcare (India's public health spending proportionate to GDP is among the world's lowest), sanitation, and education at affordable prices. Great struggles are under way on these issues, which have the potential to reshape Indian politics.
Besides, aid is much less wasteful than commonly thought. A small part of the international development department's budget might go towards GPS devices on buses in Bhopal, with dubious benefits. But more than 60% has gone in recent years into education and healthcare.
In 2003, India kicked out all but six aid donors in a fit of pique. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government was upset at the worldwide criticism of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom of Muslims and some EU countries' efforts to support the victims. Such refusal of aid is morally reprehensible in itself. A government which presides over persistent destitution and has failed its most vulnerable people for 60 years has no right to refuse aid which could help them.
And though India has launched a modest aid initiative for the least developed countries, this shouldn't be cited as an argument to stop aid to India. There are even poorer people than Indians in several countries, but without India's wherewithal or skilled manpower. There is no reason why India shouldn't be donating food to Niger or Libya, or training technicians, policemen, diplomats and lawmakers in Afghanistan. This would only be wrong if India did nothing for its own people, and merely exploited business opportunities through tied aid.
Britain would be morally and politically wrong to terminate aid to India, home to the largest number of the world's poor. Giving aid not only acknowledges the injustice of colonial exploitation, it also arises from an obligation to redress the gross structural imbalances that continue to mark the world despite recent power shifts between states.
Good aid programmes can make humane existence possible for millions who have been denied it. Rather than Mitchell's aim to "invest more in the private sector" and public-private partnerships – which charge user fees the poor cannot afford – Britain should target schemes with a social transformation potential. Programmes that resemble a sovereign wealth fund and seek financial returns are less beneficial than building up people's human potential.


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As much as our society loves to mock celebrities, we love to forgive them even more. We'll pick on Lindsay Lohan for her drug problems or Nicolas Cage for his
bankruptcy money woes* and bad movies, but, deep down, we're hoping that they'll pull out of their nosedives. The redemption story is a powerful one, and part of its narrative involves the moment when the humbled celebrity throws him- or herself at our feet for mercy. Then we find it in our heart to forgive, and we go back to enjoying the celebrity's work with a renewed appreciation.
For Mel Gibson, though, there's neither pleading nor forgiveness. It's been almost six years since Gibson became a pariah after his anti-Semitic ramblings during a DUI bust were broadcast to the world by TMZ, and he doesn't seem any closer to returning to our good graces. He hasn't helped himself with more recent charges of domestic violence and racism. But we tend to be more willing to forgive a star who's in a big hit. And Gibson's more recent creative work hasn't given critics or audiences much to love.
Apocalypto was a bold, lurid vision—a project Gibson was only allowed to get away with because he'd already done Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ—but it was hardly a worldwide smash. He starred in Edge of Darkness, which was quickly forgotten about, and his performance as a cracked-up father in The Beaver felt drawn from his personal troubles but failed to generate much interest.
Did you know that Gibson stars in an action movie that will be arriving in two weeks? I didn't, until a few days ago. It's called Get the Gringo, and it's actually already opened in other parts around the globe, including Israel (under the name How I Spent My Summer Vacation). If you want to see it in this country, though, you're gonna have to go through VOD, since there won't be a theatrical release. It's gotten a few good reviews, with critics comparing it to his darker-than-dark revenge thriller Payback, but it can't be a good sign that this is the trailer they're using to sell it in the States:
When you package an action drama to look like a wacky comedy, you're not even trying to succeed. You're trying to catch a few confused suckers to cut your losses.
Meanwhile, there's screenwriter Joe Eszterhas's letter to Gibson this month, accusing him of wanting to make an epic action movie about the Maccabees solely to convince folks he liked Jews. (That's not all Eszterhas accused Gibson of in his nine-page letter. If a quarter of the stuff in there is true, Gibson is a very, very angry and very, very scary man. For his part, Gibson responded by saying that "like most creative people I am passionate and intense" but dismissed most of the writer's claims as "utter fabrications.")
For some folks, Gibson's time in the wilderness isn't shocking: Just listen to the stuff he's said. And it's hard to defend a guy who, at the very least, seems to have some rather worrisome anger-management issues. If you wanted to date Gibson and you asked my opinion, I'd advise against it. But what does that have to do with his moviemaking abilities? When exactly are we going to decide that it's OK to welcome him back?
It's not that he doesn't have anyone in Hollywood supporting him. Whoopi Goldberg, Jodie Foster and Robert Downey Jr. have all spoken about the world's (and the entertainment community's) need to forgive Gibson. And supposedly Robert Rodriguez wants Gibson for Sin City 2. But then you hear stories like how the cast of The Hangover Part II refused to have Gibson do the Mike Tyson-like cameo for the 2011 sequel. In other words, in the eyes of the Hangover crew, what Mel Gibson has done is far more horrible than what Mike Tyson did. Neither man is a saint by any stretch of the imagination but think about that for a moment.
Part of Gibson's problem is that he doesn't seem interested in playing the Public Reconciliation game. He's apologized for his actions, but he hasn't done it in the same aggressive, gushing way that other stars have. I don't doubt he's sorry. But there's an aspect of Gibson that, deep down, just doesn't care what other people think of him. On one hand, that's actually somewhat commendable. That's what makes an ultra-bankable leading man decide to play Hamlet at the height of his popularity or turn the Crucifixion into an R-rated foreign-language splatterfest. The headstrong mania that made him a compelling onscreen presence is making it so hard on him now.
So that brings me to a question: Are we really better off without Mel Gibson? Braveheart was incredibly overrated and Apocalypto an overblown mess, but there really isn't anyone around right now who has quite the same gonzo, bloodthirsty vision that Gibson has. And while The Beaver didn't work, Gibson's committed performance almost pulled the whole thing together. (Rather than rising to Gibson's challenge, director and co-star Jodie Foster seemed to chicken out.) A movie like Drive or a gutsy young actor like Michael Fassbender recalls that go-for-broke spirit that powered Gibson in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon movies. But among major Hollywood stars, he alone seems genuinely dangerous—and not in a "oh, that Leo DiCaprio, he's such a bad boy" kind of way. I'm talking legitimately unhinged. Even Russell Crowe has nothing on this guy.
Of course, that's Gibson's problem now. Earlier this year at an event at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles where the theater screened the three Mad Max movies, Gibson showed up for a lengthy Q&A, and he came across as introspective and thoughtful about those films and his career in general. But there are those moments where his eyeballs bulge a little too much and he looks a little disheveled that make you start to wonder if all the horrible things Eszterhas said about Gibson are true. It reminded me of what his Edge of Darkness director Martin Campbell said about him. "Everyone now is so lightweight," Campbell noted. "Even George Clooney, who is a terrific actor, he's too polished. Mel has this masculine kind of emotional weight that others don't. ... [Clint] Eastwood is gone [from acting] and Harrison Ford, he's got the grit, but he doesn't have the menace or the power." Later, Campbell added, "You'd want to be careful getting into a dark corner with Mel Gibson. You might take on Harrison Ford in a fight, but not Mel."
Not Mel. For society to forgive a celebrity, we demand that they show us some sort of softness. I doubt Gibson's going to do that. Maybe he shouldn't be forgiven. I don't care how blitzed out of your mind you are, announcing that "the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" seems to be one of the stupider things to declare after you've been pulled over by the cops for being intoxicated.
But let's face it: We're a pretty tolerant culture. Chris Brown can perform at the Grammys and in movies like Think Like a Man. Tracy Morgan can keep appearing on 30 Rock. Michael Richards, eventually, can show up on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Mel Gibson may very well be a racist or a homophobe or an anti-Semite or a misogynist. It's ridiculous to pretend he's the only one in Hollywood.
*-Sentence corrected. Cage's publicist called to tell us he has "never filed for bankruptcy."
Grierson & Leitch is a regular column about the movies. Follow us on Twitter, @griersonleitch.


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Dadaab, Kenya (CNN) -- More than 10 million people are in need of food aid in the Horn of Africa and most of them are in Somalia. But for those who leave Somalia for Kenya's refugee camps, life may not be much better.
Outside the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya's North Eastern province, Aden Ibrahim carries the limp body of his daughter Sarah.
Sarah was just four. She drew her last breath at dawn.
A group of men join Ibrahim in facing Mecca to pray for her soul, before wrapping her in a white sheet and burying her.
Sarah's uncle Ibrahim Hassan Mohammed says that they fled to Kenya from Somalia hoping for better.
"We didn't come with money from Somalia -- we didn't come with anything," says Mohammed. "We're refugees, but we are dying because we don't get enough help."
His family arrived in June, tired and hungry, but Ibrahim says they were forced to beg for food for two weeks.
Sarah was malnourished and sick. Her family took her to a health point in the nearest camp but it didn't help.
They were referred to the nearest hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, but they missed the NGO vehicle that periodically takes people there and a ride would have cost just over a dollar. It's more than any of the new refugees could afford. They literally have nothing.
"We have not been given enough help because we have been given flour and maize only," says Ibrahim. "A child who is sick will not get better on flour and maize. She needed more help."
"If the child could have been taken to hospital, and been given some medicine to help her, she could have maybe survived," adds Mohammed.
Respiratory infections are rife at this settlement. There is no water point -- the closest is in the nearest camp --- and no sanitation services.
--Ibrahim Hassan Mohammed , Somali refugee
Now Ibrahim worries that he could lose another child. His daughter Deka is dangerously thin.
"It is in God's hands, it is not in mine. But if it stays this bad ... more people will die," he says.
"I don't regret leaving Somalia," he adds, "but if it becomes worse now then I might be not so sure."
Mohammed is angry that aid agencies are not doing more to help them. "I appeal to the world to help us," he says. "Our children are dying because of hunger. We need water, we need a hospital, they mustn't forget us."
Just outside the settlement, the dusty wasteland where Sarah is buried is known as "Bola Bagti." It means "carcass" -- it's where people leave their animals to die. Maribou storks roam among the animal bones that lay on the ground.
"The people who helped me bury her are new arrivals," says Ibrahim. "They are hungry ... this early in the morning they went there to dig at that place, but I couldn't give them any food to eat."
But he says they protected Sarah's body well. They heaped a mound of sand on top of her shallow grave and then gathered thorn bushes and thorn-tree branches. "The hyenas won't be able to reach her," says Ibrahim. "She is already in paradise."


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The most depressing aspect of Hagel's nomination is not his severe case of Vietnam Syndrome and not even some of his foreign policy views. It's been the unremitting and underhanded attack on him, especially the imputation of anti-Semitism. In fact, he could be the necessary corrective to the Netanyahu government's expectation that anything Israel wants from Washington it's entitled to get. Nothing Hagel has said about Israel is not said in the Israeli press on a daily basis. Trust me: By the Wall Street Journal's standards, Israeli media would be deeply anti-Semitic.
I thought the day had long passed when a skeptical attitude toward this or that Israeli policy would trigger charges of anti-Semitism. The accusation is so powerful — so freighted with images of the Holocaust — that it tends to silence all but the bravest or the most foolish. Israeli policy of late has been denounced by some steadfast champions of the Jewish state — the New York Times' Thomas Friedman or the New Republic's Leon Wieseltier, for example — so being caustically critical is hardly evidence of anti-Semitism. Rather, it can be a sign of good judgment, not to mention a caring regard for the aspirations of Zionism.
The article that implied Hagel was a touch anti-Semitic was headlined "Chuck Hagel's Jewish Problem" and suggested that Hagel's statement that "the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here" in Congress had "the odor" of prejudice. A PC sort of guy might have put things more delicately: If there is an odor here, however, it is not the rancid stench of anti-Semitism but instead of character assassination.


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09.03.09 Fast BreaksPosted by rtmsf on September 3rd, 2009
On the eve of college football's start… let's get caught up on the news and notes from the last week in roundball.
- Preaching to the Choir. Gary Parrish wrote an article that was ostensibly about the A10's financially-motivated decision to move from its ancestral home of Philadelphia to its Sun Belt environs of Newport News, Virginia, but morphed into a scathing critique of the rapidly increasing revenue gap between the power conferences and the mid-majors. We liken this a little bit to what has happened in major league baseball over the past twenty years or so. It's not an issue of there once being equality where now there is none; it's more an issue of relative inequality being much larger than it ever has been (and only increasing). The Yankees and other major market franchises in MLB always had more money to spend on players, marketing, etc., and were summarily rewarded with larger media deals and ticket prices. This is similarly true for the power conferences in football and basketball. But in the modern era of 100-million dollar contracts for baseball players and billion-dollar contracts for media rights, what we're witnessing is an acceleration of the revenue gap between large and small to a future point that is completely unsustainable. As an example of the disparity, the $2.2B television contract that the SEC has with ESPN is probably worth more than the contracts of every mid-major league in existence has ever had, combined. Seriously. As Parrish points out, this sort of exposure leads to recruits, and the cycle starts all over again. We're really uncertain as to how the NCAA plans to deal with this over the next decade, but if we know anything about the entity at all, we're betting that they'll be completely behind the curve when something happens.
- Vegas Watch: Big 12 Preview. We mentioned this in a previous FBs, but Vegas Watch is leading an exercise previewing each of the six BCS conferences using last year's Pomeroy rankings, this year's incoming recruits, and the sharp eye of his respected cronies (Money Line Journal and Sports Investments). He invited RTC along for the ride this time around, and we tried to provide some value where we could. Keep an eye out for the remaining installments over the next several weeks. (note: not even a regression analysis is needed to determine KU is #1 in the Big 12)
- Get Creative, SEC Schools. Look, it's not every year that a player named Nimrod Tishman comes into your league as a freshman, assuming that the NCAA clears his amateur status in the next few weeks. But Billy Donovan's Florida Gators picked up the 6'6 Israeli to replace Nick Calathes and you should expect to see his curious name all over the place next season. So here's our request of the other 11 SEC schools – get creative. Come up with some really clever signs and chants for when Florida visits your house this winter. If we hear a school derisively chanting his first name with no further thought or effort put into it, we're going to be extremely disappointed. Come on, UK and UT fans, we know you've got something up your sleeves – an opportunity like this only comes around once a decade.
- SI's 25 Things We Miss in Basketball. This wasn't exclusively a list of college basketball memories, but the ones chosen by Grant Wahl, Seth Davis and others were exceptional. It's not every day we can honestly say we learned something completely new about the modern era of CBB, but the piece about Bo Ellis designing Marquette's national title year "untucked" jerseys indeed was (image here). It was so ugly that the NCAA banned it a few years later. We also enjoyed the pieces on great team nicknames, Len Bias and the SEC in the 80s. Give it a read. You won't regret it.
- Closing Out Pitino/Sypher. An awful lot of bandwidth was used writing about the Pitino/Sypher Scandal, and presumably there's more to this story coming down the road. But the best piece we read last week was this one on CNNSI by Pablo Torre, who attempts to describe Pitino's inner circle and how intertwined they all are. The worst one was this abomination by Jason Whitlock. Then there was this hard-hitting interview from WLKY in Louisville…
- Comings and Goings. J'Covan Brown was cleared to play at Texas this season. Ditto with Mississippi St.'s John Riek, who will sit out the first nine games of the season over extra benefits. Pitt's Gilbert Brown, on the other hand, will be sitting out the fall semester due to academic troubles. South Carolina picked up a heckuva transfer in walk-on Malik Cooke, who averaged 9/5 for Nevada last season. Darryl "Truck" Bryant's legal troubles don't appear to be too burdensome – he'll face no jail time after leaving the scene of an accident and striking a WVU student with his vehicle in separate incidents this summer. What's that get you under Huggins? A one-game suspension? Finally, in the let's-keep-our-fingers-crossed dept., BYU's Dave Rose got a clean bill of health after his pancreatic cancer surgery earlier this summer. He's hopeful that he'll be back on the court this season (his next scan is in two weeks).
- Quick Hits. John Wooden: On death, penises and politics. Calipari: disappointed in Memphis penalties. NCAA Selective Enforcement: we need as many people writing as many articles about these inconsistencies as possible. Tom Crean: Marquette HOFer. Kevin Stallings: forgoes $100k raise for team trip Down Under. Greg Paulus: starting QB at Cuse. Goodman: impact transfers for 09-10. Patrick Christopher: the new JJ Redick. Eric Bledsoe: better than Wall? Scout: summer all-americans and class of 2011 rankings. Delaware: looks like NFL parlays or nothing at all, folks. Arizona: can the Cats scratch their way to 26 in a row? Billy Clyde: the least hirable coach in America? FIU: caves, will play UNC after all. Jarvis Varnado: heading home, but what caused his sudden illness? Ed Davender: ticket scammer. BBall Prospectus: careful slurping that class of 09 just yet… Nebraska: inventing new ways to hold scholarship players. Teddy Dupay: 30 days in jail. NCAA Ethics: John Beilein is the head man, and here's what coaches want to see. Bank Robber Recruit: Anthony DiLoreto signs with Utah St.


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A check from a sponsor dispute arrived Saturday for Bellator's Rick Hawn.
The $1,500 he was supposed to receive for a losing effort against lightweight champ Michael Chandler won't stay in his bank account, though. Another check already made it to him.
"When Bjorn Rebney heard about the whole situation, he was upset about it and he decided that Bellator would cover the total cost of what I was missing," Hawn told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). The Bellator CEO confirmed the promotion's contribution.
The 36-year-old former Olympian now plans to donate the extra money to a charity for animals or to a homeless shelter.
"It would be something I'd be happy to do," Hawn (14-2 MMA, 6-2 BFC) said.
"How Rick handled this situation, deciding to give a large part of the additional check he finally received from them to charity, speaks to his great character," Rebney told MMAjunkie.com. "Rick will be back better than ever, and you'll be seeing a lot of him and his KO power on Spike."
The promotion wasn't the only one to rally around Hawn. He received dozens of support messages from fans, who in turn bombarded the sponsor with phone calls, emails and Facebook messages to pay the $1,500.
Some of them included death threats, according to the sponsor, Mark Gingrich of HTFU apparel.
Gingrich this past week said he agreed to pay the check despite his belief that an agreement with Hawn hadn't been honored. He did not, however, agree to the fighter's demand that he make a public apology.
"I felt that the verbal agreement that we had was not lived up to, (and) I canceled the check based upon that," Gingrich said. "They made it look at lot worse than it actually was. The company has taken nothing but threats and accusations. My company's image is being jeopardized, all for $1,500."
Less than a week after his Jan. 17 loss at Bellator 86, which came via second-round submission, Hawn tweeted a portion of an email from Gingrich informing him payment had been stopped on the check, which was part of a sponsorship deal verbally negotiated five days prior to the event by his representative, Mike Russell.
There was no contract between Gingrich and Hawn, though Russell said a series of emails and Facebook messages constituted a formal agreement and threatened to sue when the check was voided. Gingrich threatened legal action in response.
Gingrich and Russell agree the sponsorship's value was $3,500 – $1,500 by check and $2,000 in HTFU apparel – but disagree on what was promised in return.
Gingrich claims Hawn and Russell promised to have the fighter and his cornermen wear HTFU hats and shirts at all times during Bellator 86, which took place at Bren Center in Irvine, Calif., and boasted a main card aired on Spike TV.
When only one cornerman donned an HTFU shirt during and after the fight, and only Hawn wore an HTFU hat, Gingrich believed the deal had been breached and canceled the $1,500 check.
"I not 100 percent privy to how corners work," said Gingrich, whose sponsor roster includes a track and field athlete, BMX rider and crossfit competitor. "But under my understanding, the corner is a part of the team that's a part of the representation of Rick. So I would just assume that corner would be representing who Rick represented, not their own affiliation or best interest."
Hawn and Russell, however, claim the deal never included the cornermen. Russell noted that the fighter's head coach, Firas Zahabi of Montreal's Tristar Gym, already had an existing sponsorship with MMA brand Headrush.
Zahabi sent an email to Gingrich informing him of a previous sponsorship and demanding payment be made to Hawn.
"The deal was I wear it, and I fulfilled my part of the bargain," Hawn said.
Gingrich's full email informing Russell of the alleged breach, which was obtained by MMAjunkie.com, also cited FedEx expenses of $200 getting the apparel to Hawn, travel expenses for travel to the event, and production costs of $1,000 for the apparel.
Gingrich also wrote of being snubbed by Hawn before and after the event's weigh-ins.
Hawn believes Gingrich overstated his case. He said the sponsor was already traveling to Los Angeles for a fitness expo and tacked on the short drive to the fight; added his name to an existing HTFU shirt; and approached him to talk while he was cutting weight.
"I cut 25 pounds, and after the weigh-ins I was rehydrating with my corner, and I guess Mark was wanting to hang out and shoot the s—, but I just wasn't in the mood," Hawn said. "So he claims I was ignoring him, but the fact of the matter is I was trying to rehydrate. I had a pretty big fight the next day."
Hawn nevertheless maintains he did his best to accommodate Gingrich and gave him an extra fight ticket on top of the one he had agreed to provide. He said he wore HTFU shorts to the event's weigh-ins and wore a hat during the fight because he liked the product.
"I think his thought process was it was the whole package," Hawn said of Gingrich.
Hawn expressed concern that his recent run-in might affect future relationships with sponsors, but was also hopeful that Bellator's recent crossover from MTV2 to Spike TV would help bring in more potential sponsors.
Gingrich regrets the way the dispute unfolded and wishes the two sides could have resolved the matter with a phone call before it spilled into public. He added he would no longer sponsor MMA athletes.
Hawn, meanwhile, has requested a fight as soon as possible from Bellator.
"I never said anything that wasn't true, and this was all factual stuff," Hawn said. "The reason why I'm having this discussion is that I don't want people to actually think that's who I really am. If you ask people who have sponsored me in the past, I do what it takes and what I can for them. I'm very appreciative of what they do."
For more on Bellator's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.


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Five Questions for Sangeeta Bhatia
For Sangeeta Bhatia, now is an exciting time to be a biomedical engineer. Her research on liver regeneration and nanomedicine spans the diverse and quickly advancing fields of nanotechnology, regenerative medicine, infectious disease, cancer, and tissue engineering, among others.
Bhatia keeps pace in the fast-moving world of biomedical research through hard work, innovation, and creative problem-solving. As the John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and a member of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, she says her successes are only possible with the help of a "fantastic team" of technicians, managers, scientists, students, and post-doctoral researchers in MIT's Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies, which she heads.
As a senior associate member of the Broad, Bhatia collaborates with scientists in the institute's Cancer Program, RNAi Platform, Imaging Platform, and Infectious Disease Program, conducting research at the intersection of genomics and nanomedicine. Bhatia's lab has pioneered methods to coax finicky liver cells – known as hepatocytes – to grow in culture. In collaboration with Broad researchers, her liver cell culture platform has been used to study drug interactions, drug toxicity, and liver infections. Bhatia and her colleagues are now searching for clues to why hepatocytes need connective tissue cells known as fibroblasts to keep them happy in the dish, with the ambitious goal of eventually engineering a functioning artificial liver as an alternative to transplantation.
Recently, Bhatia teamed up with a group of Broad researchers led by Infectious Disease Program co-director Dyann Wirth to study the hibernating form of malaria, which hides out in the liver. The scientists successfully infected hepatocytes with the parasite, shedding light on the secrets of this latent infection and how it might be tackled therapeutically.
Bhatia recently sat down with us to answer five questions about her work.
Q1. You build nanoparticles that could one day be used to diagnose and treat cancer. Why are nanomaterials – and the nanoscale – so relevant to biomedical research?
SB: As an engineer, I've been trained in miniaturization. When I became trained in medicine and started thinking about human disease, that was my toolset and what I wanted to bring to the picture. Initially what that meant was microfabrication, using tools from the semiconductor industry for making microchips. Over time the field has evolved, and we've evolved our thinking, as well. So we've accumulated other tools, and they include things like 3D printing, and then also nanoparticles and nanotechnology, because technology has been getting smaller and smaller – microfabrication is now the technology of the 70s.
Now we have in our arsenal a suite of tools that are between ten nanometers and ten microns. And for us, this range is a great sweet spot, because it spans everything from single proteins to single cells. That's kind of where the action is in a lot of human diseases.
Q2. Your work is highly collaborative, spanning disciplines and institutions. What is your strategy for incorporating such diversity in your research?
SB: I was trained in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, in which I studied medicine at Harvard and engineering at MIT, so I was sort of raised with a foot in both worlds. I think I'm, by nature, very problem-oriented. I'm an engineer and we build things and solve problems, and I'm a physician and we solve medical problems. In both of those scenarios, you have imperfect information but you still have to act. You might not have a full mathematical model of the physics or a full understanding of what's driving the disease process, but you still have to make progress and make decisions.
Human disease doesn't know if you came from chemistry or physics or engineering. Mother Nature is agnostic to the discipline. We'll bring in whatever we need to solve the problem. It is a really fast-moving world right now, so our strategy in dealing with interdisciplinary work is to always look outside ourselves and think, "Who's the world leader in that?," and go and collaborate with them. I think otherwise it's really hard to stay at the forefront of so many fields at once, because they're all moving a mile a minute.
Q3. Why is the hibernating form of malaria so important, and how has your culture system been instrumental in studying it in the lab? What would you like to see happen next in this field of research?
SB: We've been trying to grow this elusive form of malaria that no one has really ever seen in vitro. The hibernating form of malaria is a barrier to eradication, because if there are dormant reservoirs in the population, then even if you seem to eradicate it, it'll come back.
In this recent paper, we've been able to infect our liver cell culture system with the dormant form of malaria. We'd like to know that we have it for sure by showing that it was dormant, waking it up, and showing that we can find drugs to kill it. We should be able to screen [at the Broad] for things to wake it up, even existing anti-malarials that work on the other forms of malaria. We just want to see which ones kill this hibernating form. That would be a direct path to global health, because these are already medicines that are in the late stage of the pipeline and we're just helping pick the ones that can work.
Q4. Your scientific solutions are so innovative. How do you nurture creative thinking in your laboratory?
SB: Trying to be bold is part of our lab's culture. Something I really try to cultivate is to not do the next obvious experiment, but to do the transformative experiment — to have the idea that no one else is working on, and then run after it. The way that we do that is to rely on great people. We're super picky about who we bring into the group, and we value heavily not just that they're accomplished, but that they're innovative thinkers in whatever they did before and that they bring really diverse skills. If you look at the PhDs in our group, we have chemists, biologists, physicians, engineers, and now we even have a synthetic biologist, a roboticist, and a clinical dermatologist.
Borrowing a principle from the engineering world, I tell my lab members they should spend 20% of their time tinkering. And tinkering can be whatever it means to you — one trainee is even working with an artist-in-residence [here at the Koch Institute]. They call them submarine projects in the lab, because they feel like they're hiding them from me, but it's completely sanctioned. Do whatever you want and tell me about it when it's exciting.
Q5. Your long-term goal is to build an implantable artificial liver. What's the biggest obstacle to achieving that goal?
SB: For us, I think the real remaining bottleneck [to engineering an implantable liver] is getting the hepatocytes to survive alone, without the fibroblasts. Because I think that's the last thing left. We can grow them now, we can implant them, and we think we can scale that up. If the hepatocytes didn't need any neighbors, we'd be done. It's not a trivial task, but then it would just be execution. We are pretty close to that goal. Through screening work, we've identified some factors that look really promising. We're collaborating with David Thomas and Jesse Boehm at the Broad to do a gain-of-function screen [using the ORF library] to see if we can add those factors back to hepatocytes and get them to survive alone. It's not going to be solved tomorrow, but there's a path.


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Simple partial seizures occur in children and adults with some forms of epilepsy. They are about half as common as complex partial seizures.
The person stays awake and aware during the seizure. The seizure may be only a strange smell or taste, sound or visual disturbance, or feeling of confusion, anxiety, or fear—some people describe these sensations as an aura. The person's arms, face, or hands may briefly stiffen, tingle, flex, or jerk, but this does not always occur. Eyes may blink rapidly during the seizure. The person may cry out or may not be able to speak.
Simple partial seizures affect only those muscles or body parts controlled by the specific area of the brain where the seizure begins. After the seizure, the person may feel weak or numb in that area of his or her body (often one side of the face, one hand, or one arm).
Current as of: November 20, 2019
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Since we have been doing the Shoot Interviews,Taz has become one of our most requested one. Taz did not disappoint. Taz has been a mainstay of ECW since virtually the beginning of the promotion. Taz has been there through the ups & downs & has seen a lot of people come & go. Taz has always been very opinionated & is very much the same during this interview. Taz invited us into his very private Dojo. Some of the topics of discussion are the following:His in & out of the ring rivalry with Sabu,Erin OGrady,personal conflicts with Bam Bam Bigelow before Living Dangerously, his shooting background,his meeting with Eric Bischoff,Perry Saturns leaving & the similarities between his & Perrys gimmicks,his fight with Green Day,conflicts with 911,working for SMW & Jim Cornette,Kevin Sullivan,his brief USWA stay,Stevie Richards imitation of Taz on Nitro, Sandman calling him a cancer & a ton more. This video is a must for Taz,ECW,& wrestling fans alike. Get inside the head of one of the most misunderstood wrestlers in the industry.
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Thank you to Jonathan Hart (@jonathanhartsf) and others for the heads up on the recent resurgence of ActionScript on the Tiobe Index. Last month ActionScript broke into the top 20. The June numbers are now out and it's moved up to the 14th spot! None of this would be possible without the awesome support of our AS developer community, creating and inspiring us with their applications and games for both mobile and desktop platforms! Thank you!
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Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Victoria Jackson has filed to run as an independent candidate for a seat on a county commission outside Nashville, Tenn.
Jackson, who calls herself a tea party conservative, moved to Thompson Station in Williamson County last year. She told The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1n8zPjr) she filed as an independent because she's "very disappointed with the Republican Party."
As long as Jackson meets the candidate qualifying requirements by the Feb. 20 deadline, her name will appear on the election ballot Aug. 7.
She would run against the Republican nominee, who will be chosen May 6.
The newspaper reports Jackson has made appearances at multiple political events in Middle Tennessee since making her home there.


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OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama assailed rival Mitt Romney's opposition to tax supports for wind power, delivering an Iowa-specific critique Tuesday on the Republican challenger in that crucial Midwestern state. Obama's deputy criticized GOP budget plans to overhaul Medicare, cut trillions of dollars from social programs and lower taxes on high-income taxpayers.
Iowa is a center of wind energy production in the United States and the Obama administration credits tax breaks for helping build that industry. Obama has called on Congress to extend the breaks. Romney opposes it.
Obama, on the second of a three-day Iowa bus tour, noted that Romney once dismissed wind power by saying "you can't drive a car with a windmill on it."
"I don't know if he's actually tried that. I know he's had other things on his car," Obama joked, referring to the often-repeated tale of a Romney family road trip with their dog, Seamus, in a carrier strapped to the roof of the car.
"But if he wants to learn something about wind, all he's got to do is pay attention to what you've been doing here in Iowa," the president said.
The federal government says between 6,000 and 7,000 jobs in Iowa are related to the wind industry and that the state gets about 20 percent of its electricity from wind.
In a bipartisan vote last week, the Senate's tax-writing committee agreed to renew dozens of tax breaks for businesses like biodiesel and wind energy producers, provisions opposed by many conservatives but that also have critical support from some Republicans, like Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa.
"Unlike my opponent, I want to stop giving $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies each year to big oil companies that have rarely been more profitable, and keep investing in homegrown energy sources like wind that have never been more promising," Obama told about 850 people in Oskaloosa, where stacked hay bales and an old, red pickup truck provided the requisite rural backdrop.
The presidential debate moved across five swing states Tuesday, as both campaigns operated on full strength for a second day.
Ohio was on Romney's schedule, the final day of a multistate bus tour, with three stops in the state. Running mate Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman, was dispatched to court voters and donors in Colorado and Nevada. For all the advantages of having a running mate to share the workload, the Republicans are working through the challenge of planning double the events, coordinating messaging on the road, handling new security stresses and simply getting to know each other.
Vice President Joe Biden kept up his criticism of the Republican ticket and their support for a House GOP budget plan, telling supporters in rural southern Virginia Tuesday that Romney and Ryan are "good men" but with "fundamentally flawed judgment."
Romney was addressing what he says is the administration's "war on coal." Obama's administration has pushed ahead with regulations on new power plants, making it harder to build new coal-fired plants. That has hurt places like Beallsville, in coal-rich eastern Ohio.
Ryan was to promote Romney's "all-of-the-above" energy approach during his event in Lakewood, Colo., before heading to Las Vegas to highlight Obama's response to the state home foreclosure crisis. The congressman is also expected to attend a private fundraiser with conservative mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.
Little more than 80 days remain in a campaign dominated by the weak economic recovery and a national 8.3 percent jobless rate. Polls taken before Romney added Ryan to his ticket showed Obama with a slender advantage in a contest that will be decided in eight to 10 battleground states.
Ohio is likely the most difficult to win of the four must-win states Romney toured by bus; he also visited North Carolina, Virginia and Florida. But as Ryan visits other battlegrounds more than 1,000 miles away, Romney's team has showed some signs of the strain:
—Some of Romney's staff in Florida were on the phone Monday offering advice to Ryan's team in Iowa, while planning events coming up in Colorado and Nevada.
—There were none of the new Romney-Ryan placards at Romney's Florida event or Ryan's Iowa appearance Monday, leaving attendees waving older Romney-only signs.
—Security officials didn't set up enough metal detectors to sweep the thousands of people who showed up in Florida, leaving many stranded outside barricades or on the street.
—At the Iowa State Fair, a protester managed to climb onstage with Ryan before his new security team dragged her away.
Meanwhile, plans continued for the Republican convention opening in less than two weeks in Tampa, Fla., as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was announced as the keynote speaker. Romney's campaign said Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will introduce Romney at the convention. Rubio campaigned with Romney in Miami on Monday.
Both had been talked about as possible Romney running mates.
For his part, Obama is expected to call on Congress to extend expiring tax credits for wind energy production. The White House on Tuesday pointed to a new Energy Department report saying wind power installations "surged" in 2011, but warning that uncertainty over extending the wind energy tax credits threatens to "dramatically slow" the industry.
The report, released annually, emerged as Obama campaigned through politically competitive Iowa, a leader in wind power production. The report estimated that 75,000 U.S. jobs now depend on wind power, including several thousand in Iowa.
Romney has opposed extending the alternative energy credits, but several Iowa Republicans — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Grassley among them — favor the credits. That may give Obama the chance to create a local wedge issue to appeal to unaligned voters.
Romney spokesman Ryan Williams said the Republican candidate would boost the wind industry by "promoting policies that remove regulatory barriers, support free enterprise and market-based competition, and reward technological innovation."
Obama's campaign also released a Web video Tuesday chiding Romney for ads in which he accuses the White House of stripping work requirements from the welfare law. Independent fact checkers have found the premise of the ads to be false.
The video shows Romney asking his opponent to "take your campaign out of the gutter." Then it urges, "Mr. Romney ... take your own advice."
Thomas reported from Iowa and Hunt reported from Florida. Associated Press writers Matthew Daly in Virginia and Jim Kuhnhenn in Washington contributed to this report.
Obama attacks Romney on wind-power in Iowa
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama assailed rival Mitt Romney's opposition to tax supports for wind power, delivering an Iowa-specific critique Tuesday on the Republican challenger in that crucial Midwestern state. Obama's deputy criticized GOP budget plans to overhaul Medicare, cut trillions of dollars from social programs and lower taxes on high-income taxpayers.


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WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton said this week that the country's future hinges on the success of health reform efforts but that they will work only if supporters and opponents -- both in and outside of Congress -- come together.
Clinton Speaks Out in Support of Health Law
Former President Bill Clinton took to the bully pulpit to support the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Wednesday, a day when open enrollment in the ACA's health insurance exchanges was about 4 weeks away.
Clinton called on Republicans and Democrats to work together to implement the 2010 health law and address glitches that come in such a massive law when they arise.
"It seems to me the benefits of reform can't be fully realized and problems certainly can't be solved unless both the supporters and the opponents of the original legislation work together to implement it and address the issues that arise whenever you have a system this complicated," Clinton said.
FDA: Arsenic in Rice Is No Immediate Danger
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced Friday that her agency has found no evidence that arsenic levels in rice pose any immediate or short-term health risks.
The FDA came to the conclusion after testing more than 1,300 rice samples and rice products and will now focus its efforts on the long-term risk for arsenic in rice products.
"The FDA has been monitoring arsenic levels in rice for more than 20 years and has seen no evidence of change in levels of total arsenic in rice," the agency said in a statement. "We now have tools that provide greater specificity about the different types of arsenic present in foods."
OIG: Medicare, RACs Botch Audits
Medicare's much-criticized recovery audit contractors (RACs) may not be catching all overpaid claims, and "high amounts of improper payment may continue," according to a government watchdog report issued Tuesday.
But, although RACs flagged half of all claims they reviewed as being improper in fiscal 2010 and 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) didn't evaluate the effectiveness of those actions, according to the report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services. Therefore, it's difficult to know if the RACs' actions changed provider behavior.
"CMS reported that it had not evaluated corrective actions because of lack of resources and the difficulty in determining causal relationships between corrective actions and reductions in improper payments," the OIG said in a report on Medicare's RACs.
Medicaid Savings Could Increase Under Medicare Competitive Bidding
If state Medicaid programs were to use Medicare's competitive bidding amounts for durable medical equipment, the state and federal government could achieve savings, the OIG said Friday.
For example, the Texas Medicaid program could have saved $2 million in the Dallas/Fort Worth area alone for 32 items if it had used Medicare-determined rates rather than its own competitive bidding rates.
In July, Medicare's competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment expanded to 100 markets after starting in nine cities.
Pharmacies Write House About Compounding Bill
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) wrote leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday expressing their concerns about possible legislation to add oversight to compounding pharmacies after last fall's fungal meningitis outbreak.
The NCPA supports strengthening communication between state boards of pharmacy and the FDA while keeping traditional compounding under the purview of state regulators.
The group said it doesn't support the current Senate bill, which the NCPA said "jeopardizes patient access to vital medications" by creating a "do not compound" list.
CMS Looks at Paying for HCV Screening
CMS announced Thursday it has launched a National Coverage Analysis for screening for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in adults, a process it hopes to finish by next June.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force gives HCV screening a grade B, meaning it's recommended.
The agency will field public comment on the issue until Oct. 5 and release a proposed decision by March 5.
FDA OKs Abraxane for Pancreatic Cancer
The FDA on Friday expanded the indications for protein-bound paclitaxel (Abraxane) to include use in combination with gemcitabine in treatment of late-stage pancreatic cancer.
The drug was already approved for treatment of breast cancer and as part of first-line combination treatment for non-small cell lung cancer.
The FDA noted that in an 861-patient study that compared survival in patients treated with Abraxane plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine alone, patients in the combination arm lived about 1.8 months longer and had longer progression-free survival.
IRS Drops Two ACA-Related Rules
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday issued a proposed rule outlining employers' reporting requirements for the ACA's employer-coverage mandate.
The IRS also issued a second rule on how employers and insurers should report the kind of coverage their employees are provided.
The employer mandate will not take effect until 2015, due to a 1-year delay the Obama administration announced in early July.
Better ACA Outreach to Indians Needed, GAO Says
Most American Indians and Alaskan Natives are eligible for either expanded Medicaid or premium tax credits under the ACA, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Thursday.
However, limited outreach and enrollment efforts could hamper greater access to the ACA's expanded coverage options, the watchdog arm of Congress said.
Even months after last summer's Supreme Court ruling and state decisions on Medicaid expansion, "[the Indian Health Service] had not developed a plan to increase enrollment and billing capacity to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of American Indians and Alaska Natives potentially eligible for expanded and new coverage options," the GAO said.
Next Week
Congress returns from its long August break, and the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing Tuesday on the ACA.
Several FDA advisory committees will meet, starting with a joint meeting Monday of two panels of the Medical Device Advisory Committee to discuss the benefits and risks of CT colonography in colon cancer screening.
The Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss approving umeclidinium/vilanterol inhaled powder (Anoro Ellipta) to treat COPD.
The Oncologic Drugs panel will meet on Friday to discuss approving pertuzumab (Perjeta) to treat HER2-positive breast cancer as part of a broader drug regime.
On Thursday and Friday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) will meet.


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Adobe steps up
About a year and a half ago, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 launched to a fairly positive reception, especially given the shortcomings in its main competitor, Apple's Aperture. But now that Apple has addressed many of the major problems with Aperture, Lightroom now faces some stiff competition in the RAW workflow arena. The recent release of Lightroom 2.0 is Adobe's attempt to strike back at Aperture 2.0, and we've taken a close look at the new release to see just much it advances Adobe's game.
While some of the new things in 2.0 are tweaks that you'd expect in a second-revision product, Lightroom also supports some significant additions that aim to raise the feature bar for RAW image processing. The much-touted localized adjustments feature, which attempts to bring some Photoshop-level control to RAW image processing, is headlining this release's feature set. Lossless RAW image editing is a bit of a holy grail for digital image processing, so the more granular control we're given over RAW images, the closer we'll be to that digital imaging grail.
But Lightroom 2.0 isn't just about localized edits—there are a lot of other additions that warrant a closer look.
System requirements
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Test hardware
- MacBook Pro Santa Rosa Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz
- 200 GB Seagate 7200.2 SATA HD
- Mac Pro Quad Core2 Duo Xeon 2.8 GHz
Test software
- Apple Aperture 2.1.1
- Bibble Pro 4.10
- Phase One Capture One 4.1.1
Library Module Changes
Overall, the 2.0 interface too isn't much different from Lightroom 1.0—the same main five panels remain, and some things, like metadata browsing by lens, rating, etc., have been put at the top of the Library interface. Nonetheless, the 2.0 interface does sport a few significant new features.
Better disk-based image management
The one thing that has always bothered me about the cached library approach to image management is that it creates a middleman between you and your files. In effect, you're presented a web page that links to your images—it's not live and you never know what's really on your disk at any given time, so invariably things get out of sync. To make matters worse, if you had content on other disks then Lightroom 1.x didn't show which disk they were on; it displayed only the name of the imported folder. Lightroom 2.0 attempts to clear away the abstraction by adding a disk-based browser to the Folders Library module, so you can see more clearly where images are located on-disk and you can keep folders synchronized should images be added from outside of Lightroom itself.
The color block to the left of the disk name shows a visual indicator of how full your disk is, going from green to red as it gets more and more full; an offline disk will appear as gray. The info to the right of the disk name can be set to show photo count, free disk space, or disk status. Since the folders shown are still only ones that have been imported and not the whole file structure on the disk itself, it's not very useful as an import tool.
The ability to synchronize content from each folder, with the option to delete or add any missing images, is a welcome addition and one I know that I'll be using often.
This synchronization feature works as you'd expect, and while it's very handy, my main problem with it is that it's pretty slow. When working with a folder containing 900+ images, it took around 20 seconds to find two new images and import them. I could have gone to the Finder and dragged and dropped them onto Lightroom's icon in a fraction of that time. Also, there's no option to auto-import from an existing folder with images in it, so you're forced to hit synchronize every time you want to keep the folder current. An automatic synchronize feature would be pretty nice to see here, so hopefully that's coming sooner than later. In spite of its flaws, though, the synchronization feature is big help for clearing up the confusion that inevitably arises between what's a cached library vs. what's actually on the disk.


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And yet, through last May and June, both sides were united in cheering for another team the Chicago Blackhawks as it would mean that a local boy would achieve his dreams of bringing the Stanley Cup back to celebrate with his hometown. And the wishes became reality when the Hawks dumped the Flyers, and as a result, Joel Quenneville was able to return to Windsor with the Stanley Cup.
Nearing the end of a 13-season NHL career that saw him evolve from a high-scoring junior defenceman, captaining the hometown Windsor Spitfires, to a steady and trustworthy defensive NHL defenceman, Joel began to think about what was around the corner. He had an NHL resume that boasted of 803 games played, beginning with the Toronto Maple Leafs, on to the Colorado Rockies, the New Jersey Devils, then the Hartford Whalers and concluding with the Washington Capitals in 1990-91. During the last several seasons, he had spent his summers working at a brokerage house in Hartford, and it was reasonable to believe that Joel would move into that area as a second career. But destiny has a way of arranging the path ahead of us.
During the 1996-97 season, the St. Louis Blues fired Mike Keenan and hired the best coach available Joel Quenneville. He enjoyed great success and in 1999-2000, was recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year.
During his eighth season in Missouri, Joel was relieved of his duties. He caught on as head coach of the Avalanche in June 2004, just before the NHL lock-out, and stayed with Colorado until the end of the 2007-08 season.
He was hired as a pro scout by the Chicago Blackhawks just prior to the 2008-09 season. Astonishingly, Quenneville was back behind the bench mere weeks later when the club said goodbye to Denis Savard and instituted Joel as the new coach. That season, with a young, eager squad, the Hawks went to the Western Conference final. In 2009-10, he reached the Promised Land with his hardworking roster.
The east end of Windsor is an area known as Riverside, and it was in this part of town that Joel started playing hockey as a 5-year-old, walking from his home to the nearby Riverside Arena. The family lived in the area for years; in fact, his Mom welcomed Joel and the Stanley Cup back to the family home, which is across the street and down three houses from where she grew up in.
Back in his childhood home on a treed suburban street, Joel had pictures taken with his family and the Stanley Cup. Then, it was time for a tour of the neighbourhood, visiting places he had frequented prior to his hockey career.
While attending Brennan High School, where he starred on the Cardinals' defence, Joel became a frequent visitor to Riverside Tavern. That afternoon, he swept by to meet his wife, Elizabeth, who was eating there. Elizabeth was chuckling because her waitress had been talking about the Stanley Cup coming to Windsor, not realizing she was chatting with the coach's wife. She almost dropped her tray when Joel walked in and kissed Elizabeth, the Stanley Cup arriving right behind him.
The morning of Tuesday, August 3 began with Mrs. Quenneville preparing peameal bacon sandwiches for breakfast. A few neighbours came over to say hello to Joel and see his championship prize.
Outside the Quenneville home, some City of Windsor employees were doing work on the sewers, and they were gobsmacked to see the Stanley Cup. Joel was great to let the boys have a picture with the Cup (as long as they didn't touch it, I'm sure!).
Quenneville's tour of the neighbourhood began, with Joel visiting his public school (St. Rose), Georges Vanier School and his high school, then over to venerable Riverside Arena, now closed, which initiated the careers of a surprising number of NHLers Russ Adam, Pat Boutette, Ted Bulley, Mike and Murray Eaves, Daren Elliot, Ron Friest, Bill McKenzie, Bob Parent and Mark Renaud as well as, of course, Joel. Just behind the rink full of memories are the ball diamonds where Quenneville played baseball as a youngster.
Joel packed up the Cup and headed across town to the University of Windsor, where he spent two years before heading off to turn pro with the Maple Leafs. An excellent student, friends remember him also excelling at playing cards in the student pub, but Joel just shrugged and said, "It's the same thing. You try not to get euchred." Clearly through the playoffs, he was holding all trump cards!
Some photos were taken with the Ambassador Bridge in the background. The bridge, the longest suspended central span in the world when it was built in 1929, spans the Detroit River, joining Windsor and Detroit. Nearby, some guys were fishing in the river, and their heads almost spun 360 degrees like Linda Blair in 'The Exorcist.' "Dude," they shouted over to Joel, "You got the best catch of the day!"
Quenneville took the Cup back to his mother's home and had a quick pre-party nap. Revitalized, at 3:30, Joel grabbed the Stanley Cup and made his way to Russell Woods, located on Lake St. Clair just outside Windsor. The party was held at the home of his sister Jen and her husband Dave, proprietor of the afore-mentioned Charly's Pub. Guests were coming from all over the world, including Denver, St. Louis and Germany. Almost 100 attendees were expected to arrive from Connecticut, Elizabeth's home state, including many family members and longtime friends.
Attendees watched a highlight reel of the Stanley Cup season and the ultimate victory, and then Joel walked through the tent carrying the Stanley Cup over his head, greeted by a resounding cheer. He then deposited the Cup on a stand and gave a wonderful speech, mentioning learning his hockey skills and loving the game while playing in the Riverside Minor Hockey Association, and the thrill of later playing and captaining the hometown Windsor Spitfires. A sensitive guy in spite of his often tough fa�ade while behind the bench, Joel was brought to tears at one point, absolutely humbled by his team's accomplishment and the warmth of those at his party.
One by one, everyone in attendance got to have his/her picture taken with Quenneville and the Stanley Cup, a thrill for family and friends.
It was a nostalgic day of celebration for Joel and the second time he had graced Windsor with the Stanley Cup this summer (he had earlier brought the Cup for a Canada Day parade in his hometown). But party over, it's back to work for Coach Q. With the Stanley Cup packed and about to head off to Europe, Joel, Elizabeth and children Dylan, Lily and Anna return to Chicago, where the coach will get back to preparing to defend Chicago's Stanley Cup championship.
Make sure you bookmark this site, because on Friday, the Stanley Cup Journal spends the day with Tomas Kopecky in Slovakia.
Kevin Shea is the Editor of Publications and Online Features for the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Nature Nurture: A Nonprofit Transforming Youth through the Great Outdoors
Winding its way from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to the east, the James River helps define the city of Richmond. Indeed, the city wouldn't exist without the River, on which a series of canals and locks solidified Richmond's role as the trading hub of the region in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Now, after decades of neglect, the James is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Where barges once bypassed the main channel, now whitewater rafts, canoes, and kayaks flock to the only American city with Class IV rapids in the shadow of downtown. Riverside parks give easy access to bike trails and rock-climbing spots and host music and other festivals throughout the year. City leaders recognize the appeal of outdoor recreation to today's young professionals and families, and see the river as essential to revitalizing the city center and the entire region's economy.
But what if the James were key not only to boosting the economy but also to revitalizing neighborhood, schools, and even the lives of individual Richmonders? What if kids from across the city could turn off their digital devices, leave the concrete and asphalt, and connect with each other and with God through his creation? That's the vision behind Richmond nonprofit Blue Sky Fund (BSF), led by executive director Lawson Wijesooriya.
Begun to help inner-city children attend (mostly Christian) summer camps, under Wijesooriya's leadership, BSF now also helps public elementary schools improve their basic science curriculum, and uses the outdoors as a "playground" where students from diverse backgrounds can learn about themselves, each other, and the natural world. In other words, Wijesooriya helps Richmond's youth get their hands dirty, and shows that backpacking can foster both spiritual development and racial reconciliation.
Attending summer camp in Wyoming as a child, Lawson has long recognized the educational and value of being outdoors. But the New Jersey native's passion for serving inner-city kids blossomed along with her newfound faith in Christ as a freshman at the University of Virginia. A spring break trip to John Perkins's ministry in Jackson, Mississippi, gave her a vision of shalom for a broken world as well as models of Christian community development and racial reconciliation. While at UVA, Lawson met her husband, Romesh, a medical student who was part of a tight-knit group of UVA grads committed to moving into an under-resourced neighborhood with an active local church. Moving to Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood in 2004, six months after getting married, Lawson says the group didn't have answers, but wanted to simply show up to work and join what God was already doing.
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Anaconda Generic Patches
These are generic patches that weren't useful elsewhere.
Here is a patch that allows the VNC installer to be shared. Download this patch here: [[%ATTACHURL%/vnc-share.patch] [vnc-share.patch]
diff -urN anaconda-9.2.orig/anaconda anaconda-9.2/anaconda <nop>--- anaconda-9.2.orig/anaconda 2003-09-25 15:05:13.000000000 -0700 +++ anaconda-9.2/anaconda 2004-01-30 10:53:21.000000000 -0800 @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ vncpid = os.fork() if not vncpid: - args = [ root + "/usr/bin/Xvnc", ":1", "-nevershared", ]+ args = [ root + "/usr/bin/Xvnc", ":1", ]"-depth", "16", "-geometry", "800x600", "IdleTimeout=0", "-auth", "/dev/null" "DisconnectClients=false", "desktop=%s" % (desktopname,)
Bash script to global search/replace Red Hat with MyDistro
Use this small script to search/replace all instances of Fedora
#!/bin/bash for i in  grep -r "Fedora" . | awk -F: '{print $1}' | grep -v "Binary file "; do sed 's/Fedora/MyDistro/g' < $i > $i.MyDistro && echo $i has changed done
Check for all files with the
.MyDistro extension (Use
find -name '*.MyDistro' ) and verify that the changes are correct. There are a few instances of 'Fedora Core' too that you need to look out for. Once that is done, move the files back to the original name:
#!/bin/bash for n in find -name '*.MyDistro' ; do mv $n $(echo $n | sed 's/\.MyDistro//') done
You probably want to search for "Red
Hat" too, especially if you haven't used the other patches to anaconda.
You should also rebuild the fedora-release rpm to change the name in /etc/redhat-release (/etc/fedora-release).
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Financial Advisor Position in Cleveland, OH
Founded in 1859 AXA and its affiliates are established leaders in the financial services industry. AXA is one of the world's largest companies ranked #25 in the Global Fortune 500 List in 2017 (#26 is Amazon.com). With our experience and knowledge, we offer customized guidance and strategies to our clients. Our firm's reputation for professional excellence and reliability gives our clients a high-level of confidence in the financial planning and recommendation that they offer.
AXA Advisors is a leader in helping individuals and businesses address their financial goals through financial strategies, investment services and risk management. We have more than 40 branches across the country employing approximately 5,000 financial professionals. AXA Advisors is an equal opportunity employer committed to a workplace that is diverse, inclusive and merit-based.
We're looking for highly motivated, achievement-driven individuals who want the opportunity to establish and grow a financial services practice with the support and strength of one of the nation's leading financial services firms.
As an AXA Advisors financial professional, you'll be part of a recognized, respected company that offers:
• High earnings potential and comprehensive benefits
• Training, support and hands-on management
• Advancement/management opportunities
Our work environment is fast-paced, energetic and enthusiastic. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset and are not looking for just a job, then this is the place for you.
Job Description:
• Analyze financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies, products and services to help clients meet their financial objectives.
• Provide information/education to clients about the purpose and details of financial products, services and strategies.
• Build and maintain client base, keep client plans up-to-date and acquire new clients on an ongoing basis.
• Contact clients periodically to determine if there have been changes in their financial status.
• Provide knowledgeable, objective financial guidance and customized strategies to consumer segments that demand high quality service
You don't need to have a finance or economics degree to be a successful financial professional. At AXA Advisors, training is a process not an event, whereby our financial professionals, at every level of experience, build their business. You will participate in national and local development programs and joint work opportunities that provide comprehensive knowledge and skill training. We encourage and support the pursuit of professional designations that are recognized and respected by clients and others in the industry, including CFP®, Chartered Financial Consultant and Chartered Life Underwriter.
• Results-driven, highly motivated, self-starter who possesses integrity, a strong work ethic and the desire to help others plan for and protect their financial futures.
• Team player who possesses excellent interpersonal skills and communication abilities, with a high degree of self-confidence.
• Ability to draw upon past/present experiences and acquaintances to develop markets and build upon them to sustain long-term relationships.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• A four-year college degree is preferred and relevant professional FINRA securities registrations are a plus. If you do not have the following, you will be required to attain them, under the sponsorship(1) of
AXA Advisors: state life and health licenses, FINRA Series 7 and 66 registrations.
• MBA, JD, CFP®, CPA or ChFC, a plus.
Individuals who excel at AXA Advisors come from many different professional backgrounds including:
• Law
• Brokerage
• Banking
• Management
• Accounting
• Sales
About AXA
AXA Advisors, LLC is a leading provider of financial services for consumers and businesses, working with clients to help them define and pursue their financial goals. It is a broker/dealer and the retail distribution channel for AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company(NY, NY), which provides life insurance and annuities for the financial services market.
In business since 1859, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (formerly The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States) is a leading financial protection company and nationwide issuer of life insurance and annuity products. AXA Equitable is a member of the global AXA Group, which as of December 31st 2014 had approximately 103 million individual and corporate clients worldwide.
AXA Group had over 121.5 billion Dollars in total revenues as of December 31st, 2014 and operates in 59 countries (2).
"AXA Group" refers to AXA, a French holding company for a group of international insurance and financial services companies, together with its direct and indirect consolidated subsidiaries. AXA Advisors and AXA Equitable are part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA Group's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region.
The AXA ordinary share is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol CS. The AXA American Depositary Share is traded in the US over-the-counter (OTC) market and is quoted on the OTCQX under the symbol AXAHY. AXA Equitable is solely responsible for its life insurance and annuity obligations.
AXA Advisors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
(1) During sponsorship, the candidate is responsible for paying the resident and non-resident licensing, appointments and registration fees. These fees are reimbursable once the candidate has been on active contract for three months.
(2) As of 12/31/2014. AXA is based in France where the official currency is the Euro.
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By Ira Greenfield
A few weeks ago, I sent out a tweet to ask who you think is the best songwriter alive. We received many messages on who they think is the best. This is a list I have compiled:
1. Bob Dylan
With inconic songs such as "Blowing In The Wind", "Like A Rolling Stone" and "Times Are A Changing", Dylan social messages ranked high above other songwriters today.
2. Paul McCartney
Paul is the most successful songwriter in the world, according to the Guiness Books of world records. With his stints in the greatest rock group in the world "The Beatles", later with "The Wings" and went on to a solo career. With his late co-writer Lennon,they are considered one of the greatest songwriting collaboration in history.
3. Elton John
He has written numerous hit songs with Bernie Taupin, their iconic songs "Your Song", "Candle In The Wind", "Rocketman". Not a day goes by that you do not hear any of these songs in a cover band in a hotel bar.
4. Neil Young
Neil has been in lengendary bands such as "Buffalo Springfield", "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young" and later on a solo career.
5. Bruce Springsteen
With rock anthems such as "Born To Run", "Born In The USA", "Glory Days", need I say more?
6. Diane Warren
Just about every artist has cut a song written by Diane Warren. She was the first songwriter in the history of Billboard magazine to have seven hits, all by different artists, on the singles chart at the same time. Warren owns her own publishing company, Realsongs, which gives her control over her songs. Her number 1 hits include "Because You Loved Me", "Un-Break My Heart", "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". She still remains the most in demand songwriter in the music industry today.
7. Desmond Child
Desmond has written iconic number 1 hits such as "Livin' on a Prayer", "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' La Vida Loca". His diverse list of artists such as Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin, Cher, Aerosmith and Clay Aiken, Desmond is running close to Dianne Warren.
8. Paul Simon
From his days with Garfunkel, his solo career, his stint with South Africian music, Paul has written songs that mean something.
9. Brian Wilson
Brian was the primary songwriter in The Beach Boys, also functioning as the band's main producer, composer, and arranger. In 1988, Wilson and his band-mates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which refers to him as "One of the few undisputed geniuses in popular music".
10. Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. In 2010, Cohen received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Lou Reed described Cohen as belonging to the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters."
For more information on the USA Songwriting Competition, please go tp: http://www.songwriting.net


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Top 10 Cities for an Active Family Vacation
Active vacations are a hot trend right now for a travel health-focused family vacation. From white-water rafting to horseback riding to biking your way through a new town, the United States offers city and country destinations to suit every family's tastes.
The key to planning a great active vacation is to base it around activities that your family really enjoys — water sports, hiking, skiing, biking, or walking to explore a new city on foot. "Active vacations are all the rage," says Mary Clegg, vice president of the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA). To help you plan your active vacation, Clegg suggests working with a travel agent who can recommend the best family vacation destinations based on your own personal likes and what you want to experience, whether it's exploring theme park, taking in the beauty of nature, or touring historical sites across the country. Start your search by investigating these top 10 U.S. cities with great options for healthy travel.
Orlando, Fla.
This is the No. 1 summer travel destination (tied with Las Vegas), according to Clegg. And Orlando makes a perfect destination for an active family vacation. Theme parks abound, including Disney World, Universal, and Sea World. Within an hour's drive you can reach beaches on the Atlantic, such as Daytona Beach, for swimming, boating, and other water sports, as well as golfing, fishing, and a visit to the Kennedy Space Center.
Grand Canyon Village, Ariz
This is the starting point for one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. Take in the natural beauty of our country as you hike, camp, enjoy a tour down a serene river, or take a whitewater-rafting trip to check out the canyon. A three-hour drive away is beautiful Sedona, known as Red Rock country for the color of the landscape.
New York City
From the world's greatest museums in Manhattan to the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens to Brooklyn's just-restored Coney Island amusement park and the nearby New York Aquarium, all five boroughs of New York City is a great place for an active vacation that appeal to everyone in the family. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island off the southern tip of Manhattan are among the historical spots you won't want to miss.
Aspen, Colo.
A year-round family-friendly destination in the Rockies, Aspen is a hot spot in winter, offering some of the best skiing in the country — snowboarding, too. In the summer, enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, including fishing, hiking, biking, rafting, and camping.
This northwest destination on Puget Sound offers the best of both worlds. Seattle proper is a walkable city with great sights, such as the Pike Place Market, the award-winning Woodland Park Zoo, and the Seattle Aquarium. And it's also the gateway to the beautiful scenery of Washington state, with parks for walking, biking, or hiking. Seattle is also a wonderful place to learn about and even visit Native American tribes.
San Diego
This coastal community on the Pacific Ocean in sunny southern California is a perfect spot for an active vacation. Enjoy the gorgeous weather and beaches — go for a swim, build sandcastles, or jet ski. Attractions including the world-famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, the Birch Aquarium, and the 35-acre San Diego Botanical Gardens. Stroll through nearby La Jolla, a quaint historic town, then amuse the kids with a visit to Legoland, less than an hour's drive north.
Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Jackson Hole is your base camp for Grand Teton National Park and all its outdoor activities. Stay in a luxurious lodge or camp out. What's more, Jackson Hole is less than 50 miles away from the boundaries of another great national park, Yellowstone. Take the family horseback riding on trails through the Rockies, go whitewater rafting, and give fly fishing a try. See a rodeo, rent a kayak, or spend your days hiking in the mountains. In winter, Jackson Hole is a world-class ski destination.
Looking for a midwestern city with terrific attractions? Situated on Lake Michigan, Chicago offers city sights like the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as the Lincoln Park Zoo and window-shopping along the Miracle Mile. Take the kids out to famous Navy Pier to eat, check out the children's museum, or take a boat tour of the city. There are also 26 miles of beach along the lake that you can enjoy for free.
Asheville, N.C.
Enjoy a family vacation in the country's eastern mountains. Depending on the season you can bike, ski, rock climb, hike, or simply walk to explore the beautiful terrain. Try river rafting or take in one of the many outdoor festivals this city hosts. For a unique swimming adventure, visit Sliding Rock, a natural water slide and swimming hole in the mountains.
San Antonio, Texas
Look deep in the heart of Texas for your family vacation and consider San Antonio. Get a history lesson at the Alamo, explore with a cave tour, and visit a working horse ranch. Stroll along the town's famous River Walk with all its shopping, restaurants, and other attractions. San Antonio hosts many music festivals and fiestas throughout the year in addition to popular tourist spots like the San Antonio Zoo, Sea World, and Six Flags amusement park.


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It's a question proper athletes face all the time. What do you do when you hang up the cleats/boots? Well, if you're Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger, former pro Counter-Strike player, you make the move from video games to online poker.
Which sounds a little random, seeing as one involves furious mousework and fast reflexes while the other relies on cool heads and a honed bullshit reflex, but apparently it's a natural progression.
"I used to be a professional gamer", Benger tells PokerListings. "I played Counter-Strike for a living, so I transitioned into poker because it has a lot of the same skills, mostly being able to sit in front of a computer for long periods of time."
"But it's a pretty natural transition and a lot of people were doing it. Once I got into poker I became really obsessed with it. It's really one of those games where there's always room to get better, and that was one of the problems with Counter-Strike, I got to a point where I couldn't really get much better."
That...actually makes sense. I mean, I'm sure the fact there's a ton more money in poker helps, but the ceiling's got to be a lot higher for getting to the top of the food chain.
Counter-Strike Champ Griffin Benger Wins Millions at Online Poker [PokerListings]


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Parker Guitars Guitars
All of Parker's guitars could be called "high-end," but if you're searching for the best of the best, then you might step up to something like the DragonFly DF824. This 6-string electric guitar is definitely a looker with its carved alder body. You can explore entirely new chord possibilities with the six strings, and they're backed up by a combo humbucker/single/single pickup layout as well as a Fishman piezo at the bridge. With the extended range and pickup options, this guitar is a dream come true if you like to experiment.
The guitars that put Parker on the map are the Fly series, so there's a pretty good chance that's what you're here to see. In that case, take a good long look at everything in the lineup, from the Fly Artist Guitar to the Fly Mojo MIDI. Lightweight and so much fun to play, these axes come fully loaded with high-end materials and electronics. Custom pickups and one-of-a-kind body shapes make the Fly series easy to recognize by ear and by sight.
If you're on the fence about Parker guitars, don't be. They've hit the stage with artists like Anand Bhatt, winner of a Latin Grammy award, and Adian Belew, who's played for Frank Zappa and David Bowie. Those are some impressive credentials for any instrument, and they're just two of many world-class musicians who trust in Parker to help them perform every time they take the stage.