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In December 2006, we asked, "Is Virtualization Real?" Today it's not only real, it's gone rogue. At Microsoft's Virtual Pressroom you can download virtual videos on the virtues of the virtual. Virtualization, Microsoft says, changes virtually everything. Microsoft released a bare-metal hypervisor, Hyper-V 1.0, which, if we believe the ads, comes in a can. They are jumping into the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure field pioneered by Citrix, Ericom, and Quest/Provision Networks, and also plan to have App-V available in the first half of 2010, supporting 64-bit virtualized applications.
Virtual memory: RAM at the speed of disk storage.
Virtualization.info, a site we cited in that 2006 article, reports that it has become "incredibly complex" to keep up with the tech specs of all the virtualization products out there.
Storage virtualization: Users don't need to know where their data is.
Sun is on board the virtualization bandwagon with its ZFS file system. ZFS filesystems are built on top of virtual storage pools, in turn made up of multiple virtual devices. Recently, the acronym ZFS ceased to stand for Zettabyte File System; it's now an orphan acronym, like IBM. Even the acronyms are being abstracted.
RAID: These disk drives are unreliable, let's buy more of them.
One of the benefits of all this abstracting out of capabilities is energy efficiency, and virtualization.info published a video of an experimental VMware feature called "Distributed Power Management," in which physical servers are automatically powered on and off as demand rises and falls in the course of a day. Since energy efficiency is increasingly a concern for companies and individuals and looks like it will be a national priority of the Obama administration (aka the Barackracy), that's cool. Literally cool.
Cloud computing: Managers don't need to know where the company assets are.
"But thinking about virtualization from the perspective of cost reduction alone is missing the point," says rPath VP Jake Sorofman. "A large part of the value of virtualization is about agility and business responsiveness. This is where enterprise application virtualization plays a key role, helping to blend speed and control to close the deployment gap that stands in the way of true business agility." rPath is a pioneer in technology for virtualizing software applications and for managing the complete lifecycle of virtual appliances and application images in virtualized environments and in the "cloud," or the Internet viewed as an amorphous clump of services and capability droplets. That may not be the official definition.
Grid computing/cluster computing: Users don't need to know what their computers are doing when they're not looking.
A cloud hung over the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco in November, but it wasn't getting people down. Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior called the cloud "the next evolution in computing." Right now, though, it's all private and standalone clouds, but he's looked at clouds from both sides now and he wants to see these scattered clouds merge into hybrid thunderheads and eventually into one great federated intra-cloud. Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware, also spoke at the Summit, and said he sees cloud computing as a big driver of the information economy in the 21st century.
Virtual desktop: The user of this computer doesn't have to be the user of this computer.
Virtualization has certainly gone viral and infected many of our computer and Internet experiences. I am typing this on an Intel-based Mac, which means that I could be running in Windows, virtually or really, I'm not sure which. I'm "really" using OS X, but OS X is "really" UNIX, right? And the document I'm typing is, although we take electronic documents for granted now, "really" a virtual piece of paper. Looks like paper. That's an early virtualization. (Speaking of Apple and paper, what kind of a name is Mark Papermaster? You know, the former IBM exec on whom IBM has served papers, charging that his hiring by Apple violates a paper he signed for IBM?) My point is, we've been virtual for a long time.
Okay, well it's been fun being a hologram columnist for you, but I have to get real now. I'm due at a friend's wedding and he actually expects me to show up in person.
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Five inches. In the mountain-biking world, where the probability of enjoying a breathtaking descent is often measured by the distance your bike's wheels can compress, or "travel," when they hit a big rock, 5 inches of travel is way better than 3 or 4. Although 5 inches typically came on heavy, slow-climbing, 33-pound bikes, advances in suspension design and tubing fabrication have brought big travel to nimble, sub-30-pounders.
Off like a shot
Cannondale Rize: Fast, featherweight carbon-fiber bike with unique, attention-getting features.
Likes: The flat-out fastest climber of the group due to its shockingly light weight of 24 pounds (in a medium size, as with all the test bikes). The sleek, uncluttered design cuts the fat by using Cannondale's combined stem/steerer tube and famed "Lefty" single-armed, carbon fork. While all the bikes had fine adjustable-travel forks with lockouts, which stop inefficient bobbing on climbs, the Lefty's is safer and more accessible because its simple push-button switch is next to the handlebar, not a half-foot reach down. Dislikes: Quick wheel removal for transport is a hassle. Instead of popping the wheel off with a standard quick-release, you must loosen the hub and two disc-brake bolts with an Allen wrench. Also, the smallish 6-inch rotor on the front brake gave me more finger fatigue on the descents than the other bikes, which use 7- or 8-inch rotors.
Price: Rize 1, $5,500; Rize 2, $4,500. Heavier aluminum models from $1,800 to $3,000. (800) BIKE-USA; www.cannondale.com.
Innovative rear suspension
Trek Fuel EX 9: High-performance aluminum bike with unusual new frame configuration designed to maintain better traction during descents.
Likes: Extremely smooth, fluid 27-pound bike that does everything well. That's due to an innovative rear suspension with a "floating" shock not directly anchored to the main frame, as with all other bikes. As advertised, the bike seems to minimize "brake jack" -- the stutter-bump skidding that can occur when braking on steep downhills. With the longest cockpit and wheelbase of the test bikes, it puts you in a classic, efficient bike-racer position. Dislikes: The long cockpit might leave casual non-racers too stretched out and uncomfortable.
Price: EX 9, $3,409; EX 7, $2,089; Carbon-framed models more. (920) 478-2191; www.trekbikes.com.
Going the distance in comfort
Giant Trance XO: Aluminum bike that seamlessly melds comfort and performance.
Likes: Great all-conditions climber and descender with a complex but proven "Maestro" suspension design that seems to handle "brake jack" as well as the Trek yet has a more-comfortable riding position. Like the Cannondale, the cockpit is just right; it's light (26 pounds), and includes burley CrossMax wheels with straight-pull spokes.
Dislikes: The tight clearance between the vertical rear frame and the rear tire is no problem in dusty SoCal but might clog in muddy venues, such as Costa Rica's La Ruta endurance race.
Price: Trance X0, $3,700; X1, $2,700; X2, $1,900. (800) US-GIANT; www.giant-bicycles.com.
In cruise mode
Specialized Pitch: Burly, upright, long-travel, big-brake aluminum bike.
Likes: Extra-plush shock absorption -- 6 inches of rear-wheel travel, 5 1/2 in the front wheel -- flattens out rocks. A short cockpit puts you in an upright, cruiser-like riding position that emphasizes comfort. Downhill braking is super because of huge, 8-inch front-brake rotor, biggest of the test bikes. Dislikes: Weighs a hefty 31 pounds. Upright position not optimal for power and speed.
Price: PitchPro, $2,700; Pitch Comp, $2,050. (408) 779-6229; www.specializedcom.
Irvine-based endurance cyclist and runner Roy M. Wallack is the coauthor of "Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100."


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And The Winner Is…
We recently undertook the task of figuring out who was the greatest Rock 'n' Roll of all time. The conclusion? The Rolling Stones.
The four core members of The Rolling Stones: (from left) Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ron Wood.
Here are five reasons the "lads from London" are the greatest Rock 'n' Roll band ever:
1. Endurance
July 2012 will mark the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones' first gig (at London's Marquee Club). In all likelihood, the band will commemorate the occasion with a 2013 tour. Industry analysts are already predicting that a 50th Anniversary Tour will become the most profitable music tour of all time. No other Rock 'n' Roll band of this stature has lasted this long. Put in perspective, The Beatles existed for only about 10 years, or just one-fifth the amount of time The Stones have been playing together. The Stones have outlasted the administrations of eight U.S. presidents.
And the band has lived through one technological advance after another; The Stones started out appearing on black-and-white television, then prospered on MTV during the 80s music-video explosion and now have taken up permanent residence online. (The Rolling Stones was also the first big act to broadcast a concert via the Internet, when a 20-minute video was "streamed" in 1994.) Many passing fads have come and gone during this time, yet The Stones remain as steady and unchanging as the Rock of Gibraltar. The group is one of the few musical acts to chart Number One albums in three separate decades—yet more proof of its enduring appeal.
The five-decade writing partnership between Jagger and Richards has created some of Rock 'n' Roll's most durable songs. The pair produces music under the name "The Glimmer Twins."
2. You Can't Get Them Out of Your Head
Tune in to any Classic Rock channel and you'll hear reason after reason why The Stones are our top pick. The group's signature tunes (and there are many) include "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Brown Sugar," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Honky Tonk Women," "Start Me Up," "Paint It, Black," "Wild Horses," "Get Off My Cloud," "Street Fighting Man," "Tumbling Dice," "Ruby Tuesday," "Gimme Shelter," "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "Let's Spend the Night Together," "Angie," "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)," "Miss You," "Shattered" and the list rolls on and on.
Aside from its long string of hit singles (which includes nine Number One smashes), the group has racked up an amazing number of album sales. Among the 24 studio albums, 12 live albums and various compilation albums, The Stones have amassed worldwide sales topping 200 million albums. Beyond that, starting with "Sticky Fingers," the group had eight straight albums hold the Number One spot on the U.S. charts.
3. The Live Performances
The Stones' last tour is now considered the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning $558 million. During this tour alone, some 4.6 million fans caught one of the band's 147 shows. Calculating the total number of people who have seen The Rolling Stones in concert over the decades is probably impossible, but some estimates have claimed the band has played between 2,000 and 2,500 total full-scale concerts, which excludes television appearances and similar gigs. (Another way to think about that total is one show per night, every night…for almost seven straight years.)
In addition, The Stones played the single biggest concert ever, when its February 2006 concert on the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was attended by an estimated 1.5 million people. At this point, it's safe to assume that The Rolling Stones have played Rock 'n' Roll music live to more human beings than any other group ever. And each and every audience member has gotten their money's worth.
The cover of The Stones' sprawling 1972 epic "Exile on Main Street," which "The 'Rolling Stone' Album Guide" called "the best double album in rock & roll history."
4. Artistic Achievement
Judging artistic achievement can be tricky, because it's partly a subjective exercise. Nonetheless, over time a critical consensus is reached about the worth of certain works of art. And among Rock 'n' Roll acts, no other outfit can match The Stones for musical masterpieces—not even The Beatles, whose classic works really consist of five albums ("Rubber Soul" ('65), "Revolver" ('66), "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ('67), "The Beatles" which is usually called "The White Album" ('68) and "Abbey Road" ('69)).
Meanwhile, The Rolling Stones have made no fewer than eight albums which are now considered undisputed Rock 'n' Roll masterpieces: "The Rolling Stones, Now!" ('65), "Aftermath" ('66), "Beggars Banquet" ('68), "Let it Bleed" ('69), "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!" ('70), "Sticky Fingers" ('71), "Exile on Main Street" ('72) and "Some Girls" ('78). The Stones' five-year period between 1968 and 1972 is considered one of the greatest creative streaks Rock 'n' Roll music has ever seen.
5. Consistent Personnel
No major older band still retains its original line-up, but The Stones come close. Three of the original five members (lead vocalist Mick Jagger, rhythm guitar genius Keith Richards and master drummer Charlie Watts) are still active. Even the band's replacement members have been around for a long time.
Guitarist Ron Wood, for example, has been playing with the group since the mid-70s—more than 35 years. Even "newcomer" bassist Darryl Jones, who replaced original member Bill Wyman, has been with the band for nearly 20 years. Only two members of the group ever officially quit, and Richards has repeatedly stated that The Rolling Stones is a lifetime gig. ("The only way out of this band is in a box," he once quipped.)
Secret Weapon: Drummer Charlie Watts, seen here on stage and behind plexiglass screens containing that show's set list.
Keepers of the Flame
Although The Rolling Stones have assimilated other forms of music into its overall sound, at its core the band has remained faithful to its Blues-steeped influences. (The band was named after a song by Blues legend Muddy Waters, as was Dylan's classic "Like a Rolling Stone" and the magazine "Rolling Stone.") Even now, whenever he travels, Keith Richards carries Chuck Berry's entire body of music with him—so obsessed is he with the great early rocker. And like the great Blues artists, The Rolling Stones have always planned to carry on playing their unique style of music even into their senior years. Back in 1972, an interviewer asked Mick Jagger if he could see imagine himself still belting out "Satisfaction" on stage in his sixties. "Yeah, easily" replied Jagger, without hesitating for a single second. And on they roll.
The Debate Rages On
Music lovers root for their favorite bands like sports fans supporting their preferred team. Emotions can run high, because music is precious to nearly everybody. No wonder so many young people want to learn music production and join the recording industry.
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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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Act IV: Brahma! Wischnou! excerpts :
(a) "[Brahma!] Wischnou! Shiva!"
(b) "Brahma! Wischnou! Shiva!"
Pol Plançon (bs), Grand Brahmin
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra--
Phillippe Flon
March 15, 1901
[Snake; Glackens 74.]
Later in the same act, for some reason, Mapleson elected to record the brief choral invocation led by the Grand Brahmin, in two of its three occurrences; the first time, he missed the opening call to "Brahma!"
GRAND BRAHMIN, echoed by CHORUS
Brahma! Wischnou! Shiva!
Gloire ŕ vous!
GRAND BRAHMIN, echoed by CHORUS
Brahma! Vishnu! Shiva!
Glory to thee!


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Here we see a Dodge drag a Chevy truck around the block in some righteous parking lot tug of war. There is screaming. There is big truck power. There is everything that's right with the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
Sure, a Cummins diesel puts a gas-powered Chevy at an extreme torque disadvantage, but how can you watch this and not want to punch the exhumed corpse of King George in the face and catch a bald eagle with your bare hands?
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Trading Tony does it again
ARLINGTON – Tony Reagins might not look like a riverboat gambler, but that's what the guy is. How does Trading Tony sound?
The Angels' general manager once again has pulled the trigger on a potentially explosive midseason deal. That's three in three seasons, Mark Teixeira and Scott Kazmir having preceded new Angels starter Dan Haren to Anaheim.
Teixeira is no longer around, but the Angels acquired some prime Draft picks for half a season of Tex at the cost of Casey Kotchman and Steve Marek. Kazmir also delivered a good half season but has been nursing a sore shoulder this season. If he comes back to something resembling prime form, the Angels could have the best rotation in the game.
Jered Weaver and Haren are legitimate aces. Ervin Santana, Joel Pineiro and Kazmir — when he's sound — are quality No. 2 or No. 3 starters. It doesn't get much better, or deeper, than that.
Haren doesn't come without a pricey tag. Joe Saunders has been a solid craftsman, and he'll give Arizona quality work. If two of the other three arms in the deal deliver, it's a smart move by the Diamondbacks. They can use the money they'll save on Haren's hefty contract to gather some of the parts they need to be competitive again.
It doesn't look good for the Angels in the AL West at the moment, but there's a lot of baseball left to be played, as Mike Scioscia likes to say. If this rotation starts spinning the way it can, and the offense picks up the pace, the Angels could make Texas aware of their presence.
Reagins said he might not be done shopping, and he has no financial constraints. If the right bat surfaces at the right cost, he'll make a stealth move, as he always does. The guy moves in the shadows, BlackBerry attached to his ear, and when he emerges he tends to make things happen. The GM must like the organizational depth on the mound, having detached six arms to acquire Haren and Alberto Callaspo.
The Angels are going for it, responding to Texas' acquisition of Cliff Lee and Bengie Molina. This is uncharted territory for most of the Rangers. I loved the response of Michael Young, their splendid leader, when someone asked if the series with the Angels this week had a playoff feel to it.
"I wouldn't know," said Young, who never has appeared in a postseason series.
The Rangers haven't played meaningful October baseball since 1999. That was the year before Scioscia came to Anaheim and starting collecting titles. It wouldn't be wise to dismiss the professor's class just yet – especially now with this new guy showing up who knows how to win, and how to win big. — Lyle Spencer
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There are two problems with this trade, Lyle. First is that they have traded one stable starter for, as you correctly put it, a starter with ace talent. That still leaves the hole created by Kazmir's spot in the rotation (even when he's not on the DL). I wanted Kazmir to be good for the Angels but it's just not working out that way.
Second is what they've given up to get Haren. Not just the three players we know about but the PTBNL. If the D'backs are that excited about him then I'm worried. Sounds like he's the one they really coveted. Please, please, PLEASE don't be Trout. I never want to go back to 70's/90's when the Angels were trading away kids with potential for over-the-hill types just so it looked like they were doing something. Placating the fan base is not a viable strategy for a GM.
I'll happily live through a .500 season to allow the minor leaguers to mature enough to be useful. I can only hope that Tony is correct about the players he's traded off in the way that Atlanta is usually correct about the guys they give up on.
I like the trade not only for this year, but for the next 2. Hopefully Trading Tony is not done. We just need one more big stick to insert in the lineup and change the way opposing pitchers pitch the guys and I think we are good to take on Texas the rest of the way.
Wow, what else can go wrong this year. Morales gone after a fluke injury, and now another fluke injury in Piniero. This has just been a crazy crazy year. I never say never, but this weekends series with Texas is a make or break one I think. And really, we need a sweep to be in it. The guys can do it. They just have no confidence right now, I mean none. They are too anxious at the plate and opponents know it. Everyone trying to hit it out. Need to be patient when you need to and swing at first pitches when pitchers least expect it. Day off will hopefully help. Guys just need to relax and not try to do too much. Go Halos! It's not over guys
I agree with everything you said about the Haren trade. I just wanted to mention that I'm really confused about all the emphasis on trading for a "big bat" or a 1st baseman. I know the loss of Morales was a huge blow, but I feel that Napoli at first base is just as good offensively as Derek Lee or Cantu or anyone else on the market. Why does Napoli always seem to get the short end of the stick? When compared to Mathis behind the plate, maybe he isn't as capable defensively, but he is definitely a power bat who can put up incredible offensive numbers. As a temporary replacement for Morales, he is on pace for 29 home runs and 85 to 100 RBIs. He has also made only 2 errors in 261 total chances (.992 fielding percentage) at first. Why is it that people aren't happy with Napoli no matter where he plays? More than another first baseman or a big bat, I feel the Angels need to focus on a big arm (or two) in the bullpen. They can never compete if they keep blowing leads in the 7th through 9th innings no matter how great their offense or starting pitching is. Even with the loss of Piniero, The Angels can still contend with Haren, Weaver, and Santana heading up the starting rotation as long as the bullpen can close out games. Heck, you don't even need to score a ton of runs with those guys at the helm.
This is the worst team in the western division………..The angels have no first baseman, an adequate second baseman, a thick headed shortstop and a second baseman for a third baseman. We don't have a real catcher and our outfied is really showing its age……….Mike is trying to piecemeal a line that represents a major league team, but it not working……Mathis, Wilson, Napoli ,Woods, Bourgos, Rivera, Hideki and Willits can't hit a lick…..Add that to a bullpen that stinks and I'm surprised Mike doesn't explode…….Tell Tony he better start doing the job he is getting paid to do……..GET BASEBALL PLAYERS…..The current players don't know what they are doing (Wood & Rivera) I've vented enough


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We hear many car-related rumors on a daily basis, but there's one that came across our desk today that's quite the whopper. Website Autosavant is claiming their sources within Ford are saying that three of the four plants shuttered after Ford's dramatic reorganization will be retooled to produce popular European models like the Ford Kuga and C-Max. From the Autosavant piece:
Our sources at Ford say that Mr. Mulally has already made the decision to convert at least three truck/SUV production facilities in North America as soon as possible to produce Ford models currently sold in Europe, where Ford is renowned for its small cars. The timeline Mulally prefers, according to insiders, is "yesterday". He has made up his mind and is pushing forward.
Why we're taking this rumor with an Expedition-sized grain of salt below the jump.
1. It's expensive
Retooling is not cheap. We don't have an estimate for what it would cost to convert three Truck/SUV plants into full-time small car production, but it doesn't take a room of accountants to figure out that it would be an incredibly large investment involving establishing and expanding supplier relationships.
2. Ford is already moving in that direction
Ford is already working out its plans to build Fiestas in Mexico for North American consumption. We'd also point out the Ford Transit Connect is on its way over, as well.
3. Inferior American Ford Focus is selling fairly well
Though the American Ford Focus is inferior to the European Focus, it's still selling well, especially with SYNC-equipped models. Plus, the 2011 Ford Focus is going to be C1-based, as we already know.
4. It's not a horrible idea
Though we liked the 2009 Ford Flex, we're not overwhelmed with Ford's short-term battle plan. The company seems to be doing a slightly better job of prepping for the future, but prescience isn't exactly a quality we associate with the automaker.
With all that being said, it could happen. It isn't the craziest thing we've ever heard, but we're not holding our breath. [AutoSavant]


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Girl Power
When Angie Stewart rips around her hometown of Evansville, Indiana, she does it in her '11 SS. Over the last few years Angie has worked hard to make her Camaro stand out from the plethora of other fifth-gens on the road. Exterior-wise there's been quite a few changes including Razzi side skirts, carbon-fiber spoiler and taillight bezels, nose splitter, GM Heritage grille, functional side fender vents, and a blacked-out roof panel. The interior was given carbon-fiber accents with a touch of pink to tie in with the exterior enhancements. But it's not all about looks. Angie tossed a tune into the LS3 engine and added a complete Flowmaster American Thunder cat-back exhaust system to up the sound and performance. The result is a car that's a blast to drive and one that turns heads and wins trophies when she takes it to local shows.
Die-Cast Dream
Charles Rauch had dreamed of getting a third-gen since he was 10 years old when his pops came home with a die-cast model of an '82 Camaro. Eventually, Charles grew up and found the IROC of his dreams. The '85 had a clean body and no engine, but it was cheap and perfect for what he had planned. A 350 small-block was sourced from a truck then bored and filled with KB forged pistons, Eagle rods, and a lumpy COMP camshaft. The heads were massaged and fitted with screw-in studs and COMP Magnum roller rockers. Up top there's an Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake topped with a Barry Grant Mighty Demon 750 carb. All that V-8 power exits through a set of Hooker headers and Hawks Third Generation exhaust system. Backing up the worked-over mill is a beefed-up T5 trans that spins the power back to the stock rear with 3.73 gears. Bilstein shocks, bigger sway bars, poly bushings, and tubular control arms all work to make the IROC corner the way God intended, while EBC brake pads are paired up with aftermarket rotors to handle the braking duties. The interior was upgraded with Auto Meter gauges, a Grant steering wheel, and Corbeau TRS seats. The exterior got quite a bit of love as well with a host of body mods including shaved marker lights, ground effects, and a Harwood 3-inch cowl hood. We dig this third-gen as it sits, but Charles plans on swapping in a single-turbo 5.3L LS paired with a Tick Performance T56. Sounds like a plan to make a great car even better.
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Chris Scarbrough was a teenager when he started wrenching on this '68 RS with his dad, and over the course of six years it became nicer than the pair could have hoped for. Built in their three-car garage, including paint, the '68 had nearly every panel replaced, and once the bodywork was done, a 600hp LS3 and T56 gearbox was added to the mix. Detroit Speed front coilovers and a rear Chris Alston Chassisworks four-link keeps the Camaro flat in the corners and a mini-tub kit enabled Chris to run 315 tires out back. As Chris told us, "I like to call it a daily driver, but it does stay inside on rainy days. Another cool thing is that it gets anywhere from 25-30 mpg on the highway." If we had a Camaro this cool, we'd drive it too!
One Week, Four Events
It's no secret that we're really into Camaros that get driven, so we were totally diggin' the email we received from David Hoppie. He has a super clean '02 Z28 that was bought in 1SC "stripper" trim, with its only option being the rear window defogger. The LS1's cam was swapped to a 220/220 on a 114 LSA, and he also bolted on a set of DynaTech long-tube headers—a combo good enough to churn out 368 hp to the tires. The suspension has received a host of parts from Spohn and UMI, while the interior received a set of Corbeau TRS seats and a B&M Ripper shifter. His normal "around town and at the track" rollers consists of black 17-inch C6 Z06 wheels wrapped in Nitto NT05 rubber, and the brakes have been upgraded to Brembo slotted front rotors and Hawk pads. Recently he pulled off a "hat trick plus one" by hitting four driving events in under a week. Event one was easiest with a showing at the Brigham City, Utah, car show. The second event was running his Z28 (on borrowed wheels) at the Utah Salt Flats where he averaged 138.582 mph in the Under 140 class. He then cleaned off the salt, gave back the wheels, and hit Miller Motorsports Park for some road racing action. Lastly, he finished up his quadathlon by making some passes at Hypoxia Drag Way (elevation 6,600 feet). "I drove almost 1,000 miles and proved that the LS1 fourth-gen is one of the best bang-for-the-buck performance cars out there," remarked David.
We love a car with a good story, and they don't get much better than Ed Croft's. As he told us, "The guy who ordered this L78 big-block Camaro was in the service, and his parents (where he stored the Camaro) lived next door to my sister. I dropped by to check out the car and it was love at first sight, but I didn't think the guy would ever sell it. A year later I made a deal with my wife that I would quit boxing and she would help me buy a Corvette. While searching dealers, I came across the L78 Camaro. It turned out that the owner had traded it in for a new Chevelle. The Camaro was already promised to another buyer, but he flaked on coming in to sign the papers, so I was able to buy it." When Ed got the car it was bone stock except the emissions stuff had been pulled off and it had a set of Hooker headers. In 1972, Ed bought the four ET mag wheels for $100 and they've been on the car ever since. The paint is factory original, including the dealer option Z stripes, and in 1984 Ed rebuilt the high-compression engine. This rare '70 L78 SS396 had just 12,000 miles on the odometer when Ed bought it, and these days the odometer reads just over 54,000 miles. Only around 600 L78 '70 Camaros were produced—all with close-ratio four-speed transmissions—making this one rare find.
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Tissue maker has Oklahoma City plans
Georgia-based company is reworking former Lucent Technologies site for June openingPublished: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:00 am By: Debbie Blossom
A Georgia-based company that makes private-label tissue products will open a new plant in Oklahoma City in June, the company's first facility in the Southwest.
Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc., which went public in January, is at work retrofitting a 325,000-square-foot building at the former Lucent Technologies site at 50 N Council Road.
The converting plant will make napkins, paper towels, bath and facial tissue from large rolls of paper. Cellu Tissue's products are sold nationally in retail stores.
The company did not provide information on the number of jobs it will bring to the community.
"The addition of our new Oklahoma City converting facility is perfectly aligned with Cellu Tissue's key growth strategy and ensuring we deliver to our valued customers the broadest range of converted private label tissue products that they require on time and complete," Russell Taylor, Cellu Tissue's president and chief executive officer, said in a company statement.
Oklahoma City officials said the company conducted a national search before choosing Oklahoma City and finalizing that decision in December.
The long-term lease was negotiated by Gerald Gamble of Gerald L. Gamble Co., who spent weeks showing Cellu Tissue officials buildings here and as far away as Little Rock.
"They liked Oklahoma," Gamble said, and the availability of a high-quality building just four blocks from Interstate 40.
The plant will be in a freestanding building constructed 10 years ago that has heavy industrial flooring, high ceilings and dozens of dock doors, he said.
The former distribution site is undergoing a multi-million dollar remodeling to include manufacturing operations.
The leased space is owned by 7725 Reno #2 LLC, which is managed by Terryl Zerby.
"It's wonderful to bring a manufacturer from out of town into Oklahoma City," Gamble said.
"I'm glad Oklahoma City got the plant," he said.
Oklahoma City officials said the cost of doing business in Oklahoma and the central location were major factors in the company's move here.
"Oklahoma City has one of the most progressive business climates in the nation, and I'm glad Cellu Tissue recognized what we could bring to the project," said Robin Roberts Krieger, vice president of economic development for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber.
"We are thrilled that they chose Oklahoma City, and the fact that they are bringing new jobs as well as bringing new life to the former Lucent facility is outstanding," she said.
Cellu Tissue is not receiving any incentives to locate in Oklahoma City, the chamber said.
The company is headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., and has manufacturing locations in Wisconsin, Mississippi, Michigan, Georgia, New York, Connecticut and the Canadian province of Ontario.
Information about Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc. is available online at www.cellutissue.com.


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As Dexter's run draws to a close, the titular serial killer will face even more difficulties following the death of LaGuerta.
The eighth and final season picks up six months after Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) shot LaGuerta (Lauren Velez), and she is definitely not handling things well, turning to drugs and drinking in the aftermath. But what Dexter (Michael C. Hall) really needs to worry about is a new presence at Miami Metro that could uncover the truth about our favorite serial killing blood spatter analyst.
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GOCE completes its mission
After nearly tripling its planned lifetime, the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer – GOCE – has completed its mission and will soon reenter our atmosphere.
With a sleek, aerodynamic design responsible for it being dubbed the 'Ferrari of space', GOCE has mapped variations in Earth's gravity with extreme detail. Scientists further exploited these data to create the first global high-resolution map of the boundary between Earth's crust and mantle – called the Moho – and to detect sound waves from the massive earthquake that hit Japan on 11 March 2011, among other results.
In mid-October, the mission came to a natural end when it ran out of fuel and the satellite began its descent towards Earth from a height of about 224 km.
All of the latest information on the mission's scientific results and reentry can be found here (all times in CET):
13 November 2013
|Final path of GOCE's impact location reported by the US Joint Space Operations Center, combined with the impact ground swath that was estimated by ESA's Spacecraft Atmospheric Re-Entry and Aerothermal Break-up software.
|12 November 2013
Data from GOCE's final days will be used by the scientific community to learn more about atmospheric density and wind, and improve reentry modelling.
"The fact that GOCE kept functioning so well for nearly the entire de-orbiting phase opens exciting new science opportunities," said Rune Floberghagen, GOCE Mission Manager.
"ESA will make sure all data relevant to the investigation of this phase are made readily available to the scientific community as soon as possible."
|12 November 2013
|A Falkland Islander managed to catch GOCE on camera as it disintegrated and burned in the atmosphere at about 01:20 CET yesterday.
|11 November 2013 - 12:05
In close cooperation with NASA, ESA's Space Debris Office confirms that atmospheric interface occurred at 01:16 CET this morning over the South Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands, at an approximate altitude of 80 km.
Fragments reached Earth's surface over the southernmost regions of the South Atlantic. More information will be released as it becomes available.
|11 November 2013 - 03:30
|Close to 01:00 CET on Monday, ESA's GOCE satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere on a descending orbit pass that extended across Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and Antarctica. Read full article.
|11 November 2013 - 02:45
|The GOCE satellite has reentered the atmosphere. Details on where and when it landed will soon be communicated.
|11 November 2013 - 01:15
|Although GOCE operations are finished, ESA's Space Debris Office is closely monitoring the satellite's reentry. More information will be released as it becomes available.
|10 November 2013 - 23:50
|Contact with GOCE was made once again from the Troll station in Antarctica at 23:42 CET. The central computer temperature is at 80ºC and the battery is at 84ºC. At an altitude of less than 120 km, the spacecraft is – against expectations – still functional.
|10 November 2013 - 23:10
On a short pass over the Troll ground station that ended at 21:18 CET, while GOCE flew at an altitude of only 122 km, the satellite was still showing amazing system performance and delivered highly valuable data to the ground station. Using these data, that included very accurate navigation fixes along its trajectory, an orbit could be fitted that was used to forecast the re-entry of the spacecraft.
Current estimates lead to a reentry time window between 23:50 CET and 01:50 CET. The most probable reentry area lies on a descending orbit pass that mainly runs across the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. ESA will make another attempt to contact GOCE during a Troll station pass, to acquire more science and spacecraft data from an extremely low orbit altitude, and to further reduce the uncertainty in the re-entry forecast.
|10 November 2013 - 22:35
|The spacecraft is still functioning nominally in Fine Pointing Mode, as seen in the last Troll pass made at 22:16 CET. The temperature of the central computer and battery is now around 64ºC, with some converters of the central computer already at 80ºC. The next possible visibility over Troll is expected at 23:42 CET.
|10 November 2013 - 21:20
Contact was made nominally at 20:50 CET at Antarctica's Troll station. The temperature of the central computer and battery is around 54ºC. Next visibility is expected again over Troll at 22:16 CET.
Correction: Estimation for reentry of GOCE predicts a time window between 23:30 to 01:30 CET.
|10 November 2013 - 20:15
|The spacecraft was seen again over Kiruna at 19:56 CET, at an altitude of about 126 km. Temperature of the central computer is now above 50ºC. Next contact is expected at KSAT's Troll station in Antarctica at 20:50 CET.
|10 November 2013 - 18:55 CET
GOCE is now below an altitude of 130 km. The spacecraft was still in good shape when last seen around 18:30 CET at ESA's Kiruna ground station in northern Sweden.
Attitude control is working perfectly. Temperatures of the battery and central computer are now at about 45ºC. Next contact with GOCE is expected at Kiruna for around 20:00 CET.
|10 November 2013 - 16:40 CET
Less than 10 hours before reentry, another ground contact was made with GOCE at 15:37 CET using KSAT's Svalbard station.
The spacecraft is now at an altitude of just 133 km, with the decay rate around 1.5 km per hour.
The Gradiometer has been switched off. GOCE's scientific GPS receivers keep working very well. Temperatures close to the front of the spacecraft are increasing steadily: the central computer is now at around 40ºC.
|10 November 2013 - 13:30 CET
ESA's Space Debris Office says that reentry is expected to occur between 19:30 today and 01:00 tomorrow (CET). The most probable impact ground swath runs over oceans and polar regions. The probability of reentry over Europe can be excluded.
With measurements from the Tracking and Imaging Radar, GOCE's satellite-to-satellite tracking and orbit data from the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee, the reentry of GOCE could be predicted with an accuracy of about +/-2 orbits.
|10 November 2013
Less than one day before the predicted reentry into the atmosphere, the spacecraft is still functioning well and standard spacecraft operations activities are proceeding.
The satellite is at an altitude of about 147 km, dropping at a rate of more than 1 km an hour.
Drag levels are now too high to be measured by the accelerometers. Based on the results of the orbit determination, average drag levels are at about 165 mN (milli Newton). Temperatures of units and subsystems close to the front of the spacecraft continue to increase, but have not yet reached levels threatening the correct functioning of GOCE.
The orientation of the spacecraft is as it should be, with the attitude control system continuing to work well. Owing to its aerodynamic shape, it is estimated that the spacecraft is kept in the correct orientation by atmospheric drag forces alone.
Given the fast altitude drop and change of environmental conditions, the end of flight operations is getting close.
|9 November 2013
This morning, GOCE was at an altitude of about 160 km. As expected, drag levels have increased with a current average of about 90 mN (milli Newton). There are significant temperature increases in several areas of the spacecraft, possibly linked to GOCE encountering increasingly dense atmosphere as its orbit drops.
GOCE is expected to fall by over 13 km today.
|8 November 2013
Reentry of GOCE into Earth's atmosphere is predicted to occur during the night between Sunday and Monday. Break-up of the spacecraft will occur at an altitude of approximately 80 km. At the moment, the exact time and location of where the fragments will land cannot be foreseen.
The estimate is based on the results of detailed analysis, taking in to account a number of changeable factors including spacecraft orientation, the functioning of the attitude control system, as well as solar and geomagnetic activity.
Updated predictions will be communicated on this page and in the related blog.
|8 November 2013
|The satellite is at an altitude of about 170 km, with atmospheric drag levels at an average of over 50 mN (milli Newton). It is expected to drop a further 8 km during the day. The spacecraft continues to perform excellently at these extreme conditions, exceeding expectations.
|4 November 2013
|This morning, GOCE is at an altitude of roughly 192 km and is expected to drop by about 4 km during the day. The atmospheric drag and the resulting altitude decay rate are going to increase significantly over the coming days, as GOCE gets lower and lower.
|31 October 2013
|GOCE is now at an altitude of about 205 km, with atmospheric drag increasing with orbital decay. Rise in solar activity has also contributed to an increase in drag. On Sunday, at an altitude of roughly 195 km, the maximum drag for which GOCE's attitude control system has been validated is expected to be reached.
28 October 2013
|Gravity data from GOCE are enabling other satellites to see ocean surface topography and currents. Gravity affects the shape of the ocean, creating large 'bumps' in places where gravity is high and pulling more water closer, or 'dips' where gravity is low. By subtracting GOCE's gravity measurements from radar altimetry measurements, scientists have obtained a clearer view of an ocean shaped only by currents.
|24 October 2013
|Following depletion of fuel last Monday, GOCE's orbit has decayed by about 5.5 km. Today, the satellite is at an altitude of about 218.5 km. As expected at this early stage of the decay, drag levels are rather low and GOCE is behaving as expected. GOCE's attitude and orbit control system is now in its Fine Pointing Mode, the normal operational mode during orbital decay.
23 October 2013
|GOCE thruster and accelerometer measurements have been used to create a brand new dataset of air density and wind speeds in the upper atmosphere. This new dataset also allows scientists to study interactions between the various layers of the atmosphere.
|21 October 2013
|GOCE's end of mission was declared today when the fuel tank ran out of xenon. Data acquisition and satellite operations will continue for about two more weeks until its systems stop working because of the harsh environmental conditions at such a low altitude. At this point, the satellite will be switched off, marking the end of activities for the GOCE flight control team. The satellite is expected to reenter our atmosphere within the next three weeks.
|18 October 2013
|The pressure in GOCE's fuel system has dropped below 2.5 bar, which is the pressure needed to fire the ion engine. It is estimated that there is about 350g of xenon left in the fuel tank. All eyes are now on the performance of the ion engine out of its nominal pressure range. If it functions until the tank is empty, orbital decay would start around 26 October. However, controllers expect the ion engine to terminate well before that.
|14 October 2013
|The Spacecraft Operations Manager estimates that GOCE will run out of fuel after the end of this week. The xenon tank pressure is now below 5 bar – ion propulsion is expected to stop after pressure drops below 2.5 bar (foreseen on 19 October).
|7 October 2013
|Spacecraft Operations Manager gives overview of what to expect during GOCE's final weeks.
|13 September 2013
|ESA's GOCE mission to end this year and begin its descent towards Earth in the weeks following. While most of GOCE will disintegrate in the atmosphere, several parts might reach Earth's surface.
10 September 2013
|Data acquired at GOCE's super-low orbit sheds new light on Earth's interior. Geophysicists are using GOCE gravity gradient measurements to gain new insights into the geodynamics associated with the lithosphere.
|30 May 2013
|GOCE's orbit lowered even further to about 224 km. A lower orbit means a stronger atmospheric drag pulls the satellite towards Earth. But GOCE was designed to fly low, so the tiny thrust of its ion engine continuously compensate for any drag.
8 March 2013
|Scientists find that GOCE detected sound waves from the massive earthquake that hit Japan on 11 March 2011. When the satellite passed through these waves, its accelerometers sensed the vertical displacements of the surrounding atmosphere.
|15 February 2013
|Slope of sea debate settled by GOCE.
|15 February 2013
|GOCE lowered to 235 km. Lowering the orbit increases the accuracy and resolution of GOCE's measurements, improving our view of smaller ocean dynamics such as eddy currents.
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Brandon and Laura Rogers of Concord announce the birth of their daughter Ashlee Alyse Rogers at 2:48 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2011, at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston.
She weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long. She is welcomed by her sister Natalee, 3.
Maternal grandparents are Danny and Loraine Oxford of Concord. Maternal great-grandparent is M.H. Oxford of Molena.
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Mariano meets with Astros employees, fans
HOUSTON -- Mariano Rivera might not get on the field this weekend at Minute Maid Park to face the Astros, but he showed the team a classy gesture Saturday.
At Rivera's request, he met with a handful of longtime Astros employees for about 30 minutes prior to Saturday's game. Rivera spoke with employees who had been with the team for more than 20 years and thanked them for all they had done.
Rivera has met with longtime employees at each city he's visited during his final season in the Major Leagues. He's retiring following Sunday's game.
"It was really special, really to the point it was almost surreal," said Astros director of box office operations Bill Cannon. "The man is truly larger than life. I say that unabashedly, yet a man of very genuine humility and compassion. He's at the top of his team, literally a legend.
"A lot of us [work] laboriously and don't have contact with the players. We don't bemoan that. People on the outside say, 'Don't you play dominoes with them on the off-day,' so for him to take time to meet with the rank and file was special."
Rivera met with about 25 people Saturday and took time to answer questions, pose for pictures and give each one an autographed ball.
Cannon, 68, has been with the Astros since 1977.
"By virtue of just having lived a while, you can see what's real and what's fake," he said. "With him, it's real as it gets."


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George Will's Webb-bashing column is getting all the attention this morning for its dowdification of Webb's exchange with Bush. Skip it; it's dull and unfair. Instead, read R. Emmett Tyrrell's frequently funny takedown of Webb in AmSpec. Unfair, perhaps, but vivaciously so:
In Webb the [Democrats] gained yet another very unpleasant person as a conspicuous member of the party hierarchy. He will not be easily obscured. Webb now takes his place with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dr. Howard Dean, Al Gore, Jean-Francois Kerry, and so many other Democratic notables as a rebarbative blowhard with whom you would not want to share a gondola. Nor would a civilized American want to have any of these churlish cads to dinner or even as neighbors down the block. Just the other day one of Senator Clinton's neighbors turned up with a gunshot wound. I would not be surprised if it were self-inflicted…
As it happens I did dine with Webb, sometime after his brief stint at the Department of the Navy. He is a pretty good novelist and in print at the time had expressed some ideas of which I approved, particularly his scruples against women in combat, though other of his references to women strike me as coarse. At any rate, I invited him to dinner for what turned out to be a gruesome evening. Webb is one of those people of whom it is said he is uncomfortable in his skin. At first I thought his discomfort might come from the fear he was going to have to pay his way. It was a classy eatery. I reassured him that he was my guest. I went on to make clear I considered him a fine writer. Nothing I said reassured him, not even my insistence that he have dessert. I left baffled. Most of the military men I have known are gents. Many writers are cads, but I thought a writer who had also served high up in the Reagan Administration might be civilized. After that dinner I never made the mistake of inviting him anywhere again.
He's going to be "a vast source of amusement" in the Senate, says Tyrrell. I want him to look Harry Reid in the eye at the first meeting and say, "Look, pizza-face – Jim Webb doesn't take orders from anyone."


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Baylor Department of Art Faculty Exhibition
|January 21 - March 7, 2014
|The Martin Museum of Art , Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, Baylor University
|The first biannual exhibition of work by Baylor University Art Department faculty will showcase original works of art created by 16 studio art professors. Three art history faculty will contribute a series of 20 minute lectures on Tuesday, February 25 at 2pm in lecture hall 149. The museum will host a reception for the faculty on Thursday, January 23, 5:30-7:00pm. Events are free and the public is cordially invited.
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It might be most famous for its rum, but there's so much more to Bundaberg. This region marks the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef and is dotted with historic coastal towns, coral cays and some of the most important turtle breeding sites in the world.
A coral cay at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, Lady Elliot Island is a marine sanctuary for more than 1,200 marine species. Swim with the giant manta rays that feed close to the island year-round or see green, hawksbill and loggerhead turtles nesting on the beaches between November and March. Underwater visibility is more than 20m and you can snorkel straight off the beach or dive at one of the many sites close by the island shore.
Lady Elliot Island has its own airstrip with regular flights from Brisbane (90 minutes), Hervey Bay (40 minutes) and Bundaberg (30 minutes).
The family-friendly beachside town of Bargara is a little slice of the tropics just north of Bundaberg. Nearby is the Mon Repos Conservation Park, site of the largest population of nesting turtles in eastern mainland Australia. See turtles hatch on the beach from February – March, walk the Turtle Trail, visit the Turtle Centre and join a ranger for a night-time Turtle Encounter from November – January.
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Controversial tech-ride provider Uber will now expand its insurance for drivers, it announced on its blog today.
Transportation Network Companies, more commonly known as "rideshares," have operated in legal limbo regarding their insurance since their creation. This came to a head on New Year's Eve with the death of six-year-old Sofia Liu, who was killed in a collision with an Uber car driven by a man named Syed Muzzafar. Uber claimed in a blog post that because Muzzafar was not ferrying a passenger at the time, and only using the app to search for fares, that he was not officially covered by their insurance.
It was an insurance gap that left the driver on the hook for the death of a little girl and the injuries of her family. San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency Taxi Director Christiane Hayashi estimated the lawsuit to be at around $20 million, based on her experience. No amount has been specified by either party as of yet, but so far Uber has not compensated the family for Liu's death.
Now it seems there's a glimmer of hope that future collisions may be covered.
As Uber wrote on their blog today:
"In order to fully address any ambiguity or uncertainty around insurance coverage for ridesharing services, Uber is becoming the first and only company to have a policy in place that expands the insurance of ridesharing drivers to cover any potential 'insurance gap' for accidents that occur while drivers are not providing transportation service for hire but are logged onto the Uber network and available to accept a ride."
The policy will cover $50,000/individual/incident for bodily injury, $100,000 total/incident for bodily injury and $25,000/incident for property damage, according to their blog post.
But Sofia Liu's family is still out of luck, apparently.
The blog specifies that the money will not kick in if a driver's personal insurance covers a collision, and that seems to be the case with the New Year's Eve incident.
In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick said that the Syed Muzzafar's personal insurance policy had offered to pay the claim, but had not yet followed through.
When we contacted Uber's spokesperson, Andrew Noyes, to offer proof of this, he declined.
Uber has also promised insurance coverage before, in the form of their $1 million policy. But still many pedestrians and passengers have filed suit with the company when Uber declined to pay for their medical coverage, like Claire Fahrbach, a woman who was walking down Divisadero when an Uber car hit a fire hydrant, sending it flying into her. Her injuries were substantial, and she quit her two jobs. She immediately left San Francisco to live with her parents for financial and medical support. Her hospital bills are steep, and she is currently tangled in a lawsuit with Uber.
When we asked Noyes if the new policy agreements would allow Uber to pay out insurance to the many injured passengers and pedestrians suing Uber for coverage, Noyes would only speak off the record. But in case you're wondering, it all basically amounted to "no comment."
Uber's lack of coverage extends well beyond Fahrbach and her injuries, with drivers nationally left uninsured to various degrees. Popular car insurance provider Esurance wrote about it on its blog shortly after Valentine's day:
"Though TNCs are now required to carry $1 million in liability insurance, this coverage is designed to protect riders and pedestrians and pay for damages to other vehicles. The policy doesn't have to cover the driver's car or the driver's injuries (and it doesn't kick in at all unless the TNC driver is found at fault). And because of the livery exclusion, the driver's standard personal insurance likely won't cover accidents either. So, instead of adding to their income, the TNC driver could be left holding the bag.
Though we can't speak for all insurance companies, the livery exclusion is pretty universal. According to our definitions of coverage, TNC drivers would need commercial insurance since a personal auto policy through Esurance doesn't cover both personal and commercial use of a vehicle. In all states except California, we're unable to offer a standard policy to TNC drivers. And in California, the driver's standard coverage doesn't apply during a ride-share trip.
If you're driving for a TNC, the California Department of Insurance urges you to contact your insurance company and see if there are gaps in your coverage that are putting you at risk. You might be better off with a commercial policy. (Esurance doesn't offer commercial auto insurance, but you can get it through our partner.) Since Lyft is already available in 20 cities (and UberX in dozens), this is good advice no matter where you live."
So Esurance's personal policy does not cover an Uber driver, and other insurance companies have stated on the record at KQED and other outlets that they won't cover personal or commercial insurance for a TNC driver (like Uber).
Notably, a coalition of rideshares including Lyft and Sidecar and a handful of insurance companies banded together to develop new insurance policies. The group's work is ongoing, though the intent looks positive — new insurance policies specific to Transportation Network Companies developed by a coalition of industries would be a great step for driver, passenger and pedestrians alike.
But for now, commercial and personal insurance policies rarely, if ever, cover TNC drivers. And Uber's new insurance? It's great, as long as Uber follows through.


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Yesterday was my last race of the year, and the first race I ran in quite a while. It was the Operation Jack Half Marathon. It was pouring Christmas night and I was rather nervous that I would be running in rain the next morning. I am like a cat when it comes to water, and I knew I wouldn't fare well in the rain. I woke up to a bright pink sunrise and a perfect day! I was so excited to head out to Manhattan Beach and even donned my new Nike long sleeve for the chilly weather. I parked and headed down the start. Being a smaller race, checking in was super quick! I tried to get Claude to pick up satellite, but was having a little problem with him and realized that his batteries were dead. :( Oh well. I wasn't running for time and was already excited seeing so many people I knew. It was different being at a race where I wasn't sitting down behind a table trying to answer trouble shooting questions!
A picture my friend Mitch took. Who is an extreme manic and always a friendly face, but what in the WORLD am I doing?! Here's a picture of Mitch and I as well!
And I realized, though I wasn't sporting my Maniac attire, my visor is maniacish! I should puffy paint maniac number 2034 on int!
Emil and I at the start of the race, which was BEAUTIFUL!
We were off and without Claude, I was a little lost. I knew I wouldn't be close at all to my PR or even really around two hours and told myself to just enjoy the race and seeing so many of my friends that I haven't gotten the chance to run with lately! I've also have recently gotten back into the swing of things so I knew that putting in this many miles after not running consistently for about 2 months would be tough.
I turned around and kept looking at the sky, it was SO beautiful out and though there was a chill in the air, it was awesome! I kept running into more people I knew and it was awesome to slow down or speed up to run with them and catch up, I enjoyed chatting with everyone! Great seeing everyone out there supporting Sam, who completed his 61st marathon this year at this race!
There were constantly planes taking off as they take off from Los Angeles and fly right over this path. It was so exciting since I had just got a 17 DAY TRIP TO EUROPE FOR CHRISTMAS! Envisioning myself on a plane in August off to Europe made me SO excited.
We ran along this river run-off and it was just so nice to see the snow on the mountains in the distance and have a great run. The sky was reflecting perfectly in the water and before I knew it I was turning around and heading back towards the finish line.
The last two miles were a little tough for me as I was tired and ill-prepared, but I was excited to finish and support all that Sam worked for this past year. I was glad it wasn't my 61st marathon of the year! It was a relief to reach the finish line and I'm glad I ran that far and picked a fun race to see so many people!
Here's my friends Lori and Eric and I after the race, with our medals.
Emil and I had to take a new picture after the race too! Here we are with our medals! I loved my new Nike hoodie too!
Hooray for the last race of the year! I'm pretty sure I finished around 2:2x. It wasn't chip timed, but I surely had a great time and it was seriously awesome to see so many people of the running community stay committed to Sam's cause and what he was working towards all year. I got the chance to talk to many friends and that is what running is all about. As I was rounding the corner to the finish I was reminded what a great community runners are (when they aren't flooding my email inbox at work with weird questions). Thanks to all those who came out and who were there to see Sam cross the finish line this year!


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Most recent Sounders lineup gets the job done
Injuries have forced changes
The necessity of filling out 19 lineup cards so far in this injury-heavy MLS season has forced Seattle Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid into some inventive lineups.
His 19th different combination contributed to Seattle's 2-1 win over Chivas USA on Sunday, and at least one part of it could stick around a while: the central midfield pairing of the more defensively oriented Osvaldo Alonso with the more offensively focused Brad Evans.
That combo did not leave room for central midfielder
Servando Carrasco, so he was on the bench for the first time after 12 consecutive starts.
"The thing with Brad is he will play a little more attacking in that position and close that gap behind the forwards, where Servando's tendency is to play a little deeper," Schmid said. "So, Brad gets a goal as a result of that. (Sometimes) we have to encourage Brad to stay a little bit, so we can lock it up a little bit. ... But that was the reason we made the change because we thought Brad could give us more things going forward from that position."
Evans started Seattle's come-from-behind win in the 23rd minute, when he took a pass from forward Obafemi Martins and scored from about 15 yards.
"It was a good battle of possession, some good passing and Oba found me slipping through the middle," Evans said. "First-time shot, and luckily beat (Chivas goalkeeper Dan) Kennedy."
In the 57th minute, the winning goal came from Lamar Neagle, assisted by Mauro Rosales and Martins.
"It shows a lot about our character fighting back from 1-0 down and the goals were going to come," Evans said. "It was just a matter of time. We were playing at home. We have a lot of pride playing in front of our fans. It's about time we got a victory in front of them."
With Evans and Alonso inside, Schmid once again used Rosales and defender/midfielder Marc Burch as his outside mids.
Schmid indicated that he likes the combination enough where it could return when FC Dallas visits CenturyLink Field on Saturday, and perhaps well beyond.
"We had to push him (Evans) wide thinking that Shalrie (Joseph) was going to get more minutes there. With (Joseph's calf) injury taking as long as it is, we need Brad in the middle because Brad and Ozzie's combination, they have got a lot of games together so there's an understanding that's there. It's also there strengths play off of each other a little bit better."
Rookie defender DeAndre Yedlin flew to Kansas City, Kan., on Monday where he will be the Sounders' lone representative in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday. ... Real Salt Lake forward Alvaro Saborio was voted MLS player of the week Monday after recording a hat trick in RSL's 4-3 loss at New York.