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This report presents grassroots women's approaches to access justice with focus on land and property rights in Africa. This community empowerment-based research undertaken by the Huairou Commission and its partner groups across seven African countries – Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe – showcases women's rights challenges and effective strategies to improve women's access to justice.
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This report highlights some of the human rights challenges which the Indigenous peoples in Tanzania, particularly Maasai pastoralists, are facing. It also proposes some areas of improvement in order to make Tanzania a better place for everyone, including indigenous pastoralists. It should be noted that Tanzania has more than 120 different ethnic groups, which are Bantu-speaking, Nilo-hamitic (including the Maasai) and Cushitic.
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Violent conflicts between nomadic herders from northern Nigeria and sedentary agrarian communities in the central and southern zones have escalated in recent years and are spreading southward, threatening the country's security and stability. With an estimated death toll of approximately 2,500 people in 2016, these clashes are becoming as potentially dangerous as the Boko Haram insurgency in the north east. Yet to date, response to the crisis at both the federal and state levels has been poor.
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This literature review explores how political, economic and resource management policies and programs can reduce forest degradation and increase the contribution of forest goods and services to sustainable livelihood strategies. In Ethiopia, studies indicate that forest dependency is strong throughout the country, but the importance of forest income varies across different regions and wealth categories. Research suggests that improving forest product market governance is key to strengthening forest livelihood resiliency.
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The lovely thing about family travel blogs is they can give you a fantastic insight into how a trip might actually pan out with a real live family. The tricky thing is that real live families can only visit so many places in a year before they have to lie down in a dark room and watch lots of box sets and get their travel mojo back. Believe me I have tried it, one year we did over 25 trips.
So while I get back to watching Homeland while packing for Spain, here are lots more sources of travel inspiration which I think my travel hungry readers and any brands or PRs dropping by might like to check out, I'm in there somewhere of course 😉
Sarah Ebner – Family Travel Times (www.familytraveltimes.co.uk)
Alice Langley – Project: Wanderlust www.projectwanderlust.co.uk
Maria Belfort – One Tiny Leap www.onetinyleap.com
Helen Wills – Actually Mummy http://www.actuallymummy.co.uk/
Daisy Huntington | Dais Like These Family Travel Blog | www.daislikethese.com
Daisy Huntington | Dais Like These Family Travel Blog
Cerys Parker & Monika Roozen | Inspireroo magazine | www.inspireroo.com
Katy Stern | Otis and Us Family Travel Blog Otisandus.co.uk
Laura Hitchcock | Have Kids, Can Travel http://www.havekidscantravel.co.uk/
Zena Goldman – Zena's Suitcase http://zenas-suitcase.co.uk/
Emma Raphael – A Bavarian Sojourn https://www.thesojournseries.com/ba…
Elizabeth Callaghan – Wander Mum http://www.wandermum.co.uk
Alison Perry – Not Another Mummy Blog http://notanothermummyblog.com
Sarah Christie; Extraordinary Chaos http://extraordinarychaos.com/
Jo Addison – Kiddieholidays http://www.kiddieholidays.co.uk/
Karen Beddow – Mini Travellers
Kate Sutton – WitWitWoo + We Blog Travel – www.witwitwoo.com + www.weblogtravel.com
Lisa Jane – www.travellovingfamily.com
Carrie Bradley – Flying With A Baby
Samantha Rickelton – North East Family Fun
Joanne Brady – Kids Days Out Reviews
Clare Thomson – Suitcases and Sandcastles
Nell Heshram – Travel with the Pigeon Pair and Me
Nisbah Hussain – Five Adventurers
Jane Batt – Practically Perfect Mums
Claire Hall – Tin Box Traveller
Charly Dove – POD Travels and PODcast.
Penny Alexander – Parentshaped Travels and Space In Your Case

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The EOS 7D Mark II DSLR Camera from Canon is characterized by its APS-C-sized 20.2MP CMOS sensor, dual DIGIC 6 image processors, and a top continuous shooting rate of 10 fps. Both a 65-point all cross-type phase-detection AF system and Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology benefit fast, accurate focusing performance for both optical viewfinder and live view shooting. Additionally, the combination of the dual image processors along with the CMOS sensor also contribute to enhanced low-light sensitivity to a native ISO 16000, which is further expandable to ISO 51200. The 7D Mark II comfortably performs in a range of challenging situations, and while ideally situated as a tool for sports and wildlife photographers, it resides equally as well in the hands of contemporary multimedia image-makers. Complementing the 7D Mark II's still imaging assets, support for recording full HD 1080p video is available, in multiple frame rates up to 60 fps. Beyond saving to internal memory cards, uncompressed video can also be recorded to optional external recorders via an HDMI connection. Custom Movie Servo AF, which is aided by the Dual Pixel CMOS AF system, serves to highlight movie recording abilities by enabling controllable speed and sensitivity settings for continuous focusing with moving subjects. Housing the robust set of imaging capabilities is an equally robust dust and weather-sealed magnesium alloy body, which contains a durable shutter mechanism tested for up to 200,000 actuations. A fixed 3.0″ 1.04m-dot Clear View II LCD screen is incorporated into the design,
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I have reconfigured tara, my computer, to be seperate from the mvdomain and tranzoa.net domains and networks.
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I'm taking a look at esmtp to do the "heavy" sending work now.
hnb just doesn't do the trick anymore. I'm running several versions from the latest, and it has no support outside of Linux.
I'd like to mirror my database to my USB keychain drive. This means I'll have to have something that is cross-platform. Python fills that role just fine - now it needs to be written.
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The bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Medicine of Suez University has been determined to achieve the above explained advanced medical education and push the Faculty of Medicine to the local and international level we aspired to. The college aims to:
- Providing the community with graduates with competencies in providing health care, diagnosing and treating the health problems of individuals and society based on the definition of health as a complete existence of physical, mental, psychological and social safety, not only the absence of illness, characterized by professional ethics and traditions of the society.
- Linking medical education to the real health needs so that the doctor is able to identify and address the health problems in the community and the health problems that must be overcome.
- Preparing trained graduates on the basis of managing and ensuring the quality of medical services in different levels of health care, especially the primary health care.
- Preparing doctors who are able to participate in scientific research that helps in solving health problems facing society and raising the level of health.
- Develop the capacity of self-learning and continuous education for graduates.
- Partnership with the Ministry of Health and other agencies and institutions that provide health care for the establishment of an integrated system of health care and human resources development in the health field in the Red Sea Region (Suez Governorate, Red Sea Governorate and South Sinai Governorate).
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Education: inspiring children
ESA astronaut Timothy Peake invites students of all ages to share the trip and the excitement of his space adventure. Principia's large education and outreach programme includes more than 25 activities and teaching resources that will help to trigger the interest of students in science, technology, engineering and maths before, during and after the mission.
Biology and Rocket science
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen flew to the Space Station in September with a very special cargo for Tim: two kilograms of rocket seeds, a popular ingredient in salads, also known as rucola.
The seeds will be stored on board, orbiting the planet at 28 000 km per hour and exposed to the weightlessness and radiation of space. After several months, the seeds will be returned to Earth to be distributed across 10 000 schools in the UK, alongside with another batch of the same cultivar that had not left the planet.
Schoolchildren will plant the seeds and compare the growth of the two sources. The pupils will discover whether space travel has affected their growth, and whether humans could one day produce their own food in space.
Read more on the Rocket Science website.
Computing: Astro Pi
Primary and secondary schools in the UK are turning to the 'Raspberry Pi' minicomputer to learn programming and computing. Two of these credit card-sized Astro Pi computers equipped with a host of sensors and gadgets will be uploaded to the Station. Students have the chance to devise and code their own apps or experiments to run in space.
During his mission, Tim Peake will deploy the tiny computers in different locations. He will load up the winning codes, set them running, collect the data generated and then download it to Earth.
Five themes are set to stimulate the students' creativity and scientific reasoning: spacecraft sensors, imaging and remote sensing, environmental measurements, data fusion and space radiation.
Space science: watch and learn
How do you explain gravity in the classroom? Tim joins the efforts of teachers on Earth in the quest to explain physics to their pupils. The astronaut will record videos from the Space Station demonstrating phenomena that mentors find hard to show during their Earthbound lessons.
A suite of resources for teachers includes demonstrations on gas particle motion, conservation of momentum, harmonics and planetary motions. The experiments will help students to understand Newton's three laws of motion and the idea of gravitational forces – the inspiration behind Tim's mission name, Principia.
Some lucky students and teachers will also have the chance to see and talk to the astronaut through live video calls from the Station. Tim will connect with the classroom for a few minutes to answer the pupils' questions.
Talking from space
Space technology is not all high-tech. Radios operated by amateur enthusiasts can be used to communicate with the Space Station. As he flies above the UK, Tim will talk to children using handheld radios over ARISS, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station.
An ARISS conversation usually last for about 10 minutes, which is the window when the Station flies over a certain area and radio contact is possible from orbit. During that time, students will be able to ask him questions about his life and work in space. Tim will use the amateur radio callsign GB1SS.
Fitness: Mission-X
Mission-X fever keeps spreading across the planet. Future space explorers will get on their marks and invade gyms to train like astronauts for the 2016 challenge. 'Mission-X: Train like an astronaut' is an educational programme in which thousands of schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years from more than 25 countries do science activities and learn how to get fit.
Tim will kick off the worldwide challenge talking about regular exercise and nutrition, both on Earth and in space. He will take questions, give tips on having a healthy lifestyle and share his experiences in weightlessness.
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Astronauts consume a varied diet and exercise at least for two hours per day to maintain their health and avoid the harmful effects of space on their body, such as bone and muscle loss.
Michelin-star chef Heston Blumenthal has created food for Tim's mission. Heston's journey to create the best dining experience for the astronaut relied on the help of schoolchildren joining "The Great British Space Dinner" competition. Get a taste of the unique British-inspired menus Tim and Heston chose for the Principia mission.
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- Soup in a shell of brown bread
- Sunday roast in a helmet-shaped pie
- Bite-sized treats in the shape of planets
- Big Breakfast Launch
- Full English breakfast in the guise of a big square burger
- Space Menu
- Tomato and rocket soup
- British beef stew with asteroid dumplings
- Chocolate mousse with space dust
- Rocket Lolly
- Tomato and basil soup
- Spicy mackerel curry
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Christian parents who saturate their children's day with the love of God will naturally want to incorporate His standards during times of training and discipline. However, let us remember that God's Word should be used to heal, not punish. It is a band-aid, not a weapon.
The collection of verses below can be used with your children when their hearts are soft following a misbehavior. You can also incorporate these truths during every-day conversation, while reading stories together, or during family devotion times.
These verses are a good compliment to our Heart of the Matter Parenting Cards as well as our method for more effective time outs. All of these verses are taken from the Contemporary English Version of the Bible – a translation that is well-suited for children of any age.
Click the image to print your own copy to have on hand.
God teaches us how to live right:
Titus 2:11-12:"God has shown us how kind he is by coming to save all people. He taught us to give up our wicked ways and our worldly desires and to live decent and honest lives in this world."
The Holy Spirit, our Comforter, helps us to behave:
Galatians 5:22-23:"God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways."
We invite lots of problems into our lives if we can't control ourselves:
Proverbs 25:28: "Losing self-control leaves you as helpless as a city without a wall."
Sometimes it is hard to do right, but God promises to help us in those times:
1 Corinthians 10:13: "You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations."
God doesn't want a little of us to obey Him. He wants ALL of us to obey Him:
Leviticus 18:4:"I am the LORD your God, and you must obey my teachings."
It is never too late to turn from the wrong things we do and obey God:
Nehemiah 1:9: "But you also said that no matter how far away we were, we could turn to you and start obeying your laws. Then you would bring us back to the place where you have chosen to be worshiped."
Obedience brings many blessings, such as friendship with God:
John 14:23:"Jesus replied: If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them."
Wholesome talk
We need to use what we say to help others feel better, not hurt them:
Ephesians 4:29: "Stop all your dirty talk. Say the right thing at the right time and help others by what you say."
Controlling what we say is hard, but if you work at it, it will be easier to behave in other areas too:
James 3:2: "All of us do many wrong things. But if you can control your tongue, you are mature and able to control your whole body."
Don't start arguments, stop them!
Proverbs 15:1: "A kind answer soothes angry feelings, but harsh words stir them up."
Treatment of others
Put others first, before yourself, and you will please God:
Philippians 2:3:"Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves."
God showed great kindness to us by sending Jesus. We need to show this same kindness to others:
Ephesians 4:31-32:"Stop being bitter and angry and mad at others. Don't yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude. Instead, be kind and merciful, and forgive others, just as God forgave you because of Christ."
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Via The East African, an interesting graphic on oil and gas production schedules for East AfricaRead more »
Via The World Bank, an interesting article on East Africa's economic growth trajectory: "You have embarked on a long train ride in Africa. The train is in bad shape, the ride is bumpy and breakdowns frequent. You wonder when you will arrive at destination or if you ever will. But after a tortuous first half of […]Read more »
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an excellent analysis of how the rugged terrain of Sub-Saharan Africa prevents industrialization and modern infrastructure from taking hold and engenders chronic political instability. As a result, the article notes, most foreign investment goes to resource extraction, especially offshore projects protected from the disruptions that are rife on land: "…Foreign direct […]Read more »


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Essential Educators Assorted Mini Essential Oil Reference Guides (Set of 72)
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- Frankincense, lavender, lemon, melaleuca, oregano, peppermint.
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These fantastic mini guides introduce 6 popular essential oils. The format unfolds to 4 panels. One spread presents a full-color photograph and the oil's primary uses and application methods. The other side includes historical and French medicinal uses, other possible uses, body systems affected, aromatic influences, oral use as a dietary supplement, and safety data. Pack a professional punch in a small packageÑjust add your contact information in the space provided.
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Trevor Mbakwe had some lofty goals for his senior season. He talked about returning the University of Minnesota to the NCAA tournament and competing for a Big Ten title.
Those goals likely would have been tough to achieve even with the All-Big Ten forward.
Without him, the Gophers might find themselves in a familiar situation struggling just to remain competitive after losing a key player – in this case, their best player – to a season-ending injury.
Mbakwe will miss the remainder of the season after a magnetic resonance imaging exam Monday revealed he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Sunday's 86-70 loss to Dayton in the Old Spice Classic championship game in Orlando.
Last season, senior point guard Al Nolen suffered a season-ending foot injury and Minnesota lost 10 of its final 11 games, the worst losing stretch of Tubby Smith's coaching career.
"It'll be tough to be competitive," CBS and ESPN college basketball analyst Len Elmore said. "Losing Mbakwe takes away your star quality. So when you match up with teams that have that guy who can carry you, now Minnesota doesn't have that. Can they develop somebody there? Certainly. But Minnesota's going to have to find somebody else that brings that inside toughness that you need in the Big Ten every night."
The Gophers (6-1) have a six-game home stretch in which to figure it out before Big Ten play. The figuring begins Wednesday when they host Virginia Tech in a Big Ten/ACC Challenge game at Williams Arena.
Smith is so thin at power forward he's considering playing 6-foot-7, 200-pound junior wing Rodney Williams at the position because of his leaping ability. Mbakwe's backup is junior college transfer Andre Ingram, who is averaging two points and one rebound in eight minutes. At 6-11, starting senior center Ralph Sampson III could play power forward, but he missed practice Monday because of an ankle injury, and was limited during the Old Spice Classic.
"It's not just going to be one guy who can replace Trevor Mbakwe," former Gophers All-American Trent Tucker said. "It's not just about Ralph, Rodney (Williams) or the guards playing better; it's going to have to be a team effort. Everyone is going to have to raise their level of play."
Elmore, who covered the Gophers' game Sunday for ESPN, saw some talent in Minnesota guards Julian Welch and Andre and Austin Hollins. Welch was the team's leading scorer in Orlando, averaging 13 points in three games. The junior college transfer from California might have earned himself a starting role soon.
"But it's really hard if you can't rebound the ball," Elmore said. "There are a couple of guys who demonstrated potential. But again, you need to have that inside balance with someone who is going to do the dirty work and also be able to provide a threat that allows them to get where they need to go."
The 6-8, 245-pound Mbakwe averaged 14 points, nine rebounds and almost two blocks per game in seven games this season. He won the Big Ten rebounding crown last season, while also leading Team USA in rebounding during the World University Games in China over the summer. So he already has impressed pro scouts.
Although it could be difficult for Mbakwe to remain a projected first-round pick in next year's NBA draft, Elmore said Mbakwe "absolutely" can play at the next level.
"I think some guys come back stronger (from knee injuries)," said Elmore, who played in the NBA from 1974-84. "But who knows? Maybe he can get another year."
Smith said Monday night on KSTP-AM 1500 that the Gophers are looking into a sixth year of eligibility for Mbakwe.
The NCAA occasionally awards an athlete a sixth year, as in the case of Gophers football player Kim Royston this season. But Mbakwe would have to prove he missed two seasons due to circumstances beyond his control, according to NCAA rules.
His knee injury would fall into that category, but Mbakwe also was suspended during the 2009-10 season after transferring from Miami Dade College because of an assault charge in Miami. The case still has not been resolved. Mbakwe also has another court case pending for allegedly violating a restraining order by contacting a former girlfriend on Facebook in January.
"He's been through an awful lot," Smith said in a statement. "That says a lot about his toughness, to be able to recover from the things he has already endured.
"The team has watched what he's had to deal with and overcome, and I think that endears you – me, too – to a person like him. He knows that we're here for him, and we will do whatever we can do to help him through this process."


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Quick And Easy Peach Pie
- Margarine - 100 grams of (0.2 lbs)
- Powdered Sugar - 100 g of (or an equivalent amount of sweetener) (0.2 lbs)
- Egg - 2
- Yogurt - 1 oz natural
- Flour - 120 g (0.3 lbs)
- Baking Powder - Party pack of
- Vanilla Sugar - 1 pack of
- Peach - 3
Blend the margarine and sugar in a food processor.
Add the eggs and yogurt, mix again until blended.
Finally, mix in the dry ingredients: baking powder, vanilla sugar and flour mixture.
Grease the pie pan with margarine and flour. Spread the batter into the pan and top with peach.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes or bake for about 10-15 minutes at 160 degrees.
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A portal is a website with data that is customized for the individual user. A Customer portal allows you to interact with customers that do not have a license to access your Quick Base data by providing secure, permissions based information you want them to see. Portals provide the opportunity to share files, plan, organize as well as manage activities, tasks and events in a private online environment.
Portals are particularly useful when a company interacts with a large number of external users. Portals can be used for almost anything, but the most typical uses are for your customers to monitor the work that you are doing for them, and to view their invoice and payment history. In construction, portals can be used to note project progress, including photographs. In collaborative environments, portals can often provide two-way communication, so the customer can upload files and provide other input to the vendor.
It's important to note that portals do not provide the full Quick base experience. They look like any ordinary web site (you can see an empty portal at QuickbaseNation.com) so you can decide exactly what information you want to share with your customers. Since they are not in Quick Base, they are not considered Quick Base users, so they do not directly affect your monthly bill. Portals do require API calls, though, so you need to have at least the Premier plan, and if your portal has a lot of visits, you may need to pay for extra API calls.
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State of Texas Awarded Over $350,000 to Conduct Wetlands Survey
Release Date: 03/22/2011
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A senior Metropolitan police officer has described the UK's CCTV strategy as a "fiasco", saying billions had been spent with very little impact on either stopping crime or providing evidence.
But don't count on the UK's flocks of cameras being taken down any time soon - the comments appear to be a thinly veiled plea for more cash to be poured into the country's favourite surveillance technology.
Mick Neville, head of New Scotland Yard's Visual Images, Identifications and Detections Office (Viido) said: "Billions of pounds has been spent on kit, but no thought has gone into how the police are going to use the images and how they will be used in court. It's been an utter fiasco: only three per cent of crimes were solved by CCTV."
Neville told the Guardian that officers often do not look for images beyond those held by local councils. He said investigating officers don't like looking through CCTV images "because it's hard work".
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Since its introduction to motorsport in the early 1970s, Toyota has been involved in a number of motorsport activities, most notably in Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar, sports car racing, various off road rallies and the WRC. Currently, Toyota participates in the Toyota Racing Series, Super Formula, Formula Three, NHRA, USAC, Super GT, NASCAR, the WRC and the WEC.
Toyota's presence in motorsport can be traced back to the latter part of 1972, when Swedish driver, Ove Andersson, drove for Toyota during the RAC Rally of Great Britain. During the winter of 1972, Andersson formed Andersson Motorsport in his native country and began running a rallying program for Toyota. The move turned out to be an impractical one and three years after establishing his team, Andersson moved its base from Sweden to Brussels in Belgium. The team was renamed to Toyota Team Europe.
Toyota's first win in motorsport came at the 1975 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland, when Hannu Mikkola and his co-driver Atso Aho won the event in a Toyota Corolla. Three years later, the team moved to a new base in Cologne, in western Germany. It was not until the 1980s when Toyota began to gain continuous World Rally Championship success, especially in the long-distance African rallies, where Björn Waldegård and Juha Kankkunen were usually top of the time sheets. The team then set-up its all-purpose motorsport facility in Cologne three years later, which is still used today.
In the 1990 season, Carlos Sainz won the drivers' title, giving Toyota its first-ever world championship title in a four-wheel drive Toyota Celica, and repeated the feat two years later. In 1993, Toyota bought the team from Andersson and named it Toyota Motorsport GmbH. In the same year, Kankkunen won the world title and Toyota won the constructors' championship, becoming the first Japanese manufacturer to do so. This success was repeated a year later, but this time it was Frenchman Didier Auriol who clinched the drivers' world championship.
In 1995, Toyota were caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a 12-month ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Kankkunen, Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."[1]
Toyota returned to the WRC with a World Rally Car based on the Toyota Corolla. The Corolla WRC debuted at the 1997 Rally Finland, with Auriol finishing in eighth place and Marcus Grönholm retiring. In the 1998 season, Sainz came within two points of the world title, after his Corolla WRC suffered an engine failure only 500 metres from the finish of the final stage of the final rally in Great Britain. Toyota were within six points of the constructors' championship.
Toyota decided to quit running in the WRC at the end of the 1999 season, quoting that "all that can be achieved has been achieved." The team managed to secure the manufacturers' title in their last season, four points ahead of their nearest rival Subaru, while Auriol placed third in the drivers' championship, coming within ten points of the drivers' title, and Sainz fifth.
In March 2007, Toyota debuted its Super 2000 -category Corolla rally car, which will compete in the Australian Rally Championship.[2]
After seventeen years of absence, Toyota entered the 2017 World Rally Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT and the Toyota Yaris WRC World Rally Car. The team is based in Finland and is run by former World Rally Champion Tommi Mäkinen.[3]
CART IndyCar World Series/IRL IndyCar Series
Toyota raced in the CART IndyCar World Series from 1996 to 2002. Its early years in the series were marked by struggles. Toyota-powered cars, campaigned by the All American Racers and PPI Motorsports teams, languished at the back of the grid, slow and unreliable. Toyota didn't even lead a lap until Alex Barron led 12 laps at the Vancouver street circuit in September 1998.
Toyota started seeing its fortunes improve in 1999 as Scott Pruett took pole position at the final race of the season at the California Speedway. The next year, Juan Pablo Montoya gave Toyota its first-ever CART win at the Milwaukee Mile, the first of 5 races won by Toyota-powered cars that year. Toyota-powered cars won six races in 2001. In 2002, Toyota's final year in the championship, it turned things around completely from its bleak debut. Toyota won the Manufacturer's championship, 10 races, and Cristiano da Matta rode Toyota power to the driver's championship, with Bruno Junqueira, also Toyota-powered car, finished second.
Toyota moved to the IRL IndyCar Series in 2003 and provided factory support to former CART teams Team Penske and Target Chip Ganassi Racing as well as other teams. They were one of the top engines in their first year, winning the Indianapolis 500 with Gil de Ferran and the championship with Scott Dixon. However, 2004 and 2005 were not so kind and wins were few and far between. Following the 2005 IndyCar Series, Team Penske and Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced they would switch to Honda engines, leaving Toyota with no championship contenders. As a result of this and their intent to re-allocate resources for NASCAR, Toyota announced they would leave the IndyCar Series during the off-season. Toyota still remained in the IndyCar Series as only a sponsor for the Long Beach Grand Prix, from 2009 until 2019, when Acura became title sponsor.
Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship
Toyota's 24 Hours of Le Mans efforts date back to the 1980s with Dome prepared Group C cars. Factory supported Toyota Team Tom's competed in World Sportscar Championship and Le Mans until 1994, with varying results. Toyota achieved 2nd place in the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Toyota started recruiting staff for their Le Mans efforts in 1997, with an aim to start a Formula One team. Toyota's efforts for a Le Mans car was the Toyota GT-One. Driver line-up included ex-Formula One drivers Martin Brundle, Thierry Boutsen and Ukyo Katayama. The 3.6-litre twin-turbo GT-Ones were beaten in 1998, but in 1999 they were the quickest cars in the field. However, they failed to achieve a victory after a tire failure late in the race. The GT-One held the lap record for the Circuit de la Sarthe up until 2006, however.
Toyota returned to the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 with a petrol-electric hybrid car, the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.[4]
In the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota won the Manufacturers championship and Toyota team drivers Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi won the Drivers championship in the Toyota TS040 Hybrid.
In 2016 they led the Le Mans 24 Hours for 23 hours and 55 minutes, until the car inexplicably stopped due to a mechanical failure, and the then-second placed Porsche overtook them for the win. The other Toyota went on to finish second. The initial leading Toyota eventually completed the final lap in 11 minutes and 55 seconds, but was not classified, as it could not finish the final lap in 6 minutes as required by race regulation 10.5.
After the 2017 season, both Audi and Porsche had left the series, leaving Toyota as the only manufacturer entry and the only hybrid entry in the series, including Le Mans.[5]
In 2018, Toyota broke its curse at Le Mans when the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid won the race, becoming the second Japanese manufacturer after Mazda to win outright at the Circuit de La Sarthe.
Toyota races the Toyota Camry in NASCAR's NASCAR Cup Series, the Toyota Supra in the Xfinity Series, and the Toyota Tundra in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series.
Goody's Dash Series
Toyota made its first move into the NASCAR ranks with the introduction of its V6-Celica Goody's Dash program in 2000. Robert Huffman helped make Toyota a legitimate contender for the series title by its second season while placing second in the championship in both 2001 and 2002. In 2003, Huffman broke through to become Toyota's first-ever NASCAR champion to win the series title.
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
As of the 2020 season, All Out Motorsports, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, Halmar Friesen Racing, Hattori Racing Enterprises, Clay Greenfield Motorsports, Spencer Davis Motorsports, Kyle Busch Motorsports, and On Point Motorsports,currently run the Tundra in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Travis Kvapil gave Toyota its first win in a NASCAR national series, in what was then the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, in the 2004 Line-X 200 at Michigan International Speedway in his Tundra sponsored by Line-X and owned by Bang! Racing.
Todd Bodine became the first driver to give Toyota their first ever NASCAR championship by winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series title in 2006. Johnny Benson Jr. gave Toyota their second NASCAR championship in 2008. Several high-profile drivers such as Kimi Räikkönen and Nelson Piquet Jr. had tested or driven Toyota trucks within the series.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
As of the 2019 season, Joe Gibbs Racing, MBM Motorsports, and XCI Racing currently run Supras in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Jason Leffler gave Toyota its first win in the series (then known as the Busch Series) in the Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park on July 28, 2007, in his Camry sponsored by Great Clips and owned by Braun Racing. Toyota has currently run the Toyota Supra in the Xfinity Series since 2019, replacing the Camry.
NASCAR Cup Series
As of the 2019 season, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Leavine Family Racing, MBM Motorsports, and XCI Racing currently run Toyota Camrys in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
After success in the Craftsman Truck Series, Toyota moved to the then Busch Series and Nextel Cup Series with the Toyota Camry for 2007. Two relatively new teams, Michael Waltrip Racing and Red Bull Racing Team, along with long-time Cup team Bill Davis Racing spearheaded the initial Toyota Cup program. Toyota struggled in its first season in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, harnessing only two poles in 36 races, and posting only one five top-5 and ten top-10 finishes across 7 Toyota teams. After the 2007 season, Toyota added 3-time champion Joe Gibbs Racing and affiliate Hall of Fame Racing to the Camry lineup. BAM Racing also joined Toyota Motorsports early in the 2008 season.
Kyle Busch gave Toyota its first Cup win in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 9, 2008; he led a race-high 173 laps in his Snickers-sponsored Camry, owned by Joe Gibbs Racing.[6] At the end of the 2008 season, Toyota had 10 victories and Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch finished 8th and 10th respectively in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. In 2009, Toyota would continue its successful run with a further 10 victories, 4 each for star drivers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch along with surprise wins from MWR's David Reutimann and Red Bull's Brian Vickers. By this time Toyota had established itself as a regular winner in NASCAR's top series, but a championship still eluded them. Coming off back to back 10 win seasons Toyota was poised to challenge 4-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson and the Chevrolet juggernaut for the crown. After a torrid start by Johnson with wins in 3 of the first 5 races, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin emerged as a real threat to the dominant Hendrick Motorsports team. Hamlin would win a series high 8 races for Toyota during the 2010 campaign and hold the points lead going into the final race of the season before an untimely incident would cost him the title[7] 2011 would prove to be a slightly down year for Toyota as flagship team Joe Gibbs Racing struggled to find the speed they had shown the year before. The 2012 campaign was one of change for Toyota as they merged engine programs with Joe Gibbs Racing. To this point JGR had been building their Toyota motors in-house under Mark Cronquist while Toyota's TRD facility in California supplied Michael Waltrip's outfit.[8] The engine merger provided for more collaboration and shared resources among the top Toyota teams with all engines being produced by TRD in California. As a result, MWR emerged as a more consistent performer, winning 3 races with new addition Clint Bowyer and showing much better pace with all their cars. This boost in performance, coupled with a further 5 wins from JGR's Hamlin, made for a successful debut season for the new engine partnership. In 2013, JGR signed veteran driver Matt Kenseth away from Jack Roush and Ford to drive the iconic 20 car in what would prove to be a wildly successful pairing. Kenseth, in his debut season with Toyota, won a series high 7 races in 2013 and challenged for the championship deep into the chase before eventually falling short to Jimmie Johnson. 2013 would prove to be Toyota's best in NASCAR, collecting 14 victories and challenging Chevrolet's stranglehold on the manufacturer's championship.[9] After the success of 2013, the 2014 campaign would prove to be a monumental struggle for Toyota. After suffering a series of engine reliability problems, Toyota was forced to back down the performance of their TRD engines in the interest of preservation. The reliability problems disappeared, but as a result of the changes Toyota drivers found themselves at a significant horsepower deficit to their Chevrolet and Ford rivals.[10] Kyle Busch would win at Auto Club Speedway in March and Denny Hamlin would add a restrictor plate win in April at Talladega Superspeedway which would prove to be Toyota's final victory of the season. Toyota would not win again for almost a year, until Denny Hamlin's win at Martinsville Speedway in the 6th race of the 2015 season would end the drought.
Formula One
In 2002 Toyota started racing in Formula One with Toyota Motorsport GmbH, based in Cologne, Germany. Although the team scored a point in their first race in Australia, the first two seasons delivered multiple retirements and poor finishes. In 2004, designer Mike Gascoyne was hired to improve results, following previous experience at Jordan and Renault. Under Gascoyne Toyota gained fourth place in the constructors championship in 2005, scoring 88 points and five podium finishes - in what was to be the team's best Formula One season.[11]
However, due to a "fundamental difference of opinion with regard to the technical operations",[12] he was released from his contract in April in the 2006 season. Replaced by Pascal Vasselon, the teams competitiveness fell, and Toyota did not achieve another podium position until 2008. Toyota began supplying customer engines in 2005, initially with Jordan Grand Prix, and continuing as the team was brought and renamed as Midland F1 and Spyker respectively. In 2007, Toyota began supplying engines to the Williams F1 team, in return for providing a drive for Kazuki Nakajima.
After an upbeat in form in 2008, and signing Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock as a replacement for Ralf Schumacher, Toyota scored its first podium since 2006. With the rule changes in the 2009 Formula One season, the sport's previous winning teams, Ferrari, McLaren, and Renault, had a poor start to the season, and Toyota joined Brawn GP with the "double diffuser" design,[13] making the TF109 one of the fastest cars in the opening races. After scoring three third places, and qualifying one-two at the Bahrain Grand Prix,[14] performance fell rapidly as other teams out-developed the Toyota. A late season improvement in form managed two second places, including Toyota's home race in Japan, and secured fifth position.
Despite the recent improvement in results, Toyota announced on 4 November its withdrawal from Formula One. Akio Toyoda announced that Toyota would be stopping both the team and the engine deal with Williams, citing the economic environment as the main deciding factor.[15] Despite having one of the sports largest budgets,[16] Toyota did not manage to win a Formula One race.
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In the 1980s, Toyota participated in the IMSA GT Championship, using a Toyota Celica in the GTU class. Later Toyota partnered with All American Racers team and moved to the GTP class with sports prototypes such as the Toyota Eagle HF89 and Toyota Eagle Mark III, winning the 1992 and 1993 Drivers and Manufacturers titles from the hand of the Argentinean pilot Juan Manuel Fangio II. Toyota and Lexus powered prototypes had also taken top honors in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and 24 Hours of Daytona race.
In 2000 Toyota started racing in TC2000, using a Toyota Corolla. Norberto Fontana won the 2002 championship and Matías Rossi won the 2011 and 2013 titles.
See also
- "GrandPrix.com GP Encyclopedia Toyota Motorsport". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- "Official Toyota Racing Site".
- "Toyota Motorsport GmbH website".
- ^ "Toyota team pick up a one-year ban". The Independent. London. 1995-11-04. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Toyota Super 2000 Corolla debut
- ^ Evans, David (13 December 2016). "Incoming Toyota launches 2017 Yaris WRC, signs Latvala and Lappi". Autosport. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Autosport. 2012-01-24 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97163. Missing or empty
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- ^ "2005 Constructors Championship results". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration Ltd. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Gascoyne leaves Toyota 'amicably'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-04-06. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Protests lodged against three teams". ITV-F1.com. ITV. 2009-03-26. Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Trulli leads an all-Toyota front row in Bahrain". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration Ltd. 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Toyota announce Formula One withdrawal". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration Ltd. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Toyota predict massive progress". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-01-08. Retrieved 2011-01-28.


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A closer look at Titans' cornerback battle
One of the most heated competitions of Titans training camp is at cornerback, where Coty Sensabaugh and Blidi Wreh-Wilson are vying to replace Pro Bowl corner Alterraun Verner.
It's an interesting dilemma for coaches, who must determine not only which player is most talented overall, but also which player's talent best fits the outside corner role and which player's talent best fits the inside nickel-corner role.
The outside corner will wind up with more snaps, but both players will see plenty of action.
Sensabaugh was listed ahead of Wreh-Wilson on the outside when the Titans released their unofficial depth chart this week, but the two players have been switching back and forth each day, getting an equal amount of reps inside and outside.
The next test will come Saturday, when both players will likely get a few snaps against Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and his talented offense during the preseason opener at LP Field.
Here's a closer look at Sensabaugh and Wreh-Wilson:
The lowdown
Sensabaugh: He became the primary nickel cornerback about halfway through his rookie season in 2012 and continued in that role last season. He has steadily improved, and finished last season with 37 tackles and six passes defensed.
One of Sensabaugh's top showings in 2013 was against the Arizona Cardinals, when he made seven tackles and broke up a third-down pass intended for Larry Fitzgerald.
He is not one of the jumbo-sized corners that are in vogue around the NFL these days, but his athleticism and quickness have made him a good fit against challenging slot receivers.
Sensabaugh played 509 defensive snaps last season, per Pro Football Focus, which gave him a 1.3 grade overall — tied for 49th in the league among corners who played at least 25 percent of their team's snaps. PFF graded him far better in pass coverage (4.5) than against the run (-3.2).
Wreh-Wilson: Coaches challenged him as a rookie in training camp last year, and he gradually began to show his strengths. He has the advantage of size, which allows him to play the kind of press coverage teams are employing more frequently these days.
Wreh-Wilson also enjoys the physical side of the game. One of his top moments last season was against the Houston Texans in the season finale, when he recorded three tackles and knocked away a long pass intended for Andre Johnson.
Wreh-Wilson had a small sample size of defensive snaps last year, just 93. PFF gave him a 1.6 grade overall — he was 0.6 in pass coverage and 1.5 against the run.
Safety George Wilson's take
Wilson is a ninth-year pro who signed with the Titans last year.
On Sensabaugh: "Coty is smaller, so that gives him the edge as far as being quicker at the line of scrimmage. Both of them are very good at the line of scrimmage. Coty has a little more experience, at least at the nickel spot. That's a tough position to be in because you have more room to cover."
On Wreh-Wilson: "Blidi is obviously the bigger corner, so he can get up and challenge with that bigger stature. He definitely comes downhill and is an aggressive tackler."
Wide receiver Nate Washington's take
Washington is a 10th-year pro who signed with the Titans in 2009.
On Sensabaugh: "Coty is an excellent shadow-cover, a patient kind of guy. He's had more of an opportunity to learn the system and learn the NFL a little more with receivers, so his experience may be better."
On Wreh-Wilson: "Blidi likes to get up on you. He's a more aggressive type. He'll stick his nose into it, a contact-type player."
Sensabaugh's take
"I would say my strengths are wisdom, knowledge, smarts in the game, and heart and quickness. I'd say that's the case (against the run and the pass). I honestly will do whatever is best for the team to help us win. Me and Blidi and everyone on the team can live with that as long as we're winning."
Wreh-Wilson's take
"I think I've got length and speed, so I feel like I'm a good matchup for any kind of receiver — the small, quick guys or the bigger guys ... At Connecticut, I played a lot in the box — playing the run — so I'm more used to that. I'm not going to turn down a hit, ever. I'm going to make sure to use my fundamentals and bring a guy to the ground."
Reach John Glennon at 615-259-8262 and on Twitter @glennonsports.
Coty Sensabaugh
Blidi Wreh-Wilson
Height, weight
5-11, 187
6-1, 198
2012 (4th round)
2013 (3rd round)
Years pro
The Titans have to replace cornerback Alterraun Verner, who made the Pro Bowl with a team-leading five interceptions last year. A closer look at Titans interceptions over the last five years:
Team INT
NFL rank
CB Alterraun Verner
CB Jason McCourtyS Michael Griffin
CB Jason McCourtyS Michael Griffin
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By: Gian Carlo Chua
Coinciding with the release of the NokiaLumia 920, Nokia is providing consumers with a more affordable option. This is no other than the Nokia Lumia 820. The Nokia Lumia 820 is a mid- range smartphone. This phone is also to the successor to the previously released Nokia Lumia 800 which was also created to cater mid-range market level. The Nokia Lumia 820 is not Nokia's flagship phone, but it's a fascinating addition to the growing Nokia Lumia family.
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The Nokia Lumia 820 is basically a bit lower version of the Nokia Lumia 920. Even though it's not considered as a flagship phone of Nokia, it is still in the 2nd class of the Nokia Lumia line. It is actually a huge step forward compared to its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 800. The Nokia Lumia 820 smart phone is also a good buy for people who are conscious with their spending when it comes to buying a smartphone. It is also a good choice for those who have never tried but interested to try the Windows Phone 8 operating system.


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Do you find yourself struggling to move the needle on employee health and cost containment?
You need to find the missing piece to the health puzzle!
Holistic population health programs offered by employers have typically provided wellness programs focused on nutrition, physical activity, maybe biometrics or a health risk assessment. They have also offered programs to target those employees who have been diagnosed with a disease state. Both are very important programs but there's an important piece missing. What about a program to address those employees who are not completely healthy but also not yet in a disease state; those at risk for developing a disease?
Research from Dee Edington1 disclosed what he dubbed 'Natural Risk Flow' and revealed that over a span of three years individuals can move either way on a spectrum of health and some people do get healthier all by themselves. However, without interventions, today's workforce with a continuously more sedentary lifestyle and aging population, are moving in the wrong direction. Couple those figures with natural risk flow the lack of quality programming to address at-risk population and you have a real problem brewing. Have you ever seen the old black and white episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy simply can't keep up with the flow of chocolates coming down the conveyor belt as she futilely attempts to packaged them? That's essentially what many if not most companies are setting themselves up for; more and more employees with increased claims due to illness and chronic disease will continue and costs will continue to rise and employers will find themselves unable to sustain those rising healthcare costs.
Thirty-five percent of all U.S. adults are estimated to have metabolic syndrome2. Metabolic syndrome is a combination of health risks that contribute to heart illness and death such as obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. Without targeted interventions which do you think is more likely – individuals moving toward the healthy end of the Spectrum of Health™ or continue their regression toward a disease state?
Wellness programs are important to help keep the healthy people healthy and create an atmosphere in which people proactively address any beginning health issues. Disease management programs are effective in helping people take control of their disease and curb costs to the employer in many cases. That missing puzzle piece is still there, however. You have this middle group of employees that represent a significant portion of your population that are in the veritable 'waiting room' for your DM program.
Enter Telligen's At-Risk Coaching. We are very proud of our world class wellness program, disease management program and high ROI programs such as case management and utilization management but there is something very unique about our At-Risk program. This program is the linchpin that ties all programming together for many of our clients.
How the Program Works
Telligen's at-risk program analyzes biometric and claims data (if available) to identify members who are in a pre-disease state. We then educate and coach the member with tailored interventions to their specific risk factors to slow the progression of their emerging disease.
The missing piece of the health puzzle for cost containment and employee health is to look at individuals with beginning health issues. Programming such as at-risk health coaching targets those individuals to get your population moving in the right direction along the Spectrum of Health!


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Fashion and glamour at Girls Night Out at Powerstown Park
A mixed seven race card which offered free admission to ladies provided something for everybody with the very competitive sporting aspect of the evening strongly supported by supplementary activities which included a fashion show and music.
The early action featured four flat events all run over a mile and a quarter but it was the three National Hunt races which produced most interest although overall successes for local trainers Edward O'Grady who completed a fine double, Tommy Stack and Pat Flynn were well received by the good sized attendance.
Tommy Stack who is based in Thomastown, Golden got the evening off to a successful start for many patrons with the success of his filly Queens Visit which justified even money favouritism in the opening Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden. The mount of Wayne Lordan who is riding at the peak of his form, Queens Visit was content to let the Dermot Weld runner Quick Glimpse make the running before being brought to challenge on the turn for home. The Michael Halford trained Hassaya also made her bid for victory at this stage and got her head in front but the determined favourite was not to be denied and kept on well to take up the running close home and gain the verdict by three quarters of a length from Quick Glimpse with Hassaya half a length back in third place. The winner carried the well known colours of Peter Piller.
This opening event was one of fifty races in the Moyglare 50, a series of flat events for fillies and mares run at twenty Irish courses, supported by the Moyglare Stud to commemorate their 50th birthday and the breeders of the winner The Kingwood Partnership will receive a prize of 600 euro subject to the conditions of the scheme.
Donatis Comet was an odds on chance in the Fethard Maiden and this triple bumper winner was a narrow but deserved winner. Andrew Thornton this year's Irish Grand National winning jockey had the ride and he did just enough to ensure that his mount gained the spoils with a neck success over market rival No Such Number with Wild China a length and a half back in third place. Donatis Comit is trained in Navan by Patrick Martin who expects that the winner will make a quick re-appearance in a handicap at Fairyhouse on this Wednesday.
The third race of the evening was the Girls Night Out at Clonmel Races Handicap for which Porterman was well supported to 5/2 favourite. Joanna Morgan's charge made little impression however in finishing sixth behind the 11/2 chance Castle Guest which made all the running. Despite being eased down in the closing stages Castle Guest still had four and a half lengths in hand of runner-up Everything Zain at the line.
Shane Foley gave the winner an enterprising ride and had his rivals in trouble a long way from home. Castle Guest is trained in Doneany, Co. Kildare by Michael Halford.
Next up was the Jossestown Handicap which produced the major upset of the evening.
Night Singer was the 3/1 market leader but was soon ridden and made little impression as Florry Knox led inside the final furlong and stayed on well to account for The Fox Tully by three and a half lengths with Solo Whisper three lengths back in third place. The winner was returned at 25/1 and paid odds of over 48/1 on the tote. Florry Knox is trained in Rathgormack, Carrick-on-Suir by Pat Flynn and was partnered by Michael Hussey. The trainer was doubly represented in the race and fancied his other runner Captain Baldini which ran poorly.
Edward O'Grady sent out the 7/4 favourite Crocus Bay to take the Funky Friday BBQ Race Evening June 15th Maiden Hurdle, the first leg of a fine double for both the trainer and rider Barry Geraghty. Crocus Bay tracked the leaders before staying on under pressure to take the spoils by a length and a quarter from market rival Roadtoabbeyfeale. Coffey's Pub finished third some eight and a half lengths back. The trainer revealed that he was disappointed not to have won a bumper with Crocus Bay which 'will be kept going'.
The penultimate event of the session was The Powerstown Park Handicap Hurdle over two and a half miles and this proved an open betting race with the layers going 9/2 the field. Heading the market was Don't Tell Pa and there was big support also for the well touted eleven-year-old Clonsilla Affairs down to 11/2. Clonsilla Affairs which had performed well on his most recent outing at Downpatrick landed a few nice bets in winning by a length from Never Bold with the other placings going to Hevelius and the favourite.Dont Tell Pa. Mr. J. P. McKeown was the successful rider and the winner was handled by new trainer James Brennan.
The O'Grady and Geraghty doubles were completed by the 4/1 chance Tugboat in the concluding Clonacody Maiden Hurdle. Bulgaden was a warm favourite at 6/4 but could only finish fourth behind Tugboat which scored by two and three quarter lengths from the 50/1 outsider Dreaming On with the well supported Ancient Days eight and a half lengths back in third place. Tugboat which had finished third on his last outing in Clonmel is a Galileo gelding and he is owned by Thomas Barr.
The next meeting at Clonmel will be the major Funky Friday BBQ meeting on Friday, June 15 for which tickets are available at an all-in price of j25 to include admission, race card, j5 drink voucher and BBQ meal.
This Thursday evening the local racing scene moves to Tipperary where an all National Hunt card should attract a fine attendance. The action will begin at 5-40 p.m. with a maiden hurdle and the evening is being promoted as Youth Raceday.


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OTWS (OffTheWallSite) & Bait Presents "California Native: What does it mean to be a Cali Native" Art Show
This past Thursday, OTWS(OffTheWallSite), the #1 community for Vans Sneakers, in conjunction with Bait, held their "California Native: What does it mean to be a Cali Native" Art Show at the Bait store in Diamond Bar, CA. The concept was for participating artists to portray what they thought it meant to be a "Cali Native" through drawings, paintings, pictures, and other forms of art with an emphasis on Vans sneakers. My friends, DJ Guamstyles(the man in charge of running OTWS) and Lazywork were both showcasing their work so I had to come out and support. Of course I had to also support the folks at Bait. Awesome show guys!
Check out the pictures I took below. I was too lazy to take out the DSLR so hopefully these shots taken with my iphone will do the show justice.
The show was pretty packed with people checking out the art, mingling, and chopping it up.
Lazywork's piece. The dude does some great work. Be sure to hit him up if you need some work done. I'm hoping he can do something similar for my S2000 lol
One of my favorite pieces.
Nothing says Cali Native than In & Out and palm trees.
The entire Vans Max Schaaf Syndicate collab.
Let's go Dodgers! (yes, I know they're down 0-2 now in the NLCS)
Another one of my favorite pieces at the event. Some of Los Angeles iconic sports figures.
One of the men behind the Dodgers resurgence this year, Magic Johnson
Dough Boy
Good ol' Jack
DJ Guamstyles' complete set of Vans Vault x MLB x Los Angeles Dodgers collection
Vans Syndicate "RAD" pack Authentics
Biggest pairs of Vans Authentics I have ever seen
Body Count x Vans Syndicate Sk8-Hi's
A pair of Authentics from the upcoming Supreme x Vans Bruce Lee collection. I would love a pair of the Sk8-Hi's from this collection.
Amazing painting of skateboarding living legend, Christian Hosoi
Fast Times
Fancy a free game of Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting arcade? Be sure to stop by Bait then.
G-shock x Medicom Bearbrick. Still want that 1000%
Kid Robot Street Fighter Series II vinyl figures
The recent release of Asic Gel-Lyte V. The white pair is a must have.
Phantom Lagoon
Lowriders are definitely a staple of California culture. There were 3 Lowriders parked up front but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to grab a shot of all 3 of them before they left.
If you didn't get a chance to check out the show last Thursday, the exhibit will be up for the next couple of weeks. Be sure to stop by Bait and check it out.
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Imagine walking into an important job interview looking like you just dragged yourself out of bed. You'd be unlikely to make a good impression and diminish your chance of securing the job.
The same goes for selling a home. First impressions are lasting. Some buyers won't even look at the inside of a listing that doesn't have good curb appeal.
Today's buyers are picky. There is no sense of urgency in the market, so buyers are holding out for the best home they can find that will work for them for years to come. In some areas, there are a lot of homes for sale. It's important to make sure that buyers will be attracted to your home before they even walk through the front door.
Fortunately, exterior improvements needn't be expensive. The recent Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report 2010-2011 found that the improvements that yielded the highest return on the investment when sold were a new steel front door and a new garage door.
The average cost nationally for a new front door was $1,218; the return was 102 percent. The average cost for a new garage door was $1,191; the return was 83.9 percent. The top nine of 10 most cost-effective improvements nationally were for exterior projects. Curb appeal is as important as ever, and may be more so in this market.
Sprucing up the front yard for sale needn't be costly. Clean out weeds and dead plants. Add flowering plants for color and mulch to tidy up areas that aren't heavily planted. Replace a lawn that has seen better days with less lawn and a border bed of flowering shrubs.
Do in-ground planting well in advance, if possible, so that plants have a chance to get established before your home goes on the market. If you have no choice and must plant at last minute, be sure to remove the ID tags from the nursery.
A deteriorated fence should be removed, repaired or replaced. Any peeling paint on the front walk and steps and house exterior and trim should be refreshed. The side of the house that gets the most exposure needs the most maintenance. If you've let it go, you'll be docked dollars by the buyers unless you repaint where needed before you sell.
HOUSE HUNTING TIP: The amount returned on home improvement investments varies from one location to the next. So It's important to contact me (your real estate agent) before you embark on an upgrade to make sure that you don't overpay on an improvement that won't generate the desired result.
Most homeowners assume they'll get their money back and more when they sell. In fact, most upgrade investments often don't return 100 percent of the amount invested, particularly in a down market. For example a minor mid-range kitchen remodel returns 72.8% nationally and a major upscale remodel pays back only 59.7%.
A deck addition ranked high on the list of popular exterior improvements. Although, nationally the cost recouped is only 72.8 percent, it may be an essential enhancement if your home has no outdoor living space and all the homes for sale in your neighborhood do.
THE CLOSING: Supply and demand in your local area will also impact how much you'll recoup from your fix-up investments.


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Intel Core i7-2600K
The Intel Core i7-2600K is a high-end quad-core desktop processor of the Sandy Bridge generation. It was announced at the beginning of 2011 and was the fastest CPU of this series at that time. However it does not offer all Sandy Bridge features, as vPro, VT-d and Trusted-Execution features are deactivated.
The four processor cores are able to handle 8 threads in parallel (due to Hyperthreading) and offer a base clock rate of 3.4 GHz. Under load, the cores can be overclocked automatically to up to 3.8 GHz with sufficient cooling:
- 3.8 GHz - 1 core load
- 3.7 GHz - 2 cores load
- 3.6 GHz - 3 cores load
- 3.5 GHz - 4 cores load
As a member of the "K-familiy" the i7-2600K is easily overclockable due to the open multiplicator.
The Die also includes an graphics card called Intel HD Graphics 3000 that clocks with 850 to 1350 MHz (also due to Turbo Boost). Furthermore, an integrated dual channel memory controller is able to handle up to 32 GB of DDR3-1333.
|Intel Core i7 (Desktop)
|Sandy Bridge
|Series: Core i7 (Desktop) Sandy Bridge
|Clock Rate
|3400 - 3800 MHz
|Level 2 Cache
|Level 3 Cache
|Number of Cores / Threads
|4 / 8
|Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)
|95 Watt
|Transistor Count
|995 Million
|Manufacturing Technology
|32 nm
|Die Size
|216 mm2
|Max. Temperature
|SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, Turbo Boost (3.80GHz), Hyper-Threading, VT-x, AES-NI, Intel 64, Idle States, EIST, Thermal Monitoring Technologies, Intel Fast Memory Access, Intel Flex Memory Access, XD bit, open Multiplicator
|Intel HD Graphics 3000 (850 - 1350 MHz)
|64 Bit
|64 Bit support
|Starting Price
|Announcement Date
|Product Link (external)
|Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 2600K


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So, conceived of the process that took him from note-taking to a connected text as consisting of three stages:
- first, capturing or recording things without attention to order or clarity in a notebook
- second, separating different items, putting them into some order, and re-entering the information it in another book
- third, formulating the problem and its solution, by giving an explanation that establishes the connection between its "parts"
So, he processed the stuff that he had collected at least twice (or, if you count the first writing down, three times).
We tend to forget that "digesting" the information we gather is important, more important than simoly collecting it. We need to "digest" it, as Bacon said. And our tools can help us in doing so, but they cannot do it for us.
In fact, many people seem to think that they should "automate" and "streamline" their interaction with the material they want to write about. This is counter-productive. You should interact with the materials as much as you can. "Thinking is not the shortest distance between two points" (Hans Blumenberg).


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Are you still following the Speidi saga? After their acrimonious split earlier this year, following one of the most up-and-down (and well-publicised) relationships in showbiz, Spencer Pratt is now claiming that his marriage to Heidi Montag was a complete fake, even down to the witnesses and priest at their wedding.
Spencer, who has become renowned for his erratic behaviour, tweeted earlier this week:
"@mtv I got served with divorce papers? I thought that preacher at the wedding was one of the actors like my paid friends and family & exWIFE
@mtv This whole time I have really been married? I thought we did that for ratings?"
Heidi, who had ten plastic surgery procedures in one day earlier this year, filed for divorce last Friday.
What do you think? Do you care about reality TV and what the stars get up to? Do you think it's mindless fun or insulting our intelligence for shows like The Hills to engineer scenes with actors?
Do you think reality TV stars deserve the attention they get?
Have your say by posting in the comments box below...


text: JDPower 0 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Stumbled across another very interesting extension, though I've not tried it yet as its FF2 only and I'm still on 1.5 but I like the sound of it: SafeCache - Segments the cache on the basis of the originating document, defending against web privacy attacks that remote sites can use to determine your browser history at other sites. For example, a b.com image appearing on an a.com page would have a separate cache entry from the same image appearing on a b.com page, so a.com cannot use timing techniques to determine if you have visited b.com before. Checks cookie settings (allow, originating site only, deny) to determine your desired privacy level (segmented cache, cache originating site only, or never cache). And heres a COMPLETELY useless, but nevertheless interesting, extension: Raed Tihs - Scrambles all text on the current tab's page, but you will still be able to read it! This is a simple demonstration of the theory that letter-order within a word has no impact on readability, beyond the first and last letters. Link to post Share on other sites


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The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) works exclusively with the pastor as the central discerning unit at the heart of the parish. Through the lens of prayer and reflection, this dedicated group of parishioners articulates a preferred future for the full life of the parish.
With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the PPC chooses to address specific areas of concern within the parish. They draw-up a systematic plan to address various issues and invite parishioner participation to bring the vision to fulfillment.
Membership takes place through the calling forth process every three years.
View and fill out our Parish Survey HERE
The Parish Finance Council (PFC) works exclusively with the pastor in planning and maintaining the parish budget. They also serve as a consultative body, assisting the pastor and business manager with all financial matters, such as offertory, purchases, capital projects, etc.
For more information about the Parish Pastoral Council or Parish Finance Council, please call the Parish Office at 724-586-7610 or send an email to email@example.com.


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An important step toward molecular electronics
Silicon microelectronics has undergone relentless miniaturization during the past 30 years, leading to dramatic improvements in computational capacity and speed. But the end of that road is fast approaching, and scientists and engineers have been investigating another promising avenue: using individual molecules as functional electronic devices.
Now a team of engineers at Northwestern University has become the first to precisely align multiple types of molecules on a silicon surface at room temperature -- an important step toward the goal of molecular electronics.
The results, which demonstrate patterning on a scale 10,000 times smaller than that of microelectronics, are published today (Sept. 27) as the cover story of the journal Applied Physics Letters (APL).
"We have demonstrated a strategy for intentionally positioning molecules, which is necessary for the construction of nanoscale systems such as molecular transistors or light-emitting diodes," said Mark C. Hersam, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, who led the research team. "Our process works at room temperature and on silicon, which suggests that it can be made compatible with conventional silicon microelectronics. Ultimately, we want to integrate with current technology, thus creating a bridge between microelectronics and nanoelectronics."
The nanofabrication process, called multi-step feedback-controlled lithography, is useful for a variety of fundamental studies and for the construction and testing of prototype nanoscale devices that could be used in future technologies ranging from consumer electronics to biomedical diagnostics.
"Previously we were working with single molecules on silicon," said Hersam. "This new process enables us to build more complex structures. Plus, the technique is general and can be used with many different molecules, which increases its potential."
The researchers demonstrated their process using a custom-built ultrahigh-vacuum scanning tunneling microscope. With this tool, they constructed chains consisting of styrene and a molecule known as TEMPO and now are studying the electronic properties of this novel nanostructure.
Source: Northwestern University
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Jo Cox
Yesterday afternoon our local MP, Jo Cox, was murdered in our own local area. She was out and about in her local constituency doing her job and helping people in her own home town. This horrific murder has left us all shocked to the core. Not only because it is not the kind of thing that any of us expect to happen nor is it what politics is about, but also because we knew Jo. She was our local MP, a local "lass".
Jo was tirelessly doing her job for her constituents. She believed in equality for all, she fought for victims of violence and injustice. In her first speech in the House of Commons she said –
"While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than the things that divide us."
Jo had worked for charities including Oxfam before she became an MP and had spoken up for several campaigns. Members of the choir met with her some weeks ago and she told us about the Commission that she was launching in September to combat Isolation and Loneliness within communities. She described her work and her goals with commitment, passion and determination. Here was a woman that would get things done! Her drive was amazing!
Jo was interested in what we were doing as a choir and listened intently to us as we explained the benefits that singing can bring to people. She supported what we were aiming to achieve and recognised that the improvements in health and wellbeing provided through singing would help in her campaign against isolation and loneliness in communities. Jo suggested that we visit Westminster to sing to MPs! A daunting prospect for us, but she believed that we could and would do it and so she was arranging it for later in the year.
What struck us all was her amazing energy, enthusiasm, and her belief that we can all work together to make the world a better place. Jo really cared about people.
We may not always see eye to eye with each other nor with the views of our MPs, but Jo was an exceptional person, working hard for others and speaking up for those that do not always have a voice. She wanted to do the right thing, she was committed to Yorkshire and its people. Jo was a "proud Yorkshire lass" who achieved her dream of representing her home town.
We must also remember that she was a wife and a mother and leaves behind two small children. Our hearts and prayers go out to them at this time.
We may not have known Jo long but she made a big impact on us. She made us believe in ourselves and what we could achieve. Her energy was infectious and you knew that she was a woman that would get things done! Jo was a real breath of fresh air in politics with her commitment and personal values. I'm sure that her legacy will live on through the people whose lives she touched. Her husband said yesterday that we "should all unite against the hate that killed her."
RIP Jo Cox. Our parliament and the world will be a poorer place without you. we are proud that we met you and that you were our MP.
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