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Find out more about MB Partners from Founder and CEO, Mark Blundell.
Mark Blundell is joining forces with Theo Paphitis and Ian Childs to launch a new athlete management & sports marketing agency, MB Partners.
Theo Paphitis, one of the UK's most high profile businessmen, best known for his appearances on Dragons' Den, joins the company as Chairman. Paphitis, a familiar face in the business world, was previously involved in sports marketing having co-founded Movie & Media Sports and Octagon Movie & Media with Childs. Formerly the Chairman of Millwall FC, Paphitis has also served on the Football League Board and on the FA Council.
Paphitis commented: "This is a fabulous opportunity to re-enter the commercial world of sport and with Mark and Ian as partners I am very excited about the potential of MB Partners. It didn't take me long to say 'I'm in'!"
Ian Childs, Managing Director of MB Partners, will focus on the operating side of the business with Blundell. From co-founding Movie & Media Sports and Octagon Movie & Media, Childs later consulted for Sportseen Ltd culminating in its sale to Essentially Group. Childs has spent most of his working life in and around sports marketing from his early days at Surrey Cricket Club and Sports & Outdoor Media to managing Octagon's Far East and Australasian operations.
After a professional sporting career that reached its pinnacle in the shape of Formula One and competing in 61 Grand Prix, Blundell, who has also won the prestigious Le Mans 24 hours and races in IndyCar, decided it was time to focus on a new chapter of his life that encompasses his sports background and media experience. As a pundit for ITV he was an integral part of the multi BAFTA award winning F1 presenting team and felt the timing was right to achieve his next goal and build a business around his core values in sport.
CEO and Founder of MB Partners, Blundell says: "I have monitored the athlete management and marketing sector for a while now and the time is right for a new player to enter this space. To have the likes of Theo as Chairman and Ian alongside me provides great depth within the company. That, combined with my passion, gives MB Partners an offering that most can't match."
MB Partners brings together a dynamic team of people that will set new standards in this sector. Providing a turnkey service for elite sportsmen and women as well as rights holders focusing on Management, Marketing, Branding, PR and Sponsorship.
Blundell added: "The ethos of MB Partners is built on transparency and trust, with a commitment to perform for each and every client to the highest level."
- Former F1 star steps down from British GT Championship
- Business commitments to take a front seat
- Mark will still support United Autosports in an ambassadorial role
United Autosports have announced that former Formula One driver, Mark Blundell, will be stepping down from his driver role for the rest of the 2013 season.
Mark was concerned that his increasing business commitments meant he could no longer dedicate the time to compete in a full season of racing, and the testing that goes with it therefore Mark felt that he had no option but to step down as one of the #24 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 drivers.
Mark will still be a part of the team, joining them for the British GT race meetings in their hospitality unit, as well as making personal appearances for the team. The door is open for Mark to get behind the wheel again once his time frees up, potentially at one of the many overseas endurance races that the team participates in. Together, United Autosports and Mark will continue to stay close to their many sponsors throughout the rest of the season.
United Autosports will be replacing Mark for the rest of the 2013 season, and will continue to challenge for the championship with both McLarens and the Audi R8 LMS ultra.
Mark Blundell, United Autosports:
"It's a great shame that I have to step-down from the British GT Championship race programme with United Autosports but my focus has been on building my sports management business and I need to commit my time and attention to that in full, as will became apparent in the near future with a very exciting announcement. Of course I shall still be present in an ambassador role for United Autosports to support the team and personal sponsors, all of whom I would like to say a big thank you to for allowing me to concentrate on the next stage of developing my business. When the time is right and I can assure the team of my full involvement, I hope to be back behind the wheel of a United Autosports race car in the future, but in the meantime, a big thank you to all the staff members and our sponsors for the season so far."
Richard Dean, Team Owner and Managing Director, United Autosports:
"It is such a shame that Mark has to step down from the team when we have just made it to the halfway stage of the championship. He was unable to commit to the rest of season with us due to his increasing business commitments, a decision which we fully respect. We look forward to Mark assisting the team in other areas, and I'm sure fans will still enjoy seeing him around the British GT paddock and at other races with United Autosports."
- No repeat of 2012 win around F1 British Grand Prix circuit
- Brown & Parente in contention until mechanical problem hits McLaren
- Blundell forced to retire
United Autosports arrived at Silverstone for the season's only three-hour race of the year with high hopes. Winners this time around last year, the team was to endure a weekend to forget in the third round of the 2013 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.
Following a challenging qualifying session on Saturday, which saw both the McLaren MP4-12C GT3s and the Audi R8 LMS ultra struggle to find a balanced set up, the team worked hard overnight to get to the bottom of the handling issues before Sunday's race around the F1 Grand Prix circuit.
The Sunday morning warm-up brought hope as all three cars occupied the front of the time sheets with the Audi R8 LMS ultra topping the list.
A rolling start saw all 48 cars make a clean getaway, but it was to be short lived for the No. 24 McLaren of Mark Blundell and Jody Firth. Just fifteen minutes into the race, Mark was forced to retire after being hit whilst defending his position on track, with the incident bringing out the safety car for almost 15 minutes.
A superb start by Zak saw him make up an impressive six places before the safety car was deployed for his teammate's stranded car. A great pit stop and strategy call saw the No. 23 McLaren back in line with the leaders as the race reached the half way distance. As Brown and Parente moved up to fifth place, with the leaders all yet to make a compulsory stop, the race looked like it was falling into place until disaster struck when a gear compressor unit failed leaving the car stuck in gear. A trip to the pit lane for the United Autosports crew to set about replacing the unit lost two laps and ruined a certain podium position.
In the Audi R8 LMS ultra, Patterson and Bell were having problems of their own. Despite setting the fastest time during the morning warm up and third fastest lap of the race, the Championship front runners were unable to fight for championship points after a delay with a sticking wheel nut during the first mandatory pit stop, which dropped them down the order. Matt and Mark were consistently the fastest car on track for the last hour of the race working hard to make up for lost ground but had dropped to 32nd position and a lap down after the pit stop. The pair set about the task and pulled a lap back on the leaders but were unable to climb higher than 17th as they crossed the line.
Although the event did not have the desired results, consolation came in the form of the teams championship rivals also suffering a tough weekend with the three leading Porsche's all retiring from the race.
Zak Brown, Team Owner & Driver, United Autosports, No. 23 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
"It's turning out to be a challenging season for us. Today, we had all sorts of car problems, which are really frustrating. We were competitive with our speed during the race. The team did a great job; we just need to get some reliability."
Alvaro Parente, Driver, United Autosports, McLaren No. 23 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
" It was a tough day. Our strategy was looking good; Bernadette our race engineer is doing a great job. Sadly the electrical issues we encountered with the car meant that we lost valuable time and it was impossible to recover. I think we deserved a result today so I am really disappointed with the end result."
Mark Blundell, Driver, United Autosports, No 24 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
"It was a disappointing race. We had a really good start, We started in P24 and were up into P17 within a few laps and making some good progress until I got hit. After an unrepresentative qualifying we had a really good pace in the race, and we could have been fighting for a top six finish. I'm upset that my teammate Jody didn't get to race; it could have all been very different. "
Jody Firth, Driver, United Autosports, No 24 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
"I was extremely disappointed not to be able to race today. The car had the pace to run at the front. It was not necessarily the fastest car out there because of the penalty we carry, but we knew that we could be competitive. "
Matt Bell, Driver, United Autosports, No 25 Audi R8 LMS ultra
"We should have been further up the grid than we were. The car was great in the warm up session so I was pretty confident going into the race that we could aim for a points finish. There was potential, but in the end it just wasn't our day."
Mark Patterson, Driver, United Autosports No 25 Audi R8 LMS ultra
"It was a fun race for the most part. We had a drivable car, but I lost out at the start after a Ferrari spun ahead of me. Once the race settled down we were running well. Unfortunately, we had an issue with the air gun during the pit stop so that cost us a lot of time. Matt putt in some quick times but mathematically we could not get into the top ten. It's a shame, but that's racing."
Richard Dean, Team Owner & Managing Director, United Autosports
"Qualifying was hard, and you don't get many chances to get it right. We struggled, and we didn't get it back in time for qualifying. The team worked hard overnight to produce a car for the drivers that would enable them to be strong contenders in the race. We were in the danger zone by starting too far down the grid. When that happens to you need thing's to go your way, and unfortunately thing's just did not go our way today."
- Patterson and Bell on the Rockingham podium
- Brown makes bold move for the lead from second row
- United move to within one point of Championship lead
It was Mark Patterson and Matt Bell in the No. 25 Audi R8 LMS ultra that once again took the honours for United Autosports with a second successive championship podium, this time at the Rockingham Motor Speedway.
The sunny May Bank Holiday weekend saw the first of the 2013 season long-distance events. The two-hour race, with refueling and a compulsory driver change at around the 60 minute point, attracted a huge 33 car grid with some the best teams and drivers in Europe.
As the flag dropped, the powerful GT cars thundered onto the Rockingham oval banking. Patterson made a great start, up to fourth on the opening lap from a third row qualifying position. Meanwhile Brown drove around the outside of the Gregor Fisken (eventual race winners) Trackspeed Porsche to take third on the oval circuit banking. Brown's momentum took him alongside the lead Porsches into the heavy braking zone and made a daring move for the lead. As the cars turned off the oval course and onto the Rockingham infield section Brown's race was over as fast as it began, hit by the M-sport Audi and suffering terminal damage to the rear suspension.
As the race settled down, Patterson in the Audi R8 held fourth place, within touching distance of the leaders. Meanwhile Mark Blundell in the 24 McLaren MP4 12C was storming through the grid from a lowly 24th qualifying position. Blundell put in a superb drive to slice his way through the field, pitting in an impressive fifth place at the halfway stage. However, a mistake during the pit stop and driver change over to team debutant Jody Firth, meant that the pairing lost valuable time and quickly dropped back down the order. Firth would now be faced with a fight back from 18th place as he took to the track for his first race for the team. It was a tall order but one that Firth gave his all as he moved up to tenth and into the points with only 10 minutes remaining. It was looking to be a great debut and recovery drive, but all was lost after contact with a Mercedes ruled Firth out of the points positions.
As the pit stop window opened for the leaders, the heat was taking its toll on tyre wear and drivers. Patterson, still in forth position, had a spin; stopping hearts in the United hospitality area! Despite a quick recovery, the Audi dropped down to eighth place. A perfect pit stop for the United Audi crew had to include a compulsory 15 second pit stop penalty as a result of the success in the previous round. Matt Bell now behind the wheel for the last hour was now the quickest car on track. A dominant performance from Matt saw him progress through the field up to an eventual third place and final podium position. A just reward for the hard work of the entire United Autosports team.
The British GT Championship now moves to Silverstone, May 25/26, on the Grand Prix circuit for the seasons only three-hour race. The McLaren drivers have lots of work to do but the Audi of Patterson and Bell now sit second in the standings, only half a point off the Championship leaders.
Mark Patterson, Driver, United Autosports No 25. Audi R8 LMS ultra
Qualifying 6th
Race 3rd
"We had a good start and managed to break loose at the start and get into P4. I held that position for a while but it was pretty close. About three quarters of the way in I had a spin and lost a few places, eventually pitting in eighth. The car felt good, and it was a solid race until I made a mistake. Matt did a great job, and we have collected valuable championship points, so not a bad day."
Matt Bell, Driver, United Autosports No. 25 Audi R8 LMS ultra
"Despite the time penalty we received after our podium finish at Oulton Park I am really happy with the result today. We certainly had the pace. Mark was going well, but the tyre degradation is massive here, and that just caught him out. I managed to get back up into fourth but towards the end my tyres started to go off. I was within touching distance of the Aston Martin just ahead, but I just couldn't get a break with the traffic. All in all I'm happy to have collected points today. I'm looking forward to Silverstone."
Zak Brown, Team Owner & Driver, United Autosports No. 23 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
Qualifying 4th
Race DNF
"I got a really good start and was comfortably in second when I tried to make a pass for the lead going into turn 2. In hindsight I was too aggressive and went into the dirt. Once I got back on track in sixth place, I should have kept my cool, but I drove under the BMW in turn 3, and then someone drove straight into me. It was a hard hit and damaged the car and ended our race. The championship for Álvaro and I is now a tough call. I'm really disappointed. I'm really happy for both Mark and Matt; they did a great job to finish in the points."
Mark Blundell, Driver, United Autosports No. 24 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
"It was a tough race. We worked hard to get the car into fifth by the end of the first hour. It was not easy, and we were slightly hurt by having to carry extra ballast. It makes overtaking really difficult, and you have to work really hard to manage your tyres. The guys did a great job with the car, but the disappointment was during the pit stop. It just did not go to plan, and we lost a huge amount of time so all that we gained out on the circuit we lost. I hold my hands up and know that we will need to sort out a better system so that does not happen again. On a positive note, we managed to overtake a load of guy's out there so we know we can be competitive."
Jody Firth, Driver, United Autosports No. 24 McLaren MP4-12C GT3
"It was a challenging afternoon. We started 24th, and Mark did a great job to get us through to fifth. We decided to pit late to make sure that the pit lane was clear. Unfortunately, the pit stop and driver change did not go well. Mark was struggling to get the belts in so we lost a lot of time with that. I started to make my way through the field getting up into tenth. The safety car came out and that helped bunch the field up, but we had a number of dramas. I thought I had a puncture and pitted to change a wheel with five minutes remaining. It was disappointing, and I could do no more than 15th by the time the flag came out."
Richard Dean, Team Owner & Managing Director, United Autosports
"We went into this race having finished on the podium at Oulton Park with the Audi (No.25) which meant that we carried a penalty here at Rockingham. So to come away with a good points haul on that car is a very credible result. Zak (No. 23) had a tough day which is unfortunate after such a good qualifying position. He got a good start off the line but got caught up in the action and came off worst. Mark Blundell (No.24) did a great job but we made too many mistakes. The pit stop did not go according to plan so we have to rectify that. Jody was up against it and did the best job he could. All in all, the pace between the two of them was good but it means nothing when you make too many mistakes. From an operational point of view, I am really proud of every single member of the team, every one of them works incredibly hard."
Diana Binks interviews Mark on the disappointment of missing out on the race following his teammates accident.
Duncan Lawrie Private Bank has announced that it is to partner motor racing legend, Mark Blundell, during his 2013 race season in the British GT Championship with United Autosport.
As a former Formula One driver, winner of the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race and television presenter for ITV Sport, Mark is a well-recognised figure in the world of motorsports. Mark started his sporting career at just 14, and for nearly twenty years he has competed at the very top of world motorsport, including IndyCar and World Rally.
Matthew Parden, Managing Director, Duncan Lawrie Private Bank, commented: "Working in partnership with Mark on his return to racing is a fantastic opportunity for us. Mark is a very popular figure in the world of motorsports and will be integral to helping build the Duncan Lawrie Private Bank brand. We are honoured that he has chosen to accept our offer of partnership."
Mark Blundell, Driver for United Autosport, British GT Championship, said: "I love sports car racing; the teamwork, camaraderie, sharing the highs and lows. Presenting on live television was great but it didn't quite tick all the boxes; getting behind the wheel of a racing car and challenging yourself is something entirely different. The support of our partners is a critical element of our success and I look forward to a great season with the support of Duncan Lawrie Private Bank."
The sponsorship will initially run for the course of the season and will see the Duncan Lawrie Private Bank logo appear on Mark's race suit.
Richard Meins, British GT driver with United Autosports will miss the season opener after suffering an accident in testing last week. Richard who had joined the team for a two-day test suffered broken ribs and a knee injury after an incident on track, which damaged the McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
He said after the accident, "Not having raced at Oulton Park since 2000 I was looking forward to the two-day test. It didn't take me long to get back into the flow, and I soon remembered the unique nature of the circuit with help from Mark Blundell and the team. On our second day I started to put in some decent lap times then in the afternoon session I put a rear wheel on the grass at the kink before the first chicane, and suffered a side impact with the tyre wall which unfortunately resulted in sustaining broken ribs and a fractured knee, not to mention the damage to the car. I want to thank the marshals and medical staff at Oulton Park for a really professional job helping me out of the car and taking care of me in the medical centre, and to the paramedics and the staff at NHS Leighton Hospital in Crewe. It was not the start to the season I had hoped for, and to say I am very disappointed is an understatement, but I'm looking forward to getting back behind the wheel at Silverstone ."
Roger made his debut in GT racing in 2010 in a works supported Jota Aston Martin Vantage, going on to win the GT4 class of the Spa 24 Hours. A move to the ILMC in 2011 saw him finish fourth in the LM GTE Pro-Am Championship with two podiums and he had his first taste of the "works" McLaren MP4-12C in their debut race at the 2011 Spa 24 Hours.
Roger is no stranger to the United Autosports team, having competed in the Dubai 24 Hours in the Audi R8 LMS last year.
We wish Richard a speedy recovery after his unfortunate testing accident. Roger is great replacement and will no doubt keep the seat warm and be very competitive in his absence.
-Zak Brown, Team Owner and Driver, United Autosports
I'm delighted to be stepping into the car for Oulton Park, but I'm disappointed for Richard who is a good friend of mine, and I hope he makes a quick recovery. I've driven the McLaren before, during the Spa 24 hours but it will be my first time in the British GT Championship and I am really looking forward to it. It's great to be back with the team.
-Roger Wills, Racing Driver, United Autosports
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United Autosports is delighted to announce that it has signed Ex-Formula 1 driver Mark Blundell to compete full time in the 2013 Avon Tyres British GT Championship alongside Richard Meins, reuniting their partnership from the 24 Hours of Spa in 2012.
Mark has raced before for the Leeds based team, notably finishing fourth in the Daytona prototype class in the 2011 Rolex 24 in a team with Martin Brundle, Mark Patterson, and United Autosports owner Zak Brown.
Bringing his vast international racing experience to United Autosports, including a Le Mans 24 Hour win, Mark looks set to be a serious contender in 2013, driving a McLaren MP4-12C in the GT3 category.
The 46-year-old competed in Formula 1 between 1991 and 1995, notching up 63 starts and racing for the Brabham, Ligier, Tyrrell and McLaren teams, scoring three podiums during his F1 career.
A move to America then beckoned, with Mark scoring three victories while competing in the CART World Series. He then fused a career in sportscar racing, the highlights of which so far have been taking victory in the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans and finishing second in the endurance event in 2003. His participation in the 2013 Avon Tyres British GT Championship will see Blundell's full-time return to racing.
United Autosports are pleased to announce and welcome Viglen IT as proud partners of the Anglo American team. Viglen, along with long term partners Henderson Insurance has committed to a British GT sponsorship deal with Mark Blundell for the 2013 season.
The prestigious Avon Tyres British GT Championship will visit six UK circuits and one international event in The Netherlands. The championship offers a spectacular motorsport experience, with supercars racing bumper-to-bumper, the throaty roar of the sportscar engine racing at breathtaking speeds and all the drama of pitstops and driver changeovers.
Its great to be part of the United Autosports team for 2013. I learnt my craft as a junior driver on many tracks that the championship competes on so I am really looking forward to being back home. What makes it even more special is that I will be able to race in front of family and friends and the many loyal race fans who have supported me over the years. I would like to thank Zak Brown and Richard Dean for giving me the opportunity and Viglen Computers for the support this season, along with my team mate Richard Meins. I expect us to be a strong combination armed with the McLaren MP4 -12C GT3 car. The British series is getting stronger by the season, and I hope that we will be able to entertain the race fans. For me it's about racing on home turf, what could be better. I can't wait to get the season underway
-Mark Blundell, United Autosports, Racing Driver
The British Championship will receive a huge boost having Mark Blundell in the McLaren MP4 12C in 2013. United Autosports are very proud to have Mark as a full time member of our team. For me this announcement makes all the hard work over the closed season worthwhile, Mark has been pushing harder than any of the other drivers who were in the running for this seat to make this happen. This shows he has lost none of his competitive desire to race and win".
-Richard Dean, United Autosports, Team Owner, Managing Director
It's fantastic news that Mark is joining us for his first full season in British racing for many years. There is no question that he will continue to win as he has his whole career, and he will no doubt be a huge fan favorite.
-Zak Brown, United Autosports Team Owner and Driver
United Autosports joined the British GT Championship at Oulton Park for a one off visit in 2010. We are delighted they have chosen to stay in our racing series. To have three very prestigious entries from them is great news. The addition of Mark Blundell to the existing line up is phenomenal and a testament to the direction British GT; the best national GT series in the world is going. Congratulations to Richard and his team
-Benjamin Franassovici, SRO London British GT Championship Manager
We are extremely excited to be part of the United Autosports program for the 2013 British GT Championship. We welcome the opportunity and look forward to integrating our IT technology along with our partners into the team. We will be taking our customers to race events to experience firsthand how the partnership works between Viglen and United and to see how our technology and solutions enhance and enrich the whole race experience. And in Mark Blundellwe have a great race driver and Ambassador for Viglen and our partners
-Bordan Tkachuk, CEO, Viglen
2013 Race Calendar
Oulton Park, Great Britain 30 March-1 April
Rockingham, Great Britain 5-6 May
Silverstone, Great Britain 25-26 May
Snetterton, Great Britain 15-16 June
Brands Hatch, Great Britain 10-11 August
Zandvoort, The Netherlands 6-8 September
Donington Park, Great Britain 5-6 October
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When Alan Arkin signed on to "In Security," he wanted to play only one role.
A motorcycle cop.
"He wanted the boots, helmet, glasses and leather jacket — he wanted to look good," said Evan Beamer, who co-directed the movie along with his older brother, Adam.
After the Beamers granted his wish and filming was underway, Arkin turned to them and said, "You realize this is completely ridiculous, right? There's no such thing as a 75-year-old motorcycle cop."
Adam recalled working with the senior Arkin for three or four hours, after which the assistant director called a wrap.
"Everyone was clapping and cheering and he says, 'Thank you, thank you, it's been a long and arduous shoot and this is the best damn crew I've worked with all day,'" he said.
"In Security" premiered at the Regency Lido Theatre on Friday and was attended by cast members Ethan Embry, Michael Gladis, Jim O'Heir and Adam and Alan Arkin, all of whom were at the Newport Beach Film Festival for the first time.
The Los Angeles-based siblings directed their first feature film in 26 days on a limited budget.
"On such a small budget, we did a lot of stuff, so after a 12-hour day, we had to go move the generator or find a parking place for the vans," Adam recalled. He also accompanied Evan on a search for filming locations in Brea and Whittier.
According to Evan, Max Naylor, the festival's associate director of programming — and a fan of Clea DuVall, who appears in the film — invited the duo to submit their 90-minute venture.
"We were just so excited to be able to watch this with some people and hoped they laugh at the right places," Evan said, having previously only watched "In Security" with a 20-person audience.
Embry, who attended the screening with his son Cogeian, recalled agreeing to the project because his character Kevin was "real."
"He is sort of at a loss and doesn't know what to do with his life," he said. "What I liked about it is the play on words — the movie is about Kevin working in security, but he's also really insecure. He has an inability to take action; he's kind of a loser."
He described reading the script and instantly being pulled in by its charm. Embry, who quipped about earning "two dollars and 50 cents," recounted working with many crew members who had been found on Craigslist.
"The boom operator had never been on a set, he just wanted to hang out — so we hired him," he said. "It was off of personalities. Everybody on set was the type of person you'd love to hang out with for 13 hours. There was no attitude — it was a fun place go, where everyone wanted to be."
Jim O'Heir, of "Parks and Recreation," played a brief role at the start and end of the movie. He entered the theater joking about "hopefully making the cut" and looking forward to seeing the finished product.
"My scenes were shot on a beach in Malibu, so I have no complaints," he said, chuckling. "The lunches were really good — got to have my priorities! I remember it being a lot of laughs."
Per Adam Arkin, whose daughter Molly was one of the film's producers, "In Security" was a "family affair."
"The sets were populated with a lot of people who knew each other before this and have remained friends since, and that spirit definitely permeated the whole project," he said. "I'm looking forward to the communal feeling of getting to enjoy the movie with a nice, big audience."
At the post-screening gala in the Via Lido Plaza, the Beamer brothers said that cast and crew members, all of whom greeted each other with hugs at the festival, had really leaned on one another throughout the process.
"Once, someone said something funny on a take, and while the whole crew is laughing, a grip goes, 'I love this movie,'" Adam said. "That felt really good."
'Welcome to the Jungle'
The historic Lido Theatre, which was established in 1938 and can host 622 guests on its first floor and balcony seats, also served as the venue for Saturday's world premiere of "Welcome to the Jungle."
The 93-minute film marked Jean-Claude Van Damme's first acknowledged foray into comedy, while allowing him to retain traces of the action-based flair that he's known for.
Van Damme, who got lost on his way to the venue and was the last cast member to arrive, posed for a few cast shots before being whisked away amid fans who descended with posters and requests for autographs.
"I played a role with a double, triple personality and [which was] over the top — it was something different," he said. "It was fresh material. [I went] from action to larger than life and I think it worked."
Male lead Adam Brody, well known as Seth Cohen in "The O.C.", agreed to join the milieu when he heard that his favorite action hero was going to be part of the cast.
"I would have been excited either way, if he was crazy or a [jerk], I didn't care, but that said, he was a sweetheart — a genuinely funny and interesting person," said Brody, who sported his girlfriend, Leighton Meester (a.k.a Blair Waldorf from "Gossip Girl"), on his arm. "This was one of, if not the most, fun filming experiences I've had."
Dennis Haysbert, a longtime Van Damme fan, made a similar comment.
"I agreed to doing this movie because the script was funny and it was Jean-Claude Van Damme's first comedic role," he said. "I'm a very big fan, and it was great to work with and see him in this role — it was fantastic."
Per Heubel, a background in improvising contributed to him landing the villain's role. He enjoyed filming in Puerto Rico but hated his own character, he said, as was expected of most of the audience as well.
"You always want to be the bad guy — that's the best part!" he said. "A lot of the horrible lines that come out of my mouth, I wish I could say they were scripted, but I said some of those things."
Growing up, Heubel was an avid follower of Van Damme's movies
"When I found out that Jean-Claude Van Damme was doing it, I was like, 'Where do I sign up?'" he said. "He's everything you want him to be — a live-action action hero. And he is the guy from all the movies. I mean, he wears a hat saying, 'JCVD.'"
Megan Boone and Kristen Schaal, who also played central roles, came out to support their film, which, later that night, continued premiere festivities at the packed Irvine Equinox.
When asked about the experience of sharing the spotlight with Van Damme, Schaal said, "I got to rub his ears."
Just for the record, she did that in the film.


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Library Receives Major Grant for MakerSpace
The Westport Library has won a major grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington, D.C. The National Leadership Grant for Libraries funding was awarded for the enhancement of the Library's MakerSpace to demonstrate how opportunities to learn and practice innovation skills can change the perception of contemporary libraries and broaden the library audience.
The Westport Library was selected from a competitive field of applicants to receive funding for enhancing the year-old MakerSpace, declared a highly innovative project with broad potential impact for other libraries. The project, MakerSpace 2.0: Retinkering Libraries, proposes to transform the current MakerSpace, introducing more hands-on maker experiences, workshops and makers-in-residence who will support innovation labs on topics such as robotics, LED creations and tinkering with home electronics repairs. Interactive Innovation Stations (iStations) will introduce participants to the concepts and techniques of innovative thinking.
Only one other public library (Providence (RI) Public Library) in the country was selected to receive funding in this category this year from the IMLS, an independent agency of the federal government which is the main source of federal support for libraries and museums nationwide. The organization works at the national level in coordination with state and local agencies to "sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development."
The IMLS used a peer review process to evaluate the grant applications. Here are some of the comments from reviewers about Westport's proposal:
"This is a cutting-edge project that is a participatory win-win situation for all involved. The MakerSpace involves everyone in the community, changes library purpose and engagement and enhances collaboration with the country's movers and shakers."
"The Westport Library has the potential to make a big impact with this project. They have a receptive community interested in more maker experiences and a national presence in the library involvement with the Maker movement."
"Very solid project with a great deal of potential for innovation…information that is generated will be useful for other libraries…love the attention to the changing nature of library usage, and this project gets out on the leading edge of this."
The grant will be shared with partners in the application—the Information and Library Science Department of Southern Connecticut State University and the State Department of Library Services.


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California Department of Transportation
September 28, 2010
District 2 - Redding
Denise Yergenson
(530) 225-3260
Caltrans ribbon cutting event opens New Dana Ramp
Redding – Caltrans today announced that the Dana to Downtown Project has been completed - nine months ahead of its original timetable. The $66 million project was funded almost entirely ($64.3 million) by Proposition 1B, a $19.9 billion transportation bond championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and approved by voters in 2006. The remaining funds came from Regional Transportation Enhancement funds.
"As the voters intended, Proposition 1B is paying for vital transportation projects all over California that will relieve traffic congestion, improve air quality, and more importantly, provide a shot in the arm to the state's economy," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "I am proud that Caltrans completed this project nine months ahead of schedule so the people of Shasta County can reap the benefits of their tax dollars being hard at work sooner than expected."
Located on State Route 44 in Redding between Interstate 5 and East Street, the Dana to Downtown project constructed a new ramp from Dana Drive to westbound SR-44, making it much easier for motorists to access downtown businesses, restaurants, schools, and the Shasta Regional Medical Center. To help relieve traffic congestion, the Sacramento River Bridge was replaced with a larger, six-lane structure, and the Auditorium Drive interchange (now re-named Sundial Bridge Drive) was expanded to four-lanes, creating better access to Turtle Bay Exploration Park and the Redding Convention Center. A new pedestrian/bicycle path also now connects the Dana/Hilltop area to Turtle Bay and the city's popular River Trail.
"It's a great example of efficient government partnering with a private contractor and local agencies. This project shows that we can be productive even in these difficult economic times," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim. "We are pleased to present the people of Redding this new gateway into their city."
Caltrans, the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency, and the city of Redding were partners on the project.
To date, Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission have allocated nearly $6 billion in Proposition 1B funding to more than 1,000 projects statewide.


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Peter Marshall, MPH, MD
Associate Professor Term; Senior Associate Medical Director - Medical ICU - YSC, Intermal Medicine; Medical Director, Medical Step-Down Unit YSC Yale-New Haven Hospital; Medical Director, InSight Tele-ICU - Yale-New Haven Health, Internal Medicine; Medical Director, Respiratory Care - Yale-New Haven Hospital
Departments & Organizations
Internal Medicine: Diversity Committee | Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine: Asthma & Airways Disease Program; Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
Office of Cooperative Research
I attended Yale College from 1987 - 1991 and then completed medical school at the University of Connecticut in 1995. I returned to New Haven in 1995 to begin an internship in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and completed residency training in 1998.
After leaving Yale-New Haven Hospital I spent four years at the Hospital of Saint Raphael teaching in the Internal Medicine program as one of the Medical Directors. I returned to Yale in 2002 to begin fellowship training in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. During my fellowship I completed a Master of Public Health with a focus in chronic disease epidemiology. My research interest during the fellowship and masters degree was in pulmonary embolism, specifically risk stratification.
Upon completion of my fellowship training at Yale in 2005 I joined a large pulmonary and critical care practice affiliated with Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania where the focus of my time was teaching internal medicine trainees and critical care medicine.
I returned to the Yale School of Medicine in February of 2008 to join the Pulmonary & Critical Care faculty in the Department of Medicine. My current research areas are in pulmonary embolism, therapeutic hypothermia, and critical care outcomes.
I am currently formulating a multi-disciniplinary team to improve the care of patients with venous thromboembolic disease (that includes an outpatient clinic) and create a structure for research into new treatments for major pulmonary embolism. In addition, I have partnered with YNHH in the piloting of the Tele-ICU (integrated information technology with two-way video and audio technology) to assist with the monitoring and care of ICU patients at distant locations. The goal of the Tele-ICU is to improve the care and safety of critically ill patients across the Yale-New Haven Health Network.
Education & Training
|Yale School of Public Health (2005)
|University of Connecticut School of Medicine (1995)
|Yale University (1991)
|Clinical Fellow
|Yale School of Medicine
|Yale - New Haven Hospital
|Yale-New Haven Hospital
Professional Service
National Board of Respiratory Care (2017 - Present) Design and updating certification exam in critical care for respiratory therapists
Society of Critical Care Medicine (2016 - Present) International society that promotes standards and practices in critical care. The society fosters research and the dissemination of information regarding the practice of critical care on an international level.
NAMDRC (2014 - 2017) Board of Directors, National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care
Yale School of Medicine (2011 - 2012) Yale School of Medicine Admissions Committee
M.O.R.E. - Yale School of Medicine (2011 - Present) Liason between minority faculty and minority medical students
Yale School of Medicine / Yale - New Haven Hospital (2008 - 2016) Therapeutic Hypothermia Committee - ongoing / present
American College of Chest Physicians (2005 - Present) Member of ACCP (CHEST)
Faculty - Yale School of Medicine New Haven, United States (2008)
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When you hear about public-private partnerships that result in bringing water to residents, you tend to think of developing nations in other regions of the world. Ellis County, Kansas, doesn't come to mind, particularly in the year 2013.
Yet that is precisely where a recent project was targeted, bringing drinkable water to homes in southern and southwest Ellis County for the first time. A $300,000 KAN-STEP Community Development Block Grant from the state made the 12-mile pipeline project feasible, but it was the hard work of a host of individuals and entities that made it possible.
Land-owners in Ellis County Rural Water District 1-C were willing to do the hard work necessary. Getting financial backing required working with Trego County Rural Water District No. 2, the Ellis County Commission and staff, Kansas Rural Water Association, Northwest Kansas Planning & Development Corporation and the Kansas Department of Commerce.
Once the procedural hurdles were cleared, there was the actual digging. The grant paid for materials, engineering and administrative assistance but not the labor needed.
So 42 volunteers got busy. The men and women involved all were motivated to get the job completed within the two years allotted timeframe. They finished it in three months. Average out the length of the pipeline amongst these motivated people, and each one dug more than 1,500 feet.
"If you think there's a way, there's a will," said Laren Leiker about the process.
Ernie Leiker said he will be able to live on the family farm because potable water now exists. His son had tried it for six years but finally moved into town.
"It's been vacant for three years, but now me and my wife are going to be moving out there," Ernie Leiker said. "I don't have to worry about the water."
We congratulate the persistence and determination of the good neighbors unwilling to accept the status quo any longer. It's too bad previous generations couldn't have been spared all those years of hauling water merely to exist in the country just a few miles outside of Hays, but future generations will be spared the task. They only will have to hear the stories.
The 42 individual volunteers definitely will be leaving this world a little better than the one they were handed. Great job.
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Hi, I'm new to the game (started playing yesterday) and I would like to know the basics to this game. Like how to get new cards? I only get them from missions and I would like more diversity in my deck. I'm also looking for a guild that can help me throughout my adventure in Urban Rivals.


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Invitation 2 Innovate
Welcome to Lone Star College-University Park's Invitation 2 Innovate (i2i), one of the campuses' many programs which provide students with innovative and transformative opportunities from education to careers.
i2i challenges students and faculty to solve complex problems with innovative solutions. Since it began in Jan. 2012, i2i has been meeting and exceeding those challenges.
This past May, LSC-University Park was nationally recognized for its winning entry in the 2012 National Education Startup Challenge. The National Education Startup Challenge is part of the Startup America program from the U.S. Department of Education. The Challenge invited students to develop an innovative solution to an education problem and design a blueprint for a new company or non-profit organization from start-up to delivery.
This year's challenge, led by Haley Barnett of LSC-University Park and guided by Mike Mathews, chief strategist for innovation and entrepreneurship and i2i advisor, won the 2012 National Education Startup Challengewith their entry, the Educational Positioning System (EPS). The EPS is designed to help students access and navigate their own college transcripts, standardized test scores, personal interests, labor statistics, and career pathways to select the right college and end up in the right career. The EPS captures a student's data along with their entire educational journey. Students are then able to access their data in one location and choose exactly what path will work best for them as they prepare for and complete their college education. The EPS puts the ownership of student data into the hands of students, according to Mathews.
According to Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, "The Educational Positioning System's winning entry shows the promise of tackling tough educational issues when our country's students are empowered to innovate and meet the challenges of the 21st Century."
A sneak preview of the students' efforts can be viewed at mydatabutton.com. The winning video introduction to the Educational Positioning System (EPS) can be viewed by clicking on 2012 Student Winners.
For more information on i2i, contact Christina Robinson Grochett
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We Salute Sioux Valley's 75th Year
As surviving players, club members, and fans reminisce this week about the many cherished memories through the years at the Sioux Valley Amateur Men's Match-Play Golf Tournament, we readily join with them to salute this unique and venerable Cherokee golfing classic on its 75th Anniversary.
Spanning 84 years (it began in 1925 and missed some years for war time) the "Sioux Valley Am" has reigned as a favorite tournament and format for thousands of Midwest golfers, and hundreds of Cherokee natives who return "home" each year to make the Sioux Valley Am their annual vacation.
If we've heard it once, we've heard it hundreds of times that the reason so many accomplished golfers throughout the area play in the tournament is because year after year, the Sioux Valley Am organizers "do it right" in conducting a superb tourney.
"It's the Cherokee people," is one of the more popular quotes we often hear when talking with visitors about the tournament. "We love the course, its unique geography, and the match-play format. But it's the people and the fact the Sioux Valley is such a class act that keeps us coming back."
Thanks to the skills of Course Superintendent Ryan Lux and his capable staff, the Cherokee Golf & Country Club course has never been in finer condition. The recent rains have simply put the course's condition over the top, with golfers voicing their amazement at how well-manicured the 9-hole "olde course" is.
Annually, the Sioux Valley Am is a festive, entertaining celebration of the finest in amateur golf, socializing, and reuniting with family and old friends.
This year our hats are off to Sioux Valley Am chief organizers Jason Spooner, Bill Spindler, and Chris Jenness, all accomplished golfers in their own right willing to step up to the plate to help make this Cherokee jewel the best it can be.
Through the years to age and attrition, we've lost many fiercely loyal and beloved Sioux Valley Am participants and boosters. But the beat goes on in their memory as organizers stand today on their shoulders to produce one more unique Sioux Valley Amateur Men's Match-Play Golf Classic.
Congratulations, Sioux Valley Am and Cherokee Golf & Country Club. You make us proud!


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Additionally, the Px4 has been announced in .45 ACP designated as the Px4 Storm SD (Special Duty). Notable differences between the standard Px4 and the Special Duty are the desert tan frame color, PVD coated magazines and internal firing control assembly, double recoil spring, specially roll marked slide and a longer barrel to facilitate the use of a suppressor. The PVD coated magazines (one ( and two 10 rounds mags come with the package) are not scheduled to be imported and there will only be one production run of the PX4SD. Supplies are limited. Initial photos show the barrel with a silver proprietary coating but the production models have a black finished barrel. Also, pistol tags indicate that superluminova sight paint is standard but Beretta USA discontinued use of the paint in 2009 so the PX4SD will have standard white 3-dot sights. The special Pelican case contains oil, cleaning kit, 3 mags, pistol, all 3 back straps, all 3 mag buttons, manual, warranty card and 2 foam dividers.
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Lies and empty promises are among Satan's most defining traits. Given that he is the source of all lying in people, any person who lies is listening to Satan at that moment and showing his or her devotion to him. The reason for this devotion is explained in the following verses:
What they call on apart from Him [Allah] are female idols. What they call on is an arrogant Satan whom Allah has cursed. He [Satan] said: "I will take a certain fixed proportion of Your servants." (Surat an-Nisa', 117-18)
Nobody wants to admit that he or she serves Satan or shows devotion to him. However, those who spend their lives ignoring their conscience and heeding the voice of Satan, which is always within them, are always true to Satan. In the Qur'an, Allah gives us the following information about such people:
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the All-Merciful, We assign him a devil who becomes his bosom friend-they debar them from the path, yet they still think they are guided-so that, when he reaches Us, he says: "If only there was the distance of the two Easts between you and me!" What an evil companion! It will not benefit you today, since you did wrong, that you share equally in the punishment. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 36-39)
One of Satan's most telling characteristics is his constant belief that he is always right. Therefore, he incites those people to whom he speaks to believe that they are always right as well. As we can see in the verses above, Satan's friends believe that they are guided.
People who lie always see justice and truth in themselves. They believe that their lies are told for a very good reason. When such people say that they are admitting their lies, they are serious only on a few minor points and insist on not admitting any others, for they have not abandoned their devotion to Satan.
Many people who read these lines may be unable to properly imagine what devotion to Satan is. Those who are loyal to Satan are bound to their ego, pride, personal interests, and wishes. Thus, they evade justice and truth. Satan deceives people through such weaknesses, and uses various methods to divert them from Allah's path. Given this, those who do not behave honestly and confess their lies are serving Satan and displaying their attachment to him. This means that Satan can deceive such people on matters other than lying, thereby binding them to himself because their self is not strong enough to make them abandon their lies and adopt the Qur'anic morality. After a while, Satan can prevent them from getting up for morning prayers, behaving in a self-sacrificing way, and performing those tasks of which Allah approves.
Consequently, people need to sever all ties with Satan. A lot of people think that heeding Satan from time to time is harmless. In fact, this is one of Satan's methods. He accepts those who follow him on one point, even though they conform to Allah's will on every other matter. For example, if such people cannot exercise their willpower in order to stop lying, this is a gain for Satan.
Those who obey Allah and show their devotion to Him at every moment hope that He will be pleased with them. If they perform all types of worship, sacrifice themselves, and show steadfast morality while still being capable of lying, they are nevertheless showing their devotion to Satan in at least one area of life.
Allah informs people of an important truth in the following verse:
They assign to Allah a share of the crops and livestock He has created, saying: "This is for Allah,"-as they allege-"and this is for our idols." Their idols' share does not reach Allah, whereas Allah's share reaches their idols! What an evil judgment they make! (Surat al-An`am, 136)
Allah informs people who assign a share of their possessions to Him and a share to their idols that they have made an evil judgment. People who adhere to the morality and faith of which Allah approves can never give any of their devotion or obedience to Satan, for such sincere believers conform to His will at all times. They place Allah's will and mercy, as well as Paradise, above any advantage that they might obtain by lying. In the Qur'an, Allah tells us that religion belongs only to Him:
Indeed is the sincere religion not Allah's alone? People who take protectors besides Him [say]: "We only worship them so that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Allah will judge between them regarding the things about which they differed. Allah does not guide anyone who is an ungrateful liar. (Surat az-Zumar, 3)
In addition, sincere and obedient believers never engage in behavior that would justify Satan, because Satan has said that a great majority of people will follow him. Thus, he has started a war against the path of Allah, and the more people who follow him, the greater he believes his victory to be. Allah tells us about this satanic logic in the following verses:
Iblis was correct in his assessment of them and they followed him, except for a group of the believers. He had no authority over them, except to enable Us to know those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are in doubt about it. Your Lord is the Preserver of all things. (Surah Saba', 20-21)
As can be seen in Allah's verses, Satan is greatly deceived. He believes that he gains by drawing people to his side. In fact, he can divert as many people as he likes, but he will never gain anything from doing so. He will live in the torment of Hell for eternity, along with those whom he deceived. In addition, he plans his activities without realizing that he has already fallen into a very big plan devised by Allah. As Allah informs us in the verses above, He allows Satan to separate good people from bad people. In other words, Satan is only a tool for testing people in this worldly life, a means of revealing people's true faces, and thus has no authority over people. However, he will not benefit in any way even if he leads countless people away from Allah's path. On the contrary, he will only ensure that more people are driven into Hell along with him.
Regardless of how deft Satan's methods are, the believers never engage in any behavior that would justify them. They behave and speak in such a way that they always show clearly and definitely that they are on Allah's side.
According to their lives and their speech, as described in the Qur'an, the Prophets are the best example of this. They always made Allah their Friend and Protector, and were Satan's greatest enemies. Allah states the difference between those who believe and those who do not in the following terms:
Allah is the Protector of those who believe. He brings them out of the darkness into the light. But those who do not believe have false deities as protectors. They take them from the light into the darkness. Those are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, forever. (Surat al-Baqara, 2572009-03-24 16:07:26


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Hope College will feature the Michigan Recital Project on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Begun in 2012 by Emily Marvosh and Margot Rood, both Michigan natives living in Boston, The Michigan Recital Project creates a dialogue between vocal musicians, composers, and listeners by bringing newly written vocal chamber music to a broad audience in Michigan and beyond. Its purpose is to grow the repertoire of music that celebrates Michigan culture and heritage.
The pianist for the Project is Hope College's own alumnus Joseph Turbessi, from Nunica. A 2005 Hope graduate, Turbessi is active in the greater Boston area as a solo and collaborative pianist, organist, and chamber musician. He is a regular recitalist and has performed piano recitals at the Boston Conservatory and on the Jamaica Plain and Equilibrium concert series. Turbessi is a staff accompanist at the Boston Conservatory, the accompanist for the Harvard-Radcliffe chorus, and director of music at the First Parish of Sherborn (UU).
The Project is undertaking its first Michigan tour from Tuesday, Oct. 1, through Thursday, Oct. 10, presenting a program of pieces for voices, flute and piano by Michigan composers and inspired by the Mitten State. The recital features four new works by young composers, as well as Michigan-themed selections by William Bolcom, Catherine McMichael, Leo Sowerby, Irving Berlin, and others.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus at the former 127 E. 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.


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is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. Ferrell first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films A Night at the Roxbury, Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Stranger than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, and Land of the Lost. He is considered a member of the Frat Pack, a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors to emerge in the late 1990s and the 2000s including Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.
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Arnbjørn Hansen scored twice as EB/Streymur held their nerve on the final day of the season to claim the Faroese First Division title for the second time.
Champions in 2008, EB/Streymur went into the last game two points ahead of ÍF Fuglafjørdur, knowing a win would secure them the crown. However, things were anything but straightforward against NSÍ Runavík – the side that inflicted their last defeat, 12 games ago – despite Hansen giving the hosts an early advantage.
Debes Danielsen (22) equalised before Klæmint Olsen missed a superb opening for NSÍ. Hansen calmed home nerves, though, restoring the lead on half-time, before Pætur Dam Jacobsen looked to have secured things by turning in a cross after the break. Jens Joensen's late goal (81) made life uncomfortable for EB/Streymur, but they held firm for a 3-2 win and the title.
Captain Egil á Bø admitted things were closer than he would have liked. "It was a bit too exciting," he said. "I wish it had been less so. NSÍ could have been in front because they wasted two glorious opportunities, but we have fine forwards who can get us goals."
As it turned out, a draw would have been good enough for EB/Streymur as Fuglafjørður were held 0-0 by HB Tórshavn, but having lost just three league games all season, coach Heðin Askham was adamant his side deserved the title.
"We might not have the biggest squad, but player by player we have the best team in the Faroe Islands." The league title eases the pain of the penalty shoot-out defeat the club suffered in the Faroese Cup final against Víkingur six weeks ago.
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The arrival of high winds from Hurricane Sandy has prompted the closing of the region's three major malls. After opening this morning, officials have closed the doors at the Auburn Mall, the Greendale Mall in Worcester and Solomon Pond Mall on the Marlboro-Berlin line.
The three malls are owned by Simon Property Group.
Solomon Pond Mall Administrative Assistant Ali Gooding said the decision to close was made because the storm is expected to intensify this afternoon. Mall officials feel customers and people working at the malls would be safer off the roads, he said.
At The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley, some stores are closing early but others are staying open as long as they have power. Those stores include Dick's, Target, and Best Buy.
There have been scattered power outages in the region.
Central Massachusetts appears to be safely weathering the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
While there have been several power failures today, there appear to be few problems as of early this afternoon.
This morning, about 300 National Grid customers in the Rochdale Street area of Auburn lost power when a tree limb came down on a power line, but Auburn Police Department Detective-Sgt. Jeffrey A. Lourie said most people had their power restored by 10 a.m. About 3,000 customers in Dudley had their power turned back on this morning after a tree limb hit a power line, National Grid spokesman Charlotte A. McCormack said.
Unitil, in northern Central Massachusetts, was not reporting any power major failures at mid-day.
Alan E. Dunham, a meteorologist in the Taunton office of the National Weather Service, said a wind gust of 43 mph was recorded at Worcester Regional Airport about 4 a.m. He said winds were consistently gusting above 30 mph at the 1,009-foot-elevation airport.
The NWS, which has issued a high wind warning for Central Massachusetts, said the wind should pick up. Mr. Dunham said wind gusts of 50 mph can be expected.
The worst of the storm is expected between late morning into the early evening, Mr. Dunham said.
"The wind will steadily increase this morning," he said.
Along with the high winds, heavy rain can be expected at times; forecasters say up to 3 inches of rain can fall through tonight.
"There will be times when the rain will fall heavily," Mr. Dunham.
Schools in Worcester and elsewhere in the region are closed today.
Traffic was light this morning in the Worcester area, with schools off and many businesses allowing employees to work from home. A spokesman in the Holden state police barracks reported a vehicle fire at the intersection of Interstate 190 and Interstate 290. There were minor injuries.
Return to telegram.com for updates on the storm.


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In SQL Server 2012, a new feature was added called Columnstore Indexes that resulted in huge query performance improvements. In SQL Server 2014, there have been two major improvements on this feature:
Clustered: They have enhanced the columnstore to be a pure columnar store, so indexing is no longer required. The In-Memory ColumnStore for data warehousing is implemented as a clustered columnstore index (or CCI) on a table. The data in a CCI is grouped and stored for every column in the table. Unlike the non-clustered columnstore index, the CCI is the data – there is no other underlying data structure
Updatable: You are able to insert, update, and delete data in an existing ColumnStore. Note that a columnstore index is impossible to update "in-place" due to its highly compressed structure, so "deltastores" are used. The same solution was done for v2 of PDW
Note you will still be able to create a non-clustered columnstore index which is not updatable. A table with a clustered columnstore index cannot have any type of nonclustered index.
More info:
CREATE COLUMNSTORE INDEX (Transact-SQL)
SQL SERVER 2014 – Columnstore Index Enhancement – Part 1
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Video What's New for Columnstore Indexes and Batch Mode Processing
Enhancements to SQL Server Column Stores
What's New for Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014
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Horizontally Centered Absolute Positioning
CSS offers the ability to take an element completely out of the regular document stream and position it in an arbitrary spot within the browser window. This is great news for people wanting the extra control, provided they're content to use the left or right edge of the browser as a starting point. Up till now, there has been no way to absolutely align content to a horizontally centered axis in the window.
Consider example 1. We are trying to position a yellow
div within a 500 pixel wide centered baby blue
div. However, there is a body of text between the two which is theoretically being pulled from a database. We have no way of knowing how large this text area will be, so relative positioning will not work.
In example 2 we've used absolute positioning to align the yellow
div to the right of the window, and offset it by 200 pixels to roughly position it within the blue
div. This assumes the window is a certain width, and if we start resizing it we quickly realize that the yellow
div will not stay in that spot long.
Were we to try aligning the
div to the left side of the window, we'd experience much the same result. The problem is that the blue
div has variable margins in order to center it, so the left and right edges of the
div are never a set number of pixels away from the left and right edges of the screen. Unfortunately, this is exactly what absolute positioning does, so the two are seemingly incompatible.
The way we've chosen to center the blue
div is the key here. By setting the left and right margins of a
div to
auto, it will be horizontally centered within its containing element.The blue
div, #div1, is created with the following code:
#div1 {
background-color: #ccf;
width: 500px;
padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
If we assume that the background is transparent, give the
div a width of 100%, and position the
div to the top left corner of the browser window, then theoretically we can center anything inside it the same way we've centered the blue
div relative to the document's
That means that we're going to start treating the
p inside the
div as a secondary
div. Currently in our second example, the yellow
div, div3, looks like so:
#div3 {
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
right: 200px;
background-color: #ffc;
border: solid 1px #000;
width: 300px;
The first thing we need to do is move it to the top left corner, then we'll want to remove the width constraint so that it spans the whole window. Secondly, we'll remove formatting and create a new definition for the
p sitting inside our
div. A bit of hacking, and our code looks like this:
#div3 {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 100%;
#div3 p {
background-color: #ffc;
border: solid 1px #000;
width: 300px;
margin: 0px auto;
Well, as you can see in example 3, we're a bit off. But if you scale the window, you'll notice the yellow
div isn't moving anymore, so we're mostly there. It's currently dead centre, which isn't quite where we want it. We've run out of elements to modify, unfortunately, since we can't add padding to the
div or adjust the margin of the
p. We'll have to throw a span in the HTML itself to compensate, then we're free to add our final tweak to this span.
#div3 {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 100%;
#div3 p {
background-color: #ffc;
border: solid 1px #000;
width: 300px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
#div3 span {
display: block;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 150px;
And as you'll see in example 4, we've got it. The caveat is that this method relies on the
margin: auto method of centering, which IE5 doesn't seem to like. There's a workaround using
text-align which is fully adaptable to this method. View example 5 for an IE5–friendly version complete with
text-aligns. Alternatively, example 4 aligns to the left , but doesn't otherwise break the intended layout, so you may deem this acceptable for IE5 users.
Known support: IE5/Windows (with a little work), IE6/Windows, NN7/Windows, Mozilla 1.0+, Opera 6+/Windows


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Tennis enthusiasts, not sure if anyone is current so I'm sending this shout-out. I'm working in Gallup from Palm Springs, 4.0 club/tournament player looking to hit on the weekends. Will travel to swing the stick. Have found nothing locally. Give me a sympathy card if nothing else.
Hey Desiree just getting your message, wondering if you can hit tomorrow evening or another time that may be good for you?
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I would love to hit with you if you have the time. I'm free pretty much any weekday evening. Let me know if you are interested.
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A Manifesto for a New Creative Age
If you have ever written a poem, story or blog, written music, taken a photograph, sung a song, drawn a friend or videoed a wedding – whether you do it professionally or not – you are a creator. If you're an illustration student or a 'weekend-warrior' in a rock band, you're part of a continuum of creativity that goes from anyone who does it 'just for me', right through to award-winning professionals who do it for a living.
The Creators' Rights Alliance is an affiliation of organisations representing the interests of over 100,000 original creators of music, journalism, illustration, photography, writing, film and TV directing. On the creativity continuum, the CRA represents people towards the professional end.
We live in a time of unparalleled creativity. In the internet age everyone can be a published creator. And international law says that from the moment that you create and record your work – whether it's in writing, on a website, on tape, audio mp3, in film or even via email – this work is your intellectual property1: you have the right to say how it is copied and used.
You created it: it's yours. This is a human right.
As a creator, your work has value. Enshrined in and protected by copyright, this value is the base of what our government calls the UK's 'creative economy'.
Copyright, and the exploitation of this right, provides the basis of the income by which all professional creators make their livelihoods. The world would be much the poorer if creators could not make a living – could not do their work professionally – whether that work be, for example, writing novels, or exposing corruption as a journalist, or making photographs, or composing music for films or TV.
But even if you are far from being a professional, even if you want never to be a professional creator, your creativity has a value. You might not recognise it, you might not even agree that it should, but it has a value nonetheless.
Sometimes, it is only when someone tries to use your work against your wishes, or gets financial gain from your work that you didn't expect, or didn't agree to, that you become aware of this value.
The arrival of Facebook, Flickr, remixes and mash-ups marks a new creative age – an age in which there are more opportunities than ever before for everyone to have outlets for their creative urges and talents. Unfortunately, this also means that there have never been more opportunities to extract value from creators' work without permission, without prior knowledge and without payment.
This document puts forward a seven-point manifesto of principles for this new creative age. These principles are necessary for all creators along the continuum, not just for the professionals that the Creators' Rights Alliance represents but for all, for hobbyists and semi-pros too.
We are all part of this new creative age. Understanding how to make the most of it by respecting the rights of creators of intellectual property is the best way for everyone to keep this creativity flowing.
1 In UK law the exception to this rule is if you are an employee – if you create work as part of your employment, by default the intellectual property is owned by your employer


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Geoff Dyer goes all word nerd in the Times and I love it:
It started with the jacket copy for the British hardback of Richard Holmes's wonderful "Age of Wonder." We learn there of the astronomer William Herschel's "tireless dedication to the stars" (the actual stars, that is, the ones out there in space, before they were superseded — and possibly even outnumbered — by those in the realm of film, pop and sport). This connection between an adjective and the stars made me curious about the extent to which a word can continue to shine after the life has gone out of it. Thereafter I started to notice that "tireless" and "tirelessly" were cropping up all over the place, often in works of considerable literary merit. In Jonathan Coe's biography of the experimental novelist, for example, I read that B. S. Johnson "worked tirelessly for the trade union movement." There was nothing particularly wrong with this particular instance, but the cumulative effect of encountering tirelesslys made me — taking my cue from Holmes again — wonder. Like a tired person trying to get to sleep who is kept awake by sounds from the street that he or she has for years scarcely noticed, I found that the word had become suddenly unignorable.
It intruded, if only in a pea-under-a-mattress way, on my enjoyment of two of the best books I read last year. Wade Davis's "Into the Silence" is a brilliantly thorough narrative of the first attempts to conquer Everest, starting with the climbers who had fought in the First World War and climaxing with the disappearance of Mallory in 1924. It would be churlish when considering such a long book to make too much of the "tireless efforts" of one member of the team on behalf of the Everest project, or the description of another member as "tireless." But one can, I think, question the accuracy of this shared appellation. I mean, were these people never tired? (Yes, yes, I understand, this is a context in which people are not just tired; they're depleted beyond the limits of human comprehension — but keep going anyway.)
What words bother you? "Literally" is literally killing me these days because I literally hear people using it literally all the time.


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For many people, entrepreneurship is about "living the dream." Recently minted MBAs and middle managers in Dilbert-sized cubicles fantasize about striking out on their own, translating a vision into reality and reaping the rewards of their efforts. In recent years, senior executives at established corporations have caught the entrepreneurial bug, too. After cutting costs to the bone, many big companies now hope to drive top-line growth by seizing fleeting opportunities before upstarts and established rivals beat them to the punch.1
While the pursuit of opportunity promises outsized rewards to entrepreneurs and established enterprises, it also entails great uncertainty. Uncertainty lurks in every corner and comes in many flavors: known unknowns (what you know you don't know); unknown unknowns (what you don't know you don't know); new information that is imperfect or incomplete; and conflicting signals.2 It's not all bad news, though; uncertainty can have an upside as well: Technologies sometimes work better than anticipated or solve an even bigger problem than the targeted one, the market may be larger or grow faster than expected, or well-endowed rivals might be asleep at the wheel.
The critical task of entrepreneurship lies in effectively managing the uncertainty inherent in trying something new.3 Investors have many tools to manage their risk, but individual entrepreneurs and managers cannot wield these same mechanisms. Venture capitalists investing in risky startups, for example, routinely syndicate the uncertainty by taking only a piece of a financing round and sharing the remainder with other investors. Entrepreneurs, of course, cannot easily band together to invest in one another's ventures. Insurance, as a practical matter, is no more promising than syndication. Entrepreneurs can rarely afford the premiums to cover identifiable risks and certainly cannot buy a blanket policy indemnifying them against business failure. Diversification — one of the most powerful tools for investors — is hazardous to the health of most new ventures, because managers and entrepreneurs lack the time, attention and money to hedge their bets.
If they cannot rely on syndication, insurance or diversification, how can entrepreneurs and managers cope with the uncertainty that is part and parcel of pursuing an opportunity? A few of the most common approaches are among the least effective. At one extreme, entrepreneurs can ignore uncertainty — simply jump into the fray and make it up as they go along.


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- The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (FJDP) is composed of the three judiciaries that together make up the Philadelphia Court System: the Court of Common Pleas, the Municipal Court, and Traffic Court.
FJDP is not a City department; rather, it is ultimately under the direction and control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and exists as an administrative entity separate from City government. Accordingly, the City has no direct authority to manage, control expenses, or set budgetary levels within the judicial system, despite its current obligation to fund the majority of FJDP's operating expenses.
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- The court system in Philadelphia originates from various Commonwealth of Pennsylvania laws. Common Pleas and Municipal Courts were established by the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1968 and Judiciary Act of 1976. Philadelphia Traffic Court is authorized and established under Article V, Sections 1 and 6(c) of the Constitution of Pennsylvania - as amended in 1968, and under Section 301 (42 Pa. C.S. '301) and Section 1321 (42 Pa. C.S. '1321) of the Judicial Code. These Courts are part of the state's unified judicial system and comprise Pennsylvania's First Judicial District.
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