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With the European general aviation markets essentially stagnant and the Asian markets evidently running out of steam, hopeful eyes in the business jet industry are turning toward Latin America. "We believe this region will continue to play a key role in sustaining what has been a very troubled industry, hopefully until the US market regains its strength," says aviation consultant Brian Foley (pictured).
Comparing recent trends in non-US markets, Foley points out that traditionally strong markets in Europe and the Middle East have seen consistent yearly decreases in their business jet fleets while those in South and Central America have steadily gained. According to JetNet, that region's fleet has grown by 10 percent in the last year (almost 200 units), bringing its total fleet size up to 2100.
What made up this increase? Interestingly, it was the smallest and the largest jets that gained the most. The under-10,000-pound models like Cessna's Mustang and Embraer's Phenom 100 increased their numbers by 20 percent. And the over-35,000-pound jets, including the larger Falcons, Gulfstreams, Bombardiers and converted airliners, almost matched this with 17 percent growth.
Historically, light and medium jets have dominated the Latin American market and currently comprise three-quarters of the region's business jet fleet. However, they recorded much slower growth last year; actually under 10 percent. "This is in line with what we've been hearing from manufacturers," Foley said. "New-aircraft sales in these classes seem tepid everywhere. It's a classic case of muddle in the middle, with all the action happening here at the top and bottom ends."
Aircraft imported into Latin America represent a healthy mix of new and pre-owned, Foley said. As for regional market shifts, his field sources see Brazil moderating somewhat while Mexico is coming back following elections. "This is a strong professional community with a lot of savvy buyers. If buying pre-owned, they have the foresight to act when prices are low. If buying new, they shrewdly find and use negotiating leverage."
Foley holds that Latin American market has been under-appreciated. "It currently accounts for 10 percent of all the world's business jets, and it operates on a somewhat different economic cycle. Were it not for the steady activity the region has provided, especially during this recent downturn, our manufacturers would be in even direr straits today."
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All candidates were invited to respond to questionnaires, although not all chose to participate. Click on a candidate's name to see the unedited response to each question.
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Occupation: Attorney/Kordik Law Firm
Marital status: Single
Graduate of Elmhurst Public Schools, Bachelors Degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981, passed the CPA exam, Law Degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1984.
Civic, professional, fraternal or other affiliations:
St. Alexander Catholic Church: Lector since 1993
Lions Club, Member since 1997, Past President
DuPage County Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association, Member
St. Thomas More Society of DuPage County
Certified (Chair) Arbitrator for the 18th Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois
Member of both the Villa Park and Elmhurst Chambers of Commerce
Have you held elective or appointive political office or been employed by any branch of government?
Yes. I am currently the elected York Township Clerk.
Elected York Township Republican Precinct Committeeman, Precinct 25, since 1994
York Township Republican Precinct Committeemen's Organization: Vice Chair
Villa Park/Lombard Elementary District 45 Board of Education Member 1988-1995, Vice President 1991-1994
Village of Villa Park Planning and Zoning Commissioner, 1999-2010
DuPage County Board Solid Waste (Recycling) Committee, Municipal Member, District 2
DuPage County Regional Board of School Trustee 2003
Please list jobs or contracts you, members of your immediate family or business partners have had with government.
I am currently the elected York Township Clerk. I serve as an arbitrator (as an independent contractor) for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit for the State of Illinois/County of DuPage hearing a half dozen cases a year. No members of my immediate family have held any jobs or contracts with the government. I am a small business owner/ sole proprietor, so I do not have business partners.
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Campaign headquarters:
Website: votekordik.com
Campaign manager: Marian Wagner
Campaign budget: $45,000.00
Name your five biggest campaign contributors and the amount they contributed.
I have not yet had a fundraiser for the upcoming election. In my last Township Election, my 5 biggest contributors were Michael Fleming ($500); my parents George and Catherine Kordik ($500); James Valancius ($300); Four Seasons Lawn Service and Landscaping ($250); and Steve Esposito ($200).
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Maintaining and improving the quality of life which makes DuPage County a highly desirable place to live, work, and raise a family. Priorities include excellence in schools and educational opportunities; quality job creation; preservation of open space; reduction of traffic congestion and getting the State's finances in order which affects not only my district but every district in our state.
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Getting the state back on a sound financial path where it is paying its bills on time and not spending money it does not have. Not extending the personal state income tax hike. Ending pension abuses and enacting reforms so that the benefits are available to those hard working people who have invested years of service and their own money into the system. Priorities for the State are not much different than for my district: excellence in schools and educational opportunities; quality job creation.
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I will use my accounting background, my legal skills as a practicing attorney and my life experience of raising a family, starting and growing my own business and including hiring and paying employees, to prioritize expenditures. I will call upon my 25 years of community service, from the local school board (served 7 1/2 years) to the local planning and zoning commission (served 11 years) to my active participation in numerous citizens' advisory committees, to benefit my constituents. As the only candidate from either party running to represent the 46th District who has planted roots in the district, who has raised his family in the district and who actually lives in the district I hope to represent, I know and share the needs and concerns of my constituents--my neighbors. I am approachable, accessible, insightful and driven, and nobody will out work me.
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I do support the concept of offering state workers the option of lowering their benefits, paying more now to keep current benefit levels, or giving them the opportunity to move to private or 401(k) type account. Clearly the first step in pension reform is to stop the abuses which have jeopardized the integrity of a system in which many hard working people have contributed their own money. I do believe that there is a strong policy justification to exclude police officers and firefighters who put their lives on the line for the public on a daily basis (and who have traditionally started their careers at a relatively low pay knowing that they have a pension to look forward to in the future) from a reduced pension system or certainly to create a separate category for such public safety officers.
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See answer to the question above.
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I want the 2 percent income tax increase to expire in 2014 as planned and would have voted against the state tax increase in the first place.
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I also would have voted against raising the state's corporate tax rate from 4.8 % to 7%.
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Lowering the tax rate (for businesses and individuals) and not by cutting special deals to companies that threaten to leave the state if they do not receive breaks. We need to create a business climate and atmosphere where companies are attracted to our state because of a favorable business climate and low taxes, by a work force that is well educated and well-trained.
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I would oppose borrowing money that the state does not have since such borrowing would incur unnecessary interest and further increase the "bills" the state must pay. The State of Illinois did not get into this financial mess overnight. It took years of ineffective leadership and policies into this deep of a mess, I believe we need to start digging ourselves out off this mess one shovel full at a time and would not support borrowing from Peter to pay Paul since the cumulative effect will be more money owed in the long run.
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I believe in the right to collectively bargain. My father was a union steward. While I was on the school board, our district successfully negotiated multi-year contracts with the teachers' union by school board members, administrators and teachers (all the parties involved) sitting down and bargaining in good faith. My opinion is that with state labor unions, the General Assembly is in effect a party and therefore I believe role in negotiating such contracts is appropriate.
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No. I am against expanded gambling in Illinois. I do not support a Chicago casino.
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Yes. Yes. Although I believe Senate Bill 1466 was an important first step in a reform process, I believe capping an individual's ability to contribute his own money to a candidate of his choice, while allowing political parties and PACs to have much higher limits as to how much they can contribute needs some fine tuning.
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As former school board member and former member of several citizen advisory committees relating to education, I believe that education is the best investment one can make. I believe that education should be one of the state's highest priorities and look forward to the day in the near future when the state will have the funds to treat education as such a priority. Neither of my parents attended college. I am the only one of my siblings to graduate from college and then I went onto law school after that. I value education and truly believe that education is the way to further oneself not only financially and career-wise, but I sincerely feel that education in and of itself is extreme value and benefit to an individual. That being said, I am reluctant to change to a system which would decrease local control by sending more money to Springfield which has historically not made its way back to my district. The voters of Elmhurst voted to build a new York High School. The voters of Villa Park/Lombard/Addison voted to make substantial improvements to Willowbrook and Addison Trail High Schools and grade schools. These are all communities in my district. I believe a locally elected school board whose citizen-members best know the needs of their communities with opportunities for local referenda giving the citizenry the opportunity to increase their investment in their community works.
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I believe that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. I therefore do not support gay marriage.
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My 2012 Sorta-MMO Outlook December 22, 2011Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in Diablo III, entertainment, Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, Path of Exile, Torchlight II, World of Warplanes.
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At about this time last year I wrote a post about my MMO Outlook for 2011.
There were six games I was looking forward to in 2011 that were… mostly… in the traditional MMORPG, virtual world, shared experience with thousands of fellow players mold. The real question was on which of the six would I be able to focus. It seemed likely that I would only have time for one, so there was a choice to be made.
Two of the candidates were pushed out into 2012 (TERA and Guild Wars 2), one was cancelled (The Agency), and two I played in beta (DCUO and SWTOR) and decided to pass on. The choice ended up being Rift, which is where the instance group is playing currently. Despite my "Oh no, not another fantasy MMORPG!" initial reaction, and probably because that was exactly what it was, it filled the niche for our group.
Sitting here now and looking out at 2012, I find that the MMOs I am looking forward too… really aren't traditional shared virtual worlds.
There is a shared experience in each, be it cities, towns, lobbies, or chat channels. But the actual world in which you adventure, those are instanced. You an your group are on your own and you will never run into anybody who is not on the guest list one way or another.
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2 was actually on my 2011 Outlook list, but it fell out of 2011 and there seems to be some risk of it falling out of 2012 when it comes down to it. That is certainly Zubon's prediction!
The game is certainly the most traditional looking of my choices for 2012 when comparing to other MMOs. The original Guild Wars was fully instanced with just cities available as locations where players could interact with the population as a whole. But the people at ArenaNet never claimed it was an MMO.
This time around they are stating that it is an MMO with a persistent world, with dynamic events, described as being scalable and to "encourage impromptu group play," seeming to be the primary draw in that regard.
And, of course, it will solve all the problems from which current fantasy MMORPGs, and their players, suffer. Or so one might be lead to believe reading some of the fan comments.
Still, the game does appear to be trying to break some past trends while keeping its subscription-free business model. (Hey, Guild Wars was free to play back in 2005! What trend setters!) That ambition alone, along with the no subscriptions, is probably enough to get me to buy the box.
But I also own two Guild Wars boxes, and it was never sticky enough to get me to stay, so we'll have to see how they do this time around.
Diablo III
And now we get into the items that are either Diablo III or very much like Diablo III, and where any MMO pretense starts sliding away. No shared virtual worlds here.
I will, almost assuredly, buy this game. But the true key to this list is whether I will play it with other people. While I played a lot of the original Diablo with other people, Diablo II settled down into an almost all solo affair. Part of that was the syncing of maps, where joining up with somebody would redo the random elements of your world to match theirs and your maps would be gone. And part of it was the scaling difficulty levels in Diablo II. Back in Diablo, we would sometimes just play in the same game but in different areas just to be chatting and such. In Diablo II the monsters all scaled up as people were added, so three people running around solo wasn't a viable option. You had to stick together.
Then there is the group size aspect of things. Diablo III, like its predecessors, will be limited to four players. Given our regular group runs five people regularly, and can get expanded up to eight pretty quickly, this means it will be a game played on off-nights, which means no regular group.
So while I might play Diablo III, it may just get the treatment I give most games I play solo, which is a mention or two and a summary. Unless Blizzard loses its roots and fails to capture what made the Diablo games great, in which case it likely be one complaint post and silence ever after.
Torchlight II
Torchlight II is clearly trying to be the Diablo III you want versus the Diablo III Blizzard is going to give you. It will offer LAN play, server options, up to eight players in a game, PvP games, 100 levels, pets, fishing and so on. Look at the comparo chart.
All done by a team that includes people who made the original two Diablo games.
The problem, for me, is that Torchlight, as solid as it was, did not capture the "feel" of the Diablo games. Much like one of my early and often complaints about WoW, it has a very cartoon feel to it, in the Team Fortress 2 sort of style. It failed on the atmosphere aspect of the Diablo essence, though it certainly had the simplicity part down.
So Torchlight II certainly gets past the group size issue and has many things to recommend it… and I will almost certainly buy it. But will it end up being a side game I play solo, or something the whole group can dive into?
Path of Exile
I wrote about Path of Exile the other day. This is another entry in the Diablo-like category.
If I can summarize the game badly, it is attempting to be Diablo 2.5 with a Guild Wars world and a free to play business model. All of which may be very good things indeed. Rather than the lobby system, it will have shared towns ala Guild Wars, where you can group up and then go out and adventure in instanced zones and dungeons all with Diablo style clicky game mechanics.
The problem is that while I give it high marks for graphic qualities and capturing some of that foreboding feel of Diablo, it hasn't really grabbed me.
Now, to be fair, the game is in closed beta and has a ways to go. And I haven't played all that much.
It could be a contender, but I get the feeling we won't be talking about a go-live date for quite a while yet.
Honestly, I don't even know where Neverwinter is going these days. It started off sounding like a LAN party D&D adventure with five player groups. Perfect.
But times have changed, Atari has been a pill, Cryptic has been bought up by Perfect World Entertainment (who is also Runic's publisher for Torchlight II), and things seem to be bending to become a free to play MMO style game with the addition of Cryptic's usual player created content system being added on.
All of which sounds fine on the surface. I have been known to pine for an overland Forgotten Realms campaign MMO.
However, my experience in software development shows that things that start in one direction and then bend to another often fail to come together as well as one might like. Ask me some day how the multi-server, no single point of failure, custom voice banking app development environment aimed at financial institutions with over a billion dollars in assets worked out when after launch it was decided it should become a canned, fits on one box, minimal configuration necessary, to be sold to the low end, price sensitive credit union and local bank market.
And only ask if you're buying the beer.
Okay, maybe it won't be that bad. It is a multiplayer game that is now going to be integrated into a more MMO-like environment. Cryptic has done the MMO thing a few of times now and has no doubt learned a thing or two. It could go smoothly this time!
The real killer for this though is that it is not likely to be shipping in 2012. Go Zubon predictions! It is already slated for "late 2012," and we know how that works out.
World of Warplanes
Finally, the "one of those things is not like the other" entry into the mix, World of Warplanes. (Not to be confused with World of Planes, which sounds sort of similar.)
I will play this. It will be free to play, free to download, I will try it.
Yes, there are many questions, like how will controls work. Somewhere at the simple F-15 Strike Eagle from my Apple II days end of the spectrum seems more likely than the IL-2 Sturmovik "so many damn controls I can't keep track" end. This will piss people off.
And it will probably be much like World of Tanks as far as business model, where money buys faster advancement, gold planes, and special ammo. This will also piss people off.
My only real hope though is that it will capture the fun of World of Tanks in airplane form. For all of its faults, I have fun playing World of Tanks, which should be the key metric, right?
So What Will It Be?
My list last year was in search of a single game out of six that would stick. That, as I said, came to pass, with Rift being the winner.
This year it looks likely that I will play all of the items on my list, at least if they manage to ship in 2012. The distinct lack of subscription fees certainly help on that front. Six boxes to by at most, and maybe just three really, since three of the games seem to be going the online free to play route.
The real question is whether any of them will make it into the regular group as a title we play together.
As with last year, I am going to end this post with a poll. This time around though, it will be multiple choice. Which of the games on my list will you play if they are available. I included a "none of the above" option, but only click that if you do not click anything else.
What else might come along in 2012 that I should be looking for and which fits in the sorta-MMO or MMO genre?
- 1. bhagpuss - December 22, 2011
Not interested in The Secret World? That's supposedly due in Spring 2012. I'm almost certainly going to give that one a try.
Or Planetside2? Beta apps opened today and I put mine in. I never played the original (god knows why since I have played virtually every other SOE game) but this one looks pretty interesting.
Then there's Wildstar. I've already put in for the beta of that and other than GW2 it's the MMO I'm most excited about. It just oozes style and I'm afraid I've always valued style over substance more than I should.
On the periphery, how about Otherland? Or the Curt Schilling MMO (name escapes me)? ArcheAge? (probably not next year). I'm sure there are more.
In the end, though, there's only one MMO I'm waiting for. One that I'm anticipating more keenly than any other. One that I'll drop anything and everything else to play. EQNext, of course. Everything else is just a time-filler until then.
- 3. pockie - December 23, 2011
I don't know if you'd consider it an MMO, or whether you're a BattleTech fan, but Mechwarrior Online is also slated to be released in 2012. F2P game with persistent effects on the BattleTech universe, depending on your faction's victories. Gameplay might be similar to World of Tanks, though hopefully better. Since you enjoy World of Tanks it could be fun, although I think that 2012 release is also a bit shaky given how little they have right now.
- 4. lyranthe - December 23, 2011
I'm supprised the marketing of the secret world would put you off it. I think thats one of those things that make me play it even more.
- 5. What 2012 may bring « Hardcore Casual - December 23, 2011
[…] a blog post idea from TAGN today (not that he invented it, but reading his sparked mine, so yea). MMOs in […]
- 8. nadia - December 29, 2011
I voted for other – The Secret World. I am also holding off for a few months before playing it because I can't justify to myself the time 'wasted' learning to play a new game but I am keeping an eye on it. I love the setting, looks quite unique.


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Jeffrey Chodorows lounge atop the Empire Hotel opens this week, but the pool is open to hotel guests only. [TONY]
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DIE Sabbati, videlicet, 10 die Junii.
Answer from the H. C.
Ordinance to be prepared, that no Horses shall be taken in London or within Twenty Miles.
Earls of Bedford and Portland versus The Rioters at Wittlesea.
Message from the H. C. with Two Ordinances;
with Committees Names for Sequestrations in Huntingdonshire.
and for a Conference on the following Subjects.
Message from the H. C. that they may communicate a Petition from Cambridge.
Macro and Frankton.
Message from the H. C. for a Conference about the Ordinance concerning the Treatment of the Prisoners at Oxford.
Ordinance to supply the Swanborn People with Wood for Building.
Countess of Newport, a Pass.
Jennings's Cause.
Lady Powell's Servant, a Pass.
Mr. Roger's Funeral.
Ordinance for Mr. Corbett to be presented to Chartham Vicarage.
Sent to the H. C. with the Abp. of Canterbury's Petition.
Clerk of the Crown exempted from the Weekly Assessment.
Mr. Smith, a Pass.
Ordinance to sequester the Archbishop of Canterbury's Jurisdiction, and for Mr. Corbett to be presented to the Vicarage of Chartham in Kent.
Earl of Manchester, Speaker.
The Messengers sent Yesterday to the House of
Commons return with this Answer:
That the House of Commons do agree with their
Lordships, in the Amendment in the Covenant to be
tendered to the whole Kingdom, and likewise they
agree to Thursday next for the Day of Thanksgiving.
Ordered, That the King's Counsel shall prepare
an Ordinance, to present to this House, "That no
Horses shall be taken by any Person, in the Cities of
London and Westm. and within Twenty Miles of
London, except it be by both Houses of Parliament;
and, if any shall attempt it, the next Town is to assist
in the apprehending of them."
The Persons that committed the Riot in Wittlesea, in
the Isle of Ely, were brought to the Bar; and Mr. Herne,
of Counsel with the Earls of Bedford and Portland,
opened the Charge against them.
The Defendants pleaded, "They were not guilty
of the said Charge; and desired that they might have
Counsel assigned them to plead their Cause."
Hereupon this House Ordered, That the Defendants shall have such Counsel as they shall think fit to
use; and that Sir Rob't Rich and Mr. Page, or any One
of them, shall in the mean Time (fn. *) take the Examination
of the Witnesses upon Oath, upon Interrogatories, that
so they may go into the Country, and not lie at Charges
in London; and the Defendants may cross-examine, if
they will; and the Cause to be heard at this Bar on
Monday come Fortnight.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Whitlocke:
1. To desire their Lordships Concurrence in Two Ordinances:
1. Concerning an Ordinance for the Counties of
Staff. Worcester, &c.
2. Concerning Assignment of the King's Woods to
such Persons that have have had their Houses
destroyed by the King's Forces.
2. To desire an Amendment of these Names, to be
amended in the Names of the Committee for Sequestration and Weekly Assessment, in the County of Hunt.
[" (fn. †)
Thomas Temple"] to be made [Thomas Templer"];
["Abraham Burwell"] to be made [Abraham Burrell"];
Agreed to.
3. To desire a Conference,
Concerning the Affairs of Scotland.
2. Concerning the Assembly of Divines.
3. Concerning the Ordinance to Sir Tho. Middleton,
touching the Counties of North Wales.
The Answer returned was:
That their Lordships will give a present Conference,
in the Painted Chamber, as is desired; and that their
Lordships do agree with them, in mending the Names
and adding the Persons to the Committees in the County
of Hunt.; and concerning the Two Ordinances, their
Lordships will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Page and Dr. Aylett:
To desire, at this next Conference, that their Lordships may communicate unto them a Petition, in the
Name of the University of Cambridge.
Upon the Petition of Ralph Macro and Anne Franckton; shewing, "They, being agreed, desire that the
Thirty Pounds deposited by former Order of this
House in the Hands of the Warden, they desire that
the Warden of The Fleete may be Ordered to deliver
to them the said Thirty Pounds:" Which this House
Ordered the same accordingly.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Wenman:
To desire a Conference, about the Ordinance touching the Prisoners at Oxford.
That their Lordships will give a Conference presently,
in the Painted Chamber, as is desired.
The Messengers sent to the House of Commons return with this Answer:
That the House of Commons do agree that, at the
next Conference, the Petition of the University of Cambridge may be communicated to them.
The Order concerning (fn. *) furnishing the Persons of
Swanborne with Wood, to repair their Houses that were
destroyed by the King's Forces, was read.
Ordered, To be respited.
Ordered, That the Countess of Newport shall be
permitted to go to Kenton Parke, in the County of Midd.
and to continue there, and pass and re-pass, with a Coach
and Six Horses, as often as she shall have Occasion.
Ordered, That Mr. Jenings's Cause shall be heard
on Wednesday next, at this Bar.
Ordered, That a Servant of the Lady Powell shall
have a Pass, to go to Oxford, and return to (fn. †)
Ordered, That Drinkwater, the Carrier, shall be
permitted to carry down Mourning to Blanford, for the
Funeral of Mr. Rogers.
The Ordinance of both Houses, for nominating Mr.
Edward Corbett to be presented by the Vicar General of
the Archbishop of Cant. to the Parsonage of Chartham,
in the County; which was approved of, and
Ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, to desire
their Concurrence herein.
To deliver to them the Petition of the Archbishop of
Cant. and the Ordinance for nominating of Mr. Corbett
to be presented to Chartam. (Here enter it.)
Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown shall be
exempted from the Weekly Assessment in London.
The House of Commons being come, the Lords went
to the Conference; and the House was adjourned during
The House was resumed after the Conference.
Ordered, That the Report of this Conference shall
be made on Monday next.
Ordered, That Mr. Edward Smith, and his Man,
with their Horses, shall be permitted to go to Rickmansworth, in the County of Hertford, and return again to
"Whereas, by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament, of the 17th of May,
1643, the Archbishop of Canterbury is required from
Time to Time, until his Trial, to collate such fit Persons unto any Ecclesiastical Preferment in his Patronage, as shall by both Houses be nominated unto
him; and, in Pursuance of the said Ordinance, another
Ordinance of the Lords and Commons passed the
20th of the same Month, requiring the said Archbishop to collate upon Edward Corbett, Fellow of
Merton Colledge, in the University of Oxford, the Rectory of Chartham, in the County of Kent, void by
Death of Dr. Bargrave, the last Incumbent; and
whereas the said Archbishop refuseth Obedience to
the said Ordinance: It is therefore Ordered, and
be it so Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That all the Temporalities of the Archbishop
of Canterbury be hereby sequestered by and unto the
Parliament; and William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury suspended, ab Officio, et Beneficio, & omni &
omnimoda Jurisdictione Archiepiscopali, until he be either
convicted or acquitted of High Treason, for which
he stands now accused; and whatsoever Livings, Dignities, or Ecclesiastical Promotions, in the said Archbishop's Gift or Collation, are or hereafter shall be
void, shall henceforth be instituted and inducted unto
by the Archbishop's Vicar General, or any other
having Authority in this Behalf, upon the Nomination and Recommendation of both Houses of Parliament, during the Time of the Suspension and Sequestration aforesaid: And, upon this Ordinance, it
is Ordered, and be it so Ordained, by the Lords
and Commons in Parliament, That the said Edward
Corbett be, and is hereby, nominated and recommended, forthwith upon Sight hereof, to be admitted,
instituted, and inducted, by the Vicar General aforesaid, or any other having Authority in this Behalf,
into the said Rectory of Chartham, Ratione Suspensionis
Domini Gulielmi Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, et Sequestrationis Temporalium Archiepiscopatus in Manibus
Supremæ Curiæ Parliamenti jam existentium, the same
belonging unto their Gift: And it is hereby further
Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament,
That, during the Suspension and Sequestration aforesaid, the Jurisdiction of the said Archbishop shall be
executed and exercised by his Vicar General, and
other his inferior Judges and Officers, as formerly the
same hath been."
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The Death of the Holden Ute.
The Holden ute is about to be retired forever, after clocking up almost 65 years on Australian roads. »
The Holden ute is about to be retired forever, after clocking up almost 65 years on Australian roads. »
Make all the 'convicts on a desert island' jokes you want, but the Aussies know more about utility vehicles than any nation on earth. Let these slides from the seventies take you back to the glory days of being practical. »
In 2011, the Ford Ranger was phased out in order to stop the tiny truck from cannibalizing sales from the F150. Ford has claimed their halo truck to be the number one selling pickup truck for as far back as I can remember (24 years apparently). The Detroit firm has come under increasing pressure from its competitors… »
We have a bit of an El Camino fetish here. Anytime someone mentions the prospect of it coming back to America, we get all hot and bothered and have dirty dreams for weeks. Alas, GM never makes it happen and we have to lust after our Holden driving friends in Australia. »
The Australian car market is a truly fascinating place. While we love our massive, hulking pickup trucks, the Aussies are perfectly happy in their car-based utes from Ford and Holden. It's like an alternate reality where everyone said, "Why have an F-150 when you can have an El Camino?" »
When it comes to being convinced of the merits of the half car/half truck hybrid pretty much any argument no matter how ridiculous or far-fetched will work—at least for us. »
This is last weekend's Burnout Mayhem 2011, where the Australians have shown the world how a burnout is done. It's not just the smoke crowds want. You've got to go straight to flaming carnage to make a real burnout. »
It's rarer than hen's teeth and more rotten than a pear sitting in the owner's orchard, but that is only the beginning of the amusing description that accompanies this 1976 Austin Ute. »
Here in the states, the El Camino and Ranchero battled for decades as car-based pickups. Australia is much like the US, only upside down, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Falcon XF Ute might have required a bed cap to keep everything from falling up when down there. Now that it's here, that's not a problem, but is… »
Our obsession with the Holden Ute is a mix of Single White Female and The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, but it's about to go full-on creepy One Hour Photo if one doesn't land on our shores soon. This short commercial for the Holden "Thunder" Ute is only exacerbating things. (Hat tip to MrQuick!) »
Walkinshaw is perhaps best known for making Aussie super cars we can't get here. Their latest Series II SuperUte is the most enticing and most ridiculous of all. »
Holy Ride of the Valkyries, what's this? Caught this week testing at the Nürburgring with all the other BMW M-Class models was this
El Camino "Die Straße" coupe, with a truck bed. UPDATE: Sorry, folks. Not happening... »
Forget every burnout you've ever seen. Every donut. Nothing tops this blown methanol ute blasting fire from its tires. See, first you think it's awesome, and then a fire crew comes. And then it gets even more awesome. »
Australia has kept the flame of truck-cars burning bright well after it was snuffed out here. Now lucky Austrailans can graft a Camaro front end onto a Holden Commodore VE ute. God bless global platforms. »
The Australians are convinced Holden's sending the Zeta RWD platform, which formerly underpinned the Pontiac G8, back to the U.S. as a Chevy sedan. If this is true, we're thinking an El Camino-badged Ute is a no brainer. [Drive] »
Our stillborn Pontiac G8 ST is South Africa's Chevrolet Ute SS, and one tuner's cranked the SuperUte's supercharged V8 to 535 hp. It's sexier than that South African chick I dated, and maybe even crazier. [via PickupTrucks.com] »
Devastating flooding in southern Australia has left hundreds of cars submerged in Wangaratta, including this junkyard. The worst flooding in a decade's caused State Emergency Service to evacuate several cities. More photos of the carnage below. Poor, poor Aussie sheetmetal. »
Australia's Ford Performance Vehicles has chucked the Ford Falcon GS Ute's 5.4-liter V8 for the Mustang's 5.0-liter V8 plus a 1.9-liter supercharger to create the Ford GS Boss 5.0 315 Ute. 428-hp, 402 lb-ft of torque, all forbidden fruit. [Pickuptrucks] »
Mexican cartruck shoppers who don't want a new VW Saveiro or Ford Courier haven't run out of options; El General makes a Camino-ized Opel Corsa! »
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"We are an industry in transformation," said Dominique Raccah, CEO and publisher of Sourcebooks Inc., headquartered in Naperville, Ill. "I think we're going to expand how books reach readers and…we're re-conceptualizing what book publisher is and what book publishing itself is."
Sourcebooks, which is the largest female-owned publisher in the country, publishes a variety of books from New York Times bestsellers to children's books.
Sourcebooks and two other local publishers, Chicago Review Press Inc. and the University of Chicago Press, are releasing electronic formats along with their print titles.
Chicago Review Press has 202 titles in an electronic format; some are in a portable document format, or PDF, and others are in all three electronic formats — PDF, Amazon Inc's Kindle, and electronic publication, or EPUB.
The EPUB is the format used in the reader made by Sony Corp. and will be used in Apple Inc.'s new iPad, slated for release April 3. Although the iPad falls into the tablet category, it acts as a hybrid gadget because one of its main functions will be for reading.
Kelly Wilson, an editorial assistant at Chicago Review Press, said that so far, e-readers have affected the publishing industry very positively.
"I don't think it's necessarily crippling any sales of print books in any way," she said. "But we shall see going forward how well they work together."
In fact, Wilson said that when comparing this year's e-book sales with last year's, there has been a dramatic increase.
"An increase of 1,261 percent to be exact," she said. "This of course reflects the increase in number of e-books we've made available, but I think moreso it reflects the rapid growth of the e-book market."
Two of Chicago Review Press's recent titles, "Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip" and "Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob," sold almost 30,000 copies combined and around 2,000 electronic copies, the majority of which were for the Kindle. The e-books sold for $19.95 each.
Chicago Review Press is steadily converting backlist titles into electronic formats, but Wilson said that the increase in electronic sales has not hurt the print sales and that customers often want both print and electronic editions of a title.
Forrester Research Inc., an independent company that researches and advises on business and technology, estimates that overall electronic book revenue in the U.S. will exceed $500 million in 2010. The Association of American Publishers reported in February that the year-over-year sales of e-books almost tripled. In 2009, e-books revenue was $169.5 million, compared with $61.3 million in 2008.
Amazon.com Inc. has been the leader among e-readers, with its Kindle maintaining a 60 percent market share. Amazon's CEO and founder Jeff Bezos said in the company's fourth-quarter release, "Millions of people now own Kindles. And Kindle owners read, a lot. When we have both editions, we sell six Kindle books for every 10 physical books."
Amazon angered Macmillan Publishing, a group of publishers owned by German-based Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GmbH, when it refused to increase the prices of its e-books that it sells for $9.99. Amazon generally does not sell any e-book for more than $10.
"I think that a lot of publishers feel—certainly we feel—that can't really support the selling of an e-book," Wilson of Chicago Review Press said. "It's certainly not a long term solution."
On Jan. 31 Amazon removed all of Macmillan's titles and published a memorable statement on its Web site.
"We have expressed our strong disagreement and the seriousness of our disagreement by temporarily ceasing the sale of all Macmillan titles," the statement began. "We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books. Amazon customers will at that point decide for themselves whether they believe it's reasonable to pay $14.99 for a bestselling e-book."
However, Macmillan titles have since returned, under an agreement that reportedly involves Amazon's selling Macmillan's e-books at higher prices.
Chicago Review Press and Sourcebooks sell their e-books at about 80 percent of the list price of the print edition. Sourcebooks publishes around 300 books per year and has approximately 3,000 to 3,500 titles available now, with 1,800 of them in electronic formats.
"Frankly, I think e-readers are a passing phase," Raccah said. She believes that the future of the industry lies with the iPad. She also described the announcement of the iPad and the controversy it spawned between Macmillan and Amazon as "one of the most important weeks in the history of publishing since Gutenberg."
"Consumers prefer to have multipurpose devices," she said. "I think what you're going to experience on the iPad is the opportunity to do many different things."
Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps agrees in her published work "The Battle for the e-book consumer."
She wrote, "Consumers already want to read e-books across devices. Companies that want to 'win' the e-book consumer will provide services that support this behavior."
The iPad will be able to access the Internet, handle e-mail, store photos, play music and access Apple's own online bookstore.
Dean Blobaum, e-commerce and e-marketing manager for University of Chicago Press, is also excited about the iPad and the possibilities it presents.
"It's nice to see another device out there capable of competing with the Amazon Kindle," he said. "I don't think that Apple is going to limit themselves to commercial publishers. I think they want to have a whole spectrum of books and that includes the university press books."
Apple has already discussed contracts with five major publishers including Macmillan, and textbook publishers are in talks to adapt their titles into EPUB format.
Nancy Rohlen, a 35-year-old Chicago resident, used to work at a publisher that distributes e-readers among its employees to reduce printing costs. However, Rohlen said using the device was not a pleasant experience.
"It takes a while to get used to," she said. "When you're buying an e-book it's not the same experience as going into a bookstore and browsing for a book."
But at least one local book company, Academy Chicago Publishers Ltd., founded in 1975, does not sell e-books and most likely never will.
Publicity director Jacob Schroeder said, "We just have a traditional point of view. Our readership is already a more niche market as it is. They kind of like to maintain their relationship with their books. They're not so much an Internet savvy group."
Schroeder said sales have fluctuated and the company has had some of its strongest months in the past year. Academy Chicago Publishers sells tens of thousands of books per year with 200 titles ranging from older mystery titles and Victorian novels to early and mid-20th century novels.
Still, he agrees that e-readers are an asset to publishers, stating, "I think it's just going to be a nice balance. Maybe it will become a bigger market. I don't think they'll ever erase books on the whole."


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There's nothing on this earth quite like the feeling of getting new uniforms.
I remember in high school, as a junior first baseman on the Eisnehower Eagles baseball team, our coach decided that he wanted to imitate the Colorado Rockies' combination of the black vest and the shirt with the primary color underneath. I, for one, was with it all the way. Of course, this was high school, and we didn't have any money like that. So, if we wanted new uniforms, we'd have to do what every red-blooded American has had to do when they wanted something but they're under the age of 18. We did a fundraiser, selling Airheads and Caramel Apple lollipops. I sold six boxes of those things and may or may not have made some extra change on the side. My new uniform was guaranteed. I was a happy man.
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I'm pretty sure I peed on myself. Just a few drips, but still. Good God that thing was gorgeous. That black and baby blue trim. DAT 42. Jesus be a new uniform.
I say all of that to say this: The Charlotte Hornets are officially official, as Michael Jordan's squad unveiled its new home, road and alternate uniforms this morning. The teal and purple are in full effect, and you can see Al Jefferson, Gerald Henderson and Kemba Walker all get their first glimpse of the uniforms here. There's a lot going on in those links so take the time and check it out, but I have four questions first …
ONE: Where are the pinstripes?
I'm just baffled that they left off the stripes. These new Hornets uniforms are nice, but the pinstripes would've possibly taken them to elite status. Maybe it wasn't possible with the new design they came up with, but dammit I wanted pinstripes. Muggsy Bogues would've approved.
TWO: Is it just me or do they sort of look like the Suns uniforms?
The NBA has a weird tendency where it unveils new uniforms and they all kinda look alike. I might be a harsh critic, but when I saw the purple alternate it definitely reminded me of the Suns.
THREE: What would Carmelo look like in a Hornets uniform?
Because I still think this is the sleeper choice for Melo to take his talents to this offseason. DO IT, MELO.
FOUR: What are those new colorways going to look like?
Never forget that Converse once gave us some of the greatest shoes of all time with the Larry Johnson aka Grandmama rocking the Aero Jams. Even Al Jefferson alluded to it in the video linked above, "Them shoes gon' be cold too." Yes they are, Big Al. I'm thinking maybe the Summit Lake Hornets LeBrons would be a good start.


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3rd overall and 3 tenths off the pace. A truly terrible showing from redding. Remind me again Rev how did Dovi go at Sepang? I can't quite remember. Dovi dreams of being half a second off the pace.
*5 tenths* sorry.
By that logic how many pies must Dovi have been eating? A metric fucktonne by my calculations
Have a cracking season Scott. Great to have a Brit at the pointy end
Scott will doubtlees be fighting with Espargo for wins and perhaps a championship this year. Where's your boy Dovi going to be? Fighting with a different Espargo for 10th? Must be an awful lot of pies in Ducati's hospitaly area. Quite right about Rossi though I did notice he'd gotten rather portly during the last two seasons but he seems to have lost some weight since going back to Yamaha. Dovi though? Two seconds off the pace? He looked like an obese Elvis impersonater waddling around the paddock in his leathers, fat pie eating git. You said it yourself eat a lot of pies-go very slowly.
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im sure it was marquez's package that should get that award form last year,it that snot his ride now is it!!!! doh. nothing to do with natural weight if the bike not as good. be faster than you on a scooter dopey.
brian you have been busted as the rev aka the sheep shagger, who dreams of having a welsh world champion on 2 wheels at world level i may add, go cash your dole and pay for your drugs dont steal them so you can waste your money on another phone or tablet to stay on here all day brainwashing yourself that dovi will win on a ducati.
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There's more meat on a butchers shoe. Lad can't help it is he's just physically bigger than these spanish whippets.
Would that be the same pie boy rule Dovi is benefiting from this year? Poor old pedrosa and marquez have got to lug around an extra 3 kilograms just to give your boy a chance.
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