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Mega-IPO to rekindle the 'bromance' behind Alibaba's rise (Reuters)
Masayoshi Son's nose for an investment has turned a $20 million start-up punt on Alibaba into a stake worth maybe $50 billion or more as the Chinese e-commerce giant co-founded and led by Jack Ma heads to what could be the biggest U.S. tech IPO of all time. Son, CEO of Japanese telecoms firm SoftBank Corp, also put money into a young Yahoo Inc, co-founded by Jerry Yang, in 1995, and Yahoo's subsequent investment in Alibaba saw Ma, Son and Yang build Alibaba Group Holding Ltd [IPO-BABA.N] into one of world's biggest internet companies as China's e-commerce market took off. "It was the look in his eye, it was an 'animal smell'," said Son of his decision to back Ma when they first met in 2000. "It was the same when we invested in Yahoo … when they were still only 5-6 people. I invested based on my sense of smell," he quipped in a group media interview in May. Under pressure from investors, Yang quit Yahoo in early 2012 and gave up his seat on Alibaba's board. He is now a founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, a San Francisco venture fund. But next month, the three poster boys for Asian technology entrepreneurship, bound by a shared ambition and a taste for sushi and golf, are set to be reunited on Alibaba's board following the firm's long-awaited New York IPO.
Plan to slow 'Flash Boys' already has some holes (NetNet)
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the proposal Tuesday in which 1,200 small-cap firms will be divided into three equal-sized groups with different standards governing each. One group—the "control"—essentially would trade the same as before; the second would see stock prices quoted in 5-cent increments, as opposed to the penny increments currently used; and the third also would trade in 5-cent increments but also would follow a "trade-at" requirement in which trading centers couldn't match prices unless they display the best bid or offer. Ostensibly, the program's goal is to "enhance market quality for smaller capitalization stocks for the benefit of investors and issuers," according to the SEC. More practically, the changes are aimed at thwarting high-frequency traders who have used the lightly traded small-caps to skim profits by getting lower prices on purchase and higher prices on sales than their slower competitors…Inside the market, the SEC's effort got points for effort but still raised some worries. "What does concern me is there are a bunch of exceptions thrown in there, particularly on test group three," said Joe Saluzzi, a partner in Themis Trading and outspoken advocate for trading reform. "There may be a need for some, but that to me smells a little bit like some interests are now being put into the rule."
JPMorgan, Four Other Banks Hit by Hackers: U.S. Official (Bloomberg)
Computer hackers targeted JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and at least four other banks in a coordinated attack on major financial institutions this month, according to a U.S. official. The attack led to the theft of customer data that could be used to drain accounts, according to another person briefed by U.S. law enforcement. The two people, who asked not to be identified because the investigation is continuing, discussed the incident after Bloomberg News reported a breach on banks earlier today. Hackers targeted customer and employee information, said a third person involved in the investigation, who was also briefed by the government. The theft involved gigabytes of data, said several people familiar with the attacks. The scale indicates a potential for significant financial fraud. Most thefts of financial information involve retailers or personal computers of consumers. Stealing data from big banks is rare, because they have elaborate firewalls and security systems.
FBI Examining Whether Russia Is Tied to JPMorgan Hacking (Bloomberg)
The sophistication of the attack and technical indicators extracted from the banks' computers provide some evidence of a government link. Still, the trail is muddy enough that investigators are considering the possibility that it's cyber criminals from Russia or elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Other federal agencies, including the National Security Agency, are now aiding the investigation, a third person familiar with the probe said.
Square Said in Talks for Funding at $6 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
Square Inc., the mobile-payments startup co-founded by Twitter Inc. Chairman Jack Dorsey, is in talks to raise financing at a $6 billion valuation, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The San Francisco-based company is seeking about $200 million, with some of the funding coming from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. That would push Square's valuation up from about $5 billion earlier this year.
Amish Beard-Cutting Convictions Reversed (WSJ)
A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned the criminal convictions of 16 Amish men and women in a series of beard and hair cuttings, finding error in how the jury was instructed on determining whether a hate crime occurred. In a 2-to-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the convictions on federal hate-crime charges and returned the case to the lower court. A spokesman for Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the northern district of Ohio, said his office disagrees with the ruling and is reviewing its options, which include appealing the ruling, retrying the cases or dismissing the charges. The case against members of the eastern Ohio community of Bergholz involved a series of attacks in which other Amish were physically restrained while their hair and beards were shorn. Prosecutors charged those involved under the federal hate-crime law because the Amish consider the length of their hair a sign of religious devotion and the cuttings were to enforce a particular view of the religion. A jury in September 2012 found the 16 defendants guilty of hate crimes, including Bishop Samuel Mullet Sr., who was sentenced later to 15 years. They all appealed the hate-crime conviction, but Wednesday's ruling doesn't affect the convictions of certain defendants on charges such as concealing evidence.
SEC's civil case against SAC's Cohen may get delayed again (NYP)
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to hold off on its decision about former hedge-fund kingpin Steve Cohen for three more months. Bharara asked SEC chief administrative law judge Brenda Murray to continue the stay of the civil proceedings against the former SAC Capital honcho, who is accused of failing to supervise former employees who were later found guilty of insider trading. The US Attorney had asked for a stay until all the criminal charges are settled. One outstanding issue is the pending appeal of convicted inside traders Anthony Chiasson and Todd Newman. If their case is overturned, it would have implications for the appeal of former SAC money man Michael Steinberg, who was convicted of insider trading last December.
Banks' $128B settlement tab is twice last year's profits (NYP)
Bank of America, which bought subprime loan leader Countrywide Financial in 2008, has paid more to regulators for mortgage misdeeds than all the other big banks combined, the latest tally shows. CEO Brian Moynihan's bank has paid north of $70 billion for credit and mortgage-related settlements since 2010, more than half of the roughly $128 billion collected from the six biggest banks, according to research from SNL Financial released Wednesday. The total tab for all the firms is about twice the $76 billion of profits the big banks made last year, according to data from Bloomberg. BofA's latest settlement over soured mortgage-backed securities — a $16.7 billion deal with federal and state governments — was the largest Uncle Sam has levied against a single company.
$506 Billion Is Forecast for U.S. Deficit, a Slight Rise (NYT)
The federal government is expected to finish its fiscal year with a relatively modest budget deficit as the gap between revenue and spending continues a sharp decline, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. The improvement in the government's financial health has shifted political debate in Washington, and arguments on the midterm campaign trail, from the level of federal spending to the uses of that money. It has frustrated economists who argue that the government's restraint has held back the economic recovery. The budget office said that it now predicted a federal deficit of $506 billion during the fiscal year that runs through the end of September, modestly increasing its April projection that spending would exceed revenue by $492 billion. The change was attributed to lower-than-expected corporate income tax receipts.
Woman On Trial For Allegedly Setting Fire To Ex's Home With Bacon (HP)
A Utah woman accused of using a pound of bacon to start a fire in her ex-boyfriend's house will stand trial on arson charges. Police say Cameo Adawn Crispi, 32, repeatedly called and texted her former flame from his home in March, where she left the bacon over a lit burner. The Deseret News reports the man wasn't home and called police saying he wanted Crispi out of his house. Officers arrived and saw smoke flowing out the front door. Inside, they found hot coals on the floor around an open wood stove and the burned bacon. Charging documents say Crispi's blood-alcohol level was 0.346, four times the legal limit.
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Seven AM opening bell? I literally had to check my calendar to make sure it was the 28th! They must have tossed the homeless from Penn Station early this morning.
Why do the druries hate ALS research so much? Shouldn't they be doing the Jefferies ice-bucket challenge by now?
Since when do they toss the homeless from Penn Station?
Nuff said
Blood alcohol level of 0.346?!?! Goddamn. Ironically, that's the same level as:
– the inebriation level at which a SMU coed would actually sleep with SMUSecure
– Geezer Oil Trader's blood alcohol level after the customary 8 martini Friday power lunch (where the fuck is he by the way?)
– the level at which I seem to find myself in bed with fat chicks -
"You smell worse than that time the raccoon got in the copier! Here's $20M, go get'em Tiger!"
Always with the three names…
What is she going to do for her next Cameo?
The real tragedy is that they're not fat chicks when you jump in bed with them at that blood alcohol level.
The homeless tossed Shaznats from Penn Station this morning.
Because they suck at life
Yes they are.
Banging a fat chick islike riding a moped: it's fun until your friends catch you.
You are still not funny.
You are not funny.


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UK based Barclays, which is the parent company of Absa, has said that it will increase its holding in the unit from 55.5 per cent to 62.3 per cent in a deal valued at R18.33 billion.
The deal will be carried out through a takeover of Barclays Africa's assets by Absa Group for about 129.5 million Absa shares. Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins said that the deal will allow Barclays to expand its presence across Africa and will benefit its customers and other stakeholders.
The two have announced the one bank policy, which means combining of Absa's and Barclays' operations in South Africa and across the continent. Barclays had introduced the one bank in Africa theme during the previous year after it acquired a majority stake in Absa.
However, it took five for the officials to work out arrangements to combine the synergies of the two banks and launch the policy catering to the African customers in various countries. There are indications that Absa, which is the largest retail bank in South Africa, will now focus on South African retail banking and card division only.
Absa CEO Maria Ramos said, "This is a compelling and unique opportunity for us to further our one bank in Africa ambitions by combining with a leading sub-Saharan African banking franchise. We are tremendously excited by the opportunities for growth across the continent and the geographically diversified earnings potential.
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I have a dilemma that probably will seem silly but it's always bothered me. As I've been going through my recipe binders, I really need to figure out how to come up with a menu plan that I'll stick to. The recipes will be organized by course with all the "tried and true" separated from the not yet tried recipes.
The dilemma is when I come up with a meal plan, I don't want to always be cooking the same type of meat so that there will be chicken on Monday, beef on Tuesday and pork on Wednesday, etc. and then start over with chicken, beef, etc. When you plan your meals do you consider roast chicken to be different than a chicken stir fry or roast beef to be different than beef stew? Is spaghetti with meat sauce considered to be a beef meal or a pasta meal? In other words, how do you make sure that there is variety? I've thought that I can choose main courses by regional cooking (Italian, Chinese, etc.) but I'd still want to use different meats. I hope this makes sense. It's something I have never quite figured out. |
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I have 4 weeks worth of menus that I rotate through. Unless using leftovers, which I like to do the next day rather than let them sit in the fridge, I planned them to use a different meat on consecutive days. Then I found out that this was only important to me. DH said he doesn't care if he eats the same meat for lunch and for supper on the same day! He said: "They're different meals." Maybe you could relax your own requirements a bit if your family doesn't care either?? |
I have kids and a husband who do care about repeat meats in one week. I am of 2 minds re this. One is-I make great meals usually and they'll have to live with chicken twice in one week once in awhile--this family is hardly suffering! The second is-I do like to make meals my family enjoys and have a lot of variety. I actually plan my meals according to the weather if you can believe it. So a cold day might call for beef stew, on an unusually warm day in the fall I might grill. I do try to have just one kind of meat in one week also. my advice then is--try to plan the menu around something else for awhile-what's on sale, what your mood is like-and then look back and see how much variety there was. My guess is there will be enough. |
marie26: why don't you ask your family your question? They're the ones eating your meals. My guess is that it would be some combination of meat and type of recipe/ethnicity that would determine whether it seemed like too much repetition. But I'm not them. Most families I know would not balk at having roast beef with veggies one day, spaghetti the next, beef stir fry the next day, and hamburgers the next. Would yours? I've always been able to keep adequate variety by just not serving the same meat on consecutive days. And now I learned that is only important to me--not DH! Why not find out, rather than worry needlessly? Then decide what to do. |
I asked DH and he won't commit to an answer. It's really not worth pressing him for one. This is probably more for me than him. As I stated earlier, this stems from my going through and culling the recipes I've been saving. I threw out a bunch more last night but still have a lot left that I would like to try. To be honest, I have been trying to come up with the perfect meal plan for years. While others put their energy into sewing or whatever, I think about recipes and meal planning. Almost to the point of it being a hobby, if that makes any sense. I really am very curious to know what other people do. |
- Posted by cearbhaill (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 07 at 15:03
"I really am very curious to know what other people do." FWIW my family eats chicken probably five nights a week and are mostly just happy to get it :) |
- Posted by bumblebeez (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 07 at 18:04
I never plan meals more than a day or two at a time. I keep the refrig and pantry well stocked and can make most things without needing to go to the store. When I want to make something different than what we typically eat, I pick up what I need the next time I go to the grocery store. I grocery shop about twice+ a week. Produce stand once a week. That way I alwyas have food (particularly meat) bought at the lowest price, and I always stock up at sales. |
- Posted by jenathegreat (My Page) on Sun, Nov 11, 07 at 0:25
Well we haven't been doing this for very long, but it's worked well for the last 2 months. I made a little matrix to help us come up with differnt meal ideas. Meat column: Starch column: style column: We pick something from each column and try not to repeat a choice from any column in one week... sometimes it leads us to choose old favorites, sometimes it inspires me to try new recipes. It's just a tool to make sure we get a variety because without it we seem to end up eating a week of italian food or thinking 'gee, it's been a month since we had a stirfry'. |
I understand now that you said this is a hobby. This is fun for you! I'll add one other thought to the mix here. I pay attention to the form or format (don't know what to call it) of the entree itself as well as the entire menu. And try not to repeat a format too often, and at minimum not on consecutive days. Format exs: Hope this is of interest to you. I thought of my former inlaws this a.m. and this came to mind. They grew up in the country and kept a house there but lived at the beach. He was a contractor. He had NEVER eaten, and swore he never would eat a sandwich or a hamburger. And had never eaten at a fast food restaurant. In N.C. they had their own wonderful style of dry, smoked pork bbq. But they ate it on a plate with hot veggies on the side, warm sliced bread, and coleslaw. Never on a sandwich. Their small beach town, and of course the nearest town to their country home, was full of cafes where he always had his workday lunch. It was the same meal format as they ate at home, midday and evenings for every meal their entire lives: a meat, lots of fresh veggies (whatever was in season and in the gardens locally), hot bread. And when they ate out they went to a family style restaurant that passed around--guess what?! Big platters of meats, big bowls of veggies, and baskets of hot biscuits and cornbread! MIL was bored out of her mind with cooking this way. It was a huge treat for me to eat that way on visits, rushed city girl that I was back then. But for my entire life, it'd get real old. Mix it up for me! |
Marie, this was an interesting post. I get in a rut because my husband travels a lot, out of town for about 9 out of 10 weeks. I'm happy eating the same thing for about three days, but dh isn't too fond of leftovers. I go through my recipe file for inspiration, and sometimes it just doesn't work. Sometimes I just go to the market and tell myself I'll fix what looks good that day. I've even been known to say to a fellow shopper "I'm fresh out of ideas, what are YOU having for dinner tonight?" Amazingly, some of the best ideas happen that way. I know, not too efficient, wastes some time, but time I got, ideas not always. Barbara |
I don't plan my meals that far ahead. When I do cook, I always I make enough so there will be leftovers. I try to avoid the same meat two times in a row. So I wouldn't have fried chicken Sunday and roast chicken Monday. I have got very good at using the microwave to re-heat leftovers. |
Our dinners generally go by what meat I bought on sale. We are on a fairly tight food budget per week. So I usually will buy a variety & plan my meals around those. However, I usually never have the same meat 2 nights in a roll--I do mix it up: beef, pork, chicken, ground turkey, fish & one vegitiarian meal (usually the veg. meal is when dh is not home, because he likes his meat). My favorite site is www.allrecipes.com (there are many others) & I'll put in the ingred. I have and it will give recipes which have been rated. People not only rate the recipes, but, also give idea's on how to make the recipe even better. Chances are if the recipe has high ratings you can depend on it being a good dinner. |
bspofford: That's hilarious, and a great idea! It's just the kind of thing I would like to do (ask fellow shoppers what they're having). I heard one woman say her planning got a lot easier and her complaints a lot fewer when she told her family she'd cook anything they wanted, but they had to plan the menus. It's the stewing (pun intended) over the menu that gets to me. (I'm very unlike marie, who considers my agony her joy.) |
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July 3, 2014: Nissan India drive-in the 2014 Nissan Sunny facelift at a price tag of Rs 6.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The sedan features various stylistic updates, while mechanically it remains unchanged. The front fascia of the vehicle sports complete overhaul, while rear features subtle changes. On the inside, the new Sunny features a new steering wheel (borrowed from the Terrano), new Piano Black central console sporting a 5.1-inch infotainment system with built-in navigation and Bluetooth. The vehicle continues to be powered the same 1.5 liter K9K diesel mated to a five speed manual transmission. On the other hand, petrol is also powered by the similar 1.5 liter naturally aspirated engine mated to a 5 speed manual or CVT AT.
One of the renowned automaker, Nissan Motors India has officially introduced the facelift version of Nissan Sunny in the automobile market. In what seems like an attempt to spur its sales, the automaker has introduced this 2014 Sunny with many new aspects. This time, the company has rolled out a total of eight variants with three petrol and five diesel engine options. Out of five diesel variants, two trims come with premium packages. One of them gets side airbags and is called as Premium (Safety) trim, while the other one is Premium (Leather) variant and it has leather seats as standard. The car maker has not made any changes to the specifications of the engines as changes are limited to its exterior and interior aspects. However, the company is offering this latest version with features like ABS with EBD, brake assist and driver airbag as standard in across all the variants. The diesel variants are powered by a slightly tuned 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder engine that is now capable of producing a peak mileage in the range of 19 to 22.71 Kmpl. All the diesel versions are available with an advanced five speed manual transmission option while the petrol version will be available with both manual and CVT automatic transmission options. The petrol versions have been equipped with a 1.5-litre power plant that is capable of developing 97.7bhp that helps in delivering a peak mileage of about 16.95 Kmpl. This vehicle comes with major cosmetic updates in terms of both interiors and exteriors, which renders a modified look to the vehicle. To start with the exteriors, it comes with a stylish new radiator grille, newly designed headlight cluster and a revamped front bumper. The top end variants are equipped with a set of Y-shaped, 12-spoke alloy wheels along with restructured ORVMs that are integrated with turn blinkers. Its rear profile has been retained, but the bumper is now fitted with a black colored protective cladding. Coming to the interiors, this sedan comes with a redesigned dashboard that comes with a lot of brushed metallic inserts along with glossy black finish on its central console. The quality of the interior plastic has been improved, which gives an up-market finish to the cabin. As far as the features are concerned, this vehicle comes with several advanced features including a rear parking camera with display on infotainment screen, Bluetooth phone and audio streaming along with steering mounted switches. On the other hand, the suspension system as well as the braking mechanism has also been retained. Now, this sedan competes with the likes of Hyundai Verna, Honda City, Ford Fiesta and Tata Manza in the sedan segment. At present, the company is offering this latest version with a 24-month or 50,000 kilomters of standard warranty along with free roadside assistance for 2 years. The warranty periord can be extended further by up to 2-years or 80,000 kilometers at an extra cost.
The exteriors of this 2014 Nissan Sunny gets a new set of features, which gives it a contemporary look. The automaker has made changes to both the front and side profiles, while giving minor tweaks to the rear. To start with the front profile, it comes with a redesigned headlight cluster in a swept-back style that comes equipped with halogen lamps and turn indicators. The size of the radiator grille is increased with a complete new design and is surrounded by a thick chrome strip (not available base XE trim). It is further engraved with chrome plated company's badge. The front bumper too gets a re-treatment with an elegantly structured air dam. It also has a slightly pronounced fog lamp console that is decorated with expressive chrome plated strip, which ultimately amplifies the front facet. Coming to the sides, its wheel arches are now fitted with a set of Y-shaped, 12-spoke style alloy wheels that adds a distinct look to the sides. However, the entry level variants are available with conventional steel wheels featuring full wheel covers. Its wing mirror caps are also updated and have been equipped with turn blinkers. On the other hand, the top end variants have been offered with chrome door handles, while the remaining trims are blessed with body colored handles. Coming to the rear, this sedan comes with a body colored bumper that is now equipped with a black colored protective cladding. Its boot lid is quite large and is equipped with a license plate along with a chrome appliqué, which is engraved with the company's insignia. It is flanked by a swept-back style taillight cluster that comes incorporated with high intensity brake light along with turn indicators and courtesy lights. This vehicle comes in several exciting color shades for the buyers to choose from.
Exterior Measurements:
The company has not made any changes to the external dimension of 2014 Nissan Sunny. This sedan comes with a total length of about 4425mm along with an impressive height of 1505mm. Its total width is calculated at 1695mm and the wheelbase is measured at about 2600mm. This vehicle comes with a minimum ground clearance of 165mm, which needs to improve.
Editor's take : Famous with the Caaar TVC, Sunny is known for its interior space. There are acres of space in the second row, especially the knee room.
This 2014 version of Nissan Sunny comes with up-market interiors that is done up in premium greige color. However, the base variants are in black interior scheme. There is an extensive use of fabric inside the cabin, which further emphasizes its luxury inside. It comes with a revamped dashboard that is equipped with a storage compartment, a re-treated instrument panel and AC vents . It also comes with a stylishly structured central console that has a glossy black finish and is surrounded by brushed metallic strips. It also comes with a revoked three-spoke steering wheel that is equipped with several multi-function switches and is decorated with metallic inserts. The seats are retained from the outgoing trim with integrated head rests and have been covered with premium quality fabric upholstery. Whereas the leather seats are standard in XL CVT and XV Premium (Leather) trim only. The driver seat has height adjustment facility, while the rear seats have 60:40 split folding function. The manufacturer has equipped several utility based features inside like rear center armrest with cup holders, accessory power sockets, rear AC vents, front seat back pockets and other such features. However, most of these features have been offered to the top end variants. The best part about this variant is its rear cabin leg space along with shoulder space, which makes it a tough competitor in its segment.
Interior Comfort:
The company has retained most of the comfort features that are available in outgoing trims. In addition to those, the XL and XL CVT variants are equipped with rear parking sensors. Whereas, the XV and XV premium trim have rear camera with display provided on the central infotainment screen. At the same time, the top end variants are also offered with an automatic air conditioning unit featuring rear AC vents that keeps the ambiance cool irrespective of temperature outside. On the other hand, it comes with standard features like power steering with tilt adjustment, power windows with one touch operation, day/night inside rear view mirrors, electrically adjustable wing mirrors, front sun visors with passengers side vanity mirror, cup holders, glove box compartment, bottle holders, magazine pockets, and numerous other such important features. However, some of these aspects are missing in the XE variants, but they are offered with HVAC unit and other basic aspects. This model also comes with an advanced instrument panel that features a speedometer, Rpm meter, fuel gauge and several other notification lights.
Interior Measurements:
As said above, the rear cabin leg space is the best part about this sedan as it is better than any other sedan in its segment. This sedan comes with a total wheelbase of 2600mm, which is the reason why the leg space in front and rear cabin is ample. This vehicle can host a minimum of five passengers by providing ample leg and shoulder space. At the same time, this sedan comes with an impressive boot space of about 490-litres, which can be increased further by folding the rear seats.
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Editor's take : The acceleration of the Sunny petrol and diesel are good, and there aren't any issues at all.
Both the petrol and diesel versions of Nissan Sunny are perkier in terms of acceleration and pickup. This sedan powered by a 1.5-litre diesel engine is mated with a 5-speed manual transmission gearbox. It helps the vehicle to break the 100 Kmph speed barrier in just a matter of 13.9 seconds . At the same time it can achieve a top speed in the range of 150 to 160 Kmph. On the other hand, the petrol version of Sunny is available with five speed manual and CVT automatic gearbox options. The manual version takes around 12.89 seconds to reach a speed mark of 100 Kmph while the CVT version takes only about 12.11 seconds to breach the 100 Kmph barrier. However, both the manual and CVT automatic transmission versions have the ability to reach a top speed of approximately 165 Kmph, which is quite good.
Editor's take : The performance of the Sunny is decent, and even the engines are drivable. It cleanly pulls the sedan, even when lugged into a higher cog.
This facelift version of Sunny is available with petrol and diesel engine options for the buyers to choose from. The diesel versions have been equipped with a 1.5-litre, K9K power plant that is based on SOHC valve configuration. It comes with a total of 4-cylinders each of which have 2-valves that displaces 1461cc and is further equipped with a common rail direct fuel injection. This motor has the ability to produce a maximum power of 84.8bhp at 3750rpm that results in a peak torque output of 200Nm at just 2000rpm. This engine is coupled with a 5-speed manual transmission gearbox that distributes the torque to the front wheels . The petrol versions have been equipped with the same 1.5-litre, HR15 engine that displaces 1498cc. It is based on DOHC valve configuration featuring 4-cylinders and 16-valves. This motor is further incorporated with an electronic fuel injection system that helps the motor to produce 97.7bhp at 6000rpm that results in a pounding torque output of 134Nm at just 4000rpm. This motor is available with a CVT X-Tronic automatic along with a 5-speed manual transmission gearbox option, which delivers the torque to the front wheels.
Editor's take : The K9K engine is almost as old as Fiat's multijet, atleast in India. Starting from the Logan, it has made a good reputation for its frugal nature.
The 2014 version of Nissan Sunny comes with petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol version are equipped with a 1.5-litre, HR 15 engine that is incorporated with electronic fuel injection system. The manual version has the ability to produce a minimum mileage of 13.45 Kmpl in city traffic while producing a maximum of 16.95 Kmpl. The CVT version is slightly better in terms of fuel efficiency as it can produce a peak mileage of about 17.97 Kmpl. On the other hand, the diesel versions are equipped with 1.5-litre K9K diesel mill that is incorporated with common rail fuel injection system. This mill has the ability to produce 19 Kmpl in peak traffic conditions while delivering a maximum of 22.71 Kmpl on expressways.
Editor's take : The Sunny is more powerful than the Micra by about 20bhp, which makes it more powerful on paper. The petrol too is powerful.
The all new Nissan Sunny comes with the same 1.5-litre petrol and diesel engine that are currently powering the outgoing models. The petrol versions are based on dual overhead camshaft valve configuration that helps the motor to produce a maximum power of 97.7bhp in combination with a hammering torque output of 134Nm. On the other hand, the diesel versions are equipped with a 4-cylinder, 1461cc power plant that is based on SOHC valve configuration. This mill has the ability to pump out 84.8bhp that results in a commanding torque output of 200Nm.
Variants | Transmission | Engine Description | Mileage | Power | AC | Power Steering | Central Locking | |
City | Highway | |||||||
Diesel XE (Diesel) |
Manual | 1461cc 4 Cylinder 8 Valve |
18.0 | 22.71 | 84.8bhp @ 3750rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Diesel XL (Diesel) |
Manual | 1461cc 4 Cylinder 8 Valve |
18.0 | 22.71 | 84.8bhp @ 3750rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Diesel XV (Diesel) |
Manual | 1461cc 4 Cylinder 8 Valve |
18.0 | 22.71 | 84.8bhp @ 3750rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
XV D Premium Safety (Diesel) |
Manual | 1461cc 4 Cylinder 8 Valve |
18.0 | 22.71 | 84.8bhp @ 3750rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
XV D Premium Leather (Diesel) |
Manual | 1461cc 4 Cylinder 8 Valve |
18.0 | 22.71 | 84.8bhp @ 3750rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
XE (Petrol) |
Manual | 1498cc 4 Cylinder 16 Valve |
13.45 | 16.95 | 97.7bhp @ 6000rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
XL (Petrol) |
Manual | 1498cc 4 Cylinder 16 Valve |
13.45 | 16.95 | 97.7bhp @ 6000rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
XL CVT (Petrol) |
Automatic | 1498cc 4 Cylinder 16 Valve |
13.45 | 17.97 | 99.61bhp @ 5600rpm | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Editor's take : The Sunny comes a lot of brownies like keyless entry, push start, electrically foldable ORVMs, climate control air-conditioning. The Sunny now even gets features like infotainment screen, reverse parking camera, leather upholstery.
The entry level variants in this model series are not offered with any kind of music system but there is a provision to incorporate it. Customers can incorporate a 2-DIN music system in combination with a touch screen display that can support both audio and video formats. At the same time it can be connected with a rear parking camera for enhanced convenience while parking. Apart from these, this music system supports a USB/AUX-In ports and provides connectivity for Bluetooth devices. On the other hand, customers can opt for leather seating along with various other necessary features like mobile holders, leather steering wheel, sub-woofers, tweeters and various other such interior aspects. At the same time, exteriors can be decorated with features like roof rails, deck-lid spoilers, window sill visors and numerous other such features.
Editor's take : The suspension of the Sunny is soft, which makes the springs designed for comfort. The handling is decent.
The front wheels have been fitted with a set of reliable disc brakes whereas its rear ones have been equipped with conventional drum brakes . This braking mechanism is enhanced by the anti-lock braking system and electronic brake force distribution. As far as suspension is concerned, it comes with McPherson Strut front and Torsion Beam rear suspension that keeps the vehicle stable and agile on any road conditions. It is also incorporated with an advanced power steering system with tilt adjustment that supports a turning radius of 5.3-meters.
Editor's take : The Sunny gets all the safety features like ABS and airbags. The Safety Pack comes with four airbags in total.
Coming to the safety aspects, the company is offering all the variants with driver airbag along with ABS, EBD and brake assist as standard. While the passenger airbag is available only in the three top end diesel trims. This maximizes the protection for the passengers inside while keeping the vehicle agile. The list of other features include engine immobilization device, 3-point ELR seat belts, front and rear head restraints, central locking system, door ajar warning, low fuel level warning, side impact protection, key remove warning, headlight-on notification, speed sensing auto-door lock, and child safety locks. It also comes with aspects like dual horn, high mount third brake lights, protective claddings and other such aspects. Apart from the base variants of petrol and diesel (XE), all the other variants get anti-theft device with alarm, seat belt warning, and a pair of front fog lamps. Additionally, the Premium (Safety) trim comes with side airbags, which further augments the protection for occupants inside.
The company is offering entry level variants like XE, XL and XL CVT with a set of conventional 14-inch steel wheels featuring full wheel covers. These rims have been covered with tubeless radial tyres of size 185/70 R14. On the other hand, the top of the line trims like XV and XV premium have been blessed with a set of stylish 15-inch, Y-shaped 12-spoke alloy wheels, which are further covered with high performance tubeless radial tyres of size 185/65 R15.
1. Interior cabin space is quite good.
2. Refreshed exterior features are a big plus.
3. Performance of CVT version is impressive.
4. Fuel economy of diesel version is satisfying.
5. Up-market comfort features add to the advantage.
1. After-sales service needs to improve.
2. Fuel economy of petrol version must improve.
3. Diesel engine noise can be reduced.
4. Low ground clearance is a disadvantage.
5. Many more safety and comfort features can be added.
Variants | New Delhi | Bangalore | Mumbai | Chennai | Pune | Hyderabad | Kolkata | |
Diesel XE (Diesel) | 8,60,120 | 8,27,087 | 8,57,995 | 8,59,155 | 8,60,120 | 8,75,411 | 8,83,859 | Get On Road Price |
Diesel XL (Diesel) | 9,24,950 | 8,90,229 | 9,23,048 | 9,23,891 | 9,24,950 | 9,41,394 | 9,50,478 | Get On Road Price |
Diesel XV (Diesel) | 10,00,576 | 9,65,834 | 10,00,576 | 9,99,404 | 10,00,576 | 10,18,364 | 10,28,191 | Get On Road Price |
XV D Premium Safety (Diesel) | 10,29,403 | 9,94,300 | 10,29,403 | 10,28,188 | 10,29,403 | 10,47,704 | 10,57,814 | Get On Road Price |
XV D Premium Leather (Diesel) | 10,50,179 | 10,14,582 | 10,50,179 | 10,48,933 | 10,50,179 | 10,68,848 | 10,79,163 | Get On Road Price |
XE (Petrol) | 7,40,124 | 7,11,426 | 7,38,853 | 7,39,338 | 7,40,124 | 7,53,282 | 7,60,551 | Get On Road Price |
XL (Petrol) | 8,18,800 | 7,87,750 | 8,17,478 | 8,17,898 | 8,18,800 | 8,33,356 | 8,41,398 | Get On Road Price |
XL CVT (Petrol) | 9,54,982 | 9,22,320 | 9,54,982 | 9,53,878 | 9,54,982 | 9,71,960 | 9,81,339 | Get On Road Price |
As a part of global recall exercise, Nissan is recalling 9000 units of hatchback Micra and Sunny to replace the defective airbags. The recall will cover the cars manufactured between the year 2008 and 2012 that are equipped with safety airbags made by Takata supplier.
Nissan Sunny, the saloon which was advertised as a long 'caaaaarr' has recently been given a major facelift which is expected to be out either by this month end or in July. Showcased during this year's Auto Expo, Nissan is out to refresh the aging sedan's shelve life and at the same time lure more and more consumers towards it. Falling under the growing C Segment, Sunny will be locking horns with segment leaders such as Honda City, Hyundai Verna and Fiat Linea to once again cement its position within its segment. Though for the Japanese carmaker, the competition does not ends here, as the VW siblings Vento and Rapid also hammer the sales of Sunny.
In our conversation with Kenichiro Yomura, President Nissan India we learnt quite a new of things about Nissan's upcoming plans. Nissan will soon be introducing the upgraded version of the Sunny in the coming months. There are also new products that Nissan will keep on introducing in the Indian car market.
The Japanese multinational automaker Nissan is a renowned manufacturer of both petrol and diesel engines. Nissan blessed this Sunny Sedan with two different engines as its available in two differen...
There are three most important factors, styling, spaciousness and mileage, that decide whether a car of this segment will do well or not in the market? In terms of styling, no doubt Nissan Sunny sc...
Nissan Sunny petrol Sedan comes with a 1.5 litre, 4 cylinder, powertrain that develops top power of 100 PS and 134 Nm of torque. The mill is mated to manual five speed transmission. The engine come...
The Nissan Sunny comes with an array of safety features, which ensures the safety of the occupants in accidents. New Sunny gets front SRS airbags (for driver and passenger) . With these passive saf...


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Thu, Oct 6, 05 at 11:08
Look what I found creeping around my backyard.
I've never seen a tortoise ANYWHERE in the wild on Long Island. Do you think its an escaped pet? Any ideas on the type of tortoise this is? I gave it some apples, but he seemed really freaked out when he saw me, so I locked up the dog left him alone. I wonder if he's attracted to my brand new compost bin! Thanks for looking! |
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I've had them lay eggs in my compost pile in the past. Eastern Box Turtles are native to Long Island, but probably have become quite scarce there in the past 30 years. Unfortunately, their traveling house doesn't protect them from cars. In many urbanized areas they are now quite scarce, bound for exterpation. |
It's an Eastern Box Turtle. I think it is most likely a genuine natural wild specimen rather than an escaped pet. Nice picture and a great looking box turtle! |
- Posted by reddbuffalo Zone 7 DC (My Page) on Sat, Oct 22, 05 at 15:06
hi, i'm from NY originally, queens and LI and well we've seen a bunch of turtles over the years!!! |
There's even a nice population of them on Plum Island. Yours is probably a native. |
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(Heb. kiyor), a "basin" for boiling in, a "pan" for cooking ( 1 Samuel 2:14 ), a "fire-pan" or hearth ( Zechariah 12:6 ), the sacred wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple ( Exodus 30:18 Exodus 30:28 ; 31:9 ; 35:16 ; 38:8 ; 39:39 ; Exodus 40:7 Exodus 40:11 Exodus 40:30 , etc.), a basin for the water used by the priests in their ablutions.
That which was originally used in the tabernacle was of brass (rather copper; Heb. nihsheth), made from the metal mirrors the women brought out of Egypt ( Exodus 38:8 ). It contained water wherewith the priests washed their hands and feet when they entered the tabernacle ( 40:32 ). It stood in the court between the altar and the door of the tabernacle ( Exodus 30:19 Exodus 30:21 ).
In the temple there were ten lavers used for the sacrifices, and the molten sea for the ablutions of the priests ( 2 Chronicles 4:6 ). The position and uses of these are described 1 Kings 7:23-39 ; 2 Chr 4:6 . The "molten sea" was made of copper, taken from Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezer, king of Zobah ( 1 Chronicles 18:8 ; 1 Kings 7:23-26 ).
No lavers are mentioned in the second temple.
Wash basin.Thou shalt also make a LAVER of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat. ( Exodus 30:18-19 )
la'-ver (kiyor):
1. In the Tabernacle:
Every priest in attendance on the altar of Yahweh was required to wash his hands and his feet before entering upon his official duties (Exodus 30:19). To this end a laver was ordered to be made as part of the tabernacle equipment (Exodus 30:17-21; 38:8). Its composition was of brass (bronze), and it consisted of two parts, the bowl and its pedestal or foot (Exodus 30:18, etc.). This first laver was a small one, and was made of the hand mirrors of the women in attendance upon the altar (Exodus 38:8). Its place was between the altar and the tabernacle (Exodus 40:30).
See TABERNACLE.
2. In the Temple:
The difficulty as to the washing of parts of the sacrificial carcasses was overcome, in the temple of Solomon, by the construction of "10 lavers" and a "molten sea" (1 Kings 7:23-37; 2 Chronicles 4:2-6; see TEMPLE; SEA, THE MOLTEN). We learn from 2 Chronicles 4:6 that the "sea" was for the priests to wash in--therefore took the place of the laver in the tabernacle--and the lavers were used as baths for portions of the burnt offerings. The lavers themselves were artistic works of unusual merit for that age. Like that in the tabernacle, each had its own stand or base, which was cast in a separate piece from the laver. These bases rested on wheels which allowed of the laver being moved from one part of the court to another without being turned about. Five stood on the north and five on the south side of the temple. They were ornamented with "lions, oxen, and cherubim," and on a lower level, with a series of wreaths or festoons of flowers (1 Kings 7:27-37). In modern speech, the lavers may be described as so many circular open tanks for the storage of water. Each laver contained 40 baths (about 320 gals.) of water. Its height was 5 cubits, the locomotive machinery being 3 cubits in height, and the depth of the bowl or tank, judging from its capacity, about 2 cubits. The last we hear of the lavers, apart from their bases, is that the idolatrous king Ahaz cut off the border of the bases, and removed the bases from them (2 Kings 16:17). During the reign of Jehoiakim, Jeremiah foretold that the molten sea and the bases (there being then no lavers) should be carried to Babylon (Jeremiah 27:19). A few years later it is recorded that the bases were broken up, and the brass of which they were made was carried away (Jeremiah 52:17).
3. The Laver in the New Testament:
The Greek word (loutron) occurs twice in the New Testament. In Ephesians 5:26, Paul says that Christ gave Himself for the church "that he might sanctify it having cleansed it by the washing (Greek "laver") of water with the word"; and in Titus 3:5 he says that we are saved "through the washing (Greek "laver") of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit." In these passages the reference is to the constant physical purity demanded of the Jewish priests when in attendance upon the temple. Christians are "a holy priesthood," and are cleansed not by water only, but, in the former passage, "with the word" (compare John 15:3); in the latter, by the "renewing of the Holy Spirit" (compare Ezekiel 36:25; John 3:5). The feet-washing mentioned by Jesus is emblematic of the same thing (John 13:10).
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ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: President Obama endorsed a bipartisan Senate bill that would allow states to opt out of requirements of the health care reform law earlier than previously allowed to design their own plans, as long as they meet certain criteria.
"I think that's a reasonable proposal," Obama said in front of the nation's governors gathered at the White House today, "I support it. It will give you flexibility more quickly, while still guaranteeing the American people reform. If your state can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the Affordable Care Act does — without increasing the deficit — you can implement that plan. And we'll work with you to do it."
The president said that this is the recognition that states need flexibility to "tailor their approach to their unique needs" – and need to do this sooner than the health care act outlines.
The current law already allows states that are unhappy with the health care bill to submit their own plans –called "state innovation waivers — but not until 2017.
Under the "Empowering States to Innovate Act," supported by the president today and first introduced in November by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Scott Brown (R-Mass.), and Mary Landrieu (D-La.), state innovation waivers would be available three years earlier than under the current law – in 2014 – as long as states meet certain criteria.
If that criteria is upheld states would be allowed to "propose and test alternative ways to be meet the shared goals of making health insurance affordable and accessible to all Americans, including those living with pre-existing conditions," the White House said in a statement today.
The criteria, outlined by the White House today, is:
- Provide coverage that is at least as comprehensive as the coverage offered through Exchanges – a new competitive, private health insurance marketplace.
- Make coverage at least as affordable as it would have been otherwise.
- Provide coverage to at least as many residents as the Affordable Care Act would have provided.
- Do not increase the Federal deficit.
The legislation would allow states to opt out from the health care bill's requirement if they can demonstrate that their method would meet these criteria.
Within his endorsement, the president took a swipe at a possible 2012 contender, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
"I agree with Mitt Romney, who recently said he's proud of what he accomplished on health care in Massachusetts and supports giving states the power to determine their own health care solutions. He's right. Alabama is not going to have exactly the same needs as Massachusetts or California or North Dakota. We believe in that flexibility."
The setting – in front of that nation's governors, many of whom have fought against the president's health care bill – was not coincidental. And although the president has previously stated that he is open to "tweaks" and "fixes" of the health care bill, this is the first time has endorsed a large portion of changing the bill state-to-state.
Today the president also said that he is still not open to "re-fighting" the battles of the past.
"But I am willing to work with anyone — anybody in this room, Democrat or Republican, governors or member of Congress — to make this law even better; to make care even better; to make it more affordable and fix what needs fixing.
A senior administration official said it is "too soon to tell" how many states would take advantage of this, but said they are "intrigued" by the ideas coming out of the states like Oregon and Massachusetts,
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Two poems by Colombian nadaísta poet X-504, translated from the Spanish by David Shook.
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Daniel Lisi talks to Morgan Phillips about Linux Poetry, computational linguistics, and the kernel.
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In the final essay of the Approaching Translation series, Adrienne Ginsburg reworks Classical Aztec poetry and composes a bilingual song.
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According to court records, Town of Burlington officers were on patrol Nov. 12 on Durand Ave. when they noticed a Cadillac traveling 18 mph in a 45 mph zone. They watched the car come to a stop in the middle of the road, and a Racine County sheriff's deputy stopped behind the car.
Police observed the driver, a young girl, switch places with the passenger, later identified as Eliazar Martinez Gaspar.
When the deputy approached the girl, asking to see her identification, Gaspar became upset and began yelling at the officers. Police told Gaspar that they had seen the girl switch seats with him, but Gaspar denied that she had been driving.
Gaspar was arrested for obstructing, but he kicked and head-butted one officer before being subdued, according to a criminal complaint.
Gaspar is facing one charge of battery to law officers and one charge of resisting an officer.
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Just Like That, Korean Hockey Teams Are In The Olympics
by Paul on 09/19/14 at 07:48 AM ET
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from Adam Steiss of IIHF.com,
The Korean men's and women's national teams will be competing on home ice at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeonChang, following a decision by the IIHF Congress to grant the country automatic entry into the ice hockey events.
"After careful deliberation and discussions with the IOC and the Korea Ice Hockey Association (KIHA), we have decided to grant an automatic qualification to the men's and women's national teams for PyeongChang 2018," said IIHF President René Fasel.
The decision came following meetings held during the 2014 IIHF Semi-Annual Congress, where the KIHA presented a comprehensive four-year plan to intensify the development of the men's and women's teams. The plan has the backing of the IOC, the Korean government, and national sponsors, who together with the KIHA have pledged to invest over $20 million U.S. into the national team program in the leadup to the Games.
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The Latest World Cup Talk
by Paul on 09/12/14 at 03:17 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
The expectation back in June was that the NHL and NHL Players' Association would have some kind of World Cup announcement by the end of summer, but that's going to wait a bit longer.
Both sides have an understanding that they will wait to get more concrete details in order, including being able to commit firmly to a regular interval for the tournament, which hasn't been held since 2004 when Canada beat Finland in the final at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
In other words, while the NHL and NHLPA could have easily announced by now that the event is returning in September 2016, they want to have much more to give than that.
What we know at this point: The World Cup is scheduled to return in September 2016, primarily anchored in Toronto, but there may also be some games in Montreal. That's still in discussion.
There likely will be eight countries in the tournament, which is the same as 2004 and 1996. There are six countries fixed: Olympic champion Canada, Russia, the United States, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. The additional two teams and the manner in which they will be selected hasn't been nailed down yet.
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Joshua Ho-Sang Getting The P.K. Subban Treatment From Hockey Canada
by Paul on 08/25/14 at 08:06 AM ET
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from Jack Todd at the Montreal Gazette,
Anyone who has followed the P.K. Subban saga from the beginning is suffering a little déja voodoo these days.
You know the story: exciting, charismatic, talented young hockey player is deemed a little too cocky by the hockey establishment, which is determined to take him down a peg or two.
The player falls into the category they call "visible minority," although no one really knows what an "invisible minority" would be. He runs his mouth a little too much for the powers that be. His stock falls well below his talent level in the draft.
Then he isn't issued an invitation to the world junior training camp by Hockey Canada, the ultimate hockey establishment.
Apart from that last bit, Joshua Ho-Sang's story is P.K. Subban all over again. Brash young star rubs hockey people the wrong way despite his talent.
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The Jamaican Ice Hockey Team
by Paul on 08/23/14 at 07:30 AM ET
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from Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star,
Jamaica is planning its own miracle on ice.
While the island of sun-splashed beaches has as many hockey rinks as it does bobsled runs — exactly none — the goal is for Team Jamaica to compete with the world's hockey powers at a Winter Games in the next eight to 20 years.
"If we can pull this off, you're looking at an inspiring story and the idea that anything is accomplishable if you put your mind to it," says head coach Graeme Townshend, 48, the first Jamaican-born player in the NHL.
"If Jamaica can get a team in the world championships or the Olympics, that's like a miracle. It's something that's so outlandish that I think it actually might work."
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The Picture Said It All
by Paul on 08/15/14 at 11:23 AM ET
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from E.M. Swift of Sports Illustrated,
For SI's 60th anniversary, we asked readers to vote on the most iconic cover in the magazine's history. The winner was the March 3, 1980 "Miracle on Ice" cover, which featured the U.S. hockey team's joyous celebration after its improbable victory over the Soviet Union at Lake Placid. Below is the cover story from that issue.
For millions of people, their single, lasting image of the Lake Placid Games will be the infectious joy displayed by the U.S. hockey team following its 4-3 win over the Soviet Union last Friday night. It was an Olympian moment, the kind the creators of the Games must have had in mind, one that said: Here is something that is bigger than any of you. It was bizarre, it was beautiful. Upflung sticks slowly cartwheeled into the rafters. The American players--in pairs rather than in one great glop--hugged and danced and rolled on one another (see cover).
The Soviet players, slightly in awe, it seemed, of the spectacle of their defeat, stood in a huddle near their blue line, arms propped on their sticks, and waited for the ceremonial postgame handshakes with no apparent impatience. There was no head-hanging. This was bigger, even, than the Russians.
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Koreans Head To SoCal To Work On Their Hockey Game
by Paul on 08/02/14 at 07:40 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
A first glance, the hockey players practicing at Lakewood Ice this week looked like any team anywhere in the world.
Their drills were familiar, and so was their attentive posture when they paused to watch their coach diagram a play on a whiteboard. The difference became clear when the session ended: Players gathered in a semicircle near the boards to tap their sticks and bow to Coach Craig Johnson, a charming gesture of respect that stemmed as much from gratitude as cultural obligation.
They're members of the Korea University men's hockey team and they're in Southern California until Aug. 22 to practice, train and learn from coaches in the Ducks' development program. They hope to accelerate the improvement of their skills before the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but it's a tough task for a nation with a talent pool of only about 2,100.
The national team — which will be coached by former King Jim Paek and is expected to draw on the Korea University squad — is ranked 23rd in the world. Rene Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, said this year he'd like to see Korea's team rank 18th or better before he'd consider granting it an automatic Olympic berth because he wants to avoid lopsided results in the Games.
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Jim Paek Named Head Coach Of South Korea's Men's National Team
by Paul on 07/23/14 at 06:11 AM ET
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from Adam Steiss of IIHF.com,
The Korea Ice Hockey Association has announced Jim Paek as the new head coach of the men's national team. Paek was the first Korean-born player to play in the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the ninth round, 170th overall, in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.
A two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Penguins, Paek was also named as a Program Director of the national team team along with his new head coaching duties. The former defenceman will replace Byoen Sun-Wook, who coached the team for three years but resigned after Korea was relegated at the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A.
Paek will be counted on to guide Korea as it looks to gain qualification to the 2018 Winter Olympics, set to be held on home soil in PyeongChang.
"The idea of coaching the National Team in the Olympics is one of my dreams. I've always wanted to help develop Korean hockey. I've returned to Korea many times to run hockey schools and coached Korean teams travelling to Canada. What a great opportunity I have now."
Update: MLive's Peter J. Wallner confirms:
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The New President And CEO Of Hockey Canada
by Paul on 07/15/14 at 05:47 PM ET
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from Stephen Whyno of the CP at TSN,
Tom Renney is a hockey man, not a businessman. He once ran a clothing store in Trail, B.C., along with his wife but since then his life has been immersed in coaching.
So when Hockey Canada was searching for a new president and CEO and Renney emerged as serious candidate, the 59-year-old didn't put on a masquerade.
"(Business is) not where his passion lies," Team Canada coach Mike Babcock said. "And it's not where his expertise lies. One thing about Tom: He knows what he is and he knows what he's not."
Renney above all else is a respected hockey man, and his decades of experience at the amateur, international and professional levels ultimately made him Hockey Canada's choice to replace Bob Nicholson.
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Report- World Cup Of Hockey Is Headed To Toronto
by Paul on 06/04/14 at 07:44 PM ET
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from Chris Johnston of Sportsnet,
The World Cup of Hockey is expected to be held in Toronto when it is reborn in September 2016, Sportsnet has learned.
The NHL and NHL Players' Association are currently working on the final details of an agreement that will fill out the international calendar for the next several years and believe that the Air Canada Centre is the ideal location to relaunch the World Cup, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
When the event was last held in 2004, it was split between seven different venues in North America and Europe. The final was held in Toronto and won by Team Canada.
Several different formats were considered for the relaunch of the event before the sides agreed that the biggest impact would be made in the world's largest hockey market.
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Video- Erik Haula Fractured His Jaw At The IIHF World Championship
by Paul on 05/28/14 at 04:31 PM ET
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Watch the incident below...
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Living away from home for the first time, the 18-year-old woman, boozy after a bottle of wine, kicked out a party-goer from her new apartment, set her alarm to work the next day and went to bed.
Prosecutor Joel Gold told a 12-person jury in B.C. Supreme Court Monday that when the woman woke up, her neighbour, Kenneth Tomma, was on top of her, having sex with her.
Tomma faces charges of sexual assault and break and enter with intent. The name of the woman who made accusations of sexual assault is protected under Canadian law.
Gold outlined what he said were circumstances in the early morning hours of Oct. 23, 2010.
Workers at a Shuswap restaurant who lived in an apartment complex, were socializing and drinking on a Friday night at the end of the tourist season, a going-away party for some of them. The woman "drank a bottle of wine," said Gold.
"At the end of the evening, she was drunk. She asked people to leave (her room), went to bed and set the alarm."
The 18-year-old intended to work at the resort for the winter season. She had been sharing a room with other workers in a bachelor apartment, but moved one night before the alleged assault into her own room.
"I was excited about having my own place," she said. "I'd never had my own place."
Earlier that day, she testified she was arranging her books and crafts in her new room, when Tomma opened her door and walked in unannounced. The two were little more than neighbours, she said.
"My door swung open and Kenny was there. I guess it was normal, but not really."
Tomma, who she described as being in his 40s or 50s, also lived at the apartment and the two had chatted briefly in past. She said they exchanged a few words and Tomma left.
The employees, including Tomma, socialized until about midnight. The woman decided to go to bed in her own apartment because she worked early the next morning. She said she only spoke a few words with Tomma that night, nothing of substance.
Some time later, Gold told the jury "when she realized she was awake, there was someone on top of her and having intercourse with her."
The man said nothing to her.
"She comes to the realization what's going on. She tells him to stop. She goes to the bathroom and tells him to leave."
Gold said that man was Tomma. Identity is not expected to be an issue. Instead, the trial will turn on whether the woman consented to having sex.
The woman went to see her friends next door and they reported the incident to RCMP.
She is expected to resume her testimony Tuesday morning, when she will recount what happened in her room when she awoke.
On Monday, she testified she didn't lock her door because she knew and trusted everyone in the complex.
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Re:Not bad (2254 comments)
Change != bad
I absolutely agree. It's just that this change == bad.
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Re:Not bad (2254 comments)
Change != bad
I absolutely agree. It's just that this change == bad.
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[OT] Spam factories (63 comments)
Barbie dress up games
Looks like you need to clean up your computer and online browsing settings! (Unless you meant to post that link following your comment)
That was probably one of the manual-labor spam factories that seem to be sprouting like weeds recently -- they pay people to register on a forum, read the forum, and post comments (with spam links, of course) that make just enough sense to attract real readers' attention.
On the one hand, I guess it means that spam-detecting tech has advanced far enough that it's no longer very profitable to send out machine-generated spam. On the other hand, this makes it harder for us humans to tell the difference. (But then again, xkcd has a point too.)
Re:Open Source? (217 comments)
Just for starters:
http://hg.icculus.org/icculus/aquaria (official repository, with post-Humble Bundle patches from several people)
(Not to say the others aren't undergoing development as well; Aquaria is just the only one of those four that really captured my interest.)
Google autocorrect can be disabled (175 comments)
Append "&nfpr=1" to the search URL. If you use keyworded bookmarks in Mozilla: http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&nfpr=1
That's wrong, too (267 comments)
As long as we're talking test runs, the Chuo Shinkansen hit 581km/h in 2003.
Re:Cross-platform, but not cross-compiling (148 comments)
Interesting you should mention this; I've had the same problems you describe trying to get CMake to cross-compile, but with autotools, "--target=other-cpu" has generally worked fine in my experience (making it just about the only redeeming feature in that spaghetti mess of shell and m4 code). Admittedly I haven't tried building an entire Linux distribution, so maybe I just happened to choose packages that don't rely on running test programs, but IIRC autotools will explicitly disable the standard runtime tests when cross-compiling.
The problem with CMake (148 comments)
is that it's got ugly syntax, effectively no cross-compiling support, and less-than-helpful documentation. And its generated Makefiles sometimes miss changes in header files, forcing you to "make clean".
But yeah, it's still a good alternative to autotools.
Watch your units (198 comments)
That's 62 miles, or 100km. I can't recall hearing about a 100km jam in the 11 years I've been here, though I'll grant you a few 50-60km jams pop up on the news most holiday seasons.
Re:My question (226 comments)
From TFOpinion (page 33):
We note without surprise, therefore, that the Legislature of California, in making it unlawful for anyone but a law enforcement agency to "use an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of a person," specifically declared "electronic tracking of a person's location without that person's knowledge violates that person's reasonable expectation of privacy," and implicitly but necessarily thereby required a warrant for police use of a GPS, California Penal Code section 637.7, Stats. 1998 c. 449 (S.B. 1667) 2. Several other states have enacted legislation imposing civil and criminal penalties for the use of electronic tracking devices and expressly requiring exclusion of evidence produced by such a device unless obtained by the police acting pursuant to a warrant. See, e.g., Utah Code Ann. 77-23a-4, 77-23a-7, 77-23a-15.5; Minn Stat 626A.37, 626A.35; Fla Stat 934.06, 934.42; S.C. Code Ann 17-30- 140; Okla. Stat, tit 13, 176.6, 177.6; Haw. Rev. Stat 803-42, 803-44.7; 18 Pa. Cons. Stat 5761.
So if you're in one of those states, it looks like the answer is yes, it's illegal to plant a GPS tracker if you're not law enforcement (and sometimes even if you are law enforcement).
(And why does Slashdot still not support Unicode?)
No (298 comments)
It's the beer glasses set on top of it that make the ring.
More of a progression, I think. (25 comments)
I wouldn't call it a generation "clash" so much as a "progression" from one generation to the next. As one who's been programming for a fair number of years, I certainly advocate knowing the details of what's going on at the lowest levels; if you're not familiar with how caches work, for example, you might have trouble figuring out why a loop over a 2-D array is running so slowly (answer: you have the loops inverted, so every array access is missing the cache). For those who have learned programming in more modern environments, I hope my column has been informative. But at the same time, if your target environment has the capability to take care of all the details for you, I see nothing wrong with taking advantage of that. If your PC can generate new kittens faster than STL kills them off, then by all means, blast those felines to bits. (: After all, that's the whole point of progression in computer technology -- to let the programmer focus more on the high-level problem and less on the low-level nuts and bolts.
Also, just in case it wasn't clear from the column, it was not at all my intent to criticize the original software. There are certainly things that I would have done differently, but in my own playthrough, the game ran nearly flawlessly in its target environment. Creating a complex piece of software like this is no small effort, and I have nothing but respect for Alec (Holowka, the developer) for completing his work to such a high caliber.
Re:Potential Wii/console ports (25 comments)
From the game's website, screenshots, and hardware requirements it seems possible that this game could be ported to the Wii. The simplistic control scheme (mouse only, keyboard can just be used for starting/exiting game) could easily have it work on pretty much any gamepad for any system. The technical hurdles the dev went through just to get it to the PSP (a platform of much less popularity than several others) suggests he possesses the resolution to get Aquaria on other systems.
Just for the record, this PSP port is totally unofficial -- I did it mainly for the challenge of porting (and because I enjoyed the heck out of the game). That said, judging from the Wii's specs, I don't think a Wii port would be too difficult as long as you don't have to copy textures into GPU RAM for drawing. The Linux port uses SDL and OpenGL, so if there's a functional SDL/GL port for the Wii, that could save a lot of time.
It's protected (hopefully!) (25 comments)
I wasn't the one who posted the story, but I added a Coral Cache redirect for Slashdot referrers after the Wolfire column went live (just in case -- even though we all know Slashdotters never RTFA). People who actually want to clone the repository will presumably know not to use the Coral Cache URL, people who are just browsing shouldn't notice a difference, and hopefully my server will survive the onslaught. (:
Hayabusa was a platform for testing new technology (147 comments)
Of course things are going to go wrong. They in fact succeeded at their primary objective, which was to run the ion engines for 1,000 hours; everything beyond that is a bonus. If anything, the engineers involved ought to be praised for being able to work around all those problems and get the thing back to Earth.
Benefit of the doubt? Sony? (171 comments)
I understand your point completely, but how about giving the benefit of the doubt for once?
We tried that when they released the slim PS3 without Other OS support ("don't worry, they won't take it away from current PS3s"). Look how that turned out.
Build your own (119 comments)
Seriously, that may be the best solution. It's what I ended up doing in a similar situation recently, because everything I could find was either 1: too expensive, 2: not cross-environment compatible (Sharepoint), 3: not stable/secure/reliable (many open source projects), and/or 4: difficult to use (just about everything -- in fact, they had used Sharepoint for a while and were desperate for anything else).
People like to talk about the virtues of software reuse, but they rarely mention the downside of accumulating complexity as a single program tries to do more and more -- or of attempting to force users into a single mold in order to limit complexity. Particularly when it comes to content management (and the intricacies of traditional version control systems versus the desire of non-technical users to just Get Things Done), if you consider the running cost of user support, it can sometimes be more efficient to build custom software that does exactly what you need, the way you need it to.
Re:It takes a good programer to apprieate C (535 comments)
Bleah. That was embarrassing. (Though maybe it indicates why I'm good at programming -- I tend to read things literally...)
Re:age matters (547 comments)
On the flip side, learning from experience (if done properly) provides one with insights as to why a particular method doesn't work, and those insights are often useful in far broader contexts than the particular cases in which they were learned. It's like understanding the concepts of arithmetic as opposed to memorizing multiplication tables: knowing the tables by heart will speed up those specific tasks significantly, but won't handle anything that falls outside their domain. And of course, if you take the learn-from-others method to extremes, you end up with people writing code like:
// increment counter
because "I was told code should be commented".
(It's also a sad truth that too many of the elderly generation fail to continue learning themselves, and insist that data should be global, identifiers should be inscrutable abbreviations, or whatnot because "that's the way I did it, goshdarnit, so that's the way you'll do it! And get off my lawn!" Which of course leads the younger programmers to not use global data or short identifiers even when they would be useful, because they wouldn't be caught dead coding like an old fart.)
Re:It takes a good programer to apprieate C (535 comments)
I suppose that's another option, but to my eye it makes the wrong line stand out. It also only works if there's an old line to be commented out in the first place, as opposed to just a new line being added, e.g.:
int a=time(NULL);
Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Re:It takes a good programer to apprieate C (535 comments)
Interesting; I hadn't considered the possibility of allowing one's source code editor to enforce indentation. (Not necessarily disparaging that idea, but I keep it optional, because I've found from lengthy experience that there's never One Way that works for every possible case.) I wonder if that sort of editor was one of the factors in developing Python's syntax? Certainly, if your editor enforces certain indentation rules, then there's not much harm in making use of the information encoded by that indentation.


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17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven." | 17 He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven." |
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Mikey and the Pauper
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- Cartoon Characters: Mikey, Lily, Mitsuki, Gonard, Guano, Ozu, The Yes Man.
- Originally Released in 2008.
- Color
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
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Tired of his celebrity life, Mikey switches places with someone who looks like him.
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