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28 February 2012 10:59 [Source: ICIS news]
By Franco Capaldo
LEVERKUSEN, Germany (ICIS)--Bayer is confident about its development and forecasts sales growth of about 3% in 2012 after a strong start to the year, the German chemical producer's CEO Marijn Dekkers said on Tuesday.
Based on the group's currency assumption of $1.40 to the euro, Bayer expects group sales in 2012 come in around €37bn ($49bn), he said.
Dekkers added that the company is planning to slightly improve the group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) before special items and core earnings per share in 2012 from last year.
Bayer earlier on Tuesday reported 2011 sales of €36.5bn, up 4.1% year on year, while the group's total EBITDA grew by 10.1% year on year to €6.92bn.
The CEO said growth will be driven by Bayer's Healthcare and CropScience segments, with earnings at Bayer MaterialScience likely to be flat with 2011 in view of the current difficult market conditions.
"On the one hand we have the high-margin, highly research-intensive life science businesses, Bayer HealthCare and Bayer CropScience. And on the other hand, the asset-driven, cyclical MaterialScience business," Dekkers said.
"In 2012, HealthCare plans to increase sales by a low- to mid-single-digit percentage on an adjusted basis and slightly improve EBITDA before special items … In CropScience, we aim to achieve above-market growth in currency and portfolio-adjusted sales in 2012 – we anticipate that adjusted sales and EBITDA before special items will advance by mid-single-digit percentages," he added.
"In our MaterialScience business, we expect adjusted sales and EBITDA before special items to remain level with 2011. Should the market environment develop more favourably than anticipated, we expect sales and earnings to increase accordingly," Dekkers said.
"After slow growth in pharmaceuticals in 2011 and probably also in 2012, we expect our new pharmaceutical products to make tangible contribution to this expansion starting in 2013," he added.
Dekkers also said the company will invest a significant amount in its future.
"We expect research and development spending to continue [in 2012] on the high level of recent years at about €3bn. We have planned capital expenditures of €3.1bn for property, plant and equipment," he said.
Looking at possible acquisitions, Dekkers said the company will continue to follow its strategy of keeping its options open if the right opportunity came along.
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February 11, 2006 10:46 AM PST
Fossett breaks flight record
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Mission accomplished in round-the-world flightMarch 3, 2005
Fuel loss plagues around-the-world flightMarch 2, 2005
The generator of Fossett's Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer failed just miles from his destination of Kent International Airport, which meant a total electrical breakdown, according to the GlobalFlyer Web site.
Fossett, 61, the American millionaire adventurer who made history last year with the first solo nonstop flight around the world, set this record by traveling 26,389.3 miles and was in flight for 76 hours 45 minutes before landing at about 5 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Fossett's flying adventure
He surpassed his goal of covering 26,160 miles in about 80 hours. The prior record was 25,361 miles, set in 1999 by the Breitling Orbiter balloon. By comparison, Fossett's round-the-world flight in March 2005 covered just less than 23,000 miles.
The specially designed ultralight GlobalFlyer--with a wingspan as wide as an 11-story building is tall--lifted off Wednesday morning from the 15,000-foot space shuttle landing runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Fossett flew a full trip eastward around the world before crossing the Atlantic a second time on the last leg. He took the plane to an altitude of about 45,000 feet to take advantage of the high-speed jetstream flowing west to east over the Northern Hemisphere.
The veteran aviator was forced to make an emergency Mayday call through to Bournemouth International Airport and was given a short landing window.
"If we didn't get him down in fifteen minutes, he would have had to have ditched the plane," Virgin Atlantic Chief Executive Steve Ridgeway said, according the Global Flyer site.
The generator failure occurred just after his billionaire friend and sponsor Richard Branson had called Fossett to congratulate him on his record, which he broke when be flew over Shannon, Ireland, the site said.
"On landing, Steve burst two tires, and his windscreen was iced up so much that he couldn't see even meters in front of him," according to the site. "Not only all that, but he had only 200 pounds of fuel left, which, if he had continued, may well have turned into another emergency!"
"We told him he had to land alive," said Branson, who flew behind Fossett in a chase plane on the final leg. "He actually had to land alive, because if he didn't land alive he wouldn't get the record."
In addition to the generator problem, GlobalFlyer's ventilation system malfunctioned midway through the trip, causing temperatures in the 7-foot cockpit to rise as much as 130 degrees. He also contended with severe turbulence over India.
After a medical check-up, Fossett flew from Bournemouth to Kent, arriving at about 6:30 p.m. GMT in his private jet with Branson.
After nearly four days existing on nothing but milkshakes, Fossett toasted his achievement with champagne. Asked what he would do next, he said simply: "Catch up on some sleep."
Reuters contributed to this report.
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- Mission grade: one "B-" and one "F"
- There's an old adage that's been copied and even crocheted in sailcloth:
"Flying is the second greatest thrill for a Pilot. Landing is the first."
Mediocre flight, Steve, but the landing stunk.
You set the record, but you pinked the flight, Sir.
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- One smal step
- I prefer the response just before Neil Armstrong took "One small step".
The story (approximately) was - the landing computer had shut down on the final approach to the first manned moon landing. Armstrong had to land by hand. After successful touchdow, Mission Control said "You got a whole lot of people turning blue down here. We're breathing again".
If it was easy - people would have done it years ago. I wouldn't fancy landing from a few feet, after 3 & 1/2 days without sleep. So, I'll give it A for the fligt & B+ for the landing - any one you can walk away from (But I'm generous - I'm a paraglider pilot & they're REALLY tough to launch (and trust me - launching from a ledge is far more scary than a landing :- )& a paraglider is still pretty tough to land).
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- Posting Grade: One D-
- How many emergency landings have you made when dead tired and iced up? I can tell you that final approach in a cripple bird is no fun after a 5 hour flight. I can't imagine what it would have been like after 75 hours.
If you've never been in a similar situation you have no basis to criticise. If you have been, you should know better.
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- around the world..
- ok now that airplane is AWSOME! its a marval of engineering by my book for sure...the only thing that realy limits it is the pilot...but as far as i know..he must have done awsome to fly that long!!
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GPS Navigation & Maps - Scout
Telenav GmbH (formerly skobbler GmbH)
- April 22, 2015
Offers in-app purchases
Scout offers the proven quality of the multi-award winning international bestseller GPS Navigation (formerly known as "skobbler") in a further advanced and significantly enhanced version. It's the ultimate map & orientation tool for your phone or tablet. And now you can get it for free!
The only truly complete online and offline solution, which does not only make mobile navigation, but also global digital maps (including city maps) easier to use and more adaptable to your needs. No matter where or how you are on-the-go.
This is not some lightweight bait version. On the contrary: Scout is the ultimate all-in-one map and navigation solution. You get FOR FREE, what costs 50 bucks and more elsewhere.
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Complete digital map functionality with high-end map engine for seamless display and interaction, Foursquare search and TripAdvisor information for hotels, bars, restaurants, clubs, sights, etc.
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Various search modes, free drive capability for orientation and warnings on each journey, routes for car, bicycle and pedestrian, etc.
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In the following, you'll find more detailed information on some of those points:
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Purchase issues I love this app! I have only one problem with it, the restore purchases section. Initially I bought the full world map on my iPhone, but recently I changed my phone and now on android system I can't get back my previous purchases and I can't even find a contact section to get hold on with the developers to sort out this problem. Please help!
Paying for Open-Source Conent? What?! Okay devs, this is an important message. Yes, the app is great, and has the best interface / design for that kind of a product. I also understand that you need a kickback out of the app you made. But the point is the user has to buy maps at a price of 2.69€. Maps that you do not own since Open Street Map is an open-source project. To me, it seems unlikely that making profit off something you do not own is legal. In the worst case you risk a lawsuit, at best this is unfair to the user. Monetize differently!
I like it but... When I'm on motorways, Scout wants to send me off at random junctions, only to redirect me back onto the motorway again. Annoying, time wasting and distracting "Feature" that limits my rating to merely OK rather than 4 or 5 stars.
Not fully tested yet, but when I type in a address it can't find it, but haho its free so no real complaint, maybe up grad will give me more, ,,paul
no waypoints without waypoints it is useless for me because the route finding algorithm never finds the most efficient route on some of my frequent trips. such a basic feature.
Locked up Showed good promise ,but map stop moving but had audio then on return, all stopped ,till i turned into my driveway,where i was told i had reached my desination
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MapFactor Navigator is a free turn-by-turn GPS navigation app for Android phones and tablets using OpenStreetMaps data. Maps are installed on the SD card so there is no need for an Internet connection when traveling. Map and app updates are FREE every month.
Voice guidance
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MapFactor also makes the popular NavigatorFREE for PC, Pocket PC and WinCE.
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Voice guidance
* intuitive voice navigation in different languages
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* overview of the upcoming manoeuvre and distance shown on the screen
GPS satellite navigation
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* day/night modes switch colour schemes for day or night time driving
* map rotates in driving direction, or north up
* find nearest points of interest
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* full GB postcodes (1.8 million)
Speed cameras
* hear audible warnings as you approach speed cameras
* add your own favourite locations and routes
* routing modes for car, pedestrian, truck
* route avoidance - block off certain road from your route
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• 3D Cities & Landscape for easy orientation
• Spoken Street Names to focus on the road
Sygic: GPS Navigation & Maps is The World's Most Installed Offline turn-by-turn GPS navigation App for Android powered by TomTom Maps. Navigation and Maps are installed on the SD card so there is no need for an Internet connection when navigating. Map and app updates are FREE every 3 months.
You can enjoy free navigation, gps, offline TomTom maps, POIs, route planning & free map updates.
To get the most of the navigation, upgrade to premium and enjoy high-end lifetime features: 3D maps, real-time turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation, lane guidance, speed limit warnings & junction view with lane indicator arrows at complex intersections.
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• Intuitive voice navigation in different languages
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GPS Navigation BE-ON-ROAD
FREE GPS Navigation & offline maps for Android.
FREE Updates for both app and maps.
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BE-ON-ROAD is a free offline turn-by-turn gps navigation for Android based on OpenStreetMaps. Maps are updated multiple times per year and can be stored on your device, or SD card. That means, that you can navigate anywhere with the most recent maps even without the internet connection!
~ offline gps navigation
FREE Updates for both app and maps.
FREE Navigation license for OpenStreetMap.
BE-ON-ROAD is a free offline turn-by-turn gps navigation for Android based on OpenStreetMaps. Maps are updated multiple times per year and can be stored on your device, or SD card. That means, that you can navigate anywhere with the most recent maps even without the internet connection!
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~ offline gps navigation
~ offline maps
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~ multi-language voice navigation (33 languages supported)
~ GPS / Glonass ready
~ speed limit warnings
~ fixed speed camera warnings (available in selected countries only)
~ 3D buildings
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~ large POI database
~ pedestrian, car, or even bee-line navigation
~ night mode based on local sunset time
~ track recording
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EUROPE - Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
NORTH AMERICA - Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Bermuda, California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana , Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
SOUTH AMERICA - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Maarten, Suriname, Thailand and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands
ASIA - Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cambodia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
OCEANIA - American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
AFRICA - Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Cote d'lvoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic Of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Offline maps & Navigation
Here we created another great navigation app based on offline maps.
You can enjoy unlimited navigation features with no hidden costs.
offline gps navigation
You can enjoy unlimited navigation features with no hidden costs.
offline gps navigation
offline maps
free map updates
multi-language voice navigation (33 languages supported)
GPS / Glonass ready
speed limit warnings
fixed speed camera warnings (available in selected countries only)
3D buildings
lane guidance
large POI database
pedestrian, car, or even bee-line navigation
night mode based on local sunset time
track recording
ROUTE 66 Navigate
Smooth and fast – that's what ROUTE 66 Navigate is all about. We have perfected our routing engine over the past 20 years to be one of the best in the industry. Proven. ROUTE 66 Navigate uses the same TomTom maps that are used by car brands for their navigation solutions. ROUTE 66 Navigate provides lane guidance and speed limits for optimal guidance – which you'd expect from an expensive car navigation system or personal navigation device.
• Smooth, blazingly fast maps. Vector-based, fully scalable and ultra fast.
• Online and offline maps. Enjoy maps with or without internet connection.
• Search with character. A few characters – in any order – and we'll find your destination.
• Local Search. It's all about finding accurate and up-to-date destinations.
• Wikipedia on the map. The free encyclopedia.
• Weather on the map. Weather has never been more accessible.
• Doesn't the world look a whole lot better in 3D? Stunning 3D buildings and photorealistic landmarks make navigation so much better.
• Automotive quality navigation. We deeply care about correct routes, lane information, speed limits and road signs.
• So why would your map always have to look the same? Our map is always just right – bright and clear during the day and incredibly stylish at night.
• Nietzsche was right. All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.
• There are a 1,000 different ways to get to Rome. We offer you the best alternatives. You choose.
• You can rely on our speed alarms. We automatically warn you when you are speeding.
• Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly which lane to use? Now you can.
• Road signs in your navigation. Everything that is relevant to you.
• Crystal clear instructions. 'After 300 yards, turn right onto the A3 towards Basingstoke.'
• Multi-stop routes. Because sometimes going from A to B goes through C.
• FREE 30 days trial. Don't take our word for it. Check out Navigation in ROUTE 66 Navigate for yourself.
• The future is here. Follow Me puts a virtual car on your camera image, which you just have to follow.
• Because not everyone is the same. Choose your own Follow Me car.
• Super easy to set-up. ROUTE 66 Navigate automatically detects where to put the virtual Follow Me car.
• FREE 30 days trial. Don't take our word for it. Check out Follow Me in ROUTE 66 Navigate for yourself.
• Speed cameras. Save big on speeding tickets.
• App in the foreground? In the background? We'll warn you anyway.
• 95% coverage. We're working on the other 5.
• Timing is everything. Safety and savings, the result.
• FREE 30 days trial. Don't take our word for it. Check out Speed cameras in ROUTE 66 Navigate for yourself.
• HD Traffic. Reliable and super accurate traffic that simply works.
• Save up to 18.5% of your time. Proven.
• We do the math. You decide what you want to do.
• FREE 30 days trial. Don't take our word for it. Check out HD Traffic in ROUTE 66 Navigate for yourself.
• The Panoramic Car Kit was made for ROUTE 66 Navigate. And vice versa.
• Free shipping. Anywhere in the world.
• Available on store.66.com
For more information, please visit www.66.com.
Waze Social GPS Maps & Traffic
Waze is the world's largest community-based traffic and navigation app. Join drivers in your area who share real-time traffic & road info to save time, gas money, and improve daily commuting for all.
- Live routing based on community driven, real-time traffic & road info
Just by driving with Waze open, you're already contributing tons of real-time traffic information to your local community. You can also actively report accidents, police traps and other hazards you see on the road. Get road alerts along your route and find the cheapest gas prices around you shared by the community. Plus, you can add friends, send locations or keep others posted on your arrival time.
- Live routing based on community driven, real-time traffic & road info
- Community reported alerts including accidents, hazards, police traps, road closures, and more
- Turn-by-turn voice guided navigation
- Live maps, consistently edited and updated by Waze community map editors
- Automatic rerouting as conditions change on the road
- Send your ETA & real-time drive to update those you're meeting
- Learns your frequent destinations, commuting hours, and preferred routes
- Find the cheapest gas station on your route
- Add information on local places and businesses
- Add Facebook friends and sync Contacts
- See friends' ETA when driving to the same destination
- One tap navigation to Facebook & Calendar events
- Earn points as you contribute road info and climb the ranks in your community
Waze is all about contributing to and benefiting from the common good, so hop on board and get involved!
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Waze will automatically shut down if you run it in the background and haven't driven for a while.
Learn more about the Waze privacy policy, including what information is accessed and how it is used. With Waze, you have full control over your privacy settings. http://www.waze.com/legal/privacy/
NAVIGON select
NAVIGON - GPS Navigation
Very important:
+++ Update version now available +++
Important: Update may require additional data via wiFi (WLAN)!
Very important:
ONLY customers who already have one of the previous full versions bought can use this software as an update.
The unlimited full version can now be found in the paying area.
Samsung users: Please use WLAN for download of maps!
Featured in the Guardian, the New York Times, TechCrunch, Forbes, CNET, Mashable and more
- Voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation that works around the world
Twitter: https://twitter.com/here
Here's to finding your way no matter where you are. Here's to embracing the world around you and daring to explore new places without worrying about getting lost. Here's to having the confidence to live your life, because you always know exactly where you're going.
With HERE, you can plan your journey ahead of time and save a map of your destination right on your phone. With maps for more than a 100 countries around the world, you'll never be lost — even when offline. See exactly where you are and find the best way around with a route planner that shows you driving, public transit and walking options at a glance.
When you're ready to head out, turn-by-turn, voice-guided driving and walk navigation takes you right to your destination — or use our public transit maps and schedules to get around by train or bus. With HERE, your maps are always loaded and ready to use, and you never need to rely on an Internet connection.
HERE makes maps more useful. Find restaurants and shops in your area and browse ratings and reviews from TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet and more to plan your night out. Take a peek inside shopping centers and airports with 3D indoor maps that show you the location of stores, elevators and other facilities. Or meet up with friends using Glympse, a secure, private way of sharing your location that lets them see where you are.
What does HERE give you?
- Voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation that works around the world
- Maps you can save and use offline for more than a 100 countries, including the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia and Brazil
- Real-time traffic and incident information for more than 40 countries
- Indoor maps for thousands of shopping centers and airports
- Public transit maps, directions and information for more than 900 cities
- A route planner that shows driving, public transit and walking options so you can quickly compare them
- Your saved places are available on all your devices so you can plan journeys easier
Follow us!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/here
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/here
Blog: http://360.here.com/
We love feedback, so please send your thoughts to email@example.com
MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps
MapQuest is your go-to app for live maps, GPS, voice navigation, and live traffic updates. Whether you're running a quick errand across town or taking a road trip across the country, MapQuest has the trusted directions and traffic info you need for stress-free navigation. Our app can route you around accidents, help with multi-stop directions and even has alternate routing capabilities, robust bookmarking options, and handy sharing features. MapQuest is here to help get you where you need to go, wherever life takes you.
• Get voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation for walking or driving directions.
With the MapQuest app, you can:
• Get voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation for walking or driving directions.
• Have peace of mind knowing we're using the latest traffic data. Live traffic updates and automatic re-routing will help you get there on time.
• Choose from up to three different driving routes (when available) to get you to your destination most efficiently. We'll take traffic, road closures, and more into account so you can choose the most optimal route.
• Impress your boss, family, and friends with an on-time arrival with our ETA (estimated time of arrival) and location sharing features.
• Bookmark your home and work addresses so you can find your way to either at the push of a button.
• Quickly search for nearby points of interest in your favorite categories like coffee, restaurants, gas, and more with our industry-first layers bar!
• Advanced search uses your contacts, recent searches, top categories, and nearby points of interest to help you find your destination faster.
• Save a few bucks when you click on nearby gas stations and view and compare their current gas prices.
• Find a place to rest your head. Explore the area and book a nearby hotel directly from the app!
• Show your team spirit with MLB.com Team Kits, available for purchase in-app, custom logos, start screen, accent colors and saved routes to the game ensure your navigation app is as die-hard as you are!
Join the millions of people that have already downloaded the free MapQuest app as their own personal navigator.
Scout GPS Navigation & Meet Up
New: Scout - the only app that lets you chat, make plans, and meetup with turn-by-turn GPS directions and everyone's real-time ETA on the map. Now you'll always know if "five minutes away" really means "I haven't left yet!" Scout connects people together for live events, not just to find places! Meetup without the hassle of using multiple apps to coordinate, communicate and navigate.
* New! Slick visual design for turn-by-turn directions, locating nearby amenities and creating instant Meet Ups.
* New! Non-Scout users invited to your Meet Up will receive an SMS with full event details and info on how to download and use Scout.
* Keep it in your circle — Verify your phone number to connect and invite the right friends from your contact list. Only friends invited to your Meet Up can view chats and live ETAs.
* Know when to leave — Get notified when friends start driving to your Meet Up and view their ETAs and real time progress on the map. Let your friends know you are on the way before you drive.
*Chat about it — Create a Meet Up to share details and chat with attendees all in the same event thread. You'll never miss a chat with push notifications for new messages and you can leave the conversation with just a swipe.
* Explore more — Find nearby restaurants, ATMs, cheap gas and parking along the way to your destination.
* Meet Up reminders— Scout will remind you an hour before your Meet Up, so you can always get to the right place at the right time.
* Say cheese— Snap a selfie for your Scout profile or pick your favorite shot from your existing photos.
* Beat traffic— Get the fastest routes based on real-time traffic to navigate around accidents and other traffic delays. Help others on the road by reporting accidents, speed traps, congestion, police, and construction.
* Never get lost— Scout, powered by OpenStreetMap (OSM), provides the most up-to-date map information with updates from a community of more than 1.6 million editors.
* Join our community— Keep up with Scout at www.facebook.com/scoutbytelenav, @scout on Twitter, @scoutbytelenav on Instagram and at ourcommunity.scout.me for any help you may need along your way.
-- What's the word on Scout?
NEW! - Scout wins 2015 Best Lifestyle App from Mobile App Awards
"Scout is as easy on the eyes as it is easy to use." - Mashable "Scout wins Best for Design" Travel & Leisure, Best GPS Apps for Travel
•Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
•Scout's map and search coverage is currently for the USA only.
CoPilot GPS - Navigation App
Sit back and enjoy the drive with your own personal CoPilot navigation.
• Offline navigation: street maps stored on-board your Android
► Offline 2D street maps
• Europe: Choose one of the following countries/regions - UK & Ireland, Balkans, BeNeLux, Russia, Central Eastern Europe, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), France, Greece, Iberia, Italy, Nordics, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Stay Connected with CoPilot:
CoPilot is the high performance GPS navigation app to get you where you're going safely, reliably and most importantly enjoyably.
Join over 14 million drivers and professional fleets worldwide that trust CoPilot's high quality offline maps for fast and accurate guidance, even when there's no mobile coverage or you're navigating abroad.
*****As featured on Engadget, CNET, Auto Express *****
• Offline navigation: street maps stored on-board your Android
• Clear voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions with text-to-speech technology
• Driver-friendly 3D guidance display shows you the way at every turn
• Lane indicator arrows, highway exit sign post information and realistic ClearTurn™ view to help you at complex junctions
• Real-time ActiveTraffic™ and predictive time-of-day routing helps you avoid delays, so you'll arrive on-time and stress-free, every time
• Automatic routing and fast recalculation if you miss a turn
• Safety camera alerts with free database updates (not available in North America, France or Switzerland)
• Unique directions only view and motion lock for safer driving
• CommuteMe™ automatically learns your favourite route to and from work, and checks it for traffic every day
• Speed limit warnings and speedometer
• Accurate ETAs so you know when you'll arrive
• And much, much more…
If you enjoy your drive with CoPilot (and we're confident you will!), you can purchase voice-guided navigation options via in-app purchase in MyCoPilot > Features & Upgrades. You can also purchase a 12 month ActiveTraffic subscription and get additional map regions throughout the world.
After the 7 day trial, you can still enjoy the following features for free:
► Offline 2D street maps
► Comprehensive multi-stop trip planning tools to plan detailed routes before you go
► Huge database of pre-loaded POIs to easily find local restaurants, gas stations, car parks and other useful places
► View your complete itinerary & preview every turn direction
► Drag and drop route editing
► Useful local search with Yelp, Wikipedia and Google*
► Walking mode
► Download any one of the following countries/regions for free:
• Europe: Choose one of the following countries/regions - UK & Ireland, Balkans, BeNeLux, Russia, Central Eastern Europe, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), France, Greece, Iberia, Italy, Nordics, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
• North America: USA & Canada
• Australasia: Australia & New Zealand
• Southern Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and Botswana
• Middle East/GCC: Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE
• South East Asia: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand
• India
• Brazil
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life
*Social sharing, Google, Yelp and Wikipedia requires a mobile connection
For more information, visit copilotgps.com
Stay Connected with CoPilot:
@copilotgps or @copilotgps_us
Google+: search +copilot
Sygic MirrorLink Navigation
Sygic Car Navigation is specially optimized to work with your car's built-in in-dash infotainment system and dashboard/steering-wheel buttons. Sygic Car Navigation runs on your Android device and seamlessly connects with your car's dashboard systems via MirrorLink®. Just connect the phone with a cable and you are ready to drive. Works either in a standalone mode, or in connected (MirrorLink®) mode where the screen of the smartphone is mirrored to the head unit display.
Car Connectivity is available for:
To use Sygic Car Navigation in the dashboard of your Jaguar or Land Rover car please install the Jaguar InControl™ App or Land Rover InControl™ App on your phone.
• Spoken Street Names to focus on the road
• Dynamic Lane Guidance for safe lane changes
Enjoy 7 days of Premium on us, and test drive Sygic Car Navigation app with all of its advanced features. For the first 7 days after installation enjoy Premium with car connectivity (MirrorLink®), turn-by-turn navigation, voice instructions, lane assistant, junction views and speed and safety warnings. After 7 days upgrade to lifetime Premium or continue to use the app with free basic features.
Car Connectivity is available for:
• Cars with MirroLink® Radio and smartphones supporting Mirrorlink 1.1
• Jaguar, Land Rover cars with InControl™ system
To use Sygic Car Navigation in the dashboard of your Jaguar or Land Rover car please install the Jaguar InControl™ App or Land Rover InControl™ App on your phone.
• MirrorLink® for seamless in-dash Car Connectivity
• High quality TomTom maps stored on the phone
• Works with GPS only, internet is not needed
• Turn-by-Turn voice guided navigation
• Millions of free pre-installed POIs
• Free map updates & Free POI database updates
• Free updates of Fixed speed cameras
• Spoken Street Names to focus on the road
• Three Alternative Routes to choose from
• Waypoints for places you want to visit
• Avoid Toll Roads on your route
• Dynamic Lane Guidance for safe lane changes
• Junction View highlights highway exists
• Warnings for exceeded Speed Limit
• Warnings for fixed speedcams
• Police trap warnings from other drivers
• 3D Cities & Landscape for easy orientation
• Pedestrian Navigation to walk and explore
• Exclusive TripAdvisor POIs as free download in My Sygic
ADD-ON FEATURES (in-app purchase)
• Traffic service to avoid delays in your daily commute
• Premium online speed cameras with 300 000 mobile speedcam locations each month
• Head Up Display (HUD) projects GPS navigation onto your windshield
► EUROPE & RUSSIA: Andorra , Austria , Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic , Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican
► NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA, Mexico
► SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
► AFRICA: Angola, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
► MIDDLE EAST: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Jemen, Lebanon
► ASIA: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
Need help? Please visit sygic.com/support we are here for you 7 days a week.
If you love our app, please leave a review. You will let others know how the app is, motivate our developers and help us improve our work. Thank you for your support.
Sygic | Bringing life to maps.
MICHELIN Navigation & Traffic
MICHELIN Navigation is a free, non-subscription application that includes GPS and a community alert option, as well as real-time traffic information.
Take advantage of real-time traffic information to plan your trips
– Locate free-moving and congested routes through green-orange-red colour coded maps, as well as road closures and all traffic information.
– Choose a route to avoid time-wasting traffic jams!
With MICHELIN Navigation, stay calm and safe with a GPS navigation system offering simplified ergonomics:
– All Michelin route options: Michelin recommended, shortest, discovery route…as well as journey costs with toll fees included
– Schematic and uncluttered presentation of directions
– Simple and non-intrusive voice guidance
– Hazard areas and real-time traffic incidents (traffic jams, roadworks, slow moving traffic, information on traffic conditions and flow on roads, motorways and ring roads, including closures…)
– Speed limits on continuous display with visual speeding alerts
– Free GPS with maximum readability
Stay in the know in real-time, even on familiar routes, with the community alert option
oMICHELIN MyCar (tips on checking and maintaining your vehicule)
-Drive more safely:
-Make the most of your mobility:
Take advantage of real-time traffic information to plan your trips
– Locate free-moving and congested routes through green-orange-red colour coded maps, as well as road closures and all traffic information.
– Choose a route to avoid time-wasting traffic jams!
With MICHELIN Navigation, stay calm and safe with a GPS navigation system offering simplified ergonomics:
– All Michelin route options: Michelin recommended, shortest, discovery route…as well as journey costs with toll fees included
– Schematic and uncluttered presentation of directions
– Simple and non-intrusive voice guidance
– Hazard areas and real-time traffic incidents (traffic jams, roadworks, slow moving traffic, information on traffic conditions and flow on roads, motorways and ring roads, including closures…)
– Speed limits on continuous display with visual speeding alerts
– Free GPS with maximum readability
Stay in the know in real-time, even on familiar routes, with the community alert option
The Alert mode is a location tracking system enhanced to receive alerts while you focus on your driving:
– Uncluttered presentation
– Over 30,000 speed cameras in Europe
– Speed limits continuously displayed
– Visual alerts when speed limits are exceeded
Take advantage of alerts shared by other drivers to avoid any surprises!
– And you, too, can share traffic and incident updates on your route: hazard zones, speed cameras, traffic jams, road works, accidents
Together, the road becomes safer.
Let's take the best route together…
Note: traffic information available for Europe and England (traffic for London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Northampton...)
MICHELIN Mobility Apps
Take the smart road with the MICHELIN App Collection
Discover a package of free interconnected applications that enable you to better monitor and manage your journeys:
-Maintain your tyres and your vehicle:
oMICHELIN MyCar (tips on checking and maintaining your vehicule)
-Drive more safely:
oMICHELIN Navigation (guidance and traffic information in real-time) oViaMichelin (mapping and route planning)
-Make the most of your mobility:
oMICHELIN Hotels (real-time booking)
oMICHELIN Restaurants (restaurant search and booking)
oMICHELIN Travel (the wealth of tourist information from the Green Guide)
OsmAnd Maps & Navigation
OsmAnd (OSM Automated Navigation Directions) is a map and navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. All map data can be stored on your device's memory card for offline use. Via your device's GPS, OsmAnd offers routing, with optical and voice guidance, for car, bike, and pedestrian. All the main functionalities work both online and offline (no internet needed).
Map Viewing
Use OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia Data
Safety Features
Bicycle and Pedestrian Features
Directly Contribute to OpenStreetMap
Very approximate map coverage and quality:
Some of the main features:
• Works online (fast) or offline (no roaming charges when you are abroad)
• Turn-by-turn voice guidance (recorded and synthesized voices)
• Optional lane guidance, street name display, and estimated time of arrival
• Supports intermediate points on your itinerary
• Automatic re-routing whenever you deviate from the route
• Search for places by address, by type (e.g.: restaurant, hotel, gas station, museum), or by geographical coordinates
Map Viewing
• Display your position and orientation on the map
• Optionally align the map according to compass or your direction of motion
• Save your most important places as Favorites
• Display POIs (point of interests) around you
• Can display specialized online tile maps
• Can display satellite view (from Bing)
• Can display different overlays like touring/navigation GPX tracks and additional maps with customizable transparency
• Optionally display place names in English, local, or phonetic spelling
Use OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia Data
• High quality information from the best collaborative projects of the world
• Global maps from OpenStreetMap, available per country or region
• Wikipedia POIs, great for sightseeing (not available in free version)
• Free download, directly from the app (download limit 10 map files in free version)
• Always up-to-date maps (updated at least once a month)
• Compact offline vector maps
• Select between complete map data and just road network (Example: All of Japan is 700 MB, or 200 MB for the road network only)
• Also supports online or cached tile maps
Safety Features
• Optional automated day/night view switching
• Optional speed limit display, with reminder if you exceed it
• Optional speed-dependent map zooming
• Share your location so that your friends can find you
Bicycle and Pedestrian Features
• The maps include foot, hiking, and bike paths, great for outdoor activities
• Special routing and display modes for bike and pedestrian
• Optional public transport stops (bus, tram, train) including line names
• Optional trip recording to local GPX file or online service
• Optional speed and altitude display
• Display of contour lines and hill-shading (via additional plugin)
Directly Contribute to OpenStreetMap
• Report map bugs
• Upload GPX tracks to OSM directly from the app
• Add POIs and directly upload them to OSM (or later if offline)
• Optional trip recording also in background mode (while device is in sleep mode)
OsmAnd is open source and actively being developed. Everyone can contribute to the application by reporting bugs, improving translations, or coding new features. The project is in a lively state of continuous improvement by all these forms of developer and user interaction. The project progress also relies on financial contributions to fund the development, coding, and testing of new functionalities. By buying OsmAnd+ you help the application to be even more awesome! It is also possible to fund specific new features, or to make a general donation on osmand.net.
Very approximate map coverage and quality:
• Western Europe: ****
• Eastern Europe: ***
• Russia: ***
• North America: ***
• South America: **
• Asia: **
• Japan & Korea: ***
• Middle East: **
• Africa: **
• Antarctica: *
Most countries around the globe available as map downloads!
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, here are just few more examples: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, UK, USA.
V-Navi - The full-featured navigation app for Android that brings you quicker to your goal! Works in conjuction with various apps (e.g., "Gelbe Seiten", "Das Telefonbuch", "Das Örtliche", among others), even free of charge, as conditions may apply.
Map Display and Functionality
AVAILABLE in-app purchase options (for pricing, see under "In-App Purchases"):
The map data and navigation for Western Europe cover the following countries:
ATTENTION: Navigation can be started in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and optional in Western Europe.
With the high quality traffic you will get a complete overview of the market. Traffic congestion traffic congestion avoidance. The V-Navi: you will thus always the best route. The traffic density is displayed in red, yellow, green in the map. Germany, Annual, 30 days free of charge with no obligation to buy. Internet connection is required.
The new version of V-Navi works with offboard maps (with limited functionality) to enable immediate navigation after download. The map data for Germany, Austria and Switzerland is downloaded once at the start of the first use of V-Navi (ca. 300 MB). Thereafter, an Internet connection is only necessary for a short time at app-startup.
- Current traffic situation in Germany (INRIX), traffic reports traffic congestion avoidance and traffic density display
- Offboard vector mode after first installation
- Lane info assistant
- Reality view (reality like display of turn actions on motorways)
- Map data is stored on the device
- Quick destination entry (address, points of interest (POIs), favorites, etc.)
- Updates free of charge
- Computation and display of alternate routes
- Display of speed limits and speeding alerts
- Support for portrait and landscape display
- Quick-Menu
- New and ergonomic menu
- Optimized map view
- Save & load itineraries
Destination entry:
- Address entry with an automatic pop-up list of cities, etc.
- Address search by country
- House-number-exact geocoding when online
- POI search
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Brazilian lemonade proves to be a refreshing summer drinkPublished 2:31pm Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Updated 2:31pm Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A decade ago (actually it's been more than a decade ago), my daughter went off to school in Salt Lake City, Utah. As her parents, we went with to help her get her apartment set up and make sure she would be safe in the city.
While there, we went to a restaurant called The Rodizio Grill, that served Brazilian cuisine, which we still recall with fondness. It was expensive, but we felt justified after it was all said and done because it was what we considered a "dining experience." We had a great time.
After we had sat down, we were told the chefs would come to our table and slice meat directly off the skewers onto our plates. We were invited to take in the authentic side dishes from a buffet table and enjoy the evening. And would we like anything to drink?
What possessed me to order lemonade I don't know, but despite my distaste for the tart summertime beverage, that's what I ordered.
And from that moment on, I craved that particular recipe for the tart, refreshing summertime beverage.
Over the years, I have told myself to go online for the recipe, but until a couple weeks ago, I hadn't made the search.
Though difficult to find — it took me almost a half hour to find it — I eventually found what I believed to be a reasonable reproduction of that wonderful drink I enjoyed in Salt Lake City.
I still have some experimenting to do with the recipe — it isn't quite the same — but my kids are hooked and so were some guests.
I hope you will enjoy it, too.
Brazillian Lemonade
1 lemon (To make more simple increase the number of lemons and double or triple the remaining ingredient amounts)
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
3 cups water
ice (a small handful of the size a residential freezer makes is enough)
Wash lemon thoroughly. Cut off the ends and slice into eight wedges. Place lemon in a blender with the sugar, sweetened condensed milk, water and ice. Blend in an electric blender, pulsing five times. Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove rinds. Serve over ice.
Note: I cut back the water to 2 1/2 cups to allow for ice meltage. Then I cut it back to 2 cups and the lemonade was tarter. So If you like a tart lemonade, cut the water back to 2 cups. If you like a more subtle lemon taste, put all three cups of water in. For my taste, I will stick with the 2 1/2 cups of water.


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Lawyer claims Shembo didn't mean to kill dog
Every criminal defendant has a lawyer, and every lawyer for every criminal defendant says the criminal defendant didn't do it.
In the case of former Falcons linebacker Prince Shembo, then, his lawyer claims Shembo is innocent.
"He didn't mean to kill the dog," lawyer Jerry Froelich said, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Froelich added that Shembo owns a dog, and that Shembo has never injured the dog.
It's unclear whether the Christopher Moltisante defense will work for Shembo. On one hand, there were no witnesses to Shembo's alleged crime. On the other hand, the injuries to the dog were extensive, which means that Shembo had better have a pretty good explanation for how those injuries happened.
Then there's the fact that Shembo's ex will testify that Shembo admitted to killing the dog. Shembo may claim that he said he killed the dog accidentally, which makes the dog owner's testimony regarding what Shembo actually said and his demeanor while saying it critical.
Regardless, every criminal defendant in America is entitled to broad protections aimed at ensuring innocent people aren't sent to jail. And plenty of guilty people have successfully taken advantage of those protections over the years.
Rams' picks are all unsigned, with financial counseling coming first
Most of this year's NFL draft picks have already signed their contracts. But none of the Rams' picks have.
That's because the Rams' policy is to give each player financial counseling before anyone signs a contract.
In each of the last two years, the Rams have signed all their picks en masse, after gathering the rookie class together and giving the players a course on financial management. Players are instructed on what the team calls "Financial Planning 101," with information about how to invest and how not to go broke.
The Rams' rookies will get signing bonuses of anywhere from $70,000 for seventh-round pick Martin Ifedi, all the way up to more than $8 million for first-round pick Todd Gurley. The Rams want to give those players the money they need to use that money wisely.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement agreed upon in 2011 makes rookie contracts so straightforward that there's little to negotiate, and little reason not to sign immediately. Except for the reason the Rams have found: Making sure players have some information about how to invest their money before they receive it.
Matt Barkley: Tim Tebow's an arm, he's not taking my reps
When the Eagles signed Tim Tebow, fellow quarterback Mark Sanchez dismissed Tebow as a camp arm. Coach Chip Kelly disagreed.
Eagles third-string quarterback Matt Barkley agrees with Sanchez, suggesting that Tebow was brought in so the Eagles would have another guy to throw to the receivers after GJ Kinne switched from quarterback to wide receiver.
"He's not taking my reps on the field," Barkley said, via NJ.com. "He's an arm we need for the team, with G.J. making the move to receiver. Tim's just one of us. He's trying to make the team just like we all are. It hasn't effected my approach to how I feel the team thinks of me or how I'm going out to compete every day."
But while the other quarterbacks seem to see Tebow as a camp arm, it's up to Kelly, who insists that Tebow is on the team to be a quarterback.
And really, it doesn't make a lot of sense to sign Tebow to be a camp arm because Tebow doesn't have a good arm. Tebow's strengths lie in his ability to improvise and make plays when things break down. If Kelly just wanted another passer to help work with the receivers in camp, he could have found a better passer than Tebow, who would have come with fewer distractions than Tebow. Kelly signed Tebow because sees something in Tebow's potential to help the Eagles win in the fall, not just to work with the team in the summer.
Barkley should realize that because if Tebow makes the team, Barkley won't.
Kubiak wants Peyton practicing under center
In the latest sign that new Broncos coach Gary Kubiak will make significant changes to the offense, quarterback Peyton Manning has been spending his time under center at Organized Team Activities.
Kubiak said he knows Manning can run an offense in the shotgun, but he wants Manning to get work under center, and that's the priority right now.
"That's kind of the plan. We're going to do that initially," Kubiak said. "We know the other end of the stick (shotgun) is fine; that's something that he's been doing forever. So we're going to spend a lot of time under center initially in our process and how we're going to go about our teaching. We have a nine-day installation period that we have, so he's going to be under [center] for a good three days before we move back, but he's been very responsive, and he's working extremely hard."
Manning said he's fine with making changes in Kubiak's offense.
"Whatever they ask me to do, I feel like I can do it," Manning said.
During his first three years in Denver, Manning was given free rein to run the show on the Broncos' offense. But he won't be given quite the same free rein this year. The Broncos are still Manning's team. But even more, the Broncos are Kubiak's team.
Report: Chris Chester signs with Falcons
Free-agent guard Chris Chester had lined up visits with the Falcons and Eagles. And he won't be taking those visits.
Via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, Chester has signed with the Falcons. It's a one-year, $2.8 million contract.
Washington released Chester earlier this week. In Atlanta, he'll be reunited with offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan.
Chester signed with Washington in 2011, after five seasons with the Ravens. He started all 64 regular-season games in four seasons with D.C.
Harbaugh "wouldn't want any other quarterback" than "superstar" Flacco
Is Joe Flacco elite? It's a question that has become a punchline in some circles. And coach John Harbaugh seems to be ready to punch anyone who would ask that question.
Someone asked that question, with different and more words, during a Friday press conference. And Harbaugh defended Flacco aggressively.
"Joe Flacco's been a great quarterback from the day he got here," Harbaugh said. "You wanna look back and say this has been the most talented offense in the NFL for the last seven years and they carried Joe Flacco, you can say that if you want, but it's ridiculous. Joe Flacco is a great player, he's only gonna get better. I think he's hitting his stride, hitting the peak of his career. And I wouldn't want any other quarterback in the National Football League. Period, end of story. So just write than and be done with it, because that's the last I really want to hear about it.
"This guy is a superstar in the National Football League, and I'm thrilled to have him and I can't wait to see what he does with all that young talent around him."
They'll need more young — and cheap — talent around Flacco in 2016, once his cap number shoots from $14.55 million to $28.55 million. With the head coach speaking of Flacco in such glowing terms, it's going to be expensive to both knock down that cap number and to extend his stay indefinitely beyond the current season.
NaVorro Bowman returns to team drills, doesn't like knee brace
With multiple inside linebackers surprisingly retired, the 49ers need to get Navorro Bowman back. And they're moving closer toward doing just that.
Bowman returned to team drills on Friday, joining the 49ers for an OTA practice session more than 16 months after tearing an ACL in the NFC title game at Seattle.
"It's great having him back out on the field," coach Jim Tomsula said regarding Bowman on Friday. "Then also the road he's traveled here in the last year and a half. It's just awesome to have him out there and I think he's really enjoying himself."
Bowman's not enjoying one thing — wearing a brace on his surgically-repaired knee.
"He is not, they are not friends," Tomsula said of Bowman and his brace. "But, we really want him to wear it. Just why not, that's all. And you know what, he's doing great with it, he is. But, you know Bo. He's something else, just pushing, pushing, pushing."
Patrick Willis and Chris Borland called it a career after the 2014 season, making Bowman a key component of a defense that is squarely in transition, especially with defensive lineman Justin Smith retired, too.
Browns' offense appears to be moving on from Manziel
Josh McCown is firmly entrenched as the starting quarterback in Cleveland, to the extent that Johnny Manziel, a first-round pick of the Browns last year, appears to be largely an afterthought at Organized Team Activities.
After reporting on the first week of OTAs, Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland describes Manziel as "a fish out of water" in the offense the Browns are installing. Grossi writes that the Browns don't seem to be developing Manziel so much as they're moving on from him.
At the practice the media were allowed to watch, Manziel seemed to eager to run and not confident enough in his passing. And Grossi reports that one source who witnessed another practice says Manziel was actually even worse in a session that the media didn't see.
The bottom line is that 13 months after he was drafted, Manziel still hasn't done anything to make the Browns think he's ever going to be their franchise quarterback. McCown is the starter for now, and someone else will probably need to be found to be the long-term answer in the future.
Brady appeal hearing set for June 23
The deadline for setting Tom Brady's appeal hearing came and went on Wednesday without a date being set. A date has now been set.
PFT has confirmed that the appeal hearing will commence on June 23, and that it will continue if necessary on June 25. The news was first reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN.
On Thursday, a source with knowledge of the situation told PFT that the NFL and NFL Players Association had agreed to extend the Wednesday deadline, and that the NFL had offered a pair of dates that weren't ideal for the union. The NFLPA had responded with a pair of weeks that worked, and the NFLPA was waiting for the league to respond.
Brady and the NFLPA wanted the hearing to be conducted in June, in order to ensure that sufficient time will be available to go to court and challenge the outcome of the internal appeal process.
Browns unveil four-tiered variable pricing
With the blackout policy suspended for 2015 (i.e., dead as a doorknob . . . or is it doornail? I never know), teams need to find a way to attract customer to pay for tickets to game. The Browns are doing that by utilizing a four-tiered system of variable pricing.
The first tier consists of the Broncos and Titans. Yes, the Titans, because that's the regular-season home opener.
Tier Two has the Ravens and Steelers. Tier Three consists of the Raiders, Cardinals, 49ers, and Bengals.
Tier Four has the two preseason games, against Washington and Buffalo.
The decision not to put the Ravens and Steelers in the top tier and the decision to put the Bengals in a tier lower than the other division rivals seem odd. But even in a league where coaches look for any ammunition to motivate players, it's hard to envision Bengals coach Marvin Lewis firing up the troops by pointing out that the Browns saw fit to put the team that has made it to the playoffs four straight years in the third of four pricing tiers, only one click above games that don't count at all.
Falcons cut linebacker/alleged dog-killer Prince Shembo
That didn't take long.
Within hours of charges being filed accusing him of kicking and killing his then-girlfriend's small dog, the Falcons have released linebacker Prince Shembo, according to Zach Klein of WSB. The Falcons have since announced the move themselves.
"We are aware of the charges that have been filed against Prince Shembo," the team said in a statement. "We are extremely disappointed that one of our players is involved in something like this. Accordingly, we have decided to waive Prince Shembo."
Shembo was charged with felony aggravated cruelty to animals, for allegedly kicking a Yorkshire terrier named Dior, causing massive internal injuries.
The Falcons were willing to stick up for Shembo after they chose him in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, despite an incident during his college years at Notre Dame. He was accused of sexually assaulting a female student at nearby St. Mary's College, who later committed suicide.
No charges were filed in that case, and the Falcons said they were "very comfortable" with him in regards to it.
They're apparently less comfortable now, and moved quickly to distance themselves.
Bills claim quarterback Matt Simms off waivers from Jets
The Bills decided to freshen up their four-headed quarterback competition, by grabbing a guy from their own division.
According to Howard Balzer of the Sports Xchange, the Bills claimed former Jets quarterback Matt Simms off waivers.
Simms was released yesterday, as the writing was on the wall for him with the Jets when Bryce Petty was drafted. But now he lands with former head coach Rex Ryan and quarterbacks coach David Lee, which can't hurt his chances.
To make room for Simms on the roster, the Bills got rid of Jeff Tuel, who was rotating among Matt Cassel, EJ Manuel and Tyrod Taylor.
While Simms might not change the bottom line for the Bills, he at least adds more competition at the bottom of the depth chart
Kiko Alonso surprised by how good his knee feels
Ten months ago, Kiko Alonso suffered a torn ACL that cost him the entire 2014 season with the Bills. In the time since then, Alonso has been traded to the Eagles — and has healed so fully that he surprises himself with how good he feels.
"I honestly didn't think I'd be doing this much," Alonso told Philly.com at Eagles' OTAs. "I've just been going on how I feel, and it's feeling really good."
Part of the reason Alonso feels good is that he's running without a knee brace.
"I feel comfortable without it," Alonso said. "I never really liked wearing the brace."
Alonso played for Eagles coach Chip Kelly at Oregon and knew that Kelly does everything at a fast pace and has a demanding conditioning program. Still, Alsonso didn't realize just how hard he'd be going this offseason.
"I knew what to expect, but I definitely thought I'd be more in shape, but I was wrong," Alonso said. "I remember when I was in Buffalo, I was like I can't imagine going against the Eagles and that pace. Because if you don't practice like that and you go, it's brutal."
That brutal work in May will pay off for Alonso in September, when he finally gets back on the field after his knee injury cost him a season.
Jason Kelce: Missing the playoffs "almost a good thing" in hindsight
The roster turnover of the Eagles (and the opinions about the reasons for it) have been a major topic of the NFL offseason and another member of the team has weighed in with his opinion.
Center Jason Kelce didn't cite race, egos or anything other than the simple fact that the Eagles weren't talented enough last year. Kelce said that he thought the team's locker room was strong last year, but that "we were lacking in talent at a couple positions" and that failing to make the playoffs could almost be spun as a positive because it made the team address those needs.
"This might [tick] off a few people, but when we started off 9-3 … [but] we got lucky quite a few times to win games that we probably shouldn't have been in," Kelce said, via the Philadelphia Daily News. "I think that ending the season the way we did — didn't make the playoffs — in hindsight is almost a good thing because it forced the coaches and the organization to reevaluate what we had. Guys all of the sudden that were on the bubble, [coaches now knew] that we need to make an upgrade there. We need to do this. We need to do that to improve the team as a whole."
Kelce didn't specify the areas, but the list of positions that the Eagles addressed this offseason is pretty much the list of positions on their roster as well as Chip Kelly's move to the top of the personnel hierarchy. For a team that's won 10 games in each of the last two seasons, it's a major overhaul and one that's going to be placed on Kelly's shoulders however it plays out.
Falcons linebacker accused of killing very small dog
Falcons linebacker Prince Shembo didn't just allegedy kick a dog and kill it, he allegedly found one of the smallest dogs possible to kick and kill.
According to Alexis Stevens of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, police documents say Shembo killed his then-girlfriend's pet Yorkie named Dior.
Yorkshire terriers, which top out around 7 pounds, are no match for 254-pound linebackers, it seems.
The Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Michele Pihera said Shembo was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, following an April 15 incident.
According to the report, his then-girlfriend Denicia Williams told police she had taken Dior to Shembo's apartment, and left the dog there. When she returned, the dog was unresponsive, and died a short time later at an animal hospital.
She said the next day, Shembo told her he killed the dog, at which point she broke up with him.
A necropsy was performed at the Gwinnett County Animal Shelter, where the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.
According to the report, Dior had "a fractured rib, fractured liver, abdominal hemorrhage, thoracic hemorrhage, extensive bruising and hemorrhage in the muscles in her front leg and shoulders, head trauma, hemorrhage and edema in lungs, hemorrhage between the esophagus and trachea, and hemorrhage in the left eye with internal injuries."
The Falcons drafted Shembo in the fourth round last year from Notre Dame.
Photo credit: Gwinnett Police.


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Two members of the computer hacking group LulzSec on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a string of charges of breaking into several high-profile websites in Britain and America.
Ryan Cleary (19) and Jake Davis (18) admitted in court ahead of a trial next year that as part of LulzSec (an offshoot of the Anonymous hacking collective), they were involved in attacks on sites belonging to Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency, the National Health Service, Rupert Murdoch's media group News International, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Arizona State police among others.
Mr. Cleary also pleaded guilty to four separate charges, including those of hacking into US Air Force Agency computers at the Pentagon.
But both denied posting "unlawfully obtained confidential computer data" to public websites including LulzSec.com, Pirate Bay, and PasteBin.
In a separate case, American authorities have accused Mr. Cleary of hacking a number of websites in order to deface them and steal personal details.
LulzSec, a play on the word "lulz" or "lol" (laugh out loud), employed a technique called distributed denial of service (DDoS) to flood websites with high traffic in order to render them unusable.
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MITCHELL BRANCH (Anderson County). Mitchell Branch, or Mitchell's Branch, rises one mile west of Fisherman's Lake just short of the Henderson county line in northwestern Anderson County (at 32°01' N, 95°56' W). The stream, intermittent in its upper reaches, runs southwest for seven miles, through northwestern Anderson County, to its mouth in a swamp in Cayuga oilfield, three miles west of Bethel (at 31°55' N, 95°58' W). Mitchell Branch was probably named for James Mitchell, who owned a land grant through which the stream flowed. The banks of the stream are heavily wooded in places with post oak trees, and the nearly level to strongly sloping terrain is surfaced by clayey upland soils. The land is used predominantly for agriculture.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."MITCHELL BRANCH (ANDERSON COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbmax), accessed May 22, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.