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This thread has all kinds of ideas to feed more speed to your stryker...
Thanks for all the great advice! I will be flying this with my local flying club after I move in a couple weeks. I will definitely have someone take a look at it or even test fly it for me before I...
This is a handy charge rate calculator that I've used when I wasn't sure. You have to find what the charge "c" rating is. Usually 1C is a safe charge rate. But you should...
20219322021933Here's a couple pictures of the lucky bird. It's an OS .46 FXi. I don't know much about these engines. I put some oil thru it and she feels smooth with good compression. The only...
Thanks for the reply John, Sounds good I will get a 6v pack for the receiver.
You're right, I don't want to offend any electric flyers on here. I've flown electrics for years and still will. ...
Thanks for the reply. Would you recommend 4.8 volts for the battery? This usually isn't a concern on an electric model.
I'm experienced in electric flight, and now considering stepping up to a nitro trainer. My dad has a Hobbico Nexstar .46 trainer that he has offered to me. It has flown once or twice...
I'm a big hellcat fan too! Thought I would share some pictures, my grandfather was a hellcat pilot.
Sorry to hear that.. Do you think Parkzone knows about these problems? Maybe they would replace it or at least send him some parts.
Very cool, that body and interior looks perfect
This is my dad's plane of choice and we have had several instances where the plane just goes crazy. It seems like it always happens on the second flight (?) The plane starts to porpoise almost...
Double Trouble? Anyone heard of losing a motor on one of these birds? My brother has this plane and it crashed yesterday from what I believe was a temporary loss of power to the left motor. We had...
They rig that angle into it to make the plane fly right. Nothing to worry about there. I know it looks goofy. As long as the motor and mount feel solid, you're good to go.
I put together a video onboard my PZ FW190. Chasing some buzzards and having fun. There's a near mid-air collision with another plane about 2 minutes in. What a great bird! :cool:
I've built a couple axial scale crawlers, they're pretty fun and a nice change from your typical build. I've had the most fun with the wraith rock racer.
1975322My dad has started building the Blazer Marine Backlash kit and wants to go electric. The boat measures out at 49" (wood construction)
We want to go stupid fast... looking to use the same...
hahaha oh man.. my face is red. yep you're right. Guess I rushed thru putting her together [:@] Thanks Wolf
Just got the beautiful 'Snortin Bull' Plug n Play. (actually my wife got it for me) I was hoping to do the maiden flight this morning but 10mph winds are a little too much for a first flight in my...
I agree Pelican cases are awesome. I've been using an electric carving knife to cut the foam and it does pretty good (better than a regular knife)
Good vid, Im going to give that a try this afternoon. Broke my first set of servo gears on the summit yesterday. Gotta clean and adjust that servosaver while i got her taken apart!
It's been a while since I've posted here on RCU. Glad to be back! I attached a GoPro to the roof of my mini summit and made a lil movie. Summit gopro vid Let me know what you think!
Thanks! Sure I remember Ka-boom-- It's nice to see some familiar faces still around.
I wish it wasn't so cold outside. Even the near indestructable stampede gets brittle in the below freezing...
Hey yall. I've been out of the hobby for a while but now I'm back with a new stampede VXL. It's a great truck! Just like all my other stampedes in the past.
I used the reedy Quad Mag in my stampede and it was a great motor. You'll need to buy a smalled pinion gear (probably about a 15-tooth) to keep from burning it up though. It'll probably go about 30...
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Last week, my boyfriend had Maple Walnut and Salted Caramel; I had Cardamom and Honey Lavender. We've read several Yelp reviews complaining about saltiness and the how expensive the scoops were. That having been said, we really enjoyed both of our selections, and thought that the scoop size was generous and adequate. The esthetic of the place was really cool. The people complaining about Molly Moon's are probably also the same ones who gripe about Cupcake Royale. ;-)
It amuses me that the people who don't have easy access to Wallingford are assumed to have easy access to Cap Hill. Heh.
But you can get Salted Caramel Haagen Dasz at QFC.
My dear Schmader:
First, MANCHESTER UNITED ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!!!
Second, I, too, attended the clean and well-lighted place known as Molly Moon's and sampled -- sampled -- the salted caramel.
And thank Christ for that.
Not since my sixth previous life when I was a deer (according to a drunk Dutch chick who regressed me for weed in college), have I licked so much salt in one bite. I passed.
And, Schmader, as if we were the same person, sharing some kind of psychic fistula between our beings, I, too, had a scoop of Vivace Coffee and the Strawberry Balsamic.
Have you EVER cum that hard? Man...I hope they can make that for diabetics because no one should miss that experience. Thanks for the original post/tip.
No chocolate, no sale.
I went last night to try the Salted Caramel and Thai Ice Tea Ice Cream.
The salted caramel was a bit too salty for my taste but the Thai Ice Tea flavor was good.
The Vanilla Bean Caramel, Whipped Cream and Sour Cherry topping were amazing. Hand whipped cream all organic- very good. Thanks for the tip.
The Gray Salt Caramels are my new favorite!
thanks, David.
WTF jubilation @3 -- bad form.
Hey, schmader, i know it's not your problem but add a spoiler alert to your post pretty please.
Haven't tried the Molly Moon yet, but the Häagen-Dasz is pretty good.
Seriously, @7? Tivo?
@9 -- Ahhh, I get it. Well mate, as much as I regret spoiling the game's result, news from the world of sport -- and one of its signature events -- does not hang on your Tivo schedule.
I can only apologize, and have no doubt that, aside from the result, you will enjoy every surprise today's game had to offer.
winning a game on penalty kicks is the number 1 reason why Soccer, yes, SOCCER, sucks. no real sport should end in a tie then proceed to a shootout system. it's cheap + doesn't actually reflect who the best team were that day.
PENALTY KICKS are no way to decide a game!
All games in which ManU participate should be decided with a revolver with six bullets in the chamber. Start with Christie and Rooney. Fuck, I hate you bastards. Fucking scum bastards. Chelsea's no better, but I didn't want you to get that double.
@11 & 12 -- Neener, neener, neeeeeeener!!!
Fnarf: Please don't shoot Rooney until he and I have made sweet, sweet love. He's a dreamboat.
Not to spoil the jock-tastic fun, but here's another thing to try...
Oliver's Twist
Chocolate Ice Cream, Caramel, and Sea Salt deliciousness. I much prefer it over Molly Moon's ice cream. Awwwwww yeah.
@14 - are you INSANE? He looks like a troll doll. He looks like he never fully developed as a human and emerged from the womb as a half-embryo, and grew that way. Good God, man, his head looks like a giant thumb!
All is forgiven, Jubilation. I did enjoy most of the surprises up until Ronaldo's missed PK was, also, ultimately forgiven. I wonder what promises he was making with his head buried in the turf. Think he'll keep them?
As long as he wasn't speaking on a telephone to the Bernabeu in the pitch, I am at peace.
And thank you for forgiving me. I do apologize and am pleased you enjoyed the game.
Wayne Rooney is rough trade. Way, way, WAY hot rough trade.
But for my money, I'd be sucking the socks off Owen Hargreaves.
i love molly moon's! the flavors are great (has anyone had the lavender? awesome!) the dog is too cute, and the servers are wonderfully friendly. all in all worth a nice little visit to wallingford.
Tofu is correct; I remember long ago in my Ivy League days, where Penn (yay) and Cornell were the good teams; Draw-scores had a long chain of statistical tiebreakers to avoid stupid-ass Penalty Kicks. The first tiebreaker was the number of Corner Kicks.
The Salted Caramel was too salty. I like the idea, but I felt like I was eating a pretzel flavored ice cream. I liked the Vanilla Bean, the Vivace Coffee needs more coffee. The Cardamom was amazing.
Count me in the "too salty" camp. A shame that MM hasn't quite gotten it right--their salted caramel is predominantly salty, w/an undertone of sweetness, rather than vice versa. Thought the balsamic strawberry was good, but it wasn't all that. Still, I'm glad to see real ice cream in town.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
|2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), formerly known as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,[1][2] is a fine art museum located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres (32,000 m²), formerly Morrison Park. As a major, government-funded public museum, the Institute does not charge an entrance fee, except for special exhibitions, and allows photography of its permanent collection for personal or scholarly use only. The museum receives support from the Park Board Museum Fund, levied by the Hennepin County commissioners. Additional funding is provided by corporate sponsors and museum members.[3] It is one of the largest art museums in the United States.
The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began in 1883 to bring the arts into the life of the community. This group, made up of business and professional leaders of the time, organized art exhibits throughout the decade. In 1889, the Society, now known as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, moved into its first permanent space inside the newly built Minneapolis Public Library.
The institute received gifts from Clinton Morrison and William Hood Dunwoody among others for their building fund. In 1911, Morrison donated the land, formerly occupied by his family's Villa Rosa mansion, in memory of his father Dorilus Morrison, contingent on the institute raising the $500,000 needed for the building. A few days later they received a letter from Dunwoody who got the ball rolling, "Put me down for $100,000." Well on their way, a fundraising dinner a few days later raised $335,500 more, donated in 90 minutes.[5]
A new museum building, designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White, opened its doors in 1915. The museum came to be recognized as one of the finest examples of the Beaux-Arts architectural style in Minnesota. Art historian Bevis Hillier organized an exhibition called Art Deco at Mia that took place from July to September 1971, which caused a great resurgence of interest in this style of art. The building was originally meant to be the first of several sections but only this front piece was ultimately built; several additions have subsequently been built according to other plans, including a 1974 addition by Kenzo Tange. An expansion designed by Michael Graves was completed in June 2006. Before the latest expansion, just 4 percent of the museum's nearly 100,000 objects could be on view at the same time; now that figure is 5 percent.[6] Target Corporation, for which the new wing is named, was the biggest donor, with a lead gift of more than $10 million.[6]
In 2015 the museum rebranded itself, abandoning the final "s" in its name to become the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and encouraging the use of the nickname "Mia" instead of its acronym MIA.[1][2]
Mia features an encyclopedic collection of approximately 80,000 objects[7] spanning 5,000 years of world history. Its collection includes paintings, photographs, prints & drawings, textiles, architecture, and decorative arts. There are collections of African art and art from Oceania and the Americas, and an especially strong collection of Asian art, called "one of the finest and most comprehensive Asian art collections in the country".[8] The Asian collection includes Chinese architecture, jades,[9] bronzes, and ceramics.[8]
The institute owns the Purcell-Cutts House just east of Lake of the Isles. The house was designed by Purcell & Elmslie and is a masterpiece of Prairie School architecture. It was donated to the museum by Anson B. Cutts Jr., the son of its second owner. The house is available for tours on the second weekend of each month.[10][11]
In order to encourage private collecting and assist in the acquisition of important works of art, the museum has created "Affinity Groups" aligned with the seven curatorial areas of the museum. The groups schedule lectures, symposia, and travel for members.
The museum features a regular series of exhibitions that bring in traveling collections from other museums for display. Local business partners fund many of these exhibitions and some feature the artists themselves leading public tours through the exhibition.
The museum houses the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP), an artist-controlled program devoted to the exhibition of works by artists who live in Minnesota.[12]
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund was endowed with one million dollars when Dunwoody died in 1914, and has been used to purchase thousands of works.[13] Bruce Dayton, a life trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Art since 1942, insisted that money raised in the $100 million fund-raising campaign for the Target wing, which opened in 2006, be split 50-50 between the building and the acquisitions endowment. That fund, now at $91 million, has allowed the institute to buy a rare early 18th-century Native American painted buckskin shirt and a nine-foot-long topographical View of Venice made by Jacopo de' Barbari in 1500, among other recent purchases.[14] In 2009, the value of the museum's $145 million endowment dropped 21 percent from January 2008. The endowment typically provides nearly one-fifth of operating revenues. Contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations account for a quarter of revenues,[15] Almost half of the museum's operating money comes from the "park-museum fund," a century-old Hennepin County tax dating to 1911 that provides public support in exchange for free admission. That fund, which has risen steadily in recent years, provided the museum $12.6 million in the fiscal year of 2010. In 2011, the museum's annual budget was at $24.6 million, and endowment income was a total $4.3 million.[16]
Works of art[edit]
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of Moritz Buchner, 1518
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Anna Buchner, c. 1520
Master of the Embroidered Foliage, Virgin and Child in a Landscape, 1492–1498
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Madonna and Child with Grapes, c. 1537
Marie Louise Elisabeth, Vigée-Le Brun, Portrait de la comtesse Maria Theresia Bucquoi
Alexander Roslin, The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume, 1763
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mrs. Froude, née Phyllis Hurrell playing an english guitar.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Countess of Strafford, 1745
Luis de Morales, Man of Sorrows, c. 1560
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, the Penitent Magdalene, c. 1665
Gerard van Honthorst, The Denial of St Peter, 1622
El Greco, Cleansing of the Temple, 1571
Jacob Willemsz Delff, Allegory of the Four Elements, c. 1600
Jean Siméon Chardin, The Attributes of Art, 1766
François Clouet, The Bath of Diana, 1550s
Hendrick ter Brugghen, Card players, 1623
Frederic Leighton, Jonathan token to David, c.1868
Édouard Manet, The Smoker 1866
Robert Koehler, Portrait of Alvina Roosen 1900
Claude Joseph Vernet Imaginary Landscape, Italian Harbor Scene, 1746
Vincent van Gogh, Olive Trees Saint-Rémy, November 1889
Paul Signac, Bénédiction des thoniers à Groix, 1923
Camille Pissarro, Place du Théâtre Français, Paris, Rain, 1898
Paul Gauguin, Under the Pandanus II, 1891
Near the Minneapolis Institute of Art there is a copy of The Fighter of the Spirit statue of Ernst Barlach also called The Ghost Fighter.[17]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/08/10/feldman-art-museum
- ^ a b http://new.artsmia.org/stories/once-at-mia-whats-in-a-name-2/
- ^ "Minneapolis Institute of Arts".
- ^ "Rembrandt's Lucretias". National Gallery of Art via Internet Archive. Archived from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ Gihring, Tim (January 1, 2015). "Mia Stories". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Kristin Tillotson (June 9, 2006), Minneapolis Institute of Arts opens new wing Star Tribune.
- ^ "WILLIAM M. GRISWOLD APPOINTED NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS". Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ a b "New and Improved: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Reopens". Antiques and the Arts Online. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ Among these is a 1784 piece believed to be the largest historic jade sculpture outside of China. "Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Poets at the Lan T'ing Pavilion". Art de l'Asie. www.framemuseums.org. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ "Purcell-Cutts House". Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ "Unified Vision: The Architecture and Design of the Prairie School". Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ "The Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP)". Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ "This fund can only be used for the purchase of works of art." in Handbook of the Minneapolis institute of arts. Minneapolis Institute of Art via Google Books. 1922. p. viii. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ Judith H. Dobrzynski (March 14, 2012), How an Acquisition Fund Burnishes Reputations New York Times.
- ^ Mary Abbe (March 5, 2009), Hard times reach arts world: MIA cuts staff Star Tribune.
- ^ Mary Abbe (April 20, 2011), Minneapolis Institute of Arts cuts jobs to salvage budget Star Tribune.
- ^ Photo of the copy in Minneapolis
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Dwight Schrute 'Office' spin-off starring Rainn Wilson in the works at NBC
NBC is developing a spin-off of "The Office" that will center on Rainn Wilson's socially-inept character Dwight Schrute, according to reports. The show, which the network is eyeing for a midseason launch next year, will be set at Schrute Farms, the bed-and-breakfast/beet farm owned by the salesman's family.
Conceived by Wilson alongside "Office" showrunner Paul Lieberstein, the potential spin-off will be introduced on "The Office" later this season, in an episode that will be set at Schrute's family abode. Wilson and Lieberstein will executive-produce the series alongside "The Office" exec-producers Ben Silverman and Howard Klein.
As noted by Deadline, which got the exclusive, this is the second time an "Office" spin-off has been considered by the network, though that earlier idea eventually morphed into "Parks and Recreation". Original "Office" showrunner/"P& R" co-creator Daniels is not involved in the new venture.
If greenlit, the plan would be to have Wilson return for the ninth season of "The Office" in the fall (though there are currently no cast deals in place for another year, the studio is anticipating a pick-up), with his character then seguing into his own series midseason.
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Citigroup Faces Hearing on Proposed SEC Subprime Settlement
Citigroup Inc. faces a Sept. 24 court hearing on a proposed $75 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over claims the bank misled investors by failing to disclose $40 billion in subprime-related holdings.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle in Washington was initially dissatisfied with the written proposal and had sought more information before approving the accord. She set a second hearing for Sept. 24.
"Citigroup believes the SEC's proposed resolution of this matter is entitled to substantial deference and joins the commission in urging the court to approve the proposed settlement as fair, adequate, reasonable and appropriate," the bank said in a filing yesterday.
The company made misstatements on earnings calls and in financial filings about assets tied to subprime loans as the housing crisis unfolded in 2007, the SEC said July 29 in its complaint. Some disclosures omitted more than $40 billion in investments, the SEC said.
Shannon Bell, a Citigroup spokeswoman, declined to comment on yesterday's filing.
The SEC filed papers with the judge on Sept. 8 encouraging approval for the settlement.
The penalty "takes into account the seriousness of the misconduct," the SEC wrote it its filing. "It is sufficiently substantial to send a clear message that misleading statements by a corporation on issues of importance to investors cannot go unaddressed."
Prince, Rubin
The SEC identified Citigroup officials -- including former Chief Executive Officer Charles O. "Chuck" Prince and former Chairman Robert Rubin -- who were aware that losses were mounting in October 2007 on the highest-rated segments of mortgage-based assets, which the agency claims hadn't been fully disclosed. The SEC didn't accuse those officials of wrongdoing.
The fact that so many executives were aware of the disclosure and valuation process and "nonetheless did not note the central issue identified by the commission in its complaint, only underscores the weakness of any possible case against additional parties," Citigroup wrote in yesterday's filing.
Citigroup was under "no obligation to say anything about its 'subprime exposure'" in the second and third quarters of 2007, the bank wrote. It voluntarily decided shareholders would benefit from "a more concrete understanding" and made some statements, it said.
"In making these July and October disclosures, Citigroup was among the first of its financial institution peers to provide information of this type to the investing public," the bank said.
Settlement Delays
U.S. judges have sought more information or delayed approval of at least two bank settlements by regulators since August 2009.
A U.S. judge in New York in February approved a $150 million Bank of America Corp. settlement with the SEC over alleged misstatements about the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. after he had initially rejected a $33 million accord. Last month, a U.S. judge in Washington questioned a "sweetheart deal" between the U.S. and Barclays Plc, which was accused of violating U.S. financial sanctions against Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Burma.
Citigroup executives repeatedly stated in 2007 that the New York-based bank had reduced its exposure to subprime mortgage securities by 45 percent to $13 billion, as investors and analysts clamored for information about the deteriorating market, SEC attorneys said in court filings.
Subprime Exposure
On an Oct. 15, 2007, conference call with analysts and investors, Gary Crittenden, then Citigroup's chief financial officer, said the company's "subprime exposure" was $13 billion at the end of second quarter and had declined during the third quarter.
The figure he cited omitted "super-senior" tranches of collateralized debt obligations and financial guarantees known as liquidity puts that allowed customers to sell debt securities back to Citigroup if credit markets froze, the SEC said. Those products added more than $40 billion of subprime risk that the bank didn't disclose to investors, the SEC said.
Crittenden, who left the bank last year, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle claims he didn't disclose the risk after getting internal briefings. Arthur Tildesley, Citigroup's former head of investor relations, will pay $80,000 to settle claims that he helped draft disclosures that misled investors, the SEC said.
Taxpayer Bailout
Citigroup, Crittenden and Tildesley agreed to settle the case without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations.
The bank, once the world's biggest by assets, got a $45 billion taxpayer bailout in 2008 after losses on subprime mortgages and CDO holdings withered confidence and almost triggered a run on deposits.
Citigroup executives including Prince were questioned at an April hearing by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission about whether the bank fully disclosed potential losses.
Estimates were in flux, because the subprime market was rapidly deteriorating, Prince told the financial crisis panel.
"At the time, the financial people were working very intensely with the fixed-income people to try to determine exposures," Prince said during the April 8 hearing. "This was an unprecedented time in which markets were crashing."
'Reluctantly' Approved
In the SEC versus Bank of America case, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff in New York said he "reluctantly" approved the settlement of two suits in which the agency accused the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank of misleading investors following the announcement that it would acquire Merrill Lynch.
He criticized the accord as "half-baked justice at best" and "inadequate and misguided," though said it was an improvement over the prior accord.
In the Barclays case, U.S. Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington was critical of the deferred prosecution deal, pointing out that people caught robbing a bank don't get deferred prosecution and the option to return ill-gotten gains.
"Why isn't the government getting tough with the banks?" Sullivan asked, before approving the accord the following day.
The case is Securities and Exchange Commission v. Citigroup Inc., 10-cv-01277, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).


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1. Cook the sausage, uncovered, in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, using a spoon to break up the meat into small pieces. Cook for 5 minutes, or until no pink remains.
2. Add the onion and continue cooking, uncovered, for 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft. Add the tomatoes, chicken broth, and basil, and bring to a boil. Stir in the macaroni and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes, or until macaroni is tender. Add the salt and serve.
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2 Lightly grease a 4 pint (2 litre) casserole with butter.
3 In a thick-based saucepan bring the milk to a boil.
4 Sprinkle in the rice, stirring well.
5 Cover and cook over a very low heat for about 50 minutes or until the rice is tender.
6 Keep a constant check and towards the end of the cooking time, have a look as you might need to add some more milk.
7 Remove from the heat and stir in 3 tablespoons of the sugar along with the beaten egg, cinnamon and nutmeg.
8 Spread half the rice mixture in the prepared casserole.
9 Top this with half the fruit.
10 Spread the remaining rice on top and cover this with the remaining fruit.
11 Cover the casserole with a lid.
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|Warsaw, Indiana, USA
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|US$ 7.518 billion pro forma (2015)[1]
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH) is a publicly traded medical device company. It was founded in 1927 to produce aluminum splints. The firm is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, where it is part of the medical devices business cluster.
In 2001 Zimmer was spun off from Bristol-Myers Squibb and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on August 7, under the ticker symbol "ZMH". In November 2011, the Company acquired ExtraOrtho, Inc. (ExtraOrtho). In January 2012, the Company acquired Reno, Nevada-based Synvasive Technology, Inc. On June 29, 2015, the company changed the ticker symbol to "ZBH" to reflect its acquisition of Biomet.
The Justin Zimmer House in Warsaw is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Zimmer designs, develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedics products, including knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, foot and ankle artificial joints and dental prostheses. Zimmer has operations in more than 25 countries around the world (US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latin America, Netherlands, Brasil, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain etc.) and sells products in more than 100 countries.[2]
Corporate history[edit]
On 24 April 2014, it was announced that Zimmer had agreed to purchase Biomet Inc. for $13.4 billion.[3] In October 2014 however, it was announced that the EU's antitrust regulators had opened an extensive investigation into Zimmer's bid for Biomet due to concern that it would substantially lessen competition in certain markets. A decision was announced to be made on 16 February 2015.[4]and on June 24, 2015, Zimmer completed its acquisition of Biomet forming Zimmer Biomet Holdings.
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The following is an illustration of the company's major mergers, acquisitions and historical predecessors:
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Zimmer's 2013 sales were approximately $4.62 billion. The company is supported by the efforts of approximately 9,000 employees worldwide.
- David C. Dvorak, is President and CEO[12]
- ^ "2015 Annual Report" (PDF).
- ^ Simon, Hermann, Hidden Champions of the 21st Century: Success Strategies of unknown World Market Leaders, London: Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5
- ^ Michelle Fay Cortez. "Zimmer to Buy Biomet for $13.4 Billion Adding Orthopedics". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "EU regulators open extensive probe into Zimmer, Biomet deal" (Press release). Reuters. 3 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Zimmer Biomet -- Zimmer Launches Offers to Acquire Centerpulse AG and InCentive Capital AG". zimmerbiomet.com.
- ^ "Zimmer Biomet -- Zimmer's Offer To Acquire ORTHOsoft Is Successful". zimmerbiomet.com.
- ^ "Zimmer Biomet -- Zimmer Acquires NORMED Medizin-Technik GmbH". zimmerbiomet.com.
- ^ "Zimmer Biomet -- Zimmer Acquires Knee Creations, LLC's Business". zimmerbiomet.com.
- ^ "Zimmer Biomet -- Zimmer Acquires ETEX Holdings, Inc.". zimmerbiomet.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Biomet UK - History of Biomet - A Heritage of Excellence". biomet.co.uk.
- ^ "Zimmer Biomet -- Zimmer Completes Combination with Biomet". zimmerbiomet.com.
- ^ "Zimmer Biomet Leadership Team".
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Hello Harlem Shake. Goodbye Gangnam Style.
Gangnam Style managed to shatter Youtube's record of total number of viewers by crossing over the one billion mark late last year. It was a huge phenomenon both on the internet and outside of the computer. With the fad of it dying out however, what's going to be the internet's next big thing now? What's everyone on the internet and outside of the computer going to try to mimic or create a spoof out of? There was the
One Pound Fish
video some thought would be a success. However, I think that guy's Youtube fame has already begun to fizzle out.
My guess? The Harlem Shake. What was first created in the 1980's now seems to be a viral hit on the internet today after a group of college kids decided to post their own video earlier this month.
Everyone seems to be doing it lately. From colleges, to news anchors, to firefighters, and even various work offices. Everyone is getting in on the Harlem Shake and posting their videos of it online. It's hilarious, addictive, and easy enough to do that it's already beginning to spread like wildfire just as Gangnam Style did last year.
According to a report on Mashable
, there have been over 12,000 videos already created since the fad began and collectively they've acquired a total of over 44 million views. I'd say we have a contender here. What do you think? Is it going to be the internet's next big thing this year or do you think it's just going to be another quick fad?
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Hello all,
Not that you want to hear it but after reading through this thread I had to throw in my 2 cents.
There seems to be some common themes coming from everyone as follows:
1) The 49ers were tired from the trip to New England followed by a trip to Seattle.
2) The 49ers had beaten Seattle 3 straight times with Smith/Harbaugh and therefore would have logically beaten Seattle a 4th time or at least performed much better than CK did.
3) Seattle got away with holding all day long, it was obvious watching the replays.
4) Seattles corners continually get away with holding, and it never gets called.
5) Not a lot of people mentioned it, but at least one that I read mentioned piped in crowd noise at Century Link.
6) Losing Justin Smith changed the entire game.
My thoughts are as follows:
1) I'm sure it is tough to travel cross country, play your butts off then have another road game the next week. Do you think it would have been easier to host New England on Sunday then travel to Seattle to play a Thursday night game with 2 less days to prepare? Because that is exactly what Seattle did when traveling to San Fran earlier this year. If a team has a full week to prepare then they have no excuses, whether it's back to back road games or not. This is the NFL, the team, coaches, and players should be ready with a full week. I know It's easy for me to say sitting on my butt, but I don't recall a lot of Seattle fans complaining when we lost earlier in the season. We lost. Period. It's a division game and we lost by 7 on a shortened week on the road. Should have played better.
2) Yes San Fran beat Seattle 3 straight times under Harbaugh. He inherited a playoff caliber team, and Seattle has turned over 75% of its roster in the last 2 years. If Seattle had beaten San Fran it would have been a huge upset. Seattles roster is now just about set, and their arrow is pointing up. If people think Seattle is keeping things status quo from last year they're mistaken. The "we always beat them" mentality is pretty comical. Teams and personnel change, if they stayed the same you can expect the same result, but if a team has improved, I don't think you can rest your hopes on "what has been will always be."
3) I learned after Super Bowl 40 that complaining about officiating makes you sound like an a-hole (as most Seattle fans did). The reality is Seattle did get away with a lot of holding.....so did San Fran.....so does every single team every single Sunday. I rewatched the game from Sunday, as I do with every game, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. You could call holding on every single play of every single game if you wanted to. That's the hazards of watching on a DVR. Rewatch the game when San Fran is on offense and you will see the same amount of non called holding on both sides.
4) Seattle corners do seem to get away with holding and down field contact every week. This has been going on for two years, with two separate coaches complaining publicly about it, and sending video to league officials on it. It continues to be allowed. So either it is not against the rules, or it is not something the league is going to enforce. So, does this make Seattle foolish for continuing to do it? Or does it make the rest of the teams foolish for not playing the same way? Kind of like a pitcher figuring out an umps strike zone.....find out how they're calling a game and play to it. You would be foolish not to.
5) There is no artificial crowd noise. It has been analyzed by the league, and there is nothing artificial about it. One is the stadium design, which similar to above, why wouldn't every team building a new stadium be hiring the same design firm? The other is just honestly Seattle fans in general. From the Kingdome, to Century Link Field with the hawks, Husky Stadium, the Sounders, and going back to when we still had the Sonics, they have all been labeled some of the hardest places to play when teams are performing well. Don't ask me why, I don't live in Seattle (hate the liberal city) but they consistently have the loudest fans regardless of sport and venue.
6) If one player makes that much of a difference on your team, then your management has done a poor job of building it. I hated Pete Carrol before he came to Seattle, namely out of ignorance, but have come full circle on him. He and Schnieder have built their team on the next man up mentality. So far it is serving them very well. If Justin Smith is that important to that defense, they have some problems!
Ok, I know you guys are moving on, as you should. But I have just been irked by some of the excuses I've been reading. We have lost to you the 3 times previous. You were better than us period. Well we've gotten better. I don't think 42-13 better, but from here on out I don't think previous records mean anything. It will hopefully be a battle every game.
Here's to an actual competitive division, with a heated rivalry for years to come!
P.S. I do agree with most of you that Sherman is a punk. I have said, if he didn't play for us I would hate him! But he is gooood. You have to give him his due. It isn't cool to see people wishing for injury though. I know you are a classier bunch than that.


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How to duplicate power nodes/credits in chapter 1. No saving or DLC necessary.
I recently decided I want to attempt a Hardcore run through Dead Space 2. I knew there were certain duplication exploits, but the only ones I knew of either required you to repeatedly save and quit (making them useless for Hardcore mode), or so time-consuming, that they really weren't worth the effort (the DLC Detonator mine trick).
However, I found this video on YouTube that shows you how to duplicate power nodes/credits at the end of chapter 1. I didn't see it posted here, so I thought I'd share it. Credit to Twerly222.
In this video, Twerly222 refers to somebody else having made their own video showing off the trick first, but don't worry; you don't need to watch it, as he covers everything and makes the process faster.
It still takes a while, but it's *significantly* faster than the DLC Detonator mine trick. You can generate one power node or one stack of 1,000 credits every 15 seconds or so.
I spent about 3 hours today getting 261 power nodes (enough to upgrade absolutely everything in the game), and 300,000 credits. Sure, it's tedious, but do what I did, and stick some podcasts on or something. Also, it's quicker if you don't plan on upgrading every weapon/don't want as much cash. Also, if you do have any DLC weapon packs, the process for getting credits is shortened considerably, but I'll explain that a bit later.
Here are a few important notes if you do plan on doing this (watch the video first, so these will make sense):
1) Practice this trick on Casual first. Save before you do it, so you can reload if you make a mistake. There are a several steps to follow, which must be done *exactly* as you see in the video. If you do mess it up while playing Hardcore, the trick won't work, and you'll have to start the game over from the beginning. Considering how many cutscenes there are in chapter 1 (the intro alone is a good 10 minutes), you don't want this.
2) This trick only works with power nodes and credits. As soon as you pick up anything that goes into your inventory slots, the credit clip and power nodes will stop reappearing. Upon starting the game and taking control of Isaac, feel free to pick up items up until you reach the room with the balloons. From this moment on, do not pick anything up other than what you're duplicating, until you are satisfied with what you have, and are ready to move on. Unfortunately, this means you can't duplicate the Gold Semiconductor that the boss drops.
3) You can use this guide to determine how many power nodes you need to fully upgrade each weapon/your RIG/stasis:
4) After you've decided that you're finished, there's a store and bench in the next room after the crawlspace. After that, there's a hallway with a Necromorph playing dead on a moving floorway, and a save station. DON'T BE CAUGHT OFF-GUARD BY THIS NECROMORPH. KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS YOU. If you die before saving, you'll have wasted a huge amount of time.
5) I recommend saving at the save station I mentioned above. Sure, it's very early in the game (chapter 2), but do you really want to take the risk of having to do the trick all over again? Look at it as having one less save point that normal, but in exchange for being able to fully upgrade everything you want, and having a ton of credits. Also, upgrade your weapons/RIG/stasis before saving, so you don't have to do it again if you die (it also makes dealing with the necromorph safer).
6) HAVING ANY OF THE WEAPON DLC PACKS MAKES THIS TRICK A LOT FASTER. Unfortunately, I only realised this immediately after spending nearly two hours duplicating credits (I do have some DLC), but there's a much quicker way of generating cash than duplicating the 1,000 credit clip. Instead, after you've duplicated enough power nodes to fully upgrade everything you need, continue duplicating more, being aware that you'll be losing these ones. Once you progress through the crawlspace, you can buy DLC weapons (they cost nothing), fully upgrade them, and then sell them. You can't sell power nodes directly, but you get 5000 credits for each power node attached to the weapon.
As an example, a fully upgraded DLC plasma cutter requires 18 power nodes, and sells for 90,000 credits. So instead of having to duplicate the 1,000 credit clip 90 times, you only have to duplicate a power node 18 times. You can keep rebuying, upgrading, and selling the DLC weapons so long as you have enough power nodes, so make sure you have enough power nodes ready when you go through the crawlspace.
Just don't forget to also bring enough power nodes you'll need for upgrading your RIG/stasis/weapons you plan on keeping.
So he says not to pick anything up, does that mean at all, or just as soon as you enter that one area with the balloons?
"Upon starting the game and taking control of Isaac, feel free to pick up items up until you reach the room with the balloons. From this moment on, do not pick anything up other than what you're duplicating, until you are satisfied with what you have, and are ready to move on. Unfortunately, this means you can't duplicate the Gold Semiconductor that the boss drops."
Just to clarify: you start a new game with the intention of doing this trick. You can pick items up until you reach the room with the balloons, as seen in the video (and I'm not referring to one of the times you revisit this room; I mean the very first time you reach it). You do not pick *anything* up from this point on, other than what is shown in the video. Using kinesis to move stuff about is fine, but do not actually collect anything.
I may make my own video that touches on a few more details not clarified/covered, when I have some time, as I'm considering redoing this exploit and utilising the DLC weapon trick so I'll have a lot more credits. 200 power nodes gets you a million credits, which is more than enough to constantly buy large med packs/ammo/stasis packs whenever necessary.
Ah cool. Thanks for clearing that up. Will give this trick a go.
Now this is very useful, will have to try this when I decide to go forth and do my run through on Hardcore etc etc.
I decided to simply use the save I already have, rather than do the exploit all over again to utilise the weapon upgrade trick. 300,000 credits seems to be more than enough to carry you through the rest of the game (considering I don't have to spend any of it on power nodes, as everything is maxed out).
I just used my second save at the beginning of chapter 10, and I currently have 427,000 credits, so even with all the med packs and ammo I'm buying, I'm still accumulating credits faster than I'm spending them.
Being completely maxed out, and having the cash to buy really makes a huge difference (so far, at least). Other than a couple of rooms in which I got a bit careless, I've had no real problems. My health has only gone into the red once, but that was because I tried to rush through a particularly dangerous Stalker room in Chapter 9, instead of taking it slow. Also, whenever my health went into yellow, I'd always heal immediately, as I always have at least three med packs on me at any given time. So far I've been using the Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, Ripper, and Detonator, and not once have I ran out of ammo for any of them.
In a way, I wish I hadn't saved immediately after the exploit, as since I haven't died/restarted at all, it was technically a waste of a save point. But then, hindsight is 20/20, and although nothing has given me too much trouble, all it takes is one simple mistake, be it a particularly troublesome boss, failing a QTE or a segment where a large necromorph is holding onto you, and you have to shoot it's weak spot in time before it kills you.
To others who plan on using this exploit, it may be worth considering ploughing right through to chapter 7 (the disc swap gives you a free checkpoint), but only if you're absolutely positive you can handle everything before then on your first attempt, including all the things that can kill you instantly. You really don't want to spend another couple of hours duplicating stuff all over again.
Oh, and I also recommend using this video guide:
The guy who recorded/narrates it does ramble sometimes, but he really knows his stuff, and he has excellent advice regarding what weapons to use where, and what strategies work best in each area. Also, he gets through the game pretty quickly, so if you copy what he does, you can reduce any potential aggravation upon dying and having to retry. You should have an even easier time of it than him, as you'll have more upgrades, health, and ammo. Just be warned that there are a few places where he takes a few needless risks, and runs through areas that would be far safer to hang back in. But these are easy to spot (he even points them out himself).
Just used my last save at the start of chapter 13. Once you get suits that have more inventory slots, you're laughing. Whenever you get to a store, you can fill your entire inventory with med packs and ammo, and just blast everything with reckless abandon, healing yourself when you take any amount of damage. I still have more than 300,000 credits, and although I can see myself buying a LOT more med packs and ammo from here on, I think I'll have more than enough. And if not, I can make at least 400,000 credits selling the fully upgraded guns I haven't used at all.
I've died only twice so far, and both were in Chapter 10. Both times were because I was too stingy with using my ammo, as that's the normal way of playing Dead Space games. Old habits die hard!
This exploit has turned hardcore from something I wouldn't even bother attempting (because it would frustrate me far too much) to something completely manageable.
EDIT: Rather than make three posts in a row, I'll just edit this one to say that I've now beat Hardcore. I was shocked at just how easy the last three chapters were. As long as you're quick, you don't have to deal with many enemies at all. I did take quite a few hits in the final enemy rush, where you're running towards the marker with loads of enemies spawning non-stop, but I healed after every hit, and was in no danger of dying at all. I ended up using hardly any ammo at all compared to chapters 10 through 12.
Now that I've finished, I think I was wrong to second guess my save points (right after the duping exploit at the start of chapter 2, at the start of chapter 10, and at the start of chapter 13). The only one I'd probably recommend changing is the last one; I'd actually wait until the eye poke machine at the end of chapter 13. Even if you're really good at it (I've never died in it, even on my very first playthrough), it's still unnerving, and there is a tiny bit of luck involved. Also, everything else in chapter 13 is really easy (although some people might prefer to save at the rotating lasers instead).
Pretty sweet trick. Just like the Peng duplication trick from the first game.
Ah, nice find but it's not working for me. The credits are duping, but the nodes stop after only cloning 3-5. :/
this is awesome, I'm now interested in getting DS2.
So can I pick them up after I've duplicated them or do I have to leave them in one huge pile and guesstimate when I've got enough?
It only worked to get four of them, dang
thanks to monkeymischief for posting this. i was avoiding finishing this game but have now renewed my efforts.
thanks also to Chaos2keres, i had the same problem and his solution worked great.
also, i accidently picked up some credits after killing that thing in the hangar but kept going and the glitch still worked. maybe i got lucky but i was too lazy to start again :woop:
thats cool but sadly got only 22 nodes and they stopped duplicating after that :( and it happened for credits too
I did it again and this time got 222 node but a funny thing happened to me , the node disappeared after i got 121 I went back to the store room and grab the node in the small wall locker with my kinesis and moved it to the same place and when i entered the duplicating room and opened the door to do the same trick i found the old node came back and the one that i brought with me is duplicating too.
and btw you can duplicate the Gold chip that the mini boss drop , grab it with your kinesis and take it all the way to the room were you place the duplicated nodes and credits then go back and you will find it in the same place , grab it again and so on.
This seems like a nice trick, but no matter what I do I can't get it to work.
Does anyone know why? I'm following the video exactly as it plays out, but once I start duplicating I can only get four Power Nodes. Then they disappear.
Weirdly enough, the credits themselves continue to duplicate without fail.
It's really odd because I even tried it again but moved positiosn (thinking maybe the position of the credits was what was making them duplicate compared to the others) but it still didn't work.
Can anyone help me out? Is there something I'm doing wrong? I see the problem is a little bit common here based on some responses, so I'm hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction. I'm kind of tired of playing through the opening scenes so much :(
This no longer works - have tried everything, followed two different methods five times. It has obviously been patched to stop after four nodes.
Am I not meant to get my stuff from the store? Am I not meant to recharge my stasis during the boss battle (I don't have the detonator mine thing).
I've even tried it without recharging my stasis as well, still doesn't work for me.
Please help if you know - there is obviously something I'm missing and it's really pissing me off :(
Thanks for your help thus far, I will try to replicate this again soon. I really, really appreciate it.
I might have to try this out once I can view the video.
lol i cant even get to this part. i keep dying when you first acquire stasis. the mofo that runs in somehow gets to me before i can literally do anything and i die in one shot
EDIT: just wanted to point out, i just accidently picked up money from the necromorph that jumps up in the room with the first store and powernodes continued to respawn after 4 of them. also, ive dropped nodes onto the small space between the 2 grates and nodes still spawned after that too. maybe i got extremely lucky but even though i accidently picked something up and didnt place things exactly where the video says, its still working for me...for now
yeah i wanted to quick reply while its fresh. i just duped 60 nodes.... after picking them all up i was gonna go back and pick up anything i wasnt able to pick up my first time through and dont you know it..... im still able to dupe more nodes..... gonna go dupe more and see whats up.
duped a few more ended up at 70 and got bored. but yeah i followed a youtube video saying dont pick up stuff, blahblahblah, and i was able to dupe 60 of them. pick them up, and continue duping...
Thats all.
edit: As a side note, it may have been caused by the reappearance of the door over the maintenance vent. I removed it prior to starting the duping like the video showed, however I just noticed it is now back in front of the vent.
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