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Kyle Jones scores first World Cup title in Edmonton
09/07/12 - In a powerful sprint to the finish line, a jubilant and Olympic bound Kyle Jones (CAN) surged to gold and his first World Cup and National title win at the Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup. Along with... |Full Story
Edmonton World Cup pre-race Press Conference Highlights
07/07/12 - With less than a month before the Olympic Games, Canadians Kyle Jones and Sarah-Anne Brault were joined by Great Britain's Tim Don and Bermuda's Flora Duffy at Hawrelak Park, site of the 2012 Edmonton ITU... |Full Story
2012 sprint season continues at Cape Town ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup
17/02/12 - The 2012 sprint triathlon season heats up in South Africa this weekend, with strong fields ready to compete in the 2012 Cape Town ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup this Sunday. In the elite men's race,... |Full Story
Brownlee Leads Britain to One-Two Finish in Lausanne
21/08/10 - Twenty-year-old Brit Jonathan Brownlee took home top honours at the first-ever ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship, earning the first world title of his young career. It makes four ITU World... |Full Story
Watch Hamburg Live!
18/07/10 - Round four of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series heads to Hamburg this weekend as part of the world's largest triathlon. The Elite men will be the first the race, starting off at... |Full Story
Gomez Runs to Hamburg Win
17/07/10 - After a slow start to the 2010 season due to a hip injury, Spain's Javier Gomez is back in world-class form, as the Spaniard proved today with a win at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship... |Full Story
The athlete's thoughts on Hy-Vee
14/06/10 - Here's what a few of the top athletes had to say after the world's richest triathlon at the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup on Sunday. Tim Don "Today was my day. It wasn't easy. I was tired. I had to... |Full Story
Don Takes Top Prize at Hy-Vee
14/06/10 - Great Britain's Tim Don took home the $200,000 top prize at today's Hy-Vee Elite Cup in Des Moines, breaking away from the field at the start of the run to win in 1:50:20. New Zealand's Kris Gemmell... |Full Story
Tim Don Excels at Great Manchester 10K
17/05/10 - Former triathlon World Champion Tim Don showed that triathletes can keep pace with the world's best athletes, finishing seventh overall, less than a minute behind winner Haile Gebrselassie in the Great... |Full Story
Don Determined to Better Brownlee
13/10/09 - Story by: George Scott - www.morethanthegames.co.uk 2006 world champion Tim Don is determined not to be overshadowed by British team-mate Alistair Brownlee in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics in... |Full Story
Quick Fire With Nordén and Don
29/05/09 - Two of the biggest names to grace the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series startlists are Sweden's Lisa Nordén and Great Britain's Tim Don. Nordén didn't turn pro until 2005 but... |Full Story
Beijing Team Spotlight: GBR
11/08/08 - The British team for the Olympic Games is a complementary mix of youth and experience. Remarkably, every member of the British squad has claimed a world championship title, demonstrating their pedigree of... |Full Story
Olympic Odyssey: The Men
01/08/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes This week Olympic Odyssey looks at six male athletes racing the Games in mini profiles, visiting their website diaries for... |Full Story
Clarke, Avil British Champs
29/07/08 - Beijing bound Will Clarke and Hollie Avil both took gold at the Corus Elite Series triathlon in Bryn Bach Park, Wales, to be crowned as the British Champions just days before flying to the Team GB... |Full Story
Perfect 10 for Gomez in Madrid
25/05/08 - Javier Gomez of Spain delighted his home crowds winning todays Madrid BG Triathlon World Cup, the historic 200th in ITU history. He becomes just the fourth man to win ten world cup titles, joining the... |Full Story
Don takes top prize in S.Korea
27/04/08 - 2006 Triathlon World Champion, Tim Don of Great Britain, won the Tongyeong BG Triathlon World Cup today in South Korea, the 198th world cup in ITU's history. The fleet-footed Don ran away from the... |Full Story
Whitfield on top in Ishigaki
13/04/08 - Sydney Olympic Champion Simon Whitfield of Canada continues his quest for another Olympic title with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup today. Whitfield showed a field of top Olympians that he... |Full Story
Gomez takes Mooloolaba title
31/03/08 - Spains Javier Gomez opened his 2008 world cup season with a satisfying victory in Mooloolaba today, finishing well ahead of last years winner Brad Kahlefeldt. The 2006 world champion Tim Don made it back... |Full Story
World Championships Spotlight: GBR
03/08/07 - At last years world championships in Lausanne, Great Britain did something that no other mens team had ever done before. It swept all three mens world championships titles with Alistair Brownlee winning... |Full Story
Gomez, Fernandes take Salford World Cup
31/07/07 - The bike course of the 2007 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup nudges up against Old Trafford, the iconic home stadium of Manchester United. Although the world's best triathletes cycle past it eight times,... |Full Story
Gomez sets the standard for Worlds
29/07/07 - Number one ranked Javier Gomez of Spain keeps his top spot after the fastest swim and a devastating 29:56 minute final run enabled him to win the 2007 Salford BG Triathlon World Cup today in England. The... |Full Story
Rich wins for Bennett, Henning in Des Moines
19/06/07 - Local favourite Laura Bennett of the United States won the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup, taking home a record US$200,000 in prize money and another US$65,000 plus in prizes, including a new... |Full Story
$200,000 Father's Day for Henning
18/06/07 - Rasmus Henning of Denmark received the best Father's Day gift of his young parenting life today, winning the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup and taking home the biggest payday in triathlon... |Full Story
Ospaly Sprints to Gold in Madrid
03/06/07 - In a spectacular finish Filip Ospaly of the Czech Republic out-sprinted hometown favourite Javier Gomez of Spain to claim the gold medal in today's Madrid BG Triathlon World Cup. Climbing back from an... |Full Story
Don Suspended For Missed Tests
18/10/06 - British Triathlon has released the following information about British triathlete Tim Don. Don Receives Three Month Suspension For Missed Tests Tim Don, the World Triathlon Champion, has received a... |Full Story
Tim Don is Crowned World Triathlon Champion
03/09/06 - The Corus British Triathlon team continued its remarkable week of success with Tim Don winning the World Triathlon Championships this afternoon in Lausanne. Don made a supreme effort to bridge a gap on... |Full Story
Delight for Don!!
03/09/06 - A world junior champion, world duathlon champion, world aquathlon champion and now world triathlon champion. British Athlete Tim Don has broken through for his first senior ITU world title on the same... |Full Story
Luxford and Don Win CWG Test Event
15/10/05 - Melbourne, Australia: Annabel Luxford of Australia and Tim Don of Great Britian continued to dominate the Triathlon world with wins at the Commonwealth Games Triathlon test event in Melbourne,... |Full Story
USA and GBR dominate World Aquathlon
09/09/05 - Current world triathlon champion Sheila Taormina of the USA, tonight added another title to her belt with victory in the 2005 ITU World Aquathlon Championships in Gamagori, Japan. Carla Moreno (BRA) and... |Full Story
Belaubre and Blatchford win in Salford
31/07/05 - The skies cleared in the northeast of England for the 3rd staging of the Salford ITU World Cup Triathlon creating near perfect conditions for the athletes and the tens of thousands of fans who lined the... |Full Story
Don wins third world cup this year!!
17/07/05 - Tim Don burst home in amazing style to grab his third world cup win of the year sending him shooting to the top of the world cup rankings. Click here for full results Go to the corner Brook event... |Full Story
Fernandes and Don shine in Madrid
06/06/05 - Vanessa Fernandes has just won the 2005 ITU Madrid World Cup in stunning fashion, easily beating off all opposition in the challenging midday heat to storm to her third ITU World Cup win in Madrid, making... |Full Story
Fernandes and Don win in Madrid!
05/06/05 - Vanessa Fernandes has just won the 2005 ITU Madrid World Cup in stunning fashion, easily beating off all opposition in the challenging midday heat to storm to her third ITU World Cup win in Madrid, making... |Full Story
Snowsill and Don Win Season's Opener
17/04/05 - Australia took all three spots on the podium in Hawaii with Emma Snowsill leading the way with a blistering performance. Meanwhile Tim Don won the seasons opener with an impressive race in the... |Full Story
Fleurton takes first world cup win in Cancun
31/10/04 - Cancun, Mexico - For immediate release: Jill Savege of Canada, in her first World Cup since the Athens Olympic Games, led the women's field through the first of 2 laps on the 1500 swim, and then... |Full Story
Press Release - 2003 ITU New York World Cup
10/08/03 - Hill and Whitfield Win In New York 10 August, 2003: For immediate release: The 2003 New York ITU World Cup took on an interesting twist following the cancellation of the swim due to heavy rainfall in... |Full Story
Press Release - 2003 ITU St. Anthonys World Cup - Elite Men
26/04/03 - ITU Media Release: 26 April 2003 Tim Don Wins His First World Cup in St. Anthony's. The 2 lap swim section of the mens event illustrated the talent of the 75 strong field as more than 50... |Full Story


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Core Implementation Team
The Core Implementation Team is charged with implementing the new model, educating and training the campus community, and obtaining and integrating feedback.
Jay Blanton
Executive Director for Public Relations and Marketing
Jay Blanton is Executive Director for Public Relations and Marketing at UK. He held previous communications posts with the Keeneland Association, Gov. Steve Beshear and former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson. He also has worked for public relations firms in Lexington and Louisville. He has earned a bachelors degree in journalism and a master's degree in education, both from the University of Kentucky.
Stephen Burr
Enterprise Architect for Advanced Analytics
Stephen Burr is an Enterprise Architect for the University of Kentucky (UK) focusing on big data, in-memory analytics, data visualization, and information dashboards. With over seventeen years of Information Technology experience, Stephen has held roles in enterprise architecture, analytics, business intelligence, leadership, management, and customer service. Stephen is expected to receive his MBA from UK in Spring 2014. He is also an active volunteer in the Lexington, KY community, serving on the UK Federal Credit Union Board of Directors and as an alumni advisor for the Kappa Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. Stephen is a devoted husband and father, UK sports fan and just earned his 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. He is excited to support the implementation of the new values based financial model, a transformational change for the University, through the creation of dashboards, financial statements, and data model automation.
Kristen Cheser
Assistant Provost for Finance and Operations
Kristen Cheser is the Assistant Provost for Finance and Operations at the University of Kentucky. She began her career at UK 17 years ago after graduating from Morehead State University with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration. During Kristen's time at the University, over 11 years were spent working as the Director of Fiscal Operations in the University Budget Office, leading the financial operations for both the EVPFA and President's areas. Before that time, she worked in the Lexington Campus Budget Office, which we all know now as the Provost Budget Office. Kristen is responsible for the development and implementation of the Provost area operating budget, policy development and financial analysis and forecasting. She believes the Values-Based Financial model will change the way we do business at UK, in a completely transparent and innovative way.
Judy Duncan
Administrative Staff Officer for Fiscal Affairs
Judy Stivers Duncan began her career with the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky in 1986. Judy earned her B.S. in Accounting in 1996 at the University of Kentucky. She currently works in the Research Fiscal and Administrative Affairs Office as the Research Area Fiscal Officer. Judy has worked on many committees throughout her career at the University of Kentucky, including the UKAdvance Leadership Development Program committee, the UK Women's Forum, the Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Committee, and the UK Staff Senate Development team to name a few. In 1994, Judy received the UK Outstanding Staff Award. Judy believes this to be an exciting time to be an employee at the University of Kentucky and is looking forward to the challenges the transition to the new financial budget model brings.
David Hulse
Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accountancy
David Hulse is the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accountancy in the Von Allmen School of Accountancy, with a joint appointment in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. His research and teaching interests are in taxation. He has served on the University Senate, Graduate Council, Undergraduate Council, and several university committees. As an accounting professor, his involvement with the new financial model provides an interesting opportunity to observe the use of budget models and practices.
Angie Martin
Vice President for Financial Planning and Chief Budget Officer
Angela Martin is UK's Vice President for Financial Planning and Chief Budget Officer. In that role, she coordinates and provides leadership for University-wide financial and resource planning, budgeting and policy analysis. She also works close with the state Council on Postsecondary Education, advocating for UK's position on critical funding issues. Martin came to UK after having served as vice president for finance at CPE and as associate vice president for planning and budget and director of internal audit at Morehead State University. Martin earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with an accounting option at the University of Louisville. She earned her MBA from Xavier University. She is a certified public accountant.
Roxanne McLetchie
Director of Budget and Fiscal Planning
Roxanne McLetchie has worked in the University Budget Office for almost 20 years. As the Director of Budget and Fiscal Planning at the university, she is responsible for the development, implementation, publication, monitoring and oversight of the University's overall annual operating budget. She is also responsible for developing and submitting the university's biennial budget request to the executive and legislative branches of state government by which the university receives its state appropriations.
As a member of the Core Implementation Team, she provides the raw data used in the development of the Financial Model and discusses data issues that arise with the rest of the Core team. A financial model is important because it will give Colleges and other revenue generating units a clearer picture of where their revenue streams are and where their expenses occur thus allowing them to make more informed decisions as they move forward. She has been rewarded as a part of the Core team in learning more about the academic perspective through collaboration with Deans and Department Heads as the University considers a new financial model.
Eric Monday
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
Eric N. Monday is the University of Kentucky's executive vice president for finance and administration, a position he has held since January 2013. In that capacity, he oversees some 2,500 employees, including budget and treasury, facilities, human resources and risk management, among other duties. Previously, he was vice chancellor for finance and administrative services and chief financial officer at Louisiana State University. Monday has more than 15 years of higher education experience, holding a number of critical positions at LSU, including stints helping lead emergency operations, student life and student services at various points in his career. In that position, Monday oversaw all of LSU's finance and administrative services, including budget and planning, human resources, accounting, police, auxiliary services, procurement & property management, among other duties.
Monday has his bachelor's degree in accounting and master's degree in public administration from LSU and is pursuing a doctorate there in human resource education and workforce development.
Christine Riordan
Dr. Christine Riordan became Provost of the University of Kentucky in July 2013. In this role, she oversees the academic integrity and operations of the UK, which has more than 29,000 students, 19,000 full and part-time employees and a budget of $2.7 billion.
In consultation with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and trustees, Dr. Riordan is facilitating the development and implementation of UK's strategic plan and initiatives. Dr. Riordan is also responsible for supporting and advancing academic programs, teaching and scholarship at UK. This purview includes 16 colleges, an extensive library system, graduate education, enrollment management, information technology, student support services and institutional effectiveness. UK is one of a small number of universities in the country that have the full range of liberal arts, professional and medical, and health colleges on one campus.
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Lisa Wilson
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Lisa Wilson is the Associate Provost for Finance and Operations at the University of Kentucky. In her role as Associate Provost, Ms. Wilson provides leadership, oversight and direction to budget development and implementation; business and administrative process and policy development; and the allocation of resources (including space) for all units reporting to the Provost. Ms. Wilson is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and has more than 22 years of experience in higher education administration.
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Home List of Titles Extended radar view and modification director: awareness mechanisms for synchronous collaborative authoring
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- Extended radar view and modification director: awareness mechanisms for synchronous collaborative authoring
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- Tran, Minh Hong; Yang, Yun; Raikundalia, Gitesh K.
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- Providing effective support for group awareness is a critical requirement of synchronous collaborative authoring tools. This paper reports our work on developing new awareness mechanisms including Extended Radar View (ERV) and Modification Director (MD) for Co Word, a synchronous collaborative authoring tool that is developed based on Microsoft® Word. ERV supports awareness for collaborative authoring tasks by showing both users' telecarets-eye views - the locations of working areas - and over-the-shoulder views - the locations of viewing areas in a shared Word document. MD keeps track of changes in the document, and notifies users when their text is modified by other people. This paper also reports an ongoing user-based study that is conducted to evaluate the usefulness of ERV and MD. The preliminary results show that ERV is useful in supporting group awareness, and ERV is preferred to a conventional radar view. MD was found useful to some extent in supporting awareness for collaborative authoring.
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- Conference paper
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Internet Computing and E-Commerce
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- Conferences in research and practice in information technology: proceedings of the 7th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2006), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 16-19 January 2006 / Wayne Piekarski (ed.), Vol. 50, pp. 45-52
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- 2006
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- Awareness mechanisms; Group awareness; Groupware; Synchronous collaborative authoring
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- Australian Computer Society
- 1445-1336 (series ISSN)
- 1920682325
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- Copyright © 2006, Australian Computer Society, Inc. This paper appeared at the Seventh Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2006), Hobart, Australia. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 50. W. Piekarski, Ed. Reproduction for academic, not-for profit purposes permitted provided this text is included. The published version of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with this policy.
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- A 3-step set-point control algorithm for robot arms
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- Quach, Nghe Huan; Liu, Ming
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- For robot arm set-point control, a novel PD based algorithm for the estimation and compensation of gravity force and static friction is proposed. Based on the linear-in-parameter property of the gravity force and the steady state feature of PD set-point control, the algorithm modifies the set-points according to the steady state position errors. Using the steady state equations near the given set-points the unknown static friction force and gravity force can be calculated on-line. This information can then be used to compensate the affects of gravity force and static friction to eliminate set-point errors.
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- Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2000), San Francisco, California, United States, 24-28 April 2000, Vol. 2, pp. 1296-1301
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- 2000
- Keyword(s)
- Algorithms; Error compensation; Force control; Friction; Gravitational effects; Motion control; Robotic arms; Static friction force; Torque; Two term control systems; Three step set point control
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- 1050-4729
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At George West High School, we know that financial education is important. Too few students graduate with the knowledge and skills they need to make basic financial decisions for themselves, their families, and their communities. While more than 76,000 high school students and 2,500 educators from across the country participated in the Challenge this spring, scores on the exam were generally low. Challenge participants scored 70 percent on average, demonstrating that students are not yet making the grade when it comes to understanding how to manage money.
The National Financial Capability Challenge – announced in December by Treasury Secretary Geithner and Education Secretary Duncan – is designed to promote financial education among high school students across the country. Educators who registered for the Challenge received a free Educator Toolkit to complement their own lesson plans. Some educators taught the material to students before administering the exam, while others used the exam as a pre-test to establish a baseline of knowledge. Most teachers administering the Challenge were the only teachers in their schools to sign up.
Educators and students who scored in the top 20 percent nationally and those who were among the top scorers in their school received official award certificates. Additionally, the Charles Schwab Foundation will soon name 20 students, chosen from among the Challenge participants, who will receive $1,000 scholarships. Schwab will also donate $1,000 to the school of each scholarship recipient. Students who scored in the top 20 percent nationally and are from one of the ten states with the highest participation rates in the Challenge are eligible for these scholarships. Unfortunately for Ross and Jeremiah, Texas was not among the states with the highest participation.
Texas average score: 67.61% (70% nationally)
Number of participating students in Texas: 4649 (76,892 nationally)
Number of perfect scores in Texas: 20 (524 nationally)
Number of students who scored in the top 20% in Texas: 720 (14,833 nationally)
Number of participating schools in Texas: 82 (1,535 nationally)
Number of other organizations participating (home schools, after-school programs, youth groups, etc.): 39 (639 nationally)
Number of participating educators in Texas: 138 (2,515 nationally)
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->''Je t'aime, je t'aime\\
Oh oui je t'aime!\\
Moi non plus\\
Oh mon amour''
-->"Je t'aime... moi non plus"
Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg, 2 April 1928 2 March 1991) was a French singer, pianist, writer, actor, and film director.
He experienced with many genres of music, from {{Chanson}} and jazz to pop music, electro and reggae. He was a controversial character, who wrote many erotic and polemical songs and until his death was surrounded by a lot of controversy, but was also considered as a poet and a genius, the last of the tradition of the ''Poètes Maudits'' (doomed poets) and adapted many famous poems in songs.
Had somewhat of a BrokenBase during his lifetime, but since his death he is [[DeadArtistsAreBetter pretty much universally celebrated]].
You may know his daughter [[Creator/CharlotteGainsbourg Charlotte]].
See also ''Film/{{Gainsbourg}}'', a 2010 biopic about him.
!!Serge Gainsbourg and his work provide examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Since he was nicknamed ''"Gainsbarre"''. He also made a lot of public appearances where he was visibly drunk.
* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: In "Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus", there's this lyric that goes "I come and go, between your kidneys". That... just doesn't happen, unless you're impaling the poor woman.
** That's a case of LostInTranslation; the French ''reins'' literally means kidneys, but can also be used in the general sense of "loins", and all of a sudden, the anatomy makes sense.
* BlackComedy: Many of his songs have a grim sense of humor.
* BecomingTheMask: With his alter-ego Gainsbarre.
* ButNowIMustGo: "Je Suis Venue Te Dire Que Je m'en Vais".
* {{Chanson}}: He is still seen as a ''chansonnier'', despite his music being closer to rock 'n' roll and pop.
* CoolCar: The Rolls-Royce silver ghost from ''Histoire de Melody Nelson''. He himself later bought a Rolls-Royce Phantom.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Variation Sur Marilou".
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His past as a Jew during the Nazi Occupation. Possibly parodied/satirized in the album ''Rock Around The Bunker''.
* DramaticIrony: [[UnreliableNarrator He liked to tell]] the story of how he fought to be the first in line to receive the yellow star, thinking it was a sheriff star.
* DirtyOldMan: When he became "Gainsbarre" in the 1980s.
* EurovisionSongContest: He wrote France Gall's entry "Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son" which brought a victory for Luxembourg (their second) in 1965. It is also notable for being the first winning song in the contest not to be a ballad.
** He also wrote Monaco's entry in 1967, "Boum Badaboum", though not as popular as "Poupée".
** One of his last songs was the 1990 French entry "White and Black Blues". It placed second, the best placing for the country since their last win in 1977, and (along with Spain's entry that year) started a trend of ESC entries with national elements, a trend that continues to this day.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Oh ''Hell'' yes.
* {{Expy}}: ''Histoire de Melody Nelson'' is a ConceptAlbum which is heavily based around ''{{Literature/Lolita}}''.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: He famously wrote a song for then 18-years-old France Gall called "Les Sucettes" ("The Lollipops") about a girl named Annie who loved sucking lollipops (the double entendre meaning fellatio). France Gall claimed she sung it [[InnocentInnuendo completely innocently]], without understanding the sexual meaning of the lyrics.
** The song "69 Année Érotique" ("69, Erotic Year", being a pun on ''soixante-neuf'', the sexual position where both partners can give themselves oral pleasure)
* IkeaErotica: "I come and go, between your kidneys"[[note]]meaning the small of the back[[/note]] in ''Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus''.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: "Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus" ("I Love You... Me Neither")
* IncrediblyLamePun: It happens in some songs in the album ''Vu De L'Extérieur''.
* IncrediblyLongNote: "Cargo culte," the last song of ''Melody Nelson'', ends with a choir chord edited to stretch out for over a minute. It seems to stretch to infinity.
* IntercourseWithYou: ''Many''. For example, "Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus".
* KavorkaMan: Despite being notoriously ugly and an alcoholic, he had relationships with some of the most beautiful women of his time. He even wrote a song about this: "Des Laids Des Laids".
* LastNoteNightmare: "Les Sambassadeurs" is a loud, wild song, which ends with what sounds like a large crowd of people screaming in panic, while gunshots resonate over them.
* LikeASonToMe: While he may not be biologically related to them, Serge adored Jane Birkin's other daughters Kate Barry and Lou Doillon as much as his other biological children.
* {{Lolicon}}: Recorded and wrote a lot of songs with and for female singers several years younger than him.
* MayDecemberRomance: Jane Birkin was twenty-one when she fell for the thirty-one year old Serge. His last partner, Caroline "Bambou" Paulus, was thirty years his junior.
* MoneyToBurn: He famously burnt a 500 francs bill on TV in 1984 to make a point about how much he had to pay in taxes (74 per cent of his incomes).
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Caused a stir among French military veterans when he released a reggae version of the French national anthem called "Aux Armes" ("To Arms"), with as only repeated phrase "Aux Armes Et Caetera" ("To Arms And So-on!")''.
* OutlawCouple: "Bonnie and Clyde" (with Creator/BrigitteBardot).
* ParentalIncest: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Incest Lemon Incest]]" makes ambiguous reference to this. Furthermore, the song is a duet with his [[RealLifeRelative daughter]], [[Creator/CharlotteGainsbourg Charlotte]], who was [[{{Squick}} twelve years old]] at the time. In the music video, they're laying on a bed, Serge is shirtless and Charlotte only wears a shirt and panties.
** In an interview in 2010 Charlotte defended her decision to record the track, though acknowledging it was a [[RefugeInAudacity "provocation".]]
* PunBasedTitle: He adored this trope:
** "69 Année Érotique"
** "La Décadanse" (pun on ''decadence'' and ''dance'')
** "Les Sucettes" (French for ''lollys'', but also slang for fellatio)
* RefugeInAudacity: The album ''Rock Around The Bunker'' (particularly the opening song "[[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Rock]]"). "Lemon Incest" was also made with this intention. "Aux Armes Et Caetera", a reggae arrangement of the French national anthem, enfuriated French nationalists and "Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus" prudent listeners. Apart from that he caused many scandals by appearing drunk on TV and insulting other guests.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: In the song "Comic Strip" typical comic strip onomatopeia are imitated: ''Clip! Crap! Bang! Vlop! Zip! Shebam! Pow! Blop! Wizz!''
* SelfDeprecation
* ShoutOut:
** "Je Suis Te Dire Que Je m'en Vais" has a shout-out to poet Creator/PaulVerlaine: "Comm' dit si bien Verlaine au vent mauvais" (''As Verlaine mentioned so well in the bad wind").
** "Le Chanson de Prévert" is a reference to Jacques Prévert.
** "Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde" references ''Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
** "Bonnie & Clyde" was recorded after Gainsbourg saw ''Film/BonnieAndClyde''.
* SmokingIsCool: It's hard to find a picture of him where he ''isn't'' smoking.
** The song "Dieu Fumeur de Havanes" even has God smoking havana cigars.
* SpokenWordInMusic: A lot, in the ''Histoire de Melody Nelson'' album.
* SuicideAsComedy: "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas" sings about a ticket salesman who cuts holes in tickets for first and second class, then eventually gets fed up with this tedious profession and decides to buy a gun to make the "final hole", so that they can put him in his own "big hole in the ground".
* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: Gainsbourg once protested during a TV interview against taxes by burning a money bill live on the air. He felt he would rather burn this high amount of money than give it away to the tax institute.
* WrittenSoundEffect: "Comic Strip" uses onomatopeia in the refrain.
* YouMakeMeSic: "En Relisant Ta Lettre".


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Proscribed Burn Planned near McKay Dam in Oregon
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The Bureau of Reclamation is assisting the US Fish and Wildlife Service with a proscribed burn on October 15 on about 17 acres downstream of McKay Dam located on McKay Creek about 5 miles south of Pendleton, Ore.
The periodic proscribed burn will be conducted by USFW Mid-Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex out of Burbank Wash. The primary purpose of the burn is to control vegetation and noxious weeds in accordance with Reclamation's Integrated Pest Management Plan.
The burn will also be help to improve visual inspections for Reclamation personnel conducting Dam Safety Programs at the facility.
The proscribed burn is scheduled to last about two hours, starting at 10:00 am. Reclamation personnel will monitor the burn site for a couple of days after the event as an additional safety measure.
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ALBUQUERQUE — Things went pretty well on Monday for Clovis High's boys, but not so well for the girls the first round of the two-day Class 5A state golf tournament at UNM South.
The Wildcats are tied for last with La Cueva in a six-team field, although they shot a respectable four-man total of 333.
The Lady Wildcats couldn't get anything going, then had senior Marissa Lansford's score disqualified on a technicality, costing them 13 shots in the standings. They are last in a nine-team field at 458.
Freshman Kyler Brewer, who shot an 86 in the District 4-5A tournament a week ago at Chaparral Country Club, rebounded to shoot 38-38 — 76 on Monday and is tied for sixth with Sandia's Justin Knauber. Sophomore Tyler Fontenot went 37-41 — 78 and is among several tied for 12th place.
Rio Rancho, which posted two of the day's top three scores, leads team standings at 305. Alamogordo is five shots back, followed by Eldorado at 318 and Sandia at 319.
CHS boys coach Cal Fullerton noted the Cats cut 26 strokes off their score in a triangular at UNM South in early March, including 18 shots by Brewer.
"Coming in, La Cueva was the team to beat in the state," Fullerton said. "I was pleased with the way we got around the course today, especially the younger guys."
Rio Rancho's Cody Anderson shot the day's best round, a 3-under 69, while teammate Tim Madigan and La Cueva's James Gehrke were next at 72.
The best score of the day for the Lady Wildcats came from senior Amanda Estes, who shot 52-50 — 102. Lansford finished at 52-62 — 114, but turned her scorecard in before signing it and had her score disqualified, CHS girls coach Cristy Hill said.
"I just tell the girls to relax," she said. "They're putting a lot of pressure on themselves, especially the seniors, but the pressure isn't on us. We just need to relax and have fun."
La Cueva shot 351 and has a four-stroke lead over Sandia. Rio Grande's Juanita Lovato is the individual leader at 80, one shot ahead of Hobbs' Brandi Goodwin.


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Saturday, May 26, 2012
The Cannes Film Festival with HP
One of the most chic-filled whirlwind adventures of my life thus far. The non-stop action packed schedule didn't even manage to phase the adrenaline I had pumping in my veins. With HP as a official partner of the Cannes Film Festival I was invited to everything from the 5 star dinners to paparazzi packed red-carpets, the magical nights out to the tour of the Palais. I am really honored to be a part of HP's new board and to have gotten to experience such a magical, well, experience with a group of the coolest people ever! Stay tuned because there is a lot more to come :)
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Hey, wvery well done dear Jay!!!!
Enjoy every moment and meet all the cool like you people :)
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Wow! What an opportunity! Congratulations on your never-stopping success and I can not wait to see more of your journey in Cannes!
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
Babies Movie
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- bearing said...
So do you think it would appeal to children? If so, what gender/age ranges? I am going to be able to get together with my best friend from high school next week, and might suggest we see it, but we might have to have some children tagging along so I'm wondering if it would work as a mom and kids outing.
- May 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- BettyDuffy said...
I would love for my kids to see it, and they're all under ten, boys and a girl. There are A LOT of exposed nipples since three out of four babies breastfeed, but my kids are pretty used to that. Teenagers might snicker, but they should see it anyway.
Surprisingly, there are no birthing scenes, just immediately after birth.
Go see it ASAP so we can talk about it. I don't want to give anything away.
- May 8, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Kris Livovich said...
The husband and I saw it yesterday - I loved it. He was a bit confused. "Where is the plot? Wait, we're just watching babies? Can't we do that at home? Why did I pay fifteen bucks for this?"
After he settled down for a snooze I was able to focus my attention fully.
Loved the African baby, loved the Mongolian baby. Fascinating and amazing to think that children need only love and food to thrive - it makes me feel good about my parenting.
- May 10, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- mrsdarwin said...
We're going (just Darwin and I -- the kids can wait for DVD) next Wednesday. What could be better -- a long-overdue date night and a good movie? I think the last time we had a date was the last time we watched a movie in the theater, and that was ages ago.
- May 10, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- BettyDuffy said...
Kris, I went with my cousins, both girls, and I'm sure my husband would have had the same reaction, actually.
I'd have to agree that if I had my choice, I'd want to be the Mongolian Baby or the African one--minus the flies. I thought the same about the mothers--the graceful mother of eight in Africa vs the kooky San Fran Earth Mother (and father). It seemed like the color sort of drained out of the shot whenever we returned to big civilization. I'm sure this was the movie-maker's design.
But I wanted more more more. Babies in winter, babies in Mexico or Indiana, and definitely more of the mothers (and fathers).
Darwins, it sounds like you are in for an enjoyable evening!
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Honey As Treatment For Wounds & Burns
Back to Health Benefits of Honey
A Natural Treatment
By Junji Takano
Honey is a highly concentrated sugar solution produced by honeybees. It is commonly used as substitute for sugar or a flavor enhancer. But other than that, honey is also effective in treating burns and wounds and it has been used for this purpose for many centuries.
How Can Honey Stop Infection? We know that bacteria love sugar, but why most bacteria and other microorganisms cannot grow or reproduce in honey?
Here are the reasons:
1. Acidity - Honey is acidic, and acids prevent the growth of bacteria.
2. Hydrogen Peroxide - When honey is applied as a wound dressing, it is diluted with fluids from the damaged tissue and combines with an enzyme added by the bee to form hydrogen peroxide, the same antiseptic found in drugstores. Diluted honey can serve as an excellent antiseptic because the naturally occurring hydrogen peroxide won't harm the tissues and no scarring will occur.
Applying Honey as a Wound Dressing
1. Usually, 20 ml of honey (25 - 30 g, 1 ounce) is enough on a 10 cm X 10 cm (4 inch X 4 inch) dressing. The honey dressings should be cut to a size that extends beyond the edges of the wound.
2. To prevent honey oozing out from the wound dressing, waterproof dressings are needed. Absorbent dressings are not recommended as they soak the honey making it less effective. Adhesive tape or bandages can be used to hold the dressings in place.
3. Appetite - Honey improves appetite in children suffering from appetite loss.
4. Conjunctivitis - Dissolve honey in equal amount of warm water. When cooled, apply as lotion or eye bath.
5. Poor Digestion - Mix 1:1 honey with cider vinegar and dilute with water.
6. Skin - Honey is a good moisturizer. It also helps in reducing skin problems like pimples.
7. Fatigue and exhaustion - Honey is the best ingredient to remove tiredness and fatigue almost instantly because it is easily absorbed in the blood. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of honey in warm water or quarter honey balance of water in a jug and keep in the fridge.
8. Headaches and Migraine - Take 2 teaspoons at meals to prevent headache. For migraines, take 1 dessertspoon of honey dissolved in a half glass of warm water. Repeat in 20 minutes if migraine persists.
9. Heart Diseases - Honey can fight against cholesterol. Pure honey taken with foods daily instead of sugar relieves complains of cholesterol. This is helpful for old people, especially sufferers of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and others.
10. High Blood Pressure - Take mixed 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of ginger juice and 1 teaspoon of cumin powder 2 times a day.
11. Insomnia (Sleeplessness) - Take 1 teaspoon of honey mixed in lukewarm water or milk and drink before going to bed.
12. Skin - Honey is a good moisturizer. It also helps in reducing skin problems like pimples.
13. Sore Throat - Let 1 teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the throat.
14. Stomachache - Take 1 teaspoon of honey, juice of a ½ lemon with a hot glass of water first thing in the morning.
15. Teeth - Although honey is sweet, it helps to maintain and protect teeth. Important: Honey contains a certain bacterium that might be harmful in infants; it should never be fed to children younger than one year old. Otherwise it could lead to food poisoning.
Now you know that when honey is applied properly to a wound, it can promote healing just as good as or often better than, over-the-counter ointments and dressings. It is also a great preventive medicine on common ailments.
About The Author: Junji Takano is a Japanese health researcher and has been studying the causes of viruses since 1960s. In 1968, he invented Pyro-Energen, the first electrotherapy device that eradicates viral diseases in a non-narcotic way.
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Vodafone Data Test Drive lets new customers push data to the limit
Vodafone has come up with a new scheme called Data Test Drive, which will allow all new and upgrading customers to use as much data as they like, on whatever they like, for three months. Allowing you to test the network to the limit before confirming the data plan you'd like to stick with for the rest of your contract.
"Vodafone's 'Data Test Drive' is designed to give customers the confidence to experiment with their new phone on the UK's best network, get to grips with its features and explore all the apps that are available for it", Vodafone told Pocket-lint.
The idea is that at the end of the contract Vodafone will contact you to let you know how much data you've used and what the best plan is for you, before you embark on what, more often than not, is a 24-month contract.
The 3 months Vodafone is giving to "Test Drive" your plan should ensure you don't feel cheated after you sign on the dotted line when it comes to data.
Data Test Drive is available for pay monthly customers who choose any of Vodafone's current range of more than 20 smartphones.
Vodafone goes on to say that: "At the end of the three month period we'll let the customer know exactly how much data they've used and whether the plan they have chosen suits their needs. If it doesn't we'll recommend some extra data and all the customer needs to do is text us back."
Sadly the new offering isn't available for customers already signed up to a Vodafone contract, however with a new iPhone, Android phones, and Nokia Windows Phone on the horizon, it is clear that Vodafone is looking to impress the thousands of new would be smartphone owners about to look for a new deal on their latest phone.
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The season might be over, but Yasiel Puig is still playing baseball at Dodger Stadium, making sure to keep around those who might actually appreciate his antics.
CBS Sports' Matt Snyder spotted a refreshing sight recently: a tweet from Dodgers PR person Yvonne Carrasco showing off Puig playing baseball with a reported 50 kids from the neighborhood.
That's Yasiel Puig and today he invited 50 kids from the neighborhood to play at Dodger Stadium. pic.twitter.com/Qkfycfl39b— Yvonne Carrasco (@yvonnecarrasco) November 19, 2013
Carrasco continues by tweeting the kids are from Northeast Los Angeles Little League. Here is the Dodgers' exciting and polarizing phenom throwing some soft toss to a young fan.
Yasiel Puig really made the kids from Northeast Los Angeles Little League feel like big leaguers today. pic.twitter.com/24gAVNJe9v— Yvonne Carrasco (@yvonnecarrasco) November 19, 2013
MLB.com's Ken Gurnick has more, including the wonderful impetus behind the baseball clinic. It seems the kids' league actually overlooks the stadium's parking lot.
A few weeks back, Puig visited the park and spoke with some of the children, and that's when one of them relayed that he had never actually been to Dodger Stadium.
Consider that remedied.
He didn't just let the kids see the stadium. He had them experience as much of it as he could possibly offer: pitching 40 minutes of batting practice, giving tours to the clubhouse where the Little Leaguers enjoyed the feeling of sitting at the lockers and letting them take some hacks in the cages.
Puig told Gurnick, "I played Little League when I was 9, went through the system, and now I'm grateful that I'm able to do this for these kids." The 22-year-old who took over MLB this season added, "Maybe they'll be able to support me when I get old."
As long as they don't turn into crotchety curmudgeons who continue to whine about the "sanctity of the game," we don't see why they wouldn't.
Many of you hear the name Puig and immediately grimace and think of a young man who makes errant throws and attempts to turn singles into triples.
While he may need some education on the finer points of the fundamentals of the game, don't ever make the mistake of proclaiming he doesn't get what's most important about the sport.
MLB, as with any sport, is here to lift spirits and invigorate fans. Puig is rather masterful at doing both.
Now, if seeing Puig give back to the community wasn't enough to turn that grumpy frown upside down, consider that the young fella is already working hard for next season.
If you are into prolific posting, follow his Instagram feed. There you will find things like the following—Puig training hard at Dodgers facilities.
Puig might overthrow a cutoff man every now and again, and he does have the propensity to swing at balls outside the strike zone.
Heck, he still needs some work on routine plays in the outfield.
But he is the future of the Dodgers organization, and that should make all the Angelenos still wearing blue in November very proud.
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It looks like the Giants are on the verge of yet another second-half collapse. Giants' fans are tired of seeing this team start off looking like a contender, only to underperform in the late weeks of the season.
This team has a number of key pieces that could lead to future success. There are many to blame for the Giants' downfall, and it is time changes are made to this team.
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The intragastric balloon aims to provide a 6-month kick-start to healthy weight loss and may be the ideal solution if you are looking to lose 22 - 33lbs (10-15kgs)1,2 but are fearful of surgery, fed up with diets, pills and other weight loss programmes that didn't work.
About the procedure
You'll be lightly sedated whilst your clinician uses an endoscope to pass a deflated gastric balloon into your stomach. Once in place, it's injected with sterile salt water (saline) via a small tube. When the tube is withdrawn, the balloon is automatically sealed. The whole process normally takes around 20-30 minutes.
You'll rest for 1-2 hours for observation before being discharged. You can then be taken home. For the first few days, as your stomach adjusts to the balloon, you'll almost certainly feel uncomfortable. You may well experience nausea, bloating, diarrhoea and cramping. These side-effects are temporary and normal. If necessary, your consultant can prescribe suitable medication to help manage them.
Having the balloon removed is very simple. Whilst mildly sedated, an endoscope is used to deflate it before it's withdrawn. You'll normally be home within two or three hours. Most people need little or no time off work.
Important note: A blue dye is normally added to the saline that is injected into the balloon, so that in the rare event that the balloon were to leak, you would know immediately by the change in colour of your urine. If this were to happen, you should contact your Orbera™ clinician immediately so the balloon can be safely removed.
Is Orbera™ right for me?
If you have a BMI of 27* or more, Orbera™ could be the ideal solution for you.
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Nokia E61ComparePart of the just announced E series, the E61 combines advanced e-mail capabilities (Blackberry Connect, Visto, Seven Always-On mail), full keyboard and Series 60 interface. Other features include push-to-talk, VoIP, WiFi, Bluetooth and advanced voice commands and feedback.+ View Specs
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Nokia E60CompareNokia E60 is one of first three new phone announced as a part of the new E-class of business oriented phones. The device support various e-mail clients, tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA network support, advanced VoIP and push-to-talk capabilities, as well as wireless Bluetooth and WiFi technologies+ View Specs
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Sony Ericsson P990Compare7.3 reviewSony Ericsson P990 is a tri-band GSM and UMTS phone. It continues the smartphone line of Sony Ericsson and adds new features like Wi-Fi and UMTS. The phone has numeric and full keyboard. It features 2.0-megapixel camera and QVGA 262k display+ View Specs
7.3Sony Ericsson P990
Nokia 3250CompareNokia 3250 is a phone running on Symbian Operating System and Nokia Series 60 Interface. It features unique twisting keypad, having both numeral keypad and music-dedicated keys. This music-oriented phone features 10MB of built-in memory and up-to 1GB of memory for 750 songs through microSD card. It also has 2-megapixel camera and 262k color display+ View Specs
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Nokia N70CompareThe N70 is GSM/UMTS smartphone featuring 2 megapixel camera on the back and VGA on the front for video calling in real time. It is powerful and elegant imaging tool . N70 has built-in internet/email browser and mp3/aac/video players. N70 is running Series 60 interface over Symbian 8.1 operating system+ View Specs
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Nokia N90CompareNokia N90 is 3G GSM/UMTS smartphone running Series 60 interface over Symbian 8.1 operating system. It features imaging and visual sharing functionalities plus smartphone functionality like Bluetooth, WAP 2.0, Java and 2.0 megapixel camera with video-calling functionality and Carl Zeiss lens and auto-focus+ View Specs
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Nokia N91CompareNokia N91 is GSM/UMTS music device that support stereo sound, 4GB HDD drive that provides up to 1200 songs and option to download more. It also runs Series 60 interface over Symbian 9.1 operating system that supports MMS, Bluetooth, e-mail, internet (WAP2.0).+ View Specs
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Nokia 6638CompareNokia 6638 is the first in the world Symbian operating system phone which will work on CDMA networks. In appearance it is identical to the Nokia 6630 which is UTMS/GSM. The only difference is that the 6638 features expandable antenna. Other notable features are Bluetooth, POP3/IMAP support with 1.2 mega pixel camera+ View Specs
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Samsung SGH-D730CompareSamsung SGH-D730, the successor of SGH-D700, is a tri-band GSM smartphone. It sports dual 262k color displays, built-in 1.3 megapixels camera with flash and video capture, Bluetooth, Symbian OS, 64MB shared memory and MMC-micro memory expansion slot.+ View Specs
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BenQ P31CompareBenQ P31 is tri-band GSM phone. It features 65k TFT touchscreen display, built-in 1.3 megapixels camera with video capture, Symbian 7.0 OS, TI OMAP processor, SD/MMC memory expansion slot, Bluetooth, WAP 2.0 Internet browser and Java support.+ View Specs
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Samsung SGH-D720CompareSamsung SGH-D720, the successor of SGH-D710, is a tri-band GSM smartphone. It features 262k TFT display, built-in 1.3 megapixels camera with flash and video capture, Series 60 over Symbian OS, 64 MB shared memory, MMC memory expansion slot, SyncML and MP3 player+ View Specs
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Motorola M1000CompareMotorola M1000 is a tri-band GSM plus UMTS (1900) phone. It features TFT touchscreen display, QWERTY keyboard, built-in 1.3 megapixels camera with flash and video capture plus secondary front camera for video calling, Bluetooth, Opera web browser, T-flash memory expansion slot and MP3 player.+ View Specs
Motorola M1000
Motorola A1010CompareMotorola A1010 is a tri-band GSM plus UMTS (2100) smartphone. It sports 262k TFT display, built-in 2 megapixels camera with video capture plus secondary VGA camera for video calling, Bluetooth, 48MB internal memory, T-flash memory expansion slot, Symbian 7 with UIQ 2.1 OS and MP3 player.+ View Specs
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Nokia 6680CompareNokia 6680 is a tri-band GSM plus UMTS (2100) smartphone. It features 262k TFT display, two built-in cameras with flash and video capture, Bluetooth, Series 60 over Symbian 8 OS, 10 MB internal dynamic memory, RS MMC memory expansion slot and Video calling.+ View Specs
Nokia 6680
Nokia 6682 / 6681Compare8.3 reviewNokia 6682/6681 is a tri-band GSM smartphone. It sports 262k TFT display, built-in 1.3 megapixels camera with flash and video capture, Bluetooth, Series 60 Second Edition over Symbian 8a OS, 8MB internal dynamic memory, RS MMC memory expansion slot, built-in Speakerphone and Push-to-talk button+ View Specs
8.3Nokia 6682 / 6681
Panasonic X800ComparePanasonic X800, the successor of X700, is a tri-band GSM smartphone. It features dual color displays, built-in VGA (640x480) camera with flash and video capture, Bluetooth, Symbian series 60 OS, GPRS/CSD high-speed data, IMAP/POP3/SMTP/MIME2 e-mail client and SyncML+ View Specs
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BenQ P30CompareBenQ P30 is a tri-band GSM phone. It features 256k TFT touch screen display with handwriting recognition, Bluetooth, built-in VGA (640x480) camera with video capture, UIQ over Symbian OS, TI OMAP processor, SD/MMC memory expansion slot and MP3 player.+ View Specs
BenQ P30
Motorola A925CompareMotorola A925 is GSM/WCDMA phone. It sports 65k TFT touchscreen display, built-in VGA camera with video capture, Bluetooth, Symbian OS, Java support and built-in speakerphone+ View Specs
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Nokia 7710Compare6.3 reviewNokia 7710 is the successor of cancelled 7700 and only the second device to feature the Series 90 platform. It features like 640 x 320 65k color touch screen, Bluetooth, 1 mega pixel camera, E-mail, Java, MP3 player and EGDE/GPRS high speed data.+ View Specs
6.3Nokia 7710
Nokia 3230CompareHigh end model, the Nokia 3230 runs on the Series 60 over Symbian 8.0 and features 1.23 mega pixel camera, Bluetooth, RS-MMC memory expansion, FM radio, e-mail and SyncMl+ View Specs
Nokia 3230
Nokia 6670CompareNokia 6670 imaging smartphone features 1.0 mega pixel camera, 65k TFT display, Netfront Web Browser with PDF support, Java MIDP 2.0, GPRS data, E-Mail client, RS-MMC card slot, streaming multimedia, speakerphone and voice functions.+ View Specs
Nokia 6670
Nokia 9300CompareNokia 9300 is the second device from the company using Series 80 interface. The business oriented phone supports large TFT display, EDGE/GRPS data, Bluetooth, Infrared port, MMC card slot, Java MIDP 2.0, HTML browser, music player and full QWERTY keyboard.+ View Specs
Nokia 9300
Sony Ericsson P910CompareSony Ericsson P910 is the update of famous P900. New features are 64mb memory, 262k colors and full QWERTY keyboard on the back of the flip. Other features are touch screen, built-in camera, Memory Stick Duo expansion card slot, Bluetooth, streaming video, speakerphone, handwriting recognition, voice dialing, J2ME support and HTML browsing. Several different modifications are available:
P910i - Triple Band 900/1800/1900 MHz
P910a -Triple Band 850/1800/1900 MHZ.for North and Latin America
P910c - Triple Band 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China+ View Specs
P910i - Triple Band 900/1800/1900 MHz
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Nokia 6630CompareThe Nokia 6630 imaging phone is the first Series 60 WCDMA/EDGE device from Nokia. In addition to MMS, e-mail, Bluetooth, WAP 2.0 (xHTML) browsing, and Java technology, the device features an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera with 6x zoom.+ View Specs
Nokia 6630
Nokia 6260Compare7.2 reviewNokia 6260 is folder style Series 60 phone. In addition to MMS, e-mail, instant messaging (IM), and Bluetooth, the device features Word and PowerPoint viewers and hot-swappable MMC.+ View Specs
7.2Nokia 6260
Nokia N-Gage QDCompareNokia N-Gage QD is the sucessor of the original N-Gage. It support multiplayer 3D games in N-Gage Arena and features RealOne, and QuickTime+ View Specs
Nokia N-Gage QD
Sendo XCompareVery feature rich global roaming GSM phone, running on Series 60 over Symbian, offering camera with flash and video, GPRS high speed data and HTML browsing, polyphonic ringtones, RealOne built-in media player, Java, Bluetooth and enhanced voice recognition.+ View Specs
Sendo X
Samsung SGH-D710CompareSamsung SGH-D710 is world GSM camera phone. It features 262k color display, built-in camera, GPRS data, polyphonic ringtones, streaming multimedia, WAP browser, J2ME, voice recording and voice dialing.+ View Specs
Samsung SGH-D710
Nokia 7610 / 7610BCompareNokia 7610 is sleek and compact global roaming GSM phone. It sports 65k color display, built-in 1M pixel camera, GPRS data, speakerphone, RS-MMC card slot, polyphonic ringing tones, Java MIDP 2.0, Internet browser and voice functions. It runs Series 60 over Symbian OS 7.0s.+ View Specs
Nokia 7610 / 7610B
Panasonic X700ComparePanasonic X700 is compact digital camera smartphone which runs Series 60 over Symbian OS. It features dual 65k color displays, VGA camera with flash, Bluetooth, GPRS, built-in handsfree, polyphonic rings, EMS, MMS, E-mail support, J2ME and WAP browser. Notable feature is the speaker independent voice recognition system.+ View Specs
Panasonic X700
Nokia 9500 CommunicatorCompareNokia 9500 the latest edition to the Communicator series. It features global roaming, Bluetooth, Java, WI-Fi, dual displays, MMS and web-browsing.+ View Specs
Nokia 9500 Communicator
Motorola A1000 CommunicatorCompareMotorola A1000 is the companiy's first UMTS (GSM) Smartphone and features touch screen, 1.2 mpix camera, Bluetooth, Java and runs on Symbian 7 OS.+ View Specs
Motorola A1000 Communicator
Nokia 6620CompareNokia 6620, the successor of 6600, is EDGE capable global roaming Smart GSM phone with Java support, Bluetooth, 65k color TFT display and VGA camera. It runs Series 60 platform over Symbian OS.+ View Specs
Nokia 6620
Nokia 7700CompareThis world enabled GSM device features color touch screen, built-in camera, GPRS and EDGE high-speed data, MMC card slot, streaming audio and video, MP3 player, MMS support, speakerphone, polyphonic ringing tones, SyncML, voice memo and Internet browser. Runs Nokia Series 90 over Symbian OS.+ View Specs
Nokia 7700
Nokia 3620CompareNokia 3620 features dual-band operating, Bluetooth, Java, wireless browsing, Symbian operating system, 65k colod display.+ View Specs
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OCZ Goes Bankrupt, SSD Assets are Targeted by Toshiba
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Five years without a profit, and messy financial fraud allegations spelled the enthusiast firm's demise
After years of
takeover rumors
, and five years of losing money on an annual basis, Friday marked the end of the road for flashy solid state drive (SSD) drive firm OCZ Technology Group Inc. (
). Friday was a "black Friday" for OCZ in particular, with stock trades halting after the drivemaker
that it would be filing for bankruptcy.
The beginning of the
had actual come earlier in the week with an announcement on Wednesday that Hercules Growth Capital Inc. (
) -- a lender to startups and troubled assets -- had been granted permission to take over OCZ accounts at the Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The takeover was authorized after OCZ defaulted on its loan obligations to Hercules. Without money to continue operations and unable to find an angel investor, OCZ had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.
I. The Glory Years
Founded in 2002 OCZ began as a memory firm catering primarily to the computer gaming enthusiast market. The company saw a large growth in sales in the latter half of last decade, as it
diversified into power supplies
solid state drives
and coolers
. It even toyed with
short-lived graphics card
gaming laptop projects
. At the same time OCZ's physical footprint grew to include satellite offices in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Israel, in addition to the company's central headquarters in San Jose, Calif. and a manufacturing and logistics office in Taiwan.
In 2006 OCZ went public and was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Then in 2009 it migrated to the U.S. stock exchange. It periodically
sold shares several more times
to raise additional capital to complete acquisitions and try to grow in the face of loses.
In 2011 after three years of losses, OCZ
decided to exit RAM business
, focusing its efforts exclusively on solid state drives. To its fans, the move seemed to produce positive results -- OCZ produced drives with front-of-the-pack performance, including pioneering the
emerging market for PCI express SSD products
at consumer level price points
with its RevoDrive
And in Q2 2012 OCZ appeared to post a profit. But that might have been but a mirage.
II. Shareholder Suits, NAND Shortages Sunk OCZ
A bizarre chain of events commenced in calendar Q3 2012 with Seagate Technology plc (
) reportedly abruptly pulling a potential bid for OCZ after examining its books. Earnings for the third calendar quarter were revised and OCZ announced it was also auditing its earnings all the way back to 2008 which might have had "errors".
CEO Ryan Petersen stepped down
and was briefly replaced by chief marketing officer Alex Mei, who was named interim CEO. In Oct. 2012 Ralph Schmitt was named CEO, and promised to steady the ship. Around this time OCZ was
smacked with a suit from shareholders
, who voiced outrage at the financial misrepresentations. After missing deadlines and risking delisting, OCZ filed its restated earnings for fiscal 2009-2012 (which included parts of calendar quarters in 2008-2012) this October.
But 2013 had damaged OCZ in another way. With mobile demand for NAND chips at all time highs, supply shortages began to occur, which led to OCZ's plan to try to return to profitability -- legitimately this time -- slipping away.
The bankruptcy did not come a surprise to analysts -- particularly after the Wednesday announcement. Longbow Research analyst Joseph Wittine
stated to
, "The filing is not surprising. We had estimated that OCZ had cash for a quarter or so and didn't see any natural buyers. (We) assumed in any asset sale or capital infusion ... shareholders would be substantially diluted at best and, very possibly, left with nothing."
A small ray of sunshine in OCZ's gloomy Friday was that the drivemaker announced that it had "substantially completed" a deal with Toshiba Corp. (
) to sell its solid state drive assets. Japan's Toshiba, a top NAND chipmaker, is looking to capitalize on the NAND shortage. It announced earlier this year that it would look to invest $200-300M USD on Flash memory production.
Toshiba has offered to buy up OCZ's SSD business, reportedly.
Toshiba appears keen to follow in the line of Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
) who cut out the middle man and increased its profitability by both manufacturing NAND and selling it consumers in end products, including an enthusiast-aimed SSD lineup. In many ways Samsung inherited the performance crown from OCZ this year with its 840 Series, which even OCZ executives praised, in our past discussions. Now perhaps Toshiba will inherit OCZ's legacy and look to challenge the South Korean chipmaker.
Whatever happens, OCZ will be remembered by enthusiasts for pushing the boundaries of performance and lowering costs.
"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
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