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Super 8 Melbourne places you within a leisurely stroll of Melbourne Yacht Club Marina and Melbourne Harbor Marina. This 56-room motel has free breakfast along with conveniences like free in-room WiFi and free self parking. Also near this Melbourne motel are Melbourne Square Mall and Liberty Bell Memorial Museum.
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I installed MS updates this AM and now my Spiceworks 6 gets to 96% and hangs. I've installed MS updates on my two remote collectors and Spiceworks 6 has restarted without issues. My primary refuses to start. I've killed it a couple of times and restarted, this time its been trying to start for 40 minutes with no luck. I've checked the logs and there is nothing new since I've tried restarting, just errors from when I killed it previously. The errors state that "Timeout wiating for Apache to start".
All my installs are on Server 2003R2 SP2.
After doing the upgrade to 6 yesterday I have noticed that it takes longer for Spiceworks to start, but I was able to install, start Spiceworks and then reboot each of the servers with no issues.
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Hi Jim,
Can you refresh your browser and see if SW is up? I'm wondering if you're seeing this issue: http:/
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Hi Jim,
Can you refresh your browser and see if SW is up? I'm wondering if you're seeing this issue: http:/
Jul 12, 2012 at 10:43 UTC
Start with making sure nothing like IIS is running on the system and using the sme port (80??) that Spiceworks is trying to use.
Jul 12, 2012 at 10:45 UTC
No IIS.. No luck with the browser. I'll try rebooting the box again and let you know the results shortly.
Jul 12, 2012 at 10:53 UTC
So a reboot of the system (that had just come out of a reboot) seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks for the link Brandon.

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Trying to get healthier? Want to get rid of the processed grains in your diet? Here is how to make hamburger buns with coconut flour!
- 6 Organic large eggs (organic and cage free is even better)
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This is my first post here after a lot of reading over the past few months, so thanks in advance for your patience. I am concerned with my 8 month old pup, Riddick. First let me say we are going to the vet tomorrow but wanted to get thoughts and opinions here as well. I am worried about his rear, specifically possible HD. I know there are a lot of posts on here with concerned parents asking similar questions and I have read quite a few, but wanted to give specific examples. Hes a big boy, 8 months and now approaching 90 lbs. like his Dad. He grew fast although he is on high end, all natural diet that is supposed to make him grow slower/longer, vs. the processed foods. In the last few days hes just acted like an older dog in the sense of not playing as hard as usual, a lot of resting and moving around like he is uncomfortable. Hes not eating a lot either, but otherwise seems to feel ok. He still grabs his ball and heads to the door but doesnt run as hard/fast to fetch it, and then promptly sits or lays down after only a few tosses. He shows none of the prominent signs of HD, no bunny hop, walks/trots normally in stride. He does however single track with his back legs, and sometimes even just standing looks a little wobbly because he rarely stands with a wide stance with his rear legs. He does have a loose look to his walk (rear hip sway). I allow him on the furniture and when he goes to get up on anything (like the ataman or couch) just walking he just hops up with the front then pauses before lifting one of his rear legs to push up and get his rear-end up. Sometimes its more of lifting with his front legs. Same with our high bed except being higher he hops up (laying on his chest/stomach) and I help him up. When playful and running, like chasing my daughter with one of his toys he can simply jump up and clear even the high bed. He does seem to hesitate at stairs, although he does climb them normally, one leg at a time. And now that I think back, even before training he never jumped up on anyone, even me coming home. Just circles me excited. We do play catch and Frisbee as well and he will jump to an extent to catch it, but not what you would expect from a large and powerful dog. More like mini hops at times if its over his head. I have felt around his hips/joints with no reaction except once a few days ago I lifted one of his legs slightly while he was laying on his side, and he whimpered a bit. Which I thought odd since he likes to sleep on his back and will let both legs fall out to the sides. Quite a while ago (a few months) he did slip while turning a corner and do a compete split and cried, but got right up and kept playing. He also seems to drag his rear a little when getting up, if hes sitting on his side (but he does push up with his legs as opposed to pulling/hopping up with his front) which I had always attributed to hardwood floors which he does slide on, but as I started watching more closely its in carpeted rooms as well, pretty much anywhere. From my understanding its odd for a pup to show signs of HD this early. His breeder says HD is not in his line, which is a German working line that I have verified. I have also looked into Pano, but it seems to move to different areas. Im hoping its just from quick growth with rear muscle mass needed to catch up with his size, or perhaps a temporary injury that Im not aware of but I seem to always expect the worst. I apologize for the long post, just wanted to put a few details that some of you can relate to and get your thoughts and opinions. I guess X-rays will tell for sure.
I'd do xrays for peace of mind, especially if you already have an appointment scheduled. HD can pop up at any age but can only be diagnosed via xray and if it's something else then at least you've ruled out a major contender
X-ray scheduled for tomorrow morning, hoping for the best. The vet really couldn't say for sure anything, but I guess tomorrow I will find out for sure. He's not feeling good today, just laying around...
As long as you are doing X-rays, ask for the hocks/stiffles to be done. Could be the ACL (knee) issue.
Not good news
Worse than I thought. X-ray shows he has no hip sockets...at all. Basically said there are no surgery options with him as far as THR because there is nothing to replace. Basically joint supplements, and pain management. Any advice or other options would be greatly appreciated. Honestly I'm just in shock right now. Eight months old with no hips to speak of, a few bone spurs already showing and signs of arthritis. Oddly enough after he got over the grogginess from the X-ray all he's wanted to do was play today...just heartbroken.
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I've tried contacting the breeder, no reply as of yet.
"His breeder says HD is not in his line, which is a German working line that I have verified."
How well does he know this "his" line .
want to post the pedigree?
So very sorry for the worst news possible.
Talk to vet about FHO surgery. This will at least stop bone on bone pain Once a false joint forms it's like back to normal.
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"We'd have less violence if more women were in charge" Says Dalai Lama
Tonight on Larry King's PoliticKING, the Dalai Lama tells Larry why he believes we'd have less violence if more women were in charge; he weighs in on Dylann Roof and how to end racism; he gives his views on ISIS and his opinion of current world leaders. Below are highlights from the interview.
The Dalai Lama tells Larry King he has tried to reach out and reason with ISIS
LARRY KING: What do you think of ISIS? Do you worry about ISIS–
THE DALAI LAMA: Very sad. Very sad. You see, the very factor which–inspiration to human being, these tradition– give us message of love, forgiveness, tolerance. That very factor now causing more division, more hatred. It's unthinkable. I think due to lack of close contact. And environment– you see, truth– I think for centuries some of these Muslim brothers and sisters living more or less isolated. Indian Muslims and– and also Indonesian Muslim, you see– through centuries, they live with different sort of religious traditions. So you see in their mind they take for granted there are different traditions. Whereas, you see, Muslim brother and sisters who are completely isolated. Then, you see, these difficulties come. So we have to extend our hand — should reach out. Reach out to them.
LARRY KING: To them?
THE DALAI LAMA: And cool down their sort of thinking —
LARRY KING: But they don't listen. They–
THE DALAI LAMA: But then, okay. But for our part, try. (LAUGH)
LARRY KING: You–
THE DALAI LAMA: Maybe unrealistic.
LARRY KING: Yeah, it sounds unrealistic. Look at what they do.
THE DALAI LAMA: Okay. I believe, you see, we should make attempt. Fail? Nothing lose.
The 14th Dalai Lama's opinion on world leaders
LARRY KING: I want your opinion of some leaders. What do you make of Assad, the president of Syria?
THE DALAI LAMA: I think in order to answer that I have to go to Syria and meet more people and analyze. Then I will give you answer.
LARRY KING: Netanyahu of Israel.
THE DALAI LAMA: I met few occasion. Quite tough. (LAUGH)
LARRY KING: Tough guy? Do you like him? You like everybody.
THE DALAI LAMA: But, again, you see, I think where some of his policies concerned, I have some reservation.
LARRY KING: The Chinese President Jinping.
THE DALAI LAMA: Xi Jinping. Basically as I mentioned earlier, some of his public expressions are something quite surprising. A communist leader, you see, saying some nice thing about Buddhism is something new.
LARRY KING: What do you think of Mr. Putin in Russia?
THE DALAI LAMA: Putin? Of course, I should sort of– I should respect him, because he is the president of a great nation. And I think third term or something like that, isn't it? He first president. Then become prime minister. Then again become–
LARRY KING: President–
THE DALAI LAMA: –president. Too long, I think. (LAUGHTER)
LARRY KING: And finally, what do you think of President Obama?
THE DALAI LAMA: Oh, nice.
LARRY KING: Have you met him?
THE DALAI LAMA: Oh Yes. Few occasions. Since first meeting, you see, I sorta jokingly express his sort of appearance. He looks like a monk. You see–very short hair. And his face also looks like, you see–
LARRY KING: Ears.
THE DALAI LAMA: Yes. As a distinguished monk like that. I love him.
Other highlights from the interview include:
- The Dalai Lama tells Larry King why he believes the world would be more peaceful with women in leadership roles around the globe: "According scientist– see, female– biologically more sensitivity about others' pain than men… I really feel the leadership of our planet, you see, more female takes responsibility, maybe less violence."
- The Dalai Lama tells Larry King religion is failing worldwide: "I think religion– all major religion including Buddhism– over 2,000 years I think–immense help to humanity. But not adequate. Particularly now today…Out of 7 billion, over 1 billion– non-believer. And then more important, among the believers– there are corrupted believer there. So this clearly shows religious teaching not adequate. So now we have to find another way to educate people the– important– importance of these inner value."
- The Dalai Lama tells Larry King Earth is not the only planet in space that has life: "Of course…Buddhist literature mentioned countless world…So then I think if we use our common sense, then [out of] countless galaxies…only this planet have…human being? I think difficult to say."
- The Dalai Lama on Dylann Roof and how teaching morality in schools would help end racism: "We need more effort to make awareness the value of compassion. Compassion…an essential concern of others' wellbeing and respect others' life…You see message not properly channelized…And I have strong sorta– view in education field from Kindergarten up to University level we should include some lesson about the inner value with more sorta awareness…Then the society who come through that kinda education would be more different. This present up to now, the existing modern education very much oriented about material value. Not much talking about inner value."
- The Dalai Lama explains why China posts warnings about celebrating his birthday (he just turned 80 last week): "Some of their officials– describe me as a demon. So they should– discourage–birthday of demon. (he laughs)"
- Why the Dalai Lama is optimistic about Tibetan autonomy: "Within People's Republic of China, we seek meaningful autonomy. That safeguard for preservation of Tibetan identity, Tibetan language, Tibetan rich cultural heritage like that…our struggle [is] a struggle between power of gun and power of truth. For short term, power of gun is more decisive, more effective. But long term, power of truth is much stronger."
- Dalai Lama on Pope Francis: "Nice. Very nice. I think very practical."
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The company arrived in Santa Rosa in 1972 — soon to set up shop on 200 acres in Fountaingrove — and put its pioneering high-tech stamp on a largely agricultural community of about 50,000 residents.
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That change appeared seamless on Friday as the company celebrated its 40 years in Santa Rosa, with nearly 2,000 employees crowding the Fountaingrove plant's cafeteria through the morning.
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"It's been a wonderful gift that Agilent has stayed in this area and that we've been able to raise our kids here," said DePond, who met his future wife on his first day at work and is now vice president and general manager of mobile broadband operations.
DePond was one of many longterm employees reminiscing Friday. But there were fresh hires, too.
"It's awesome,' said Erik Matisek of Santa Rosa who joined the company as an environmental, health and safety associate in November, working to ensure employees' needs in those areas are met.
"I grew up in Santa Rosa and I didn't know a whole lot about Agilent. It was the big business on the hill, but it was almost a mystery," said Matisek, whose boss recruited him from Oliver's Markets, where he was a checker through high school and during college summers.
Now, he said, "I've seen such opportunity here; there's so many branches you can take."
The company has undergone significant changes since becoming Agilent. A massive reorganization in the first half of the last decade, including shifting hundreds of jobs overseas, has reduced its dominance as an employer.
In 2000, it had about 4,000 employees. Today it has 1,200 permanent employees and a smaller number of temporary workers, and is the county's fourth-largest private employer.
"That was a painful time, but also an important time because we restructured the company into what we are today, which enabled us to exist and to grow," said Agilent spokesman Jeff Weber, who took photographs Friday as employees mingled.
The company remains a key player in both the region's economy and, with its reputation for charitable work, as a community presence.
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"There's kind of a fly-by-night atmosphere to a lot of places, but Agilent is going to be here for a lot of years to come," said Kendra Hutchins.
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Sampling bias and the use of ecological niche modeling in conservation planning: a field evaluation in a biodiversity hotspot
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Ecological niche modeling (ENM) has become an important tool in conservation biology. Despite its recent success, several basic issues related to algorithm performance are still being debated. We assess the ability of two of the most popular algorithms, GARP and Maxent, to predict distributions when sampling is geographically biased. We use an extensive data set collected in the Brazilian Cerrado, a biodiversity hotspot in South America. We found that both algorithms give richness predictions that are very similar to other traditionally used richness estimators. Also, both algorithms correctly predicted the presence of most species collected during fieldwork, and failed to predict species collected only in very few cases (usually species with very few known localities, i.e., <5). We also found that Maxent tends to be more sensitive to sampling bias than GARP. However, Maxent performs better when sampling is poor (e.g., low number of data points). Our results indicates that ENM, even when provided with limited and geographically biased localities, is a very useful technique to estimate richness and composition of unsampled areas. We conclude that data generated by ENM maximize the utility of existing biodiversity data, providing a very useful first evaluation. However, for reliable conservation decisions ENM data must be followed by well-designed field inventories, especially for the detection of restricted range, rare species.


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So what we learned from that is, if West Indies leave out Gayle and Badree, and then allow England to get away to a brilliant start, then England can just about beat them. This is very vaguely encouraging. England's first match of the World Twenty20 is just nine days away, so we'll soon see precisely how much their morale has been boosted by this narrow victory. Thanks for your company, and sorry for some erratic score-updating in those hectic final moments. Until next time, bye!
West Indies win the series 2-1
That was a thrilling conclusion to a sometimes infuriating series. I literally cannot believe that, with West Indies needing seven from the last ball, Dernbach bowled back-to-back wides, but he got away with it. "We had a pretty clear plan," says Dernbach of the final over. Hmm. As for those wides: "It's just one of those things that happens. The body tenses up." Actually, it was two of those things that happen.
20 overs: West Indies 160-7 (Sammy 15, Narine 0) – Target 166
Unbelievable bowling! Dernbach bowls another wide, but Sammy chases the ball and hits it! England win by five runs!
It's a wide! 19.5 overs: West Indies 160-7 (Sammy 15, Narine 0) – Target 166
Unbelievable! Anything else and England had won! Now, well, West Indies still need six …
19.5 overs: West Indies 159-7 (Sammy 15, Narine 0) – Target 166
Dernbach's penultimate delivery is wide-ish, slowish and totally missed by Sammy! West Indies need seven from one!
19.4 overs: West Indies 159-7 (Sammy 15, Narine 0) – Target 166
Sammy thumps the fourth ball of the over beyond midwicket for six! They need seven from two!
WICKET! Simmons run out (Ali) 69 (West Indies 152-7)
The ball is pitched short, hits Sammy in the shoulder. The batsmen run, the fielder shies at the stumps and misses! The batsmen run again, Ali returns the ball to the bowler's end, and Simmons has gone!
19.2 overs: West Indies 152-6 (Simmons 69, Sammy 8) – Target 166
This is drama! Dernbach's first ball goes for one, and the next for two. West Indies need 14 from four. England convene a little conference…
19th over: West Indies 149-6 (Simmons 66, Sammy 8) – Target 166
The over starts with a decent yorker, and then another pitched slightly fuller, becoming a low full toss. Both go for singles. The third is on the money again, but the ball flicks Ramdin's edge and runs away for four, but he's out next ball. Sammy slashes his first delivery just wide of third man for another four and, after a bouncer is given wide, pulls for another! That's 15 off the over, and they need 17 off the last!
WICKET! Ramdin b Jordan 33 (West Indies 140-6)
Jordan bowls straight, Ramdin heaves across the line and misses, and the bowler runs off, arms outstretched, in full aeroplane mode. He can touch that man-of-the-match award now!
18th over: West Indies 134-5 (Simmons 65, Ramdin 28) – Target 166
Bopara's final over, and it's a good 'un. Ramdin thwacks the ball just past Morgan's despairing dive on the midwicket boundary for four, but outwith that one, there are just four runs scored. West Indies require 32 at 16 runs an over. Jordan to bowl the 19th.
17th over: West Indies 126-5 (Simmons 64, Ramdin 22) – Target 166
Dernbach's first ball is cut away emphatically for four by Simmons, so he responds with a dose of the trademark variation that we all know and love, and the slow ball bounces through to Buttler. Then another cut shot flies straight to Tredwell at backward point – anywhere more than two feet from the fielder and it was a four. There are three singles, but also a six hammered over midwicket. West Indies require 40 runs at 13.3333r an over.
16th over: West Indies 113-5 (Simmons 53, Ramdin 21) – Target 166
Jordan returns, in the certain knowledge that two good overs will seal his man-of-the-match award. And the over is, well, at best kind of OKish. A slower ball bounces perfectly into the hitting zone, and Ramdin has the patience to wait for it to get there before hitting it over midwicket for four. Then Simmons runs across the wicket to flick the ball back whence he came for another. In all, 14 runs are scored. West Indies require 53 at 13.25 an over.
15th over: West Indies 99-5 (Simmons 45, Ramdin 16) – Target 166
Morgan watches Bopara's second over go for 17 runs, scratches his chin, and tells him to keep going. Good job too – Ramdin's radar goes on the blink, the ball repeatedly evades his swooshing blade, and just three runs are scored. West Indies need 67 balls from five overs at 13.4 runs per over.
14th over: West Indies 96-5 (Simmons 43, Ramdin 15)
Parry bowls, and Ramdin skips down the wicket, works himself some space and boshes the ball over cover for four. Four singles follow. Eight off the over, which is precisely the average score off each of his four overs.
13th over: West Indies 88-5 (Simmons 41, Ramdin 9)
I like the way Sky's commentators work a mention of the hotel they're staying in into every match. (When I say "like" what I really mean is "notice") Nick Knight is responsible this time. "Shameless," chortles someone in the background. In case you're wondering, they're staying here. Meanwhile, Bopara gets the treatment, Ramdin pulling over midwicket for six, and Simmons coming up with back-to-back fours.
12th over: West Indies 71-5 (Simmons 32, Ramdin 1)
Another quiet over from Tredwell, two singles and a miscued sweep from Simmons that flies over fine leg and lands safely. "Re your comment on the eighth over, I am afraid that an increase from two to five runs is a 150% increase, not 250% as you state," writes Robert Darby. "If it is any consolation, it is a common mistake." It is scant consolation, but thanks all the same.
11th over: West Indies 67-5 (Simmons 28, Ramdin 0)
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five West Indies wickets have been taken with either a bowler's first or second ball of the day. Fact!
WICKET! Russell c Morgan b Bopara 0 (West Indies 67-5)
Russell gets a leading edge to extra cover, where Morgan takes a straightforward catch, and West Indies are in trouble again.
WICKET! Bravo c Jordan b Bopara 16 (West Indies 66-4)
That's a super bit of catchmanship! Bravo pulls the ball and Jordan runs round from deep midwicket to take the ball at knee height, tumbling to his right.
10th over: West Indies 66-3 (Simmons 28, Bravo 16)
Contrasting boundaries here, with Bravo thumping the ball through midwicket and Simmons, sweeping, getting the very slightest contact to send the ball bobbling past Buttler, and this ship is being steadied.
9th over: West Indies 57-3 (Simmons 24, Bravo 11)
Parry bowls, and Simmons dances down the pitch and heaves his bat in a long-onwards direction. But he makes absolutely no ball-based contact, and is lucky it catches his toe and rolls to safety. Unperturbed, Simmons works the very next ball past point for four.
8th over: West Indies 49-3 (Simmons 18, Bravo 11)
Another decent over from Tredwell, whose first went for a diminutive two, but there's a 250% run-scoring increase from this one.
7th over: West Indies 44-3 (Simmons 17, Bravo 7)
Parry bowls, perfectly well really, and Simmons gets on one knee to hoist the ball over midwicket for six. Three singles follow.
6th over: West Indies 35-3 (Simmons 9, Bravo 6)
Tredwell joins the party, and West Indies thump two singles off his debut over.
5th over: West Indies 33-3 (Simmons 8, Bravo 5)
Jordan comes back after a bit of an end-shift. Bravo defends his first two deliveries and then thunks one past long on for four.
WICKET! Samuels b Jordan 15 (West Indies 28-3)
That's just a poor shot, Samuels trying to cut away a ball angled into his hip but, with no space to work with, getting all bunched up and diverting the ball into the top of the stumps.
4th over: West Indies 27-2 (Samuels 15, Simmons 8)
Parry slows things down a bit. A little bit. Two singles and two dots are followed by a weak, short delivery that Simmons pushes through the covers for four.
3rd over: West Indies 20-2 (Samuels 14, Simmons 2)
Bang! Dernbach's first ball is thudded over long on for four. Whack! The second is powerdriven through the covers for another. That second shot was particularly vicious. Then, a couple of dot balls later, comes a classy, delicate tickle that sends the ball where slip had recently been but no longer was for another. After all that, Samuels could very easily have fallen before the over was out, but his mistimed scoop falls just too far from a sprinting mid-off.
2nd over: West Indies 6-2 (Samuels 0, Simmons 2)
Both sides start with two quick(ishe)s, Chris Jordan the other. His first ball is angled across Charles, who nudges it off his pads for a straightforward four, which was as good as it got for him. After the wicket, Jordan gets one to clip Simmons' pads, just missing the edge of the bat, on its way to slip, then hits the meat of the pads a bit high, then tempts Simmons to a wild slash that sees the ball bottom-edged just past the stumps.
WICKET! Charles c & b Jordan 4 (West Indies 4-2)
Charles tries to work the ball to midwicket and gets a leading edge, the ball flying up in the air and back down, a short while later, to Jordan, halfway down the pitch.
1st over: West Indies 0-1 (Samuels 0, Charles 0)
Dernbach, the Michelle Larcher De Brito of cricket, grunts his way through a wicket maiden, and England have started both innings well.
WICKET! Smith b Dernbach 0 (West Indies 0-1)
The first ball of West Indies' innings is edged into the stumps by Smith!
Innings break
We'll have a quarter-hour at our leisure. I'm off for a little stroll.
20th over: England 165-6 (Bopara 6, Jordan 27)
Hello Mr Six, where have you been hiding? England's five-over boundary-drought ends with Jordan hitting Bravo's second delivery over extra cover for a maximum, and enjoying it so much he does much the same to delivery No3. The bowler has a good chat with his captain about what to do next, bangs one in short and Jordan pulls that for six more, and then following a predictable swing-and-a-miss, hoiks the last back over extra cover for yet another. Bopara and Jordan both faced nine balls; Bopara scored six, and Jordan 27.
19th over: England 139-6 (Bopara 6, Jordan 1)
The penultimate over of England's innings commences with a wicket and two dots, followed by a single and another two dots. Good bowling – and pretty tasty fielding – from Santokie. "I seem to have noticed a few Saltires on the telly among the England flags," writes Simon McMahon. "One even seems to have what looks like the badge of Dundee's second team, perennial under achievers Dundee FC, in the middle of it. Anyone confirm this, or am I seeing things?" Whatever could draw the fan of a team of perennial underachievers to this England side?
WICKET! Ali run out (Santokie) 3 (England 138-6)
Ali prods the ball nowhere in particular, sets off down the pitch, is told to sod off back where he came from and, with the bowler collecting the ball and throwing it stumpswards, doesn't make it.
18th over: England 138-5 (Bopara 6, Ali 3)
West Indies, feeling a bit for England after this mid-innings slump, give them a few runs, Narine bowling a wide that Ramdin misses and thence rolls away to the boundary for five.
17th over: England 130-5 (Bopara 5, Ali 1)
Well this has been quite a turnaround. Some very good bowling going on.
WICKET! Stokes b Santokie 0 (England 129-5)
That's super bowling, slower and cutting back off the seam to evade Stokes' bat and topple his middle stump. That was Stokes' first ball, and a very nasty one it was too.
WICKET! Buttler c Sammy b Santokie 3 (England 128-4)
With the wind a-blowing, Buttler hits the ball so high he's nearly safe. Sammy sets himself but the ball isn't playing fair, and suddenly drops to earth two feet behind his head. Still, he reacts and holds it.
16th over: England 123-3 (Buttler 3, Bopara 1)
Narine returns, and Morgan bangs the first ball over cover, where it stops, thinks about its future, and then trundles leisurely to the rope. The next five deliveries feature two singles and a wicket, and England have scored 11 runs in their last four overs.
WICKET! Morgan c Smith b Narine 18 (England 123-3)
Morgan pulls Narine in the air to midwicket, and another all-too-brief innings is over.
15th over: England 119-2 (Morgan 14, Buttler 2)
England's mid-innings funk continues, with Bravo varying his pace well and the batsmen not entirely sure what to do about it, and occasionally poking the ball not very far for a single.
14th over: England 116-2 (Morgan 12, Buttler 1)
Samuels takes the pace off the ball and indeed the innings, with four runs coming from the over. England were friskily eyeing up 200 about 10 minutes ago, but that looks unlikely now.
13th over: England 112-2 (Morgan 9, Buttler 0)
Cottrell completes his four-over allocation, and he deserves a special badge for most improved player. The first ball is a spot-on yorker that Hales digs out – he even gets a single – to fully expunge memories of that horrible start. Sure, Morgan slams delivery No4 for six, but it's just a splendid shot, hit low and hard over long off, and there's that wicket still to come.
WICKET! Hales c Simmons b Cottrell 38 (England 112-2)
Hales (mis)hits out, the looping off his bat and into the hands of Simmons at long on.
12th over: England 102-1 (Hales 36, Morgan 1)
Marlon Samuels becomes bowler No7, and England scratch their way to four singles.
11th over: England 99-1 (Hales 34, Morgan 0)
Cottrell's hideous first over is all but forgotten now, after his third went for two and brought a wicket. Morgan comes in at No3. "Regarding the team selection, I reckon it's time the term 'diplomatic injury' was recognised," writes John Starbuck. "Think about it and you'll see it can be applied in many situations, but cricket got there first!" I imagine the truly creative physio can even convince the athlete involved that he's injured.
WICKET! Lumb c Bravo b Cottrell 63 (England 98-1)
Lumb's excellent innings ends with him sending the ball steepling into the sky, eventually coming down about 10 yards away from the bat, where Bravo has won the battle to stand beneath it.
10th over: England 96-0 (Lumb 62, Hales 32)
After successive boundariless overs, Lumb slashes the first ball of this one through point for four. He rather scoops up the second, but Charles – sprinting in from the rope, and diving enthusiastically – doesn't get particularly close to catching it. Hales later hooks one into the wind but safely to the square leg boundary.
9th over: England 85-0 (Lumb 55, Hales 28)
Cottrell, he of the 17-run second over, gets a second over. It has some similarities to the first, most notably in featuring an ostentatious wide – this one flying high above the batsman, rather than way to the side – but not many. No boundaries of any description, for a start, and fully 10 fewer runs.
8th over: England 78-0 (Lumb 51, Hales 26)
Sammy becomes bowler No6, and gets a chance to send Lumb on his way. A ruddy hard chance, to be fair – the ball was fair blasted down the ground, Sammy flung out a hand, and though ball did hit palm it never looked remotely inclined to stick around. No boundaries, not one.
7th over: England 75-0 (Lumb 50, Hales 24)
Andre Russell becomes the fifth bowler to be used in the first seven overs, and by way of a welcome Hales leans back and heaves the ball over midwicket and clean out the ground. A little later, Lumb pushes the ball in a similar direction, if rather more terestrially, to reach his half-century, off 27 balls.
6th over: England 64-0 (Lumb 47, Hales 16)
That's a better over, just two singles off it, at least until Lumb pulls the final ball through midwicket for four.
5th over: England 58-0 (Lumb 42, Hales 15)
Bravo bowls, and Hales cuts through third man for four, and pushes through midwicket for two. So, does anyone reading this play cricket? This just in from Sara Torvalds – if anyone's keen @SaraxCricket on Twitter or email me and I'll forward it on.
I talked to the President of the Finnish Cricket Association today, and the dates for the OBOccasionals Tour to Finland have been confirmed: the motley crew known as the OBOccasionals will be playing Ekenäs CC and/or a Sara Torvalds Invitational XI on Saturday, 2nd August, and Sunday, 3rd August, at no lesser venue than Kerava National Cricket Ground, Finland. Who's in?
4th over: England 52-0 (Lumb 42, Hales 9)
After his expensive first over Cottrell is swiftly hooked, and Narine replaces him. Lumb takes two balls to size him up, and then mishits the ball slightly for four, slogs over point for six and then pulls for four. Still, Lumb ends the over hanging his head, having totally missed a further opportunity to wheel out his slog sweep.
3rd over: England 38-0 (Lumb 28, Hales 9)
England are attacking Santokie, tiptoeing down the pitch to do so, as pretty much every commentator was saying they should. Ramdin is forced to come up to the stumps, just to discourage them. The first two balls go for four, and after the third Santokie is officially warned for running on the pitch. The fifth, a slower delivery, is pummelled down the ground for six, and England in three overs have scored more runs than they did in their first six of the two previous games in this series.
2nd over: England 22-0 (Lumb 21, Hales 0)
Sheldon Cottrell starts us off from the other end, and it's an all-action over – his first ball is wide and short and slashed over slip for four, landing six inches from the rope. There's also a pretty handsome wide, a pretty tasty off-drive and two further boundaries. "Why, pray tell, is the Shermanator not playing?" wonders Oliver Smiddy. "Is the idea to make sure our No3 in the T20 World Cup is as undercooked as possible?" Not quite match-ready, apparently.
1st over: England 5-0 (Lumb 5, Hales 0)
An awkward start to the innings, featuring as it does a couple of picked-out fielders and an outside edge that didn't quite carry to slip before Lumb finally gets the scoring started, advancing a step or two and pushing through midwicket for four.
"Did you see Ashley Giles' response to the question whether England missed KP?" asks Alfred Moore. Some further details here. "He said that the critics are missing the point, and that cricket games are won in the dressing room. In fact, England have been winning in the dressing room since KP was expelled. They're two nil up in this series, in the dressing room. Two nil down in the field, of course, but that's not where the greatness of this team lies." Winning in the field is good. Winning in the dressing-room is not as good as winning in the field, but is surely better than not winning anywhere at all …
Anyway, the players are out. Krishmar Santokie is clutching the ball. We have a game of cricket on our hands.
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So, Bridgetown looks nice …
Here's a smorgasbord of team news-related tweets for you.
England win the toss and bat
"We need a win," says Eoin Morgan. Tim Bresnan is resting and Chris Jordan replaces him, while Ben Stokes replaces Luke Wright who has a minor injury. Three changes for the West Indies, with Gayle, Rampaul and Badree all out and, um, three people whose names I'll have in a moment in.
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I'd love to have written an incredibly perspicacious preamble to fill this space, but sadly the person who normally sets up these live blogs and feeds them to me like a zookeeper handing a gibbon a tray of mushed up fruit forgot that there was a game of cricket on, and as a result I've had to set it up myself, and these things can take longer than you think, and then I had to look up "perspicacious" in a dictionary just to make sure it means what I think it means. It does, which is propitious. So, while I head back to The Guardian's dictionary corner, here's a song that sounds nice when the sun shines. I'll be back with the toss and the teams.
If you want more reading, Mike Selvey's article about the big, dark and slippery Twenty20-shaped hole that England currently find themselves in is here. And his report on the second T20 is here.


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Its message is that when the world changes, you have to conquer your fear, embrace change, enjoy change and prepare for yet more change. The world being a place of limitless abundance, your reward will be more new cheese than you could ever have imagined.
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Stories are, and always have been, powerful ways of communicating complex ideas. Indeed, there are whole branches of serious therapy - bibliotherapy and narrative therapy - that use stories as starting points for analysis. But the two key questions with this, as with all self-help books, say psychologists, are what is the message and where is the help? While it's true that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel-load of syrup is liable to make you nauseous.
"I am concerned that this might be one of those shallow solutions sugar-coated as entertainment that can actually be counter-productive," says Mike Bagshaw, psychologist at Trans4mation, an English company specialising in change in the work place.
The danger with self-help books is that they may be seen as a substitute for a deeper level of inquiry, continues Bagshaw. "They can give the illusion that you or the organisation are managing change when, in fact, you aren't, because they don't help you to understand the forces that are holding you back."
The key is not to treat such books as gospel, but as stimuli. While styles of learning differ - some people can learn from the page and some by doing - most of us need the sounding board of other people to progress.
"Self-help books can help you identify the gap between where you are and where you want to be. But you can't change by thought alone. You need some way of making change a reality," says Judith Cowan, an adviser to the Institute of Personnel Development in London. "For that you need support."
So, as long as you see books like WMMC as a starting point rather than an end in themselves, you, too, can find your place on the cheese counter of life.
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Condo is in Canmore ( appx15 mins drive to Banff town) a few steps from 2 major grocers, wine stores, antique shops...2 bdrms, 2 baths (master with tub & shower, guest bath with tub). You'd wish you stay longer and will come back! 2 bdrms, each with a queen bed, 1 sofa bed (in living room) , accom'd 4 adults and 2 children maximum; balcony w/ BBQ, 1 fireplace, gym and hot tub...all utensils, dishwasher, washer/dryer... 1 pkg underground. Contact for more info!
Banff & Canmore: Banff is possibly #1 attraction in Canada. It is appx 1 hour drive west of Calgary and a few mins drive from our condo. For International visitors you fly to Calgary airport, pick up your car rental and drive west on Highway 1 (Trans Canada Highway). The mountains will greet you and Lakes, panoramic horizon will await you. Canmore is appx 10 mins to the gate of Banff, it is a lovely, lovely town on its own, surrounded by mountains and every road, every trail is full of beautiful sights! At dawn or dust you will spot animals, Bighorns, Elk, rabbits, deer...if you are lucky, foxes, hawks and even a bear near Lake Louise...(I spotted a grizzly & black bear several yrs in a row) ! Beautiful Golf courses & Nordic skiing centre nearby. See link for info: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/banff/index.aspx Observe local laws (do not feed the animals!) and enjoy your time there. Thank you for reviewing my webpage!
Beautiful sights to visit: Banff Springs Hotel, Sulfure hot springs, Sunshine ski, Nordic ski (former Olympic ski ground), famous lakes (Lake Louise, Moraine, Minnewanka, Johnston Falls, etc, etc..) Drive to British Columbia to see other lakes such as Lk Emerald...First week of July Calgary has the annual Stampede, join in the celebration!
I'm a proud owner of this condo, we bought it to spend a few months a year in our retirement. Over the years, we've made many improvements, from the basic builder's lightings to the appliances.
It is in the best region of all Canada! with four seasons activities and all the conveniences yet remaining a hidden gem, away from the busy, noisy Banff but next to the National Parks! We can go north to Jasper, west to British Columbia (Vancouver), east to Calgary and the 'downtown' shopping or south to explore dinosaur fossils!
Rustic style with peaceful ranges of mountains all around us! nearby paradise of lakes, pines, canyons, waterfalls! wildlife in abundance and yet, we're right at home with our fireplace and hot tub too! steps away from the main shopping area and Main St of Canmore. Pleasant walk to the Bow River, great relaxing stroll in the afternoon and Thurs Farmer Market!
This is a very well equipped, comfortable apartment in a beautiful town. Clean and spacious, there are two good double bedrooms with lots of storage space. There are wonderful views of the surrounding mountains from all the rooms. The kitchen was well equipped and had everything needed for self catering. There is a comfortable TV/ dining area and a separate laundry. A designated underground parking space made life easy. Although we didn't have time to make use of it, there is an attractive hot tub in the building.
We loved the area - surrounded from every angle by beautiful mountains with walking and cycling trails to enjoy them. A 20 -minute drive from Banff but so much nicer. Canmore feels like a real town - no endless tourist shops. We were very grateful that we had been unable to find accommodation there! The town has lots of interesting cafes and restaurants. Food shopping was easy too - a 3-minute walk to Safeway. Lake Louise is a 50-minute drive and Calgary 90 minutes.
Canmore is a great base for exploring this part of the Rockies. It is a gem of a town and offers much itself - one of our highlights was hiring bikes from Rebound and cycling the river trail to Three Sisters village, stopping for a welcome snack at the bistro. I also had two good massage treatments at Mindful Massage Therapy in 10th Street.
Grace was very friendly, quick to respond to all communications and was very helpful throughout. We also enjoyed her art work which sets off the apartment. We loved the area and the apartment and will definitely be back!
I would highly recommend this great condo as a place to take your vacation near Banff National Park. We had a great 5 nights at Graces Place and superb days exploring the amazing scenery in the area. We even saw a bear on our first trip! The condo is clean, comfortable and we immediately felt at home. The location is perfect with shops and restaurants all within walking distance and just a few minutes drive from the entrance to Banff. Grace was very helpful in the preparations with some great tips on places to visit, directions and instructions were clear and precise, and she always responded to any questions quickly and with a great personal touch. Thanks Grace!
The review by Mike and Bernie C. from Saskatoon, Sask. February 2016 is an excellent summary of Gracie's place and its location.
We stayed at Grace's Place, from Feb. 12th to the 16th/16 and had an awesome family ski vacation there! The location couldn't be better, with grocery, liquor and sporting goods stores for ski/board waxing and also a Tim Horton's, all within a few minutes walk. Underground parking, ski storage lockers. exercise rooms and 3 different hot tubs to choose from at the end of each days skiing. The suite was spacious, very clean and well-maintained. We had a well-equipped, full kitchen, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms and bbq on a private deck, with a very nice view of the mountains. The price was quite affordable while still offering all the comforts of our own home. Grace was an excellent host and did everything she could possibly do to make our family vacation a memorable and comfortable one. We will most definitely return and will recommend her place to our family and friends. Thank you Grace for everything!
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Canmore is a breathtaking place and Grace's condo was worthy of its surroundings. Located close to downtown, yet extremely quiet, it provides easy access to food stores, restaurants, roads to Banff and the many other extraordinary locations in this part of the Canadian Rockies. The condo is wonderfully decorated/ furnished, very secure, and parking under the unit makes access simple. Working with Grace was a pleasure! She is helpful, flexible, and low key and she genuinely wants her tenants to have a good time. Prior to our stay, we had never met or talked and, in a short time, our conversations resembled those that occur between friends. We appreciated that very much and it gave us a lot of faith that we had made the right choice. We would recommend this region and Grace's condo to any of our friends and relatives, and we will be back.
Great location, cozy and clean! Grace was an excellent host.
In the heart of Canmore, a quaint, beautiful and friendly town surrounding by panoramic ranges of the Canadian Rockies, 2 mins walk from Main Street, 10 mins drive to Banff National Parks where nature embraces you! 4 season playground for all nature enthusiasts! We have great restaurants, nice art galleries, farmer markets on Thursday and year round fun for all! bring your snowshoes, skis, skates for the winter, canoe, bikes, good trekking shoes for the summer! picnic along the shore of any lakes, trails, meadows..Condo is a few steps from 2 major grocers, wine stores, antique shops...you'd wish you stay longer and will come back! 2 bdrms with queen beds, 1 sofa bed, accom'd 6, balcony w/ BBQ, 1 fireplace, gym and hot tub...all utensils, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer... 1 pkg underground. Contact for more info!
Other Activities: canoeing, whitewater rafting..
Golf: Yes, there are golf courses all around & Banff Springs Hotel in Banff...
Ski: Definitely! Nordic Centre (right in Canmore), famous Sunshine Village, Banff skiing, Lake Louise...etc..
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The team of researchers at Saarland University, led by Professor of Condensed Matter Physics Karin Jacobs, initially had something quite different in mind. Originally, the team set out to research and describe the characteristics of hydrophobins – a group of naturally occurring proteins. 'We noticed that the hydrophobins form colonies when they are placed in water. They immediately arrange themselves into tightly packed structures at the interface between water and glass or between water and air,' explains Karin Jacobs. 'There must therefore be an attractive force acting between the individual hydrophobin molecules, otherwise they would not organize themselves into colonies.' But Professor Jacobs, research scientist Dr Hendrik Hähl and their team did not know how strong this force was.
This is where the neighbouring research group led by Professor Ralf Seemann got involved. One of Seemann's research teams, which is headed by Dr Jean-Baptiste Fleury, studies processes that occur at the interfaces between two liquids. The research team set up a minute experimental arrangement with four tiny intersecting flow channels, like a crossroads, and allowed a stream of oil to flow continuously from one side of the crossing to the other. From the other two side channels they injected 'fingers' of water which protruded into the crossing zone. As the hydrophobins tended to gather at the interface of the carrier medium, they were in this case arranged at the water-oil interface at the front of the fingers. The physicists then 'pushed' the two fingers closer and closer together in order to see when the attractive force took effect. 'At some point the two aqueous fingers suddenly coalesced to form a single stable interface consisting of two layers,' says Ralph Seemann. 'The weird thing is that it also functions the other way around, that is, when we use oil fingers to interrupt a continuous flow of water,' he explains. This finding is quite new, as up until now other molecules have only exhibited this sort of behaviour in the one or the other scenario. Normally proteins will orient themselves so that either their hydrophilic ('water loving') sides are in contact with the aqueous medium, or their hydrophobic ('water fearing') side is in contact with an oily medium. That a type of molecule can form stable bilayers in both environments is something wholly new.
Encouraged by these findings, the researchers decided to undertake a third phase of experiments to find out whether the stable bilayer could be reconfigured to form a small membrane-bound transport sac – a vesicle. They attempted to inflate the stable membrane bilayer in a manner similar to creating a soap bubble, but using water rather than air. The experiment worked. The cell-like sphere with the outer bilayer of natural proteins was stable. 'That's something no one else has achieved,' says Jean-Baptiste Fleury, who carried out the successful experiments. Up until now it had only been possible to create monolayer membranes or vesicles from specially synthesized macromolecules. Vesicles made from a bilayer of naturally occurring proteins that can also be tailored for use in an aqueous or an oil-based environment are something quite new.
In subsequent work, the research scientists have also demonstrated that ion channels can be incorporated into these vesicles, allowing charged particles (ions) to be transported through the bilayer of hydrophobins in a manner identical to the way ions pass through the lipid bilayers of natural cells.
As a result, the physicists now have a basis for further research work, such as examining the means of achieving more precisely targeted drug delivery. In one potential scenario, the vesicles could be used to transport water-soluble molecules through an aqueous milieu or fat-soluble molecules through an oily environment. Dr Hendrik Hähl describes the method as follows: 'Essentially we are throwing a vesicle "cape" over the drug molecule. And because the "cape" is composed of naturally occurring molecules, vesicles such as these have the potential to be used in the human body.'
The results of this research work were a surprise. Originally, the goal was simply to measure the energy associated with the agglomeration of the hydrophobin molecules when they form colonies. But the discovery that hydrophobin bilayers could be formed in both orientations, opened the door to experiments designed to see whether vesicles could be formed. That one thing would lead to another in this way, offers an excellent example of the benefits of this type of basic, curiosity-driven research. 'The "discovery" of these vesicles is archetypal of this kind of fundamental research. Or to put it another way, if someone had said to us at the beginning: "Create these structures from a natural bilayer," we very probably wouldn't have succeeded,' says Professor Karin Jacobs in summary.
Saarland University (German: Universität des Saarlandes) is a modern research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg.
It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in eight faculties that cover all major fields of science. The university is particularly well known for research and education in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics and Materials Science. , consistently ranked among the top in the country in those fields. In 2007, the University was recognized as an excellence center for Computer Science in Germany.
Thanks to bilingual German and French staff, the University has an international profile, which has been underlined by its proclamation as "European University" in 1950 and by establishment of Europa-Institut as its "crown and symbol" in 1951.
Nine academics have been honored with the highest German research prize, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, while working at Saarland University.
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Music Track Title: Phoenix Logo
Catalog ID: 459494 ISRC: US5UL1053478
Description: Full Symphony orchestra. Do you need logo for you movie company big like Warner 20th century Dreamworks, now you have it. Absolutely beautiful and big you cannot tell the difference between real orchestra and this orchestra simulation. Appropriate for, Film Logos, Film Corporations, Film Companies,
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Corporate/Radio-Multimedia-Production-Elements/Phoenix-Logo/459494
Artist or Group: Stoyan Ganev
Keywords: Logo Dreamworks 20th Century Fox TV Company Film Production Indent Corporations Fox Warner Bros Broadway & Theatre Video Games Hollywood March TV
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Duration: 0:16 Tempo: Very Fast BPM: 174
Arrangement: Orchestra, Full
Instruments: Horn, Horns, Percussion, Strings, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Brass section, Chanting, Woodwinds, Piccolo
Vocal Mix: Instrumental
Moods: Atmospheric, Building, Calm, Climactic, Delicate, Dramatic, Dreamy, Flowing, Glorious, Graceful, Mournful, Moving, Mystical, Soft, Sophisticated, Sweeping, Sweet, Tender, Vibrant, Warm
Styles: Broadway & Theatre, Choral / Choir, Corporate, Documentary, Entertainment, Hollywood, Movie Trailer, Radio Production, Red Carpet, TV Instrumental
Extended Keywords: Full Symphony orchestra Great logo for Warner 20th century Dreamworks movie. Absolutely beautiful, elegant, vibrant Hollywood opening, advert, important announcements, fantasy fairytale, corporate video Magical cinematic lush alluring and stirring. Rhythmic epic promo or commercial idents TV news broadcast "weather report" "late news" Politics "breaking news" media fox bbc abc television nbc night "fox news" reporter daily network "bbc news" msnbc friday anchor running eddy coverage marathon time cable twilight danger channel out journalism "news part" bulletin local latest satellite today evening digital soundtrack lullaby "graphics software" trailer music logos direct canal corporation "running out"


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The Bmw i8 is one of the most important vehicles that will be presented next week at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), but it appears that someone didn't want to wait anymore. As a result, the first photos with the production version of the Bmw i8 emerged today on the web ahead of its official debut that is set to be made on September 10.
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Bmw already announced that the i8 will be powered by a 1.5-liter TwinPower Turbo gasoline engine developing 231 hp and 320 Nm (236 lb-ft) of torque. The gasoline engine delivers all that amount of power to the rear wheels, while the electric motor with 131 hp and 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) of torque, powers the front wheels. The Bmw i8 has a combined output of 362 hp and 570 Nm (420 lb-ft) of torque.
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