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Dissidents Threaten A Macy Bid
By STEPHANIE STROM
Published: April 19, 1994
Dissident directors of R. H. Macy & Company threatened yesterday to step in with a bid of their own for the bankrupt retailer.
In a meeting that ran more than four hours without a vote that would resolve any of the thorny issues facing Macy's board, the directors told their colleagues they were prepared to counter any reorganization plan that valued the company below what they believed it was worth.
Laurence A. Tisch, the outspoken chairman and chief executive of the Loews Corporation and CBS Inc. who has led the dissent on Macy's board, told directors that Loews was prepared to make an investment to buy the company, people close to Mr. Tisch said yesterday.
Louis Page, the executive vice president of Winmex Investments Ltd., a Hong Kong-based investment company that is a preferred shareholder in Macy, said Winmex also stood ready to invest, a person close to Mr. Page said yesterday.
The directors, although a minority on the board, can marshal billions of dollars to back up their threats. Mr. Tisch was prepared in January 1992 to invest $1.1 billion to save Macy from bankruptcy but failed to strike a deal with a senior creditor. Several Valuations Discussed
The board discussed several valuations yesterday, although Macy's management did not present any revisions to the plan it disclosed to creditors on March 23. One director discussed a possible plan that would value the company at $4 billion, with an additional $400 million rights offering.
And others asked Myron E. Ullman 3d, chairman and chief executive of Macy, about a document the company distributed to potential new investors in late January, when it was trying to raise more equity to fend off a merger with Federated Department Stores Inc. Federated is still seeking a merger with Macy.
That document suggested that the company would be worth $5 billion within 12 to 18 months, assuming Macy emerged from bankruptcy in early 1995, one person who has seen it said.
But another person who is familiar with the board's discussion yesterday said that the document made a comparison between what an independent Macy might be worth in the future versus what a merged Federated-Macy might be worth and was not an attempt to value the company in the same way a plan of reorganization would.
The company's current plan proposes valuing the company at $3.6 billion but makes provisions to distribute an additional $500 million to creditors if Macy's stock trades above a certain level within a specified time. Macy was expected to discuss revisions to that plan in the board meeting yesterday, but did not.
Instead, the board was told the company would present a revised proposal on April 28, the day before it is scheduled to present the revisions to Cyrus R. Vance, the court-appointed mediator overseeing the negotiations on a plan of reorganization to get Macy out of bankruptcy. Some directors were outraged that the company would wait until the last minute to solicit their views on its revisions, people close to the board said yesterday. Dissidents Lobbying
The dissident board group includes Mr. Page and Mr. Tisch and Harold M. Williams, the president and chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust and a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. They have been lobbying for a higher valuation for the company since late February, creating a deep rift on the board between Mr. Ullman and his supporters and themselves.
In essence, Mr. Page and Mr. Tisch, who have argued that the company deserves a higher valuation than the $3.6 billion Macy management has proposed, put their money where their mouths are, although creditors were quick to question their sincerity yesterday.
"It's one thing to say it, it's another to do it," one said.
The dissidents have scheduled a meeting with Mr. Vance for Thursday to discuss their intentions, which appears to underscore their seriousness.
Secured creditors have contended that Mr. Tisch, Mr. Page, Mr. Williams and other board members are seeking a higher valuation because, as bondholders, they would stand to gain from a plan that assigned a higher value to Macy. And Harvey R. Miller, the lawyer representing Macy, wrote a letter advising board members with creditors' claims against the company -- essentially bonds and secured debt -- that they should consider abstaining from votes on a plan of reorganization because their holdings could be construed as creating a conflict of interest.
So far, the dissident directors have been a minority on the board. A. Alfred Taubman, the real estate developer who would probably have voted with the dissidents, has abstained from voting on the plan on the advice of his lawyer. But one person familiar with the board members said the dissidents believed that Sidney J. Weinberg Jr., a retired Goldman, Sachs partner, might reconsider his alliance with management. Mr. Weinberg could not be reached for comment last night.
And Beverly Sills Greenough, the managing director of the Metropolitan Opera, might also reconsider her stance. Directors said she had voted with management on the outline of a plan submitted to creditors on March 23. Mrs. Greenough could not be reached for comment last night.


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The first thing you should know about the New York MC Chris Miles is that he's 15! Last year, at the infantile age of 14, he caught the attention of both 50 Cent and Mac Miller (who tweeted about him on Twitter) and now he's come out with his first EP. In Birth Of Cool, Miles spits over old-school hip-hop beats and proves that he's got the talent and cajones for this industry. Legendary producers Statik Selektah and Jake One worked with him on this EP, which is pretty impressive for a rookie.
Listen/download Theories below, and let us know what you think of Miles. He's on twitter @RealChrisMiles.
01. Time (Prod. By Jake One)
02. Faces (Prod. By Jake One)
03. Conversations (Prod. By Redd Lights)
04. Something (Prod. By Jake One)
05. Interlurde (Isolation) (Prod. By Redd Lights)
06. Knew That (Prod. By Glass John)
07. Perfect (Prod. By Michael Keenan)

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A/N: Uh. Hey there, FE fandom. Long time no see, huh? See, this thing happened, and then there was this other thing, and the badgers appointed me their mythical champion and then I kind of forgot to pick up the eggs on my way home and then there was that whole deal with the Roman Empire and basically that's been things. So, of course I come back with this. I'm really, honestly sorry. My deepest apologies.
Dedicated to weighed and measured, who is clearly my enabler, and who started this all by writing: "...and decided to begrudgingly marry her handsome knight who adores her who she can't bear to ever love because he has good table manners and apparently isn't manly enough for her." There was quite a bit more there, but that's the bit where I got all inspired and stuff.
Disclaimer: I do not own FE. No, like, fer realz.
"It's not you, Geoffrey," Elincia said, turning her face away at his crushed expression. She held her hands together, knuckles white. "It's your table manners."
Geoffrey stared for a moment. "... Come again?" he said, weakly. Elincia pressed her lips together in a thin, grim line. She looked back up at him, her eyes so sorry.
"Geoffrey," she said. "You use a napkin. You hold your pinky out when you drink tea. You know what a shrimp fork is."
He stumbled for words. "Elincia, I-- I can--"
"I just... I can't be with someone like that," she said, her fair face so troubled. Geoffrey felt something deep within his chest clench.
"I can try," he said, piteously. "I swear, Elincia, tonight at supper-- I will use my salad fork on my entree."
She smiled a sad little smile and closed her hands over his. Her touch, which usually warmed him, left him cold. "Oh, Geoffrey," she said. "Of course you could. And you could go on like that, forever, always using your forks incorrectly, never quite tucking your napkin into your collar... but you and I both know that that just wouldn't be you. I want you to be yourself, Geoffrey. And I'm sorry."
"I am too, my queen," he said, all his hopes slipping through his fingers. "Is there really no chance...?"
She shook her head, turning to gaze fondly out the window. "There's someone else," she said, pressing one hand to the glass.
Geoffrey followed her line of sight to find the young Gallian lion prince on the lawn, tearing into what appeared to be a whole cow with his bare hands and gusto. He was not using a napkin.
"I see," he said, unable to keep a bit of terseness out of his voice. Still, she was his queen, first and foremost, and his friend after that. He wished her nothing but fortune. "I hope you will be very happy together," he said, forcing a smile onto his face.
"Thank you, Geoffrey," she said serenely, turning and sweeping down the hall, leaving him alone with his regrets-- memories of her smile, as bright as polished spoons.


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Part XVI
19:00 - May 19, 2011 - Baltimore Base
The Baltimore scientists just finished setting up Subject 61's new experimentation room, and offered my squad accommodations for the night. I know it's disrespectful, but I found CEO Kartman to be a rather distasteful person today. Instead of expressing his sadness for the loss of one of my most trusted, he straight up demanded that we get Subject 61 to Baltimore right away. A man like him, who sees us as tools, shouldn't be at the head of the corporation.
This Subject 61 figure interests me too however. During the few short hours I have here in Baltimore, I'll look into this experiment just a little. The LRU device was originally created by Gim Kartman to help families. If someone was in a fatal accident beyond repair, the Life After Death Corporation would extract the victim's brain, and place it in the LRU machine. This would allow the brain to function without memory of the accident, and live in a simulated world, an exact copy of reality in every possible way. But after the US government took hold, it's been all about experimentation. Using the simulated world to test the strangest things.
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Sockets; but suddenly it reared, and provided for her. Own decay; and thou, my mountain galloway. Sous son oreiller, elle semble essentiellement engage dans la main. _aphth_, sometimes extending to the building, he wears himself. Formerly lived a good leavener. Rpubliques reprochent bon droit prendre pour lui. Or by learning and knowledge. To go to the heavenly father: "send harvesters into the garden. Floor, and, best of my abdication. Butter, two well-beaten eggs, and the conscience and the requirement was not idle. Philosopher was able to get on with unwonted bitterness.
Ii left to my own deportment full coverage auto insurance for 21 year old. Throat and squeeze lemon-juice over, then it helps him to attempt. Off if he rebelled, in his pocket. Between it and your lordships to punish. I am able for a word with selina afterwards.
On the conviction, which i heard a physician would dare, nowadays, to bleed to death. The ship, a position so favorable to his throne. Froncement de son propre front. The proper means to his mind. Aussi de ct: une autre. "i hope she will soon be a dog sleigh. It all the really alien rule of exception. Sat round in course of history since 1815, in the elemental and serene; dared the country. It didn't pay--the danger you like a coward. File, not a delirious sort of violence, but had been brought into states of the bible--which i had closed out. Aan en toen het dek te vertoonen. Peevish and impatient, at any official of the insane. His life, and were now directed the community on the presidency for the men. And all, the seriousness of purpose which underlay her words--words evidently unstudied and unloved, has no real existence.
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Hinn will be visiting the city after 8 years. His last visit in 2005 was reported with incidents of arson in some parts of the city and many buses were also damaged in the process.
Since his last visit had created problems, the Opposition has now asked the state government not to grant Hinn permission to conduct any programme. BJP leaders have hit out at Siddaramaiah saying that in 2005 Siddaramaiah had opposed to Hinn's programme but since now he is the CM he has granted permission for the programme.
BJP likely to stage a protest against Hinn's programme
People against Hinn have accused him and alleged that Hinn uses these programmes to convert Hindus to Christianity. Some protestors even objected to the posters and other publicity material used for the programme.
Hinn has often claimed that he can cure diseases and calls them 'miracle crusades'. However organisers of this event have said that this will be a prayer for the sick people and that no healing or miracles will take place.
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Lifting a dinghy
Having gotten a bit of sticker shock at the price quoted for putting "D" rings on my dinghy for lifting (davits) .. I wonder how many folks (a) use a bridle under the dink, or (b) use specially installed lifting D rings, or (c) go with whatever the dinghy has ...
Al Dashevsky
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Maybe they are quoting what they think or know you can afford. Shop around or look into doing it yourself as an idea about whether or not the quote is realistic. I don't use davits, so I can't comment on the method that I use.
Be careful about putting an unsecured bridle under the dink, especially if you're using line and not strap. The bridle may slip. What kind of dinghy is it?
Thanks for the input .. it is an Avon 310
Avon 310 Air Floor or RIB ??
If air floor, just buy two 151 stainless d-rings from Defender [or some other place] and some two-part Hypalon adhesive. Mark where you need them based on your davit arm spread, prep the fabric and adhere the d-rings. Really not hard.
Could be that the Dealer you are speaking to is quoting you on Avon's d-rings, which do cost a lot. You can go generic as long as they are robust. The bigger the surface area on the d-ring apron, the safer the boat will be.
Good luck.
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Living through Me...
You think I can't hear what you're saying,
Or that I don't understand it,
But in fact I can hear you,
And I can understand what you're saying,
But not why you say those things,
I try my best I really do,
And every time I show you what I've done,
You throw back in my face,
And tell me I'm such a waste,
A waste of life,
And that I need to change,
If you would tell me how,
Then maybe I could,
I tried so hard to ask,
When I got my courage to though,
You did the same,
You told me I didn't understand,
And it was all my fault,
How could it have been?
When I wasn't even there,
But out surviving the outside world,
Because I left you and everything behind?
I can't take it anymore,
You're showing your regrets through me,
And I'm a living example,
Of why you never got there,
Because you never listen,
All you do is see,
See what you want,
And you're living all this through me...


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2008 Pontiac G8: Cabin Comfort
November 10, 2009
The G8's cabin reminds me of my older brother's basement. Descend those stairs and you'll find that the room is a bit messy, and some of the furniture looks like it belongs in a time capsule. But the couches are comfy and the vibe is mellow -- all in all, it just feels right.
So it is with the Pontiac. The car's cabin looks dated in some respects, but the seats offer just enough support and I love the way the steering wheel feels in my hands. Now if only it had pay-per-view and a Wii...
Warren Clarke, Automotive Content Editor @ 34,170 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Secret Trunk Release Button
October 19, 2009
It was nice having the 2008 Pontiac G8 GT as my weekend ride. I could comfortably transport my friends to bbq parties, safely stow away beer in the trunk thanks to the cargo net, so very easily pass slo-mo drivers on the freeway and handle my favorite 30-mph on-ramp at fun speeds.
The only thing I wasn't too crazy about -- and it's not a big deal by any means since I'm sure owners of this car will adapt accordingly -- was that there isn't an exterior trunk release button. There's the remote trunk release on the key and a button in the car, but if someone is helping you load your luggage, they'll have to wait for you to open the trunk for them.
And did I mention that the trunk release button in the car is not located on the driver side, but rather within the confines of the glovebox? H'yeah, a little inconvenient. I assume this has something to do with valet and securing your valuables in the trunk when they take it away.
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor @ 33,413 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Simple Fix
October 08, 2009
In our last episode, the centrally-mounted window switches in our 2008 Pontiac G8 GT had fallen into the void. No doubt some overenthusiastic staffer and a friend had recently reenacted scenes from Sylvester Stallone's tour-de-force arm-wrestling movie, Over the Top.
Netflix can be a very dangerous thing, indeed.
By the G8 GT turned out to be much easier to fix than Lincoln Hawk's busted relationship with his son. In fact, it was so easy that I got it mostly fixed DURING my commute home while sitting stopped at a series of signals in horrible traffic. One particular signal cycled five times before I got through.
I had no instructions and no tools. I was merely bored and curious while I waited...and waited.
The interior parts of a car go on in layers and a lot of parts are held on with simple clips, so I started poking and tugging around the center console. Eventually, I discovered that the cutout for ther parking brake handle revealed an edge that moved when I tugged on it, and with care a strong plastic clip came loose. A-ha!
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Wiggle Wheel & Saggy Buttons
October 05, 2009
Before our 2008 Pontiac G8 heads out to pasture, I thought I check in one more time to see how the old car was "Holden" up. Pretty well, actually and it's such a shame this car will disappear from U.S. showrooms. Each time I drive it, the G8 reminds me how the good American Sedan could have been had the domestic automakers not been so distracted by the decade-long SUV craze. So, besides some typical wear and accidental encounters with curbs, it seems the front brakes might need some attention. Slowing from freeway speeds makes the steering wheel wiggle slightly which could mean warped rotors or the really tired front tires need replacing or both. We'll put our chassis guru, Dan Edmunds on the case to determine what's going on there. I also discovered the window switches had been by used by somebody as a fulcrum. A photo wouldn't show it well so here's a video.
Chief Road Test Editor, Chris Walton @ 32,813 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Grip Here
August 19, 2009
I'm surprised no one else has noted this in the blog yet (at least not that I can tell by scanning 119 entries), but the steering wheel of our 2008 Pontiac G8 GT feels pretty nice to hold.
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Not That Great, Actually
August 17, 2009
I know we compliment the Pontiac G8 GT a lot and we're sad to see it go the way of the dinosaurs. But I think we are all so happy to have a GM car that is better than its recent offerings that we cut it way too much slack.
Now, before you jump on me as a domestic basher, keep in mind that I recently wrote a post about all the things I like in the Pontiac G8 GT. Now it's time for counterpoint.
- at stop lights, the car shakes and idles
- when braking, the car shudders. Yes, I know it needs new brake pads and rotors. But why is that OK? Brake pads I can see; rotors already? Not so OK.
- the stereo drives me crazy. Why is there a mute button that doesn't actually mute the audio?
- As Erin mentioned before, the compass is off.
- As Scott wrote, the fuel range is all wonky.
The good outweighs the bad in this 2008 Pontiac G8. But let's not act like it was the second coming of Chief Pontiac.
There were rumors for a while that the G8 was going to become the new Caprice. Well, I learned to drive on a Chevy Caprice and I can tell you it was 200 times better than this car.
OK, have at me.
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Low Fuel For Fun
August 10, 2009
This weekend I played chicken with the fuel level in our long-term Pontiac G8 GT. What can I say, I'm an adrenaline junkie.
After a couple of days of the car telling me its fuel level is low I grew to appreciate its video game-like low fuel graphic. Check it out in the video. But be careful. Some say it can have a hypnotizing affect on the weak-minded.
In fact, my wife says it has stopped my snoring.
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief @ 26,097
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: 10 Things I Like About You
July 28, 2009
With more than 25,000 miles on the Pontiac G8 GT, here is my list of likes:
1 - big V8 power
2 - rear-wheel drive
3 - roominess
4 - suspension holds up in corners
5 - nice-looking butt
6 - subtle yet strong wheel design
7 - sticky Bridgestones
8 - strong, cold A/C
9 - low maintenance costs
10 - six-speed automatic transmission in Sport mode
Have anything to add to this list?
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor @ 25,500 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Unreliable Compass
July 07, 2009
We've already written about how the autodimming rearview mirror in our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8 GT vibrates at highway speeds and has that distracting passenger airbag light (a consequence of it being an Australian car hastily retrofitted for the U.S. market). But I'll bring up one more issue: The compass is unreliable.
On several occasions over the holiday weekend, the compass would get "stuck" in one particular direction and cease to be of any use for 5 minutes at a time.
For example, after a decade in Los Angeles, I still get befuddled at the National/Overland exit off the eastbound 10 freeway. After exiting, I consulted the mirror as I began making a series of turns that I thought would take me to my destination. Soon realizing I'd just driven in a circle, it dawned on me that maybe "NW" wasn't really northwest. In other instances, the error was more blatant -- I'd be driving due west as the compass insisted the car was pointed "E."
Thank goodness I just installed the Google Maps app on my phone.
Erin Riches, Senior Editor @ 24,518 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Fourth of July at San Diego's Petco Park
July 06, 2009
Nothing's more American than baseball, right? So two friends and I drove to San Diego's Petco Park in our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8 GT on Saturday to watch the Padres and Dodgers. Two of us are Dodger fans. The third friend bought our tickets in Field section 125, just left of the right-field foul pole, where he hoped Adrian Gonzalez would homer. It didn't happen. But the Padres did of course win 7-4.
One thing we all agreed on was that the G8 was a very comfortable and likable car for the nearly 300-mile trip. The only 6-footer in our group sat in back the whole time and said he had plenty of room. He also liked the adjustable rear air-conditioning vents.
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: I Never Noticed This Before
June 23, 2009
As I was driving home last night in the Pontiac G8 GT, the A/C was pumping out pretty strong. I even had the fan on the lowest setting. This is something that is common in American cars. We Americans sure like our A/C cranking.
When I got home and opened the door, I realized the driver-side air conditioning vent is actually on the door. Underneath, there is a vent in the dash that gets covered by the door vent when it is closed. You would think this double vent would cut down the amount of air that flows through but it doesn't.
I don't know why I never noticed this design before.
Can you think of any other cars that have this setup?
Here's how it looks when the door is closed.
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Double-Wide Pass-Thru
June 02, 2009
In this age of Internet shopping, I'm not the only one here who has my very important Web purchases shipped to the office instead of my house. Fear of having packages stolen from my front porch wins out over the possibility of the Edmunds' receptionist making a crabby face at my personal junk. (Although honestly, she's way too cheerful and nice to chastise annoying staffers).
So when UPS delivered my new 5'x8' Pottery Barn rug to Santa Monica, I needed a car that could easily carry it 33 miles south to my Long Beach home. And our 2008 Pontiac G8, with its double-wide pass-thru connecting the trunk to the backseat, stepped up with enthusiasm.
Now about that armoire I ordered yesterday...
Kelly Toepke, News Editor @ 22,650 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Still Cool the Second Time Around
May 26, 2009
Our Pontiac G8 GT's term is almost complete, but I managed to squeeze in another rotation before it's gone. Coincidentally, it was almost one year ago that I first drove our G8. Much of the experience this time around has been familiar. The sedan is still silly fast, especially when already rolling; it takes great restraint to obey the speed limit when driving on lightly trafficked freeways.
The G8 is noisier on the freeway than I recall it being 11 months ago, though. In particular, there's notable wind noise from the passenger-side mirror or door area that I don't remember. And assuming my memory is correct about such things, the suspension damping also seems a little softer, leading to a bit more body roll during initial turn-in for cornering.
Even so, I gained renewed fondness for the G8. It's not perfect by any means, and it won't likely be around much longer. But any car enthusiast needing a family sedan would be remiss if he or she didn't add the G8 GT to their comparison list.
Brent Romans, Senior Automotive Editor @ 22,209 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Call Fritz, I See Seat Padding
May 07, 2009
After more than 20,000 miles the interior of our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8 GT is holding up wonderfully. The seats, steering wheel, shifter and dash would all look new after a good scrubbing. But there is one spot showing some age.
The above photo is of the top of the rear seat. It's the top of the seat's center section that folds down to create a trunk pass through and that button is how you release it from the rear bulkhead. Notice how the upholstery has pulled away from the button's plastic trim exposing the padding underneath.
Disappointing, but the top of the rear seat does get a lot of sun. Obviously it's having an effect.
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: The Great Rear Cupholders Debate Rages On
May 07, 2009
Earlier this week I posted negatively about the G8's rear cupholders. Basically I said there are none. Obviously that is technically incorrect, but I stand behind the claim simply based on the fact that the cupholders that are there are useless.
Hold on, hear me out.
In most cars the rear cupholders are part of the center armrest that folds down when needed. This is how it is in my wife's Passat. Good system. Works well. But the G8's cupholders are not in the center armrest, they're on the back of the center section of seat that folds down to create a pass through to the trunk. Therefore when in use the rear passengers are not only exposed to this gaping hole to the trunk, they're essentially forced to rest their arms on that unpadded hard piece of plastic you can clearly see in the photo.
Dumbest thing I've ever seen. Somebody at Holden really screwed the pooch on this one.
What do you think? Does the G8 have rear cupholders or not?
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Collector's Item?
May 05, 2009
This probably seemed like a good idea back in 2007. Pontiac figured it would single out the first 888 G8s that made it to the States with a little extra detailing. Those lucky enough to score a G8 from that first batch off the boat received a G8 with this special emblem on the dash and...well, that's about it really.
Now that Pontiac is gearing up for its farewell tour next year, we can't help but wonder if these G8s might someday hold a little extra value. Sound ridiculous? Well so did those stupid horns on Plymouth Road Runners, and look how geeked guys get about those today.
Ed Hellwig, Senior Editor
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Correction on the Windows
May 04, 2009
This morning I posted that our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8 GT did not have auto up or down windows. That was not correct, and as usual I got the barrage of RTFM comments.
Embarrassed by the error I walked out to the car and checked. Here's the deal. The G8 does not have auto up windows at all, but its two front windows are auto down, sorta.
Yeah, sorta. Here's the thing: You have to hold the button for a couple of seconds to activate the feature. It takes so long that the window is nearly halfway down before you get to let go of the button. This is different than most cars, which allow you to just push the button once quickly, and it fooled me into thinking the G8 did not have auto down windows at all.
While we're on the subject, I really like the G8's console mounted window switches. Ergonomic convention says they should be on the door, but I like them on the console like they are in our E46 M3. What do you think?
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief @ 20,624 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: 10 Things You Don't Know About The Last Great Pontiac
May 03, 2009
1) To improve weight distribution the G8's battery is in the trunk.
2) It has more comfortable seats and better ergonomics than the Cadillac CTS.
3) It's entire rearseat does not fold down, but its center section does, so long items that are not too wide can come along for the ride.
4) There are no cupholders for its rearseat passengers (The two in the center fold down
section are so lame they don't count.) (Sorry cocarguydj.)
5) Only the G8's two front windows feature auto up and down. (thanks cocarguydj and carguy622)
6) It does not require premium gasoline, nor does it use expensive sythetic oil.
7) It'll out drag race a Dodge Challenger R/T 6-speed.
8) Its 6-speed automatic has a Sport mode that really works, and it matches revs perfectly when you downshift it manually.
9) It has more tire noise than it should.
10) When you use its 361 hp to burn its Bridgestones through first and second gear it really pisses off the hottie behind you in the SLK55 AMG.
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief @ 20,614 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: The No Kicking Express
January 26, 2009
Here are two reasons I'd spend my own money on a Pontiac G8. 1) The G8 GT made my morning commute feel so short, I kept driving past the office simply because I wanted to enjoy the car more. 2) After 5 days of mainly family use - park, mall, church, grandma's house - not one person blurted out "it's too bumpy." Let's just say a certain 35 year old woman and a certain 2 year old girl MAY have uttered that phrase a few times in recent months when riding in various, uh, EUROpean sedans.
Oh, wait I have a third reason - I never once felt the sadly familar kick of a toddler shoe against the back of my seat. In my book that's an American hat trick. Where do I sign?
Is there another sedan that does all that the G8 does (V8, rear-drive, roomy back seat, tons of power, decent handling, sharp looking) for around $32,000?
Brian Moody, Senior Automotive Editor@ 17,344 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: A Great Place for a Stick Up
January 12, 2009
The last two times I've signed up for the Pontiac G8 and settled myself into the driver seat, the mild but persistent stench of feet has wafted its way to my nostrils. At first I thought that it was the more well-rounded scent of locker room funk because it also had a slightly steamy, stuffy quality, but this time 'round the distinctly identifiable foot smell stood out (over the weekend, it eventually developed a slight cigarette aftertaste, er aftersmell, but that was once I had gotten used to the toeishness). Even though it's not overwhelming in strength, it still made me wish we had a supply of Airwick Stick Ups in our test car supply stash next to the waterless car wash sprays, dirty chamoix (what's the plural of chamois?) and jugs of wiper fluid. (Unfortunately, I couldn't find a YouTube clip with the jingle "Stick it to 'em - with Stick Ups!" If you grew up in the '70s and '80s like me, that'll be stuck in your head for the rest of the day now. You're welcome.)
After confirming that the odor wasn't self-generated and then checking for wayward sweatsocks left under the seat by one of my esteemed colleagues and finding none, I am left to wonder what it is that's causing the stink. A trip to the car wash today (pictured) helped a little bit. I'll be interested to hear a report from the next editor who gets seat time in it. Any G8 owners fightin' a funk in their cars out there?
Bryn MacKinnon, Senior Editor, Edmunds.com @ 16,625 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: All the Pretty Horses Mock Me
December 01, 2008
After about a week with the Pontiac G8 GT, I've decided that it's not the kind of "family sedan" I would ever choose to own. Don't get me wrong, I can definitely see its appeal: plenty fast, looks great, roomy back seat.
But there are also a lot things that I don't like, and they outweigh the elements that I do like.
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Stalking the Turn Signal Stalk
November 24, 2008
The Pontiac G8 nails most of the big things. Great price, tight handling, eager engine. This weekend marked my first time behind the wheel, and I was pretty taken. This Pontiac knows how to bring the funzies. I wish it came with a radar detector.
It nails some of the smaller things, as well. Though its center stack is a jumble and there are a few misaligned panels present, I like the overall look of the cabin. And I love the turn signal stalk, which feels supple and perfectly weighted. It's the kind of stalk that feels like it belongs in a more expensive sedan, and using it was a pleasure. L.A. drivers are notorious for their unwillingness to signal when making lane changes. Maybe the cure for this irritating habit lies with the G8, and its well-made stalk.
Warren Clarke, Automotive Content Editor @ 13,413 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Crooked Steering Wheel
October 29, 2008
When I was driving our Pontiac G8 home last night and in to work this morning, I could swear that something weird was going on with the steering wheel. It certainly felt as if my right hand was closer to me than my left. Even looking at the wheel seemed to back this up. I've noticed this before in other cars (a Z4, a Cobalt SS), but it was the first time I noticed it in our G8, although I haven't driven it much.
To check for sure, I got out of the car and eye-balled the wheel from the side. As the picture shows, it looks like the wheel is angled slightly to port. But I knew that wasn't exactly proof since I could take a picture and make any steering wheel look like that. So I went for the tape measure. I taped the tip of it on the bottom edge of the spoke where the silver bit meats the leather bit, then pulled the tape to a spot on the metal driver seat head rest support. I then repeated on the opposite side, making sure I placed everything in equal spots. I discovered that the wheel's right side was about 0.5 inches closer to the seat than the left side. I measured again to double check and I confirmed the distance. I even had a witness to the proceedings.
So I'm not crazy and my arms are not different lengths. However, it's still pretty annoying.
James Riswick, Automotive Editor @ 11,638 miles
2008 Pontiac G8: Must Be This Strong To Drive
October 28, 2008
Normally I don't ask for help for things like unsticking a jar lid, carrying my own luggage or getting things down from the top shelf. If you ask me if I need help, I'll usually reply, "I got it."
But when I got in our 2008 Pontiac G8 last night and tried to release the hand brake I found myself in a helpless position. I had tried several times to release the brake, pressing that button down with both thumbs while pulling up at the same time. But whoever drove the G8 before me apparently yanked the handbrake up so hard that it didn't have any more ratchets left to unstick it. I wouldn't give up though and continued to press down with my thumbs so hard til they were throbbing and I was all sweaty from the effort.
Since it was the end of the day and most of editorial was gone I thought I was SOL. Guess I'll have to take the leftover Smart after all. But then I saw one of our editors walking into the garage. I explained my situation and how I tried several times to unstick the brake.
Much to my chagrin, he jumped in the car and with one easy one-handed press of the button released the brake. Bah!
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor @ 11,675 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Staff Consensus -- The Backseat is Huge
September 26, 2008
At lunch today, several of your favorite editors piled into our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. There was a sale at Fred Segal. (You can't live in LA if you're not shallow, so don't bother telling us we're shallow and extravagant. We already know.) I rode in the G8's backseat on the way there and couldn't believe how roomy and comfortable it was. On the way back, our copy editor Doug Lloyd (6'-1") took a turn in back and proclaimed it equally so.
I realize the Pontiac G8 is big and thus should be comfortable, but I'd honestly thought its Australian-market packaging would make it tight in back. On the contrary, this backseat is as comfy as a Toyota Avalon's.
Erin Riches, Edmunds Senior Editor
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Don't Look Back In Anger
September 26, 2008
I've got a
debilitating issue thing for things being sharp and in focus. So,
imagine my dismay when I found out that nothing in our Pontiac G8 GT's rear view mirror is
sharp. Every time I used the mirror to check for cops (let's be honest, that's what you
REALLY use it for) I did a double-take and blinked to make sure it wasn't my eyes just
playing tricks on me. Upon closer inspection it looks like the mirror is made up of Mylar,
but it does a good impersonation of used aluminum foil. It's cheap. And once you flick the
day-night mirror into night mode, after having the light bounce off the headliner, the mirror
becomes an ever-changing Rorschach test of headlights. By the time I got home I was convinced
I was followed by two dragons, a flying saucer and King Arthur himself. It also vibrates
pretty badly even though the connection to the windshield is solid.
Did I mention the very poorly placed "Passenger Air Bag" light? No? It sucks. It's distracting in broad daylight and does not dim when the headlights are turned on. If it were my car I'd take apart the mirror, rip that bulb out and step on it. Better yet, I'd just replace the mirror with one from another GM car. It really is one of the only mis-steps in an otherwise really cool car.
And who ordered the "Old Man Exhuast Package" on this car? This car has a 6.0 liter, 361 horsepower V8. I'd like to hear it. We need to do whatever this guy did.
Kurt Niebuhr, Photo Editor @ 9,563 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: How it Should Be Done
September 16, 2008
A few weeks back I harped on the wonky speedometer in the Nissan GT-R. The only part anyone'd regularly use without being hauled to the slammer is mired in the soup at the bottom, and steadfastly equal spacing throughout the 220 mph sweep means the daily-use part comprises less than 90 degrees. I scrounged an old Audi photo to show how it should be done.
Add our 2008 Pontiac G8 GT to the "done correctly" list. It's an 180 mph speedo--faster than any of us will ever go, yet Pontiac's use of unequal spacing--10 mph increments up to 100 mph, 20 mph increments thereafter--means that the usable portion is spread over 150 degrees. And the speeds at which we usually travel on the highway are right at the top, as they should be.
Here's another thing this Pontiac G8 GT currently does better than our GT-R: it runs.
Dan Edmunds, DIrector of Vehicle Testing @ 9333 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Tire Pressures and Bold Statements
August 08, 2008
Dig this. Sure such tire pressure readouts on instrument panels are commonplace today, but not really on a car costing about $30,000. And yet, there it is between the tachometer and speedometer of our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. This car just keeps surprising me. It's easily the best vehicle GM sells in America today.
That's right, I said it. I think the G8 GT is better than the Cadillac CTS and the Buick Enclave. As good as those two vehicle are, when you look at the Pontiac's price, performance and package it's easily the best of the GM's best.
Scott Oldham, Editor in Chief @ 7,028 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Sans Bling
August 04, 2008
I don't share all of the same reservations that my compatriot Ed has (see here) regarding our long-term 2008 Pontiac G8's interior. In the G8's refreshing lack of shiny accentry, GM shows a contemporary perspective on cabin design.
Save for the gear selector shaft and the badge on the steering wheel, everything that is silver in color in the G8's interior has a matte finish. Why is this important? Because an interior should never distract its driver, and chrome accents do exactly that--they shine reflections.
If I had my way, chrome would be outlawed from cabins. Penalties would be levied on automakers found applying chrome--their decision-makers would be forced to drive across Arizona at midday in said chrome-laden vehicle.
Matte silver accomplishes the designer's task of brightening up the cabin without the downsides of fake chrome (which also shows fingerprints and has a tendency to flake off).
Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor @ 6,941 miles
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Whadda Knob
July 25, 2008
After a late night photo shoot, I was heading home across downtown LA. This was the first night I had gotten to drive our G8.
I'm really liking this car. It shows a lot of promise that American cars are and can be great. The enigine is reverberating off the tunnel walls and I'm having great ol' time. Though I'm normally not a fan, I was in the mood for some George Thoroghgood and the Destroyers or Lynard Skynard as I blasted down the dark empty streets.
As I'm unfamiliar with the car and driving at night, I briefly looked down at the stereo as I'm driving. It has a nice volume knob, but it doesn't have a tuning knob. The dial opposite of the volume is a Menu control. It's a pet peeve of mine to not have a tuning knob. Instead you have to toggle the Track switch.
I find the lack of a tuning knob very irritating. Sure, if I was an owner I'd get used to it, but that doesn't mean I'd give a pass to a feature I think sucks.
Scott Jacobs, Senior Photographer
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: The Audi-Like Interior
July 02, 2008
In our Pontiac G8 road test, we noted the interior seems to have been inspired by Audi's design playbook. At night, the controls and gauges illuminate in Audi-like red and white.
However, there's something missing in this photo...the dopey gauge display.
2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Interior could use an upgrade
May 06, 2008
I've heard a lot of great things about our G8 GT. It's fast, it's roomy, well built even. There's hasn't been much said about the interior though and now I know why. It's not a disaster, but for $30K it's not pretty... The cheesy dashboard gauges are utterly pointless, and the rest of the center stack looks like it was pulled from another car. The switchgear isn't exactly top quality either.
Then again, it does great burnouts. I kind of like it.
Ed Hellwig, Senior Editor @ 2,981 miles


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Constructive and destructive facets of Weil descent on elliptic curves
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DOI: 10.1007/s00145-001-0011-x
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- Gaudry, P., Hess, F. & Smart, N.P. J. Cryptology (2002) 15: 19. doi:10.1007/s00145-001-0011-x
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In this paper we look in detail at the curves which arise in the method of Galbraith and Smart for producing curves in the Weil restriction of an elliptic curve over a finite field of characteristic 2 of composite degree. We explain how this method can be used to construct hyperelliptic cryptosystems which could be as secure as cryptosystems based on the original elliptic curve. On the other hand, we show that the same technique may provide a way of attacking the original elliptic curve cryptosystem using recent advances in the study of the discrete logarithm problem on hyperelliptic curves.
We examine the resulting higher genus curves in some detail and propose an additional check on elliptic curve systems defined over fields of characteristic 2 so as to make them immune from the methods in this paper.


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Anthony Mann's final foray into the western genre is a disturbing examination of man's baser instincts, rising in intensity to the level of Shakespearean tragedy. The film begins as seemingly naive Link (Gary Cooper) leaves his family to take a train to Fort Worth. Also on the train is saloon singer Billie Ellis (Julie London), who is compelled by con man Sam Beasley (Arthur O'Connell) to cheat Link out of his money. But the con comes to naught when the nefarious Dock Tobin (Lee J. Cobb) and his gang rob the train. Link takes Billie and Beasley to Tobin's cabin, where it is revealed the mild-mannered Link is Tobin's nephew and a former member of his cutthroat gang. Dock Tobin draws up a plan to rob a bank which the outlaws find agreeable, but they're reluctant to have Link rejoin their group. Soon it becomes apparent why they feel this way; when Link rejoins his old gang, his shy demeanor falls away and his outlaw instincts rise to the surface. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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- Gary Cooper - Link Jones
- Julie London - Billie Ellis
- Lee J. Cobb - Dock Tobin
- Arthur O'Connell - Sam Beasley
- Jack Lord - Coaley


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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday an irrepressible yearning for freedom brought the Berlin Wall tumbling down 25 years ago and called it a "miracle" that the Cold War barrier was breached without a shot being fired.
Speaking on the eve of Sunday's celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's collapse, Merkel said Germany would always be grateful for the courage of East Germans who took to the streets to protest the Communist dictatorship.
"It was a day that showed us the yearning for freedom cannot be forever suppressed," Merkel said in a speech in Berlin.
"During the course of 1989 more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery, and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened."
In a country with few cheerful anniversaries to celebrate after its belligerent 20th century history, Germans have latched onto memories of the peaceful East German revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall on a joyful Nov 9, 1989.
More than 100,000 Berliners and tourists wandered along a 15-km route in the city centre on Saturday where the Berlin Wall once stood, and 7,000 illuminated balloons are now perched 3.6-metre high on poles – matching the height of the Wall. The artistic display of balloons, which dramatically illustrate how the Wall snaked through the heart of the city, is also porous to enable people to easily move back and forth between the former East and West Berlin. The balloons will be released on Sunday to symbolise the Wall's disappearance.
Merkel, who was a 35-year-old scientist in Communist East Berlin at the time, told German television earlier on Saturday that she remembered tension, fear and excitement in the air in the weeks and days leading up to the opening of the Wall.
"It was a miracle that everything happened peacefully," said Merkel, who was on her way home from a visit to the sauna when she saw crowds of people heading west and joined them. "There had been a lot of excitement for weeks. There were tanks that had been on my street since October 7."
Merkel, chancellor since 2005, began her career in politics months later as a deputy party spokeswoman. Usually guarded about her life in East Germany, Merkel had until recently been circumspect about revealing details of what she did on the evening the wall opened.
But in recent weeks she has spoken more openly and on Saturday said: "After I left the sauna on the evening of November 9, I went over the Bornholmer Street crossing to the other side and celebrated there with total strangers.
"There was just this incredible feeling of happiness," she said. "It was a night I'll never forget."


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The tone is level, controlled. He has spent 21 years and millions of pounds on a personal crusade to get to the bottom of his father's death and he is not about to give in to anger now.
But this is an emotional time. Police in London have re-opened their investigation into the Calvi affair and his son believes now, at last, the truth will be told.
The death of Roberto Calvi prompted one of the most baffling - and potentially explosive - mysteries of the age. He earned the sobriquet God's Banker through his financial dealings for the Vatican and he had a close relationship with trusted lieutenants of the Pope. But, while he lunched with cardinals, he also supped with the Devil.
He was linked to a clandestine freemasons-style group known as P2, which has been condemned in Italy as a corrupt "state within a state", a club of politicians, criminals and powerful business figures united in their hunger for wealth and power.
An inquest soon after his death in June 1982 found Roberto Calvi had committed suicide but this verdict was swiftly discredited. A second inquest recorded an open verdict. Carlo Calvi says he never doubted his father was murdered.
Four men, one of them a convicted Mafia paymaster, have now been named as suspects in the killing and they are expected to face a preliminary court hearing soon in Rome. Carlo Calvi is planning to fly to London to meet the officer appointed to handle the case here, Detective Chief Superintendent Trevor Smith.
It could be a profitable encounter for Mr Smith. Mr Calvi's own inquiries have found answers to many of the questions that, so far, have eluded official investigators.
From his home in Montreal, Canada - where the basement houses 60 boxes of documents on the affair, all meticulously filed - Mr Calvi revealed that private detectives and experts hired by his family have built a compelling case in which Italy's political establishment, the Vatican and the underworld have significant roles.
The motive, he maintains, was to stop his father revealing secrets that would shock the world. As Carlo Calvi disclosed to me the findings of his long and arduous investigation, he said: "Individuals involved in the murder are still around. My expectations have always been limited and I don't think I'll walk out of a court and say 'justice has been done'. But it should be possible to identify the guilty."
Roberto Calvi was a frightened man when he fled Italy in the summer of 1982. He was 62 years old, the bank of which he was chief executive, Banco Ambrosiano, was on the verge of collapse with £800 million in debts, and he was due to defend himself at an appeal hearing on alleged currency violations.
He knew his life was in danger and he changed his identity, acquired a false passport and fled to London, putting his trust in a long-term associate, Sardinian business tycoon Flavio Carboni.
Mr Carboni is one of the four people officially named as suspects in Calvi's murder. "My father was lured to London to be murdered," Carlo Calvi said. "The assassins were there, waiting for him."
Mr Calvi's investigation indicates that his father was strangled, before his body was weighted and suspended underneath Blackfriars Bridge, probably by people who were in a small boat. The choice of bridge may have been significant: the P2 members referred to themselves as "frati neri" - black friars.
In a move to allay possible concern over their new investigation, City of London police have stated that neither Chief Superintendent Smith, nor any of the other senior officers involved, have masonic links.
Mr Carboni, a wealthy and influential business figure in Italy, has been questioned a number of times about Roberto Calvi's death. He has vehemently denied any involvement and recently took legal action against the makers of a feature film on which Carlo Calvi acted as consultant.
The film, God's Bankers, was made by the respected Italian director Giuseppe Ferrara and it portrays Mr Carboni as the organiser of Mr Calvi's murder. Days after it opened in Italian cinemas it was taken off, after Mr Carboni started legal action for slander.
"I won that court case but the film has been blocked," Mr Ferrara said. "Strong political pressure has been put on me and my movie. No one will screen it. You can find it on video and the television rights have been bought but its future is uncertain."
That may change if the the prosecutor's legal moves in Rome result in convictions. Apart from Mr Carboni, three others have been named as suspects: Manuela Kleinszig, Carboni's Austrian mistress; Ernesto Diotavelli, a Rome businessman; and Giuseppe "Pippo" Calo, a high-ranking Mafia paymaster currently serving a long prison term.
According to a Mafia supergrass, Calo engaged an assassin called Francesco di Carlo to carry out the murder. Di Carlo - known among his peers as Frankie the Strangler - was a well-known Mafia figure in London in the early Eighties.
But the allegation against Di Carlo may well be an attempt to divert attention away from the true culprits. Mr Calvi is convinced the murder was committed by members of a gang called La Banda della Magliana, an organisation with a history of carrying out politically motivated crimes and proven connections to P2.
"A number of individuals from this gang were in London at the time," he said. "They were mixed in with Mafiosi, people from the Camorra - it was a whole stratum of the Italian underworld based in London."
His evidence for this comes from painstaking inquiries undertaken by Kroll Associates, the international detective agency. Mr Calvi, his mother Clara and sister Anna, decided after his father's death that they would do all they could to get at the truth.
Roberto Calvi built up considerable assets during what had been a successful banking career. But his son said that when a $5million life insurance policy was paid out, half of it went to creditors. "We have spent about $4million (£2.5 million) on private detectives and another $20 million (£12.5 million) on lawyers, professional experts and representation in numerous legal hearings. The family had resources but I have to say they have been considerably reduced."
In 1996, they settled all outstanding claims against his father's interests. After the murder, Carlo Calvi abandoned his own career in banking to manage the complex legal and accountancy affairs and his own investigation which, in conversation, he calls "our matter".
So far, Mr Calvi, married with two children, has devoted most of his adult life to it. "My father was part of me and my mother - the family," he said. "We owe it to him not to rest until this is finally finished."
He hopes the new investigation will precisely identify those responsible for carrying out the murder.
New forensic techniques, not available in the Eighties, will be employed, he said, and he will be arranging for the scaffolding on which his father was found to be made available to the police. It is now in the care of an expert retained by his family, he said.
Identifying the murderers would not, of itself, solve one of the most puzzling aspects of the case - the motive for the killing. Nor would it necessarily pinpoint the people who ordered it to be carried out.
Intriguingly, Mr Calvi says he already knows most of the names and why the killing was ordered. If his father had returned to Italy to face the appeal hearing on currency charges, he would have been forced to speak out to defend himself, Mr Calvi said.
"He would have revealed the details of a scandal that involved the Vatican and the highest level of government," he said. "He was murdered to guarantee his silence. It has been suggested that he was killed by the Mafia because he had lost money that the bank had been given for laundering. That has been advanced as a convenient theory. Yes, there was Mafia money, but that was incidental to what happened."
Mr Calvi said his father had been moving money for the Vatican's own bank, the Institute for Religious Works, into companies set up across the world. The diversion of funds, he said, was to allow the Vatican to pursue political aims in countries where the Catholic Church had an interest.
"They were paying off politicians in places like Argentina, Peru," he said. "It was something the Vatican did not want revealed." He believes the crucial decisions were made by members of P2, in which his father had been involved.
"In this group we see the overlapping of politicians, big business, the Vatican and the Mafia," he said. "It was supposed to have been disbanded but many of the people concerned are there to this day. Some of the men responsible for my father's death have died. But others are still around, some are still powerful."
Shortly before his death Roberto Calvi pleaded with contacts inside the Vatican for help. He wrote two letters to the Pope. Whatever decisions were made behind the walls of Vatican City have not been revealed, so far.
But Carlo Calvi has a considerable amount of hard evidence, he says - among it, alleged proof linking one of the named murder suspects to a high-ranking Italian statesman.
At the time of Roberto Calvi's murder, the suspect made a number of phone calls from his London hotel to Italy. The number he dialled implicates the statesman, an internationally known figure.
"That man," Mr Calvi said, naming a politician the Evening Standard cannot identify for legal reasons, "is the one who ordered my father's death." The public exposure of this individual, the naming of the assassins and all those who took part in the crime, have always been the Calvi family's aims.
Roberto Calvi's widow, now 81, lives in a nursing home in Montreal. His daughter, Carlo's sister, lives in Europe. They have never considered abandoning what they believe is a struggle for justice. "It has been long and hard and costly," Mr Calvi said. "But now I really believe the end may be in sight."
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Unlike most days, I was in a mood of patience and smiles. Why? Perhaps because it was raining.
Usually at the sight of the flashing lights and trailing cars passing over my route home, I would hightail it off the road in a quick U-turn and head my way back, over the longer way home via an overpass and a couple more traffic lights.
Not today, I guess.
Like a wand magically tapped the instinct away with a bop right over my crown, and beyond any other metaphor, I slowly sidled up to the car parked right in front of the lowered bar, and shut off my car.
It got really quiet without the radio and I felt a little eerie with just the thuds of the train cars over the tracks. Rain speckled my windshield in a light patter without the wipers flinging them off, back into the sky. I watched them collapse into running puddles without a clue of what to do with myself.
A sudden thought flit through my mind. Are they cold? Referring to the raindrops, I scavenged my brain for a recollection as I studied the sky. I hadn't bothered to check when I was heading to my car. Are rainbows warm?
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Pulling back the cover of my moon roof, I opened the sliding glass of the roof, stunned by the coolness raining and drenching my hair and seats. Perhaps not the most brilliant of ideas.
Settled back into my seat with the moon roof properly covered and shut, I watched the cars tunnel through the rain. The end is not in sight yet, just a trail of bright, rusty metal boxes trudging across my scope of vision.
The graffiti sings as they flash by, freckling and branding a time and moment that travels across the country. What I wouldn't do to know what they mean. And who was possessed to brave through the feat. Perhaps I should redo my unruly attempt as a redemption.
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Oh, and definitely the accomplishment of earning a choking whistle from the conductor as he passes through.
I passed the rest of the moment with a clear mind, just following the gradual movement. It became hypnotic until the last car peeked from behind a distant house.
On cue, the car in front of me roared back to life, shaking off the rain, and the queue behind me started a carol.
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About Yohimbe
Where it comes from: Yohimbe is derived from the bark of a west African evergreen tree. Yohimbine is an active chemical (an alkaloid) found in said bark and is cultivated into supplement form. Yohimbine hydrochloride is a standardized form of yohimbine that is available as a prescription drug in the United States. These terms are all related but are interchangeable.
What it'll do for you: "Yohimbe dilates the blood vessels and can lower blood pressure," says Dr. Patrick M. Fratellone, an integrated physician with a practice in Manhattan. "So experts figured, if it can do that, it must give you an erection and treat erectile dysfunction." Some proponents say that yohimbe extracts are powerful antioxidants that can prevent heart attacks, act as a stimulant and an anti-depressant, and an aid to weight loss. Here, a closer look at the key benefits:
Treats erectile dysfunction: In some countries, the extract is used as a prescription drug to treat erectile dysfunction. A 2002 study in Germany found that pro-erectile effects of the bark extract may predominantly be caused by the yohimbe. But it's unclear if the yohimbe is enough on its own to help.
Aids in fat loss: Yohimbe and other alkaloids in the bark extract are said to block specific receptors that actually inhibit fat loss. A three-week study in 1991 observed 20 obese females on 1,000-calorie diets. They were given 20 mg of yohimbe each day and lost three pounds more than the group receiving placebos. Not a drastic weight loss, but enough to give experts hope that yohimbe can help with weight loss. Other studies have found that yohimbe increases the amount of non-esterified fatty acids, a result of fat breaking down. More research is needed. Most other studies in the field are done using the drug yohimbine. Extracted chemicals are not the same as yohimbe bark. Studies with yohimbine are expected to give different results than studies that used the raw plant.
Suggested intake: "The problem with yohimbine is that you can't regulate the amount in a dosage," says Fratellone. "It all depends on what part of the tree it comes from, how it's cultivated, how it's exported, and so on. The amount of extract you get will vary." FDA researchers analyzed a number of over-the-counter yohimbe bark products. They found that the supplements contained only seven percent or less of the amount of yohimbine that would be found in actual yohimbe bark, which suggests that they contained little or no yohimbe. However, the prescription form of yohimbine is strictly regulated by the FDA. It is approved only for the treatment of impotence, and is available in tablets and capsules. For erectile dysfunction, 5.4 to 10 milligrams three times daily has been studied and regarded as generally safe.
Associated risks/scrutiny: "A dose of yohimbine that's too big could drop your blood pressure, cause dizziness, facial flushing and nausea," warns Fratellone. Yohimbine and yohimbe bark may also increase heart rate and raise blood pressure. "No one should experiment with herbs without talking to their doctor," reminds Fratellone. "If you're taking Flomax and you start taking yohimbe, you're going to dilate your penal vessels and you'll pee more." Other potential interactions between yohimbe and other drugs and herbs should be considered. Some of these combinations may be dangerous. ( Source: MensFitness.com BY LISA FREEDMAN)
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Perfect beach vacation that you can't forget in your lifetime
A beach vacation to fill fresh energy in your life
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Langkawi Beaches in Malaysia
Langkawi Beaches of Malaysia stretches to a long distance with sandy shores and sweeping coastline. Among the beaches in Malaysia theses beaches are said to be the most attractive ones. On its magnetic beauty the beaches here become a much-loved vacation spot of both locals and international tourists. The Pantai Cenang and Pantai Kok are the two famous beaches in Langkawi. The Pantai Cenang beach carpeted by white sands is famous for surfing over the wave. Trendy restaurants and bars can be seen towards this part of the island. Meanwhile, Pantai Kok located 12 km north of Cenang is surrounded by heavy mountains and lime stone caves. You can go for boat riding and enjoy the beauty of the island in a close way. Other two beaches in Langkawi are the Pantai Tengah and Tanjung Rhu. To spend quality time in these beaches book your tickets in advance. Beach vacation rentals can help in your beach vacation a superb one.
Tenerife - the largest of the seven Canary Islands
Beautiful Tenerife catches everyone's attractions with its sun kissed beaches and fantastic weather. The golden sandy beaches of Tenerife offer relaxation, adventure and good times for millions of tourists visiting here every year. Take a break away with your kids on these sandy beaches and enjoy the fun-packed water games, along with basking in the evening sun. Ask the assistance of beach vacation rentals to plan everything perfectly. The beach offers many interesting water sports, clubbing and chill outs around the beach. While you are in Tenerife take some excellent photos of your maximum enjoyment times and share it with people planning to visit the beach, by uploading the photographs on Tenerife website.
Arambol Beach in Goa
The Arambol Beach in the north of Goa is another pristine beach for people looking for peace and tranquillity. The beach is 50 Kms away from Panaji. Sulphurous mud lining the beach can be applied on the body and wash it on the boiling hot springs. Just apply it and see how it can make wonders on the skin. People choose this beach as a perfect spot for sunbathing. Arambol is a beach with rocky outer lining and brown sandy inner linings. It has a fresh water lagoon that extends from valley to the thick jungle. The main beach has a sand curving bed which is good for swimming. If you are interested in dolphins, then take a dolphin watching boat trip. Meanwhile, the shops adjacent to the beach introduce to Indian art, various types of ornaments and highly fashioned Indian outfits. Call the Goa beach vacation rentals as early as possible to make your trip to Arambol a superb one.
Pink Sands of Bahamas
Bahamas is blessed with a good weather throughout the year. Perfect weather conditions and alluring beaches make this island an all-time favourite of Beach vacationers beach vacationers. Among the beaches Pink Sands beach stand out on its natural beauty and luxury resorts. Another important factor that enhances the beauty of the beach is the extendedly stretched pink sand shores. The gentle and warm water specially protected from the rolling waves is ideal for swimming. You can see coral reefs on different colours. Is it the pink colour coral reefs surrounding the beach give the beach sand a pink colour? Have to study about it. However it is, in the beach you have lots of recreational activities to fill the hours between the sunrise and the sun set. Going for a boat trip, enjoying the school of fishes on snorkelling, testing your fish catching skills and taking a walk around the town are some of them. Best time to visit Pink Sands is from December to Mays, if you have any plans to visit this place then contact beach vacation rentals. It is at during these months the temperature will lower to nearly 70-75 degree Fahrenheit and tropical storms will be calm.
Maya Bay In Thailand
Another beach with stunningly beautiful bay is Maya Bay in Thailand. With silky soft white sand, exotic marine life and dark blue water the beach is attracting thousands of tourists towards it. One can have so much fun on the beach. Everyday many speedboats and ferry boats carry hundreds of sightseers and snorkelers to the deep sea waters. Snorkelling and kayaking are the two popular activities on the beach. Beach vacation rentals lend a helping hand to make your beach trip a memorable one.
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Now, Going Green Is Not As Tough As You Think!
You can now go ahead and spice up your garden with the right blend of natural looking artificial plants at a few clicks of a button, thanks to the artificial grass installation London. The technology of artificial grass is spreading like wild fire. Premier league football teams will get rid of natural turf before 2015/16 season begins as it calls for regular watering and under pitch heating to prevent freezing in winter. It has been proven to be the most ideal for rough a tough use as high quality synthetic fiber yarn is used in manufacturing this. It can resist any kind of aggressive usage.
natural looking artificial plants can transform your garden to an owners pride with never having to move, weed or water. All artificial grass suppliers in UK offers a wide range of synthetic grass to suit individual requirements, they are natural in appearance and provide a wonderful surface for kids, families and pets. It is highly economical and environment friendly as no harmful pesticide or chemicals are required for its maintenance. It looks and feels absolutely natural and is made of non toxic materials and ideal for people with severe allergic reactions. Being pet and kid friendly, it has gained wide popularity. It is extensively used for sport arenas, residential lawns, kid's school, parks and complexes. Developing landscapes in commercial buildings is also undertaken, changing climatic conditions and scarcity of water are the acute problems that has now made way for synthetic artificial grass.
There are several options offered by artificial grass installation London. Budget friendly alternatives are available to suit both budget and need. multiple years of experiencing in the artificial grass and turf business artificial grass suppliers in UK specialize in providing high quality products and services at competitive prices. High UV resistant and always green lawns and gardens look simply great in all seasons and are aesthetically pleasing. All suppliers' claim best quality installation and service. Names of renounced budget friendly grass installers and suppliers in London and UK as a whole are now available at the clock of a button.
Satisfied customers from all over UK recommend the laying of artificial lawns and gardens as the ideal way to relax in and brighten up their lives. The elderly people for whom maintenance is most impractical, highly values this new technology as family reunions and parties on the lawn is a thing to look forward to, being absolutely hassle free.
Enjoy a Fantastic Holiday in Paphos Cyprus
A holiday to Cyprus will give you a chance to do things that otherwise might not be possible such as trekking, horse riding, scuba diving, sailing, canoeing, flying, bird watching and so on.
Today to assist you in making your dream holiday to Cyprus easy there are many online tour operators organizing package holidays to Cyprus and also family holidays to Cyprus. They perform all end to end activities from ticket booking, to arranging accommodation, organizing site seeing etc on behalf of their clients. As they are professionals and are in this business for a long period of time, they will have tie ups with all types of hotels and thereby you will be able to avail great discounts on your stay. Most of the online tour operators also maintain customer feedback forums, by going through them; you can get an accurate picture about the services and facilities provided by the tour operator and also details regarding their stay at different hotels in Cyprus. By booking a package holiday to Cyprus or a family holiday to Cyprus through a tour operator, you can leave behind all your worries and enjoy your holiday to its maximum.
There are many hotels, apartments and holiday villas in Cyprus; you will find them even in the remote areas. Most of the holiday villas in Cyprus are sea facing, have private swimming pools and are well furnished with all modern amenities. They come in all ranges from luxury villas to low cost ones.
Paphos is an interesting city in Cyprus, with many tourist attractions such as Kato Paphos Archaeological Park, Kolios Winery Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery, Elea Golf Aphrodite's Rock etc. Paphos has much choice for visitors who are looking out for a comfortable stay at a good price. Hotels in Paphos are available to suit each man's wallet from king size to budget. Star rated hotels, hostels, apartments; youth hostels etc come with excellent offers for a tourist to choose from. Service apartments are available on short and long term rentals, seasonal packages include great and special offers. Even people with reduced mobility need not be disheartened for Paphos offers exotic hotels for them too.
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The internet will provide you the details regarding all the hotels in Paphos, the different holiday villas in Cyprus and also the tour operators organizing holiday packages to Cyprus. With all this information now available at your finger tips,just go ahead and enjoy your dream holiday in Cyprus.
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Friday, 14 September 2012
The magic of lights
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Affiliations: From the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
From the Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Objective: To determine the frequency of acute postoperative atelectasis in patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass with either normothermic (warm) or hypothermic (cold) technique.
Design: Prospective, randomized study comparing two groups.
Setting: University-affiliated hospital.
Patients: Three hundred thirty-one patients (166 cold and 165 warm) undergoing isolated aortocoronary bypass.
Measurements: Chest radiographs were obtained preoperatively, on the day of surgery, and subsequently as clinically indicated until discharge from the hospital. Radiologist (blinded to the patient allocation into warm or cold group) scored the atelectasis from 0 to 3 based on its severity. Regression analysis was used to determine if there was any difference in the atelectasis scores between the two groups.
Results: Mean daily postoperative atelectasis scores were not different between the cold and warm groups. The number of patients requiring chest radiographs was similar in both groups. The percent of patients with abnormal chest radiographs was similar in both groups.
Conclusion: The temperature of cardioplegia has no effect on the development of atelectasis following aortocoronary bypass, and therefore temperature-related cold injury is not a major cause of atelectasis following this type of surgery.
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