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Service Action for V8 powered G12 7 Series to prevent premature engine wearby Tim Jones on March 31, 2017 at 05:39:00 PM
BMW has issued a service action for the brand new G12 7 Series powered by the V8 N63R engine.
Forbes says BMW 7 Series is one of 15 new cars to avoidby Tim Jones on January 08, 2016 at 02:09:00 PM
Forbes slams the BMW 7 series for it's styling and handling, a double whammy when BMW is considered the leader in both categories.
Tesla upgrades Model S with self driving features to compete with BMW 7 Seriesby Tim Jones on October 15, 2015 at 08:24:00 PM
Tesla has pushed out an over the air Autopilot update to Model S vehicles. The new features now enabled on the Tesla Model S are exactly the same as what comes on the 2016 BMW 7.
2016 BMW 7 Series review round up - All the reviewsby Tim Jones on September 04, 2015 at 03:06:00 PM
The driving reviews are in on the 2016 7 Series. Have a look at what's being said about the new 7. Is it living up to the hype?
2016 BMW 7 Series Bimmerfest driving review - A modern luxury sports sedanby Tim Jones on August 31, 2015 at 09:21:00 PM
With the new 7 BMW created the perfect blend of comfort, luxury and performance. The 7 feels at home cruising around town, on a winding back roads or romping around a private race track. The G12 chassis code has a slew of new technology to bolster it's flagship status and to improve driving performance. This isn't just a slathering of hip technology to mask the feeling of sailing a land barge on a lazy river. BMW has gone big and right to the core of the car to make sure the 7 Series remains the Ultimate Driving Machine.
The common theme to this generation 7 is that the sum is greater then it's parts. Each parts has been improved, a bit of weight savings, an improvement in comfort , better electronics, advanced suspension. Each when taken on there own is easy to minimize or glaze over. But when BMW glues, rivets and screws these parts together the result far out drives your expectations.
Tesla Model S P85D scores 100 from Consumer Reports - Where does that leave the 7?by Tim Jones on August 27, 2015 at 04:22:00 PM
The Tesla Model S P85D Is the First Product to Get a Perfect Score From Consumer Reports. This is stiff competition for BMW's all new 2016 flag ship 7 series hitting dealerships in October.
BMW chief designer gives insight on the new 7 Series designby Tim Jones on August 06, 2015 at 02:20:00 PM
There are certain things about the design of the all-new BMW 7 Series Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design, is particularly proud of.
For anyone thinking about a new G12 7 Series - Build your own now on BMWUSA.comby Tim Jones on July 16, 2015 at 06:31:00 PM
The all new BMW 7 Series once again sets the standard for luxury performance, delivering the highest level of driving refinement in the premium class. The 2016 BMW 7 Series will arrive in the US showrooms in the fall of 2015.
BMW 750Li - CNET Top car for 2013by Tim Jones on June 07, 2013 at 03:11:00 PM
CNET on Cars Brian Cooley picks his top 5 cars of 2013 - so far - and the BMW 750Li makes the grade. Cooley praises the 7 series for its driving dynamics, saying "its a big car that gets smaller when you press it".
Head 2 Head BMW Alpina B7 VS Audi S8 - Which is the ultimate land yacht?by Bimmerfest.com Member - on October 31, 2012 at 05:17:22 PM
Jonny Lieberman from Motor Trend pits two luxury tuner limousines, the BMW 7 Series-based Alpina B7 and Audi S8, against one another to see which of the new performance-tuned German luxury flagships is best.


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China starts counting its wary population
By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched a once-in-a-decade census on Monday in an exercise that will form a basis for policy-making in the world's most populous country, but is likely to face resistance from residents wary of government officials.
Six million census-takers will fan out across the country from the booming cities on the eastern coast to the remote mountains of restive Tibet as they try to visit some 400 million households over a 10-day period.
"The census is the basis for making policies on education, medical care, employment and social warfare and aid," Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily said in an editorial. "This is the biggest social mobilization of peaceful times."
The exercise will cost about 700 million yuan ($104.9 million), with 90 percent of respondents being asked 18 questions, including details about eduction and ethnic groups. The results will be released next April.
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It will show that almost half the country's 1.3 billion people now live in cities, though many lack a city 'hukou', meaning they are not formally registered there and do not enjoy all the social security benefits of urban dwellers.
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QCRI's summer internship program kicks off
This year's program involves computer science and computer engineering students from Carnegie Mellon University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, the College of the North Atlantic Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, and Qatar University.
Interns at QCRI, part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, are given the opportunity to work with specialists on research and development projects in Arabic language technologies, data analytics, social computing and distributed systems.
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Lamb Steaks with Peppers and Cumin
Make a huge batch of these delightful cumin-spiced peppers. You can serve them not just with the lamb steaks here, but also with pork and beef.
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- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
- Four 3/4-inch-thick lamb leg steaks (10 to 12 ounces each)
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds assorted peppers, such as bell, cubanelle and wax—cored, seeded and cut into strips and diced
How to make this recipe
In a small skillet, toast the cumin over moderate heat until fragrant, about 40 seconds. Transfer to a mortar and let cool completely. Grind the cumin seeds to a coarse powder.
Rub the steaks with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of the ground cumin. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large, deep skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the peppers, season with salt and black pepper, cover and cook over moderate heat until starting to soften, 8 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of water and the remaining cumin. Cover and cook over low heat, stirring a few times, until the peppers are tender, about 5 minutes. Keep the skillet covered and remove from the heat.
Light a grill or preheat a grill pan. Grill the steaks over high heat until charred and medium-rare, 3 minutes per side; transfer to plates to rest for 5 minutes. Stir the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil into the peppers and season with salt and pepper. Serve.
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Behind the Line: Palme d'Or at the Biltmore, Coral Gables
Chef Philippe Ruiz plates a Marinated Sushi Grade Ahi Tuna - Hawaiian heart of palm, lemon cream, Osetra Caviar.
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The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables is a designated National Historic Landmark. It was built in 1926 by John McEntee Bowman and George Merrick as part of a grand hotel chain with locations in Los Angeles, Rhode Island, New York, and Havana.
Chef Philippe Ruiz heads up the kitchen of Miami's award winning Palme d'Or restaurant, where his menu features classic and modern French cuisine made from the best of ingredients.
Philippe's first restaurant job was at L'Hotel De France in his hometown of Saint Julien en Genevois at the age of 14. He says "When I started, I peeled the potatoes, cleaned all the fish, all the nasty stuff nobody wanted to do, I did. It was a small hotel."
Philippe Ruiz behind the line at Palm d'Or.
12 year Palm d'Or veteran Wilman Noel (left) watched by one year cook Edel Corrales.
Chef Ruiz says, "I think it's important to keep clean and to keep quiet. Focus. Discipline. There is a difference in Europe where if you go to cooking school, when you finish, you don't know everything, but you're ready to work, for the rest of your life. It's more serious. Here it's just a job. Just a way to make money.
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Hey guys,
I think it's about time we tightened-up our policy on what extra music files you can include with your Music category submissions. This is going to be especially important if/when we move towards a slightly different approach to our Source Files category.
- Your main file should only include your full track in .mp3 and/or .wav format.
- Individual, exported stems / tracks / instruments are NOT allowed.
- "Construction Kits" consisting of extra audio elements to allow the customer to "build" their own track are now NOT allowed.
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- You are welcome and encouraged to "Pack" files together (that are all unique and are NOT variations of one another) and sell them in our Music Packs category. See the Music Pack upload instructions for more information.
Thanks in advance for everyone's co-operation.
Hi Scott,
2 quick questions:
1) Is it necessary to change existing, already uploaded tracks to comply with these guidelines?
2) I'm currently working on a construction kit type track for a client and was planning on uploading it to AudioJungle. Since you mentioned the future different approach to the Source Files category… would that be an option for my track?
Thanks in advance,
Hi Marko,
1) No.
2) No, not until we formally make those changes, sorry.
Ok, thanks for the quick reply.
"Construction Kits" consisting of extra audio elements to allow the customer to "build" their own track are now NOT allowed.
Hello Scott
I realy dont want to argue about Envato's guidelines, but i dont see the positive side of this restriction ( exept server space saving ). My best sold files are exactly the ones which gives the user as much flexibility as ever possible.
Maybe you could explain ( other reasons then the upcoming changes for the resource files section ) a bit more why this is no longer allowed.
Thanks and have a nice afternoon. Daniel
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the feedback! Here are some extra comments that might help you understand why we need to enforce this rule:
- 99.9% of items in the music category contain just the main file in .mp3 and/or .wav format. That's what customers expect and that's what customers are saying they need/want.
- I think customers buy your particular files because they sound great, not necessarily because of the extra files you include.
- Clarifying this rule helps keep the market fair for all authors.
- This is now a much simpler rule which makes it easier for everyone to understand what is and what is not allowed.
- We were starting to see submissions get a little crazy with some authors uploading stems of their entire tracks, so it was time to clarify the rule.
- Download times for customers are kept to a minimum.
- As discussed, there MAY be a future opportunity for us to rework the Source Files category to accommodate stems / individual tracks/instruments and construction kits etc…
- It helps reduce proofing complexity and review time for reviewers. The faster we can review and proof everyone's music, the happier authors are and the more choice customers get.
Thanks for understanding.
How does this apply to whole song splices like I tend to do where you cut the beginning and end loose and provide a middle that can be looped? In total when I do this I give 3 pieces of the track and the entire run through.
Thanks Scott.
Hey Rob,
If you want to include variations of the track you can, but small, individual files for different intros and outros are technically the same as construction kits which are now no longer allowed, sorry. In order for this rule to work we can't really allow any exceptions and we need to remove any gray areas to make sure this is a super easy rule to follow.
I think this is a really positive move. In my opinion, this frees up both authors and reviewers to concentrate on what really matters. It also prevents the undermining of the value of a possible future wavs source file category ( and the present source file category come to think of it), it takes pressure off authors who might feel that they should give away source wavs in order to compete with others who are doing so, and thus preserves the value of the work authors do . Personally I don't want to give source files away for nothing.
Scott, could you tell exactly what variations are allowed to include in the zip file? Sorry, I still don't understand it clearly. You say, we can include 30 sec cut, but intro and/or outro are not allowed. What about loops, and how many for the one track (if any)? Maybe just give us instruction on upload page, so we will not upload files and then reviewers will reject them.


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LS-1 vs. DOHC 32v 4.6
Ok, so this is not really a tech question, i just kinda want to see what most people think out there. SO which engine is better, having more perforance, reliability, technology, potential, etc. Im kinda having a beef with this guy about which is better. So let me know what you think.
Personaly the ls-1 is better than any 4.6 on the
market.I have friends with both 4.6 and 5.0 stangs
as well as ls-1 camaros and the ls-1 and 5.0's move better.Remember,only my opinion.
Nobody can deny that the Mustang hasn't exactly been kickin' Chevys but lately. But I think if you consider that the new 4.6DOHC coming in the 2003 Cobra is rated at 390hp at 6,000 rpm and 390lb-ft of torque at 3,500rpm, that's a significant increase over the 2001 Cobra which was around 320hp. Even the Cobra-R which had a 5.4 engine produced less hp. The question is how many of us can afford a 2003 Cobra, not me. Maybe I'll grab one used a decade or so from now if I'm still alive and kickin.
The 4.6 has potential for MUCH more power, but doesnt ship with it from the factory. The big question is where to get it.
Yes the 4.6, as does any engine, does have a lot of potential. But the first thing someone at Ford needs to figure out is why they keep popping head gaskets. They had some problems early on with their chain tensioners which they seam to have fixed, but over the last few months we have seen an alarming number of oil and coolant leaks (mostly oil) at the rear corner of the heads. Not sure whether it's a casting problem or Ford changed it's supplier for it's head gaskets. At first it was mostly F-150's with 4.6 engines but now we're seeing Grand Marq's and Crown Vics. as well. It would be a shame if it's just a poor quality head gasket 'cause it really is a great engine.
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Yeah, I thought the DOHC 4.6 has why more potential that just any old, fuel injected pushrod 350. There is so much more technology put into the engine. People dont give the 4.6s enough credit.
The big issue is that there are no aftermarket heads and very few people who can hog out the stock ones for more airflow... I wish theyd make a low compression head so that I could run mor turbo in the one im building...
just remember ford dropped something that worked great for the 4.6 and the factories seem to make products that are riddled with problems so their service departments can make lots of cash and modifications are difficult. Another thing to remember is nobody has made a classic in over twenty years,everything is wear dated and they lobby congress for legislation to destroy the old stuff. If you really think about it there's more quality in an old mustang radio nob or GTO headlight bezel or mopar pistol shifter than in the whole fleet they have created today, and if you don't believe me go to the boneyard and try to find parts for 82 to 90 cars most have gone off to the smelter from factory built in obsolesence I myself wouldn't even concider a 4.6 anything or a weak bodied 3rd or 4th gen camaro or firebird(started to do a T/A 3rd had to quit cause it wasn't worth the effort sorry for offending those who did)
Ill lean towards the Chevy because of reliability and performance, We have a fleet of Ford Crown Victoria's with the single overhead cam 4.6 and all the engines have started to develop severe oil consumption problems at about one hundred thousand miles. We also have had the Chevy Caprices and we still have a old one with a LT-1. This vehicle has very good performance with no engine problems, it also has excess of hundred thousand miles. The Fords also have experienced coolant leak problems at the intake manifold which is made of plastic. These problems have turned into costly repair bills. But in Fords defense, the Crown Victoria is a more comfortable car to drive and the interior has held up much better than the Chevy's. this is important when you drive about 150 miles a day. Both the Ford and Chevrolet fleet vehicles we have had no transmission or rearend problems. We recently purchased a new Chevy Blazer 4x4 S.U.V. with a 4.3 V-6 for a fleet vehicle and it has been in the shop more than we have used it. It has had numerous electrical problems.
Good point Studebaker, Ford has come up with an updated intake manifold because of the coolant problems in the police cars. It's a combo. plastic/aluminum and seams to work better. They also used a 100% aluminum on some 4.6's with no problems. I'll say it again, I really believe the biggest faults are simply overeducated engineers that only know software programs and cost cutting parts departments. Almost all the problems we see at the dealership could be remedied by better guality parts and workmanship when they're built. We shouldn't have to fix their goofs later.
To the defense of the Ford, we are going to have to learn to live with OHC motors, and I think the Ford is a very good one, It has bugs, but what brand new motor line doesnt... most of you guys dont remember, but when the first SBCs stared coming off the line, they had all kinds of troubles... The rear main seals always went, the Intakes would never seal, the early ones all flattened the cams at 70k... you get the idea... OHC reduces the valvetrain mass greatly for extended durability, When aftermarket manufactuers finally start making parts for it, it will be a truely great motor.
Reply to "dmorris1200", I have heard that Ford has come up with a solution to the 4.6 intake coolant leak problem by switching to an aluminum manifold. I actually think that the engineers for most of the major auto manufactures do have very good ideas and they do actually know how to engineer a part to work good and last. The problem is with the "bean counters" (accountants) that dictate to the engineers how to make a part cheaper to manufacture. Obviously, a plastic intake manifold (or other part)is much more cost effective to manufacture than aluminum. These companies are in the vehicle sales business not the engineering development business, however with ever increasing fuel economy and emission standards, this mentality is changing. A prime example of this is the early chrysler hemi (331, 354,392). It was stopped in production due to the high cost of machining parts such as combustion chambers and two sets of rocker shafts. The administrators for the company decided that a wedge design engine was cheaper to manufacture and still was able to get the vehicle down the road reliably and also increase profits for the company. And the rest is history!
Very well said Studebaker, yes money is the root of all that is evil. But I would love to make a few engineers pull 4.6 engines out of new F-150's all day. Did they really need to stuff half the engine under the cowl. Is the truck really that much better because of it (in the real world). I just don't know, but I'm really enjoying this topic. Thanks for gettin it going mustang66, having much fun!
I know what you mean. Dodge does the same thing, ever look at a dodge truck with a V-10, half the engine is under the cowl. These are still easier than some other vehicles. Ever try to replace a water pump on a V-12 Jaguar! I did and I still have nightmares! And if you ever have a wiring problem on a Jag, forget it! Wiring by Lucas, Yea right. You know why the Brits drink warm beer? Because Lucas make refrigerators too!
you guys are having entirely too much fun!all good points though.the engineers do need to be made to work on the designs they stick us with! imagine what changes would be wrought!
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The goal is for every young participant is to spend more time in
libraries and see the valuable resources they have to offer, as
well as understand the benefits of reading as a recreational tool.
Wolves players visit the libraries throughout the season and speak
about the important role education plays in their lives as
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A multi-media, interactive, exhibit that allows children to discover how nature is reflected and celebrated in the lives of Japanese children through special seasonal environments and traditional Japanese activities. The exhibit focuses on the regions of Lake Biwa, Sapporo, Kyoto and Fukuoka, offering an in-depth exploration of each region through video, audio and visual media, as well as authentic props and hands-on interactive activities.
Exhibit looks at the many ways Native Americans tell the history
of their people through visual and oral traditions. It contains
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With small solar lights to guide their way, hikers, skiers and
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awesome suits, awesome pics!!!
awesome suits, awesome pics!!!
Wow, great photos, great costumes! Wish I was there :-(
great as always! any chance you'd like to talk a bit about the details of how you shoot them: camera, lighting, etc...?
haha! I just shaved em from Capricon actually.SEEKER said:
Here is galactic bounty hunter as Fett.
Brak's, I'm diggin' the backgrounds in the photos. It looks great, keep the pics coming.
optinerd, will you marry me
Great pics BB, love the Sauron and Flux. Can´t wait to see more.
I wish I could make this one as well. The first one was a ton of fun!!
And I can`t wait to see some of the new pics taken at this one.
Keep those pics coming Braks..
Here is Hansoloway as a trooper and clone emperor as... the Clone Emperor. Thanks to galactic bountyhunter for digitally enhancing the clone emperor image! He was really able to bring the holocron to life!!!
WHOA!!!.....now that is nice.
The Clone Emperor is really 'selling' it in that shot.
I must say Optinerd deffinaty looks way better as Aeon flux then Charlese Theron. She looks way more like her (IMO of what I envision her looking like if she were real) then the actress. She's definatly got "that look" down. Very cool
The Clone Emperor is like Sithcamaro in that you give those guys 5 min in a costume and they actually really become them, manurisms, movments, speach ect... They've got that inate ability to pull it off, I dunno what they are doin in Chicago with talent like they have, they belong in Hollywood for sure.
awsome costumes and once again great pic's Brak
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bottle it up, slap a picture of a fett bucket on it, and sell it as a TDH dietary supplement!Got Maul said:
We'd probaly need hazmat permits in the event we had a spill.
We're here! Having a blast, wish y'all were here.
Did she mention we're having a blast? Thanks Braks!!!
awesome !
It's a conspiracy!!!
And notice who is #1...
Blast off!!!
post more oics! love 'em!
Here is Jango Wes in his kickass Crimson Guard!
That..is awesome.
Ok! Since I'm in front of the computer anyway, burning the retinas out for a client! I was getting an itch to fire one of these new pics up in photoshop. Again, Great Work Brak! w/ the photography, it was also nice to meet everybody else: Mirax H, Got Maul, DGasser, HansoloWay, etc. and hang out for a while. It be cool if we could make it happen more often.
Wes, that crimson guard suit looks great man, I wish I could have stayed around for the shoot! Big thanks to Braks and Mirax for doing this for us, it was awesome finally meeting you guys after all these years. And to dgasser for hosting it (and taking my Boba pics, you did awesome man!) And props go out to Got Maul for pulling this thing together (and for the knees!) . Here's to the TDH starship trooper Japanese food eating marching band! Kenosha will never see the likes of us again.
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The legendary leg-spinner finished wicketless as Australia's seamers dismissed the tourists for a lowly 157 in the first innings, but made a more telling contribution as England battled for survival on the fourth day at the Gabba.
Warne claimed four for 108 as England finished the day on 293 for five, still trailing by 354, with Kevin Pietersen unbeaten on 92 while Paul Collingwood fell just four runs short of a maiden Ashes century.
Australia had batted on for just 25 minutes at the start of the day to allow Justin Langer to reach his 23rd Test century before declaring 647 runs ahead on 201 for one.
They made a solid start with Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook denying Australia, who were led by Adam Gilchrist because captain Ricky Ponting was off the field with a slight back strain, for 11 overs.
But Strauss allowed the pressure to get to him just eight overs before lunch and mis-timed an attempted pull of Stuart Clark straight to substitute fielder Ryan Broad at fine leg.
The consequences of that risky shot soon became evident with Ian Bell falling three overs later lbw to Warne, who went on to claim his second victim 11 overs after lunch by dismissing Cook.
But Collingwood, dropped on one by Damien Martyn at short extra cover off Stuart Clark, battled hard and forged a 153-run stand with Pietersen spanning 34 overs.
Just as his century came into view, however, Collingwood danced down the wicket to try and hit Warne over long on, was beaten by the turn and Gilchrist completed a regulation stumping.
Captain Andrew Flintoff fell in similarly disappointing fashion eight overs later, miscuing an attempted pull to Langer at long on, but Pietersen and Geraint Jones successfully combined to thwart Australia for the final 36 minutes of the day.
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Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel to rent capacity on the i2i submarine network that runs from India to Singapore, without disclosing the financial terms of the deal.
Reliance Jio (Mumbai, India) says the arrangement will allow it to connect directly with the world's major business hubs and internet service providers, allowing it to provide ultra-fast services to its customers.
The network, which is wholly owned by Bharti Airtel (New Delhi, India), runs from Chennai in India to Tuas in Singapore and is capable of supporting multiple terabits of capacity on each of its eight fiber pairs.
The deal marks Reliance Jio's continued efforts to rapidly grow and expand both its international and domestic network and infrastructure by building an ecosystem with multiple carriers and service providers," said the operators in a statement.
Reliance Jio is owned by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, whose brother Anil Ambani is the power behind the better-known Reliance Communications (Mumbai, India), one of India's largest mobile operators.
The two brothers have been estranged for many years but earlier this month were reported to have come together on a network-sharing agreement that will see Reliance Jio pay a one-off fee of INR12 billion ($220 million) to use the fiber-optic network maintained by Reliance Communications.
Reliance Jio is preparing to launch 4G services and become a rival in the mobile broadband market to both Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel.
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Éverton Ribeiro – Why a move to Manchester United is unlikely, for now…
Cruzeiro's left-footed attacking midfielder Éverton Ribeiro has impressed in the Brazilian national league this season, a key player as his team won the title several weeks before the end of the competition. The 24-year-old was named the best player in the league in 2013 by the Brazilian FA and his performances have since seen him linked with Manchester United, where the desire for a new midfielder has been well-documented.
Ribeiro started his career at Corinthians in 2005 and remained there until 2011, but could never establish himself at the first team and was loaned to São Caetano for two years within that period. His lack of success meant he never made it at Corinthians, and so had to try his luck elsewhere.
Coritiba signed him in 2011, and after a nondescript first season, Ribeiro shone in his second year at the club, helping them reach the Brazilian Cup final, where they were beaten by Palmeiras 3-1 on aggregate.
Move to Cruzeiro
Ribeiro was one of the best attacking midfielders in the Brazilian league that season and Cruzeiro's new manager Marcelo Oliveira himself requested that he be signed, having previously brought him to Coritiba, where they worked together for the first time. Cruzeiro had to beat the competition of Santos to finally bring him for €1.2 million Euros. Both the manager and the midfielder were in similar situations as there were doubts over whether they could replicate their Coritiba success at a big team like Cruzeiro.
Ribeiro was originally a left-back but plays mainly as an attacking midfielder nowadays – although he is also fully capable of playing on both wings. However, he failed to establish himself as a left-back as he lacked the tactical discipline for the role and thus eventually moved to the midfield.
The Cruzeiro star is a fairly complete player as he has impressive technique and dribbling skills while also being more economical in possession than typical technically gifted Brazilian players. He is agile and quick, and his versatility allows him to play in different roles. He is also a good free kick taker.
There are, however, doubts if he could succeed at the world's top teams. For a start, he has only recently established himself at a big Brazilian club, and is yet to prove himself at continental and international level. His only experience at Brazilian national team level was in 2009, when he played for the Under-20s in the South American Championship.
Foreign interest
Ribeiro's lack of international experience has not prevented him from attracting foreign interest: a club from the Middle East made an offer in July, but Cruzeiro decided to keep him. More recently, Ribeiro has been linked to Manchester United, following his comments on Brazilian TV that he would love to play for the Red Devils in the future.
The comment quickly led his agent to affirm that the midfielder would only leave Cruzeiro to play for a top European club, ruling out any chance of a move to alternate markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East and China.
A move to the English champions seems unlikely to happen though. Ribeiro lacks a second nationality and his lack of games for the Brazilian national team means he would struggle to get a work permit. His age also works against him – being 24 years old, without any caps, he is unlikely to be deemed an exceptional talent.
An additional problem that could prevent a transfer is that Cruzeiro are not willing to sell him before Copa Libertadores 2014 is over. His market value is likely to increase (or plummet) depending on his performances in the competition.
Everton Ribeiro also has a tiny hope of making it into Brazil's World Cup squad as the Brazilian national team lack options in his position. His last chance will be in March, when Brazil play against South Africa, in what will be the last call up before the World Cup preliminary squad is announced.
As happened with Neymar and Bernard in recent years, a good performance in the Copa Libertadores will be the key for Éverton Ribeiro to fully establish himself as one of the best Brazilian players in his position. After that, we will know more about his true level.
SEE ALSO: Generation Next – the upcoming generation of Brazilian young talents.
(photo credit: Bahia Oficial via Flickr)


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In "Brave New World", Mustapha Mond & John "The Savage" Debate Advantages/Disadvantages
Chapter 17 of Brave New World examines the quality of modern life.
World Controller Mustapha Mond (named after Jewish Zionist Alfred Mond) is a progressive, liberal ruler who claims modern life is better because more people are "happy".
John "The Savage" is a traditional, conservative, blonde European man who believes life is worse and likes the way things were. He criticizes modern society for abandoning real art, science, and religion.
Here is a condensed version of their discussion:
"ART, SCIENCE–you seem to have paid a fairly high price for your happiness," said the Savage. "Anything else?"
"Well, religion, of course," replied the Controller. "There used to be something called God–before the Nine Years' War. But I was forgetting; you know all about God, I suppose."
"Well …" The Savage hesitated. He would have liked to say something about solitude, about night, about lying pale under the moon, about the precipice, the plunge into shadowy darkness, about death. He would have liked to speak; but there were no words."
The Controller, meanwhile, had crossed to the other side of the room and was unlocking a large safe set into the wall between the bookshelves. The heavy door swung open.
Rummaging in the darkness within, "It's a subject," he said, "that has always had a great interest for me." He pulled out a thick black volume. "You've never read this, for example."
The Savage took it. "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments," he read aloud from the title-page.
"Nor this." It was a small book and had lost its cover.
"The Imitation of Christ."
"Nor this." He handed out another volume.
"The Varieties of Religious Experience. By William James."
"And I've got plenty more," Mustapha Mond continued, resuming his seat. "A whole collection of old books. God in the safe and Ford on the shelves." He pointed with a laugh to his avowed library–to the shelves of books.
"But if you know about God, why don't you tell them?" asked the Savage indignantly. "Why don't you give them these books about God?"
"Because they're old; they're about God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now." Mond replied.
"But God doesn't change."
"Men do, though."
"What difference does that make?"
"All the difference in the world," said Mustapha Mond. "One of the numerous things in heaven and earth that ancient philosophers didn't dream about was us, the modern world. You can only be independent of God while you've got youth and prosperity; independence won't take you safely to the end."
He added "Well, we've now got youth and prosperity right up to the end. What follows? Evidently, that we can be independent of God. 'The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.' But there aren't any losses for us to compensate; religious sentiment is superfluous."
"Then you think there is no God?" the Savage asked.
"No, I think there quite probably is one" the Controller answered.
"Then why? …"
Mustapha Mond checked him. "But he manifests himself in different ways to different men. In premodern times he manifested himself as the being that's described in these books. Now …"
"How does he manifest himself now?" asked the Savage.
"Well, he manifests himself as an absence; as though he weren't there at all."
"That's your fault."
Mond answered "Call it the fault of civilization. God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. That's why I have to keep these books locked up in the safe. They're smut. People would be shocked it …"
The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?"
Mond replied "you might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons–that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to."
"But all the same," insisted the Savage, "it is natural to believe in God when you're alone–quite alone, in the night, thinking about death …"
"But people never are alone now," said Mustapha Mond. "We make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it's almost impossible for them ever to have it."
The Savage nodded gloomily. He asked "Doesn't there seem to be a God managing things, punishing, rewarding?"
"Well, does there?" questioned the Controller in his turn. "You can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with no risks The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men."
"Are you sure?" asked the Savage. " The gods are just. Haven't they used our pleasant vices as an instrument to degrade us?"
"Degrade us from what position? As a happy, hard-working, goods-consuming citizen, we're perfect. Of course, if you choose some other standard than ours, then perhaps you might say we are degraded. But you've got to stick to one set of rules."
The Savage said "If you allowed yourselves to think of God, you wouldn't allow yourselves to be degraded by pleasant vices. You'd have a reason for bearing things patiently, for doing things with courage."
Mond replied "There isn't any need for a civilized man to bear anything that's seriously unpleasant."
The Savage asked "What about self-denial, then? If you had a God, you'd have a reason for self-denial."
"But industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning."
"You'd have a reason for chastity!" said the Savage, blushing a little as he spoke the words.
Mond explained, "But chastity means passion, and passion means instability. And instability means the end of civilization. You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices."
"But God's the reason for everything noble and fine and heroic. If you had a God …"
"My dear young friend," said Mustapha Mond, "civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise. Where there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are temptations to be resisted, objects of love to be fought for or defended–there, obviously, nobility and heroism have some sense. But there aren't any wars nowadays. The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much. There's no such thing as a divided allegiance; you're so conditioned that you can't help doing what you ought to do. And what you ought to do is on the whole so pleasant, so many of the natural impulses are allowed free play, that there really aren't any temptations to resist. And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there's always soma to give you a holiday from the facts. And there's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. In the past you could only accomplish these things by making a great effort and after years of hard moral training. Now, you swallow two or three half-gramme tablets, and there you are. Anybody can be virtuous now. You can carry at least half your morality about in a bottle. Christianity without tears–that's what soma is."
"But the tears are necessary. There's an old story about young men who wanted to marry a beautiful woman so they had to do a morning's hoeing in her garden. It seemed easy; but there were flies and mosquitoes, magic ones. Most of the young men simply couldn't stand the biting and stinging. But the one that could–he got the girl."
"Charming! But in civilized countries," said the Controller, "you can have girls without hoeing for them, and there aren't any flies or mosquitoes to sting you. We got rid of them all centuries ago."
The Savage nodded, frowning. "You got rid of them. Yes, that's just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. It's too easy."
"What you need," the Savage went on, "is something with tears for a change. Nothing costs enough here. Isn't there something in living dangerously?"
Mond answered "There's a great deal in it, but there's inconveniences."
"But I like the inconveniences" the Savage said.
"We don't," said the Controller. "We prefer to do things comfortably."
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
"In fact," said Mustapha Mond, "you're claiming the right to be unhappy."
"All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy."
"Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen to-morrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind."
There was a long silence…
"I claim them all," said the Savage at last.
Mustapha Mond shrugged his shoulders. "You're welcome," he said."


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Suspects Unknown in Shooting of a 16-year-old
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - As you drive down Paxton Cut Drive, the first thing you notice is the no trespassing signs. However, around 6 p.m. Saturday afternoon, two white males in their early twenties drove down the private road and pulled into house number 517, where 16-year-old Joshua Greenfield was the only person there. The victim says the men came to meet him after finding out some personal information.
"Apparently I cheated with his girlfriend or something," Greenfield said. "They told me they were coming with a gun, but I didn't think much of it."
Greenfield waited for the men in his truck. Once they arrived, he got out and that's when he says one of the men pulled out the gun and shot him on his left side.
Greenfield said that once the two men pulled into the driveway, they came and parked behind his truck and that they didnt even get out of their car. He also said the man that pulled the trigger appeared nervous.
"When I jumped out, I seen the gun come out the window and they were only about fifteen feet from me," Greenfield said. "Soon as I seen the gun, the dude was shaking real bad ,so I turned around and went for my gun. They shot, caught me in the side. By the time I got my gun out they were already backing out of the driveway."
Greenfield said he went into his house and put a rag over the wound and called his friend to take him to the hospital. His injury was not severe and he was able to leave within two hours. He said one man had blonde hair and the other had brown hair, but he couldn't make out any more features other than the car they were in. He identified it as a blue Ford Explorer.
"The only thing I really recognized on it was it had a 'bite me' license plate on the front, and that's about it," Greenfield said. "I didn't take time to look at their face."
Greenfield says he has no idea who the men were, how they got his number or how they knew his address. He also said they called him on a private number. He also mentioned he doesn't believe the girl has any affiliation.
"I don't even really remember her," he said. "It was over a year ago."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy H.C. Lu of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department. Their number is (304) 267-7000.


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Football's new world order will not last long, according to Arsène Wenger.
Over recent years the game has been twisted towards the whims of a few heavy-spending owners who, the Arsenal manager argues, put "inflationary pressure on people who can't compete".
The Frenchman outlined once again that not only is Arsenal's self-sustaining model the most prudent in the long term but also suggested his policy of rearing young talent gave more meaning to the success achieved. Wenger was at pains to point out that this was no direct dig at Manchester City, the latest club able to splash their considerable cash, but in the present climate any side with a huge amount of disposable income would be able to skew the market.
"Football will not survive a long time with the way it is ruled now," said Wenger. "You cannot have a world where there is suddenly an influx of money, it puts everybody else under pressure to pay twice as much.
"Somebody with unlimited resources can strain the whole world. This is not an anti-Man City case. But can our world go on like that? It puts inflationary pressure on people who cannot compete."
Even Arsenal, with a well-known policy of bringing through youngsters, are under duress to bring in a big name for big money during this transfer window. If the back pages are to be believed the purchase of Andrei Arshavin may satisfy that desire. But, on the whole, Wenger's default tactic is retention not acquisition.
"I have to keep faith in the players I have," he said, speaking before the weekend game with Cardiff City. "I have worked very hard to get them to the level where they are. They are all very young and the target is to keep them together rather than to re-invent.
"We are doing well with a very young side, I don't think there are very many younger teams in Europe who can compete at that level. But we have to get them to mature, be successful and win trophies of course.
"That is the way I thought we could continue to win within the resources of the Club having built the new stadium. We anticipated the new era by getting in young players, educating them and then trying to be successful.
"Football has to live within its resources. That is the money you generate with gate receipts, sponsorship and television money but not artificial support.
"You can say 'yes we pay our players this much because our income is this much'. Not we pay our players £150 million and we win a trophy the next year. What does that mean?
"Ours is a model that does not depend on one individual. It is self-sufficient - that is the satisfaction – but it makes economic sense as well."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Boyette led the Blue Devils in rushing in each of the past two seasons, and his 1,072 career yards on the ground rank seventh among active players in the ACC. He has played in 33 career games with 10 starting assignments, rushing 251 times for 1,072 yards (4.3 ypc) while catching 30 passes for an additional 140 yards. The Wilson, N.C., native has five career touchdown runs and owns the 10th-longest rush from scrimmage in Duke history with a 78-yard jaunt against Florida State on October 22, 2005.
"We're certainly disappointed for Re'quan, but we know that he'll do everything in his power to return to the field," Cutcliffe said. "We'll now turn to Clifford Harris for senior leadership at running back and see who among the younger players will step forward and take advantage of this opportunity."
Harris, Boyette's roommate since their arrival at Duke in 2005, has played in 33 career games with six starts. He has rushed 92 times for 351 yards (3.8 ypc) and one touchdown while hauling in 15 passes for 155 yards. The remainder of the position group includes sophomore Tony Jackson, redshirt freshman Cameron Jones and true freshman Jay Hollingsworth and Patrick Kurunwune. Jackson is a converted defensive back who highlighted the 2008 Spring Game with a 75-yard touchdown run.
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Coral Gables, Fla. - In 2003, this Valencia, Venezuela native and future member of Venezuela's Davis cup team won both the 20th International Junior Tournament of Salsomaggiore and the 11th International Junior Tournament "Citta Di Prato." That same year Daniel Vallverdu advanced to the final round in both the Yucatan Cup and the Asuncion Bowl. Before becoming a Hurricane, Vallverdu ranked as high as 15th in the ITF Junior Doubles rankings.
In his first year on the Coral Gables campus, Vallverdu, who ranked as high as 30th during the season, compiled an overall singles record of 17-7 while going 9-2 in ACC play, including an 8-1 mark in the No. 2 position. His 17 victories include wins over four ranked players, including a straight-sets win (6-2, 6-1) over Michigan's No. 62 Ryan Heller to open collegiate play. Eleven of his wins came over opponents from ranked teams. While partnered with All-American Luigi D'Agord, Vallervedu compiled an overall doubles record of 21-6 including a 19-5 mark in the No. 1 position. The pair finished 9-2 in ACC and ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation. En route to a quarterfinals appearance in the NCAA Doubles Tournament, Vallverdu defeated a pair of top-30 teams. As the 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year, Vallverdu helped the Hurricanes sweep ACC accolades for the first time in league history.
Building upon his success as a freshman, Vallverdu earned his second All-American honors after he finished the season ranked No. 34 in the country while compiling an overall 26-10 singles record and advancing the Round of 16 at the 2007 NCAA tournament. Verse ranked opponents, Vallverdu compiled a 9-7 record, including a 2-1 mark against top-10 players. In doubles competition, Vallverdu compiled an overall record of 19-11 while opening dual competition with six straight victories. For the second straight season, Vallverdu was selected to the All-ACC Men's Tennis Team and the Academic Men's Tennis Team.
As a junior in 2007-08, playing the entire season out of the No.1 position in both singles and doubles, compiled a team best 29-9 singles mark and 27-10 doubles mark primarily teaming with All-American Carl Sundberg. In singles play, Vallverdu went 16-8 against ranked opponents and 7-3 in ACC play. In the regular season Vallverdu went 11-8 against opponents who advanced to the NCAA singles field. As the fifth seed in singles and the third seed in doubles at the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Vallverdu advanced to the Round of 32 and the Round of 16 respectively.
In his final season as a Hurricane, Vallverdu won at least 17 singles matches for the fourth time. On his way to an overall 18-5 singles record, Vallverdu went 7-1 in ACC play. Against top-100 opponents, he posted a 10-5 mark. On his way to his fourth consecutive season of at least 17 singles victories, Vallverdu put together an eight match win streak which included victories over three top-40 players. In doubles competition, while partnered primarily with David Rosenfeld, Vallverdu went 11-7. Vallverdu who was a top-16 seed in the 2009 NCAA tournament was forced to withdraw due to an injury. For the fourth consecutive season Vallverdu was selected to the All-America and All-ACC teams. His selection to the All-America team was his fifth overall.
As a teenager learning the game of tennis at the Sanches-Casal Tennis Academy, Vallverdu met a young man named Andy Murray, now the No. 3 ranked player in the world. Vallverdu and Murray have been friends ever since. Alongside Andy Murray, Vallverdu advanced to the second round of the Artois Championships in London in June 2008 after topping France's Richard Gasquet and Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 in the first round. In September 2012, with Vallverdu, who has been his defacto coach since 2010, by his side, Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in five sets to win the 2012 US Open for his first Grand Slam title.
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The Fullerton Task Force on Homelessness and Mental Health Services, whose members include religious leaders, advocates, and Kelly Thomas' father, was created in September, two months after the incident that led to Thomas' death. Two officers have been criminally charged in the case.
The group is recommending that the city work with the county to create a regional year-round homeless shelter and a permanent supportive housing development for the mentally ill; request a clinician from the county's behavioral health services department to work with the Fullerton Police Department on outreach to the mentally ill homeless; and ask the county to implement Laura's Law, which would create court-ordered outpatient treatment for the severely mentally ill.
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There has beeb extensive controversy over the sign language expert who accompanied President Obama at the funeral for Nelson Mandela. Apparently Mr.Janttjie really didn't know anything about being sign language expert and sort of threw his arms around imitating what he had seen sign language folk do for a living. There are charges that he is a fake, a criminal, a rapist and so on. Why is everyone so upset? We daily have members of the United States Congress speak the English language in words that supposedly make sense, but to whom, I do not know. Republicans want to reduce taxes in order to reduce our debt, and that apparently makes sense to the American people. Republicans want to get people back to working at jobs paying $7.50 an hour which somehow will restore economic prosperity to the nation.
Nelson Mandela is dead. Those who hated him today are hailing him, those who followed him are daily betraying every principle he upheld. So, why get upset because some character out of a comedy decided to play around with his arms. I urge the American government to hire this sign language guy because waving his arms around makes more sense than anything said by Ted Cruz or the "experts" on Fox News.


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1914 : in Bedford. Part of the Eastern Mounted Brigade.
June 1915 : moved to France and came under orders of 9th Cavalry Brigade in 1st Cavalry Division.
March 1918 : left Brigade, became a Cyclist unit, then a machine-gun battalion with the Essex Yeomanry. Remounted and returned briefly to 1st Cavalry Division. Split up, one squadron going to each of the 8th, 15th and 19th Hussars.
as a Second-Line regiment in September 1914 and remained at home throughout the war.
October 1915 : came under orders of 61st (South Midland) Division. Left Division February 1916.
June 1916 : transferred to 16th Mounted Brigade in 4th Mounted Division. For a period late 1916-March 1917, the Squadrons were split up and attached to other units (A to 57th Division; B to 66th; C to 68th).
March 1917 : attached to 1st Mounted Division (C Squadron attached to 71st Division).
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By Graham Readfearn • Sunday, July 8, 2012 - 18:40
CANADIAN blogger and climate science sceptic Donna Laframboise has flown off for a tour of Australia to tell anyone willing to listen that the world's foremost body on climate change, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is something resembling a shambling mess.
Laframboise's trip has been organised by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, which has a long history of promoting doubt about the science of human-caused climate change and the risks of the unmitigated burning of fossil fuels.
The blogger, who describes herself as an investigative journalist, gets to visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to promote her book "The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken For The World's Top Climate Expert - IPCC Expose."
The IPA describe's Laframboise as a "world renowned author" which is stretching credibility to breaking point. This "world renowned author" has written just two books. Her first was about feminism published in 1996. The Delinquent Teenager is her second, and is currently ranked #17952 in the book seller Amazon's Kindle store [#41,202 in the U.S. Amazon Kindle Store.]
Essentially the book makes three central claims. The first is that the IPCC has engaged several young scientists which Laframboise says goes against the IPCC's claims that they use the world's top scientists. A second is that some of the scientists working on some of the reports have links to environmental groups which are not always made clear. A third is that the IPCC reports use too much non-peer reviewed literature.
All of these arguments are used as a proxy to question the science. Yet the IPCC's main climate change reports (the latest being the 2007 Assessment Report 4, the next being AR5 currently being worked on by more than 800 authors and expected some time in late 2013 or early 2014) don't actually do any science.
They are reviews - albeit almighty ones - of research being conducted at institutions around the world and of scientific papers published in journals. This means that even if the IPCC was found to be run by a small group of mentally-challenged llamas, this wouldn't affect the science on human-caused climate change. In essence, Laframboise's book is one giant strawman argument.