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Renault S.A. (Euronext: RNO) is a French automaker and producer of cars and vans. Together with Nissan the companies form the third largest automaker in the world. [1] Furthermore, The alliance is one of the leaders in electric car development among the major automakers. [2]
Renault's headquarters are in Boulogne-Billancourt. The company owns the Romanian automaker Automobile Dacia as well as the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors. Furthermore, Renault owns subsidiaries RCI Banque and Motrio. The current CEO of the company is Carlos Ghosn.
The company is also known for its role in motor sport, and its success over the years in rallying and Formula 1. Renault became involved with the motor sport over 30 years ago and since the start has aimed at pushing the limits of the sport and technology as far as possible. For the 2011 season, the Renault Sport F1 division supplies three teams which equates to 25% of the grid. [3] Even though the company has been involved in the past with the actual racing aspect of the event, it is now going back to its main role as an engine provide. Moreover, the company has announced that they will also focus on the development of more environment-friendly powertrains that can be directly applied to mass production vehicles with the outstanding quality and reliability that is usually associated with Renault. [4]
The Renault-Nissan alliance was established in March 1999 and has proven to be a success over the years. It was the first industrial and commercial partnership of its kind involving a French and a Japanese company. The two global companies are linked by cross-shareholdings and form the third largest automaker in the world based on sales for 2008. Moreover, they possess 9% of global market share by volume with presence in the USA, Japan, Europe, China, India, and Russia. [5]
The alliance implements a strategy of profitable growth with the aim to keep its position among the top three automakers by providing exceptional quality and value of products and services in each region and market segment, explore key technologies in engines, electronics and the environment, and generate a significant operating profit. The alliance has managed to be successful while preserving the corporate culture and identity of each brand. [6]
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Renault Group revenues totaled €10,431 million in the first quarter 2011, up 15% on the same period in 2010. The Group posted record sales in the first quarter, selling 692,607 units, or 5.8% more than in the first quarter of 2010, on the back of growth in markets outside Europe, particularly Brazil, Turkey and Russia.
Looking into the company, it can be seen that their biggest strength is that they are not a regular automaker; the unique thing about the company is that it is involved in the motor sport and Formula 1 which distinguishes it from competitor Peugeot. However, the small size of the company proves to be a weakness when it comes to competition with giants GM and Volkswagen. However, this is an opportunity for the company, because it shows the markets where it can grow abroad (it is a global company but still can expand the line to the USA). Moreover, a great opportunity is involvement in the production with electric cars. With gas prices on the rise, consumers are now more than ever looking into different ways to save money on fuel. Alternative methods are expected and the companies that manage to provide the first efficient electric cars will easily become leaders in the competition. Lastly, the threats for the company come from the fact that the company needs to keep on top of industry trends and consumer needs and wants. Providing the consumer with the automobile they are looking for is key to success in the industry.
Innovation is a core Renault strategy. Each vehicle it designs features the latest in styling, comfort and technology. Renault's innovation policy has also made it a standard-setter on safety and the environment. It is based on four fields of research: environment, safety, comfort and dynamic performance [7] Furthermore, to better meet the needs of its customers, Renault has a network of engineering and design centers across the world. These centers develop new models inspired by local trends.
Renault's design world, essential to the brand's success, is most fully expressed in concept cars and show cars. Concept cars are inspired by the latest trends and embody the imaginary of future vehicles. Show cars, on the other hand, forecast what the next mass-produced vehicles will be. Renault's design strategy embodies the idea of a life-cycle, thus reflecting the brand's human dimension.
Renault in Brazil Renault is consolidating its position as a key player in Brazil, with an ultra-modern industrial complex, a design center and a range of highly successful models. The Brazilian market has enjoyed exceptional growth in recent years (+28.8% in 2007). [8] The world's leading vehicle manufacturers are present here, including Chrysler, Honda, Renault, Toyota, PSA, Fiat and Mercedes. Despite the competition, Renault doubled its sales in Brazil between 2007 and 2008, making it the fifth most popular car maker.
Renault in Romania Renault is enjoying huge international success with Logan, the flagship vehicle of its Romanian subsidiary, Dacia. Romania is now a key component in the Group's strategy of international expansion. After modernizing Dacia's historic plant in Pitesti, Renault set up a design centre and an engineering centre, both of which are complete entities. Dacia Duster, launched in 2010, is the first vehicle produced by these centers.
Renault in Russia Renault has been present in Russia since the early 20th century. In 1998, it expanded the sales base for its vehicles in this country by setting up Avtoframos. Ten years later, Renault took a stake in AvtoVAZ, owner of Lada, the country's most popular brand. The aim is to keep pace with Russia's strongly growing automotive market, which is on the way to becoming Europe's biggest.
Russia has seen continuous growth since 2000, making it a highly attractive destination for private foreign capital. The automotive sector is one of the first to reap the benefits of this investment. After the financial crisis of 2009, all the signs pointed to a strong recovery in the automotive market. Between April 2009 and May 2010, sales of new vehicles grew by 20%, mainly on the back of government scrappage bonuses. Between January and May 2010, during this period of strong growth, Renault increased its market share by 14% (putting it to 5.3%). [9] Russia is poised to become Europe's biggest market, ahead of Germany. This explains why vehicle manufacturers are rushing to establish bases here. A strategic choice made by Renault in 1998. Renault, Nissan and their Russian partner AvtoVaz are aiming for 40% of the market in 2015 – compared to 30% in 2009.[10]
Renault in Turkey Renault has been present in Turkey for four decades through its subsidiary Oyak-Renault. No. 1 on the car market, Renault is considered virtually as a "national" brand. Turkey has a particularly dynamic automotive sector, with more than 15 vehicle manufacturers (including Renault, Toyota, Honda and Fiat Tofas), almost 1,000 parts suppliers, and annual output of more than one million vehicles. At present, more than three-quarters of output is exported, but the automotive industry could soon focus more closely on its domestic market. Turkey is experiencing strong growth (5% in 2007) and household ownership for cars is relatively low at just 214 vehicles per 1,000 people [11].
Renault in India Renault presence in India started in 2005. Since then, it has expanded at speed: a joint venture with Bajaj Auto, a logistics platform in Poona and a new design centre in Mumbai. In 2010, the Group strengthens its presence more than ever. India is the world's 12th biggest economic power. Between 2005 and 2007 it posted steady economic growth of over 9%, and GDP per capita has doubled in the space of ten years. The car market is growing by around 10% a year, [12] attracting the attention of many vehicle manufacturers. India's middle classes total more than 350 million people, all of whom are potential buyers, and their numbers are continuing to grow. Suzuki/Maruti is currently No. 1 on the small car market.
Renault in South Korea The Renault group is present in South Korea through the company Renault Samsung Motors. It is Korea's fourth biggest manufacturer and the future is looking bright. South Korea is enjoying strong economic performance, with growth of around 5% in recent years. This expansion is balanced by rising household consumption and buoyant foreign trade. South Korea is the world's fifth biggest vehicle manufacturer with 3.8 million units produced in 2006 and total market sales of 1.26 million vehicles in 2007. [13] The market has attractive growth prospects, since household ownership figures could still increase.
Renault in Algeria Boosted by a dynamic market, Renault's activities in Algeria keep on expanding. After nearly 90 years' presence in the country, Renault is more than ever focused on the future. The Group's numerous sales innovations have turned Algeria into a growth driver for the Group. Renault first set up business in Algeria in 1922, founding the Société Algérienne des Automobiles Renault (SADAR) to distribute Renault vehicles. SADAR quickly became the largest vehicle distribution business in the country. With the creation of CARAL plant (Construction des Automobiles Renault en Algérie) in 1959, Renault started producing vehicles in Algeria. While activity was discontinued at SADAR and CARAL in 1969 following nationalization, they made a huge contribution to opening the way for Renault in Algeria and favoring the transfer of skills. In 1997, 30 years after the Algerian government's wave of nationalizations, Renault made a big step forward by setting up a real sales and marketing structure entirely dedicated to the domestic market, Renault Algérie Spa. This subsidiary, today wholly owned by the Group, has a workforce of nearly 400 and is a concrete example of Renault's investment in Algeria.
Renault in Morocco Renault has been present in Morocco for 80 years. It is No. 1 on the Moroccan market with the Renault and Dacia brands. The Group already has a production unit in Casablanca (SOMACA) and in 2008, started work on a vast industrial complex in Tangiers. The Renault group is No. 1 on the Moroccan car market, with more than 37,000 vehicles sold in 2009. The Renault and Dacia brands rank first and second, with market share of 16.9% and 12.2% respectively. [14] In 2007, vehicle sales in Morocco topped the 100,000 mark for the first time. The number of cars on the road is estimated at 1.5 million, with an average age of between 9 and 10. Although limited, the Moroccan automotive market is growing strongly.
Renault in South Africa At end-2008, Renault deployed a new action plan to boost its presence in South Africa. The plan involved new models (including Sandero, produced locally) and improvements in service quality. Renault South Africa is once more taking a bold, optimistic approach. The history of Renault in South Africa goes back to 1953. At that time, the 4CV was imported to South Africa by Curries Motors. Five years later, Renault Africa was set up to develop the brand on the African continent. In 1985, Renault withdrew from the South African market because of apartheid. The brand's vehicles were then imported by Imperial Cars Imports (ICI). It was only in 2002 that Renault created a subsidiary dedicated to the South African market: Renault South Africa. This joint venture is 51% owned by Renault S.A.S. and 49% by ICI. [15]
Renault SA ceased manufacturing large goods vehicles by 2004 when it sold its truck and military divisions to Volvo in 2001 and its bus and tram business to Irisbus in 1999. Renault's agricultural division was sold to CLAAS in 2004. [16]
Renault Renault is the Group's historical, founding brand. Strongly present in Europe, the Renault brand is in a worldwide expansion. Renault has always been a vector for innovation, with the invention of the MPV (multi-purpose vehicle).
Dacia Created in 1966 and bought by Renault in 1999, Dacia is the most important auto maker in Romania. Its values are: simplicity, robustness and unbeatable value for money. A large part of its success comes from the emblematic vehicle: Logan. Dacia is also the group's vector for development in Europe and Euromed regions.
Renault-Samsung Motors Renault Samsung Motors offer new and top-of-the-range vehicles. The brand relies on ultra-modern production facilities and a high-level R&D center.
Electric Vehicles From 2008, Renault entered a number of agreements for its planned zero-emissions products, including Israel, Portugal, Denmark, the U.S. states of Tennessee and Oregon, Yokohama in Japan and the Principality of Monaco. In 2008 Renault-Nissan signed a deal to mass-produce electric cars for an initiative in Israel with Better Place, a US company developing new non-petrolium based transport infrastructure. Renault aimed to mass market 10,000 to 20,000 cars a year in Israel. [17] Renault would also develop exchangeable batteries for the project. The Renault Fluence Z.E., [18] was selected for the Israel project, being the first zero-emission vehicle with a switchable battery, with trials in 2010 undertaken with the Renault Laguna.
Renault-Nissan and the largest French electric utility, Electricite de France (EDF) signed an agreement to promote emission-free mobility in France. The partnership planned to pilot projects on battery management and charging infrastructure. Renault-Nissan also signed deals with Ireland's ESB, and in Milton Keynes as part of the UK's Plugged In Places national project.
Formula 1 Renault introduced the turbo engine to Formula One when they debuted their first car, the Renault RS01 at Silverstone in 1977 and the Renault team continued until 1986. From 1989 Renault supplied engines to the successful Williams-Renault car. Renault took over the Benetton Formula team in 2000 for the 2001 season and became Renault F1 in 2002. In 2005 and 2006 the team won the Constructors' and Drivers' titles (with Fernando Alonso). Renault powered the winning 2010 Red Bull Racing team, and entered a similar role with Group Lotus in December 2010 which ended Renault's direct role in running a F1 team for the second time. [19]
Renault competes in a few different segments of the automotive industry: Auto Manufacturing, Automotive & Transport, and Auto Lending.
Demand for automobiles is driven by consumer income and demographics. The profitability of individual companies depends on the correct assessment of repayment likelihood and effective collections activities. Large companies have an advantage in the ability to manage large portfolios of mortgage, auto, and credit card loans through sophisticated computer risk modeling. Small companies can compete effectively in the cash lending or sales finance segments, where a local or neighborhood presence is highly effective.
Furthermore, demand for auto parts is driven by new car sales, which are strongly affected by interest rates, and by the replacement market. Company profitability depends partly on the difficulty of manufacturing products and partly on demand volume, since many costs are fixed. Small companies can compete successfully by focusing on a small number of products or some highly technical ones. The structure of the industry is complex, with most smaller companies (referred to as "tier 2" and "tier 3" suppliers) selling parts to larger suppliers (referred to as "tier 1" suppliers), which in turn sell component assemblies or modules to car and truck assemblers.
Threat of New Entrants The average person can't come along and start manufacturing automobiles. However, if we look at what happened in the US, it was thought that the American automobile industry and the Big Three were safe. But this did not hold true when Honda Motor Co. opened its first plant in Ohio. The emergence of foreign competitors with the capital, required technologies and management skills began to undermine the market share of North American companies. Therefore, it can be concluded that even though the threat of new entrant is low, however one new entrant can change the market share spread.
Power of Suppliers The automobile supply business is quite fragmented - there are many firms. Many suppliers rely on one or two automakers to buy a majority of their products. If an automaker decided to switch suppliers, it could be devastating to the previous supplier's business. As a result, suppliers are extremely susceptible to the demands and requirements of the automobile manufacturer and hold very little power.
Power of Buyers Originally the power of the automaker was unchallenged, however, new entrants providing different better quality foreign cars changed that. The power of buyers increases with the increase in variety of automakers. On the other hand, while consumers are very price sensitive, they don't have much buying power as they never purchase huge volumes of cars.
Availability of Substitutes Substitutes in this industry refer not only to consumers buying a different model car but also the likelihood of people taking the bus, train or airplane to their destination. The higher the cost of operating a vehicle, the more likely people will seek alternative transportation options. The price of gasoline has a large effect on consumers' decisions to buy vehicles. Trucks and sport utility vehicles have higher profit margins, but they also guzzle gas compared to smaller sedans and light trucks.
Competitive Rivalry Highly competitive industries generally earn low returns because the cost of competition is high. The auto industry is considered to be an oligopoly, which helps to minimize the effects of price-based competition. The automakers understand that price-based competition does not necessarily lead to increases in the size of the marketplace; historically they have tried to avoid price-based competition, but more recently the competition has intensified - rebates, preferred financing and long-term warranties have helped to lure in customers, but they also put pressure on the profit margins for vehicle sales.
Acceleration in Merger and Acquisition: As cash-strapped organizations in US and Europe were looking for "saviors" for some of their brands or subsidiaries there were strategic partnerships between automotive OEMs with contrasting strengths (like Suzuki and VW or Chrysler and Fiat) to leverage their strengths on common platforms.
Entry into new geographies: New markets like India (with 11% growth) and China (9% growth) hold strong promise. As US new car sales dipped from 15+ million vehicles in 2006 to about 8+ million vehicles by the end of 2009, there is a shift in focus to these emerging markets. Some OEMs would leverage the existing presence of their alliance partners to enable an entry strategy, like Renault's entry into China.
Reducing time-to-market for alternate energy vehicles: Cornered by the "green revolution" most automotive OEMs are forced to look for alternate energy sources like hybrids, electric vehicles, ethanol, bio-diesel etc. Seeing the success of Toyota Prius, all automotive OEMs are planning rapid prototyping and accelerate sourcing and commercialize their alternate fuel concept vehicles. This will consequently lead to a major change in their supply chains including energy and parts suppliers, pipeline and distribution agencies, energy storage and retail agencies.
The top competitors for Renault are the German Volkswagen, the French Peugeot, and the US General Motors.
General Motors General Motors (GM) manufactures cars and trucks, with brands such as Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC. GM also builds cars through its GM Daewoo, Opel, Vauxhall, and Holden units. Financing and insurance activities are conducted by Ally Financial (formerly known as GMAC), of which GM owns about a 10% stake. Throughout its financial woes, GM has received billions of dollars in loans from the Canadian and US governments, negotiated concessions with labor unions, and jettisoned brands. The auto giant went through a six-week bankruptcy protection in 2009; it issued an initial public offering and returned to the stock market in 2010. [20]
Peugeot Peugeot S.A. is the biggest rival of Renault to claim the top spot in the battle for auto sales in France. Peugeot makes cars and light commercial vehicles under the Peugeot and Citroën brands. France's best-selling auto brand, Peugeot is among the top manufacturers in European passenger car and commercial vehicle sales. Also part of Peugeot's automotive division are Faurecia (auto parts), GEFCO (transportation and logistics), and Banque PSA Finance (financial services for dealers and customers). Other group products include motorbikes, scooters, and light-armored vehicles. Peugeot makes most of its sales in Europe. [21]
Volkswagen With cars named for climate patterns, insects, and small mammals, Volkswagen (VW) leads the Continent as Europe's #1 carmaker. Along with Golf (Gulf Stream reference) and the New Beetle, VW's annual production of more than 6 million cars, trucks, and vans includes such models as Passat (trade wind), Jetta (jet stream), Rabbit, and Fox. VW also owns a garage full of luxury carmakers -- AUDI, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Bugatti. Other brands include SEAT (family cars, Spain) and Škoda (family cars, the Czech Republic). Late in 2009 VW acquired a 49.9% stake in Porsche for about €4 billion (almost $6 billion) as the first step in combining the two into an integrated car company. [22]
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The data in the table sows that in 2010 Renault's revenue was substantially smaller than that of its rivals. This is due to the fact that it is competing against some large automakers such as Volkswagen who has more line products and is a global company. Renault is sold outside of Europe as well but not with as much success. Both Peugeot and Renault are mainly sold in Europe with largest share in the French market. They are similar in size and much smaller than Volkswagen and GM. The two French automakers are nonetheless strong competitors in the European market. Also, Renault has been successful in Brazil, Eastern Europe, Algeria, South Africa, and Morocco to name a few places where competitor GM has had trouble penetrating.
The government of France owns 15.7 per cent of the company. The company is administered by a Board of Directors composed of 19 members (10 of them being independent). As of April 2010, members of the board of directors include: [27]
Patrick Pélata is the company's Chief Operating Officer and Thierry Moulonguet is Chief Financial Officer. Louis Schweitzer was Chairman and CEO from 1992 to 2005, in succession to Raymond Lévy.


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Sydney (AFP) Feb 2, 2012
Auto maker Holden said Thursday it would cut around 100 jobs, blaming the strength of the Australian dollar, one week after fellow car giant Toyota sacked 350 workers.
Holden, an Australian subsidiary of US giant General Motors, said it would scale down production to a single shift at its Elizabeth plant in South Australia to "manage the impact of the high Australian dollar".
Managing director Mike Devereux said the changes would result in losses "around the order of 100 or so casual and flexible workers" from the company's workforce of around 5,000 people nationwide.
"At the current exchange rate we won't be able to realise further growth in our export programmes so the shift changes allow us to maintain production levels and do it more efficiently," Devereux said in a statement.
The Australian dollar has traded near or above parity with the greenback for more than 12 months and it is at a 40 percent premium to its long-term average, with Canberra seeing a strong currency as the new norm.
But the exchange rate has hit some local industries hard, particularly manufacturing, with steelmakers and now the auto sector shedding jobs in a bid to stay afloat.
Manufacturing Minister Kim Carr said Holden's job losses were a direct result of softer exports due to "the changes in the value of the Australian dollar."
"We are simply not exporting as many cars to the United States as we would have hoped to," Carr told reporters.
"We have to adjust to a much lower volume environment as a direct result of the changes that have occurred with the value of the Australian dollar."
Toyota Australia sacked 350 workers last week due to "unprecedented" pressure on its operations from the dollar and its impact on export markets, saying a slump during the financial crisis had failed to reverse.
The Japanese automaker's Australian chief Max Yasuda said he was working to slash Toyota Australia's break-even point by 25 percent within two years while doubling the output of local manufacturers to remain viable.
"We have to make ourselves more lean, more efficient and a more effective company," he told the Australian Financial Review.
Yasuda said government support for the industry through co-investment was an "ongoing need and a long-term need".
Canberra extended Holden a Aus$200 million (US$214 million) credit line in 2009 after parent company GM filed for bankruptcy, handing 60 percent of the firm over to Washington.
GM reclaimed its title as the world's biggest automaker last month, successfully emerging from its financial woes to overtake German giant Volkswagen and Japanese Toyota in the race to the top.
Australia's automakers have come under increasing strain, with last March's earthquake and tsunami in Japan seeing Toyota Australia scale back production by 20 percent and third major player Ford sack 240 workers.
The government pledged Aus$34 million to help prop up production at Ford's operations earlier this month, saying it was vital to maintain competition in the local market.
That followed a multi-billion-dollar lifeline to the nation's ailing auto industry at the height of the global financial crisis, after Ford cut 450 jobs.
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All eyes in the film and music industries are currently focused on the start of the major trial of four men in Sweden who are charged with facilitating the distribution of copyrighted material on the internet.
The trial, which is anticipated to be the most significant internet piracy case in recent times, concerns the Swedish file-sharing website Pirate Bay. The site facilitates the illegal downloading of music, games and films through a data-sharing protocol called BitTorrent. The four men accused face a possible fine of £100,000 and a maximum prison sentence of two years.
The case of Pirate Bay highlights what a hot topic the enforcement of copyright has become since the advent of the internet. The website under fire has 25 million users worldwide and is financially backed by advertising. Pirate Bay is an example of a prevalent problem which is threatening to seriously harm the wellbeing and sustainability of the film and music industries.
Evidence of the industries' desire to protect their intellectual property and the extent to which they are financially suffering because of piracy, is evidenced by the civil claim for compensation against Pirate Bay, which the industries are themselves simultaneously bringing to court. Those from the music industry are seeking 2.2 million Euros in compensation, while members of the film industry believe they are entitled to 10.9 million Euros for losses incurred as a result of Pirate Bay's activities.
The four defendants in the Pirate Bay case represent the other school of thought which staunchly challenges the protection of intellectual property by copyright laws. The website was established by Piratbyran, a Swedish organisation which fights against copyright laws.
It is anticipated that those defending the four Pirate Bay men will argue that the site is legal under Swedish law because it neither stores copyrighted material, nor hosts the exchanging of files itself. Instead the website acts as a directory enabling its users to find each other with the intension of illegally sharing copyrighted material. It also provides the user with all the necessary information needed to do this.
Members of the film and music industries will undoubtedly be hoping for a landmark ruling which will serve a significant blow to internet piracy and act as a deterrent to those considering breeching copyright law on the internet. Both members of the media industries and intellectual property lawyers will be closely watching the outcome of this case, which is likely to have a profound effect either way.
Those responsible for Pirate Bay remain adamant that the site will continue, whatever the outcome of the trial, relocating to another country if necessary.
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JTA — The federation of Spanish Jewish communities welcomed the decision to remove the words "kill Jews" from the name of a small village in northern Spain.
The statement Monday by the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain, or FCJE, came after a majority was reached Sunday at a town hall meeting in favor of changing the name of the village of Castrillo Matajudios to Castrillo Mota de Judios, a name which means "Camp Jews' hill."
The decision corresponds with "the municipality's desire to remain faithful to the true history of the village, whose name became Matajudios because of an error in translation and not because of any bias against Jews," the statement read.
Spanish media reported last month that Lorenzo Rodriguez, the mayor of the village of Castrillo Matajudios near Leon, was urging residents to agree to a name change. He said this was the village's original name, but it was changed during or near the Spanish Inquisition of 1492.
In parts of Spain, and especially in the north, locals use the term "killing Jews" (matar Judios) to describe the traditional drinking of lemonade spiked with alcohol at festivals held in city squares at Easter, or drinking in general.


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Tuesday July 9th, 2013 - 10:00AM
ODESSA, UKRAINE—The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, has debuted in Ukraine with the addition of the Hotel Bristol in Odessa to The Luxury Collection portfolio.
The 112-room property was built in 1898 and designed by Alexander Bernardazzi and Adolf Minkus, featuring renaissance and baroque architectural styles. The hotel, after its renovation, will offer nearly 10,000 sq. ft. of event and meeting space as well as leisure facilities, such as an indoor pool, spa and fitness center.
The Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Odessa, is jointly owned by L.A.R.K. LLC and Birstol-Krasnaya LLC and will open early next year.


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Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin.
Ride, the first American woman in orbit, died Monday at her home in the San Diego community of La Jolla at age 61 of pancreatic cancer, according to her company, Sally Ride Science.
Ride flew into space on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, when she was 32. Since then, 42 other American women followed her into space.
Sally Ride dead of pancreatic cancer, 29 years after space flight
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The Gunslinger Guide to Natalie Wood #13
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- POP9 said...
- November 29, 2010 4:15 PM
- Monique said...
I know she didn't think much of this movie ("The Great Race") but it's always been one of my favorites. She's quite funny in it and I wish she had done more comedies.
- November 29, 2010 7:30 PM
- Chip Hilton said...
I can't recall ever seeing her look bad.
- November 30, 2010 5:38 PM
- john said...
to me natalie wood is the most gorgeous woman of all time. she looked her absolute best in the great race.
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J. Cole — A Day in the Life
There's an eerie calm surrounding J. Cole as he makes his way into a black turtle-top van outside Sony Music headquarters in New York City. Today, Sept. 27, 2011, marks a day forever ingrained in his psyche. After two years of beatmaking, networking and lyrical masterminding, his highly anticipated debut album, 'Cole World: The Sideline Story,' is out for mass consumption.
However, the 26-year-old Roc Nation signee isn't shouting his musical victory to passersby on the street nor jumping around like a kid in a Willy Wonka-style candy store. Cole, dressed in a simple black T-shirt, khaki pants, black Jordan sneakers and a gold rosary decorating his neck, is unusually reserved. But his quiescent demeanor is a result of the weeks leading up to this moment. "Today, I feel like it's a collection of all the work I've been doing over the years mixed with the past two weeks of promo," Cole tells The BoomBox. "Like, now that it's finally here, I'm physically exhausted."
It's close to noon and the 'Can't Get Enough' creator is on about three hours of sleep, commencing his official album release promo day around 5:30AM. From interviews with esteemed radio personalities to an in-store album signing, 15-hour days are the usual for J. Cole. Sometimes he has to step back from the incessant calls and the overwhelming emails to absorb this "personal first," which only happens once in a lifetime.
"There's a lot going on first of all," he admits. "So I don't know if I can truly process the moment for exactly what is cause there's so much running around. But that's how strong the moment is, that I can still feel the excitement and importance of it. 'Cause usually like with major events, I don't usually get to, like, appreciate them at all 'cause I'm so busy. This one I am actually enjoying and appreciating it."
J. Cole's not shy in admitting he's tired, but he's human, demonstrated most genuinely on his LP — a collection of songs that reflect the struggle to follow his rap dreams, relationships with women and the ups and downs of his upbringing. On 'Breakdown,' he spits, "Just seen my father for the first time in a minute/ And when I say a minute, I mean years, man/ Damn, a whale could've swam in them tears, fam."
Cole speaks on the importance of honest records like this. "If you only listen to one song and you want to know what the album's about, I'd pick that song," he states before entering Music Choice for a performance. "That or 'Lost Ones.' Why? 'Cause they're super emotional and they're deeper records. I feel like they more closely represent who I am as an artist. Those are my favorite type of records."
As he eases into a soundcheck on a rooftop overlooking the Hudson River, it's apparent the Fayetteville, N.C. native turns his energy switch "on" as the music moves him. He grabs the mic and performs tracks like 'Work Out,' 'In the Morning' and 'Lights Please,' all while his mother, best friend Camille, Dreamville Entertainment business partner Ibrahim Hammad and entourage look on with satisfactory smiles on their faces. Just like J. Cole, the people he's chosen to play on his team are ecstatic that his goals have finally come to fruition.
"I seen some pictures his best friend from back home, Camille, had, and it was from ninth grade, and on the back [Cole wrote], 'Keep this 'cause I'm gonna be famous one day,'" says Hammad, who's also credited as A&R on the lyricist's LP. "Just to see him come to New York and go to school [St. Johns University] and say, 'I'ma be a rapper.' When he graduated school, he didn't get a full-time job 'cause he knew if he got a full-time job, like it's harder to make it happen. So just to see him go through that and struggle to stay afloat, and to be here today. That's the lesson I took from him: There's no such thing as an obstacle."
The sun shines bright as Cole and his crew leave Music Choice's rooftop venue around 2PM. There's an hour to kill before he sits down with Hot 97's Angie Martinez, a radio interview coveted by hip-hop and R&B artists nationwide. "It's a huge look," the Jay-Z protégé discloses. "I've been waiting on that day… 'cause that's when you really know your album is out when you go see Angie."
After taking a quick nap in a nearby hotel, the avid hoops player makes his way to 395 Hudson St. to speak with Martinez and her resident mixer DJ Enuff. He chops it up with radio jocks from Cipha Sounds to DJ Spynfo, records some drops and runs into Rev. Run's daughter Angela Simmons, who has just finished her own interview at the station and congratulates Cole on his album release.
There's a big cheese smile on J. Cole's face when he finally sits in front of Angie Martinez to talk business around 3:30PM. He may have been exhausted a few hours ago, but he's reveling in the moment. "[Your album] feels authentic," Martinez tells the rhymer. "It doesn't feel like a lot of bells and whistles." While the lauded radio jock compliments his sonic masterpiece, she also wastes no time in asking about the Rihanna dating rumors and "lyrical beef" between Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. J. Cole takes her remarks in stride and with a hearty laugh. "I'm learning there are no rules [in music]," he says to Martinez.
The room is tension-free and heavy with celebration, as Enuff plays Cole's Missy Elliott-assisted track 'Nobody's Perfect.' Though the beatmaking entertainer doesn't have radio records aplenty, that hasn't slowed his dedicated fanbase.
"Fans love him because he's a good looking guy, he's handsome, he's humble, he's got the skills," DJ Enuff explains. "He plays the part. I look at his CD cover now, and I'm like, this is the guy who could save hip-hop for a lot of fans. That's a lot to be said. Some people will be like, 'Well hip-hop doesn't need to be saved,' and all that kind of crap, but for the most part, he's bringing something fresh to the game. He's having fun with it and his lyrical wordplay is pretty genius and key. That's why I think fans like J. Cole across the board."
His Dreamvillains — the name he dubs his legion of followers — are hardcore. After exiting Hot 97, a crowd of fans are ready and waiting for him. A few want photos, one has him sign her copy of the October issue of his GQ magazine spread and another asks him to autograph a cigar. There's no screaming and crying supporters yet, but they'll come a bit later on. The laidback dude has grown accustomed to being poked, prodded and doted on by fans.
"We were in Tampa and a girl had 'Cole World' tattooed on her fingers," he exclaims in disbelief. "I've seen a guy in Rutgers had my whole verse tattooed on his forearm. I had one kid tell me that he had cancer and the only reason he felt like he beat it was 'cause a song that I made got him through it. I got wild stories." Not once does he take the support for granted. "I'm super proud. I'm just blessed that people get the music and they gravitate to the music the way that they do. That's why I make it. I never think about that like, 'Oh man, some kid is gonna beat cancer 'cause of this,' but I definitely want people to love the music like that and have that connection. That's the intention."
Cole hops in a black Escalade now and heads towards downtown New York City where he'll sign copies of 'Cole World: The Sideline Story' for fans. He stops at Star Pizza along the way to grab a slice and a Snapple at about 5:20PM. The 'Never Told' performer goes unnoticed in the restaurant, a few customers shoot glares his way as if they recognize his face but can't quite put a finger on who he is. Outside is a different story as one young girl stops him while he makes a phone call to pose for a photo. His quick dinner is rushed as he jumps back in his ride to head towards J&R Music World to meet his Dreamvillains.
As J. Cole approaches J&R, the scene is complete pandemonium. The store sits at a point on the corner of 23 Park Row and both sides of the building are lined with fans who've purchased a copy of his debut opus. His exit from the Escalade is immediately met with shouting men, women, boys and girls who surround him to get a closer look, or a quick touch, at the current hip-hop poster boy. Cole seems a bit nervous with the mob surrounding him but he still makes an effort to throw a few daps and shake hands before finding a safe entrance into the building.
Inside, the man of the hour signs his rap moniker on countless albums. Fans decked out in Cole World T-shirts make a single-file line inside the store, LPs and cameras in hand. But just like them, Cole too is a fan of hip-hop and of those helping to refresh its sound. For 'Cole World,' he was a student of the game. "I got in with No I.D. and Pharrell, Danjahandz and all these guys who know way more than me about production and know different things," states J. Cole, whose musical tastes include Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Eric Clapton. "Now I know more 'cause I'm seeing them work and I'm learning from them. I'm a smarter, better producer."
Nearing 8PM, J. Cole's day isn't close to being over. The emotive MC is still signing away and there's a celebratory dinner and album release party that awaits him. As tired as he may be, this workhorse, who recently came off an ankle injury as a result of a late-night basketball game, is about to party the night away, but he wouldn't have it any other way. Today, years of personal sacrifice have turned into a game-winning shot, one for his memory bank.
"I always feel like it's two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult," he finalizes. "If you truly believe it, that's step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it. So if the belief is there and you got the hard work to match that belief, I feel like it's impossible that you fail. If you fail then it just wasn't meant to be."
Fortunately for J. Cole, his "dollar and a dream" became a sonic slam dunk.


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Kodiak Kowboy overtook favorite Desert Key in the deep stretch, powering to a head victory in the Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) (VIDEO) for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course July 28.
Making his first start for trainer Larry Jones after being recently transferred from the barn of Steve Asmussen, Kodiak Kowboy dug in during a stretch run in overhauling Desert Key, who went off as the 8-5 favorite and blazed through fractions of :21.79, :44.13, and 1:08.81.
The final time under winning jockey Gabriel Saez in the 6 1/2-furlong race over the main track was 1:15.56. Devereux finished third, beaten 4 1/2- lengths.
Jones gave credit to previous trainer Asmussen in a post-race interview, and to Saez, who posted his first-ever Saratoga victory.
"He was already pointed to this race," Jones told the New York Racing Association. "All I had to do was not mess it up. It worked out well for us. Gabriel has stepped up to the plate every time I've called upon him. We're proud of him. He'll not be out-ridden. Once you get even with him, you're in trouble."
Jones said Kodiak Kowboy will likely start next in the King's Bishop (gr. I) for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs on the undercard of the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (gr. I), a race Jones won last year with Hard Spun.
"Kodiak Kowboy needed this race, since it had been a while since he had run," Jones said of his colt, who last time out finished second in the April 26 Derby Trial at Churchill Downs. "The King's Bishop is our target. It would be nice to win it again this year."
Kodiak Kowboy, a colt son of Posse-Kokadrie, by Coronado's Quest, sat fourth through the opening quarter before making a strong four-wide move on the turn. Advancing into second, the colt hooked up with the front-running Desert Key in the stretch and prevailed at the wire.
The winner improved to 6-2-1 in 11 career starts with $684,058 in earnings. It was Kodiak Kowboy's second grade-II win of his career, and second at Saratoga, having last year won the Saratoga Special Stakes (gr. II) to cap a then-winning streak of four consecutive races.
"Being that Kodiak Kowboy had won here before, I felt very comfortable," Saez said. "This was my first time on him and he surprised me. It's nice to win here. Now I can go home happy."
Bred in Kentucky by Hartwell Farm, Kodiak Kowboy is owned by Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farm. Vinery Stables purchased Kodiak Kowboy for $70,000 at the 2006 Ocala Breeders Sales Co.'s August yearling sale out of the consignment of Burleson Farms. J.W. Singer had originally purchased the colt for $40,000 at the 2005 Keeneland November breeding stock sale out of the Hartwell Farm consignment.
Kodiak Kowboy paid $6.10, $3, and $2.70, while Desert Key paid $2.90, and $2.60. Devereux paid $3.90.
Silver Edition, Excess Capital, Fidelio, who went to his knees at the start, and Eaton's Gift followed.
(Chart, Equibase)
Kodiak Kowboy Prevails in Amsterdam
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CoolSculpting to Freeze Fat: 10 Tips You Won't Hear on TV
A. Foley on 20 Aug 2014 at 3:50pm
Since its media splash in late 2010, CoolSculpting by Zeltiq has taken the body-contouring world by storm. It's non-invasive, cheaper than liposuction, and is marketed to almost be painless — though the length of results still remains a question mark.
It's making more and more appearances in the media lately, so we rounded up some of the discoveries our community has made during their frolics with the fat-freezing treatment.
Top 10 Things About CoolSculpting You Might Not Hear on TV:
1. 7/10 people would do it again, according to the RealSelf Worth It Rating.
2. "CoolSculpting is not a procedure to improve skin laxity," says Dr. Leyda Bowes. Meaning, if your skin is already saggy, it will not be improved. In fact, fat removal could make it even more noticeable.
3. It's definitely not pain-free. "CoolSculpting can be uncomfortable during the first 5 to15 minutes when the vacuum grabs the skin and fat," explains Dr. Michael Persky.
4. It's really a two-hour procedure. Though it's marketed to only be an hour, that time is for one area only. Each love handle is a separate area, and the lower abdomen counts as two. (Hey, who wants to be lopsided?)
5. Right after the procedure, the treated area will look like it's got a stick of butter underneath — or as one RealSelf member wrote, "It looked like I had a 1lb piece of salmon under my skin. It was weird but they massaged it right down."
6. Only one treatment is needed to see 20-25% fat reduction in that area. But if you opt for more, doctors say you can see an additional 20-25% each time.
7. Some patients don't see success in round one, but find the "second time's a charm" to get visible results.
8. Doctors and patients agree that recovery could involve days or even weeks of soreness ("similar to the day after you've done a hard work out"), as well as bruising, swelling, and tingling in the treated area.
9. Full results take an average of 2-3 months to show. Some people will show within weeks, some take up to 4-6 months.
10. CoolSculpting is not a license to go on a calorie binge. If you gain weight, the remaining fat will get larger and lessen the results," says Dr. Steven Weiner. Doctors recommend maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regime for lasting results.
What do you think about CoolSculpting? Would you try it? Have you? Let us know in the comments below.


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Texas Lawmaker Carves Exception Benefiting Own House In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, beachfront homeowners whose property was damaged or destroyed face a special limitation on rebuilding. If the storm eroded the beach, it also may have eroded their free title to the property. Under the state's Open Beaches Act, property owners may not build on a public beach. And when the land moves, so does the public beach. People who buy beachfront property are warned in big letters in purchase and sale documents of the risk they run that the ocean may take back their land. But it's a little different if you're a state legislator. According to the Houston Chronicle story, "Battle for a beach," by Harvey Rice and Matt Stiles, Texas State Representative Wayne Christian, on the last day of this year's legislative session, inserted language about beachfront rebuilding into a broader bill addressing recovery from Hurricane Ike. Christian's provision exempts a stretch of Bolivar Peninsula beach from the restrictions of the Open Beaches Act. Not by coincidence, critics charge, that particular stretch of beach includes the land, and the bare foundation pilings, where Christian's own beachfront second home stood before the storm. Under the Texas Constitution, laws that benefit just one locality are prohibited: All new laws must be written to apply to the whole state. Christian got around that technicality, the Chronicle reports, by not mentioning the Bolivar peninsula by name in his amendment. Instead, he wrote the exemption to apply to houses "on a peninsula in a county with more than 250,000 population and less than 251,000 population." "The only area fitting that description," notes the Chronicle, "is Bolivar."
Houses stand on badly damaged beachfront landin the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in September of last year. Some land may now be legally unbuildable under the Texas Open Beaches Act, because the public beach has encroached onto home sites. (PHOTO BY Jocelyn Augustino, FEMA) Texas Land Commissioner Patterson, whose job includes administering the Open Beaches Act, held a rally and press conference on the Bolivar beach to protest Christian's amendment. Patterson vowed not to enforce the measure if it passed, saying that it's indefensible in court. Reaction in the Texas press has been overwhelmingly negative, as exemplified by editorials in the Austin American-Statesman ("Perry, wave self-serving bill aside"), the Dallas Morning News (letter to the editor, "No exceptions for beach houses," By Ellis Pickett), the Houston Chronicle ("Beach brou-haha boils over," by Lisa Falkenberg), and the Galveston County Daily News ("Governor should veto beach rules," by Heber Taylor). (Nearby Galveston, by the way, which saw considerable beachfront destruction and beach erosion, is not included in Representative Christian's exemption.) Representative Christian, meanwhile, defended his amendment and his stance in an editorial on the Texas Weekly's "Soapbox" page ("Rep. Wayne Christian: It's a Property Rights Thing"). Wrote Christian, "My constituents adamantly believe it is wrong for the 'Big Brother' State to take their private property away from them unnecessarily." Texas Governor Rick Perry, after a series of ambivalent statements, decided finally to allow the bill containing the Christian amendment to go into effect — but without his signature, reports the Houston Chronicle here ("Perry allows exemption to rebuild beach houses," by Peggy Fikac). Vetoing the entire bill would have undone other measures the bill contained, including a provision allowing homeowners to take a "homestead" tax deduction on their state income taxes for two years while their homes are being rebuilt. "I want to protect the rights of property owners while ensuring that the state's beaches remain open for the public to use and enjoy," Perry said in a statement about the measure. But the Governor added, "The provision affecting the Texas Open Beaches Act is vague, broad and incomplete, and will likely result in litigation between homeowners and the state." And Land Commissioner Patterson repeated his intention not to enforce the provision allowing Christian (and other Bolivar residents) to rebuild before Patterson has determined where the new "line of vegetation" demarking the public beach now lies, post-Ike — which Patterson said could take 18 months to two years, as dunes and grasses re-establish themselves. Said Patterson, ""It will be the policy of the Texas General Land Office that notwithstanding the Christian amendment, no structure will be rebuilt if it will interfere with the public right to access Texas beaches."


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Pair with ties to Belle Vernon caught in Calif.
Fugitives from the law can run as far as California, said Southwest Regional Police Chief John Dale Hartman, but they will be caught.
With information provided by the Southwest Regional Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested fugitives Frank Gillon Jr., 24, of Yuciapa, Calif., and Kayla Kathleen Creamer, 28, of Moultrie, Ga., on Tuesday at a residence near Riverside, Calif.
Both were wanted on felony warrants for endangering the welfare of a child and drug violations. Gillon also was wanted for firearm violations related to an incident in Belle Vernon on Aug. 7, according to police.
Gillon is charged with possession of a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number, endangering the welfare of children, possession of a prohibited offensive weapon, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and cruelty to animals.
Creamer is charged with endangering the welfare of children, possession of a small amount of marijuana and cruelty to animals.
The couple's alleged stash of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, ammunition, a sawed-off shotgun and a 20-gauge shotgun were found in a car and residence in Belle Vernon after police received a call about three pit bulls left in a hot car.
Gillon, Creamer and Creamer's young son were staying with a friend on Market Street at the time, police said. Hartman said Gillon had transported the shotgun across the country, and it was stored next to a child's toy box at the Belle Vernon home.
Gillon and Creamer are in Riverside County Jail in California awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.
Hartman said he did not know how long extradition could take.
"The moral of this tale is, it's not good to run from the law," Hartman said.


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A wave of businesses with less than $1 million turnover is coming onto the market as baby boomers gear up for retirement, according to leading accounting firms. But many small business owners may be unable to sustain their current lifestyle in retirement because they are unlikely to reap the prices they want.
"The higher volume of businesses up for sale will put downward pressure on prices alone," said
Competition from online is further eroding the value of retail-style businesses.
Mr Graham said valuations are unlikely to improve in the short to medium term.
"Only really good businesses will attract top dollar," he said.
A survey of 308 business owners by RSM Bird Cameron shows less than half of small business owners surveyed had an exit strategy - but this is up from 20 per cent this time last year. Twenty per cent plan to sell within four years.
Thirty-four per cent expect that to be the primary source of their retirement income.
The survey highlights a mounting point of tension between buyers and sellers.
Two thirds of those surveyed believe the value of their businesses had increased in the past year.
At the same time, 34 per cent of respondents say lack of opportunities are holding them back, up from 17 per cent in 2012.
Despite evidence of greater elasticity in the labour market, 38 per cent of respondents identified finding skilled people as the main barrier to growth.
Despite a difficult year, 42 per cent of small business owners posted revenue growth over the past twelve months, the survey shows.
What's more, 64 per cent are optimistic and believe their business will grow in the coming year.
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The countdown is on to a new season of Doctor Who, which kicks off April 23 on BBC America.
Our friends the Fine Brothers have made another epic YouTube video, this time recapping "all 47 years of the show in one take."
I must admit, they do a pretty good job. Whether you're familiar with the series or not, this is a helpful clip:
Thanks to Benny and Rafi Fine for sharing. The season premiere airs Saturday at 9 p.m. ET.
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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A 13-GAME losing streak against St Kilda doesn't bother Richmond coach Damien Hardwick nearly as much as his under performing midfield, which he said yesterday must lift tomorrow night at the MCG.
The Tigers will be desperate for a win against the Saints to end a run of losses stretching back to 2003, but Hardwick suggested a repeat of the round-one effort from his midfield would spell disaster against last year's grand finalist.
''If our midfield is not better than last week we're in a lot of trouble - they were very, very poor,'' he said. ''We got smashed in the clearances by 18 - a smashing of biblical proportions.
''We need our midfield to generate some ball. If those guys get up and going and the ball gets going in our direction it solves a lot of our problems.''
The second-year coach dismissed the string of losses against the Saints, saying ''nine-tenths of the blokes wouldn't have any recollection of that record'' having been drafted to Punt Road in the past couple of years.
''There's certain sides you match up really well against and St Kilda is one of those sides. The last couple of times we've played them we've competed really well,'' Hardwick said.
''They're a side we enjoy playing, they're a terrific outfit, a well-structured outfit and something we strive to be, so it's a great test for our guys.''
Will Thursfield and Dylan Grimes have been earmarked to replace suspended defender Alex Rance, whom Hardwick said was running into good form before he was rubbed out for three games.
The club opted not to challenge his ban for rough play against Carlton's Jarrad Waite.
''We're obviously disappointed, he's been in really good form and it's a real shame for the kid - he's started to carve a career at full-back,'' Hardwick said.
Along with Thursfield or Grimes the Tigers are also expected to bring back Jake King.
''Jake will be every chance, he's a guy I'd like to have in the side,'' Hardwick said. ''He brings everything we are about as a footy club - he's tough, he's resilient, he's competitive, all those sorts of things we look for in footy players, so he'll be well and truly in the mix.''
Trent Cotchin, who improved against the Blues after a slow start, warmed up with the players before training at Monash University in Clayton yesterday, but left before the session began.
St Kilda forward/ruck Justin Koschitzke could come into the side two weeks after returning to full training following ankle surgery, according to assistant coach Peter Berbakov.
''Another full training session today and I'm sure we'd love to throw him straight back in,'' Berbakov said yesterday.
First-round draft pick Jamie Cripps is also in line to play his first game.


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Good day,
I know I started the original CC thread here, but I just found out about a patch that supposedly fixes/improves Walrus AI, which I am trying out right now, as we speak.
The only downside so far is that you need to either restart your campaign, or go for a strategy game.
The goal of this thread is to make it easy for people that are interested in CC, but wanted to wait and see what happened support wise to the horrible AI situation, so please, if anyone else has tried it more extensively, share! (as I will soon)


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Based on news reports, it would be difficult to overestimate how many bugs Mac OS X 10.5.5 managed to fix. Macworld reported that the update addressed "33 issues with the operating system." Other sites suggested that 10.5.5 patched "nearly 70 bugs." According to Ars Technica, the update provided "tons of fixes."
Depending on your viewpoint, it's either impressive how much Apple fixed or how much still needed fixing, considering this is the fifth maintenance update to OS X 10.5.
You might suppose that, given all of the hyperbole, after you updated to Mac OS X 10.5.5, you would easily notice at least a few of these improvements. "Not so!" claim many, if not most, Mac OS X users. These users report seeing not even one difference between 10.5.4 and 10.5.5.
How can this be? What's the explanation for this apparent paradox? Quite simple, really.
Many fixes only affect a subset of Mac users: For example, Apple's Knowledge Base article about 10.5.5 reports that the update "addresses an issue in which some Macs could unexpectedly power on at the same time each day." Apple has also posted a separate article on this symptom, explaining that the problem was due to an apparently corrupt com.apple.AutoWake.plist file, located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration.
Apple doesn't explain exactly what may go wrong with this file or what causes it to go wrong, or why it no longer goes wrong in 10.5.5. Regardless, chances are good you never had this problem anyway, as it only affects "some Macs." If you've never had the symptom, you won't notice any change after updating to 10.5.5.
By the way, if you haven't updated to 10.5.5, deleting the com.apple.AutoWake.plist file should fix the problem.
You don't use an affected application: It's hard to notice a bug fix if you never use the application that's been fixed. For example, Apple reported that Mac OS X 10.5.5 "resolves an issue in which the 'Refresh All' option may be dimmed ('grayed out') in the contextual menu for certain calendars." Obviously, if you don't use iCal, this remedy is irrelevant to you. Even if you do use iCal, echoing my first point, you may not have one of the affected "certain" calendars.
Some fixes take place behind-the-scenes: And if they're behind the scenes, you're unlikely to notice them. Thus, Apple reported that "Time Machine can now back up iPhone backups that are on your Mac, as well as other items in (~/Library/Application Support)." Never mind that the remedy is only relevant if you use Time Machine. I suspect that even most Time Machine users were oblivious to whether or not Time Machine backed up this folder in 10.5.4. So they would be hard-pressed to notice any change in 10.5.5.
Security fixes for potential problems are under the radar: You're not likely to feel effect of security fixes, as they generally protect against potential attacks that no one is ever going to try on your computer anyway.
In other words, despite all the improvements in Mac OS X 10.5.5, it would probably take less the fingers on one hand to count the number of fixes you'll ever notice. Overall, this a good thing. By this point in Leopard's life cycle, we shouldn't be seeing the eradication of big, obvious and pervasive bugs. They should have already been fixed in earlier updates. Happily, this appears to be the case.
This story, "Bugs & Fixes: Finding 10.5.5's Bug Fixes" was originally published by Macworld.


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On The Go: St Kilda
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Touristing in St Kilda
Let me tell you a little bit about me. I grew up in Tasmania, Western Australia and the ACT. When I left home, I headed straight for St Kilda. I slept on a friend's couch for a while and worked for a film production company off Acland St for a while. I wandered Acland St and Fitzroy St very often, eating apricot slices and drinking flat whites and getting pizza from Topolino's. Those were the days. Yep.
As I settled in, I spent a bit of time at The Seaview Ballroom and The Venue. Hung about a bit at The Espy. I totally St Kilda-fied my life.
Then. I moved NORTH of the river, following friends and boys. After that, I kind of never went back. I felt sure that north was best and as the places I once haunted closed, I shut the door on that bit of my life. I thought it was not cool anymore. I thought cool mattered. I thought wrong.
I'm here to tell you that there are a ton of GREAT things about St Kilda and its SOUTH of the river surrounds. I am completely 'fessing up to my incorrect assumption that St Kilda is for tourists. Indeed I was a tourist in my own town, then, hanging out southside with my family recently.
Here's my top tips for St Kilda visits:
St Kilda Pier – Ice cream? Coffee?
Penguins? Oh my!
Readings Books – Awesomely great independent book shop
Golden Fields – Fancy, new-skool Asian food
Joe's Bar – Disclosure: my friend Kat is the executive chef!
Miss Jackson – Much lauded food and coffee mecca
Tolarno – I've been going there for 20 years and I love it!
Circa – Fancy for dinner, but super fine!
Di Stasio – Still rolling out their super delicious, super reasonable lunches after all these years
The Galleon – Big breakfast, old skool St Kilda style
The Stokehouse – Afternoon drinks and snacks as the sun begins to slide away
But that's just the beginning of a list, really… Are you a bit of Southside aficionado?


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The major activity activities of early humans was were the hunting and gathering of food and the care and rearing of children. As early as 40,000 BC BCE, hunters began to work in groups to track and kill animals. Younger or weaker Other members of the tribe society were more naturally suited to gathering food. It seems likely that women, because of the requirements of pregnancy and nursing, did not generally participate in hunting.Some primitive peoples demonstrated an aptitude for making weapons, thus providing an early instance of the division of labour, but women's work in gathering likely yielded more food value than did hunting.
When agricultural cultivation replaced simple gathering, the resulting modest surplus increase in the supply of food freed some members of the tribe individuals to pursue crafts such as pottery making, textiles, and metallurgy, thus allowing for an early instance of the division of labour. Some primitive peoples also demonstrated an aptitude for making tools and weapons.
A sufficient food supply and the development of copper and bronze tools laid the groundwork for more complex societies that could support larger populations; . What followed was a revolutionary change in the nature of work: as towns were established, new specialized occupations developed in commerce, law, medicine, and defense. The increasing complexity of these economies professions required permanent records; thus, which fostered the development of writing and bookkeeping evolved.These civilizations, and .
The earliest civilizations—and the later societies of Greece and Rome, were Rome—were characterized by rigid, hereditary, hierarchical class structures. Kings and nobles ruled , and were supported by warriors; priests served as government officials; merchants dealt in purveyed the products of artisans and craftsmen; peasants worked family farms; and slaves worked in mines and craft workshops. These craft workshops were prototypes of the modern factory, producing metal weapons and tools with fewer than a dozen workers under the direction of a master craftsman. Larger projects, such as pyramids and aqueducts, were directed by master builders, who were assisted by foremen and scribes. The work required labourers of varying degrees of skill mobilized large groups of workers ranging from craftsmen to slaves.
Some of this the organizational sophistication evident in these large projects was lost in Europe immediately after the disintegration of the Roman Empire, as social life contracted into smaller, self-enclosed spheres. Nobles owned tracts of land that were farmed by peasants, who were bound to their plots by inheritance. The peasants turned over much of their produce to the nobles in return for military protection. The church was also became an important feature of the medieval economy, offering work to masons, carvers, and glaziers.
As town life grew more vigorous, craft guilds assumed greater importance, reaching their peak in the 14th century. Their purpose was to limit the supply of labour in a profession and to control production. Guild members were ranked according to experience: masters, journeymen, and apprentices. Strains developed within the guilds The guild structure started to disintegrate as some masters discovered that they could earn more from trading in raw materials and finished products held greater rewards than craftsmanship; others than from pursuing their traditional crafts. Others discovered that they could secure greater profits by excluding refusing to promote journeymen from promotion to the master class. ThusAs a result, apprentices and journeymen became a class of free labourers, and the employer-employee relationship was established.
Beginning about AD 1000, wind and water power waterpower began to replace or assist human labourers in tanning, grain processing, olive pressing, and the operation of bellows in mines and blast furnaces. Mechanization had little effect on large construction projects, however: churches and castles were built by strongly individualistic individual craftsmen under the direction of a master mason who not only designed the building but handled accounts and bought raw materials.
Technological advances, combined with worldwide exploration and colonization by European powers, did eventually change caused profound changes in economic life profoundly. Some guild masters were able to accumulate large amounts of capital, forcing which they used to expand their practices. This forced some of the less-successful masters to become wage labourers. This transition was most pronounced in England, where it was encouraged through the granting of monopolistic charters, the evolution of finance and trade, and the development of machinery, particularly steam power, in the 18th century.
Early factories divided the work previously done by a single craftsman into a number of distinct tasks, each performed by low-paid unskilled or semiskilled workers with the assistance of machinery. This new organization shortened the time required to produce an item, lowered its cost, and often improved its quality. Workers, however, who previously had controlled production, rebelled at the discipline required in such factories, and it became necessary to install a supervisory hierarchy far more complex than that required for preindustrial management.
The factory system both encouraged and required the growth of large cities. Urbanization demanded greater agricultural productivity, which was achieved through the use of fertilizers, scientific breeding practices, and mechanization. The colonies of the New World provided Europe's cities with agricultural products, often produced by slaves.
The production of large quantities of goods at low cost through the use of standardized parts and extensive division of labour was made possible by the development of machine tools (lathe-like machines for shaping metals) in the 19th century. Mass production encouraged manufacturing firms to grow much larger, demanding ever more specialized positions for managers, supervisors, accountants, scientists, engineers, technicians, salesmen, and others. Clerical work in some cases came to be organized according to principles similar to those of the industrial assembly line.
Continuing trends toward specialization and professionalization of work gave rise in industrial nations in the 20th century to a number of disciplines concerned with various aspects of work, including personal kindled the development of new occupational disciplines, such as those concerned with the physical comfort and motivation of workers, the efficiency of technology , efficiency or of entire systems, productivity, and the application of science to industry. Among these disciplines, some of whose functions overlap, are production management, industrial relations, personnel administrationhuman resources management, research and development, human-factors engineeringergonomics, operations research, and systems engineering. (See also history of the organization of work.)


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A NORTHERN NSW policeman has told the Police Integrity Commission that he was punched in the face by a young Aboriginal man, despite four other officers saying it never happened and CCTV footage contradicting his claim.
Senior Constable David Hill is among a group of police being investigated over an incident at Ballina police station in January 2011, in which Corey Barker, 24, was allegedly bashed by police and then falsely accused of assaulting them.
During the course of the inquiry, four of the police involved have gone back on the sworn statements they wrote claiming that Mr Barker punched Senior Constable Hill in the face and had to be forcibly restrained and dragged into a cell.
CCTV footage of the incident does not show any assault by Mr Barker. Rather, it shows police shoving him headfirst into a wall, and then kicking toward the 24-year-old's head as he lies on the ground.
But on Wednesday Senior Constable Hill maintained that he was punched in the face, conceding only that he had been wrong about whether the blow came from the young man's left hand or his right.
''I definitely remember it happening,'' said Senior Constable Hill, who now works at Kyogle police station.
''I looked to the right, saw his hand coming, moved my head and it scraped my nose .. . I remember my nose was sore. I remember checking whether it was bleeding.''
The commission heard that an inspection soon after the incident showed no visible injury to the policeman's nose.
When asked by counsel assisting the commission, Stephen Rushton, SC, why the alleged punch by Mr Barker did not appear in the CCTV footage, he said: ''I can only say that it might have been the angle of the camera in the footage …''
''I put it to you that it was impossible for him to have punched you, either with his left hand or his right hand,'' Mr Rushton said.
''I wouldn't say impossible, I'd say improbable,'' the police officer responded.
When asked to explain how it was that his version of events contradicted those of all the other police present at the time of the incident, the officer said he had ''no idea''.
The officer maintained that Mr Barker was dragged into the cell by his handcuffed arms only because he ''resisted'' when officers tried to pull him up, by being ''a dead weight''.
''I was telling him that we were going to lift him up … [but] he was a dead weight,'' he said.
''I probably should have given him more time.''
Senior Constable Hill repeatedly denied that he had knowingly given false evidence to the Ballina Local Court about the incident during two hearings in which he claimed that he had been assaulted.
He said he had ordered Mr Barker to remain handcuffed after he had been placed in the cell so that ''he couldn't assault anyone else''.
He conceded that Mr Barker posed little threat to anyone once he was locked in the cell, but later claimed that any officer who tried to remove the handcuffs could have been at risk.
He also said Mr Barker's cuffs were removed not long after.


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A decade ago, American McGee's Alice was a landmark action adventure game – literary in tone, surreal in design and boasting a female character who, for once, didn't appear to have been designed by the cast of American Pie.
Using Lewis Carroll's books as a jumping off point, ex-Id Software designer McGee had Alice locked in an insane asylum, driven mad by the loss of her family in a terrible house fire. Trapped in this gothic hellhole, Alice's escape to Wonderland becomes a metaphor for mental breakdown; a dark, fractured place where familiar characters were transformed into monstrous apparitions.
Now, finally, the long-awaited sequel is approaching. Set 10 years after the original, Alice is out of the madhouse, but she's still suffering hallucinations, and together with her psychiatrist, she must save her sanity by discovering the true cause of her family's demise. The answers, of course, are down that rabbit hole…
At EA's showcase event in London in early April, the publisher was showing two areas – The Hatters and Queensland – set in and around vast crumbling buildings. Once again there's a seamless integration of gothic, surreal and steam punk elements, and on current hardware it all looks stunning. There's an absolutely beautiful sequence, set at twilight, which has these huge steam-powered airships floating in an ochre sky – leading to them are giant clock cogs that form precarious platforms.
In the level I play, Alice must leap between decrepit platforms within a ruined mansion, using a double jump that lets her sail over long distances, accompanied by streams of animated butterflies. Everywhere there are giant plants waiting to suck her in, and dotted about the place are teeth to collect (reflecting the fact that many people have bad dreams about all their teeth falling out), which power up her weapons.
Alice has a bizarre armoury to call upon. Hitting X lets her slash with the familiar vorpal blade, while B drops a clockwork bomb that saunters around before exploding. The Y button brings up the more unwieldy but damaging hobbyhorse attack – allowing Alice to clobber enemies with the popular Victorian plaything. In the level we saw, she also had access to two ranged weapons, a pepper pot that operated like a pistol firing peppery bullets, and a teapot grenade launcher. Call of Duty it ain't.
Enemies, once again, take themes and images from the books, but twist and distort them. The playing card guards are back looking even more malevolent – some are armoured so can't be attacked from the front; Alice has to trick her way around and then swipe at them from behind. There's a handy dodge mechanic on the right shoulder tab, which sends Alice hurtling away from foes; combine it with jump and she can get out of any tight spot, transforming momentarily into a swarm of butterflies – it's a lovely concept, beautifully reflecting the game's interconnection of escapist fantasy worlds and twisted nightmares.
Building on this theme, we encounter one boss character, a hulking giant whose body is covered in the heads and limbs of delicate porcelain dolls – these must be smashed to defeat him. Apparently, the black substance that covers him is beginning to infect the whole of Wonderland, and a key element of the game is restoring the landscape to its previous splendour.
This sequence ends with Alice being chased through a maze by a giant warrior with a spinning blade staff. Finally, she gets to an open area where she finds a cake with a sign sticking out of it saying – yes – "eat me". She does, and then grows to an enormous height, towering over the warrior, who promptly drops his blade and stands cowering. She lifts her foot and stamps on him, splattering blood everywhere.
Elsewhere, there are puzzles to solve, exploration tasks to figure out (a "shrink" power on the left tab gives you access to lower areas, for example) and memories to discover. There's a real sense of detail and art about the environments, from the chequerboard platforms, to the curling, sprawling vegetation, to the hideous enemies. At one point Alice fights a giant teapot with a giant red eye that she can eventually burst sending goo spurting out.
It's stuff that will really resonate with fans of Carroll's part-whimsical, part-sinister books, as well as veterans of the original game. And of course, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar and the Red Queen all crop up in variously corrupted forms.
True, Alice: Madness Returns appears to exhibit all the mechanics and structural conventions of a conventional third-person action puzzler, but it's also filled with interesting visual ideas and maintains its predecessor's sense of menace and melancholy. It looks, in short, to be everything Tim Burton's movie should have been but resolutely wasn't – an unsettling modern interpretation of Lewis Carroll's genius.
• Alice: Madness Returns is out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in June, published by Electronic Arts


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Les Dames Do Brunch This Sunday (And Share a Recipe)
Escape to Homestead this Sunday for good food, bubbly and live music. The Miami chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier will present a bountiful table at their annual Tropical Brunch.
The event benefits the ladies' many community projects and will feature dishes prepared by the group's chef, farmer, and hospitality members. You can expect omelets to order, fruit breads, meatloaf, a variety of salads, pastries and desserts.
Les Dames will also present three Le Cordon Bleu students with scholarships and will honor Pat Kuentzel, a third grade teacher at South Miami K-8 Center. A silent auction will help raise funds.
Brunch takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $35 for adults and $15 for children 5 to 15 (or $40 and $20 at the door). Advanced tickets are available through today. Reserve your spot by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or call Claire Tomlin at 305-531-0038.
To tease your appetite, here's the recipe for one of the dishes the ladies will prepare for Sunday.
Local Shrimp Salad with Teena's Pride Dill
Recipe by Lucila Jimenez, Sweet Art by Lucila
8 to 10 portions
1 pound raw, local Key West shrimp (medium, or U16-20)
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup of mayonnaise
1/2 cup dill chopped fine
Salt to taste
Directions: Pre-heat oven to 400F.
Peel and de-vein shrimp, and season with sea salt, pepper, and just enough olive oil to coat them lightly. On a sheet pan, or in a pyrex casserole dish, cook the shrimp in the oven for only 5 minutes or until they are pink and opaque. Allow to cool completely. While they are cooling you can mix mayonnaise, dill, and salt to taste. Coat the cooled, cooked shrimp with the mayonnaise mixture and refrigerate for at least one hour. Serve with lemon slices and freshly-baked crostini.
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MS-13 Tattoo Designs
The MS refers to the Mara Salvatrucha, which is one of the large gangs that are found in Central America and the United States as a whole. The gang is made up of Salvadorans, Hondurans Guatemalans and other Central Americans. There are several factions of the group that are found in the USA and even Latin America. The gang can also be found in other countries outside America like Canada, Guatemala, Colombia, Great Britain, Mexico and Germany.
To distinguish the members they have tattoos on their bodies and faces. The marks that are used usually have the initials "MS", the number " 13" or "18". There are also other symbols that are used to show the area where the gang member specializes in. Some of the symbols that are used include crossbones, dice, grenades and daggers. The tattoos on a gang member can be large enough to cover the whole back or very tiny such that it can fit on the hand. The size of the symbol used may be used to indicate how involved the person is in the gang. If you have been in the gang for a long period of time, you will have larger tattoos compared to the younger members. These large tattoos also stand out more than the small ones not just in size but also in what they represent.
The number 13 or 18 that is used by the members can either be in roman numbers, Arabic numbers or a mixture of both. The MS tattoos are often disguised with other tattoos so that the police cannot easily relate them to the gang. The symbols are usually self-explanatory but not in all cases. This is because you will find very many of them on one person. One of the tattoos that you will find on a gang member is MSX3 the number 10 is used to replace the 1 in 13. The M stands for Mara, the S stands for Salvatrucha while the 13 is used as a sign of respect for the Mexican Mafia group. The 13 is used as a sign of respect to the Mexican Mafia because they sorted out the rivalry that the gang had with the 18th Street. They did this by dividing the various areas of the state of California into different sections where the two groups sell drugs.
The MS tattoos have 3 dots that appear in a triangular shape to represent the 3 places that a gang member goes to once you are recruited. The 3 places are a hospital, prison and the grave. There is also an area code for El Salvador that is included in the tattoos. The number 503 represents this code. When you have a MS symbol that appears above your shoulder, this means that you have the ultimate honor. This type of tattoo is only found in gang members that are high ranking. Depending on which set you belong to the tattoo will have initials of the area that you come from.
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Clunking after putting on Meyle HD control arms and bushings
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Clunking after putting on Meyle HD control arms and bushings
My original bushings went bad (~80K miles), so I replaced them with Meyle HD control arms + bushings. Soon after the Meyle were installed, the front suspension started to develop a metal clunking noise that can be heard and felt (through the floor board) on both sides. It also can be heard outside. It sounds like a metal-to-metal pop/snap.
The noise is mostly successfully reproduced by turning the steering wheel when accelerating/decelerating. Sometimes an abrupt take-off in a straight line can produces the noise too. However,
going over bumps does not produce the noise
I have searched intensively and extensively in here and other BMW forums. Two of the most helpful and relevant threads are these:
I had couple BMW techs inspect the suspension. Nothing could be identified as the culprit. However, as BMW techs, they don't like any part that is not OE. In one occasion, while car was driving off the edge of the garage floor to the pavement (steering wheel turned), we could hear the clunk coming directly from the area behind the front wheel. We have inspected the tie rods too. They are fine.
I contacted the vendor. While they firmly refuted the theory that Meyle causes the clunk, they admit once or twice a year, out of the hundreds of sets of Meyle arms they sell, a customer would report such a problem. They attribute it to install error and the notion the improved/tighter ball joints/bushings would exacerbate the symptoms of the weak links in the suspension. With that said, they are willing to give me a full refund.
It's about 3 months now after the Meyle went in. The clunking has gotten worse. I now also have a steering wheel shake between 60-70 mph. When I take my hands off the steering wheel, I can actually see it shimmying.
I am without a job right now. Therefore, I don't have the money to follow some of the members who replaced strut mounts, struts, brake calipers, sway bar bushings, namely the whole suspension, to chase down the root of the problem. What I have decided to do is to buy a new set of OE control arms and bushings to put back in, and then ship the Meyle to the vendor. I believe it's the most financially feasible move at the moment. Hopefully it'll return my suspension to good form and ease my anguish.
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Well, the week ended on quite the negative note, as the stock market indices started sharply lower and moved lower for most of the morning. About 11:30 they bounced, then backed and filled for several hours in what appeared to be a basing attempt. After a late afternoon retest of the lows on the S&P 500 for the third time, they held, then snapped back sharply, and for the last 30 minutes took back a big chunk of the losses.
Net on the day, the Dow was still down by 162.79 at 10,620.16, closing 83 points off its low. The S&P 500 down 21.76 at 1135.68, 9 points off its low, and Nasdaq 100 38.42 at 1907.10, 22 points off its low, and at one point down as much as 60.
Advance-declines were about 8 to 1 negative today on the New York Stock Exchange, and a little less than 6 to 1 negative on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was 20 to 1 negative on New York on total volume of a little over 1 1/2 billion shares. Nasdaq traded 2.6 billion today, but had an 8 to 1 negative ratio.
So, it was a decidedly negative day on Wall Street to end the week.
TheTechTrader.com board, as a result, was mostly down today other than just a few issues. Hauppauge Digital Inc. (HAUP), after yesterday's big announcement, jumped another 90 cents to 3.93, although it traded as high as 4.85 at one point on 29.2 million shares traded.
Neostem, Inc. (NBS) was up 47 cents to 3.41, and UltraLife (ULBI) up 31 cents to 4.52.
In the ETF sector, the Direxion Daily Emrg Mkts Bear 3X Shares (EDZ) jumped 2.68 to 47.82, ProShares UltraShort Real Estate (SRS) 1.62 to 26.62, iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) 2.14 to 26.86, and the Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) 1.08 to 13.75.
On the downside, multiple point-plus losers included Apple Inc. (AAPL) down 4.54 to 253.82, Amazon.com (AMZN) down 2.94 to 128.53, Cree Inc. (CREE) down 3.82 to 72.10, and Google Inc. (GOOG) down 3.35 to 507.53.
Among other point-plus losers of note, RINO International Corp (RINO) lost 1.01 to 15.44, Goldman Sachs (GS) 1.42 to 143.23, Dendreon Corp (DNDN) 1.64 to 43.76, China Automotive Systems Inc. (CAAS) 1.24 to 19.41, Baidu Inc. (BIDU) 1.66 to 73.98, Brigham Exploration (BEXP) 1.25 to 16.96, and Acme Packet, Inc. (APKT) 1.01 to 25.19. Those were the point-plus losers today.
Stepping back and reviewing the hourly chart patterns, the indices were down sharply in a 3-wave decline until just before lunch hour. Over the next several hours they backed and filled, then tried to consolidate, but when they were unable to make any further downturn progress they experienced some late short covering and rallied to take back a portion of the losses, but still ended with sharp losses for the day. We'll see what kind of follow-through, if any, we get to the downside Monday.
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