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video19.07.2012 in 23:00Summary of the race
Stage summary19.07.2012 in 17:35Valverde's successful return
Movistar had won a stage of the 2011 Tour de France with Rui Costa triumphant in Super Besse but really the Spanish team was always thinking about the return of its true leader Alejandro Valverde who was busy serving a suspension last year. Now that he's back in the race, he's back on the podium. He wasn't the contender for GC honours that Movistar would have hoped for - as he's well down the rankings - but that meant he was able to put himself in an escape group and chase a victory in the...read more
video19.07.2012 in 16:00Interview - Stage Winner
Sporting stakes20.07.2012 in 11:00Many elements may be decided but glory is still on offer...
For days now, the focus has been on how the Pyrenees would influence the race for overall honours but stage 18 is different. Even the race leader Bradley Wiggins allowed his mind to wander in the closing kilometres of stage 17 because, finally, he dared let the thought that he was actually going to win the Tour de France enter his mind. Sky has effectively been on the front of the peloton most of the way for the 1,520km from La Planche des Belles Filles to the final summit finish of the 99th...read more
interview19.07.2012 in 18:18Valverde: We had to fight some bad luck
Crashes in the first put many out of contention for a good result in the general classification but the Tour offers consolation rewards that can still conjure a lot of emotions. That was the case for the winner of the stage to Peyragudes...read more
interview19.07.2012 in 18:12Wiggins: I allowed myself to think that I've won the Tour
The race leader had to manage the enthusiasm of a team-mate who believed it might have been possible to win the stage. But Brad Wiggins admitted after the 17th stage that he allowed his mind to wander and that he lost some concentration. He finished third in the stage, one place behind a phenomenal domestique, Chris Froome, who the rider in the yellow believes will one day win the Tour de France.read more
interview19.07.2012 in 16:05Voeckler: A calculator in your head
He started the day with a lead of just four points in the climbing classification but now all Thomas Voeckler has to do to win the polka-dot jersey is make it all the way to Paris...read more
video19.07.2012 in 11:45Analysis of the stage
video19.07.2012 in 10:30The day's route
|Wiggns and Froome increase lead on Nibali
Froome has finished second in the stage and loyally kept with his team-mate all the way up the final climb. The top 10 in stage 17 is:
1. Aljeandro Valverde (ESP) MOV
2. Christopher Froome (GBR) SKY at 19"
3. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) SKY at 19"
4. Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ) at 22"
5. Pierre Rolland (FRA) EUC at 26"
6. Jurgen van den Broeck (BEL) LTB at 26"
7. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) LIQ 37"
8. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC at 54"
|Victory for Valverde!
Alejandro Valverde has got what he was working for: a stage win in the Tour de France. It's the third time since 2005 that he's won a stage of this race. He beats Froome by 18".
|Froome... can he win the stage?
Froome is looking behind more than he's looking ahead. He has to check that Wggins can match his pace and he seems to be begging the race leader to be allowed to go ahead...
|Valverde is inside the final kilometre
Valverde is only 24" ahead of Wiggins and Froome and there is less than 1km to go.
|2km to go
Valverde now has a fight on his hands if he is going to hold off Froome who seems to be saying, "Brad, can I please go...? I've got the legs and we could win this stage..." but there's no reaction from the yellow jersey.
The Brits are 37" behind the Spanish stage leader.
|Froome surging...
The two Sky guys in the yellow jersey's group look like they're going to race away from everyone. Froome is asking, "Can I go?" and he's getting no reaction from Wiggins. The two are together again and there's daylight between them and the Rolland/Pinot/VDB group...
Only 45" separates Valverde from Froome and Wiggins.
|3km to go
Valverde is only 1'10" ahead with 3km to go. Horner and Van Garderen have been dropped by the yellow jersey and so too has Nibali.
|Wiggins leading the chase
Valverde is holding his advantage but the yellow jersey's group has arrived on the final uphill section. Wiggins is at the front but now Froome moves ahead. Van den Broeck is attacking but the others seem able to respond.
|Valverde leads by 1'25"
Valverde still has a lead in the stage but, from the gesture given by Wiggins, it seems as though we might soon see an attack from Froome. The Spaniard is 1'25" ahead of the yellow jersey's group but there is an enormous crowd on the final climb which offers double points for the first at the top.
Wiggins is now leading his group of eight. Is this lead-out time for Froome?
|Pinot's attack reeled in
Thibaut Pinot is now at the front of the yellow jersey's group but he's no longer attacking. He takes swig of drink and, behind him, Froome and Wiggins discuss how they're going to handle the last 6km of the stage.
|New selection for yellow jersey group
Wiggins has been able to respond to van den Broeck's attack but many others haven't. The riders with the yellow jersey are:
Van den Broeck, Vanendert, Pinot, Rolland, Froome, van Garderen, Wiggins, Horner and Nibali... and Pinot is now attacking.
Roche, Menchov, Evans and Basso were all dropped with the attack by VDB.
|Van den Broeck on the attack...
Vanendert has been caught by Van den Broeck who has attacked the yellow jersey's group with 8.5km to go in the stage. Evans is completely out of this selection now but Rolland, Pinot and Nibali are reacting to the move by van den Broeck.
|Van Garderen remains in yellow jersey's group
Van Garderen has suggested that there's still things to work for in the 2012 Tour even if the 2011 champion is no longer in contention for the podium.
When Evans was dropped recently there was not even a sideways glance from the leader of the youth classification, Tejay van Garderen...
|Evans at the back of yellow jersey's group
Could we see the defending champion lose more time today? It's looking likely as he's sliping behind the bunch that's led by Basso and Nibali.
|The yellow jersey's group
Evans, Van Garderen, Horner, Kloden, Kern, Rolland, Basso, Nibali, Martin, Roche, Wiggins, Froome, Porte, Van den Broeck, Menchov, Pinot are the riders who are in the yellow jersey's group. They are still chasing after Vanendert who is in between the elite selection and the stage leader (Valverde).
|Rogers dropped
Rogers has been dropped because of the pace that's being set by Basso at the front of the yellow jersey's group. Others to lose contact are Kern (EUC) and Brajkovic (AST). They are 1'55" behind Valverde.
|Vanendert at 2'00"
With 10km to go, Vanendert is 2'00" behind Valverde and the yellow jersey's group is at 2'10".
|10km to go
Valverde is inside the final 10km of the stage. He is well ahead of the yellow jersey's group and Vanendert has just attacked. He has 2'15" to make up if he wants to win another stage in the Pyrenees.
|Riders in the yellow jersey's group
Basso, Nibali, van den Broeck, Froome, Wiggins, Rogers, Porte, Roche, Van Garderen, Evans, Pinot, Menchov, Caruso, Horner, Rolland, Vanendert, Martin, Brajkovic...
|Kloden punctures
Andreas Kloden (RNT) is now out of the yellow jersey's group because of a rear tyre puncture.
|24 in the yellow jersey group
There are 24 men in the group with Wiggins. It includes:
Evans, Horner, Kloden, Monfort, Scarponi, Menchov, Martin, Roche, Trofimov, Basso, Boasson Hagen, Wiggins, Rogers...
|Zubeldia in trouble
There are just 12km to go in the stage and Valverde doesn't look like slowing down. He has a lead of 2'25" on the Wiggins group and only Martinez is between the yellow jersey's group and the stage leader.
Zubeldia is the only one from the top 10 overall to have lost contact with Wiggins' group...
|Costa caught
There are only two men ahead of the peloton that continues to be led by Basso. Costa has just been caught by the yellow jersey's group.
Valverde is 2'20" aheaad of Martinez, and 2'35" ahead of the peloton that has just dropped Zubeldia. Otherwise all the others from the top 10 overall are present in the yellow jersey's group.
|Valverde's advantage: 2'00"
Martinez (EUS) is 2'00" behind Valverde (MOV) and they are inside the final 15km of the stage. Costa is at 2'18".
This trio are the only men ahead of the yellow jersey's peloton that is led by Basso (LIQ).
|Nerz is finished...
Nerz's has been a key team-mate for the rider in third overall but now Nibali only has Basso with him for support on the final climb.
|Yellow jersey at 2'35"
Kessiakoff (AST) has been caught by the yellow jersey's group that has started the final climb with a deficit of 2'35" to Valverde.
Voeckler has also been caught by the bunch led by Nerz, Basso and Nibali.
|Costa misjudges a turn
Costa is now out of the second group. He was with Martinez but turned left when he should have gone right. This error has cost him plenty of time but he doesn't seem too annoyed. Not that there's anything that can be done about it anyway...
|Leader on the final climb
Valverde has started the final climb with an advantage of 1'25" on his nearest rivals - Costa and Martinez. This is a 15.4km long ascent with an average gradient of 5.1 per cent.
|Valverde leads by 50"
Valverde is still on his own at the front: he has an advantage of 50" on Martinez and Costa and 2'05" on the next group - Leipheimer, Kadri, Kessiakoff and Voeckler... but the Swede has lost contact recently...
The peloton with the yellow jersey continues to be led by Nerz, Basso and Nibali. It is 2'30" behind the stage leader who is 20km from the finish.
|Valverde inside final 25km
Could this be a day when Movistar earns its second stage win since becoming a title sponsor? Costa gave the tel-co a victory at Super Besse in the 2011 Tour and now Valverde is well clear of his nearest challenger and inside the final 25km of the stage.
He has won two stages at the Tour in the past, in 2005 (his debut) and in 2008 (on day one when he took the yellow jersey for a couple of days).
|Result of Port de Balès
The points for the fourth climb of stage 17 have been won by:
1. Valverde (MOV) 25pts
2. Martinez (EUS) 20pts - at 35"
3. Costa (MOV) 16pts
4. Kadri (ALM) 14pts - at 1'37"
5. Leipheimer (OPQ) 12pts
6. Voeckler (EUC) 10pts - at 2'00"
7. Kessiakoff (AST) 8pts
8. Izaguirre (EUS) 6pts - at 2'12"
9. Van den Broeck (LTB) 4pts - at 2'30"
10. Nerz (LIQ) 2pts
|Valverde collects 25 points
Valverde has reached the top of the final HC climb of the 99th Tour. He has 25 points for first place and now he's on the road that's famous for being the site of the so-called "Chaingate" from the 2010 Tour.
|Voeckler at 1'55"
Even the yellow jersey's group is inside the final kilometre of the Port de Balès. It is 2'20" behind Valverde.
Voeckler's trio is 1'55" behind the Spanish stage leader.
|34 in yellow jersey peloton
There are 34 men in the group that contains Wiggins - including all the men in the top 10 overall...
Valverde leads the stage by 25" (ahead of Costa).
|Voeckler's trio at 1'25"
Casar has been caught by the peloton that continues to be led by Nerz (LIQ) and Basso (LIQ).
In between the stage leader and the yellow jersey is Voeckler, Izaguirre and Kessiakoff at 1'25".
Peraud, Stortoni and Weening have just been caught by the peloton.
|Casar's group at 1'45"
Casar is in a group that is 1'45" behind Valverde.
Vinokourov - who was in the escape earlier today - has just been caught by the peloton which is 2'15" behind Valverde.
|Valverde's advantage
Costa is 17" behind his team-mate. Martinez (EUS) is at 20". Kadri and Leipheimer are at 30"... Voeckler and Kessiakoff are at 1'25".
|Valverde on the attack
Valverde is now on his own at the front of the stage. He is inside the final 3.5km of the Port de Balès and the rider nearest to him is the Tour de Suisse champion and his team-mate Rui Costa.
|Valverde with Costa
As the stage leaders ride into the mist of the Port de Bales, Costa has been joined by his team-mate Valverde at the front of the stage.
Martinez, Leipheimer and Kadri are the next three...
The top of this climb is 32km from the finish and the final ascent of stage 17 is 15.4km long.
|5km to climb
With 5km to go on this climb, Costa (MOV) has a lead of 13".
Kadri is at 25".
Weening, Stortoni, Vinokourov, Casar, Peraud, Voeckler is at 1'10".
Ten Dam is at 1'40".
The yellow jersey's peloton is at 1'55".
|Stortoni on the attack
Stortoni (LAM) has initiated a little surge in the second group. He is being chased down by Weening, Vinokourov and Casar. But now we see Peraud, Kessiakoff and Voeckler coming back to that group.
The peloton is 2'00" behind this group with 6km to go before reaching the top of the Port de Balès.
|Hoogerland and Azanza caught by peloton
Two of the early escapees - Hoogerland (VCD) and Azanza (EUS) - have been caught by the peloton that continues to be led by Liquigas.
|Costa leads the stage
Rui Costa (MOV), the winner of the Tour de Suisse in June, is now on his own at the front of the stage.
There are about 40 riders in the yellow jersey's group which is 2'00" behind the Movistar rider.
|Voeckler in third group
Izaguirre and Kadri are six seconds ahead of a group of six: Martinez (EUS), Stortoni (LAM), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV), Leipheimer and Weening (OGE) but the chase is about to catch the leaders. They are 8km from the top of the Port de Balès.
Voeckler's group is at 30".
|The grupetto forms
The peloton is 10km from the top of the Port de Balès and is 2'10" behind the stage leaders (Izaguirre and Kadri).
Veltis, Riblon, Vanendert, Jeandesboz, Moinard, Coppel, Hincapie, Morkov, Gilbert, Cavendish are some of the riders who are losing contact with the yellow jersey's peloton.
|Plaza and Ten Dam dropped
There are now 11 in the second group as Plaza (MOV) and Ten Dam (RAB) have been dropped by the selection being led by Leipheimer.
|Peloton on the Port de Balès
The Liquigas team has led the peloton for about 50km. There are six from Nibali's team at the front of the bunch on the early part of the Porte de Balès and Sky is tucked right behind the bright green and white jerseys...
|Two in the lead on Port de Balès
The escapees are on the early slopes of the final HC climb of the 2012 Tour, the Port de Balès.
Azanza (EUS) is the dropped rider and now Kadri and Izaguirre are working together on a steep section of the 11.5km long ascent.
|Kadri a winner in the Pyrenees before
The 25-year-old Frenchman who is in the lead of the stage is Blel Kadri (ALM). He has been a pro since 2009 and has always ridden for the same team. One of his three victories was a stage of the Rud du Sud in 2010 when he won a stage in St-Gaudens in the Pyrenees.
|Three Movistars leading chase
Plaza, Costa and Valverde are the riders at the front of the second group that is 25" behind the first three.
|Azanza's fourth Grand Tour
One of the riders in the lead, Jorge Azanza has ridden the Tour (2007), Giro (2011) and Vuelta (2011) before this year's Tour de France. He was 82nd in his first three-week race, 68th overall in last year's Giro and 97th in the Vuelta.
He is 30 years old and has raced for Euskaltel since the 2007 season.
|Three lead by 30"
The three at the front have an advantage of 30" on Plaza, 38" on the Vinokourov/Voeckler group of 13 and 2'55" on the peloton.
|Three in the lead
With 47km to go, Plaza has dropped out of the lead group which is composed of two Euskaltel riders - Izaguirre and Azanza - and a Frenchman, Blel Kadri (ALM).
|Porte gets some running repairs
Porte (SKY) is now back with the peloton and getting some treatment for a wound on his left arm. He doesn't appear to be too badly injured because of the crash in the feedzone.
|Four increase their advantage
Plaza (MOV), Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS) and Kadri (ALM) are about to start the fourth climb of the stage. They are 23" ahead of the other escapees and 2'55" ahead of the peloton.
|Correction: Plaza the Movistar at the front
The original newsflash announcing latest escape named Plaza as the Movistar representative. This is correct but, in recent postings, it's been said that the Movistar rider is Costa.
Apologies for the confusion caused.
|Four lead by 20"
Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS), Kadri (ALM) and Costa (MOV) have an advantage of 20" on the group of 13 that's led by Weening (OGE) and Kessiakoff (AST).
|Four in the lead
Kadri has caught the three stage leaders with 50km to go.
|Cavendish back in peloton
After his crash, Cavendish has been able to rejoin the bunch which is still without Porte who had mechanical problems after the incident in the feedzone (86km).
|Three lead by 10"
Azanza, Izaguirre and Costa are 10" ahead of Kadri (ALM) and the other escapees are at 17".
|Front group splits
There are now three men at the front of the stage. The other 14 riders in the escape have split in to two distinct groups.
|Three in the lead
Plaza (MOV) is marking a move by Izaguirre and Azanza of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team at the front of the stage.
|Comments from Lelangue
"It was a bad day for Cadel," said the directeur sportif of the defending champion's BMC team, John Lelangue, after the 16th stage. "We tried as a team to make it happen - we were in the front in the breakaway with two guys, which was the plan this morning but he was not feeling great... we saw that already on the Col d'Aspin.
"At the moment, the best way was to leave Tejay van Garderen, with the white jersey and also in the top 10, in the front and stick right there. We moved...
|Porte and Cavendish in crash
The world champion has been caught up in a crash with team-mate Richie Porte in the feedzone. Both are standing again and Porte is waiting for a new bike from the team car.
|Peloton in feedzone
At the entry to the feedzone (86km), the peloton is 2'35" behind Vinokourov's group.
|Maximum gain: 3'05"
The bunch is closing in on the leaders who are 2'30" ahead at the latest check (60km to go). The maximum advantage of the escape was 3'05" at the 71km mark of the 143.5km stage.
|Peloton at 2'15" with 62km to go
The peloton is led by riders from Liquigas and Katusha with 62km to go in stage 17. Wiggins and his Sky team-mates are just behind the Italian and Russian squads. The peloton is 2'15" behind the Martinez group.
|Result of the intermediate sprint
The points for the intermediate sprint were won by:
1. Kadri (ALM) 20pts
2. Casar (FDJ) 17pts
3. Plaza (MOV) 15pts
4. Peraud (ALM) 13pts
5. Izaguirre (EUS) 11pts
6. Ten Dam (RAB) 10pts
7. Valverde (MOV) 9pts
8. Costa (MOV) 8pts
9. Vinokourov (AST) 7pts
10. Leipheimer (OPQ) 6pts
11. Stortoni (LAM) 5pts
12. Kessiakoff (AST) 4pts
13. Voeckler (EUC) 3pts
14. Hoogerland (VCD) 2pts
15. Martinez...
|Escapees are near the sprint
The 17 escapees are just 2'15" ahead of the bunch as they approach the sprint line in Loures-Barousse (at 81km).
|Peloton at the top
The bunch has arrived at the top of the Cote de Burs, 3'00" behind the 17 stage leaders.
|Nine Liquigas lead peloton...
Liquigas is one of few teams with all nine riders. They have all assembled at the front of the peloton on the third climb of the stage but the Sky guys are close behind.
|There he goes... two more points
It looked, for a minute, as though Voeckler was going to let a Basque rider take some points but then, when Kessiakoff attacked, Voeckler responded.
At the top of the third climb in stage 17, the points have been won by Voeckler (2pts) and Kessiakoff (1pt).
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
|Azanza into the lead
Casar had been setting the pace but now Azanza (EUS) is at the front but, according to the script that Voeckler continues to write, an attack is due any second now... wait for it... wait for it... it's surely coming... ah. Thomas, where are you?
|Leaders on the third climb
The third climb of the stage is just 1.2km long with an average gradient of 7.6 per cent. Weening (OGE) is a thte front along with Costa and Valverde (MOV). Casar is keeping a close eye on these riders but so far there have been no attacks of the escape group except for the two mountain top sprints by Voeckler and Kessiakoff.
|Seven former stage winners in the lead
Of the 17 in the lead of stage 17, seven have previously won at least one stage of the Tour de France. Those riders are:
Voeckler (EUC), Casar (FDJ), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV), Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer (OPQ), and Weening (OBE).
|The 17 stage leaders...
Pardon, but we missed the crash of Sorensen and the presence of Plaza when naming riders in the lead group recently.
To recap: this is the group that is currently 3'05" ahead of the peloton: Voeckler (EUC), Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS), Martinez (EUS), Stortoni (LAM), Peraud (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Casar (FDJ), Ten Dam (RAB), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV), Plaza (MOV), Kessiakoff (AST), Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer (OPQ) and Weening (OGE).
|Sorensen not in lead group
Sorensen was named in the lead group but he had a crash around the 58km mark and is now being treated for a nasty wound on his left hand by the race's medical staff.
|17 in the lead
There are now 17 men in the front of the stage. The capture has come at 68km. The lead group is: Voeckler (EUC), Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS), Martinez (EUS), Stortoni (LAM), Peraud (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Casar (FDJ), Ten Dam (RAB), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV), Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff (AST), Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer (OPQ) and Weening (OGE).
They are 1'55" ahead of the peloton.
|2'25" between leaders and peloton
As the peloton passes the 63km mark, it is 2'25" behind the eight stage leaders who are just 15" ahead of the counter-attack.
|Liquigas lead the peloton
There are five or six Liquigas riders at the front of the peloton at the moment. The commissaires have also called the cars out of the gap between the first and second group which means they are expecting that the chase will soon catch those at the front.
|Eight now in the lead
At the 63km mark, Weening (OGE) caught up with the seven stage leaders and so there are now eight in the front and nine in the chase...
|21km between second and third climbs
Several riders in the peloton are now taking the chance to answer the call of nature and the advantage of the seven leaders (1'50") is likely to grow quickly now.
There is 21 between the col des Ares and the cote de Burs.
|10 are 35" from the lead...
The chasing group of 10 - Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS), Stortoni (LAM), Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam (RAB), Sorensen (STB), Vinokourov (AST), Leipheimer (OPQ) and Weening (OGE) - are 35" behind the second at the front.
|Result of second climb
1. Voeckler (EUS) 5pts
2. Kessiakoff (AST) 3pts
3. Casar (FDJ) 2pts
4. Martinez (EUS) 1pt
The peloton reached the top of the climb 1'30" behind the lead group. In between is Vinokourov's group of 10, 40" from the front.
|Voeckler goes again
About 500m from the line, with Martinez on the front of the lead group, Voeckler came from behind and attacked Kessiakoff. The jump that the Europcar rider got was enough; he held off the challenge by the Swede and collected the five points for first over the col de Ares.
|Leaders inside final kilometre of Col des Ares
The seven in the front of the stage are at the 54.5km mark. They have a lead of 1'40" on the yellow jersey's peloton and about 45" on the 10-man chase group. We can expect to see Voeckler sprint for the five points on offer for first over the top... but Kessiakoff isn't going to let him have it without a fight.
|Peloton 1'50" behind
With 92km to go, the Voeckler group is 1'50" ahead of the yellow jersey. There is still a second group - with 10 - in between the front group and the main pack that includes all the GC specialists.
|Van Garderen: This Tour is definitely not a failure
"It's disappointing because we have lofty goals," said the BMC rider who is now best on GC, Tejay van Garderen. He leads the youth classification and is one place ahead of his team leader, Cadel Evans on GC after the Australian's collapse in stage 16. "We came here to win and that's not going to happen. But we still have two people in the top 10 and the white jersey, we're still going to race aggressively. Maybe someone like George or 'Boogey' [Burghardt] can jump into a breakaway and...
|Peloton led by two Liquigas riders
There are two men from Liquigas ahead of the Sky team at the front of the main peloton which has arrived at the base of the Col des Ares - a 6km long climb - with a deficit of 1'40" on the seven stage leaders.
|Names in the two escape groups
Voeckler (EUC), Martinez (EUS), Nibali (LIQ), Peraud (ALM), Casar (FDJ), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV) and Kessiakoff (AST) are still at the front of the stage. Then comes a group of 10:
Azanza (EUS), Izaguirre (EUS), Stortoni (LAM), Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam (RAB), Sorensen (STB), Vinokourov (AST), Leipehimer (OPQ) and Weening (OGE). This group is 1'00" behind the stage leaders.
The yellow jersey's group is at 1'35".
|10 in a counter-attack
There are 10 men together in a group that's 55" behind the seven stage leaders.
The peloton is at 1'05".
Riders in the second group include: Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam (RAB), Vinokourov (AST), Sorensen (STB), Weening (OGE) and Leipheimer (OPQ)...
|1'15" for seven leaders
With the advantage of the seven-man escape group up to 1'15", there are three riders in a counter-attack: Kadri (ALM), Hoogerland (VCD), Ten Dam (RAB). Now there are a number of others jumping off the front of the peloton including Weening, Sorensen, Vinokourov...
|Martinez the best on GC of escape
Although the best placed of the escape group on GC is Martinez, there are several others who are relatively high on the overall rankings in the seven-man lead group. Martinez is 18th overall after 16 stages, at 21'41"
Costa is 19th overall at 22'47".
Valverde is 21st overall at 33'57".
Casar is 22nd overall at 35'11".
Voeckler is 23rd overall at 37'19".
|Seven lead by 40"
With 100km to go in the stage, the seven escapees have a lead of just 40" on the Sky-led peloton.
|With Nibali gone: this is the lead selection (again)
Voeckler (EUC), Martinez (EUS), Nibali (LIQ), Peraud (ALM), Casar (FDJ), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV) and Kessiakoff (AST) are the men who are 26" ahead of the peloton.
|Nibali caught...
Rogers has led the yellow jersey peloton up to Nibali (LIQ) who had been in the lead of the stage but he never did at turn at the front once he bridged the gap to Voeckler's group on the descent.
|Nibali waiting for peloton...
Although he had a lead of 25" on the yellow jersey, Nibali has shaken hands with Valverde and wished him all the best: if the Italian stays on the attack, the front group has little chance of staying ahead.
The rider in third overall is now waiting for the yellow jersey.
|Nibali leads Wiggins' group by 25"
Nibalii (LIQ) has moved up to virtual second place overall with his current advantage of 25" on the Wiggins group.
|Boassan Hagen leads the reaction...
Boasson Hagen appeared to have been in pursuit of Nibali but the Norwegian champion is now ahead of the yellow jersey's peloton with who of his Sky team-mates following him down the technical descent.
Nibali is with the lead group but he's looking around and doesn't seem as though he's going to go to the front of hte bunch that also includes Voeckler. Martinez (EUS) is the rider at the front of the lead group.
|The lead group
Voeckler (EUC), Martinez (EUS), Nibali (LIQ), Peraud (ALM), Casar (FDJ), Valverde (MOV), Costa (MOV) and Kessiakoff (AST) are the men in the lead of the stage.
|Nibali ahead of Wiggins...
The rider in third overall has caught the Voeckler and Peraud pairing that's ahead of the yellow jersey's group.
|Casar leading the stage
Casar (FDJ) and Valverde (MOV) are well ahead of the next riders. We don't know the actual time gap on the descent but we can now see an Euskaltel rider about to catch the leading pair with another Movistar rider nearby.
|Down into the mist
The current standings of the climbing classification has Voeckler first with 117 points and Kessiakoff second with 110. These two are still on the attack near the front of the stage but there are a number of others with them as they return to wet roads and a dangerous, slippery downhill stretch.
|Result of the first climb...
1. Voeckler (EUC) 10pts
2.Kessiakoff (AST) 8pts
3. Rolland (EUC) 6pts - at 18"
4. Valverde (MOV) 4pts - at 22"
5. Casar (FDJ) 2pts - at 30"
6. Boasson Hagen (SKY) 1pt
|Voeckler leads over the top
Voeckler has collected 10 points for the category-one Col de Mente. He has increased his lead of the second rider to the top of the first climb today...
|Kessiakoff blasts past Rolland
Kessiakoff is now trying to jump ahead of Rolland and Voeckler but the French apir are just behind the Swede while spectators run alongside.
Rolland is now out of the lead and the two at the top of the climbing classification are going head-to-head in the sprint for 10 points.
|1km to climb
Rolland is on his own at the front of the stage. He is less than 1km from the top of the col de Mente. There is an elite selection just behind the Frenchman who won at La Toussuire earlier in this year's Tour de France.
|Valverde caught...
Valverde was attacking on the dry roads near the top of the col de Mente but he has been caught and now Rolland is trying his luck. He is marked by Kessiakoff and Voeckler.
|Zubeldia dropped...
The rider in fifth overall, Zubeldia, has been dropped at the 25km mark and now Valverde (MOV) is on the attack. He has 1.5km to climb before reaching the top of the Col de Mente.
|Four Liquigas riders behind the Sky team
There are four riders from Sky at the front of the peloton. Behind them are four Liguigas riders but there's another from the team of Nibali in the group that's about to catch the pack that's led by Kessiakoff and Voeckler.
|Escape over...
Plaza and Feillu who were in the lead group have been reeled in by the peloton that's led by Edvald Boasson Hagen.
|24km raced: 15" between first and second group
There are a number of riders being dropped by the peloton including Cobo (who had been on the attack), Sagan, Gilbert, Hincapie, Millar, Marzano, Azanza, Riblon...
After 24km of racing, the leading group of about 20 riders is 15" ahead of the peloton.
|Wet roads now
Trofimov is at the front of the stage with Menchov. The mist is starting to soak the road and although it doesn't seem to be raining, the roads are slippery and wet. The leading group - which has thinned out since the list was posted a few minutes ago - is 16" ahead of the yellow group that's led by Boasson Hagen, Porte, Rogers and Wiggins with Basso right on the wheel of the race leader.
|23 in the lead group
There are 23 riders at the front of the stage they are:
Monfort (RNT), Taaramae (COF), Plaza (MOV), Valverde (MOV), Voeckler (EUC), Rolland (EUC), Martin (GRS), Peraud (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Feillu (SAU), Jeandesboz (SAU), Vanendert (LTB) Menchov (KAT), Trofimov (KAT), Casar (FDJ), Sorensen (STB), Kessiakoff (AST) and Leipheimer (OPQ).
|Dan Martin: this is essentially my last chance [for a stage win]
If Dan Martin has watched this race since you were a kid, LeTour.fr asked the Irishman this morning, has racing the Tour de France live up to your expectations? "I just try to blank out all the people on the side of the roads and concentrate on what we're doing. But when we got to the Peyresourde it was just crazy. There were so many people and, at that point in the race, we were going pretty slow and it was possible to soak it up a bit – absorb it a bit more. And it was great to have...
|Cobo caught...
Cobo was at the front of the leading peloton but he has just been caught by the yellow jersey's group that is led by Edvald Boasson Hagen.
|BMC riders losing contact...
Hincapie, Burghardt, Gilbert are three BMC riders who have recently been dropped by the peloton very early in the 17th stage.
|More names from the front group
Leipheimer, Taaramae, Monfort, Martin, Sorensen, Minard, Casar, Vanendert are other riders who have made the front group.
|Cobo leading escape
Cobo (MOV) is ahead of Rolland (EUC) and Menchov (KAT) at the front of a big group that's riding away from the yellow jersey. Other riders in the lead are: Voeckler, Feillu, Vorganov, Plaza and Kessiakoff...
|Cool conditions
After a day of racing in temperatures over 30 degrees, the riders will have to adjust to cold conditions today.
Mark Cavendish is one of many who have been dropped by the peloton on the col de Monte. Where it's about 15 degrees but it's reportedly less than 10 degrees at the top of some climb today.
|Martin: Voeckler has been super strong
Was Dan Martin (GRS) surprised that Voeckler was able to ride away like he did?
"Yesterday, [Voeckler] could just keep going at that high pace and if I'd been able to hold him at 10 or 15 seconds for about another kilometre longer then it might have been a bit different. But he had an incredible day yesterday and when he...
|Voeckler in lead group
Kessiakoff and Voeckler at in a group of about 20 riders who are ahead of the yellow jersey's peloton. The former leader of the climbing classification, Kessiakoff, is now trying setting the tempo and Voeckler is keeping a close eye on the Swede.
|Plaza leads the stage
The tall Movistar rider at the front of the stage is Ruben Plaza. He is dragging a few others with him on his move early on the Col de Mente and now it looks like Feillu who is pushing hard...
|Five in pursuit of Grivko
There are five riders, including two Movistar riders, who are about to catch the Ukrainian stage leader.
|Grivko has a go
Once again the champion of Ukraine, Andriy Grivko (AST) is on the attack. He led the peloton to the foot of the Col de Mente.
|Voigt driving a new escape
Voigt (RNT) is at the front of the stage, swapping off with Vasili Kiryienka (MOV) and an Astana rider. They have been joined by Jerome Pineau and Levi Leipheimer but they've linked to the peloton that's strung out in one long line of riders in what is a fast start to stage 17.
|Albasini caught... at 13km
Albasini spent five kilometres at the front of the stage but, on his own, he seemed resigned to the fact that it would have been too much too soon. He waited for the counter-attack but that happened to be effectively the front of the peloton. It's a long was of saying: Escape Over.
|Counter-attack just ahead
The 12-man counter-attack group is just ahead of the peloton and it contains, of course, Jens Voigt (RNT). Also in the mix in the chase group is Kiryienka (MOV) but they are about to get caught.
|Albasini leads by 12"
Albasini's advantage is 12" at the 12km mark. There are 12 men in between the Orica-GreenEdge stage leader and the peloton.
|Dan Martin: It was fun to be out there...
We saw Dan Martin in the escape yesterday and the Irishman with Garmin-Sharp was the last to be dropped by Voeckler and Sorensen towards the end of stage 16. Before the 17th stage, LeTour.fr spoke with the 25-year-old about the experience and what he expects from the race today.
|Albasini on the attack...
Michael Albasini (OGE) has launch off the front of the peloton at the 9km mark. It's a fast start today and no one has yet bridge the gap to the Swiss rider but there are a few who seem to realise that this could be the move that gains an advantage on the bunch.
|Timmer caught
At the 6km mark, the peloton is all together. Timmer has been reeled in and he doesn't seem too upset. It was either a move with a few or not at all...
|Timmer continues with his attack
Timmer (ARG) remains at the head of the stage. He is now being chased by four riders: one each from Saur, Movistar, Omega Pharma and Astana.
Timmer's advantage is just 12" at 5km.
|FDJ and Euskaltel chasing
There is a rider from FDJ and another from Euskaltel now trying to chase down the Argos-Shimano rider at the front of the stage. Albert Timmer (ARG) has a lead of 15" at 3km.
|Who will take the initiative?
Burghardt (BMC) has attacked the moment that the flat has been waved to start a stage at least five times this year. He did it again today but it was, more or less, just to lift the tempo a little. He was followed by a few but the move didn't go anywhere.
Now we see someone from Argos-Shimano sneaking off the front but the peloton is reacting.
|Racing in stage 17
The official start of the 17th stage was at 1.02pm.
Once again Burghardt (BMC) has attacked immediately.
There are 153 riders in the race with no one retiring overnight. Jan Ghyselinck (COF) was allowed to start even though he finished outside the time limit yesterday. He was 43'38" behind Voeckler in stage 16 but that was only four second outside the limit, so he was given some leeway...
|Prize classification review: part 04 �?? white jersey
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) has won a stage and seemed to be within striking distance of becoming the second successive Frenchman to win the white jersey but the youngest man in the 99th Tour lost almost two minutes to his main rival in the youth classification yesterday. Tejay van Garderen (BMC) finish the stage in 15th place (8'07" behind Voeckler) while Pinot was 23rd at 10'01". This means that the American who is now ranked sixth overall is well ahead of the young star from France who is...
|Two Americans leading the peloton
Levi Leipheimer (OPQ) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC) are at the front of the peloton as it makes its way through the short neutral zone. A Cofidis rider has punctured even before the official start.
The bunch is near the site of the official start and racing is due to start in less than a minute.
|Prize classification review: part 03 �?? polka-dot jersey
Thomas Voeckler is back in the lead of the climbing classification after his impressive ride to claim his second stage win in the 2012 Tour. Yesterday he was first over the Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde passes and collected a total of 70 points to put himself four points head of the former leader of this competition, Frederik Kessiakoff (AST).
|Riders ready at the start
The peloton is lined up in Luchon about to start rolling through the short neutral zone. Thomas Voeckler, the winner of the stage that finished in Luchon yesterday, is near the head of the peloton in the polka-dot jersey.
|Prize classification review: part 02 �?? green jersey
Peter Sagan (LIQ) is sure to win the green jersey in his debut Tour. He has 356 points, well ahead of the other triple stage winner from this year, André Greipel (LTB) with 254. This pair is followed by three other sprinters in the points classification – Matt Goss (OGE), Mark Cavendish (SKY) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY).
Ranked sixth is the overall leader, Brad Wiggins (SKY) with 109 points while Cadel Evans (BMC) is ranked seventh with 100 points.
The intermediate sprint...
|Prize classification review: part 01 �?? yellow jersey
Although the top three in the general classification remain separated by the same time gaps as they were a day earlier, the impact of stage 16 on the overall rankings was significant. The biggest difference is the status of the Tour's defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC) who slipped from fourth overall 3'19" behind Wiggins – and still within reach of a fourth podium appearance in Paris – to seventh at 8'06".
|Welcome to the live coverage of stage 17 of the 2012 Tour
The 143.5km 17th stage of the 99th Tour de France, from Bagnères-de-Luchon to the mountain-top finish at Peyragudes, is due to begin shortly. There is a 2.9km neutral zone before riders arrive at the site of the official start - that is expected to be at around 1pm.
It's considerably cooler than the hot conditions experienced in stage 16 yesterday and although there is plenty of cloud above Luchon, it's dry for the moment.
The site of the finish is covered in mist and has been...
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I've noticed recently that DS software is starting to become difficult to find. If you're interested in an obscure title, now is the time to make your move, while you can still obtain some of the software library's greatest games at reasonable prices. You'll still be able to play them for years, since they also run great on the 3DS and 3DS XL, which probably explains their rising prices.
As part of an attempt to complete my own library of DS games, I recently went online to sites such as Amazon and eBay, searching for a few key titles that I somehow missed buying closer to their release. That's already becoming difficult in some cases, but it's still quite possible if you're willing to pay around what the games would have cost when they were initially released (or perhaps just a bit more).
When I know that I'm getting a new copy of a game, I'm willing to do precisely that, which is how I wound up ordering a "new" copy of Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis from a third-party seller on Amazon.com. The order came to an even $50 before shipping fees, but I was satisfied because I knew I would be getting a new copy of the game. Then it arrived, though, and I grew suspicious.
As you can hopefully tell from the above picture, I own a number of DS titles that are still in their original packaging, still unopened. I do plan to open them eventually and to actually play them, but for now they will remain sealed until interest and time collide. So I had an easy way to compare what my most recent acquisition should look like and what it does look like.
Notice the game spines. The "Nintendo DS" logo on precisely one of the games is brushing up against the edge of the insert. My picture doesn't show it, but I own roughly 80 DS games--all purchased new--and that is not the case on any of the other titles. It made me suspicious, and then I noticed this:
One of those cases is the game I just received from the third-party Amazon seller. The other five are my other sealed DS games, also published by Nintendo. To me, there's an obvious difference. One of the games has a slightly darker case and that case has a harsher edge where plastic parts as the case is opened. More tellingly, however, the shrink wrap is different. I believe there's an exact term for the way plastic is folded and sealed when a game leaves a typical factory. That's evident on five of the six cases shown in the picture, but the sixth case has a line running around it, where plastic protrudes as if it was sealed in a different manner.
Another interesting point is the back of the packaging, which does not include an ESRB descriptor. Since the game is published in North America, the front of the packaging contains a box with the familiar "E" rating floating inside. If you look at the back of basically any title published in North America, you will then find a descriptor that lets parents know why the game was rated the way it was. You can see such boxes in the above picture, but the box is missing from Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis.
I checked on Twitter and one of my followers was kind enough to let me know that the back of her copy also lacks that descriptor (thanks, @IndieGamerChick!). Therefore, that point may be a standard anomaly (how's that for an oxymoron?). I just don't know, but it certainly is one more point that prompted me to examine my purchase more closely.
So, what do you think? When I paid $50, was I sent the new game that my $50 should have purchased, or did someone simply package up a $20 game with fresh shrink wrap and sell it as new when the game had already been opened? I'm reluctant to accuse the seller of anything until I have some proof. It feels to me like the above account could be that proof, but I'd like to hear from any of you before I pursue the matter directly. What do you think?
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Man sentenced after certification breaches
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Man sentenced to community service after certification breaches
A man has been sentenced to 140 hours' community work and a company penalised $7500 in commercial gain after a series of certification breaches.
Valentine Croon Junior and the Nancy Kay II Fishing Company Limited each pleaded guilty to 34 charges brought under the Maritime Transport Act 1994, in the Chatham Islands District Court on Tuesday (6 November).
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) brought the charges under Section 68(1) of the Act, concerning the operation of the fishing vessel Nancy Kay II without holding a Safe Ship Management (SSM) certificate on 34 occasions.
In order to operate lawfully as a commercial ship, a vessel must be issued with a SSM certificate. Mr Croon had arranged for the Nancy Kay II to be surveyed in March 2011, before the expiry of its certificate in October 2011. The survey noted a number of deficiencies – namely welding and replacing the propeller shaft - which had to be addressed before a new SSM could be issued.
The Nancy Kay II was then used for commercial crayfishing through December 2011 to February 2012, and was detained by MNZ in March 2012. Mr Croon stated the welding had been completed and the propeller shaft replaced and the vessel would go back "in survey" after this.
However, when the vessel was inspected the following week, several new deficiencies were identified, and some were still outstanding from the initial survey in March 2011.
MNZ Maritime Investigator Domonic Venz said the sentencing sends an important message to the fishing industry.
"Maritime laws are in place to help keep people safe. Compliance with the law isn't an option – it's a cornerstone of the fishing industry and there's no room for those with cavalier attitudes towards safety."
The Nancy Kay II Fishing Company Limited also had solicitor's fees of $2000 and court costs of $132.89 imposed on it.
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At the winter solstice, the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center will open its doors to an evening of music, food, and conversation with friends and neighbors.
Musicians from the region gather and perform on the night of the 21st of December for this annual tradition, giving back to the community on the darkest evening of the year.
The show is free, informal, and will begin at the cultural center at 7 p.m. No reservations are required and everyone is invited to attend.
Musicians coming to the Longest Night this year include Elisa Korenne of NY Mills and David Stoddard of Fergus Falls. Also performing will be Dave Virnala of NY Mills and John Perry of NY Mills. These musicians will be joined by NY Mills Chief of Police Jim Van Schaick and Pelican Rapids newspaper writer, Lou Hoglund.
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You can file a petition for custody yourself. You can file an affidavit stating that you are the father and request temporary custody due to her abandoning the children. You will do this by filing a petition to establish paternity and state in it that you are the father and would be willing to have a paternity test to prove this.
You will also need to file a petition for custody and explain that you are a fit and proper person to take care of your kids, explain that their mother has abandoned them. Ask the court to set a hearing for this or in the alternative to grant custody.
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You would file these in the juvenile court. Here is the link: http://www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/juvenilecourt/
I already gave you the names of the documents you will need to file above.
1. Affidavit of Paternity--you can type up yourself and sign and notarize
2. Petition for temporary custody--explain that the mother has abandoned, that you are the father, sign and notarize.
3. Petition for custody--explain what is going on, that you are the father, sign and notarize.
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There's a wonderful restaurant in Atlanta called Joli Kobe, they make the best chicken curry salad. I happened to find a recipe on food network from Tyler Florence that tastes exactly the same. It's wonderful on top of spring salad with ginger dressing.
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- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds total)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise, plus
- extra mayonnaise, if you like, for spreading
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
- 1⁄4 cup chopped blanched almond, toasted
- 1⁄4 cup raisins
- 8 fresh basil leaves, torn
- 8 slices good-quality dense white bread, such as tuscan
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- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Heat the oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until smoking.
- Sprinkle the chicken breasts on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Put them in the pan in a single layer, and brown them 2 minutes on each side.
- Put the skillet in the oven and roast until the chicken is just cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool.
- Chop the cooled chicken and put it into a large bowl.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and toss.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Spread 4 bread slices with mayonnaise, if you like, and spread with the curried chicken.
- Top with another slice of bread and serve.
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I paid bail. But now have an arraignment next month. Since 2003 I was never stopped before for any violation. Back in 2003, I had to do community service and appear at court but I never completed the service. I then went to Mexico, came back in 2005 and have never been arrested. What can be expected from this?
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When the current variant of IPv6 was selected 15 years ago, seamless integration with IPv4 was a big deal, resulting in NAT-PT architecture. NAT-PT tried to solve too many problems and (as I pointed out in my IPv6 Deployment workshop), while the 6to4 NAT is manageable, the 4to6 NAT is horrific (NAT64 and DNS64 are more reasonable; more about them in an upcoming post).
NAT between IPv4 and IPv6 hosts is just one of the topics covered in the Enterprise IPv6 Deployment workshop. You can attend an online version of the workshop or we can organize a dedicated event for your team.
To make matters worse, the NAT-PT implemented in Cisco IOS is totally broken due to removal of fast switching support in IOS release 12.4(20)T and numerous other releases. As I wrote a year and a half ago, removing fast switching will bite us eventually … and so it does when you try to use NAT-PT.
NAT-PT was never working in CEF switching path; CEF switching punted packets that had to be translated to fast switching. With fast switching gone, the punted packets land in a digital black hole. To make NAT-PT work, you have to disable IPv4 and IPv6 CEF globally. Do I need to spell out how that affects the router's performance?


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Her family will go on
Celine Dion is pregnant with twins, reports People. The singer, 42, became pregnant after undergoing her sixth in vitro fertilization attempt and turning to acupuncture to improve her chances of pregnancy. Dion, who has one son -- 9-year-old René-Charles -- is 14 weeks along. "We're ecstatic," says 68-year-old husband-manager René Angélil. "Celine is just hoping for a healthy pregnancy. She was hoping for one baby, and the news that we are having two is a double blessing."
Germany wins song contest
Germany has scored its first victory in nearly three decades in the Eurovision Song Contest. A teenager named Lena Meyer-Landrut ended the nation's long losing streak in the popular Europe-wide song competition Saturday night, beating 24 other finalists in a live broadcast from Oslo watched by more than 100 million TV viewers across Europe, Reuters reports. "This definitely was not to be expected," the 19-year-old Meyer-Landrut said, referring to Germany's underdog status in the competition. Germany's last win came in 1982 with an antiwar ballad, "Ein bisschen Frieden" ("A Little Peace"). Meyer-Landrut has recently become a national celebrity with the love song "Satellite," which won the Eurovision contest.
A lost union
Veteran film actress Barbara Hershey and Naveen Andrews, who appeared in "Lost," called it quits six months ago, according to People, but we're just finding out now! The couple met in 1998, long before Andrews, 41, got his big break playing Sayid on the recently concluded ABC drama series. Hershey, 62, starred in such films as "Beaches" and "Hannah and Her Sisters." The couple met on the set of the 1999 indie film "Drowning on Dry Land."
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So yet another Brit has landed atop a fashion brand, adding fuel to the idea that London is having a moment not seen since its Cool Britannia heyday. Coach, the billion-plus American accessible luxury handbag line that is in the process of trying to become a "lifestyle brand" (like, dare I say it, every other brand on the planet), has announced that they have poached Stuart Vevers (below) from Loewe, the LVMH-owned Spanish leather house, to be its new executive creative director. Start date still TBD. But ooooooh, already the implications are huge!
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Larry Ringers, reporting for highway duty
It's not every day that the governor of Florida spends an hour with rank-and-file workers at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. In fact, it may never have happened until Tuesday, when Gov. Charlie Crist paid a visit to the nondescript Kirkman Building on U.S. 27 in Tallahassee.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of DHSMV as a state agency, and it is the 70th anniversary of the Florida Highway Patrol, the most visible component of the highway safety agency. For Crist's arrival, agency employees set up display booths and turned out in force on a sweltering morning to see Crist sign five public safety-related bills under a big white tent set up in the agency's parking lot. One bill makes Florida the 20th state to require DNA samples be taken of anyone who is charged with a felony.
Legislators on hand: Sen. Victor Crist and Reps. Rachel Burgin and Marty Kiar and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who pushed for one of the bills which expands a law penalizing assaults on officers to include law enforcement Explorers (ages 14-20).
Among those on hand were Larry Ringers (left), the former chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, in his second day on the job as chief of staff to DHSMV Executive Director Electra Bustle. Ringers clearly is enjoying his new assignmen and he joked with another state employee about the rarity of a governor's arrival. "See? You get me out here, you get the governor," Ringers said. (Read Ringers' official letter of resignation to Kottkamp here).
Crist watched as a drug-sniffing dog went through its paces, and the governor who vetoed a 2-percent salary cut for some state workers posed for pictures with a number of employees.


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They were around long before the Stonewall Inn riots in New York became a rallying call for rights for members of the LGBT community.
They had been organized and motoring before the Daughters of Bilitis was created as the first lesbian rights group in San Francisco and before Illinois in 1962 became the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults in private.
Before all of them there was the Satyrs Motorcycle Club, which was founded in 1954 by a group of former military men and bills itself as the longest continuously operated gay club in the U.S. Although it was preceded by the Mattachine Society in 1950 in Los Angeles and the Society for Human Rights in Chicago in 1924, the Satyrs have soldiered on while their predecessors dissolved.
This week, and through May, the L.A.-based motorcycle club will be showcasing its history in Long Beach at an exhibit titled "Rumble – Leather & Motorcycle History: The Long Road to Equality." The event is part of a year of activities that mark the 60th anniversary of the group, which will be celebrated in November.
As the Satyrs began researching the club's history, group archivist Garry Bowie, 53, of Long Beach said they discovered that "if you drew a family tree (for gay rights groups), they all trace roots back to us – literally across the nation."
The Satyrs also spawned an era of gay motorcycle groups across the country, which at its height numbered in the hundreds. Yet, despite being a group long involved in equal rights, Bowie says the Satyrs, and to some extent L.A. as a whole, have been relatively unsung and under-reported in the gay rights historical narrative.
For about a decade before Stonewall, there had been demonstrations and protests in L.A. against police raids and brutality targeting gays, in which many of Satyrs early members were deeply involved.
The exhibit, then, is a way for the club to tell its story and show its place in the overall movement.
"There are a lot of historical markers we've made," Bowie said. "We kind of wanted to show those markers and how we helped move things forward."
Bowie said that as founding members have died – he said none survives today – it became apparent that the group needed to tell its story before it's lost forever. In addition to gathering oral histories, members like himself began digging through garages and attics to collect documents and memorabilia that founders and early members had never considered preserving.
It has been painstaking, he said, but a treasure trove has emerged in the past decade of scrounging. The resulting exhibit features thousands of artifacts, photos, uniforms and memorabilia and is arranged chronologically to show the Satyrs through the years and their place in LGBT history.
After the exhibit, Bowie said the group's entire archived and curated collection of more than 12,000 items, which Bowie says is the largest of its kind, will be donated to the ONE Archives Foundation at USC Libraries. Part of that includes a documentary film the club made to celebrate its first 50 years called "Original Pride." A follow-up multipart series called "The Long Road Forward," is in production.
The Satyrs were formed in 1954 by a group of former military and World War II vets during the McCarthy era, when gays were being labeled deviants and harshly discriminated against.
Bowie said motorcycles and places like Southern California became natural rallying points. Many servicemen became bike enthusiasts after being exposed to them in Europe. The Naval port in Long Beach became a major entry point for returning servicemen, and in Southern California the weather was ideal for riding.
Of the founders, Bowie said: "They were military men. When they came back they were in a culture of hyper-masculinity, and many had brought back bikes from Europe."
The "aha" moment came, Bowie said, at a pool party where most of the men attending realized they all had bikes and began riding.
"Los Angeles County once boasted more than 19 gay motorcycle and uniform clubs," said Riley Black, Satyrs president in a statement. "It was the 'golden years' of the '60s following the death of U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy."
The group has continued ever since, providing "social and educational opportunities for members and other gay men interested in recreational riding."
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Obama Calls On Congress To Quickly Pass His 'American Jobs Act'
Another speech and another policy proposal. Let's face it, political parties survive by never compromising and working together. If that truly happened, the game and all the money that can be generated by playing it would disappear and no political party wants that. I don't mean to sound jaded but I've seen both major political parties make promises when not in office that they never followed through on once elected.
I hope a plan comes out that truly puts Americans back to work because we need it. However I doubt either party cares about that, they only care about playing the political game and making noise. That said, this is still the best country in the world despite the current state of the political machine.


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Got this old Military Box at a garage sale today for 2 bucks, thought it looked kool, never even opened it till I got home. It measures 20" x 20" x 11" and is marked on the front with US as you can see. When you open it up theres these storage compartments with a drawer at the top that slides out. Some body has put a lock on it at one time and I will have to drill the screws out to get that part off that dont belong. The tag on the tops reads........
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Tent Spec CDQ No 1018 type 1
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were these tent parts?
It is an Army field desk minus a few pieces. The Army still had them when I retired in 1979.
Kool, heavy built as it is I think I will mount it to the top of one of my safes for ammo or supplies
Field desks came in at least two sizes. The other one i am familiar with is about 20" by 20" by 20." There was also a typewriter case about the same size. All of this stuff harks back in time to the horse cav. When i retired the Army was still using some ledgers that were designed to fit saddle bags. One such document was the property book which was about 4" by 9" and about 1" thick.
Good luck with your relic.
Good find Righteous
Army box
Dang, you stole that for two bucks, great find!!! would make a great place to store ammo and mags.
There just isn't anything to replace them that's worth a damn.
cant find one for sale anywhere on the net or auction sites, just might have to just put this one up for bids and see what it brings
Is that drawer birds eye maple or is that just the varnish?
If you want to sell it, try to touch base w some of the WWII re-enactors. They not only look for uniforms/weapons, but stuff to be used in a field encampment. May have some fighting over that- they are hard to come by.
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Sounds like Olivia Palermo is looking to follow in Audrina Patridge's footsteps and transition from MTV reality show to drama.
The New York Post reports that New York socialite Palermo—who pals around with Whitney Port on the Port-starring Hills spinoff The City—is using her role on the show as a jumping-off point for an acting career. Get the latest on Whitney's whereabouts here.
Palermo was on hand for the grand opening of the W Hotel in Atlanta last week, where a mole spotted the 22-year-old spouting off about her post-City ambitions.
"Olivia was talking about how she wants to be a serious actress but that acting is so much harder than she thought it would be," the spy reveals.
Palermo was also overheard telling an attendee, "I'm shooting The City to get used to being in front of the camera."
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A retired state Fire Marshal's Office investigator surrenderedto authorities Wednesday on accusations he falsified paperwork of an attempted inspection of a dilapidated apartment complex in Grand Isle that later caught fire with two residents trapped inside.
Nunzio Marchiafava, 67, of Gretna, a former district chief based in New Orleans, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one felony count of filing false public records.
Marchiafava admitted to investigators last week that he logged fictitious mileage for a trip he claimed to have made in May to the former site of the Rusty Pelican Economy Lodge, according to an arrest warrant. The complex, which had been known as the Willow Creek Apartments, caught fire Sept. 26, killing residents Belle Brandl, 60, and Timothy Foret, 46.
Six months before the fatal fire, the state Fire Marshal's Office received a complaint from a Grand Isle rental property owner warning of the deteriorating conditions of the apartment complex, which had been heavily damaged during Hurricane Katrina. Marchiafava had been tasked with looking into the complaint, and the day after the blaze, filed a "special report" claiming he had driven to Grand Isle on May 25 but was unable to find anyone at the complex.
But cellphone records show Marchiafava made several calls from the New Orleans area during the time he claimed to be traveling to Grand Isle for the inspection, according to court filings.
Marchiafava told Office of State Inspector General investigators last week he had become "very worried" after the fire and destroyed a previously submitted activity report that showed he had spent May 25 at his New Orleans office, the warrant says. He admitted the only time he went to Grand Isle to investigate the conditions of the complex was on April 2, 2012.
"This obviously is a serious matter," said Greg Phares, chief investigator with the Office of State Inspector General. Phares said his office and State Police are still investigating the case.
Brant Thompson, deputy chief at the state Fire Marshal's Office, said his agency welcomed the investigation and is cooperating fully.
The Office of State Inspector General opened an investigation in October after receiving a complaint from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, the New Orleans-based watchdog organization. The complaint alleged the state Fire Marshal's Office failed to inspect the apartment complex in March 2012 despite receiving a warning that the building presented an "extreme fire hazard."
"He might have been able to save those people's lives by conducting an inspection and identifying safety violations that would have given the Fire Marshal's Office the authority to shut that facility down," Rafael Goyeneche III, president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, said of Marchiafava.
But Thompson said in an email that the facility "at the time of the fire was in full compliance with applicable codes and the Fire Marshal's Office had no cause or authority to order this facility closed." He said investigators determined the fire was able to quickly progress in part due to the types of materials permitted to be used in construction during the 1950s and early 1960s.
"I think it very irresponsible to suggest that Marchiafava's failure to do a follow up inspection in any way contributed to this very tragic fire event," Thompson said.
Fire Marshal Butch Browning has not returned calls seeking comment. He has previously stood by his office's handling of the citizen complaint about conditions at the Willow Creek Apartments and said there is nothing his employees could have done to prevent the fire.


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Ad Guru | 26 Oct 2012
Films today have become boring and predictable, unlike those of the olden times. The art of storytelling is distorted. If in a 30-second commercial you can't surprise people, can't make them smile or sad, you might as well not do it. If you are only doing it for the money, then why do it?
Known for his brand of irreverent humour and memorable brand building campaigns, Prahlad Kakar is the doyen of Indian advertising. The ad guru, cigar connoisseur, gastronome and restaurateur, globe trotter and scuba diver is the brain behind campaigns such as Pepsi's 'Yehi hai right choice baby! Aha', Gold Spot's 'The Zing Thing', Maggie's '2 minutes', Britannia's 'Ting Ting Ti Ting', Limca's 'Zor ka Jhatka' and Maggi Sauces' 'It's different!', which have remained etched in our memories.
In conversation with exchange4media's Twishy, Kakar speaks at length about how the ad filmmaking business has changed over the years, the growing importance of technology, his favourite ads and much more...
Q. How has the ad filmmaking business changed since the time you set up Genesis in 1977?
When we started in the industry, it was very young and nobody pretended to be an expert. They were also very trustworthy, not only the agencies but also clients, which is why they used to repeat them so often, so it was almost like a business relationship.
But there are a lot of multinationals and MBAs, and as far as filmmaking is concerned, they want to know everything about everything. By doing an MBA you can't learn everything, you only can learn it through experience. Films today have become boring and predictable, unlike those of the olden times. The art of storytelling is distorted. The youngsters of today who are in advertising are totally at risk, they like to stay in the middle ground and not do anything controversial or different.
Q. Do you think overuse of computer-generated imagery (CGI) is somewhat killing the beauty of storytelling in today's ads?
Today, we are tech savvy and tend to use a lot of technology and special effects and all this makes up the content, but that's not true art of telling a story. CGI works best when it is invisible, when it actually helps the storytelling, so then you notice it is there. But if it stands out of a story, then you defeat the whole purpose of using CGI.
Q. What goes on in your mind when you set about transforming an ad script to what we finally see on the screen? Which aspects do you focus on?
Human interest, casting, location, smell of reality and not to make it so good that it looks unreal.
Q. You had assisted Shyam Benegal on some of his films. When do we see you coming out with a full-length feature film?
Having abstained for so long and enjoying myself so much, it is actually a scary proposition to go back to proving myself all over again. There is a very strong desire to make a feature because I realise that if you want to tell a story properly, you have to make a feature.
Q. Who are the emerging talent in ad filmmaking that has made you sit up and take notice?
All the youngsters in my office; we are a training ground where we train some of the best. Some of them are ex-Genesis students.
Q. From your vast repertoire of ad films, which are the ones that you consider to be your best and why?
I don't think that any of them is best. If I had to do them, I'd do them all over again.
Q. Which are some of the ads that you would rate as your all-time favourites and why?
No favourites, just sentiments. I am very sentimental about a Pepsi commercial that I had done with Aishwarya Rai, because it was with her.
Q. Ad guru, ad filmmaker, restaurateur, cigar connoisseur, scuba diver – how do you juggle so many roles? Which role is the closest to your heart?
I am a certified scuba diving instructor and have two schools, one in Andaman and the other in Lakshadweep islands. I don't juggle all these roles. I just decide what I want to do, when I want to do and I do it. I don't try and justify them and don't explain myself to anyone, I just disappear.
I don't keep any of these roles close to my heart. If I'm bored with scuba diving, I do ad filmmaking and when I'm bored with that, then back to scuba diving. It depends if I get to dive with a beautiful women or if its filmmaking, I get to work with a great actress, then I do it. I'm a man of very small and simple taste and most of them revolve around women.
Q. What is your idea of humour?
If there was no humour I'd be suicidal and I'd probably kill myself. The only thing that saved me is humour. I find everything funny. In fact, greater the tragedy, the funnier I find it.
Q. What do you hate in a script? What is the key to a successful ad film?
I hate mediocrity, predictability and the obvious. If in a 30-second commercial you can't surprise people, can't make them smile or sad, you might as well not do it. The craft of filmmaking is at one stage to touch people's lives with a story that is about your brand. If you are only doing it for the money, then why do it? It is about the kind of story you tell.
Q. When you look back at your long innings in advertising, at what points do you wish you could go back and re-do things in a different way?
Nothing! Everything was an accident, everything was deliberate and I'd love to leave it like that.
Q. How do you engage students in a meaningful dialogue at various institutes?
During my recent interaction with students at the Goa Institute of Management, I advised them not to waste time fantasising, but just do it. That high level of shouldering responsibility is not there for a young student, so they should enjoy life to the fullest.
We should be able to handle rejection, the most attractive thing in a man is handling rejection, if he or she handles rejection with grace and humour, without it letting him down, then he is always acceptable at everyone's table.
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Communal organizations play an important role in the sociopolitical structure of peasant communities in Peru. Not only do they act as a source of organization within these communities, but they also play a critical role in managing interactions between peasant communities and formal institutions from both the state and society. The existence of these communal organizations is crucial not only to the management of local resources, but also plays a key role in bringing much needed public goods and services to rural communities. The impact of communal organizations on public goods provision, however, is limited in both its scope and effectiveness. Even when their interactions with formal state institutions are successful, communal organizations are only able to bring resources to their community members, or at best, to only a small segment of the rural population. Overall, they are unable to affect public goods provision at the regional or even municipal levels. Ethnographic observations and qualitative interviews conducted in two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) education projects in rural regions of Peru finds that NGO interactions with these internal communal organizations can play a critical role in bringing about larger scale impact. This impact is greater than would have been possible through the work of either party alone, affecting municipal and regional state institutions' involvement and investment in education.


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I have really enjoyed this idea. I thought the chemistry early on was great. I always imagined the tesnions was still there off camera.
Now, spoilers
Beckett said in "epiphany" that he "has a date with Lt. Cadman" to which Rodney made a little quip...I think he's jealous of Beckett having someone.
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Lt. Cadman is back next week in critical mass and the flirtation is refferred to between her and beckett in the spoiler section.
Like I said i hope she becomes a recurring character, and is involved mor eon the show. I prefer seeing Beckett and Mckay having romantic possibilites more then Shep.


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Compressed nerves in the lumbar vertebrae region
Four out of five adults experience neck or back pain at some point in their lives. The lower back is the most common area for this pain to occur, often as a result of compressed, or "pinched," nerves in the lumbar spine (lower back).
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What causes sciatica?
Sciatica is a term generally associated with pain in the lower back. This condition refers to a series of symptoms and pain that develop when the sciatic nerve in the lumbar spine is compressed.
The sciatic nerve originates at the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae (L4 and L5) and extends downward through the buttocks and into the lower leg. It is the largest nerve in the human body and therefore is somewhat vulnerable to becoming pinched or compressed.
If you have experienced a compressed nerve near the lumbar vertebrae, there's a good chance it was the sciatic nerve or one of the branches leading into it. The symptoms associated with a compressed sciatic nerve are called sciatica and can include:
- Local or traveling pain
- Tingling
- Numbness
- Leg muscle weakness
It's important to remember that sciatica itself is not a condition, but rather a series of symptoms that result from a spine condition pressing against the sciatic nerve. These lumbar spine conditions can include:
- Herniated discs
- Bulging discs
- Bone spurs
- Facet disease
- Degenerative disc disease
- Spondylolisthesis
Treatment options for lumbar nerve compression
Once your condition is diagnosed, your physician may prescribe a course of conservative treatment, including pain medication, physical therapy, massage or behavior modification.
If chronic lower back continues despite months of conservative treatment, surgery may become an option to relieve the pain of a compressed nerve in the lumbar vertebrae. Before choosing a spine surgery for your condition, contact Laser Spine Institute and ask about the benefits of our minimally invasive spine surgery.
These state-of-the-art procedures are proven to be safer and effective alternatives to traditional open back surgery^, often making it the clinically appropriate first choice over traditional spine surgery. To treat a compressed nerve in the lumbar spine, we offer either minimally invasive decompression, or in severe cases, stabilization surgery, though most cases of a pinched nerve can be treated with a decompression procedure. Both procedures offer shorter recovery times^ and lower risk of complication compared to traditional open back surgery.
Contact Laser Spine Institute today for a review of your MRI report or CT scan to find out if you are a candidate for our minimally invasive procedures.


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* TSX rises 18.70 points, or 0.14 percent, to 13,380.41
* Six of the 10 main index sectors advance
* Enbridge, Magna up after earnings
* Penn West tumbles after announcing asset sale plans
By John Tilak
TORONTO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on
Wednesday as investors speculated about global central bank
moves and as gold-mining shares climbed with the price of
The market also analyzed earnings statements from several of
the country's major energy players, including Enbridge Inc
and Talisman Energy Inc, as well as a bullish
report from auto parts maker Magna International Inc.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
closed up 18.70 points, or 0.14 percent, at 13,380.41.
The index has jumped nearly 5 percent in the past month, and
six of its 10 major index sectors were higher on Wednesday.
Market focus was on whether the European Central Bank will
cut interest rates this week, while anticipation grew that the
U.S. Federal Reserve again will put off plans to scale back its
monetary stimulus program.
Top Fed officials have been saying in recent days the U.S.
central bank should not make changes to the program until
there's more evidence to suggest that the world's biggest
economy is on a firmer footing.
"The Fed is in a conundrum, given that they need stronger
economic growth to reduce their easing," said Youssef Zohny,
portfolio manager at Stenner Investment Partners, a unit of
Richardson GMP. "Some of the economic data lately has been maybe
a bit disappointing."
"In the short term, there could be some volatility," he
added. "But in the medium term, there's more value in Canada
than in the United States."
Valuations for natural resource stocks on the Toronto market
are starting to become more appealing, Zohny said. "But it's
going to require patience, given that we need a strong catalyst
on the economic front."
Gold-mining stocks jumped 1.3 percent, helped by a gain in
the price of bullion. In the group, Goldcorp Inc
rose 1.1 percent to C$26.25.
Financial shares climbed 0.4 percent, with Toronto-Dominion
Bank adding 0.3 percent to C$95.96.
Magna reported a nearly 13 percent rise in quarterly sales
as its European business strengthened. The stock gained 1.4
percent to C$90.19.
Enbridge advanced 1.7 percent to C$46.56, after the pipeline
company reported higher third-quarter earnings, with increased
volumes on its crude pipelines offsetting higher costs.
Oil and gas producer Talisman, which reported a smaller
quarterly net loss compared with the year-earlier quarter, said
it has no immediate plans to split itself in two despite
pressure from activist shareholders. The stock shed 2.7 percent
to C$12.48.
Penn West Petroleum Ltd lost about 16 percent of
its value after the oil producer said it aimed to sell up to $2
billion of assets before 2015 as part of a plan to focus on
projects centered on its Cardium field in Alberta.