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Rockstar Games Discusses Grand Theft Auto IV PC DRM
I'm sure that many of you are eagerly awaiting Rockstar Games' upcoming addition to the popular Grand Theft Auto series for PC - Grand Theft Auto IV. The game promises an updated multiplayer component, an in-depth video creation tool, and expands upon the original game. However, as we've seen in the
very recent past
, software developers are utilising Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, and limited installs to protect their investment. As a result, these over-the-top anti-piracy measures have proved irksome to many loyal fans.
Rockstar Games developers have gone on the record and given details of GTA IV PC's DRM with IGN
The game will include SecuROM copy protection, and will require one-time online authentication via the Internet and will also require the game disc in the drive to play. The game can be installed on an unconnected PC, but will still require online activation, even for PC's with no internet access, as it can be done on another internet-connected PC. The game carries a surprising long list of other prerequisites, as they say: "GTA IV PC also requires a number of software installations, including Games For Windows, Adobe Flash, Internet Explorer, SecuROM and our Rockstar Games Social Club application."
The conversation elaborates on the whole activation deal: "GTA IV PC uses SecuROM for protecting our EXE until street date has passed, to ensure the retail disk is in the computer drive, and is used for Product Activation of the title. Product Activation is a one time only online authentication when installing the game. GTA IV has no install limits for the retail disc version of the game, and that version can be installed on an unlimited number of PCs by the retail disk owner." Digitally distributed editions of the game will still use SecuROM, though obviously will not require a non-existent disc in the drive.
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Sep 23, 2013
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© 2017, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. From a
press release
issued by Pirelli:
FIM Endurance World Championship:
Gregory Leblanc (11) on the Team SRC Kawasaki ZX-10R at Le Mans.
Pirelli wins the Le Mans 24 Hours Moto for the fourth year in row earning the Master of Endurance title for the second time
Riders Grégory Leblanc, Fabien Foret and Nicolas Salchaud on the number 11 Kawasaki ZX10R, equipped with Pirelli Diablo Superbike tyres, completed 820 laps in the 24 hours to finish 7 laps ahead of second place and with the best lap of the race a 1'37.722
Le Mans (France), 23 September 2012 – Yesterday, in front of 72,000 spectators, Pirelli and the SRC Kawasaki team of Grégory Leblanc, Fabien Foret and Nicolas Salchaud, triumphed in the Le Mans 24 Hours Moto winning it for the fourth year in row. Following the success at the end of April in the Bol d'Or, Pirelli consequently wins the Master of Endurance title for the second consecutive time, the award which consists precisely of the two races mentioned above. These two were the only rounds of the FIM World Endurance Championship 2013 -which this year included a total of 4 races- in which Pirelli and the team Kawasaki SRC participated in.
The perfect harmony created between riders, motorcycle and Pirelli Diablo Superbike tyres proved to be of fundamental importance for the success in this competition. The team finished ahead of the Suzuki GSX-R 1000 of the R2CL team equipped with Dunlop tyres in second place and the Yamaha YZF-R1 of the Yamaha France GMT 94 Yamalube equipped with the tyres from the French manufacturer Michelin in third place.
During the weekend Pirelli, in addition to the success achieved with Kawasaki in the Le Mans 24 Hours, became Champions of Italy with Ducati and Eddi La Marra in the Superbike class of the Campionato Italiano Velocità –the Italian National Championship, and Champions of Germany with BMW and Markus Reiterberger in the Superbike class of IDM, the German National Championship.
"To win a competition like the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours raced in France and do it for four consecutive years certainly makes us very happy and fills us with pride," said Pirelli Moto Racing Director, Giorgio Barbier,"This weekend has given us many emotions and satisfaction, after the title of Champions of Italy in the Superbike and Supersport classes of CIV, this success also came as a further confirmation, if still needed, of Pirelli's leadership even in open tyre competitions like the demanding World Endurance Championship. In addition, having won with the same product, the Diablo Superbike, with three different manufacturers means that we have a very versatile tyre that is well suited to all models of motorcycles. I want to congratulate the whole team Kawasaki SRC and its riders, no doubt a winning combination the one between Pirelli and this team, and in particular with Grégory Leblanc that with us and Kawasaki SRC dominates the competition for 4 years, a record unmatched since 1990 and belonging to Jean Michel Mattioli."
The 36th edition of this 24-hour marathon, an event scheduled regularly since 1978 on the Sarthè "Bugatti" track, saw Team Kawasaki SRC with number 11 Kawasaki ZX10R equipped with Pirelli Diablo Superbike tyres obtain the highest step of the podium winning for the fourth consecutive year. In total, Pirelli brought to Le Mans 2872 tyres to support 17 of the 56 participating teams and the whole relay was carried out with Pirelli Diablo Superbike tyres: for the front, they has options of the SC1 and SC2 compounds while at the rear the race was run with a single development solution, a soft tyre in SC0 compound which is ideal on an asphalt as that of Le Mans that offers little grip and which has performed well both during the day and with the drop in temperature at night. Thanks to the grip and the mileage offered, Kawasaki SRC riders have made a total of 820 laps setting the fastest lap of the race in 1'37.722 and winning with a gap of 7 laps on their pursuers .
More, from a press release issued by Yamaha Racing:
Yamaha Secure Second in 2013 World Endurance Championship
The finale of the 2013 World Endurance Championship last weekend at Le Mans saw the Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamahalube team move up to second in the final season standings. The Yamaha team took the runner up spot after a hard won third place podium finish in the legendary 24hr race.
The result is the French team's first appearance on the Le Mans podium since 2005, although the journey there was not easy last weekend, the 24hr race being as usual full of unexpected challenges. Having qualified second on the grid for the race start, the team were unfortunate to crash twice within the first hour. Some quick work saw them back on track and climbing from 52nd position 11th by the 12 hour point. Riders David Checa, Matthieu Lagrive and Kenny Foray kept the pressure on and were able to close in on a hard won podium finish, claiming third at the end of the gruelling 24hr race.
The Monster Energy Yamaha Austria Racing Team were not able to claim a second world title that looked a reality at one point during the race. Having qualified strongly, riders Josh Hayes, Broc Parkes and Igor Jerman were a constant presence in the top four and had held second place for several hours. Disaster struck in the 13th hour when a technical problem forced early retirement, leaving the Yamaha France team to place the YZF-R1 on the Le Mans podium.
Christophe Guyot
Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube Team Manager
"Since 2005 we have not stood on the podium at Le Mans. We know this result is the hard work of all the team, the riders and the mechanics. We are happy, very happy!"
Mandy Kainz
Monster Energy Yamaha Austria Racing Team
"We have nothing to be sorry for with ourselves, this time we were defeated unfortunately by technology. My boys could have won today; they were on the right path to do this. Unfortunately this is World Endurance."
More, from a press release issued by BMW Motorrad Motorsport:
BMW S 1000 RR: Markus Reiterberger is crowned 2013 IDM champion.
With the Manufacturers' title already secured, BMW Motorrad HP RaceSupport can now also celebrate the Riders' title in the IDM – Difficult EWC finale for BMW teams at Le Mans – Double victory for the BMW HP4 in Italy.
Hockenheim/Le Mans/Munich, 23rd September 2013. After securing the Manufacturers' title two weeks ago, BMW had even more reason to celebrate at last weekend's penultimate round of the 2013 International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) at Hockenheim (GER), as the fight for the Riders' title was decided, with one round to spare.
In his first full season in the closely-fought IDM Superbike category, young German Markus Reiterberger was crowned 2013 champion. At Hockenheim, he extended his lead in the Riders' classification by winning both races on his BMW S 1000 RR and can no longer be overtaken at next month's season finale at Lausitzring (GER). Reiterberger's VanZon Remeha BMW Team is one of the partners who count on the direct on-site backing of BMW Motorrad HP RaceSupport. With one more round still to go, BMW has already achieved its two main goals for the 2013 IDM season, which were to successfully defend both the Manufacturers' and the Riders' titles.
Nineteen-year old Reiterberger headed to the penultimate round with a comfortable lead and took his chance to secure his first IDM title in style. He qualified for pole position with his RR and then won both of Sunday's races. Thus, he extended his advantage in the Riders' championship to 82 points, with only 50 more points up for grabs at the final round.
Hockenheim was a successful round – not only for Reiterberger – but with RR riders claiming five of the six available podium positions. Race one saw a pure BMW podium, with Arie Vos (NED / VanZon alpha Technik BMW by Herpigny) and Damian Cudlin (AUS / RAC Racing) finishing second and third respectively. In race two, Cudlin finished second behind winner Reiterberger.
In the Riders' classification of the IDM Superbike category, Reiterberger now leads with a total of 264 points, while Cudlin is second with 182 points. In the Manufacturers' rankings, BMW leads with 563 points and an impressive 255 points advantage over its closest rival. In the IDM Superstock category, Bastien Mackels (BEL) of the VanZon alpha Technik BMW by Herpigny Team defended his lead by winning one of the Hockenheim races with his RR. He now leads his class with 304 points and an advantage of six points.
"It was another great weekend in the IDM for us," said Berthold Hauser, General Manager BMW Motorrad HP RaceSupport. "We started the season with two clear goals. With our partners, we wanted to defend the titles in the Manufacturers' and the Riders' classification and we are happy and proud that we have achieved both of these targets even before the final round of the season. Two weeks ago at Sachsenring, BMW secured the Manufacturers' crown and now Markus Reiterberger can celebrate his first Riders' title in the series. Congratulations to 'Reiti' who showed a really strong performance this year and a big 'Thank you' to all BMW teams and riders who in cooperation with our specialists made this another great IDM season for BMW. But the season is not over yet. Now we are all looking forward to the final round in three weeks' time at the Lausitzring where for sure we will see more exciting races."
The other big event for the partners of BMW Motorrad HP RaceSupport was this weekend's "24 Heures Moto" at Le Mans (FRA). The famous 24-hour race marked the final round of the 2013 FIM Endurance World Championship. At Le Mans, Lady Luck was not on the side of the BMW teams. BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent and riders Sébastien Gimbert, Sylvain Barrier (both FRA), Josh Waters (AUS) and Jake Zemke (USA) aimed for a top result in the Superbike class. In fact, they led the race for nine hours with their #99 BMW S 1000 RR. But after 14 hours of racing they had to retire due to a mechanical problem.
The Penz13.com Franks Autowelt Racing Team, which started as the title defender in the FIM World Endurance Superstock Cup, had to retire after six hours of racing. Having collided with another opponent earlier in the race, it left the team with a technical problem, which could not be repaired. Even with the support of the BMW Motorrad HP RaceSupport experts the team could not fix the #13 RR and had to recognize that their race was over. It was the first DNF for the German squad in the EWC since the beginning of 2010. Despite this, in the overall classification, the team around former racer Rico Penzkofer (GER) still finished the season in third.
"24-hour racing has its own rules and this is, unfortunately, what our partners had to experience at Le Mans," commented Berthold Hauser. "Together with the teams we had worked hard to prepare for this famous 24-hour classic and the efforts initially seemed to pay off. The first part of the race was really exciting and it was great to see the #99 RR in the lead for such a long time. This made it all the more disappointing when the strong performance was not rewarded. It was also a pity for the Penz13.com team. The squad and our specialists tried everything to bring the #13 RR back on track but it was not meant to be."
In addition to the Endurance World Championship and IDM races, there were also BMW bikes in action at last weekend at Mugello (ITA) for the final round of the 2013 Italian Championship (CIV). There, Team Thevent successfully entered a BMW HP4. The bike was raced by Mika Kallio (FIN) who stood in for the team's regular CIV rider, Sébastien Gimbert, who was on duty at the French 24-hour race. Kallio turned out to be the man to beat at Mugello, winning both races on the BMW HP4.
More, from a press release issued by Mar-Train Racing:
Stuart Easton's 'Double Dutch' British Supersport victories at Assen on Saturday and Sunday with Mar-Train Racing has stretched his lead at the top of the championship table to 34 points with just four races remaining.
Yesterday's victory over the longer race distance of 15 laps was as strong a performance as you will see from the Yamaha rider in the ultra-competitive middle class. The Scottish ace led from start to finish to take his ninth top step of the season ahead of Jason O'Halloran and Ben Wilson.
Easton said afterwards: "It was a strong weekend and great to take a double win, but it wasn't easy by any stretch. For Alastair to be off the podium in both races has helped my championship no doubt. We can take one night off then start getting ready for Silverstone, as we need to be strong there to try and make the last round at Brands a little easier. These GP circuits seem to suit me and the Mar-Train Yamaha and the set-up shouldn't be a million miles away at Silverstone to what we've used here. I just want to focus on that and be strong. There are only four races left, but you never know what can happen in bike racing."
Team Principal Tim Martin added: "That's as impressive a weekend as we've had at Mar-Train Racing with Stuart Easton and shows the strength of the package. This time last year we were in a different position so it's certainly nice to come away from Assen with a healthy lead in the championship, but we will be taking nothing for granted. It's never over until mathematically impossible and we know Seeley will fight all the way to the end."
British Supersport Championship, Assen, Feature race result:
Stuart Easton (Martrain Yamaha)
Jason O'Halloran (Samsung Honda) +1.146s
Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) +1.551s
Alastair Seeley (Gearlink Kawasaki) +1.926s
Richard Cooper (Oxford TAG Triumph) +4.696s
British Supersport Championship standings after Assen:
Stuart Easton (Martrain Yamaha) 376
Alastair Seeley (Gearlink Kawasaki) 342
Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) 279
Billy McConnell (Smiths Racing Triumph) 274
Graeme Gowland (Appleyard Macadam Racing Yamaha) 217
More, from a press release issued by Honda:
Race Report
Weather: Warm, bright.
Temperature: Air 21 degrees C / Track 28 degrees C
Alex Lowes won the opening race of this first Showdown round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Assen in The Netherlands and was first across the line in the second race but hours after the end of that race the Samsung Honda rider was stripped of the Race 2 victory.
Lowes' team-mate, the former three times British champion Ryuichi Kiyonari, had mixed fortunes also in the races, just scraping into the points in the opening race, running fourteenth, but then next time out finishing fourth on the road, but elevated to third following the exclusion of his team-mate.
Lowes had worked hard across the whole weekend, all but matching the lap record as he claimed pole position and in the opening race underlined his maturing style in an epic struggle for supremacy with the series leading Shane Byrne
(Kawasaki) with the two riders swapping places at least a dozen times. In the end it was the Honda rider who came out on top, taking his seventh victory of the season by a tenth of a second.
Jakub Smrz, riding the Padgetts Honda, enjoyed his best result of the season in sixth while local rider Danny de Boer, making a "wild-card"
appearance on the Bathams Honda was eleventh just ahead of GB Moto Honda's Peter Hickman. Ryuichi Kiyonari, having another difficult race finished fourteenth, three places up on Doodson Honda rider Robbin Harms.
Next time out Lowes, again starting from pole, was immediately duelling with Byrne, trading places until on the fourth lap, with Byrne leading, Lowes was lining up a move to try to take the lead at the next corner when he touched the back of the Kawasaki of Byrne at around 130mph. Byrne crashed out of contention, fortunately without serious injury.
Lowes dropped back to fourth, but re-grouped and was soon back up to pace and attacking Yamaha's James Ellison for the race lead, making the decisive move four laps from the end of the race. He was, however, to be denied his third consecutive double victory as race officials announced their decision to exclude him after the race finish having studied video evidence and interviewed both Lowes and Byrne.
Kiyonari, riding with more confidence and pace, showing flashes of the style that in earlier seasons had take him to the crown, ran fourth on the road, but then was credited with third place. Hickman was seventh ahead of de Boer and Linfoot.
Honda rider quotes
Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) Championship position 2ND Race results 1st/DSQ On his first race victory:
"We were not giving up and I managed to pass him on the corner before the last one and was lucky to come out ahead. Races like that are what you live for. I tipped in, got the lead, but then Shakey was back ahead and that was how it went.
I'm going to give it everything – if I don't win the title it will not be for the lack of trying."
On the second race incident:
"I thought the move was OK and it was alright but when you touch someone at 130mph they go down. Shane is someone that I respect totally, he is my friend and I am not a dirty rider and I did not mean to do it. I was in a good position, he changed his line at the last minute and I hit him. It looks different, worse, when you watch it on television, but there is not much space out there. The pressure is on all the riders in these three rounds of the Showdown and everyone wants close racing."
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Samsung Honda) Championship position 5TH Race results 14th/ 3RD "The second race was much better for me and we are making some good progress and maybe next time out we will get a podium and then a win. It has not been all good for me, but we made some changes and we are getting there. I do not know why the first race was not so good. Now in the Showdown it is very important that I get good results in remaining races."
More, from a press release issued by Smiths Racing Triumph:
Tough Weekend At Assen For Smiths Racing Triumph
The Gloucester-based Smiths Racing Triumph team have vowed to draw a line under their weekend and look toward the rest of the season after a tough visit to Assen as the Motorpoint British Supersport Championship made its annual visit to The Netherlands.
Reigning champion Glen Richards and fellow Australian team-mate Billy McConnell had a difficult weekend as the series returned to the Dutch circuit, a track which didn't bring the team the best of luck in 2012.
Saturday's 12-lap Sprint race had initially looked like it would be a good one for the pair, with Richards qualifying in second place and McConnell lining up seventh. Richards crossed the line in third place at the end of the first lap with his team-mate close behind in fifth. But seconds later Richards crashed out and then McConnell retired at the end of the lap with a problem with a gear selector.
For Sunday's 15-lap Feature race, Richards started from 10th with McConnell behind in 15th, both getting great starts and launching themselves to seventh and eighth spots respectively. Glen soon found himself in a race-long battle where he moved up and down between sixth and third over the course of the 15 laps, the 2012 champion eventually crossing the line sixth. Billy, meanwhile, was involved in a similar battle further back, emerging 11th after several laps embroiled in a five-bike scrap.
Billy McConnell: "All in all it was OK. Qualifying wasn't bad but in yesterday's race we suffered with a technical problem and had to retire. I thought I was going to be starting at the back but it was 15th in the end which wasn't too bad. Today I got a really good start and got straight up to eighth but then I found myself stuck mid pack. There were about five of us battling and we just didn't have the pace to get any further forward. You need to be starting from the front two rows and for us we didn't have that this weekend. It wasn't the best but we're all in one piece and we can just move on now and look to do better at Silverstone."
Glen Richards: "Finishing sixth, especially after yesterday's crash is never good. It just hasn't been a great weekend for me. After yesterday I wanted to make up for it today but it was tough out there. There were a couple of areas on the track where I was struggling a bit and on the whole I feel like I should've gone better. It just hasn't been a great weekend and I'm pleased it's done."
Rebecca Smith, Team Manager: "We were apprehensive about this round after last year but it's a new Triumph Daytona 675R, a new year and we were hoping we could put last year's problems behind us. After being on the pace in FP2, qualifying was good and we felt we were in a good position. In the first race Glen crashed out early and Billy was just very unfortunate with the pin in the gear selector. It's one of those things that can happen at any time, and unluckily it chose that moment. We had high hopes for the second race because we knew we had good pace. Starting 10th and 15th didn't worry us and both Glen and Billy had good races. Glen's lap times were good and Billy worked hard but it just wasn't to be for them. From here we just draw a line under this one and move on to Silverstone where we've already had a lot of track time this year. We just want to move on and try to end the season with two strong rounds."
Motorpoint British Supersport Championship Race 1 - 12 laps
1. Stuart Easton (Yamaha)
2. Richard Cooper (Triumph)
3. Jason O'Halloran (Honda)
4. Luke Mossey (Triumph)
5. Alastair Seeley (Kawasaki)
6. Kervin Bos (Honda)
DNF. Billy McConnell (Smiths Racing Triumph)
DNF. Glen Richards (Smiths Racing Triumph)
Motorpoint British Supersport Championship Race 2 - 15 laps
1. Stuart Easton (Yamaha)
2. Jason O'Halloran (Honda)
3. Ben Wilson (Kawasaki)
4. Alastair Seeley (Kawasaki)
5. Richard Cooper (Triumph)
6. Glen Richards (Smiths Racing Triumph)
11. Billy McConnell (Smiths Racing Triumph)
Motorpoint British Supersport Championship Positions after Assen (Round 10)
1. Stuart Easton 376
2. Alastair Seeley 342
3. Ben Wilson 279
4. Billy McConnell 274
5. Graeme Gowland 217
6. Jason O'Halloran 200
7. Glen Richards 150
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More, from a press release issued by Halsall Racing Team:
Best Result For Halsall Racing Kawasaki's Costello At Assen
The Halsall Racing Kawasaki team leave The Netherlands feeling strong ahead of the remainder of the season after two solid MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship races at Assen.
Rider Lee Costello brought the Bolton-based team's Halsall Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R machine home 15th in today's first race, following it up with a solid 11th in the second.
This weekend marked the first visit for both the team and Costello, which meant the first and second practice sessions were devoted entirely to getting to grips with the track. The Bolton rider qualified 20th ahead of the opening race and got a great start, holding position for a few laps before beginning to move up the order, finally crossing the line 15th and picking up a point.
For race two he again started from 20th, and once again got a good start. As chaos ensued further up ahead with many of the Title Fighters crashing out, Costello kept his head down and was soon making his way through the field. As the tough Dutch track continued to claim more victims ahead, Costello was never in any trouble as he fought on and took 11th to record his best result of the season so far and giving him another five points.
Lee Costello: "I'm pleased with our progress today, it hasn't been an easy weekend but I'm happy to get that 11th and to achieve my best result of the year. Of course a lot of it was down to others crashing but at the end of the day you've got to be in it to win it, and finishing the race is part of that. I was racing in the same group as people like Chris Walker, a rider who has lots of experience here so I'm very happy with that. I feel good and happy with the bike now. I think it should be easier for us to set up now for the next round, it finally feels like we've moved in the right direction. I know it's quite late now, but hopefully we can end the season with some more good results. Considering this is a track I've never seen before, I have to be happy with what we've all achieved here today."
Tony Costello, acting team manager at Assen: "It's been a good weekend, especially when you think that this is a track we've never been to before. We had no idea what to expect when we arrived, but everyone involved with the team has worked really hard and we've pulled in two points finishes. It's been a case of turn up and learn the track, and while it hasn't been an easy weekend, Lee has come away with two good results and we all feel like we've made a big step in the right direction. Lee seems to be a lot happier now and I think it points to a good end of season for all of the team."
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Race 1 - 18 Laps
1. Alex Lowes (Honda)
2. Shane Byrne (Kawasaki)
3. Tommy Bridewell (Yamaha)
4. Josh Brookes (Suzuki)
5. Noriyuki Haga (Kawasaki)
6. Jakub Smrz (Honda)
15. Lee Costello (Halsall Racing Kawasaki)
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Race 2 - 18 Laps
1. James Ellison (Yamaha)
2. PJ Jacobsen (Suzuki)
3. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda)
4. Jon Kirkham (BMW)
5. James Westmoreland (BMW)
6. Chris Walker (Kawasaki)
11. Lee Costello (Halsall Racing Kawasaki)
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship - Championship Positions after Assen (Round 10)
1. Alex Lowes 559
2. Shane Byrne 558
3. James Ellison 538
4. Josh Brookes 535
5. Ryuichi Kiyonari 522
6. James Westmoreland 519
22. Lee Costello 16
More, from a press release issued by Tyco Suzuki:
British Superbike Championship, Assen, The Netherlands
British Superbike rookie PJ Jacobsen enjoyed his first BSB podium in Sunday's second race at Assen in the Netherlands aboard his Tyco Suzuki GSX-R1000 - posting a fine second place. In race one the young American took a battling seventh place after having to start from row six in eighteenth position.
Him team-mate Josh Brookes had a mixed day at the Dutch round of the British series, crashing out of third place in race two after finishing fourth in race one. Race two was full of drama with Brookes being joined on the DNF list by Haga, Bridewell and Shane Byrne. Race two winner Alex Lowes was later excluded from the results after an on track incident with Shane Byrne which saw Byrne crash out.
Taylor Mackenzie came back from an early retirement in the opening British Supersport race on Saturday with an impressive display in Sunday's 15-lap encounter. The young Scottish rider fought through from thirteenth place on the grid to take ninth place with his fastest lap just two-tenths slower than the fastest lap of the race. He had taken fifth place in qualifying but wasn't able to capitalise as a clutch problem forced the aforementioned retirement from race one.
PJ Jacobsen:
"After a tough start to the weekend it's great to get my first British Superbike podium with the Tyco Suzuki guys. That's two years in a row that I've been on the podium here at Assen with Tyco Suzuki, so a big thanks to the whole team for the effort, as the weekend was not without its difficulties. We go to Silverstone, next which I also enjoying riding so I'm leaving the Netherlands in a good frame of mind. Thank to all the team for making dreams come true."
Josh Brookes:
"It certainly wasn't an ideal weekend for me, but with Alex getting excluded from the race two results we're still in the championship hunt. The crash in race two was just down to me trying as hard as I could to gain maximum points and I just over-rode slightly. That's the nature of the Showdown, we all want to win and I'm sure it was great viewing for the fans but the focus is now on Silverstone where we need to be winning races if we're to go to Brands with a chance of winning this championship."
Taylor Mackenzie:
"Yeah I put the disappointment of Saturday behind me and enjoyed fighting through the pack in Sunday's race. I was pleased to be able to get past some more experienced riders and gap them fairly comfortably and my lap times were pretty consistent. We just need to be getting away that little bit better, but Saturday's race didn't help as starting from thirteenth on the grid is never easy. I'll be looking to qualifying in that top six again at Silverstone, which will hopefully give me an opportunity to race with the front guys at the final four races this season."
Philip Neill – Team Manager:
"I have to congratulate PJ on his superb podium finish. He has worked hard all year to get comfortable on the Superbike having switched classes and there has been a lot to take in. He was impressive all weekend at Assen and showed great strength of character to overcome the disappointment he suffered in qualifying to take his first ever BSB podium. It also shows the strength of the GSX-R1000 package at a GP circuit like Assen.
"At just 20 years of age I'm sure he must be one of the youngest ever to stand on a BSB race podium – maybe the youngest. The second race was full of drama and Josh had a great chance to close the gap down at the top of the table, but what ensued with the exclusion of Alex Lowes has thrown us a lifeline and Josh is still in with a fighting chance. For whatever reason Josh seems to have lost a little bit of momentum in the last couple of rounds, so that's something we need to address before Silverstone."
British Superbike Championship, Assen, race two result:
James Ellison (Milwaukee Yamaha) +1.542s
PJ Jacobsen (Tyco Suzuki) +10.825s
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Samsung Honda) +14.231s
Jon Kirkham (Buildbase BMW) +15.613s
James Westmoreland (Buildbase BMW) +20.707s
Chris Walker (Quattro Plant Bournemouth Kawasaki) +25.898s
Peter Hickman (Lloyds British GBmoto Honda) +25.985s
Danny de Boer (Bathams Honda) +27.544s
Dan Linfoot (Lloyds British GBmoto Honda) +27.565s
Barry Burrell (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) +27.565s
British Superbike Championship standings after Assen:
Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) 559
Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) 558
James Ellison (Milwaukee Yamaha) 538
Josh Brookes (Tyco Suzuki) 535
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Samsung Honda) 522
James Westmoreland (Buildbase BMW) 519
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More, from a press release issued by Paul Bird Motorsport:
Podium And Pain At Assen For Byrne As Haga Impresses
Reigning MCE Insurance British Superbike Champion Shane 'Shakey' Byrne got his campaign off to a great start in the Showdown phase of the 2013 season with a superb second place in race one at Assen only to suffer a high speed crash in the second of the races at the legendary Dutch track.
Aboard the Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki ZX-10R, the triple British champion held a narrow six point lead over rival Alex Lowes going into the first of the seven races which will decide the British Championship and slotted in behind Lowes on the grid for race one.
From there, a classic battle ensued between the major Showdown contenders and in a frantic last lap with multiple lead changes, Byrne had to settle for second place just behind Lowes meaning his lead was reduced to a single point.
Race two looked like shaping up into another classic with Shakey, from Sittingbourne, again dicing for the lead. However, on lap four, a misjudged manoeuvre from Lowes saw Byrne crash out at over 130mph, luckily without serious injury.
Lowes went on to win the race but race officials investigated the incident afterwards and subsequently excluded Alex for his part meaning the one point gap between Shakey and him remains going into Silverstone in two weeks time.
Meanwhile, Japanese ace Noriyuki Haga was making his debut for the for the Penrith-based PBM team at a track he has had much success at. Following a positive test at Snetterton last week, 'Nitro Nori' continued to work with his team on the Minxflix supported Paul Bird Motorsport Kawasaki ZX-10R and qualified in 13th place on the grid.
Race one soon saw him battling with the leaders and ended up in a creditable fifth place but like his team-mate, was the victim of an unwitting crash in race two when Tommy Bridewell lost the front end and took Nori down with him on lap four also.
Shane Byrne: "I'm OK, or OK as you can expect to be after crashing at 270kmh. Alex made a mistake but it's all cool, we let the officials decide what the outcome was as that's their job and we and our teams both respect that. It happened, the outcome is sorted and I'm just concentrating on getting myself fixed up in time for Silverstone."
Noriyuki Haga: "It was good to be back racing again and thanks to the PBM team for the opportunity. We are still working with the bike and we made some good progress in race one. In race two, I was feeling strong and then Bridewell crashed and took me out. This is racing and I'm looking forward to the next meeting now."
Paul Bird: "Everyone makes mistakes in racing and we accept that, just right now it's hard to take that my team is left with two crashed motorbikes to repair through the fault of others. The good part is Shakey and Nori are OK and we just left it to the officials to sort out as that is their job and we are satisfied with the outcome. We now look to the last two rounds and hope we have some better luck."
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Race 1 - 18 Laps
1. Alex Lowes (Honda)
2. Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki)
3. Tommy Bridewell (Yamaha)
4. Josh Brookes (Suzuki)
5. Noriyuki Haga (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki)
6. Jakub Smrz (Honda)
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Race 2 - 18 Laps
1. James Ellison (Yamaha)
2. PJ Jacobsen (Suzuki)
3. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda)
4. Jon Kirkham (BMW)
5. James Westmoreland (BMW)
6. Chris Walker (Kawasaki)
DNF. Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki)
DNF. Noriyuki Haga (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki)
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship - Championship Positions after Assen (Round 10)
1. Shane Byrne 559
2. Alex Lowes 558
3. James Ellison 538
4. Josh Brookes 535
5. Ryuichi Kiyonari 522
6. James Westmoreland 519
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While actress and new mom Sandra Bullock has admitted to keeping in touch with ex-husband Jesse James in order to stay in contact with his kids, Sunny, 6, Chandler, 15, and Jesse Jr., 12. She tells People magazine today that this is the extent of their relationship. She says, "We have both moved on with our lives and only want the best for each other. Anything else that is said on my behalf is inaccurate."
Jesse is said to be dating L.A. Ink star Kat Von D. The tattooed pair were spotted in Las Vegas last weekend and were said to be staying in the same room. Kat even admitted the relationship over Twitter, but then quickly deleted the post.
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Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury Prep students routinely excel in mathematics, despite the fact that on average more than a third of Roxbury Prep students enter the school scoring two years below grade level in math on the Stanford 9, a national test of basic academic skills. Roxbury Prep has designed the Numeracy Initiative, an intensive math program that equips its low-performing students with basic skills and challenges high-performing students to pursue advanced math. Student achievement at the school is dependent upon a positive, safe, caring, and vibrant school community. To ensure high academic standards, Roxbury Prep maintains high personal standards. The school has a dress code and enforces a strict code of conduct. The safe environment allows classes to be focused and effective, and enables Roxbury Prep to celebrate learning and recognize each student's accomplishments.


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Chipotle is one of those companies that has enjoyed a "halo." It has earned points with some consumers for its commitment to organic and locally-sourced food and sustainable practices.
That halo took a hit late last year when the company had to close a number of stores while it tracked down the source of a multi-state E. coli outbreak. With that issue finally resolved, Chipotle may have another issue to contend with.
Thousands of present and former Chopotle employees are reportedly suing the company for alleged wage theft. CNN reports nearly 10,000 workers have filed forms to join a class action lawsuit, Turner vs. Chipotle, claiming they routinely had to work for no pay.
For its part, Chipotle has told the network that it has not done anything wrong and has paid all employees the wages to which they were due.
Working 'off the clock'
But CNN interviewed several former Chipotle employees who claimed they often worked "off the clock." The complaint alleges that employees routinely punched out when their shift officially ended, then were required to stay and work until the task was completed. The suit says it normally affected the closing crew, whose members often had to stay late to clean up if customers were in the restaurant up until closing time.
Wage theft claims against fast food restaurants are not that uncommon. In May, the state of New York sued Dominoes, claiming the pizza franchise underpaid employees at 10 of its stores in the state.
"At some point, a company has to take responsibility for its actions and for its workers' well-being," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said at the time. "We've found rampant wage violations at Domino's franchise stores. And, as our suit alleges, we've discovered that Domino's headquarters was intensely involved in store operations, and even caused many of these violations."


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I have used the Traite for almost a year now. Even with oily hair and using a ton of products, my hair still feels really clean after washing with the Traite. I tried the Creme Moist twice and I didn't like it. My hair felt clean, but it felt like the shampoo dried my hair out. I think it was the proteins, because it felt the same way after using the Joico conditioners, which have a lot of proteins in them. So, I guess it just depends on how protein-sensitive you are. My vote is with the Traite.
Oh, yeah. I've never tried the clarifying. I like the Traite so much I figured why mess with a good thing. To clarify my hair, I use baking soda one or two times per month. Works pretty well for me!
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Wolf Trap Presents Brian Wilson, Frankie Valli, & More in June
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 8 p.m.
$42 in-house, $25 lawn
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer BrIan Wilson, the co-founder of and creative force behind The Beach Boys and one of the greatest composers of all time, returns to Wolf Trap to perform his timeless hit songs and showcase his new album, BrIan Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (2010). The musician formed The Beach Boys in 1961 and catapulted the band to fame, writing numerous singles that have become classics such as "God Only Knows," "Don't Worry Baby," and "Good Vibrations." Wilson released his first solo album in 1988 and today is revered as what Paul McCartney calls "one of the great American geniuses." In 2004 he completed the legendary album SMiLE, which he began recording with The Beach Boys in 1967 but left unfinished for nearly 40 years. His newest album pays tribute to Gershwin classics such as "Rhapsody in Blue" and includes two unfinished songs by the late composer that Wilson completed himself. This talented singer, writer, composer, and producer brings his timeless music to Wolf Trap for the first time in six years.
Video - BrIan Wilson performs "Heroes and Villains" from his 2004 album "SMiLE"
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 8 p.m.
$45 in-house, $25 lawn
Musical icons Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons return to Wolf Trap for a night of '60s pop and doo-wop from America's favorite New Jersey band. The Four Seasons, who have enjoyed massive amounts of success since coming to fame in 1962, are known for their unique sound that stems from Valli's signature falsetto voice. In addition to being lead singer of The Four Seasons, Valli's solo career has flourished; his 1978 solo performance of "Grease" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 2007 he released his first album in 15 years, Romanticizing the '60s. With 46 hits on Billboard between 1962 and 1995 and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, their music is still being introduced to younger generations. Five decades later, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons are hotter than ever.
Video - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons perform "Walk Like A Man"
The Levon Helm Band
with Special Guest moe.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
$45 in-house, $25 lawn
The Levon Helm Band
Folk phenomenon and two-time GRAMMY winner Levon Helm brings his passion for Americana and classic hits from The Band to Wolf Trap. Soon after joining Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks in the late '50s, Helm became the front man, sharing the stage with Bob Dylan as the group's music evolved into rock 'n' roll centered on folklore. Rechristened simply "The Band," in 1968, the group went on to record seven albums and was embraced by critics before disbanding in 1976. Helm has since embarked on various solo projects, including the release of Dirt Farmer (2007) and Electric Dirt (2009), each of which garnered him a GRAMMY Award. The Levon Helm Band was formed in the late '90s, and Helm's legendary gift for Americana folklore continues to shine in the band's music.
Video - Music video for The Levon Helm Band's "Poor Old Dirt Farmer"
Founded in 1990 by three friends at the University of Buffalo, moe. is a staple among rock jam bands. The group has won three Jammy Awards and recently celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of a greatest hits album, Smash Hits, Vol.1 (2010). Known for their playful improvisations and gentle guitar rhythms, Rolling Stone has described their music as "a punchy good time." But for this group, the audience is what matters the most. Bassist and vocalist Rob Derhak says, "It was always about-to a fault almost-having a personal connection with fans on stage."
Video - moe. performs "Wind It Up"
The Go-Go's
Ladies Gone Wild Tour
with Special Guest The Dollyrots
Friday, June 10, 2011 at 8 p.m.
$42 in-house, $25 lawn
The Go-Go's
Few bands personify girl power as well as The Go-Go's. The pop group, formed in Los Angeles in 1978, was the first successful all-female groups to write their own songs and play their own music without the help of a male producer or manager. The band rose to fame in 1981 with their No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Beauty and the Beat. With hit singles such as "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed," The Go-Go's energetic, upbeat music turned the band into a pop phenomenon that is still loved today. In 2001 they released their first original album in 11 years, God Bless the Go-Go's, which was followed by the DVD Live in Central Park. From their punk-rock beginnings to their newest release, a 30th anniversary remastered edition of their debut album, the group's bright, peppy sound and enthusiasm continue to draw legions of fans to their concerts and have made them one of the most successful all-female bands of all time.
Video - The Go-Go's Perform "We Got The Beat"
The Dollyrots
Joining The Go-Go's for a night of pop and punk rock is The Dollyrots. Formed in Los Angeles in 2002, the band "oozes tough, teasing girlie rock attitude." (Philadelphia Inquirer) While performing on the Vans Warped Tour in 2006, the group met fellow rocker Joan Jett, who loved their music so much that she signed them to her record label. Inspired by the Ramones, the Pixies, the Sex Pistols, and Green Day, the band released their third album, A Little Messed Up, in 2010.
Bright Eyes
with Special Guests M. Ward and Dawes
Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 7 p.m.
$32 in-house, $28 lawn
Bright Eyes
The nine albums released under the Bright Eyes moniker since 1998 are primarily the work of Conor Oberst, an indie singer/songwriter who critics have called the new Bob Dylan. At age 14, Oberst joined the band Commander Venus as a singer and guitarist, and at age 18 released his first Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 (1998). Before 2006, Oberst was the only permanent band member; there are now three, with additional musicians joining them in the studio and on tour. Bright Eyes has experimented with various types of music, from folk to indie rock to electronica, all styles consistently supplemented by Oberst's soft, haunting voice. The group's most recent release, The People's Key (2011), was called "the best album of [Oberst's] career" by Robin Hilton of NPR's All Songs Considered.
Video - Music video for Bright Eyes' "First Day of My Life"
Singer/songwriter M. Ward makes his Wolf Trap debut, having performed alongside Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst in the supergroup Monsters of Folk, formed in 2004. Growing up listening to gospel and country, M. Ward released his first solo album in 1999 (Duet for Guitars #2) to favorable reviews and admiration in underground rock circles. According to AllMusic.com, successive albums "firmly established Ward as a major player in the burgeoning indie folk/alternative rock scene." In 2008 Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel collaborated, forming the duo She & Him and releasing two albums together. Ward's most recent album, Hold Time (2009), features guest vocals from Deschanel and Lucinda Williams.
Video - Music video for M. Ward's "Hold Time"
Hailing from North Hills, California, folk-rock band Dawes makes their Wolf Trap debut. Influenced by the acoustic and vocal harmonies that made the Laurel Canyon area famous, the group's first album-aptly titled North Hills-was released in 2009. Rolling Stone compared the album's sound to Gram Parsons and Neil Young, and says that "performing runs in the band's blood." The group's producer connected Dawes to Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, and the musicians simultaneously participated in informal jam sessions at the producer's abode before deciding to tour together this summer. Dawes' second album, Nothing Is Wrong, will be released on June 7th.
Video - Music video for Dawes' "When My Time Comes"
Indigo Girls
with Special Guest The Shadowboxers
Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 8 p.m.
$42 in-house, $25 lawn
Indigo Girls
More than two decades into their career, Indigo Girls returns to Wolf Trap for an evening of unforgettable folk-rock. The duo started performing together as Indigo Girls in college before achieving mainstream success with their 1989 album Indigo Girls. The album won a GRAMMY for Best Folk Recording and later went platinum. Their success continued, as Nomads Indians Saints (1990) and Back on the Bus, Y'all (1991) both garnered GRAMMY nominations and reached certified gold status and the diverse album Rites of Passage (1992) went platinum. In 2009 the ladies released their first album on their own independent label IG, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, and last year they released the Christmas album Holly Happy Days. Performing hit singles such as "Closer to Fine" and music from their latest albums, Indigo Girls plays "as if connected by an invisible bond." (New York Times)
Video - Music video for Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine"
The Shadowboxers
Like the Indigo Girls, The Shadowboxers got their start at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia-however, this band consists of five men. Devoted to writing and playing original contemporary music that reflects their respect for pop, rhythm and blues, and soul, this group's infectious melodies include songs such as "When Can I Be (Your Man)" and "She Forgives."
Video - The Shadowboxers perform "She Forgives"
Tickets can be purchased by calling 1 (877) WOLFTRAP; or online at www.wolftrap.org.
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This annotated week in baseball history: Sept. 23-29, 1969
Although my knowledge is severely weakened come September call-up time, I'm pretty good about knowing most players on most teams. There are a handful that trip me up (like, say, the Pittsburgh Pirates) but usually I'll know a name if only from having considered them for my middle-of-the-pack fantasy squad.
Even with this knowledge, there are some guys whose appearances never fail to amaze me. That's David Weathers. When I was at the Cubs game, Weathers came out to attempt to the close the game for the Reds, and I took a photo (below) just to have a record. My friend—also a baseball fan, but of a more casual variety—had to be convinced that it was, in fact, the same David Weathers who once pitched for the Yankees.
(Incidentally, Weathers blew the save—his first in nearly two months—by giving up three runs without recording an out. Sorry about that, Dave.)
Mind you, I'm not making fun of Weathers. If anything, I'm impressed. Despite his being around forever, Weathers is pitching pretty well this year, in the top 10 in the NL in saves and with a decent ERA.
Weathers is also one of those strange players whose greatest moments in baseball coincide entirely with my memories of him, but we'll get to those later.
Weathers' professional career started in the 1988 draft when he was taken by the Blue Jays in the third round (other notables from that round: Marquis Grissom, Scott Servais and Darren
Oliver). He was assigned to Single-A ball.
Weathers was still a starter at this point. He started all but five of his career minor league appearances prior to his first call-up. That call-up came in August 1991 when Weathers was brought to the Blue Jays straight from Double-A. He'd had a strong season in Double-A (10-7, 2.45), convincing the Jays to bring him up.
Weathers saw very limited action for the Jays, and even less action in close games—the Jays were down by three or more runs in six of Weathers' 14 appearances that year—but did manage to earn the first win of his career in his last appearance of the season.
1992 was a step back for Weathers: he pitched only three and a third innings in the majors, giving up three runs in his time. The minors were little better, as Weathers went 1-4 with a 4.66 during his first year at Triple-A. Due to this performance, the Blue Jays left Weathers unprotected in that winter's expansion draft and he was snapped up by the Marlins.
Weathers righted the ship in '93, putting up a 3.83 ERA at Triple-A Edmonton in 22 games, all starts. He also saw time with the Marlins that year, throwing a few shy of 50 innings with an underwhelming 5.12 ERA.
Despite that last number, the Marlins inserted Weathers into their rotation for the 1994 and he would spend the entire strike-shortened season there, leading the team in wins, innings, and walk rate, but also in hits, earned runs allowed and losses. Weathers began to move away from his starter's role in 1995, as he spent most of the season with the big club, while starting just over half his games.
In 1996 it appeared to be more of the same for Weathers as he moved more towards the bullpen with the Marlins, starting just eight of his 31 games. Notably, although he posted a 6.32 ERA as a starter, it was more than two runs lower when coming out of the bullpen.
Perhaps inspired by those numbers, Yankees general manager Bob Watson, looking to shore up the "bridge" to Mariano Rivera and John Wetteland acquired Weathers in exchange for 6-foot-6 Australian righthander Mark Hutton. The trade was an instant disaster. Rather than pitching from the bullpen, the Yankees needed Weathers to start. Weathers made four starts for the team and went 0-2 with a 14.81 ERA, twice failing to make it out of the second inning.
Weathers was sent down to Triple-A Columbus and would not appear again for the Yankees until mid-September. In a sign of things to come, Weathers made seven appearances, all out of the bullpen, and allowed just one run.
In the postseason, the Yankees won their first World Series since 1978 and Weathers had his greatest glory. After pitching two innings in a loss in game one of the ALDS, Weathers entered game four with the Yankees down by a run. With two inherited runners and none out, he was facing Juan Gonzalez, who murdered the Yankees to the tune of 1.901 OPS in the series. Weathers won the battle, however, striking out Gonzalez.
Will Clark then hit into a double play and Weathers proceeded to throw three scoreless innings, allowing only a single. By the time he turned the game over to Rivera, the Yankees owned a 5-4 lead. Weathers would earn another victory in game four of the ALCS over Baltimore. Weathers would go winless in the World Series—and allow his first run of the postseason—but the Yankees triumphed regardless and earned him a World Series ring.
After his performance at the end of the season and in the playoffs the Yankees perhaps had high hopes for Weathers but it wasn't to be. After accumulating an ERA of exactly 10.00 in 10 appearances Weathers was returned to the minor leagues. He threw 37 solid innings at Columbus, earning interest from the Indians, who acquired him in early June.
Leaving New York began the journeyman portion of Weathers' career, as he played for (deep breath) the Indians, Reds, Brewers, Cubs, Mets, Astros and Marlins all varying degrees of effectiveness after leaving New York.
Signing with the Reds after the 2004 season Weathers apparently found a home, filling in for others as the team's closer in 2005 and '06 (leading the team in saves both years) and, as I mentioned above, has taken over the role this year.
Weathers is under contract with the Reds for next season, giving him a good chance at earning 100 career saves and likely pushing his career earnings up to nearly $20 million. All pretty good for a guy I still sometimes can't believe is still in the league.
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To become ill with the common cold. I hate going to the doctor's office—I always seem to catch cold after being around all those germs!
catch coldand take cold
Fig. to contract a cold (a common respiratory infection.) (Use with catch is more frequent.) Please close the window, or we'll all catch cold. I take cold every year at this time.
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(informal) to surprise someone with an event, a question, or a piece of news they are not expecting You caught me cold with this news - I didn't know anything about it.
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Also, catch one's death (of cold). Become infected with a cold virus, contract a bad cold, as in Jane manages to catch cold on every important business trip, or Put on your hat or you'll catch your death. The first term originally (16th century) meant becoming chilled by exposure to cold and took on its present meaning in the late 1600s. The hyperbolic variant, often shortened, is somewhat newer.


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HP has introduced version 9.0 of its Business Service Management application management software, designed to work across physical and virtual systems in both cloud and internal IT environments.
On Tuesday, the tech giant announced the update, which it said is meant to help customers manage services in 'hybrid' setups that span these different environments. The suite includes Business Availability Center (BAC) 9.0, Operations Manager 9.0 and Network Management Center 9.0.
The updated suite uses algorithms and a rules engine to build a database of events as they occur, according to Rob Dalzell, HP's UK sales solution manager for Business Service Management (BSM).
"Typically, businesses have people monitoring systems, with a stack of red lights over a screen, and they have to correlate the data," said Dalzell. "BSM 9.0 creates a runtime database with dynamic services. If the business is in a virtual environment, BSM has got the advanced capability of capturing a runtime view of the service."
Dalzell said that the "service map" that is created allows businesses to monitor events and respond based on business priorities.
BSM 9.0 is the first version of the software to have a single management console, Dalzell added. The console has a detailed operations view and an IT management view that aggregates different data.
The software can be set up to provide each user with a customised view of services operations that can be delivered via a range of devices and interfaces, including mobile phones.
The new version of Network Management Center brings together virtualisation servers, physical networks and public cloud services into one view. The software can pick up performance failures and allow IT managers to pinpoint whether outages are due to internal systems failures or are the fault of external providers. This allows IT professionals to quickly pull up service providers if they have failed to deliver on service-level agreements (SLAs), according to Dalzell.
The Business Service Management 9.0 suite will be available in the UK on 1 August, HP said.
Also on Tuesday, the company announced increments to its Solution Management Services, providing more support for third-party products, among other tweaks.
The BAC Anywhere service has added support for internal corporate systems alongside the existing support for software-as-a-service (SaaS). BAC Anywhere, available now, allows companies to access a single console from any location in order to oversee their external web applications. The console can "see through firewalls", according to Richard Foden, HP's software and solutions UK marketing director, and does not have to be used from within an organisation's network.
Alongside the BAC updates, HP introduced Test Data Management software for application testing, scheduled for release on 1 July.


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Achilleas Gerostokopoulos (Greek: Αχιλλέας Γεροκωστόπουλος, 1850-1900) was a Greek politician and a mayor of Patras. He was born in Patras and entered the courtship and spent many years as a politician of Paras.
Achilleas Gerostokopoulos
He ran for mayor. He was a politician of Achaia in 1885, 1887 and 1890. He built all the regional gymnasiums. He died in 1900 at a young age. He was honoured a street name (Gerokostopoulou Street) that runs from Karaiskaki Street west to Othonos-Amalias Avenue via the Georgiou I Square with a 150 m gap. The gap is sealed from traffic since 2004.
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Hire a car in Madrid and discover stunning World Heritage sites like Toledo or Alicante's beautiful beaches. Enjoy great savings with a flight + car package.
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Hire a car in Madrid and discover stunning World Heritage sites like Toledo or Alicante's beautiful beaches. Enjoy great savings with a flight + car package.
Enjoy flexibility and freedom on holidays in the Spanish capital with Madrid car hire. Book convenient flights with British Airways and choose the vehicle to suit your budget and requirements.
Take advantage of our fantastic Madrid car hire deals. Book a car with British Airways, in partnership with Avis, and enjoy great rates, flexibility and convenient collection and drop-off locations.
British Airways car hire, in partnership with Avis, includes all of the mandatory charges that you'll need to drive away your car in Madrid.
• Unlimited mileage
• 24–hour customer support and roadside assistance
• Collect Avios on every rental
• Free additional driver for Executive Club members worldwide
Enjoy complete freedom and flexibility on holidays in the Spanish capital with car hire in Madrid. Explore the city at your own pace and drive to stunning World Heritage sites or the lively east coast.
Hire a car in Madrid and drive to the beautiful medieval cities of Toledo or Segovia. Visit the stunning Mesquita mosque in historic Cordoba or head to vibrant Granada and take in its spectacular world wonder, the Alhambra palace. Unspoilt beaches and buzzing nightlife make Alicante well worth the journey from Madrid. Choose the vehicle to suit you and save on combined flight + car bookings.
Use your Madrid car hire to drive to the beautiful medieval city of Toledo. With its atmospheric walled town filled with historic buildings and remarkable architecture, Toledo is well worth the 58-mile journey from Madrid. Its highlights are a stunning 13th century cathedral and collection of treasured works of art by the famous master, El Greco. En route to the city, stop at the town of Aranjuez and visit the spectacular Royal Palace with its incredible gardens.
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Mesa falls to Mankato on walk-off home run
The Colorado Mesa University baseball team got its offense going early, but it wasn't enough.
The Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks rallied from an early three-run deficit Friday with a 7-5 walk-off victory over Colorado Mesa in the NCAA Central Regional at Franklin Rogers Park in Mankato, Minn.
"We played great; we executed the short game and had some timely hits," CMU coach Chris Hanks said. "If we would've played that sharp (Thursday), we might have won. None of us should feel bad about how we played today."
No. 26 Colorado Mesa (39-16) lost for the sixth time in the past seven games.
"We tried everything we could," Hanks said. "We encouraged them, we pushed them, we gave them rest. We couldn't shake it."
No. 8 Mankato (46-10) is two wins away from advancing to the NCAA Division II World Series. Mankato defeated Regis 1-0 in the first round Thursday.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Mankato catcher Nolan Johnson came through with a two-run home run to win the game against Colorado Mesa.
Mesa closer Derek Benham was one strike away from getting the third out and extending the game into extra innings.
"He got the hitter to swing and miss on a slider and went back to it, but it didn't break," Hanks said.
Colorado Mesa had an opportunity to take the lead in the top of the ninth with two on and one out, but Erik Kozel flied out to left field, and Austin Kaiser lined out to second base.
Kozel hit in the leadoff spot instead of Colton Little because of an injury to two-hole hitter Braden Box.
Box broke his left foot in Thursday's loss to New Mexico Highlands when a base runner slid into Box's foot on a bunt play, Hanks said. Box finished the game, but had trouble walking on it by Friday morning.
Freshman Nate Robertson played shortstop in Box's spot. Robertson was 2 for 4 and didn't have an error on defense.
"We decided to flip the lineup a bit," Hanks said. "I wanted to have some speed at the top. Kozel gave us a lift. Kozel and Robertson played well. They gave us energy."
Kozel led off the game with a walk and scored on Jeff Popick's double. Mitch Corwin followed with a RBI double and scored on a groundout.
Mankato came back with four runs on five hits in the fourth for a 4-3 lead.
Mesa regained the lead, 5-4, in the sixth with two runs, both on sacrifice bunts.
Mankato tied the game with a double and a single in the bottom of the sixth.
Jeff Popick was 2 for 4 with one RBI in his final game. Dustin Fackrell was 1 for 4 with one RBI in his final game.
Colorado Mesa fell five stolen bases shy of tying the program's single-season record.
Women's Golf
Colorado Mesa played its best round of the NCAA Division II national championship, but the Mavericks remain in 11th place with a three-round score of 1,032 at Persimmon Ridge Golf Course in Louisville, Ky.
Colorado Mesa senior Jessica Berve is tied for 46th with 250. She shot 82 on Friday. Michelle Stripp is tied for 49th with 252 after a third-round score of 80. Jennifer Hilts is tied for 55th with 256.
Nova Southeastern (Fla.) University has a nine-stroke lead on Florida Southern College for the team title. The fourth and final round is today.
Daniela Ortiz of Nova Southeastern leads the tournament at 224, followed by teammate Abbey Gittings at 225.


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Yes! Yes! Yes! The Raw Review (#YYYTRR)
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Money in the Bank recap
Money in the Bank has been a great pay-per-view for the last three years, and last night was no different. Yes, Cena predictably got an inexplicable main event slot (again) and won (again), but if you overlook the pointlessness of Cena being in the main event and having a Money in the Bank contract it's easy to see that last night WWE maintained their record of putting on a great Money in the Bank PPV. Punk versus Bryan is an easy match of the year contender (which is why I don't understand how they haven't been given a main event for their consistently excellent matches alone), Dolph Ziggler finally got his chance to become a true champion, and Alberto Del Rio actually made me support him for once – he bossed his match against Sheamus, and his aggression is alluring. My only quarrel is that Jericho didn't capture the Raw MitB contract, but we already knew Cena would ruin yet another main event going in.
Monday Night Raw 16/7/2012
This week's Raw was fuelled by the epic match that was CM Punk versus Daniel Bryan at Money in the Bank. I was on a high from the start, and although it took about 40 minutes before anything interesting happened, I enjoyed Raw.
It was a surprising night for me with Bryan seemingly turning face with AJ in tow, Cena announcing that his cash in will be at Raw 1000 rather than SummerSlam (a match I hope he loses for the sake of the WWE Championship's reputation), and the biggest thing which happened (in my eyes) was Dolph Ziggler solidifying his place as a heel by pointing out some harsh truths to Chris Jericho.
Cena to become the first to unsuccessfully cash in MitB?
Contrary to my belief that Cena would cash in for a match at SummerSlam, he will in fact challenge CM Punk on Raw 1000. I can honestly say I was surprised Cena decided to cash in for next week, as it offers a great chance for Punk to defy history.
I know it is a fool's errand to stake a bet against John Cena these days, but you simply do not take the WWE Championship from CM Punk after eight months on an episode of Raw – no matter how prestigious that episode of Raw might be. It makes no sense, and it insults the work Punk and his various challengers have put into making the championship respectable again.
Before Punk's pipe bomb a year ago, the WWE Championship seemed to gravitate towards Cena simply because they had nobody else to put the title on. Also, Cena had been in some forgettable rivalries over the year leading to Punk's game-changing shoot promo (whilst writing this I am struggling to remember anything entertaining which the WWE Championship was involved in).
Now since Punk has become relevant in the eyes of the WWE Universe, he has done nothing but entertain and put on great matches. Of course this is just my opinion, but Punk has (along with various others) revitalised a championship which was in dire need of some refreshment. The only promise Punk is yet to fulfil is to replace the childish belt with something more fitting to the Reality era which Cena is becoming less and less relevant in. The only problem is that Cena's main eventing for the sake of merchandise sales is causing the quality of the product to be overlooked, despite the fact that Bryan and Punk are what The Rock and Stone Cold were to the Attitude era, and Orton and Cena were to the PG era.
Ultimately, WWE has set up a WWE Championship match on Raw which could realistically go either way, but it seems pointless to have Cena win yet another championship whilst Punk is still interesting and progressive as champion. If Cena wins next Monday it is a step backwards for the company as a whole.
With that being said, Big Show could just as easily stop the match from even taking place after Cena's briefcase shot this week.
Dolph jumps off the fence between face and heel
In what had to be the best promo I've seen Dolph Ziggler deliver, he tore Chris Jericho a new one. There is no better way to put it – Jericho has an 0-7 record on pay-per-view in 2012, and Ziggler is using this to propel himself into being a genuine World Heavyweight Championship contender. Whilst I'm not so big on Ziggler legitimising himself over Jericho (I'd like to see Y2J get at least one title run in his latest stint with WWE), this rivalry has promise – promise that gives WWE a new top heel just as one transitions into a face (Bryan), and the face turn every Jerichoholic wants to see.
For me this was the best moment of the night for the simple reason that I didn't see Jericho opposing Dolph. I figured Ziggler would be slowly built into the main event much like The Miz was, but it turns out WWE finally thinks he is ready to shine in the main event. I very much look forward to the development of this one.
Will you marry me? Yes! Yes! Yes!
First thing's first, why did AJ waste a perfect chance to say "Yes!" when she accepted this proposal?
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about a Daniel Bryan face turn, although it wouldn't affect his fan base all that much. He's been over with the fans since WrestleMania and a face turn only increases the number of "Yes!" chants he receives. Where I think he would be at a loss is when it comes to his arrogant attitude which I have personally come to love. He has gone from male chauvinist towards into just simply deceiving and selfish with AJ, and it has worked for him.
Putting the two together as face superstars just takes that intriguing factor away in my opinion.
I could be entirely wrong, of course, and this could be another way for Bryan to manipulate AJ. The only problem there is that CM Punk has moved onto new pastures and simply doesn't care about the status of AJ and Bryan at this point. Bryan has nothing to gain from AJ, except perhaps some interference. Whilst I've loved the CM Punk/Daniel Bryan/AJ storyline, it's left Bryan in limbo in terms of where his next title shot or main event storyline is coming from.
All I can really see is a rivalry with The Miz which will not live up to the epic nature of Bryan's last few months.
In other news…
R-Truth & Kofi Kingston def. The Prime Time Players – whilst this was a good match, the number one contenders wasted their chance to be on PPV and have a chance of winning. I'm kind of enjoying AW's ringside commentary too.
Alberto Del Rio def. Zack Ryder – aggression won this bout for ADR, and I'm starting to really like it. His ruthlessness and the fact that he dominated Sheamus at MitB are signs that WWE might finally start to use him well enough to be a believable champion.
Rikishi def. Heath Slater, Rikishi and The Usos danced – I marked out here, and it wasn't for the match. I loved seeing Rikishi and Jimmy & Jey Uso dance after the inevitable win, although once the lights went out I had fears that Brodus 'child groomer' Clay would join the master of the Stinkface.
Ryback vs. Jack Swagger ended in a no contest – I'm not sure why this match was even scheduled. It never started and, whilst there was the chance for Ryback to have a genuine match, it would have been another squash given the slide that Captain Jack is on right now.
Brodus Clay def. JTG – I wish Brodus would just stay on SmackDown. His gimmick has become dull and it looks like he knows it.
Overall, this week Raw delivered exactly what I expected of it. It gave me a few surprises, and opened up some new chapters in WWE after successfully closing others at MitB.
For what could be the last ever two-hour episode of Raw, it felt like WWE was closing the doors to an era, rather than just coming off of a PPV. Jericho and Bryan are turning face, Dolph is becoming a bonafide heel after months of being just another guy, and with three hours to use every week from now on we might see some new and interesting characters develop.
I just hope D Bryan can make magic of his impending matches against The Miz over the coming weeks. Roll on Raw 1000!
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fter confiding in her father Mr Reid, the council supremo, that a music box has gone missing from her safe, Scarlett contacts Phil and Sam and demands they return it or else she will tell the police they killed Stevens. They discover it was sold to Marat Malankovic and set out to buy it with the money found in the car boot but they are pursued by Lau, who takes all the cash. They arrive at Marat's house intending to steal the box and find a party in progress, during which Phil saves Marat from an attempt to kill him. The grateful Russian gives the lads the music box by way of thanks but MI5 have discovered that they are driving the deceased Walker's car.Resumen IMDb.com
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Research Topics
Genomes and Genes
B W Murray
Affiliation: Agouron Pharmaceuticals
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Mechanistic effects of autophosphorylation on receptor tyrosine kinase catalysis: enzymatic characterization of Tie2 and phospho-Tie2B W Murray
Pfizer Global Research and Development La Jolla Laboratories, 4215 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, La Jolla, California 92121, USA
Biochemistry 40:10243-53. 2001..Tie2 activation perturbs catalytic residue ionizations, shifts the rate-limiting step to almost exclusive diffusion-control, and transforms the kinase into a more perfect catalyst...
- IkappaB kinase (IKK)-associated protein 1, a common component of the heterogeneous IKK complexF Mercurio
Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc, San Diego, California 92121, USA
Mol Cell Biol 19:1526-38. 1999..IKKAP1 therefore appears to mediate an essential step of the NF-kappaB signal transduction cascade. Heterogeneity of IKK complexes in vivo may provide a mechanism for differential regulation of NF-kappaB activation...
- Mechanism and specificity of human alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferase VB W Murray
Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Biochemistry 35:11183-95. 1996..The role of charge and distance in the synergistic inhibitory effect by the combination of GDP, an aza sugar, and the acceptor sugar was probed. A mechanism for fucosyl transfer incorporating these findings is proposed and discussed...
- p38-2, a novel mitogen-activated protein kinase with distinct propertiesB Stein
Signal Pharmaceuticals Inc, San Diego, California 92121, USA
J Biol Chem 272:19509-17. 1997..A sequential kinetic mechanism of p38-2 is suggested by steady state kinetic analysis. In conclusion, p38-2 may be an important component of the stress response required for the homeostasis of a cell...
- IKK-1 and IKK-2: cytokine-activated IkappaB kinases essential for NF-kappaB activationF Mercurio
Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc, 5555 Oberlin Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Science 278:860-6. 1997..Mutant versions of IKK-2 had pronounced effects on RelA nuclear translocation and NF-kappaB-dependent reporter activity, consistent with a critical role for the IKK kinases in the NF-kappaB signaling pathway...
- Genome organization of glutamine synthetase genes in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)K Gharbi
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Cytogenet Genome Res 116:113-5. 2007..In contrast, there is at present no further evidence that RT-24 and RT-08 share ancestrally homologous segments and additional genomic studies will be needed to clarify the evolutionary origin of genes coding for GS01 and GS03...


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by Bruce Strand, Sports editor
The Elk River girls cross country team earned its fourth state trip in five years with a runner-up finish in Section 7AA on Thursday.
Forest Lake was team champion with 50, followed by the Elks with 81 and Grand Rapids with 114, at Cloquet Country Club.
"Our times were very good," said coach Mike Niziolek. "Our goal was to get all seven under 16 minutes, and we had six. Once again, our depth paid off. Our seventh runner beat everyone else's seventh."
The Elks were led by sophomore Rachel Ness in third place (14:53). The other counting scorers were freshman Kennedy Warner 12th (15:17), seventh-grader Annica Carr 19th (15:44), freshman Maria Brown 23rd (15:55) and sophomore Gracie Scheid 24th(15:59).
The Elks also had senior Kailey Erdahl in 26th place (16:00) and junior Gabbi Jung 36th (16:20) in the field of 109 runners.
"We were thinking Forest Lake would be the team to beat," said Niziolek, "and that Grand Rapids would be the team that advanced instead of us if we didn't run well. But we ran well."
Forest Lake sophomore Emma Benner was individual champion in 14:38, followed by North Branch freshman Rhianna Rinke (14:41) and Ness.
The state meet will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The girls Class AA race will lead off the day at 10 a.m.
7AA team scoring
1. Forest Lake 50
2. Elk River 81
3. Grand Rapids 114
4. Duluth East 139
5. North Branch 163
6. Andover 182
7. Big Lake 199
8. Chisago Lakes 201
9. Princeton 216
10. Cloquet 238
11. Zimmerman 247
12. Duluth Denfeld 331
13. Cambridge-Isanti 337
14. St. Francis 342
15. Hermantown 433
16. Hibbing 434


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On 09/27/2012 10:07:48 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > "Karl O. Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com> writes: > > This patch (psql_remove_include.patch) eliminates > > the #include of psqlscan.c at the bottom of mainloop.c. > > I don't really see that this is enough of an improvement to justify > depending on a non-portable flex feature. Ok. (I had no idea it was non-portable. The flex docs don't mention this.) > > > I'm thinking of exposing enough of the psql parser, > > moving it to libpq, that any client-side app can > > do what libpq does; given a bunch of sql > > separated by semi-colons get the results > > of all the statements. This should also allow > > the "statement separation" to be done on the client > > side in libpq. Although I don't imagine that this > > will have a performance impact on the server side > > it sounds like a first step toward pushing more of > > the parsing onto the client. > > Quite honestly, I don't like that idea at all either. It's bad > enough > that psql has to know so much low-level SQL syntax. If we start > encouraging other programs to know that, we're going to be locked > into > never again making any lexical-level changes. Why exactly is > "pushing > parsing onto the client" a good idea? There's really 2 ideas. I don't care about this one: pushing parsing/anything onto the client is a good idea because clients scale horizontally and so performance is improved. What I'm thinking of in libpq is the ability to give it big string with many sql statements and have it hand back each statement so the client can then submit it to the server for execution. What I really _want_ is to be able get a bit string of many sql statements from the user and return the results, statuses, etc. of executing each statement. Just what psql does when, say, fed a file from stdin. The reason I want this is because I don't want to have to rewrite the sql parser in PHP for inclusion in phpPgAdmin. (I did this once, and it was such a big ugly patch it never got around to getting into the mainline phpPgAdmin.) phpPgAdmin (pgAdmin/ front-end of your choice) should be able process a string of sql statements in the same way that psql does, but currently the only way to do this is to rewrite the parser in each application. Much better to have libpq provide the functionality, although I suppose it's possible to push this into the server. Karl <kop(at)meme(dot)com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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JEFFERSON - Jackson EMC said Monday afternoon it is prepared for the extreme cold and the strain the cold could put on its distribution system.
Company officials said the demand for electricity will be high as people run their heating units overtime during the arctic cold snap, and they acknowledge there could be an equipment malfunction.
"Any piece of equipment may operate just fine under normal use, but could have problems when stressed by high demand. We expect our load to be very high during these extremely cold temperatures, which will stress our system and could cause some of our equipment to malfunction. This same situation occurs in extremely cold weather as when the temperatures are extremely high," said Jackson EMC Vice President of Engineering & Operations Jim Smith.
Smith said Jackson EMC has prepared for the extreme weather by increasing staffing in its System Control Center, which monitors more than 13,000 miles of energized wire in 10 counties.
"Trucks are stocked and ready to go, and our linemen are prepared to respond to any outages that may occur," Smith said.
Jackson EMC members may report outages from a PC at outage.jacksonemc.com or from a smartphone or wireless device at mobile.jacksonemc.com, or by calling 1-855-422-7600. Outages can be tracked on the cooperative's outage map in the Storm Center at www.jacksonemc.com.


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Metro reports rise in robberies
Metro says it has seen an increase of robberies in the first three months of this year, The Washington Post reports. The one thing thieves target the most? Your iPhone.
Robberies are up 36 percent with 121 incidents from January to March. There were 89 incidents during the same time period last year. Twenty-nine percent of the 121 robberies involved iPhone thefts.
Younger thieves are robbing victims of brand name jackets and expensive shoes, Metro Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik says.
Pavlik says robberies are not occurring on one particular line, but L'Enfant Plaza and Gallery Place are hot spots.
There has also been a rise in crime on buses with 11 more incidents in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2012.
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You gotta love the low-budget production company The Asylum. Well, okay, you don't have to love them, but you do gotta admire their balls. These guys have been making a killing putting out low-budget movie versions of big-budget Hollywood films, right down to the title and cover art. A few years ago they came out with their version of "War of the Worlds" at the same time as the Spielberg version, and some of their upcoming movie titles include, "Aliens vs Hunters" (just in time for "Alien vs Predator 2"), "Invasion of the Pod People" (just in time for the Nicole Kidman starrer "The Invasion"), and "Universal Soldiers" (just in time for, uh, I don't know.) And their latest — "Transmorphers"!
Here's The Asylum's synopsis for "Transmorphers":
A race of alien robots has conquered the Earth and forced humanity underground. After three hundred years of domination, a small group of humans develop a plan to defeat the mechanical invaders in the ultimate battle between man and machine.
The trailer (love the sound effects and "transforming" credits):
So remember, kids, if you see a movie at Blockbusters that LOOKS and SOUNDS strangely like a big-budget movie, but there's something not quite right about it, it's probably an Asylum production.


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Bob and I spent most of the day Sunday at our family reunion. Some of us only see each other a few times a year, so we always have lots of catching up to do. Those present at the Sloan family reunion last Sunday included the head of our "Sloan" family, J.W. and Donna Sloan, and Ginger Sloan, Sue Porter, Roger and Deana Magnuson and two sons, Ryan and Reid, Frank and Kesha Schreiber and children, Brayden and Brianna, Venessa Mills, Amy Mills, Jenna Mills, Stephanie Sloan, Bob and Karen Case, Lynn Case, Kyle, Jessi and Courtney Laughlin, Alexis Landis, Jason and Alicia Crouch and children, Danielle and Hayden, Scott and Julie Lawson and Garrett, and Virginia Clayton. Everybody had a good time visiting, eating, and playing basketball, playing on the playground and tossing water balloons. We took lots of pictures and looked at pictures of previous reunions and laughed a little and maybe wanted to cry a little at how our kids had grown, how we had changed, and missing those who were no longer with us.
One person stopped at the reunion to ask us if we knew where they were having the bluegrass concert. Jason told him he wasn't sure where it was, but told him where he thought it could be, and later we saw the same man on the late news playing an instrument at said concert, so I am glad he found the place he was supposed to be.
After we left the reunion we went to visit our friend, Yvonne Cavner who has spent a week or so in the hospital getting her meds adjusted for the Parkinson's disease she suffers from. We wanted to visit and also give her an update on her little Pomeranian dog, Angel. We have been taking care of Angel for Yvonne while she is in the hospital, and she lives up to her name. She is so quiet and well-behaved. The only time she barks is when she sees our cats on the back porch and then she tries her best to scare them off. Only problem is that the cats are all as big as she is so they aren't much scared.
Congratulations to Carl and Rebecca Pride and big sister Abigail on the birth of their new baby, Caroline Elizabeth Pride. The baby was born on May 29 and weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 21 ¼ inches long. I saw pictures of her on facebook being held by her proud Aunt Lauren and she is a beautiful baby.
New Mansion Church hosted a softball tournament last Saturday and Belinda Wyman said it was a great success, with over one thousand dollars raised to help with Vacation Bible School, which will take place in July. Belinda was getting ready to go to a birthday party for her niece, Kambria Todd and was making Kambria's favorite, mashed potatoes, at Kambria's request.
White River Senior Camp started this week and I have three grandkids that will be there. They always have a great time at youth camp. Ball camps start this week also, and two of the grandkids along with several others will be signing out in the evening for a few hours then going back after ballgames, so it's going to be a very busy week for those kids.
Birthdays for the coming week include: June 7: Ethan Byrne, Barbara Collins, Raymond Cummings, Erin Guerin, Bill Hurst; June 8: Gary Casey, Lana Thomas, Helen Maggard, Ron O'Neal, Zachary Strahan; June 9: Dustin Johnson, Rio Krtek; June 10: Johanna Kisling; June 11: Heidi Todd, Jamie Pollard, Sara Whittaker; June 12: Baylee Jo Hurst; June 13: Roger Chaney.
Anniversaries for the coming week include: June 8: John and Heather Day; June 10: Steve and Dee Combs, Stan and Susan Sivils; June 11: Jason and Alicia Crouch.