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Wikipedia wrote:A common theme that appears throughout Outliers is the "10,000-Hour Rule", based on a study by Anders Ericsson. Gladwell claims that greatness requires enormous time, using the source of The Beatles' musical talents and Gates' computer savvy as examples.[3] The Beatles performed live in Hamburg, Germany over 1,200 times from 1960 to 1964, amassing more than 10,000 hours of playing time, therefore meeting the 10,000-Hour Rule. Gladwell asserts that all of the time The Beatles spent performing shaped their talent, and quotes Beatles' biographer Philip Norman as saying, "So by the time they returned to England from Hamburg, Germany, 'they sounded like no one else. It was the making of them.'"[3] Gates met the 10,000-Hour Rule when he gained access to a high school computer in 1968 at the age of 13, and spent 10,000 hours programming on it.[3]
Bill Glasheen wrote:An interview of Uechi Kanbun published in Dragon Times
Glenn wrote:Bill Glasheen wrote:An interview of Uechi Kanbun published in Dragon Times
I do not recall seeing this one and I do not think it in my magazine article compilation (see Uechi Ryu Magazine Articles), do you recall which issue it was in Bill? Thanks!
Rick Wilson wrote:Record of the Mabuni Kenwa meeting with Uechi Kanbun
My student Dave Austin gave me a copy of Dragon Times Volume 22. In it there is an article on Uechi Ryu by Mario McKenna.
It is an article on the history of Uechi Ryu that includes a number of interesting items such as when the name changed. I had mainly heard it had been renamed to honour Uechi Kanbun Sensei after his death (1948) but this is incorrect. Uechi Kanbun renamed the style Uechi Ryu himself in 1940.
In this interview he hear that he was considering the change.
This article quotes "The Story of Chinese Chu'an-fa" by Kenwa Mabuni (originally published in Karate Kenkyu, 1934 pg. 92-93.):
Kenwa Mabuni (with translation(?) and footnotes by Mario McKenna) wrote:My student and I were traveling on business. On the last day, we visited Higashi Kawagan-machi in Wakayama city. On the way there the first thing I noticed was a signboard on the left. It read, Pangainuun-ryu Toudi Master; Uechi Kanbun, Instructor.
At the age of 20, Uechi had traveled to China and trained in pure Chinese style chu'an-fa for more than 13 years and returned an expert. I was impressed by the sign board which was in the Chinese style. Before our business was concluded, we quickly paid a call to Uechi's dojo to discuss chu'an-fa. We talked about many different things, but fortunately near the end of the conversation we were able to discuss Chinese chu'an-fa. The outline of that discussion is written below.
Mabuni: Sensei, in China is chu'an-fa still active as it was?
Uechi: It was extremely active when I went there, and might still be now.
Mabuni: Do Chinese immediately teach people chu'an-fa once they are asked to do so?
Uechi: Yes they do teach, however the student and teacher swear an oath and only after 23 days does teaching begin.
Mabuni: Why is this done?
Uechi: Those who wish to practice chu'an-fa first go to the chu'an-fa master's house and ask tuition. If the teacher consents, the group then confers, builds a dojo for the teacher and brings him there. In the dojo various rituals are carried out to the dojo god. Then, the students and teacher take an oath. In the beginning there is no spiritual training and kata is taught. During this time one states one, two, three, four or five years of commitment to practice under a teacher. To become an excellent teacher takes 15 years or more, but to become a poor one takes 1 year or perhaps 6 months.
When opening a dojo, the most worrying things is dojo yaburi (footnote: people who issue a challenge to the dojo). Usually it consists of two or three thugs who come to the dojo and challenge the teacher to a fight. If the teacher loses the match, the challengers take that months fees. So, if you are not confident in your abilities you had better not open a dojo.
Mabuni: They seem like barbarians, don't they?
Uechi: There is no reasoning with them. Also, another interesting thing is when you become an expert you can demonstrate kata on the road or in front of a crowd. If there is a more proficient expert among the people passing by, he will stop and give you some instruction.
Mabuni: This is different from how Japanese train.
Uechi: That's right.
Mabuni: Which is stronger with Chinese, the fist or the tips of the fingers?
Uechi: Japanese have stronger fists, but Chinese have strong finger tips.
Mabuni: What methods do they use to make their finger tips stronger?
Uechi: First sand is placed in a box and you practice thrusting the finger tips into it. When you get used to that, you then replace the sand with larger objects such as beans and practice thrusting with your finger tips, then you will start to get stronger. In China, if kata is performed with the fists it is called Taiso (footnote: Uechi is referring to Great Ancestor Fist Boxing), but if kata is performed with the finger tips it is called Rakkan (footnote: Uechi is referring to Arahat Boxing also know as Monk Fist Boxing.)
Mabuni: Sensei, your style is called Pangainuun in Chinese, what does this mean?
Uechi: It means that the chu'an-fa kata are extremely quick. Lately instead of calling the style Pangainuun, I have been thinking a little that it might be better writing it Uechi-ryu.
Mabuni: Thank you for talking to with me. Good bye.
The article also quotes Patrick McCarthy on information about Zhou Zhihe (1874-1926 Shu Shiwa in Japanese).
His teachers were Li Zhaobei and Ke Xidi. He studied a variety of arts: Duck, Ox, Dog, Monkey, Tiger, Singing Crane. Other students were Jin [Censored]ian, Wang Didi, and Zhou Zhengqun.
But, as always, the history is very cloudy. One report had Uechi Kanbun entering the Fuzhou central Buddist temple where Shu Shiwa was the 36th generation head of the temple. Only one small problem: "according to research conducted by the Uechi-Ryu Karate –Do Association several years ago, there was no such temple."
I will quote a final footnote from the article:
Mario McKenna wrote:"It should be noted that in all likelihood Pangainuun does not refer to a specific style of chu'an-fa (Chinese Boxing). Instead, it more than likely refers to the mixture of training methods from Fujian that Uechi Kanbun combined to make his system of karate. In fact, Pangainuun refers to principles common to all martial arts. These include: koho (Jap. Hard method), juho (Jap. Flexible method) and hankoho (Jap. Half hard method). Examples of koho include: Tiger boxing, and Lion boxing. Examples of juho includes: Dog boxing, and Monkey boxing, and examples of hankoho include: White Crane boxing. Please see Mabuni Kenwa's "Kobo Goshin-justu, Karate Kenpo (app34) pg. 19-20 for a complete description.
Just some interesting notes to ponder and it should be noted that the footnotes are just the author of the articles speculations.
Mabuni is said to have been inspired by his discussion with Uechi Kanbun in his creation of Shimpa Kata.
Glenn wrote:Is this the one you were thinking of Bill?
Mabuni: Sensei, your style is called Pangainuun in Chinese, what does this mean?
Uechi: It means that the chu'an-fa kata are extremely quick.
Glenn wrote:Not "half hard soft" as it is usually translated today, but "extremely quick". Yet I would not characterize the standard performance of Uechi Ryu kata today as extremely quick. Anyone have any thoughts or insights on this?
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I'm quite new to mountaineering but I've made couple of plans for my near future
In 6 weeks time I'm heading to tatra mountains for a winter mountaineering school.
Then in august I'm going to alps for another training and if I will have enough time I will do Elbrus in august as well.
My final goal is Aconcagua in January 2014.
I know that this is a lot of plans but can't help.
I would like to buy some gear for these trips ahead. Here is a list I've prepared already:
Noth face corefire baclava polartec stretch
Julbo whoops spectron 3
Millet active wool (merino) beanie cap
Petzl Myo RXP
Petz Meteor III
Upper Body
Ortovox merino baselayer, 240 or 280 g / m2
Rab boulder pull on
Rab latok alpine jacket
Rab neutrino endurance jacket
Lower Body
Smartwool midweight bottom 250 g / m2
Salewa Terminal DST
Norh Face Strider Side Zip Pants
La sportiva ganda
Meindl air revolution 5.3
La sportiva baruntse
Black diamond apex gaiters
Black Diamond Specialist Glove
Black Diamond Mercury Mitt
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Deuter AirContact Trail 32
Black Diamond Trail Shock
Black Diamond Sabretooth Pro
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NEWS that the mining tax has raised four old copper coins and a pinch of pocket fluff should come as no thunderbolt from the blue. So comprehensively licked has the government been in its dealings with the miners that Rio, BHP and Xstrata managed to skulk away with more than $2 billion in tax credits, while state governments made off with a cheeky hike in their royalties at Canberra's expense.
This pact was about politics, not tax. Kevin Rudd had just been rolled. Thanks to the shrill choir of pro-mining media and shell-shock from the TV advertising blitzkrieg, it had become almost unpatriotic to expect a bunch of mining giants to stump up more tax during the biggest mining boom in history. So it was that when Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan and Martin Ferguson sat down with the mining chiefs in mid-2010, they struck the worst deal since the indians transferred Manhattan Island to the Dutch for a few trinkets.
As Peter Martin reported this week, there were no pointy-headed Treasury types in the cabinet room that day, no Ken Henrys, just three politicians and three executives.
Our valiant leaders emerged smiling and triumphant that day, got the dreaded Mitch Hooke and his Minerals Council off their backs and soon scraped back into office.
- BUT what of the enigmatic lads from the Swiss canton of Zug? BHP and Rio have been variously lauded and lambasted this week by revelations of their measly tax obligations. But what of Xstrata, this third of the Big Three, whose shadowy operatives are wont to fly, stealthy as a CIA drone, beneath the radar?
We managed to detect an Xstrata operative this week, lurking behind a newspaper in dark glasses and a black hat. OK, that's just fantasy. Finance journalists don't get out much. We found him on the phone.
Alas, the 2012 financial statements are not yet filed, though being a "public" document, should soon be available to the public at a cost of no more than a few hundred dollars. Last year's effort showed tax was lumped in with royalties – and there was a $US579 million tax credit. It may be that lads from Zug pay even less tax than Google Australia, and that's quite an accolade.
Meanwhile Rio Tinto's profit result on Thursday, a better than expected $3 billion loss, plainly showed that the biggest threat facing our mining houses is not sovereign risk posed by government policy, but the risk of investment bankers and their own management.
Some $14 billion in write-downs for mostly offshore acquisitions suggests that some $50 billion in proceeds of the mining boom have been squandered. That's just toting up write-downs over recent years.
Were one a lobbyist one might append a few lazy billion to this figure via an "opportunity cost" calculation and the bond rate.
Falling commodity prices and a lower tax take mean a budget crunch is coming.
- "IT'S still pretty tough out there," declared ANZ chief Mike Smith on Friday, perhaps auditioning for a spot with the Chaser boys.
Mike, who took home $17 million last year, had just handed down a $1.53 billion cash result for the quarter. Yes, it was only up 6 per cent but considering the backdrop – the Reserve Bank says Australia is stuck with the slowest growth in credit for three decades – 6 per cent is pretty good.
As the four majors march towards their $30 billion collective annual bottom line, and CommBank alone is priced at $108 billion on the sharemarket, there is a change of rhetoric afoot.
While Smith was still running the "tough out there" angle, CommBank's Ian Narev unveiled a $7.1 billion bottom line humdinger but refrained from crying poor.
Narev's line was to accept community unease over banking mega-profits as legitimate, rather than push the "tough out there" and "you don't understand" defences. He would try to "get the balance right" between shareholders and customers, he said. It is a sensible approach. Profits are the duty of bankers and competition policy the realm of governments. And the latter appear to be foundering.
When system growth is slow and margins ever fatter all round, there is something awry. For a commodity business buying and selling money to trot out a return on equity of 18 per cent as CommBank did this week is evidence enough.
Competition policy faces immense challenges, particularly as Australia is a nation of duopolies (packaging, beer, airlines, supermarkets) with a small population.
As the Coles and Woolies duopoly saw a slather of calls for scrutiny over crunching their suppliers – and Coles handed down its mighty profit – here was further evidence that corporations are doing their job – making good profits – but government and competition policy are struggling.


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Tigers Defeat Southern Utah for First Win
Mobile, Ala. – The Tigers charged back in their final game of the Jaguar Invitational in Mobile, Ala. to earn their first win of the season. After dropping the first game to Southern Utah, Tennessee State won the next three to claim a 3-1 decision.
TSU (1-2) defeated SUU (0-3) by the scores of 24-26, 25-17, 25-23, 25-20.
Sherryce Butler and Naomi Wells led the way with 17 kills each, but it was Butler who sparked the Tigers with her .464 hitting percentage. The junior committed just four errors in 28 attempts. Erika Moss recorded 48 assists and added eight kills against one error in 14 attempts.
In game one, Taylor Swayzer tried to single handedly keep the Tigers close as she recorded five of her ten kills during the first half of the set. Her fifth kill brought TSU to within two points at 13-15. The Thunderbirds went on a four point run to put space between the two teams at 20-14, but the tigers would fight back to catch SUU at 24-24. Southern Utah would hold on and escape with a 26-24 win and take a 1-0 lead.
SUU used a .306 hitting percentage (12k-1e-36a) to pace the win. The Tigers committed ten errors opposed to 18 kills in 51 attempts for a .157 percentage.
The Tigers were trailing 14-12 in game two when they exploded with nine kills, two aces and a block to close out SUU with a 13-3 run. Wells started the winning stretch with a kill and an ace that fueled two kills each for Swayzer, Butler and Jordon Piper. Katie Burnett delivered her fourth ace of the weekend as Wells and Moss closed out the 25-17 win with kills.
With the score tied 11-11 in game three, the Tigers took charge of the game jumping out to a 22-18 lead. The Thunderbirds rattled off four straight points to tie the game back up at 22-22. Piper delivered her third kill of the match to regain the lead, while Wells and Swayzer scored kills to secure the 25-23 win.
In the fourth game, TSU enjoyed an 11-4 lead before SUU stormed back to within one point at 14-13. The Big Blue continued their balanced attack as four separate players earned kills and Moss teamed up with Shauntia Carr on a block to extend the lead to 21-15. The Thunderbirds could only get as close as three points at 22-19 before Butler would end the match with her 17th kill.
Wells was named to the all-tournament team after posting 44 kills averaging 4.00 kills per game. Wells finished the weekend with 32 digs and two aces.
The Tigers are off until they travel to Bloomington, Ind. for the University of Indiana Tournament on Sept. 13-14.


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Miner hats with the proper lighting will be part of their attire. So will reflective vests, along with multiple layers of clothing.
All necessary ingredients when you plan to be running by the light of the moon.
Led by FrontPage anchors Scott Kaplan and Amber Mesker, U-T TV is fielding a team in the 200-mile, 12-person Ragnar Relay. The relay was scheduled to begin at 5:30 this morning in Huntington Beach.
The team will jog its way through the night, the last runner expected to pull into the Embarcadero around 6 p.m. Saturday.
The U-T TV team is running to raise money for the Monarch School, a school in Little Italy for homeless children. Students at Monarch range from kindergarten through high school.
"These kids, they deal with some major issues," said Kaplan. "They're great kids, very normal kids, who find themselves in some very hard circumstances."
The U-T TV team has raised about $10,000.
Relay, take II
The Monarch School is also fielding a relay team, comprised of high school students. Wanting to train for the race and get to know the students, Mesker logged mileage downtown with the high schoolers.
Said Mesker: "It was a good way to remind yourself why you're doing the run in the first place."
Seam head talk
This Just In sets over/under on Chase Headley home runs at 21. Headley blasted 31 homers in last year's breakout season. His previous best: 12. … If forced to make a wager, TJI learns toward the under. … Gotta hope the wrist injury explains Cameron Maybin's 3-for-33, 1 double, 1 RBI start. … TJI pitched a story about the probability of Maybin hitting an inside-the-park home run. Story's been put on hold, for obvious reasons. Need Maybin to hit more than is current one inside-the-park double and two singles. …
Haven't seen a movie lately. Next on the list: "42." Everyone TJI hangs with raves about it.
His hand on the laptop mouse, ready to hit delete, cut and paste, USD slugger Kris Bryant is on the verge of rewriting the Toreros' record book. With the Toreros opening a three-game series tonight at Santa Clara, Bryant sits on 17 home runs. The school record: 18, set by Dave Rolls in 1988. …
Bryant, expected to be selected in the top 10 of June's draft, has 42 career home runs. The record: 46, set by Sean Baron, who, like Rolls, finished his senior season in 1988. …
Digging deep in the memory bank, longtime former USD baseball coach John Cunningham recalls back-to-back shots Baron and Rolls delivered one game at Santa Clara.
Rolls lofted a blast that cleared the light tower in left-center field. Up stepped Rolls, who yanked one over the light tower in right-center.
Said Cunningham: "They could swing the bat." …
Julie Moss and Kathleen McCartney will be forever linked, Moss' crawling finish at the 1982 Ironman Hawaii becoming the sport's most iconic moment. McCartney passed Moss 15 yards from the finish line to win.
On Feb. 6, 2012, exactly 30 years after their historic race, Moss and McCartney teamed up again, this time training together for October's Ironman Hawaii.
Their first workout was a modest one, but respectful of Ironman's 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run distances. The training session: a 2.4 minute ocean swim (it was February, remember), a 112-minute bike and 26.2-minute run. …
Speaking of numbers, the Ragnar Relay will feature 646 teams and 7,000 runners. Multiply times 10 and that's 70,000 blistered toes. …
Guests on Saturday's U-T Prep Sports will include Santana High softball players Kayti Grable and Amber Schisler. According to maxpreps.com, Grable's hitting .541 with 3 homers, 24 RBI and still doesn't match Schisler's numbers: .576, 5 homers, 43 RBI.
Obvious nickname that should be slapped on the seniors: The Sultans of Swat.


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What the heck is going on in Japan lately? First it's Toyota and their ongoing
cover-ups recalls and now the Honda Fit/Jazz is being recalled for a fire-causing faulty switch.
The recall affects 2007 and 2008 Honda Fits and Honda Jazz's (same car, different markets) and is centered around the driver's door master window switch. It seems it's highly vulnerable to moisture and when wet can overheat and lead to smoke and fire. The issue is suspected as the cause of a fatality in September when a two-year-old named Vanilla Nurse was killed in South Africa when the car she was sleeping in caught fire.
About 140,000 cars in the US will be recalled and 171,000 in Britain with the remainder of the 646,000 cars are scattered across the globe. The fix involves fitting a waterproof skirt around the switch to prevent moisture entry. If you have one of these cars you'll probably want to give Honda a call at 1-800-999-1009. At least this time, when there's fiery death involved in a recall, the automaker knows how to fix it.


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The X-DRL, a premier 1/8-mile sanctioning body, is pleased to announce that Jerry Bickel Race Cars has signed as a sponsor for the X-DRL's debut season in 2013, which kicks off April 6-7 in Tulsa.
"We are thrilled to work with the X-DRL in 2013. We are going to have a lot of our customers running there, so this is something that we really want to support," said Bickel, who operates out of a state-of-the-art facility in Moscow Mills, Mo.
"I was happy to see the X-DRL formed. Most of our customers run a nitrous or blower car, and they need a place to race. The X-DRL provides that and you know with the X-DRL and the team it has in place you're going to get outstanding track surfaces and a great place to race."
Jerry Bickel Race Cars will have a noticeable presence at each event on the 2013 X-DRL schedule, which includes stops at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, Bristol Dragway and Bickel's home track in St. Louis.
His list of customers includes a vast array of world champions like Bob Rahaim, Dan Millen, Burton Auxier, Rickie Smith, Von Smith, Mike Castellana and many more.
His 2012 Camaro has proven to be extremely popular, and it was used by Pro Stock standout Todd Hoerner, while other marquee customers include Robert Patrick Jr., Chuck Mohn, Lizzy Musi and many more.
Bickel has also a number of customers who drive turbocharged cars, including world-record holder Jose Gonzalez, which made him an instant fan of the X-DRL's Pro Turbo class, an innovative new category that will features only turbo cars competing against each other. "I know that's going to be a really good class and it was a great idea, giving them a places where they're only running against turbo cars.
It's going to be pretty cool to see that class in action," Bickel said.
"I really thought the Pro Turbo class was one of the neatest deals with the X-DRL."
In fact, they recently completed a blower car in less than five weeks, something Bickel attributed to a tremendous staff at a facility has also proven to be a one-stop shop for racers. The facility includes a body shop, parts shop and paint shop, and is capable of car assembly and manufacturing, allowing JBRC to come up with plenty of unique innovations.
"We now have a chassis for nitrous cars, one for the turbo cars and now a chassis for the blower cars, and we're real pleased with that," Bickel said. "That's something we've really focused on developing over the years.
"We've developed our nitrous and turbo chassis' with input from some of the top guys, and now we've developed our blower chassis with input from Howard Moon and Frank Manzo. We feel confident we've got a good package with the blower cars and we're real happy with the progress. We've come a long way."
That type of forward thinking and innovation has continuously made JBRC an industry leader and a major reason why the X-DRL is excited to have formed the partnership for 2013.
"It's tremendous for the X-DRL to have companies like Jerry Bickel Race Cars on board for the 2013 season, and that support will allow us to continue to grow and present an incredible product in our debut season," X-DRL Account Executive Keith Goolsby said.
"Their dedication to the customers and the sport has always been impressive and a testament to their desire to continue to see drag racing reach new heights."


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Blue/Orange is based on Joe Penhall's award winning play of the same name. In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic young man claims, among other things, to be the son of an exiled African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. In a fiery and suspenseful debate, his doctor and consultant clash over the patient's diagnosis and treatment. What ensues is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service. Filmed on location in London, and shot in high definition, this dynamic and often very funny adaptation of Joe Penhall's award-winning play retains the music, lighting and sound team from the original stage production, which premiered in April 2000.
'Beautifully written - intelligent, complex, uncompromising and compassionate' The Times
'Riveting and intense … often-funny, always smart … Parkes delivers those lines with a manic energy illustrative of the lines Chris straddles. And both Simm and Cox match his intensity, to the point where one forgets there are only three speaking characters.' Multichannel News, USA
'All three acting performances are strong. Brian Cox is excellent as the ambitious Robert, gradually and artfully revealing the baser impulses that reside beneath the doctor's polished professional demeanor. Shaun Parkes's searing portrayal of Chris is the heart of the show and he is particularly good at giving life to the menagerie of concocted and also legitimate-fears that haunt the patient." CultureVulture, USA
Awards for the original theatre production:
Best New Play Olivier Awards for 2001; Best Play of the Year, Evening Standard Awards 2000; Best New Play, Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2000
Director: Howard Davies; Written and adapted by: Joe Penhall based on his award winning play of the same name; Producer: Richard Fell; Executive Producer: Bill Boyes; Starring: Brian Cox, John Simm, Shaun Parkes.
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Minesweeper is a single-player video game. The object of the game is to clear an abstract minefield without detonating a mine. The game has been written for many system platforms in use today.
Minesweeper cannot always be solved with 100% certainty, and may require the occasional use of probability to flag the square most likely to have a mine. In other words, one must sometimes guess to solve a minesweeper puzzle.
The game is played by revealing squares of the grid, typically by clicking them in "Click" Mode,If a square containing a mine is revealed, the player loses the game.Otherwise, a digit is revealed in the square, indicating the number of adjacent squares (typically, out of the possible eight) that contain mines. In typical implementations, if this number is zero then the square appears blank, and the surrounding squares are automatically also revealed.By using logic, the player can in many instances use this information to deduce that certain other squares are mine-free, in which case they may be safely revealed, or mine-filled, in which they can be marked by clicked in "Flag" mode.


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Philadelphia Parking Authority, a Pennsylvania transportation agency, forced SideCar to shut down its local ridesharing operation Saturday night, Philadelphia Magazine reports.
In a sting operation, PPA officials took rides on SideCar and found the drivers were unlicensed.
Philadelphia Magazine's Victor Fiorillo was riding in a SideCar in an effort to review the service, which had recently launched in the city, when his driver got the call from a SideCar employee to pull over and drop off his passengers.
But the defiant startup has resumed operations, it tells Business Insider.
"SideCar is still operating in Philadelphia," spokesperson Margaret Ryan said.
SideCar CEO Sunil Paul just announced that three Philadelphia drivers had been cited and their vehicles impounded on the SideCar blog, but says that the company will attempt to "sort things out" with regulators.
SideCar operates with a mobile app similar to Uber, allowing people to call cars and drivers to their current location. But unlike Uber, which typically uses licensed taxi or limo drivers, SideCar allows ordinary car owners to sign up to drive passengers—whether or not they're licensed.
California's Public Utility Commission fined SideCar, Uber, and ZimRide, the maker of Lyft, another SideCar-like service, in October for operating without required licenses. But in December, the commission announced it would start investigating ride-sharing services, and in January, it entered into agreements with Uber and ZimRide.
It doesn't appear to have reached an agreement with SideCar.
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So, as last weeks lifestyle Sunday post down went down a bit of a treat I thought I'd show you what we got up to this Sunday. First off we went to The Breakfast Club in Angel for breakfast, well it was more like ,unch by the time I got there. The northbound northen line was down so it took me forever to get where I needed to be! However once I got there I had a haloumi wrap and some fried potatoes which were absolutely lovely. Can we also just take a minute to appreciate how yummy my breakfast Mojito was. The perfect muddle of grapefruit juice, lime and mint (and rum of course!). The Breakfast Club does get super busy, especially on Sundays. We did have to queue for agessss, but it is really worth it. It's so weird that us Londoners think it's normal to queue for a place to eat when there are literally countless places to eat in London. A 45 minute wait just doesn't sound that long… RIGHT???
Samba Swirl is my favourite frozen yogurt place in London. Im not a huge fan of places like Snog or Pinkberry, while they are nice I just don't really like the yogurt all that much! However Samba Swirl is basically self serve and you pay based on the weight of your Fro-Yo after you've added all the goodies to the pot. I had a mix of peanut butter, mocha and chocolate frozen yogurt with every topping under the sun. I think there was Flake, Crunchie, Oreo, gummy bears, chocolate flakes, smarties, marshmallows... Need I go on? I did go super OTT on reflection but honestly, it was SO DARN GOOD. It did look like a toddler had thrown up on it, but I can totally vouch for it's deliciousness!
We also popped to Camden so I could get another micro-dermal on my opposite wrist. I've been wanting another for a while and just haven't been alcohol free enough at the weekend for me to be able to get one. Note: Getting a piercing after you've been drinking results in A LOT of bleeding as I found out when I got my last chest piercing. Next level bloodiness right there! So now my wrists are matching which makes me happy. I also found out I can get my collarbones redone soon as they haven't scarred too much and can be placed in the same place again.
We then went to the North Pole in Angel and had a few craft beers and ciders and then some of the best pub food I've had in a long time. Sweet potato wedges with ranch dressing and some crispy KFC stylee chicken with a tarragon and basil dressing. Oh my goodness it was absolutely lovely. I'd highly recommend the North Pole in Angel, it's an absolutely lovely out the way pub and Im definitely going there again some time. It'd make a nice cute place for a date or a simple Sunday chill-out session like we did today!
While my diet has gone out the window completely today I really recommend The Breakfast Club, Samba Swirl and The North Pole. All top places and I'm coming home with such a FULL belly I need to get this leather skirt off asap!


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Greenwich football routs Westhill
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STAMFORD -- Watching the Greenwich High School football team victimize opposing defenses with all of its weapons each week, it's surprising when the Cardinals actually have to punt.
As has been the case in recent weeks, that occasion didn't occur often during Greenwich's game against Westhill on Saturday.
The Cardinals had another foe scrambling to stop them, scoring nine touchdowns on 11 possessions in a resounding 63-22 win over the host Vikings.
Senior quarterback Liam O'Neil remained red-hot, completing 12-of-19 passes for 215 yards and five touchdowns for 6-0 Greenwich, which totaled more than 60 points for the second time in four games.
"This is one of the best offenses we've had," GHS coach Rich Albonizio said. "We can score anytime we touch the ball. There are times when we go three-and-out, but we can also score quickly and gain chunks of yardage. The kids know the system real well and execute well -- it's hard to defend us between our passing and running."
O'Neil connected with senior wide receiver Vincent Ferraro and senior tight end Joe Kelly for a pair of scoring strikes.
"It's nice that our team has the ability to spread the ball around," O'Neil said. "Our offensive line played great, and our receivers were great, getting yards after the catch."
Westhill, one of the most improved teams in the FCIAC, received another standout performance from running back Davell Cotterell. The Vikings senior ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
"We did some really good things today, but in the end, Greenwich is the sixth-ranked team in the state for a reason," Westhill first-year coach Frank Marcucio said. "We had opportunities early to stay with them, but did not capitalize on them. Ball control was our game plan to keep them off the field, but we never got a chance to do that."
The Cardinals, who have averaged 51 points per game this season, needed six plays to drive 54 yards on their first possession. O'Neil's 10-yard pass to Kelly capped the drive. Cotterell helped the Vikings reach the red zone late in the first quarter and Bernard Buzz converted a 32-yard field goal early in the second quarter, making it a 7-3 game.
That's as close as the home team got, as the Cards controlled the remainder of the first half. Kelly caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from O'Neil and senior Alex McMurray reached the end zone on an 11-yard run, putting Westhill in a 21-3 hole with 2:54 left in the second quarter.
"We tried to come into this game real strong because we knew they were going to be a tough opponent," Kelly said. "Liam was passing great today, all of our receivers were getting open and the running game was going well."
McMurray had one of the game's most spectacular plays, scoring on a fake punt as time expired in the first half, giving GHS a 28-3 advantage. Receiving the pitch from the holder, McMurray made a powerful run up the middle, breaking at least five tackles en route to the end zone.
"Greenwich is talented all over the place," Marcucio said. "They are quick, fast, strong and do a good job on offense."
The second half began well for the Vikings, as junior quarterback Ryan Coppola (6-of-15, 94 yards) connected with senior wideout Yveson Cassamajor for a 17-yard touchdown. But Greenwich quickly regained the momentum, scoring on the first play of the ensuing possession. O'Neil found Ferraro sprinting down the right sideline for a 56-yard touchdown, and after a Westhill fumble, the Cards' signal caller scored on a 12-yard scramble, putting the visitors ahead 42-10. Ferraro (three receptions, 122 yards) hit paydirt on a 55-yard catch-and-run later in the quarter, senior Jose Melo (six receptions, 65 yard) caught a 6-yard pass and sophomore Austin Longi ran 52 yards for a score in the fourth quarter for GHS.
"Liam has been throwing the ball great since he's been back," Ferraro said. "We've been working together a lot in practice and connecting real well."
Cotterell scored on a 19-yard run and Evan Skoparantzos caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Jamall Hanton for Westhill.
"We came out strong, but Greenwich -- they have some big boys," Cotterell said. "We didn't lay down though and kept fighting against a great team."
Senior defensive backs Taylor Olmstead and Shawn Dunster sparked the Cards' secondary, each registering interceptions, while senior Alex McGee, junior Jack Wynne and Kelly led the defensive line.
"We're definitely are improving each week," McGee said. "Every practice we're getting tougher as a team."
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Greenwich 63, Westhill 22
G -- Joe Kelly 10 pass from Liam O'Neil (Jesse Adelberg kick)
W -- Bernard Buzz 32 field goal
G -- Kelly 13 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Alex McMurray 4 run (Adelberg kick)
G -- McMurray 20 run (Adelberg kick)
W -- Yveson Cassamajor 17 pass from Randy Coppola (Buzz kick)
G -- Vincent Ferraro 56 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- O'Neil 12 run (Adelberg kick)
W -- Davell Cotterell 19 run (kick failed)
G -- Ferraro 52 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Jose Melo 6 pass from O'Neil (Peter Heerdt kick)
W -- Evan Skoparantzos 6 pass from Jamaal Hanton (kick failed)
Records: Greenwich 6-0, Westhill 4-3


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|Simulated into extinction?
Scientists at the Brown University have, using climate models, simulated the fate of the 15 species of frog in the US. None of the frogs are currently endangered, but after going through the Brown simulation, "eight species would be extinct or, at best, endangered in 2100".
Here is one of the new findings:
For example, during the latter half of this century, the speckled black salamander could expand from its range in northern California, north into Oregon. However, in the simulation, climate fluctuations rendered areas along that path unsuitable — for example, between 2071 and 2080 — preventing the animal from spreading toward Washington.
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Isn´t it amazing, how the scientists are able to pinpoint that some "climate fluctuations" in areas north of California are going to stop the northward trek of the speckled black salamanders towards Washington state, exactly during the years 2071-2080. (Please note, that the salamanders "roads" are still open in 2070. Hopefully most of the amphibians will hit the road latest by then!).
Welcome to the wonderful world of climate modelling!


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This is a great chart from Dave Altig.
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Photo: Dave Altig
Basically, what's going on is, any dot above the diagonal line represents an industry where job growth is faster now than it was pre-recession. Any dot below the line indicates slower job growth.
As you can see, manufacturing is the real outlier here, as it averaged a monthly loss of 30K jobs between 2001-2007, whereas it's been averaging monthly job gains from July 2009 to February 2012.
Karl Smith (who brought the chart to our attention) notes:
This is important for thinking about any kind of structural story you might be inclined to tell. Manufacturing employment had been falling for roughly 15 years and then suddenly stopped falling in the wake of this recession and started growing.
This may be (the) structural shift that folks are looking for but its important to note that this is basically a "reshoring" shift. Although, it's not so much reshoring as a rapid slowdown in offshoring combined with growing underlying demand.
Anyway, on the flip side of the chart it's pretty obvious that the big standouts are government and construction jobs, which means that recent signs of turnarounds in both could portend another big leg up in employment.
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