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The story ideas ranged from an alienated couple afloat on a barge in the grey waters of Flanders to the secretive consumers of the sweet and spicy sayur asem soup in a neighbourhood cafe in Jakarta. However adeptly or flimsily developed, twenty students from across Asia and Europe descended to Tokyo for a week to try out a "mock-pitch" of their film treatments to eleven resource persons in the hopes of nailing the ideal angle or approach that will impress potential funders (and distributors) down the road.
The meeting that brought them altogether - now into its fifth year - was organised by the Asia Europe Foundation (www.asef.org) in cooperation with UniJapan (www.unijapan.org). Initiated in 2002 during the Cinemanila International Film Festival in the Philippines, the idea to hold annual meetings focusing on every aspect of film and filmmaking has also led to the creation of the SEA-Images Network (Synergy of Europe-Asia Images: http://sea-images.asef.org/index.asp), which basically acts as a compendium of contacts, websites and articles on cinema from Europe and Asia. If information has been thus far disparate and the distribution haphazard, the hope is that meetings like these and website initiatives along the way will do something to bring the community together - at least virtually speaking.
Through the last few years, the meetings have concentrated on the development and promotion of independent cinema and participants were largely established film professionals or up-and-coming filmmakers. This is the first time since its inception that the focus has shifted to accommodate film students who are in the midst of completing their graduation film, or who want to start work on a feature-length project.
Why film students?
For ASEF, which has always fundamentally focused on promoting cultural exchange, it was the logical next step to explore a segment of the filmmaking world composed of students: ideas are raw, some entirely unrealised and many students arrived with little exposure to cultures outside their own. If not anything else, the meeting would serve the purpose of allowing students to question their own (or other people's) preconceptions about cinemas from particular parts of the world.
UniJapan's decision to get involved indicated that there is a growing desire to venture into relatively newer turf by exposing Japanese film students to the international arena. Despite its incredible cosmopolitan buzz, in a strange kind of way, there is an absence of pressure on Japanese filmmakers to appeal to a market outside Japan. Scene veterans like Keiko Araki, Festival Director for the Pia Film Festival—a platform for young, up-and-coming independent Japanese filmmakers to showcase their films—pointed out that because of its vast local market, most Japanese filmmakers are absorbed in the system within the country and feel little or no pressure to have greater international reach.
Both organisations proposed that the focus on film students would prove to be fruitful, at least insofar as allowing film students to interact and see what their pedagogical environments provide for them as aspiring filmmakers or producers. More interestingly, it gave them a taster of the implications in pitching to an audience outside their cultural context. Yes, let's co-produce (that was the big buzz throughout the meeting), but what does that mean exactly for the film and how much compromise is involved in cooperation?
While these questions were not necessarily raised in the midst of the meeting itself, pitching their projects to each other gave the students an indication of the kind of ideas that would or would not work, when and if they face an international market of producers and distributors vying for projects.
While an array of issues no doubt cropped up in the midst of the meeting concerning distribution, the very idea of a "genre" and whether short films even have a life outside of the festival circuit (what distribution? It's a short film!), this is a snapshot of what felt like the most resonant, persistent themes for me.
There's no doubt in my mind that some students probably walked away feeling a little cheated that their hopes of getting concrete, almost formulaic advice (steps 1, 2, 3 and you're done!) on how to pitch their film scripts went unrealised.
In a post-meeting exchange, I asked Jan Fleischer, screenwriter and senior tutor in screenwriting at the National Film and Television School in the UK, what his impressions were as a resource person, on the overwhelming preoccupation with "the perfect pitch". His rather wry observation was that after seventeen years of teaching, attitudes haven't really changed that much. "They (students) always believe (hope) that there is some trick they can learn, but deep in their hearts they know. "
So it came back to the inescapable fact that without a strong script, obsessing on the other technical details is at least a little premature. In that respect, there was plenty of healthy debate on what makes for a good script and theoretically at least, an engaging film.
Interestingly, a good proportion of the students from Asia (Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Japan) had script ideas firmly rooted in the genre you could loosely refer to as the "family drama".
The struggle there was to provide advice on how to refine the drama without turning it into stock television soap opera fare. While quite a few resource persons strongly recommended that the students should adhere to some narrative conventions (i.e. Where is the conflict? What will precipitate the catharsis and resolution? The 3-Act Structure!), others felt that this smelled a little too much like high school literature classes and might hinder students who want to explore slightly less contrived (albeit compelling) narrative arcs.
Some of that advice would have been lost on a group of students who were taking a considerably different direction. One is going to be a documentary incorporating scenes re-enacting the life of the documentary's focal subject (from the Cambodian student), another is an experimental film in which Shibuya (the hotbed of youth culture in Tokyo's downtown core) is as much of a character as the two lovers. Even more eclectic were the pitches from students from China and the Philippines. The former student has made shorts, which would fit beautifully in galleries and small revue theatres showing experimental films, while the latter has created a postmodern satire on filmmakers romanticizing poverty in the name of art.
There were no easy answers on how to develop these ideas, some of which were still in their embryonic stages. It seems convoluted to suggest it (and even contradictory considering what we realised about the all-important script and how that has to be nailed before you worry about who will watch it), but one of the questions the students (and myself actually) were left asking is - just who is exactly is the film for?
Indeed, Silke Schmickl, who co-runs the DVD distribution label Lowave (www.lowave.com), said that the student from China could already find a niche within the avenues where Lowave operates and distributes its catalogue of experimental films. In that respect, considerations of what sort of reach the students wanted to have, seemed to be good indicator of why they had decided to write the kind of scripts they pitched.
The only irony was that seasoned distributors or programmers like Keiko Araki and Lorna Tee, who is the senior marketing and distribution manager for Focus Films based in Hong Kong (www.focusfilms.cc), pointed out to the room of students that there is no such thing as distribution for short films, at least from their perspective. They may find life in the film festival circuit or in a DVD compendium of shorts, but otherwise, both Araki and Tee emphasized that expecting generous funding to make a short film was unheard of and an almost pointless endeavour.
The message from the distributors and programmers in short was: write something you believe in, do everything in your power to fund it yourself and send it to festivals or hand it out to industry people you meet. That's the only way to go.
As far as reality checks go, the panel discussion on distribution with Lorna Tee and Silke Schmickl provided some perspective for the students. While Silke emphasized the practical value of an independent DVD label which exists to support and distribute films that may otherwise not reach a wider audience or survive the industry's demands, Lorna's example regarding Focus Films' First Cuts project was an eye-opener as well (www.focusfirstcuts.com).
Lorna clarified that the project was called First Cuts because it is the first time in Asia that six films by filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan were shot in high definition (HD) technology under a thematic banner exploring the Chinese diaspora. It quickly became apparent that the word "first" had nothing to do with the relative inexperience of the filmmakers. In fact, most have worked in the industry close to a decade and have at least a few features under their belt already. Again, students realised that good old-fashioned persistence and commitment was the most vital prerequisite. Didactic advice, yes, but coming from distributors in the industry and not their film school teachers, it probably held a different kind of significance.
I was standing right at the back, in the open hall of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Graduate School of Film and New Media (a real mouthful, its students remark), on one of the days during the week-long meeting when it struck me.
The twenty film students were screening their previous short films or film school "exercises", when one of the organisers made the remark that resonated with what I had been thinking.
He said: "You can practically smell each film. or taste its flavour. You can tell which country it is from!"
Though I'm always told off for making comparisons because it seems like an easy way to evade understanding and critiquing what is in front of you by simply referring to what the film (or even song) resembles or mimics, the remark resonated for me. I found myself thinking, "That reminds me of Thai filmmaker Mingmonkul Sonakul's I-San Special! The palette of this one makes me think of Garin Nugroho. The nihilism in this film is Lukas Moodysson to the core."
It wasn't so much that the students were mimicking established filmmakers from their home countries. Instead, contrary to all that hullabaloo about globalization and its impact on filmmaking (look, we're all living in a postmodern world and films are increasingly about urban existential angst and identity crises!), films from particular countries (and strangely enough, even from particular regions) had a particular mood to them.
There was in fact, a nihilistic quality and considerably greater angst in a lot of the scripts from the European film students (post-industrial society woes anyone?). Their script ideas continued to reflect this mood. From political extremism in a suburban Scandinavian setting, to Russian teenagers crossing the border illegally into Europe for work and relationships falling apart under the weight of apathy and antipathy, the tone was undoubtedly dark. Even when it got lighter, black humour was the chosen means to show people's increasing inability to relate, empathise and love.
In contrast, quite a few of the pitches from Southeast Asia (and elsewhere in Asia) dealt with a somewhat different aspect of the spectrum of emotions. Repression or veiling emotions under a veneer of perfection; loyalty; endurance against odds and finding the courage to do so; filial piety and re-investing the "self" with newfound meaning. Their previous short film projects dealt with emotions, which were worn on the surface and displayed explicitly.
Many more of the students from Asia were also preoccupied with signalling that their film, while universal in its thematic concerns, was quintessentially Asian - be it Indonesian, Thai, Malaysian or Korean. [1] Their European counterparts were far more concerned with the internal worlds of their characters and place - where it played a role and where it was more a metaphor for emotional displacement than an indicator of identity (i.e. this is my home; this is what makes me who I am).
To me, that said a fair bit about how the students understood the treatment of emotions and human relationships and I think cultural idiosyncrasies as well as the relative maturity of the film industry (independent or otherwise) in their respective countries play a significant role in that.
The other technical detail I was left pondering on was the issue of access to sophisticated filmmaking equipment and to a more mature theatre and/or acting scene in Europe as compared to Asia. That there was quite a contrast in the visual and dramatic sophistication of the various student projects (most of the Asian projects were quite raw) gave us all some indications of the differences and - despite the complaints raised regarding the dearth of funding in Europe - how much more support exists for the industry there (at least with regards to these particular points) than in parts of Asia.
For all the railing against generalizations, there were some patterns that emerged.
Yet, quite a lot of the students - in wanting to show that they could do professional pitches - had already learned the vocabulary of "universalism". They wanted to assure potential distributors or producers that their films would translate, despite the cultural specificity of its locale, language and mood because its thematic preoccupations would make sense to anyone, from any part of the world. But by the time we had come to the final workshop sessions with the students, everyone had come to realise that wanting to create narratives that would appeal to potential producers or distributors is a bad starting point in writing or pitching a script. Many of the students had written stock characters or archetypes that defined an emotion rather than an individual with possibilities or contingent aspects and wanted to go back, post-Tokyo, to re-work these problems.
Co-productions - everybody wants to get in on it and in many respects, the meeting was focused on encouraging cooperation to facilitate that. As ideal as it sounds, there is a lot to be said for taking a little bit of a cautionary approach to temper the excitement of what cross-cultural efforts symbolize.
Raya Martin - one of the Philippines' most promising young filmmakers - pointed out as much by saying that you have to have a strong sense of your own aesthetic and narrative approach before diving into collaborative ventures. [2]
What do co-productions imply in terms of how the content of a film is influenced? What impact does the consciousness of an international film market and the ability to distribute a film to a global film market have on how one perceives one's own cultural context? I'm going to hazard another generalization here by saying that while this may not be an issue that weighs on the minds of European filmmakers or film students, it has significant ramifications for Asian filmmakers.
Raya addresses this in his interview when he talks about pressures to conform to preconceived notions of what constitutes "Asian-ness" or authenticity. It's a subject of ongoing, heated debates with regards to Chinese cinema (5th generation versus the 6th generation and how each has sold a particular image of China for a Western audience).[3]
It may be heavy-handed to bring it up in the context of the Tokyo meeting, but given that this is certainly a direction film students and filmmakers are increasingly looking at (co-productions and in some cases, multiple-country-productions), it is worth thinking about. But that's probably jumping the gun a fair bit. All theory aside, hopefully, the weeklong trip did something to raise questions rather than providing safe, stock answers for all of us.
While the meeting has wrapped up, we're all hoping to see something tangible at the end of it: obviously, completed short films for one. Apart from a publication capturing summaries of the sessions and post-meeting interviews with the students and resource persons, the hope is to see a DVD compilation of (some or all) the short films by the participants. [3] While this won't be for large-scale public distribution (or sales), it will be a great way for the students to get their projects to the forum of writers, filmmakers and industry associated with ASEF (past and present).
Only trouble is, with all this mulling over film scripts and the demands of the industry, I didn't do much more than walk around in downtown Tokyo, stopping strangers to say: "Sumimasen, Shibuya doko desu ka?" (Excuse me, where's Shibuya?)
Well, at least I impressed the locals.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fire Department rescue crews have halted a nearly two-hour search of the frigid Missouri River near downtown Kansas City after a witness reported seeing two people jump from a highway bridge into the water.
Fire department spokesman James Garrett says the witness reported seeing two people jump from the Bond Bridge on Thursday morning. He says three fire department boats began scouring the river before noon and estimated the distance from the bridge to the water is equivalent to "at least four to five stories."
Deputy Chief Jeff Grote says the search was called off after about an hour and 45 minutes after no bodies were found. He says given the distance of the fall and the hazardous wintry conditions recovery of the bodies was unlikely.

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My kids finally saw The Princess Bride, a movie their dad and I have loved since our college days. There is something wonderful about watching your favorite people watch one of your favorite films. In this case, the added bonus was observing the light come into their eyes as they discovered the origin of several quirky things their parents routinely say. "Hey!" they shouted with a shock of recognition when Westley first said, "As you wish"—a line they've heard their father utter hundreds of times. Vizzini's "Inconceivable!" produced a similar response. By the time we got to the ROUS (Rodents of Unusual Size), our kids were grinning with the particular delight of cracking a previously mystifying code. They were in on the joke, and they liked it.
Language is much more than grammar and syntax. It is layer upon layer of collective memory and shared meaning, so that simple phrases like, "Houston, we have a problem," "Et tu, Brute?," "Remember the Alamo," or even "Yada, yada, yada" can carry worlds of meaning. You can't master a dialect without also learning the culture in which it is embedded.
In my quest to learn the "Gospel Language," I have often been oblivious to the shared experience assumed by the biblical writers. Jesus and his earliest followers were Jews; they held in their collective memory a particular story of a particular people, loaded with mutually understood points of reference. When I've read the New Testament only dimly aware of the symbolic world of the Old Testament, I've barely skimmed the surface of an ocean of meaning.
Certainly, I've grasped that Jesus' choice of 12 disciples has something to do with Yahweh's calling of the 12 tribes of Israel. But until recently, I remained oblivious to the way his ...1
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Imagine a farming technique that excludes the use of soil, tools and manual labor.
"The way I farm now is 10 times easier. I use to get the tiller, dig up holes in the soil. It just got to be really really hard. The way that I do it is really a lot easier," said 55-year-old Thibodaux resident Johhny McCullum said.
Imagine a farming technique that excludes the use of soil, tools and manual labor.
"The way I farm now is 10 times easier. I use to get the tiller, dig up holes in the soil. It just got to be really really hard. The way that I do it is really a lot easier," said 55-year-old Thibodaux resident Johhny McCullum said.
Farmers like McCullum are practicing what has become known as hydroponic farming, a method of growing plants in nutrient solutions in water without the use of soil. Some of the first examples of hydroponics were the hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Floating Gardens of China centuries ago.
"Hydroponics come from Greek words," said Chauvin farmer Lee Fontenot, McCullum's nephew. "'Hydro' means water and 'ponics' means to work so you get 'water works.' "
Fontenot began experimenting with hydroponic farming about nine to 10 years ago. Since his childhood, he said he has always had an interest in farming. About a year and a half ago, Fontenot decided he wanted to go commercial.
"I went to Disney World and they had this ride that explained what hydroponics was, and I started doing research and built my own hobby-sized hydroponic stations," he said. "Later, I heard about this commercial hydroponic class out of South Carolina. I went and learned everything I needed to know."
It took Fontenot five months to build his own well-equipped greenhouse with the help of family and friends.
Fontenot's specialty is bibb lettuce, also known as butterhead lettuce. He, along with his wife and sometimes family members and friends, harvests about 2,000 heads of lettuce every five weeks.
"Lettuce is a quick turnaround. Five weeks after we were done building the greenhouse, I was able to make an income," he said.
One of the perks of hydroponic farming is a 50 percent faster plant growth. A normal plant grows in stages of root to leaf. When growing in soil, the root has to fight through the soil to find nutrients to grow, taking longer to harvest. With hydroponics, the plants use less energy to find the nutrients as they are dissolved in the water that is fed directly to the roots.
Fonetnot said hydroponic farmers also use less water than traditional farmers, and they do not have to worry about leaving a carbon foot print.
"Recycling water is a huge factor," Fontenot said. "I use 10 percent less water used in fields. There is no runoff or evaporation."
Fontenot created a systematic water system using the city's water mixed with a nutrient recipe scientists from Clemson University in Alabama made for him. The seeds are bedded in rock wool, made from volcano rock, for about 12 to 14 days and then sent to the main channel for 14 to 20 days.
"The water the plants don't use is recycled back into the tank," Fontenot said.
Hydroponic farmers also do not have to worry about using pesticides to keep the bugs away, Fontenot said
Fontenot said the plants growing in greenhouses are usually bug free, resulting in a cleaner and healthier product.
You can find Fontenot's product, marked LA Hydroponics, in your local Rouses Supermarket and at restaurants such as La Casa del Sol and Cafe Dominique in Houma.
McCullum does his farming a little different.
"I do outdoor hydroponics, and I am getting ready to do indoor," McCullum said.
McCullum is in his second year of hydroponic farming. He grows tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, green onions, broccoli, cabbage and eggplant.
McCullum's system is similar to Fontenot's, but it's based outside, and he uses a natural soluble fertilizer rather than a nutrient solution mix in his water.
"I use one-gallon to two-gallon black pots called grow buckets. The buckets are filled up with perlite, little white pebbles or volcano rock. There is a timer connected to the pump that is set to feed the plants seven times a day," he said.
McCullum is growing up to 800 plants now. He said his harvest depends on the growth time of each vegetable but has seen many bountiful harvests.
"I walk around and can pick a fresh tomato every day. It's amazing," he said.
The only problems McCullum said he runs into with his system being outside is the weather and some pests.
"The weather affects the harvest sometimes. You sometimes have to pick the vegetables before a hard freeze. The rain gives them a beating too," he said.
McCullum said he has to use pesticides for his plants but not nearly as much as he would if he planted in soil. He just recently built a greenhouse and said he will be moving his tomatoes inside and will harvest them year round.
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When people have a issue with Firefox I've seen many people will resort to deleting their old profile (or folder) and creating a new one. This works but doing this will get rid of any passwords, history, bookmarks… therein. Having used Firefox quite a bit creating a new profile from time to time is a good idea anyhow as cruft, bad extensions, … can slow down browsing.
Copying the Firefox configs can be done by:
cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/
Backup the old profile and profile list:
mv xxxxxxxx.default{,.bck} mv profiles.ini{,.bck}
Create a new profile:
firefox -CreateProfile <profilename>
This command will return the name of the new folder. Copy the basic settings to the new profile:
cd *.default.bck cp places.sqlite key3.db cookies.sqlite mimeTypes.rdf formhistory.sqlite signons.sqlite permissions.sqlite webappsstore.sqlite persdict.dat content-prefs.sqlite ../*.<profilename>
This will transfer the bookmarks, browsing history, form entries, passwords, personal dictonary changes, and page zooms. There might be a couple other things wanted to add (possibly your firefox preferences), take a look at Transferring data to a new profile for more information.


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It's also along the lines of pirating music. Essentially you'd be pirating this game.
IncandescentLight wrote:Think of it this way: the fees you are paying in farmville will be going into the salaries of the programmers who have toiled to construct that game. It's simple economics: An exchange of a good/service (which is the pleasure of playing farmville) for a medium of exchange(money). Essentially, you are paying for the resources which have gone into the production of that game. So all in all, it's a fair exchange.
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LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today signed legislation allowing parents to waive their right to sue if their child is injured while playing organized sports or participating in other recreational activities.
House Bill 4231, sponsored by state Rep. John Walsh, is needed because the Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that current state law does not allow parents to give up the right to sue on behalf of an injured child, even if a parent signed a liability waiver. In making the ruling, the court asked lawmakers to address the issue with legislation.
"When parents give their children permission to play organized sports, they understand that there is an inherent risk involved. Without this protection, community organizations and coaches have no way of defending themselves from lawsuits that may results from normal activity," the governor said.
A parent who signs a liability waiver may still sue for negligence.
H.B. 4231 is now Public Act 61 of 2011.
Source: Governor Snyder's office


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Sternberg to Start the Rays "Baby Steps"
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Well, Sternberg's certainly sets a new tone for the stadium discussion. He's on the record – the Rays are willing to leave downtown St. Pete for a more convenient stadium location. Pinellas County is on the clock.
Pinellas is on the clock,but they also have a advantage of having a hotel taxthat can be "ammended" and transported to use vy 2015, which Hillsborough will not be able to accomplish.
Still think it is the Pinellas/St. Pete region's team location to lose. A lot of talk and designs to go before it is all said and done….And more thna a few dozen posts on the location and design of the stadium.
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This silence by the team went on as long as they could get away with it. It came to a point where something, anything had to be brought out into the open as the National and local media were feeding us BS by the truckloads.
"He said, She said"seemed to be the order of the day, and even then, it was based on rumor, speculation and a hint of self promotional propaganda.
This is Day One, and it will all end before 2027. Most likely, around 2012 or 2013 a breakthough, or a significant move will be made and the decisaion will be simple for both sides….
Never read the RFB Cowbell blog….Is that the guy I was going to write jointly with until Idecided to pull out of the collaberation? I thinkit is…Our styles just did not mesh
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I know there are a couple of locations on the table…I just really hope Sternberg and the "municipal posse" can get it done for you guys. Reading it here and on RFB's Cowbell is the first I heard of this…so I'm terribly interested in what he had to say also.


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Sheriff Benny Deloach reports that on February 24, deputies with the Appling County Sheriff's Department investigated a one-vehicle accident on Red Oak Road. Upon arrival, officers found that James Gregory Morris, 52, of Baxley, had run off the roadway resulting in a fatality.
The accident has been turned over to the Georgia State Patrol for further investigation.
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God Body Disconnect - Dredge Portals (2016)
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Band: God Body Disconnect
Album title: Dredge Portals
Release date: 12 January 2016
Label: Cryo Chamber
Bruce Moallem makes his debut with a highly versatile release, probably the most unexpected so far from Cryo Chamber. Dredge Portals encompasses many different musical styles. While clearly rooted in dark ambient the use of guitars, a variety of different drones, and a vocalized narrative, push the boundaries of dark ambient to its very limits touching on a post-rock feel reminiscent of artists like This Will Destroy You. While we have heard vocals in previous releases from Cryo Chamber, this is the first time that an artist vocalizes a real recurring narrative throughout the album. Dredge Portals is one of the most cinematic releases yet from Cryo Chamber, and the most successful use of narration so far in a dark ambient release from any label.
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Biotechnology Industry Organization Joins Coalition of Small Business Innovators
BIO and the Coalition of Small Business Innovators (CSBI) Encourages a Tax Code that Promotes Economic Growth and Creates Jobs
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced it has joined the Coalition of Small Business Innovators (CSBI). CSBI is a national, non-partisan coalition of organizations dedicated to stimulating sustained, private investment in small, highly innovative companies focused on the development of new technologies.
BIO represents over 1,100 biotech innovators in all 50 states. Nationwide, these biotech firms employ 1.61 million Americans and support an additional 3.4 million jobs, according to Battelle. Emerging biotech companies face a decade-long, billion-dollar R&D timeline, virtually all of which must be funded by private investors. These companies often have no product revenue to fund their search for breakthrough therapies, so the tax code is of vital importance in order to spur investment in lifesaving R&D. In addition to lowering the corporate tax rate and the enactment of a competitive territorial tax system, Congress should take steps, through tax reform, to incentivize investment in innovative small companies like emerging biotechs and support the development of next generation technologies.
"BIO is pleased to join the Coalition of Small Business Innovators and strongly supports the Coalition's efforts to spur innovation through the tax code," said Jim Greenwood, BIO President and CEO. "BIO is proud to partner with the wide array of research-intensive industries in the Coalition of Small Business Innovators and looks forward to working with the Coalition and Congress to enact tax legislation that promotes innovative R&D by growing biotech companies."
The Coalition's legislative objectives are to modernize the current U.S. tax code to recognize and promote small business innovation as fundamental to the long-term growth of the U.S. economy. The Coalition's objectives are:
– Stimulating private capital for research by relaxing the passive activity loss rules in Section 469 for small research-intensive companies
– Removing financing restrictions in Section 382 to allow small companies to retain their net operating losses generated by R&D expenditures
– Improving capital gains treatment for small research-intensive companies by changing the gross assets test in order for these companies to qualify for Section 1202
The Coalition supports a U.S. tax code that recognizes innovation as a crucial part of the 21st century American economy and believes that, by itself, a lower corporate tax rate will not support growth and innovation in America's small businesses, many of which are pre-revenue. The Coalition advocates for policymakers to both lower the corporate rate and to specifically promote innovative pre-revenue research-intensive businesses through incentives which spur private investment, encouraging other companies, individuals, and funds to invest in small companies and support their research.
Coalition members include: Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO), Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF), CONNECT, Electricity Storage Association (ESA), Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA), Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA), National Council for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM), Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO), TechAmerica, and the Water Innovations Alliance (WIA).
Learn More: http://www.smallbusinessinnovators.org
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world's largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtechNOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling "innovations transforming our world."
Learn More: http://www.biotech-now.org/
Upcoming BIO Events
World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
June 16-19, 2013
Montreal, Canada
BIO Investor Forum
October 8-9, 2013
San Francisco, CA
BIO IPCC Conference
November 6-8, 2013
Washington, DC
BIO Convention in China
November 11-13, 2013
Beijing, China
Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioenergy
December 8-11, 2013
San Diego, CA
BIO CEO & Investor Conference
February 10 – 11, 2014
New York, NY
SOURCE: Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)


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The way Alex Benepe remembers it, his roommate's idea to make quidditch more than a broom-riding fantasy confined to books and the big screen began as only a passing thought as they stared out their dorm window at the vast field known as "Battell Beach."
He and Xander Manshel were freshmen at Middlebury College in Vermont in 2005, staring at the field ironically named in the chilly, landlocked state. Manshel was bored with the Sunday tradition of bocce ball and was looking for a change.
"We were really lucky. It was really the perfect place to start quidditch," Benepe said.
Now, eight years later, the fictional game once only played by characters in the popular "Harry Potter" books is played at more than 1,000 college campuses on three continents.
Manshel scribbled down a makeshift rulebook based in part on the books and elements of lacrosse, rugby and dodge ball. Intramural matches began at Middlebury in 2007.
Benepe founded the International Quidditch Association three years later, and the game is now played in North America, Europe and Australia. He is now the IQA commissioner.
Saturday and Sunday in Kissimmee, IQA will host 80 teams and more than 1,600 players for its annual World Cup event. The first three were at Middlebury, and the past two were held in New York.
Of more than 300 active co-ed teams globally, about 250 pay team dues of $150 to IQA and travel for matches.
That's quite an evolution from its ragtag beginnings, Benepe said: Garbage cans once served as hoops, with some players fashioning capes out of towels taped to their shirts.
"One guy wore his high school graduation robe. Another kid thought you had to bring your own broom, and he couldn't find one. So he grabbed a lamp from his dormitory and was running around on a lamp. It was real thrown together," Benepe said.
Not anymore.
Now players spend anywhere from a few hundred bucks for basic equipment to several hundred for the top-of-the-line stuff at the World Cup.
Also, the majority of teams competing at this level have official uniforms names paying homage to the book series, like the Silicon Valley Skrewts and the Melbourne Manticores.
Spectators will find many of the same features from the books. Players throw balls or "quaffles" through ringed hoops for points and even can chase and capture the "snitch" to end matches.
And in case any Harry Potter diehards are wondering, yes, all the players also must maneuver around on broomsticks during gameplay. Much like the ability to dunk a basketball is restricted to a gifted few, however, real-life quidditch players have yet to take flight.
As far as the players, there are those like Brian Nackasha, a 26-year-old beater for Brevard Community College's team, who said he listens to the Potter books daily on audio.
But the game isn't just embraced by "Harry Potter" enthusiasts. In fact, there are several players at this weekend's event who consider themselves novices and just enjoy the athletic aspect.
"We have people on our team that have never read the books or seen the movies, so it travels the whole spectrum," said University of Ottawa team founder Clare Hutchinson. "Quidditch is not necessarily all about Harry Potter anymore."
Hutchinson, 22, said she never played any team sports before quidditch, only previously participating in things such as skiing and horseback riding. She and her teammates even reorganized their final exams just to participate in the World Cup.
She said the camaraderie is worth it, though.
"We've deferred dozens of exams for this trip," she said. "We had to make personal and academic sacrifices to make that choice, as well as the financial expense. ... People are really surprised at the seriousness we take it at."
For now, the IQA remains a nonprofit group and remains in contact with representatives for "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling to ensure no trademarks are violated.
Although IQA has been approached by some corporate entities about possible sponsorships, he said the aim is to make sure the group doesn't lose its grassroots appeal.
"The sport has really changed a lot of people's lives for the better," Benepe said. "People are turning into lifetime friends. I'm now good friends with people who have been playing quidditch for five or six years.
"It's really like one big family."
Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at https://twitter.com/khightower .


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Daily Record
Wednesday arrests
2:40 p.m. At the 1700 block of First Avenue, a 25-year-old Greeley man on failure to register as a sex offender.
6:34 p.m. At 9th St. and Roosevelt Ave., a 20-year-old Fort Collins man on a warrant for parole violation and possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana.
10:48 p.m. At the 200 block of West Fourth Street, a 58-year-old Loveland man on violation of a protection order.
Other notable items
2 p.m. Shoplift coop at Walgreens North, 3690 N. Garfield Ave.
3 p.m. Hit-and-run at E. 11th St. and N. Boise Ave.
3 p.m. Warrant at Larimer County Court, 810 E. 10th St.
4 p.m. Motor vehicle accident non-injury at Centerra Parkway and East Eisenhower Boulevard
4 p.m. Theft at Lincoln Elementary, 3312 N. Douglas Ave.
4 p.m. Vandalism at 1715 Silver Leaf Dr.
5 p.m. Motor vehicle accident non-injury, Buchanan Ave. and E. 29th St.
5 p.m. Motor vehicle accident non-injury at W. 1st St. and N. Taft Ave.
6 p.m. Motor vehicle accident non-injury at W. Eisenhower Blvd. and N. Garfield Ave.
6 p.m. Warrant at W. 10th St. and N. Colorado Ave.
7 p.m. Warrant at the Loveland Police Station, 810 E. 10th St.
10 p.m. Restraining order violation at E. 1st St. and N. Railroad Ave.
6 a.m. Criminal trespass at 1962 Piney River Dr.
7 a.m. Motor vehicle accident non-injury at W. 8th St. and No. Taft Ave.
9 a.m. Criminal trespass at 1965 Maroon Peak Pl.
1 p.m. Assault at 1100 E.5th St.
1 p.m. Criminal trespass at Safeway Downtown, 860 N. Cleveland Ave.
1p.m. Theft at 936 Johnson Ave.
If you have information about any crime, call Larimer County Crime Stoppers at 221-6868.


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Comedy Central
President Barack Obama and Jon Stewart.
After weeks of listening to Jon Stewart cheer, cajole, criticize, and generally fuss over the state of his campaign, President Barack Obama showed up to "The Daily Show" on Thursday and got the chance to speak for himself in person rather than through cable news soundbites.
The president and Stewart talked about issues domestic and foreign, with jokes mixed into the generally serious conversation. But Stewart started by asking what he's asked on the air since the day it happened ... what went wrong for Obama during that first debate?
"Sometimes I'll go onstage and have an open-faced turkey sandwich and a shot of NyQuil, and halfway through I'll look up and say 'Are we on?'" Stewart said, offering his own excuse for the occasional sub-par night.
But Obama wasn't blaming his diet or big pharma.
"Obviously I had an off night. The presentation wasn't what it needed to be," he said. "But the issues haven't changed -- the stakes of this election are really big. Governor Romney makes a good presentation, but the fundamentals of what he's calling for are the same policies that got us into this mess, that we've been fighting against for the past four years, trying to dig our way out of."
Obama stressed the accomplishments of his first term, such as ending the war in Iraq, health care reform, bailing out the auto industry, and aggressively fighting al-Qaeda. He placed some of the blame on the Republicans for not being able to do more.
"We could be growing even faster than we have if Governor Romney's allies in Congress would move on some of the things we've recommended."
"We ended the war in Iraq. We're ending the war in Afghanistan. We've gone after al-Qaeda and its leadership. It's true that al-Qaeda is still active, at least sort of remnants of it are staging in other parts of North Africa and the Middle East. Sometimes you've got to make some tough calls, but you can do so in a way that's consistent with international law and with American law," Obama said.
Stewart also asked about the recent attack in Libya that killed the American ambassador, and Romney's assertion that the White House came back with a confusing response.
"We weren't confused about the fact that four Americans had been killed. I wasn't confused about the fact that we needed to ramp up diplomatic security around the world right after it happened. I wasn't confused about the fact that we had to investigate exactly what happened so it gets fixed. And I wasn't confused about the fact that we're going to hunt down whoever did it and bring them to justice," Obama said.
"What I have always tried to do is make sure we get all the facts, figure out what went wrong, and make sure it doesn't happen again. We're still in that process now. Every piece of information that we get, as we got it we laid it out to the American people. The picture eventually gets fully filled in and we know exactly what happened, and then we know how to make sure we prevent it in the future," he added.
Not surprisingly, the President treated the interview like a stump speech, and he closed with a plea for people to go to the polls.
"Here's what I'll say to everybody who's watching -- the stakes on this could not be bigger. War, peace, the Supreme Court, a woman's right to choose, whether we're creating jobs in this country or whether they're getting shipped overseas, whether our kids are getting the best education they can. All that stuff is at stake. There is no excuse not to vote.
Of course, there was some humor mixed in with the political discourse.
Stewart expressed concerns about the president's plan to ask the rich to pay more taxes to help lower the deficit.
"Wait, this is the first I'm hearing about this. What is this about billionaires? What are you doing to us?" Stewart said. Clearly, being the host of "The Daily Show" pays well.
For his final question, Stewart noted that the interview had taken somewhere around 14 minutes. How many e-mails, Stewart asked, had the Obama campaign sent him during that time?
"It depends on whether you've maxed out," Obama said.
Come on, Jon! If you're a billionaire, what are a few thousand bucks among friends?
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**The giveaway is open internationally and closes on April 30th. The winner will be chosen at random and will be announced here and on Angel's channel at the beginning of May**
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Imagery of the AltarTibetan iconography adopts some Chinese symbolism—but often in a way that is distinctly Tibetan.
Symbols of Health, Wealth, and Domestic Felicity on the Four Doors on a Side Cabinet
Two cranes (1), Chinese symbols of longevity and immortality, wade in the water in a wooded glade filled with a highly stylized pine tree. Cranes migrate north-south passing through Tibet seasonally, heralding the changing of seasons, and marking celebratory events in the liturgical calendar.
Standing in a rocky landscape, this balding white-haired, long-bearded man (2) holds a staff that dangles a scroll and gourd as well as a red speckled fruit. Probably originating from one of the eight Daoist immortals of China (his Chinese name, fu, is a homonym for both "old man" and "wealth") Tibetans recognize this bearded old man as a symbol of longevity.
The man seated under a parasol (3) unfurling a roll of textiles in his lap most likely represents a successful merchant or trader. A golden or white vase (possibly representing porcelain) rests on a low table and a white scroll is partially unrolled next to a frame that suggests a kind of container used in trade. These goods (porcelain, paper, and textiles) may refer to the source of the original altar owner's wealth.
Like the mated pair of cranes, these two deer (4)—a stag and a doe—are not only symbols of domestic harmony between man and wife, but also the Chinese name for deer (lu) is a homonym for prosperity and good health.
Panels 1, 2, and 4 depict what Tibetans refer to as the Six Symbols of Long Life, namely an old man, rock, deer, cranes, water, and a highly stylized pine tree. Protector Deities on the Two Doors of a Side Cabinet
On the left side panel (5), an equestrian warrior holds up a white, red-trimmed, spear-topped banner and brandishes a riding crop. He is possibly the epic hero Ling Gesar or a protector deity such as a Dra-lha or Srung-ma class spirit. Such classes of martial spirits most likely pre-date Buddhism in Tibet, but were absorbed into the Tibetan-Buddhist pantheon as protectors. Another protector of this type appears on the right panel (6) astride a white horse. He wears a turban and a different style of armor, wields a sword, and makes a threatening hand gesture. Similar to warrior costume still used in contemporary Chinese opera, both warriors have distinctive banners protruding from their heads—a device that was intended to make them more ferocious on the battlefield. The multi-colored tri-lobed clouds surrounding both warriors (5 & 6) are derived from Chinese artistic motifs and are called ruyi in Chinese after an auspicious fungus. They represent wish-granting clouds and indicate the celestial nature of these deities. A standing woman and a seated man (5 & 6) each raises up a white offering scarf (called a khatak in Tibetan) to these fierce warriors. The scarf-offering demonstrates fealty from the lay household to these deities.


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HDMI Signal Booster - HDMI Extender - 4K 60Hz
Use this repeater to amplify your 4K HDMI signal and extend it 30 ft. using a standard HDMI cable
Product ID: HDBOOST4K
- Astonishing picture quality with support for 4K (60Hz) at up to 30 ft. (10 m) away from your video source
- Backward compatible with 1080p resolutions at up to 115 ft. (35 m) away from your video source
- Discreet installation with no external power adapter required
- Works at varying distances up to 115 ft. (35 m) with a built-in equalization switch
- Works with two standard HDMI cables
- Supports HDCP 2.2
- Supports 7.1 surround sound audio
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|Cable length
from source
|Cable length
to display
|Total cable length
|50 ft. (15 m)
|65 ft. (20 m)
|115 ft. (35 m)
|1080p (60 Hz) - 1920x1080
|32 ft. (10 m)
|50 ft. (15 m)
|82 ft. (25 m)
|4K (30 Hz) - 3840x2160
|15 ft. (5 m)
|15 ft. (5 m)
|30 ft. (10 m)
|4K (60 Hz) - 3840x2160
Maintains Ultra HD 4K video signals at 60Hz
When you're extending HDMI over distances using standard video cabling, higher resolutions from your HDMI 2.0 devices can become unavailable after a few feet. Using this HDMI signal booster ensures that HDMI 2.0 resolutions up to UHD 4K at 60Hz are available even at distances up to 30 ft. (10 m).
You can achieve even longer distances at lower resolutions -- up to 4K at 30Hz, at up to 82 ft. (25 m), and 1080p at 60Hz at up to 115 ft. (35 m).
Easy and discreet installation
With its small form factor design and no external power adapter, the HDMI booster is easy to hide, for a discreet installation. By extending your video signal using standard HDMI cables, the 4K booster is a cost-effective alternative to more expensive extension systems that require the installation of a CAT5 or CAT6 cabling infrastructure.
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The booster makes it easy to adjust your HDMI signal strength based on the distance of your cables, with equalization adjustment buttons. This means that you can adjust the amplification of your HDMI signal, to ensure your signal will be flawless.
Support for a variety of extension distances makes the booster perfect for multi-device deployment across large institutions, such as boardrooms in corporate offices, classrooms in schools, or waiting rooms in hospitals, as these applications may require varied distances in different rooms.
Note: To achieve resolutions up to 4K60, your video source, display and cabling must support HDMI 2.0.
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Product Numbers
Ingram Austria
UPC Code
Technical Specifications
|Warranty Information
|2 Years
|AV Input
|AV Output
|Max Distance
|35 m / 115 ft
|Maximum Cable Length
|35 m [114.8 ft]
|Maximum Digital Resolutions
|At 10 m
Up to 4K at 60Hz
At 25 m
Up to 4K at 30Hz
At 35 m
Up to 1080p
|Supported Resolutions
|3840x2160 (4K), 2560x1600, 1920x1200, 1920x1080 (1080p), 1280x720 (720p)
|Wide Screen Supported
|Connector A
|1 - HDMI (19 pin) Female Input
|Connector B
|1 - HDMI (19 pin) Female Output
|LED Indicators
|1 - Power LED
|Power Source
|20°C to 80°C (68°F to 176°F)
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 35°C (32°F to 95°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-5°C to 40°C (23°F to 104°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Product Height
|1.5 cm [0.6 in]
|Product Length
|56 mm [2.2 in]
|Product Width
|46 mm [1.8 in]
|Weight of Product
|150 g [5.3 oz]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|46 mm [1.8 in]
|Package Length
|15.7 cm [6.2 in]
|Package Width
|10.1 cm [4 in]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|0.2 kg [0.4 lb]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - HDMI signal booster
|1 - 5 ft [1.5 m] USB power cable
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Product Support
Data Sheets
Frequently Asked Questions
Before You Buy
Yes, this video extender works with set-top boxes, provided the set-top box meets the following requirements:
- The set-top box must be High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) compliant.
- The set-top box must support devices being connected between the video source and display. If the set-top box requires a direct cable connection between the video source and display, it won't work with this video extender.
HDMI 2.0 offers some new features that were not available with the HDMI 1.4 standard, including the following:
- 4K resolution (4096x2160) at 60 Hz
- 21:9 aspect ratio support
- Four audio streams
- High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) version 2.2
Although HDMI 2.0 is backwards compatible with older HDMI standards, newer HDMI devices need to support HDCP 2.2 in order to display new content. If you use an HDMI device that only supports HDCP 2.0, an error will be displayed when you try to display content that has HDCP 2.2.
This device is plug and play. It does not use any drivers, and does not require any setup tasks other than plugging in the source (for example, a computer) and the destination (for example, a monitor).
To get the highest quality signal from your source to your display when you use an HDMI extender, do the following:
Make sure that the HDMI versions of the source, extender, and destination are compatible. For example, if you require 3D support, make sure that all of the devices can support 3D over HDMI.
Use the least amount of adapters, splitters, or converters as possible. Each device that you use in your setup creates additional points of potential failure and creates more steps for an HDCP key to hop through, which may cause issues with older displays. For more information on HDCP, refer to the following FAQ: http://www.startech.com/faq/video_signal_converters_HDCP.
Use an HDMI extender that exceeds the requirements of the setup. For example, if you need to extend the signal 200 feet, it is best to use an extender capable of more than 200 feet.
Make sure that all of the CAT 5/6 runs are as straight as possible, with the least amount of coiling.
Make sure that all of the patches, wall jacks, and cables use the highest possible CAT specification, (for example, CAT 6), and were tested to conform to the standard.
Use patches, wall jacks, and cables with the same pin configuration. For more information on T568A versus T568B wiring, refer to the following FAQ: http://www.startech.com/faq/network_cables_a_vs_b_pinout.
Keep the cabling away from sources of high noise.
Make sure that you use adequate electrical grounding in your setup.
When you troubleshoot issues with a video extender, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
Video and Ethernet cables
Video extender
Video source (such as a DVD player or computer)
Video destination (such as a monitor or projector)
Note: When you are testing setup components, you should avoid using video adapters. For example, if you are converting a VGA source to HDMI for use with an HDMI extender, you should use an HDMI source when you test the components.
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the cable, video extender, video source, and video destination in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different cable, video extender, video source, and video destination in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the video source and video destination, it is recommended that you do the following:
Remove the video extender from your setup and test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together without the video extender.
Test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together at the resolution that you want to use.
Note: In order for your setup to work properly, the video source, extender, and destination all need to support the resolution that you are using.
Compliance and Safety
Compliance Letters
Safety Measures
- If product has an exposed circuit board, do not touch the product under power.
- If Class 1 Laser Product. Laser radiation is present when the system is open.
- Wiring terminations should not be made with the product and/or electric lines under power.
- Product installation and/or mounting should be completed by a certified professional as per the local safety and building code guidelines.
- Cables (including power and charging cables) should be placed and routed to avoid creating electric, tripping or safety hazards.
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It's off-season at the lodge on the southern edge of the Serengeti. No rain, no plants, no animals. They're coming, but they aren't here yet. Millions of herbivores follow the clouds from Kenya to Tanzania each year. Photos in the lobby show us what to expect: large numbers of gnus, gazelles and giraffes just a stone's throw away, and big cats too. They stick close to the vegetarians, moving on when they do. Except for a single lioness who stayed behind. She has been sneaking around the lodge ever since, living on who knows what. Chickens? Guest's garbage? Guests? Lisa and I are the only ones here. We're staying in an economy cottage about 50 paces from the main house. To our left, more cottages. To our right, the savanna, the acacias, the darkness – and perhaps the lioness. The cottages are guarded by a middle-aged Massai. But he doesn't have a gun or even a spear. His only weapon is a stick. And good eyes. He peers intently into the night as we pass by. Jumps up. Strides purposefully toward something that has moved in the dark. Everything's okay when he gets back. I think about this while lying in bed: the Massai striding toward a hungry predator that could have torn him to pieces in an instant, although it looks like the opposite is about to happen … We know it won't, but the dumb beast doesn't. She's a victim of her reflexes. What runs away, gets eaten; what stands still, usually does, too. But what advances aggressively is generally not prey. The Massai's confidence, purposeful air and look chased her away, not his big stick. What has this experience taught me? Two things: You should always face up to a lion. And: Dominance is key.
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Sonoma Raceway in Northern California's Napa wine region is one of the country's faster and more technical tracks. It's high speed turns aren't the place you want to lose control of a $70k sports coupé, so we tried to keep something in reserve as we reacquainted ourselves of the track's blind brows and challenging esses.
In these situations, we were glad to find the RS5's seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic transmission – its paddles allowing rapid changes without interrupting the flow of power to all four wheels, or you needing to relinquish your grip on the thick-rimmed, flat-bottomed steering wheel.
However, its presence perhaps signaled the end of manual options for the Audi RS range. In a conversation with Stephan Reil, Head of Development for quattro GmbH, we asked whether a manual had been considered for the car: he indicated the dual-clutch was a better solution; "You can just put it in D and go, or put it in S, and you have a manual mode, depending on how you feel. This gives you the perfect options." he told us.
So would we see a manual transmission in any future RS models? "No, not really. It's expensive to develop both and we've seen a sharp decline in manual TT RS sales, so everything will be dual-clutch in future."
As far as tuning is concerned, Reil indicated there was some extra torque capacity built into the transmission but wasn't sure it could withstand a supercharger installation, for example. However, he did point out every RS model completes an 8000km endurance test on the Nürburgring before it is signed off, emphasizing how the RS5 was perfectly prepared for track days in stock form.
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While Audi's speed-sensitive steering can feel slightly artificial on the road, the racetrack perfectly demonstrated the virtues of selecting the Dynamic driving mode, with its sharper settings for the throttle, steering, shifting and diff, plus a louder exhaust.
With its enormous potential, the racetrack was perhaps the only place we could safely explore the RS5's incredible abilities, such as the huge front brakes with eight-piston calipers and 365mm rotors (six-piston/380mm ceramic brakes are an option). The wave rotor design was borrowed from the motorcycle industry and helps reduce unsprung weight by 9 lb per corner without affecting braking performance.
Besides its 4000 lb mass, it was the 450hp at 8250rpm that put the most demands on these brakes. The 4.2L V8 shares few components with the previous B7 RS4's motor of the same capacity. Revving to a heady 8500rpm, we were all bouncing off the rev limiter out of the pits, as it spun up with alacrity. Its lack of torque less noticeable in this environment, but the seven closely stacked gears kept you in the sweet spot.
Digging into the throttle was an interesting experience. It seemed to have several stages, with each push unleashing additional performance. In manual mode, the transmission won't shift up without you, but would
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And blipping is a very popular sport among RS5 drivers. During our drive, nobody missed a chance to change down and hear the V8. It's a menacing Nascar noise that rivals the C63 and outshines the discreet M3. At high RPM, the RS5 takes on a more urgent note; the perfect soundtrack to a summer track day – rich and full of intent.
Our US cars don't get adjustable suspension; crash requirements necessitating different rear bumper internals that eradicate the system's mounting points. Instead, we get one good set up, which was something we always liked about the previous RS4 – suspension done right the first time. Yes, it's a little firm but it's a 174mph coupé: it's supposed to be. Compared to a modern coilover set-up, this is comfortable and compliant. We liked it.
Priced at $68900, the Audi RS5 is significantly higher on paper than the aging M3 or C63 AMG Coupe. But put that into perspective because the Audi is more economical than both, so doesn't have a gas guzzler tax on top. It's also extremely well equipped, putting it on par with the Merc if you match specification, yet neither competitor can offer quattro traction in winter.
Although this RS won't be a limited edition like the RS4, don't expect to see many on the road. But when you do, it'll certainly make a big impression. Its quattro-style fenders don't have the authority of the original, overshadowed by the single-frame grille with its honeycomb mesh and giant intakes.
The rear bumper has a distinctive mesh section that wraps around the twin oval exhausts, and has a slim spoiler that raises from the trunk above 75mph (lowering at 50mph).
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There are few stateside arrivals we've anticipated more than the RS5. It's the first model to successfully mimic the look and feel of the revolutionary Ur quattro: a car that changed modern motoring. And while the RS5 won't win the same accolades, it will win a devoted fan base of Audi aficionados who will fall for its poised chassis, wonderful engine, head-turning looks, perfect interior and high-tech gadgets.
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Front-mounted, longitudinal engine, AWD
4163cc V8 DOHC FSI direct injection, Audi valvelift system
Seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch with AWD
Five-link front, Sports diff, speed-sensitive electro-mechanical steering
Eight-piston calipers, 365mm wave rotors f, four-piston, 324mm r
Wheels & Tires
19x9", 265/35 R19 summer tires
MSRP: from $68900
Power: 450hp at 8250rpm
Torque: 317 lb-ft at 4000rpm
0-60mph: 4.5sec
Top speed: 174mph
Weight: 4009 lb
Economy: 16/23/18 city/highway/combined (est)