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Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has endorsed Gautam Gambhir's view that India should play on spinning wickets while hosting teams like England and Australia.
Faced with severe criticism by the Indian media for failing to handle the pace and bounce of the Australian tracks, Gambhir had insisted that the Aussies would sweat on turners in the sub-continent. And Akram also feels the same.
"I always believe in home advantage. If Australia rely on green pitches then the sub-continent teams can make turning tracks too. There is nothing wrong with that," said Akram.
The 45-year-old also felt that even England also could win only at home.
England, who defeated India 4-0 at home last year to snatch the No.1 tag from them, are now trailing Pakistan 0-2 in the ongoing three-match Test series in the UAE.
"It's (World No.1) a very misleading number," Akram told 'espnstar.com'.
"England are lions only at home. Their weaknesses are always exposed on foreign tours.
A top side is one that can handle every condition. West Indies did it in the 1970s and 80s. Pakistan did it for while under Imran Khan, when we were playing. Australia have done that in the 1990s," he added.
Stating that he was "proud of Pakistan", Akram said, "After going through a lot of trouble and being slammed by the media, they are back to winning ways. I always believed that Pakistan have the talent and the ability and now they have answered the British media who were overtly critical of them."
England are in danger of losing the top spot if they lose the third Test. India have dropped to No.3 after their 0-4 whitewash but Akram said he didn't believe in rankings.
"The rankings may be of interest to the ICC or to the fans but I don't read much into them. For the players and for people who understand the game, it's about performance.
If you consistently perform well at home and abroad, then you are good. If not, then there is no use of being No.1 or 2."
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After months of waiting, it's clear Porsche is really progressing the testing and development program of the Porsche 918 Spyder. We've seen videos of it on the Ring and now Porsche has released pictures of the 918 in Martini Racing colors, celebrating the successful partnership between Porsche and the Italian brand that we love so much.
Not only is this awesome, but it's a history lesson, too. The Porsche 917 wore Martini livery in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1971 where the Martini colors became famous.
The ultimate goal for the 918, though? To run a faster lap around the Nordschleife than 7:22. If this is the future of hybrids, sign us up.
In the mean time, take a look at this spec list:
|Two-seater Spyder; carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) monocoque interlocked with CFRP unit carrier; two-piece Targa roof; fixed roll-over protection system.
|Parallel full hybrid; 4.6-litre V8 mid-engine with dry-sump lubrication; hybrid module with electric motor and decoupler; electric motor with decoupler and gear unit on front axle; electrical system recuperation; four cooling circuits for motors, transmission and battery; thermal management.
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~ 90 kW (hybrid module on rear axle)
~ 80 kW (electric motor on front axle)
> 770 hp (combined)
|Double-wishbone front axle; electro-mechanical power steering; multi-link rear axle with adaptive electro-mechanical system for individual rear wheel steering; optional electro-pneumatic lift system on front axle.
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|Lithium-ion battery with 6.8 kWh capacity (BOL nominal), 202 kW maximum power and mains-compatible plug-in charger.
|Top speed > 325 km/h
purely electric > 150 km/h
Acceleration: 0 – 100 km/h < 3.0 s
|Consumption (NEDC):
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During a five hour cell phone diagnostic phone call with Dell, for my new Inspiron 1545 laptop, I was told,
"Why don't you just get on high speed. Only 10% of the population are still on Dialup, you know."
This was probably in response to my "I'm returning this laptop, and placing it !$^%$%@^." No, not really, I try to be polite, until they drive me to the point where I am so frustrated that I begin to yell. The good news on that is that I did not have to walk my treadmill yesterday as my heart rate surged numerous times during my five hour conversation.
My problem: Computer, external modem and AOL worked fine when I got it. I went on WiFi and came home and dialup will no longer work. Called Dell, their one intelligent tech, who is apparently on vacation, got me up and running again. Dialup worked. Then, I went on DSL, at library, and I have not been able to get on dialup since.
At that point, they had me over to a supervisor, I spoke to no less than five supervisors yesterday (and they say the government is full of waste), who again has me uninstall and reinstall AOL, for the 752th time. And, refuse to listen to the fact that I could get online with my external modem when I bought the machine until I went on WiFi at daughters and then they walked me through the fix and it was again working, then I went to the library and got on DSL and that was that.
He then proceeded to blame the problem on what I tried to do to fix the problem. Obviously, Dell technicians do not know that step B follows step A. It was broken first, you idiot, or I wouldn't have been trying to fix it.
So, this morning I decided to see just how many people are still on dial-up. I mean, although it is good fun, starting it up and going and doing the dishes as it starts and then pushing a button and going to dust as it goes to the site. I wouldn't know what to do with all my free time if I were on high speed. I might have to scrub the floor. Plus, I am one of 93 million Americans, or ONE-THIRD OF THE COUNTRY, who do NOT have high-speed internet in their homes, and so thoroughly enjoy it.
And, Mr. Dell Technician, that is 35% of Americans and NOT 10%. So, how bright are you? 35% of US Internet Still on Dialup And that is according to the FCC.
The upshot is: I have one choice. I am supposed to reformat my computer to restore it to Factory state. Then, at home I am to set Internet Connections to Dial Default. But, when I go anywhere near Wi-Fi or DSL, I must change Internet Connection settings to Never Dial or it will again get corrupted and I will have to reformat the computer yet again.
Hmmmm, now what if my neighbor gets WiFi??? That puts me at risk for again having to "restore my computer to Factory state" as I might not have had time to change my settings before they go on WiFi and my computer picked up their signal.
First, I really do not believe that would work. I'm sorry, I took a college Logic course and this just misses on so many points.
I am sure I face a future of reformating my computer every week when I come home from the library. Or, just giving up.
You'll have to excuse me, I am off to inform all my neighbors that they must warn me if they get Wi-Fi so I can change my settings.
Right after that, next time I go to the library, I shall try to figure out how to get this blog on RSS. I haven't a clue.


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VICTORIA — For a government that sought re-election on the promise, blazoned on the side of the campaign bus, of a "Debt-Free B.C.," the public accounts released this week provide a sobering reality check.
Total provincial debt as of March 31, the end of the last financial year: $60.693 billion.
Total provincial debt inherited by Christy Clark when she took the oath of office as premier in mid-March 2011: $45.154 billion.
Increase: $15.539 billion, or 34 per cent.
So in round numbers, the provincial debt has been growing by about $5 billion a year on Clark's watch, for an increase of about one third overall.
To what end?
The breakdown in the public accounts shows that the Clark-led Liberals have added about $3.2 billion in debt to cover shortfalls on the operating side, meaning the cost of providing programs and services on an annual basis.
But there'll be no need of that any more, now that the budget is balanced (indeed in surplus to the tune of $350 million) on the operating side.
The rest of the new debt, meaning most of it, was incurred to cover the cost of capital construction, meaning roads, bridges, schools, hospitals and other public infrastructure projects built and paid for over the long term.
Heading the list on the capital side was almost $4 billion in borrowing by BC Hydro, which is currently in the midst of a massive upgrade and refurbishing of its aging network of hydroelectric dams, transmission lines and generating stations.
The Clark government added $2.6 billion in debt to cover the outstanding costs of the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge, and another $2.1 billion for other road and bridge projects around the province.
The education sector incurred $1.5 billion worth of new debt, mostly for building new schools or earthquake-proofing old ones. The Liberals added a further $1.1 billion in debt to cover the provincial share of new hospital construction since Clark took office.
The rest, borrowings of another billion or so, funded construction of government buildings, social housing, the new roof on BC Place Stadium, and miscellaneous capital projects.
Infrastructure, as it is known. And certain to continue to soak up the borrowed dollars, given the myriad pressures on government to spend, as underscored by a couple of recent snapshots from the health sector.
"Patients have flooded Surrey Memorial Hospital's new emergency department, raising concerns the nine-month old facility may already be over capacity," as The Vancouver Sun reported on the front page one day last week.
This for a facility, part of a $512-million expansion at the Surrey hospital, where the premier herself cut the ribbon when it opened last Oct. 1. Since then, "the number of patients seeking treatment at Surrey's ER has jumped 27.5 per cent," according to the story by my colleague Rob Shaw.
Half a billion dollars on an upgrade and the centrepiece of the new facility is full before the year is out? Hard to believe, but there it was in the data from the Fraser Health Region.
Two days later, the Victoria Times Colonist produced more evidence of the unrelenting pressures for capital spending in the health care system.
"Construction started this week in Campbell River and Courtenay on two new North Island hospitals costing a total of $606.2 million," wrote the paper's Carla Wilson. "The hospitals are scheduled to begin accepting patients in the fall of 2017."
The story went on to note that a consultant had recommended construction of a single facility, located between the two communities.
But after a massive public outcry, the health authority went with the option of a 153-bed facility in Courtenay and a 95-bed hospital in Campbell River.
All part of a $9-billion capital program in the health care sector alone since the B.C. Liberals took office in 2001. In addition to the above-mentioned facilities, there are new or expanded hospitals in Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon, Burns Lake, Nanaimo, North Vancouver, Fort St. John, and Haida Gwaii. Plus the new cancer centre in Prince George, and the makeover for B.C. Children and Women's Hospital in Vancouver.
Not costed or scheduled are sought-after replacements for Royal Columbian, St. Paul's and Burnaby hospitals, among others.
Never mind the capital projects shopping lists in other sectors, including transit expansion, the bridge to replace the Massey tunnel, the myriad schools not yet given a seismic upgrade, or — to mention an example snatched from the week's headlines — the estimated $9-billion cost of shoring up the dikes along the Fraser River.
Given all those pressures, the government won't be shed of its propensity to borrow and spend in the capital sector any time soon. In his briefing on the public accounts this week, Finance Minister Mike de Jong did reference the few years in the past decade when the B.C. Liberals, borne aloft by resource revenues, were able to fund capital construction entirely from operating surpluses.
But there's none of that in the current fiscal plan. On the contrary, de Jong is projecting that the province will add a further $7 billion to the provincial debt over the next three years, topping out at $68 billion in time for the next election.
And there perhaps, is the next-time slogan for the Liberal campaign bus in this sequel-happy age: "Debt Free 2 — This Time We Mean It."
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katie and brandon | ohio engagement session
Thursday, April 15, 2010
A couple of weeks ago we met up with Katie and Brandon in Toledo, OH for their e-session! These two had a special place in the city picked out: The Oliver House. This is the spot where they first met a few years ago! We love photographing a couple in a place that means so much to them. Katie and Brandon were such a joy to work with. Up for anything and lots of laughs - gotta love that:o)
Thanks so much Katie and Brandon! Looking forward to your wedding this coming September!
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baby nick at 3 months | ohio baby photography
Thursday, April 8, 2010
In February we photographed Nick's 3 months session and he did great! It is always amazing to me how much they change in that short amount of time. His face is getting so round - LOVE it! And those baby blues, such a handsome little guy already. I think Lorie and Brad will have their hands full with both of their boys:o)
Can't believe how big Alex is! I remember photographing him when he was just Nick's size:o)
And one more of Alex b/c he is such a ham!
Thanks Baughmans! Cannot wait to see you all again next month:o)
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the threm family | indiana family photography
Monday, April 5, 2010
Earlier this year we traveled to Fort Wayne, IN for a home session with the Threm family. This family was such a pleasure to work with - incredibly laid back and up for anything, including moving around furniture for good light:o) Johanna and Dave have 3 precious kids - Zoe and the twins, Ilan and Evin. Their blue sofa really pulled out the beautiful blues in the eyes of these little ones.
Thanks so much Threm family! Sticky and I had so much fun getting to know your family!
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raegan and reed | ohio portrait photography
I thought I would continue the family theme with two of my other cousins, Raegan and Reed. I can remember these two being born, growing up and now I can hardly believe that one is about to be a high school senior and the other is wrestling in junior high! Raegan is such a sweet girl and always up for a photo shoot, which is great b/c I love photographing her. Reed on the other hand did not particularly enjoy the session but he humored us and really ended up doing a great job. I know their mom was excited about this session and we are so happy that we were able to do this for her.
Thanks again Raegan and Reed! Can't wait for your senior session this year Rae! :o)
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josh, ashley and jasmine | ohio portrait photography
My cousin Ashley and her boyfriend Josh wanted some images for their new home near Columbus, OH. We took this last November in the FREEZING COLD! LOL! But they were troopers, as I knew they would be. We also had the honor of meeting Josh's daughter Jasmine. She is such a grown up 10 year old and already a terrific model! We had a great time with these regardless of me stepping in something a little unpleasant and almost falling to my death down a set of stairs (for those of you who know me well none of this should surprise you, lol!).
Thanks so much Ashley, Josh and Jasmine! We hope to see all of you very soon!
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the conyers family | ohio family photography
Thursday, March 25, 2010
We had the pleasure of meeting Kasey Conyers, owner of Bliss Events, last summer at Engage!09 Caymans. We could not have been more thrilled when she contacted us this past winter for a portrait session of her gorgeous family. Kasey and her husband Shawn live in a home after my own heart in the wonderful Victorian Village of Columbus, OH. They have two very handsome and very intoxicating little boys, along with two hilarious bulldogs. We could not have had a better time with them and are looking forward to another session soon!
Asher, too cute for words:o)
Grey, G$, Funny Man - any name will do:o)
The whole family:o)
Thanks so much Conyers Family! This was so much fun!
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brianna | ohio senior photography
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
We had a wonderful time photographing Brianna! She has a great edgy style mixed with a bit of sportiness - she is a spectacular athlete! We ventured around town for this senior session and she was up for anything. We even encountered a small animal murder - I am pretty sure it phased me more than anyone else;o)
Thanks so much Brianna! You did an amazing job! Congrats on your senior year:o)
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Gauntlet II is the 1986 sequel to the arcade game Gauntlet which was released the previous year.
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What's the Coventry one about?Millwall was due to some trouble in the '70s wasn't it?
Bolton is a horrendous place.
Thi this this fucking this '.-.-.mipmip.-.-.'
Nearly ended up going to uni there
Millwall hate everyone don't they?I wouldn't worry about trouble. We'll outnumber them anyway. Some of the worst support in the country for a team that has been in and around the top flight for so many years.
That thread's full of whoppers who blatantly over exaggerate the "pastings" that they've handed out.
So happy this nothing club has finally gone out of the prem, wigan next please
To be fair I enjoy the local games where we get big away allocations.
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An International Space Station experiment testing the ability of robots to repair and refuel orbiting satellites has resumed, after being stalled for a week by a software glitch.
NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) resumed operations Tuesday after engineers finished analyzing loads and software limits for the space station's Dextre robot, agency officials announced in a Tuesday mission update.
RRM calls for Dextre, which sits at the end of the orbiting lab's huge Canadarm2 robotic arm, to perform simulated refueling and repair tasks on a washing-machine-size platform affixed to the station's exterior.
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The latest round of RRM experiments started Jan. 14 and was expected to last about 10 days, but a software glitch halted activities after just a day.
The RRM module, which consists of activity boards and tools necessary to demonstrate on-orbit refueling, launched to the station in July 2011 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, which was making the last flight in the shuttle program's 30-year history.
The experiment's goal is to demonstrate technology that could someday fix and refuel orbiting satellites robotically, thereby extending their lives and potentially saving satellite operators billions of dollars over the long haul.
Such work can be challenging, since current satellites were generally not designed to be serviced.
The first RRM experiments began last year, when controllers on the ground used the two-armed Dextre to snip some wires with minimal clearance.
The latest round of activities will be more complex and involved, as Dextre will snip more wires, unscrew caps and pump simulated fuel, NASA officials have said.
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope has begun its extended mission, which should keep the prolific instrument searching for alien worlds for another four years, agency officials announced Wednesday.
Kepler officially embarked upon the extended mission after completing its 3 1/2-year prime mission, which aimed to determine how common Earth-like planets are throughout the galaxy. The extended phase, which NASA announced this past April, funds the instrument through at least fiscal year 2016.
Kepler is staring at more than 150,000 stars continuously. It detects exoplanets by noticing the tiny brightness dips caused when they transit — or cross the face of — these stars from the telescope's perspective.
The instrument generally needs to observe three such transits to spot a planet. So the extra hunting time is vital, scientists say, allowing Kepler to discover smaller planets and worlds that orbit relatively far from their stars. (A hypothetical alien Kepler, after all, would need to observe our solar system for several years to witness three transits by Earth.) [ Gallery: A World of Kepler Planets ]
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Confirmed discoveries include Kepler-10b, the first unquestionably rocky planet ever found beyond our solar system, and Kepler-22b, a world 2.4 times larger than Earth that orbits in its star's habitable zone — that just-right range of distances where liquid water could exist.
And the Kepler candidates include hundreds of Earth-size worlds, as well as a number of habitable-zone planets.
"The initial discoveries of the Kepler mission indicate at least a third of the stars have planets and the number of planets in our galaxy must number in the billions," Kepler principal investigator Bill Borucki, of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., said in a statement. "The planets of greatest interest are other Earths, and these could already be in the data awaiting analysis. Kepler's most exciting results are yet to come."
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My research studies linkages between cultural and political processes in Israel in relation to its military occupation and the history of Palestinian dispossession. I am the author of (with Adi Kuntsman) Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age (Stanford University Press, 2015), which studies the interplay between new media and military occupation in the Israel/Palestine context, Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Political Lives of Tourism (Duke University Press, 2008) which considers the relationship between tourism, mobility politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the co-editor of Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke University Press, 2005) with Ted Swedenburg and The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005 with Joel Beinin (Stanford University Press, 2006).
I am currently continuing work on a multi-book project about the ways that new communication technologies are meditating the everyday Israeli relationship to its military occupation -- including the ways such technologies are changing practices and logics of military 'counterinsurgency', altering the everyday terms of soldiering, changing the Israeli civilian relationship to Palestinians under occupation, and remaking the terrain of human rights work and anti-occupation activism within Israel. My first book on this topic --Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in the Social Media Age (with Adi Kuntsman) -- studied the place of social media within this equation. My current book project --Smartphone Dreams: State Violence, Cameras and the Digital Promise--- studies the role of testimonial cameras in the context of the Israeli military occupation. Over the last two decades, all of the actors in this political theater, on both sides of the conflict, have increasingly integrated photographic technologies, and networked image-making, into their political toolbox: Palestinian and Israeli human rights workers and activists, Palestinian civilians living under occupation, the Israeli military, and the Jewish settler population. All of these constituencies believed that the technological innovations of the digital age would deliver their images – and therein, their political message -- with greater fidelity. And all would be let down. In an effort to counter the techno-utopianism of much new media scholarship, Smartphone Dreams focuses on episodes of breakdown and glitch where cameras were concerned, on cases where new photographic technologies, practices, and circulations failed to deliver on their supposed promise, across these ideological divides.
This multi-book project has been supported by grants from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Palestinian American Research Council, and the Trent Foundation. Portions of this work have published in Current Anthropology, Critical Inquiry, Anthropological Quarterly, Middle East Report, and the London Review of Books. My work on Israeli cultural politics has appeared in such journals as Public Culture, Social Text, The International Journal of Middle East Studies,Theory and Event, Journal of Palestine Studies, GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies and Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.
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Other Israels: Zionism, Historical Memory, and the Rhetoric of Colonialism. Postcolonial Studies and Beyond. 2002
Palestinian Militarism, Israeli Leisure, and the Politics of Memory. European University Institute. 2002
Politics of the Popular: Popular Culture in Israel and Palestine. American Anthropological Association. 2001
Queer Zionism: Between Homosexuality and Nationalism on Israeli Popular Television. American Anthropological Association. 2001
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Tempting fate is a very human pastime. We know it will all end badly sooner or later, so why not see whether we can skirt the edge of disaster and experience how it feels?
Such an impulse will surely drive many to book an early ticket on Titanic II.
No, this is not another Donald Trump project. It is, instead, the idea of Clive Palmer, an Australian mining tycoon known for his dreamy qualities.
He once suggested that Greenpeace was funded by the CIA. He erected a 26-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex at his Coolum golf course, home of this year's (but not next year's) Australian PGA Championship.
So the idea of a new Titanic seems entirely sensible.
As USA Today reports, Palmer showed off the plans for the new ship this week and promised it would be a "full-scale re-creation."
He also insisted that "the Titanic II will be the ship where dreams come true."
This is the height of salesmanship for the successor to an original that offered more than its fair share of customer disappointment.
Naturally, the ship will have a few more modern conveniences than its predecessor. There are to be Turkish baths, a gym, a swimming pool, and casino among other attractions on its 883 feet of length.
Yet there is a curiously anti-technological bent to Palmer's intentions.
Firstly, there will no TVs. Stunningly, there will "probably" be no Internet.
What sort of human being can survive without their iPads or Galaxy S3s on a voyage that might be their last?
I say this not to suggest that this ship will be anything other than seaworthy, but to suggest that the average age of those who go on cruises may be quite elevated.
Still, Twitter is bubbling with excitement about this vessel, which ought to be ready to sail in 2016.
The #Titanic II hashtag bristles with anticipation.
Some, though, offer sobering thoughts. Tom Crabtree, for example, tweets: "I'm going to build an exact replica of the iceberg that sank the Titanic and follow the Titanic II around for awhile."
And The Daily Candy cannot resist getting in on the dampening act, tweeting: "All aboard 'Titanic II'? Hopefully, it's not run by Carnival."
This is a rather priggish reminder of the tribulations endured recently by those who sailed on the presciently named Carnival Triumph.
I am confident that Palmer's vision will make this project smooth sailing.
I look forward to the launch campaign featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet lounging on the deck and a new Celine Dion song called "Your Heart Will Stop. But Only Temporarily."


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Purch [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Andy Goldstein as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Andy served as executive vice president and CFO of the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Prudential Center Arena. Andy has held positions as EVP/CFO at InterMedia Outdoors, Inc., VP/CFO at Primedia Inc., and Director of Business Affairs at Sesame Street.com.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] (NYSE: CFG) announced the appointment of John F. Woods as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Woods will succeed interim CFO John Fawcett. Woods joins Citizens from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), where he has served as CFO of the Americas since 2013. Prior to that, he served as Vice Chairman and CFO for the predecessor company of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Woods also has held senior finance leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Johannes H. "Johs" Worsoe as Chief Financial Officer of MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and its banking subsidiary MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Mr. Worsoe succeeds former MUFG Americas Chief Financial Officer John F. Woods, who is leaving the company. Mr. Worsoe joined the company in 2001 and most recently served as Head of Investment Banking & Markets (IB&M). Prior to his most recent role as head of IB&M, Mr. Worsoe was Chief Administrative Officer for the Americas for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Ltd. Mr. Worsoe also served as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Global and Wealth Markets for the former UnionBanCal Corporation and its former primary subsidiary, Union Bank N.A. Prior to 2001, when he joined legacy Union Bank, Mr. Worsoe held various investment banking and capital markets roles in Denmark, Spain and the U.S.
FTD Companies, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: FTD) announced Stephen Tucker has been appointed Executive Vice President. Mr. Tucker also will succeed Becky Sheehan as FTD's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tucker most recently served as Senior Vice President of Financial Operations at AT&T. Prior to AT&T's acquisition of DIRECTV, Mr. Tucker served in many roles within DIRECTV, including SVP Financial Operations, Field Services, Supply Chain, Service and Repair, and Protection Plan teams, and SVP of Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer for DIRECTV Sports Networks. Prior to joining DIRECTV, Mr. Tucker served as Chief Financial Officer of FUN Technologies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tucker spent 16 years with KPMG.
Avid [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AVID) announced that Brian E. Agle will become Avid's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Ilan Sidi, who served as interim Chief Financial Officer, and will resume his role as the Vice President of Human Resources for the company. Before joining Avid, Mr. Agle served as an Operating Advisor at Francisco Partners. Prior to joining Francisco Partners, Agle served as Chief Financial Officer at Rocket Software. Before joining Rocket, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Activant Solutions. Previously, Mr. Agle spent 14 years at Novell Inc. where he operated in several financial leadership roles including Vice President, CFO of Global Field Operations. Mr. Agle began his career with Ernst & Young.
Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: ABTX) announced Paul P. Egge has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both Allegiance Bank and Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. Steven F. Retzloff, Chairman of Allegiance Bank and President of Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., will relinquish his interim Chief Financial Officer position. Most recently, Mr. Egge served as Senior Vice President, Director of Capital Planning and Corporate Development at Cadence Bank. Prior to joining Cadence, Mr. Egge served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated ("Baird"), Ryan Beck & Company, and FBR & Co.
Inventus Power [WOODRIDGE, IL] announced it named Michael Foy as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Inventus Power as CFO in November 2016, Mr. Foy held various roles of increasing responsibility at Cisco Systems and was most recently vice president finance, CFO Americas. Before joining Cisco, Michael worked at Scientific-Atlanta, 3Com, U.S. Robotics, Abbott Laboratories and KPMG.
PointRight [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Michael Laureno as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PointRight, Laureno served as a strategic CFO.
Strategic Insight [NEW YORK & LONDON] announced the appointment of Karl Jaeger as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Jaeger was Chief Financial Officer, Global Transaction Banking Solutions at D+H Corporation and, before that, CFO at FundTech. Prior to FundTech, Mr. Jaeger was CFO at Wall Street Systems, the treasury and FX trading software company.
Quantopian [BOSTON] has hired Marc Volpe as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Quantopian, Mr. Volpe worked for three years as the Chief Financial Officer of Fort Warren Capital Management, LP. He also served as the Chief Compliance Officer at Regiment Capital, and was a manager in the audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he began his career in 1997.
Vapor Corp. [HOLLYWOOD, Fla.] (OTC Pink: VPCO) announced the Company has appointed John A. Ollet to serve as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ollet previously served as Executive Vice President-Finance for Systemax, Inc. North America Technology Division from 2006 to 2016. His prior chief financial officer experience also includes serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arrow Cargo Holdings, Inc., and VP Finance/CFO – The Americas – Cargo Division, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
1-Page Limited [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced it has hired Peter Kent as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. During the last ten years, Mr. Kent has been the CEO & CFO of Liquid Holdings Group, Inc., the Managing Partner of Eladian Partners LLC and the COO & CFO of Automated Trading Desk.
Pitney Bowes [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that Stanley J. Sutula III has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sutula succeeds Michael Monahan, who will continue with Pitney Bowes as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Sutula joins Pitney Bowes from IBM, where he was Vice President and Controller. Mr. Sutula joined IBM in 1998, and has held several leadership positions in the United States and in Europe in accounting and financial strategy. Most recently, Sutula was Vice President and Controller at IBM.
Voxello [CORALVILLE, Iowa] announced that Richard Wieland was appointed as a new member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Wieland will also serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Rich was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial officer of Unilife Corporation. Prior to Unilife he spent six years at two biotech companies in the drug discovery and development field. Previous to that Rich had P&L responsibility for two healthcare companies and was a member of the Board of Directors at Option Care Inc. His first CFO position was with LyphoMed Inc. Rich began his career at Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, OH.
Harte Hanks [SAN ANTONIO, TX] (NYSE: HHS) announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Doug Shepard, has resigned from the company. Mr. Shepard served as the company's EVP and CFO since 2007. While the company conducts a formal search for his replacement, Robert Munden, the company's EVP and General Counsel, will serve as interim CFO.
Ayla Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has named Tom Clark as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Ayla, he was CFO at Openwave Messaging Inc. Before Openwave, he was director of finance operations for Marlin Equity Partners. Earlier, he served as CFO and managed the worldwide finance operations of CollabNet. Before CollabNet, he worked for seven years at ProBusiness Services. Clark began his career with KPMG LLP.
TruStar Energy [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] announced that it has hired John Snell as its Chief Financial Officer. Snell spent the last 13 years with accounting firm Moss Adams, serving in various audit, consulting, accounting, operations and finance rolls. Most notably, he was named a partner in the firm in 2014.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Guy J. Constant as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Red Robin, Mr. Constant served as chief financial officer, executive vice president of Finance and treasurer for Rent-A-Center, Inc. He previously served in various executive roles at Brinker International, Inc. including executive vice president and chief financial officer, president of the Chili's Global Restaurant Division, senior vice president and vice president of Finance and senior director of Executive Compensation. Before his executive tenure at Brinker, he served in various marketing, finance and human resources roles of increasing scope and responsibility at AMR Corporation.
Tailored Brands, Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NYSE: TLRD) announced the appointment of Jack Calandra as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Mr. Calandra succeeds current CFO, Jon Kimmins, who will be leaving to pursue other interests. Mr. Calandra joins Tailored Brands from The Gap, Inc. where he was most recently senior vice president, corporate finance and investor relations. His career at The Gap, Inc. included roles as CFO of Banana Republic Global division and CFO of Gap Direct. Prior to joining The Gap, Inc., Mr. Calandra served 11 years at Unilever's North America Division.
CPI Card Group [LITTLETON, Colo.] (NASDDAQ: PMTS, TSX: PNT) announced the appointment of Lillian Etzkorn as its Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David Brush who will be ending his service as CFO. Mr. Brush will continue in an advisory capacity to the Company. Ms. Etzkorn joins CPI Card Group from Dana Incorporated, where she served as Vice President, Treasurer since 2011. Prior to Dana Incorporated, Ms. Etzkorn spent nineteen years in financial positions of increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company.
Zephyr [NEWARK, Calif.] announced Robb Ellis as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the team, Ellis was recently at Greenway Health and Agilysys.
Nimbix [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced the appointment of Stacy Repult as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Repult was Vice President of Finance for Omnitracs. Previously, she held the Managing Director position at SLR Consulting Group.
Justworks [NEW YORK, NY] announced the appointment of Michael Greten as chief financial officer. Before joining Justworks, Greten was vice president of Finance & Accounting at iCIMS, Inc. Prior to that, as controller and treasurer of RiskMetrics Group. Earlier roles included AIG and Chase.
Spire Capital Partners [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Mariana Lamson, as CFO. Mariana Lamson has extensive leadership experience in financial roles with KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Harrison Tenney & Associates, and most recently as a divisional CFO for Heartland Payment Systems.
Farmer Bros. Co. [FT. WORTH, Texas] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the resignation of Isaac Johnston, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.
Neighbors Health, LLC [HOUSTON] has named Tensie Homan Axton its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As the Office Managing Partner of KPMG LLP, Axton was the partner in charge of Transaction Services. Before that she was the Chief Operating Officer of Pinnacle Medical Holdings, LLC.
Employers Holdings, Inc. [RENO, Nev.] (NYSE: EIG) announced the appointment of Michael S. Paquette as its executive vice president, chief financial officer. Paquette previously served as executive vice president, chief financial officer of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. from 2008 to 2015 and chief financial officer of Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. from its inception in 2012 to 2015. Prior to joining Montpelier in 2007, Paquette spent 18 years with White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., and its subsidiaries, in various capacities including senior vice president, controller and 4 years with KPMG as an auditor.
Track Group, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQX: TRCK) announced Peter Poli is joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Poli joins Track Group after serving as the CFO for over 11 years with Grand Banks Yachts Limited. Prior to Grand Banks Yachts Limited, Mr. Poli held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Online, FTD.com, and I-Works, Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: DAR) announced that Patrick C. Lynch will become its Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Lynch will report to John O. Muse, the Company's Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Muse has indicated his intent to retire as the Company's Chief Financial Officer in early March 2017, at which time Mr. Lynch will become the Company's Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lynch has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Interface, Inc., since 2001, and has been a Senior Vice President since 2007. Prior to 2001, he served in various financial leadership positions at Interface since joining the company in 1996, including Assistant Vice President and Corporate Controller. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Lynch was a Senior Accountant with BDO Seidman, LLP.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: CLF) announced Timothy K. Flanagan has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Flanagan is currently Vice President, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer. He also previously served as the Assistant Controller and Director of Internal Audit. Prior to his tenure at Cliffs, Mr. Flanagan spent eight years at Arthur Andersen and Protiviti, respectively.
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC [NEW YORK] (NYSE: OZM) announced that Alesia J. Haas has been named Chief Financial Officer. Och-Ziff also announced that current CFO, Joel Frank has decided to retire. Ms. Haas previously served as CFO and Head of Strategy for OneWest Bank, N.A. Her prior experience includes senior finance, investment and strategy roles with Merrill Lynch and General Electric.
Connecture, Inc. [BROOKFIELD, Wis.] (NASDAQ: CNXR) announced that James P. Purko, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company.
Avangate [ATLANTA, GA] announced the appointment of Gregor Morela to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently the CFO for Linq3 Technologies LLC. Prior to Linq3, Morela held various Vice President of Finance and Controllership roles at Landis+Gyr; CDC Corporation; and Serologicals Corporation. Morela started his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: NTLA) has appointed Graeme Bell as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bell succeeds Sapna Srivastava, who is transitioning to a senior advisory role within Intellia. Mr. Bell joins Intellia from his role as Chief Financial Officer at Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Anacor, Mr. Bell spent more than 20 years at Merck & Co, Inc., where he held numerous finance and accounting senior-level positions including: CFO of U.S. operations, Controller, Global Pharmaceutical Franchises, CFO United Kingdom subsidiary, and head of investor relations.
KBR, Inc. [HOUSTON, TX] (NYSE: KBR) announced that Mark Sopp will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Current CFO Brian Ferraioli has decided to retire. From 2005 to 2015, Sopp served as CFO and Executive Vice President for Leidos Holdings. Previously, Sopp served in various executive positions with Titan Corporation.
The Palisades Group, LLC [LOS ANGELES] announced the promotion of Sally Kawana to Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Kawana most recently served as Palisades' Head of Capital Markets and Transaction Management since 2013. Ms. Kawana, prior to Palisades, was a Senior Vice President in the Representations and Warranties Group at Bank of America. Prior to Bank of America, Ms. Kawana was a Managing Director in Bear Stearns' Mortgage and Asset-Backed Securities Group. Prior to Bear Stearns, Ms. Kawana worked in KPMG's Financial Services Audit and Structured Finance Consulting practices.


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As the world commemorates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on 'Answering the call to end poverty', we are reminded that there is still poverty in multiple dimensions everywhere. Eradicating poverty means expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. This concept of human development championed by UNDP recognizes that income is only a means. All people, everywhere need more choices and opportunities to live the kind of lives they value.
Yet, there is often an assumption that poverty is confined to certain places and groups, and that inequality – the wide gap in people's capability to be healthy, knowledgeable and to participate in public life – is inevitable. However, as Nelson Mandela said 'as long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest'. We cannot ignore inequality between countries, within countries and between women and men if we truly want to eradicate poverty.
Many of us live in countries where we can find work, get a good education and go to good hospitals. In others, there are fewer jobs that are less well paid, and more limited access to health and education. However, in countries large or small there are gaps between those at the top tier of the economy and those at the bottom, between places and between women and men.
All countries are on average 22 percent worse off in terms of the human development when inequality is taken into account. This ranges from 13 percent worse off in Europe, 19 percent in East Asia and the Pacific, 23 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, 28 percent in Arab States and South Asia to 32 percent in Africa.
Inequality is often perpetuated by unequal distribution and control of political, economic and social resources as well as social and discriminatory institutions that perpetuate this cycle of exclusion. This means that a child born into poverty anywhere has relatively few chances to escape. This is why addressing poverty and inequality everywhere is central to the achievement of the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through stepping up actions and investment that break the cycle of poverty across generations – social mobility.
Inequality and poverty are examined in a recent publication by UNDP on Inequality trends, divergence and consequences in sub-Saharan Africa. The evidence is overwhelming that eradicating poverty in Africa requires breaking the cycle of inequality through more and better employment, good quality education and eliminating exclusion in all its forms.
First, facilitating job creation and entrepreneurship in agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, entertainment and other services will provide better and more sustainable economic opportunities for the 201 million people currently unemployed globally according to ILO. Targeted actions that reduce structural barriers are needed to attain the Agenda 2030 objective of inclusive and sustainable economic growth with full and productive employment and decent work for all and cater for the additional 2.7 million unemployed people globally in 2017.
Second, better access to quality education is proven to reduce inequality and poverty and needed by the 61 million children and 60 million adolescents currently not in school according to UNICEF. Providing quality social services including health, water and sanitation for all are critical hurdles to overcome. These inequalities persist all over the world due to discriminatory social institutions and practices and skewed distribution of services.
Third, eliminating exclusion in the distribution of national wealth is essential through reforms that provide more equitable access to natural assets, public investment, rational taxation and universal access to social protection. Breaking barriers that lead to exclusion contributes to inclusive and equitable quality education, healthy lives, gender equality and more equality within and among countries.
However, the shortfall in financing to achieve Agenda 2030 globally is wide, estimated at US$2 trillion to $3 trillion a year according to UNCTAD. So, the world must continue to work together in new ways, including more public-private-citizen partnerships to ramp up investment needed to eradicate poverty in all its forms, everywhere it is found. According to Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president in the US in 1872, "It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people."


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The Central Connecticut softball team swept a double header on day one of the Hampton Lady Pirate Classic. The Blue Devils defeated Maryland Eastern Shore 4-3 in extra innings before dropping the host Lady Pirates 11-3. The Blue Devils finished the day at 4-5 for the season with the two wins.
Game One
The Blue Devils were led by senior pitcher Elizabeth Montemurro in game one. Montemurro pitched six scoreless innings to earn the win. After giving way to sophomore Jordan Tingley in the fifth inning, Montemurro returned to the circle in the seventh to close out the game earning the win in extra innings.
Offensively the Blue Devils got contributions from sophomore Kelsey Barlow and freshman Courtney Collins and Stephanie Chotkevys. The trio all accounted for an rbi in the game with Chotkevys driving in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
Collins was the big hitter for the Blue Devils going two for four in the game with an rbi and two runs scored.
Montemurro improves to 1-2 with the victory.
Game Two
The Blue Devil offense got going in game two for the second day in a row as they scored 11 runs against the host Lady Pirates. Freshman pitcher Julie Marks earned the win in the circle pitching allowing three runs, none earned, over six innings pitched as the Blue Devils cruised to a 11-3 victory.
Offensively, senior Erica Koehler, junior Sarah Vlahos and sophomore Macy Stefanski registered the big blows for the Blue Devils in a five run sixth inning. Koehler, Vlahos, and Stefanski recorded three straight doubles. Koehler and Stefanski each drove in a run and Vlahos drove in a pair. As Central blew the game open in the inning.
The Blue Devils started the game off well as speedy junior Rebecca Mussatti lead off the game with an inside the park homerun. Not to be out done freshman Arielle Bruno led off the third inning with a blast to left field for her first collegiate homerun.
Marks earned the win to improve to 2-2on the season, she walked one and struck out one.
The Blue Devils return to action tomorrow at the Hampton Lady Pirate Classic.


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Some Christians love the festivities of Halloween and see nothing wrong with taking part in it as long as they don't go trick-or-treating and instead take their kids to church on that night. I'm bothered by this but I wonder should I, or shouldn't I be bothered by it?
You ask a question that has a long history throughout the spread of the Christian faith into many cultures. The Lord tells us in his word that we should "not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." (Romans 12:2) And, the background of this, as you might expect, is verse 1, where he says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." It is clear, then, that we are not to live as people whose hope and life and joy is based upon what we find in this world, or what it offers us, for we have been bought with a price, the precious blood of Jesus, and we live for him, and seek to be conformed to him and his word.
The problem is, and for many years has been, how to integrate ourselves into the culture where we find ourselves, without giving up the goal of not being conformed to this world, but instead, being transformed by the renewing of our minds in Christ? The easiest answer is to completely withdraw, and many people have chosen this option. But, it's not the Lord's will for us. He says to his Father in John 17:15-19, "I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth." But, I think that in addition to making it clear that we cannot withdraw from this world, these verses also tell us the positive alternative to conforming to this world, or withdrawing from it. That is, we are to be sanctified by the word of truth.
This doesn't give us an exact answer about how to implement our Christian faith, but it does help. Our goal should be to follow Christ. Some people can participate in Halloween celebrations, and do so to the glory of Christ, because they just consider the dressing up in costumes and asking for candy to be a cultural celebration, and in no way compromising the Gospel. Others consider it to be a compromise of the Gospel to do so, and an imitation of the world, which detracts from the Gospel, and so they cannot (and should not) participate in any celebration what would detract from following Him. Frankly, I can think of so many applications of this principle that I am reluctant to begin listing them, but, for example, going to parties, having a Christmas celebration, participating in political activities in the United States. All of these can be glorifying to God, but all can be offensive, if we are not careful to do so to the glory of God and the proclamation of the Gospel.
Perhaps one final note. As a church, we need to be careful not to force people to act against their consciences. If some in the church do not believe that we can dress in costumes and glorify God, then the church should refrain from having activities which require them to violate their consciences. But again, those who perhaps feel that the church has acted wrongly even in such a matter as this should understand that the exact application of this principle to be in the world and not of the world is not always as easy as we might wish, and not make a bigger issue of it than it is, but rather, seek for positive alternatives which would encourage the body of Christ.
There is much more that can be said about this, but, perhaps this is enough to begin, and if you wish to discuss it more, I am at your service in Jesus our Lord.
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Rock In Rio 2008Did you see the band perform in 2008? If so, tell us all about it here... Post your photos, set-lists, stories and more...
Anyone booked superbock tickets? They're a better man than me!
I've tried several sites all which don't translate, then I e-mailed them direct they gave me a phone no. and when I rang the phone.... 'is temporarily out of order'?
I also tried to link to the ticketline@ticketline (they gave to me) but they are asking for a password, eh? I didn't set up a password?
PLEASE HELP ME .xxxxxTHANKSxxxxxx
I struggled as well, so I got my fella's mum to do it for me. If you go to http://www.ticketline.pt and at the top left click 'Expectaculos Shows' you'll get an a-z list of shows. Under S, the super bock gig is 5th one down.
This is the one your looking for...
Dias 4 e 5 de Julho 2008 - PARQUE DA CIDADE - Porto - Bilhete Diário
Bilhete Diário: 35,00€
InÃÂcio do Evento : 17h00
You need to click the link just underneath that
(Comprar / Buy Tickets - (Porto) Parque da Cidade - Bilhete Diário)
Hope at least some of that made sense!!
It's never easy is it.......what's Uk, england or great britain in potuguese???? Is it Alemanha? (ok no, it's germany doh!) help!!
ok also what delivery method?
I've managed to book something loooool! lets hope they let me in with this ticket!!!
England is something like Inglaterra. Try sending a PM to JamiroquainPT over at JTalk if you get stuck
Oh s****! I can't go to Rock in Rio!
Hell, why did I have to work in weekends?? Madrid it's the "closest" place of Barcelona where Jamiroquai play this summer (5 hours in train, 2 in AVE...) I never had money for buy the tickets, and now that i have it, I haven't time.
DLJSKLGJVDFSKLFJSDLFSDL --> this means an HUGE fustration.
I envy all of us that can go to the concert. PAST A GREAT TIME!
here is the setlist! thanks to anna...she smsed it from the front row!!!
good to know u all made it!
The Kids
High Times
Seven Days In Sunny June
Radio (leading into)
Feels Just Like It Should
Little L
Travelling Without Moving
Cosmic Girl,
Virtual Insanity
Love Foolosophy
Deeper Underground
there was a broadcast on the rock in rio site but only viewable for people from spain..
hopefully somebody could record this!!
7 Days in sunny June...
What happen with you, Jay? How, in the same week, can you appear in suit and with pigtails?
But at last, the most important are the music. I saw the band in noon news today playing Little L. Awesome!
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October 21, 2011: The short period cataclysmic variable BW Scl appears to be in outburst. The object was detected in outburst at m(vis)=9.6 by M. Linnolt on 2011 October 21.3146 (JD 2455855.8146), and confirmed by A. Plummer at m(vis)=9.4 on October 21.3424. Observations of this object are encouraged. The object has conflicting classifications in astronomical literature, but is probably a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova rather than a novalike variable.
BW Scl is located at the following (J2000) coordinates:
August 24, 2011: P. Nugent et al. report in ATel #3581 that a possible Type-Ia supernova has been discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory shortly after eruption in the galaxy M101 and has been designated "PTF11kly". The object is currently at a magnitude of g=17.2, but may well rise by several magnitudes. The object is well placed within M101 for good photometry, and observations of this potential bright SNIa are strongly encouraged.
The (J2000) coordinates reported for the object are
RA: 14:03:05.81 , Dec: +54:16:25.4
February 15, 2011: Dr. Colin Aspin (U. Hawaii) has requested archival images and other observations of the FU Orionis variable V1647 Ori and the surrounding field over the previous 10 years in support of a study of this star. Aspin writes that he is hoping to obtain more data with which to create a multi-year light curve of this star to put present-day observations in context of its past behavior.
February 14, 2011: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 428 (2010 Nov 30), the dwarf nova FS Aurigae appears to be in outburst. The current outburst was detected simultaneously by P. Lake (Wonga Park, Victoria, Australia) at m(vis)=14.5 on 2011 Feb 14.0969 (JD 2455606.5969), and confirmed shortly after by G. Lubcke (Middleton, WI, USA) at around V=14.4 in time-series observations made simultaneously to the observation of Lake. Follow-up photometry of this star is encouraged.
November 2, 2010: As reported by Tim Parson (Circle Pines, Minnesota, USA) and confirmed by Pavol Dubovsky (Kolonica, Slovakia), the infrequently-outbursting dwarf nova HT Cas is in outburst. Parson observed HT Cas in outburst at m(vis)=12.9 on JD 2455502.93 (2010 November 2.43), and the outburst was confirmed by Dubovsky at m(vis)=12.4 on JD 2455503.3 (2010 November 2.8). The last confirmed well-observed outburst of this star occurred on 2008 January 10. Observations of this variable are strongly encouraged at this time. Both visual and CCD observations are en
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It has been updated numerous times and covered in AAVSO Alert Notices 348, 354, and 377, and in AAVSO Special Notices #118, #129, #143, #213, and #220.
October 12, 2010: As noted by U. Munari et al (ATel #2913, 2010 October 9), the symbiotic star CI Cygni is currently undergoing an eclipse of the outbursting star. CI Cyg has declined from about magnitude 9.7 in late August 2010 to V=11.1 currently.
October 1, 2010: Dr. Colin Aspin (U. Hawai'i) has requested the help of AAVSO observers in performing long-term photometric monitoring of the two new young stellar objects (YSOs) in Cygnus, HBC 722 and VSX J205126.1+440523 (see AAVSO Special Notice #216).
September 2, 2010: We have been notified by Dan Green, Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, that Berto Monard (MLF), Pretoria, South Africa, has discovered a bright supernova (discovered at 15.0, brightened to 14.7 in 24 hours) in NGC 3001. Here are details quoted from CBET 2434 (Green, ed.):
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To be prepared in the event of tornadic activity, the Town recommends that each homeowner and business purchase a NOAA weather radio. A good radio costs $25 and $50 and can be purchased at local stores. Some even are portable. These radios will alert you to any severe weather, not just tornadoes.
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They're back: Real Jobs NC unleashes money in North Carolina state races
They're back.
Real Jobs NC, one of the key groups that spent money to help Republicans win over the North Carolina legislature in 2010, filed campaign reports over the last week that show they're hoping big money can again translate into political victories.
A so-called 527 political group, Real Jobs NC earned notoriety in 2010 as the biggest outside spending group in North Carolina state-level races, pumping $1.5 million into 19 legislative contests.
The new reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service and N.C. State Board of Elections show Real Jobs NC had raised more than $850,000 by the end of September 2012 to help state GOP candidates this election cycle.
The top contributor to Real Jobs NC is a familiar player: the Republican Governors Association, based in Washington, D.C., which has reportedly raised $88 million nationally — compared to $23.6 million for its Democratic counterpart — and has run a series of ads attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walter Dalton.
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