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It's easy to choose the good players -- Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp. We know how important they are to the Dodgers' success in 2012.
I could choose Chad Billingsley or James Loney because they've been underachievers in the last couple years, but that would be too easy.
So, I'm going with Dee Gordon.
The 23-year-old got a taste of the Majors last year, hitting .304/.325/.362 with 24 stolen bases in 31 attempts. He performed considerably better after returning from injury, hitting .372/.398/.451 with 21 runs scored in 26 games.
He is expected to be the Dodgers' lead-off man and with the severe lack of offense, him being a table-setter is going to be important.
Now, Gordon hasn't been known for taking a lot of walks or working the count in his professional career -- things a good lead-off man should do. However, he puts the bat on the ball and uses his speed to make things happen. He's going to have to do a lot of that in 2012 if the Dodgers want to be successful.
With Kemp the only sure thing in the lineup, Gordon's ability at the plate is that much more important.
Gordon drew comparisons to a young Jose Reyes. Admittedly, Reyes is, was and probably will always be a better player than Gordon and to expect Gordon to be Reyes this early in his career is unreasonable.
Reyes had played parts of two full seasons and parts of two others before his age-24 season. In that time, Reyes hit .285/.321/.427 and stole an average of 39 bases. If the Dodgers could get anything close to that triple slash (maybe a higher batting average and lower slugging percentage), they'd take it and not think twice about it.
Gordon has all of 233 plate appearances in the Majors. In Reyes' first 231 plate appearances, he hit .311/.328/.429 with 11 stolen bases. Gordon actually stole significantly more bases than Reyes, which is surprising for a guy who would go onto lead the National League in stolen bases three years in a row.
Gordon isn't going to hit for Reyes' power, probably ever. But Gordon is going to be a key for the Dodgers in 2012. He'll need to be the catalyst for the offense if they're going to make a playoff push. The pitching will be there and, as usual, the offense is the question mark.
It's a lot of pressure to put on a soon-to-be 24-year-old, but as a former highly regarded prospect and all-around likable guy, I think he can handle it.
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Aerobic Respiration
During aerobic respiration, glucose reacts with oxygen. This provides energy for all cells. Carbon dioxide and water are given off as waste products:
Aerobic respiration involves lots of chemical reactions, most of which take place in the mitochondria. Mitochondria have a folded inner membrane to provide a large surface area for the enzymes involved.
The energy produced by aerobic respiration is used for a number of things:
- living cells use it to build larger molecules from smaller ones
- In animals, it is used to make muscles contract
- Mammals and birds keep their body at a constant temperature by using the energy.
The effect of exercise on the body
Muscle tissue is made up of muscle fibres, they contract when they are supplied with energy from respiration and then relax to allow other muscles to contract. The muscles store glucose as the carbohydrate glycogen that can be rapidly turned back into glucose during exercise to be used in aerobic respiration to provide energy.
During exercise, some changes take place:
- Heart rate increases and the arteries supplying blood to muscles dilate. This increases blood flow and the rate at which oxygen is supplied to the muscles and carbon dioxide is taken away.
- Breathing rate increases so you bring in more air to the lungs each breath. This means more oxygen is picked up by the red blood cells and taken to the exercising muscles. This also mean more carbon dioxide can be removed from the blood in the lungs.
If you exercise more often, your heart and lungs will become larger and work more efficiently whether you are exercising or not.
Anaerobic respiration
When you exercise hard your muscle cells can become short of oxygen. The cells can still get energy from glucose but without using oxygen, this is anaerobic respiration. this reaction produces lactic acid instead of carbon dioxide and water because the glucose is not broken down completely.
Muscle fatigue is when there is a build up of lactic acid in the muscles. This can cause the muscles to stop contracting efficiently. Blood flowing through the muscles removes the lactic acid.
The build up of excess lactic acid is a problem after exercise and in order to break it down properly into carbon dioxide and water, oxygen is needed. The amount of oxygen needed to get rid of all the lactic acid is known as an oxygen debt.
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David Norris and His Controversial Goal CelebrationNovember 11, 2008
For those who are unaware and unsure of who David Norris is, let me enlighten you.
Over the weekend, David Norris, an Ipswich Town midfielder, celebrated his goal against Blackpool by making a "handcuff" gesture. At first sight, this gesture was a harmless goal celebration which would have meant nothing for fans who were unaware of his intentions.
However, like most unconventional football celebrations, this gesture had a covert meaning.
It was alleged that Norris made this gesture in support of his good friend Luke McCormick, a former Plymouth goalkeeper, who was jailed for seven years after causing the death of Arron and Ben Peak. When they died, the two were 10 and eight, respectively.
Norris' goal celebration sparked off an avalanche of criticism amongst fans and most notably the victims' mother, Amanda Peak, who labeled Norris' celebration "disgusting" and "disrespectful."
Norris' insensitivity somehow reminded me of Craig Bellamy's infamous golf swing at Barcelona just last year, Robbie Fowler's cocaine-snorting action after scoring against Everton, and Tim Cahill's "handcuff" celebration aimed at his brother who went to jail for a vicious attack.
Now, is it right for footballers to express their personal lives through their goal celebrations? Especially if their celebrations are potentially controversial?
Norris has since been disciplined by his club. He was given a fine and warned against any such conduct in the future.
Norris also apologised, while vehemently insisting, "It wasn't a handcuff sign, it was a private message but I can see why people have seen it like that. I apologise if anyone was offended by it."
Somehow I remain unconvinced, not only with his apology but with his denial that his goal celebration had anything to do with his friend in jail.
Football and private lives, especially controversial private lives, should never be mixed. It is alright to remember a good friend and dedicate a goal to him. But handcuff gestures, cocaine-snorting, "dentist chair" gestures, and golf swings are all definite no-nos.
To deny ever having any intention to accompany these actions makes it even worse. What does Norris take football fans for? All a bunch of five-year-old kids? Anyone who was aware of what happened to Luke McCormick and his friendship with Norris can put two and two together.
Such insensitivity also mocks the victims involved. Imagine how Amanda Peak must be feeling?
Football is a sport every single member of the family can enjoy, regardless of age or gender. Hence, anyone watching football will expect only football related controversies. There is simply not a need to mix anything else with it.
With fans paying such exorbitant prices to watch a game nowadays, what they want is merely some good clean entertainment where they can cheer on their heroes. The last thing a football fan needs is another trite goal celebration that serves no purpose other than to glorify the misdeeds of footballers themselves.
It is important that the FA act to keep such nonsense off-field permanently and ban players like David Norris, whose action has provoked both unnecessary controversy for fans and misery for the victims who were involved.


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Fact tables should be narrow and deep. If you are recording every debit card transaction for every customer across the fifteen retail banks you own, you end up with 15 million rows a day, so to save space they need to be as thin as possible. If one of your dimensions can only ever have a small number of values then use tinyint as the key to this dimension. Actually I always use tinyint instead of boolean for yes/no male/female stuff because you often need to have three or four values i.e. to include 'not applicable', 'unknown' etc. and I also break with Kimball and use special keys for these such as 0.
OK so tinyint and smallint can save space in data warehouses, however you can run into trouble when you try and use these keys to build cubes in analysis services (in SQL Server 2005 and 2008). This is because analysis service doesn't support tinyint and converts the type to something else. Unfortunately the something else it gets converted to is different for the foreign key to the dimension on the fact table (System.Byte) than for the primary key on the dimension (System.int32). So now analysis services can't join the two tables properly and this is quite rightly confused and annoyed a few people.
I can't fix analysis services to correct this and I understand the issue still exists in Analysis Services 2008, but I can tell you two approaches to get around it.
- Change the data types of all of the tinyint and smallint in the data source view (DSV) used to build the unified dimensional model (UDM) for your cube.
- Build the UDM up from a set of SQL Server views and not the base tables, and do the conversion there. I used this last approach all the time in Analysis Services 2000, because there was no UDM, back then.
The longer term approach is to voice concern on connect, where you have a much better chance of influencing the shape of SQL Server than I do as an evangelist as the product team do take customer feedback seriously. Incidentally I notice that connect is starting to look like a proper portal, so do have a look around anyway if your interested in participating in any betas.


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Juez Residences
Project at a Glance
|Project Location:
|Along M.H. Del Pilar Road Barangay Maysilo, Malabon City
|Turnover Date:
|Unit Sizes:
|21 sqm to 25 sqm
|Price Range:
|Php 1.3 M to Php 1.6 M
Project at a Glance
|Project Location:
|Along M.H. Del Pilar Road Barangay Maysilo, Malabon City
|Turnover Date:
|Unit Sizes:
|21 sqm to 25 sqm
|Price Range:
|Php 1.3 M to Php 1.6 M
Looking for a flood-free and elegant housing unit in Malabon? The Juez Residences is one of the best options available. It is a master-planned vertical housing community composed of 7 medium-rise residential buildings surrounded by lush gardens and modern facilities and amenities.
The Juez Residences sits on a 1.3-hectare land location in M.H. del Pilar Street in Malabon City. Its location makes it an ideal residence not just for those going to work, do business or attend school in Malabon. As it is located near MRT and LRT stations and also just minutes away from NLEX, it is also a suitable dwelling place for workers, businessmen and students from nearby cities and municipalities. The concept of the Juez Residences is to provide residents not just with a comfortable living experience. More than that, Major Homes Inc., the developer of this community would like the residents to relax and enjoy vacation-like accommodations complete with facilities and amenities for leisure.
Major Homes Inc. is a subsidiary of the Major Holdings Group, a company that focuses on construction, real estate, restaurants, gaming, utilities and amusement. It is the vision of Major Homes Inc. to provide affordable and top-quality homes as well as to create safe and friendly communities of proud homeowners. Among their projects include middle-income condotels, high-rise condormitels and affordable housing units. In every project, they strive to meet the varying needs of the consumers.
There are seven towers at the Juez Residences and each tower is composed of six-storey residential units which are a good choice for up-and-coming professionals, young couples and university students. The available units are:
The units at the Juez Residences already come with painted walls and vitrified and homogeneous tiles for the floor upon turnover. You just need minor improvements to move in. The units are also designed in a way that you'll not feel cramped in a small space. Their ceiling is high and there is good ventilation with that airy and comfortable ambiance in every unit. Moreover, the corridors are also open and spacious.
Even if there are 7 towers inside the community, they only occupy about 30% of the total space. 70% of the Juez residence ground is dedicated for open space, gardens, pool and other outdoor amenities to provide residents with a better standard of living. When you check the site development plan of the Juez Residences, you'll see that it has a triangular-shaped area. All the 7 buildings are spread out near the outward portion while the lush landscaped garden and a pool occupy the middle part. There are also pocket gardens all around while near the fence you can see a lot of vegetation. Walking on its ground, you'd feel closer to nature and forget that you are in the middle of the city. If you have a unit at this kind of community, you'll feel excited going home every day after work.
The Juez Residences is just minutes away from the busy and thriving city of Malabon. With its strategic location, many would think that the units here are overpriced. But they are not. The community was built to provide top-of-the line housing units at an affordable price. And the developers are true to their word as each unit reflects elegance and quality. The facilities and amenities are also at par with the standard of high-end condominium developments. But more than that, you can get a unit at the Juex Residences at a more flexible payment scheme with up to 9 payment options available to suit your financial status.
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Juez Residences is located Along M.H. Del Pilar Road Barangay Maysilo, Malabon City.
The Juez Residences is located in Barangay Maysilo along M.H. Del Pilar road which is a major thoroughfare in Malabon. The same road connects to C4 in just about 3.5 kilometers. The Circumferential Road 4 (C4) passes through other cities including Navotas, Caloocan, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Makati and Pasay. With its location, living at the Juez Residences allows you easy access to nearby cities, avoiding the usual heavy traffic when you pass by national roads.
Apart from its close proximity to C4, the Juez Residences is also just minutes away from NLEX and the MRT and LRT stations. If you are frequently riding public transportation daily in going to and from work or school, this location can give you an advantage. Faster transportation by MRT and LRT means saving time on other more important things. Travelling to your destinations can also be less of a hassle than taking a taxi, jeepney or bus which is prone to traffic.
At the Juez Residences, you've got everything you need just minutes away. It is also surrounded by different residential communities and it is near churches, schools and commercial establishments. There are also big malls which are less than 5 kilometers from this place.
Do you always go shopping or are looking for a one-stop-store where you can buy your groceries and shop for clothes and other basic necessities? You can conveniently shop without going far with the following malls near the Juez Residences:
No time to cook? When it's lazy night, you can treat your friends or family to any of the nearby restaurants, and depending on the type of cuisines you prefer. Some of the popular options are:
If you are just starting a family and have a small kid, there are schools that are just 5 kilometers away. Nearer school means less travel time for kids and more time for them to rest, relax or play. You could choose to send your little one in any of these schools:
Many people have that sense of safety knowing that a hospital is just a short distance away. This could mean an opportunity to get immediate medical help during emergencies. And if you need to regularly visit a medical professional for your checkup or other needs, you don't have to travel far. Here are some of the hospitals that are less than 2 kilometers away from the Juez Residences:
In addition, while many areas in Malabon are known to be flood-prone areas, resident at the Juez Residences won't have this problem. Its overall location is also strategic in terms of access to public transportation 24/7. Its close proximity to many establishments, hospitals and other institutions gives residents easy access and fast access to their basic needs.
Aside from the elegant units and strategic location, the Juez Residences also boasts of facilities and amenities that will make your stay comfortable, relaxing and enjoyable. It is a promise of modern lifestyle while letting you feel close to nature because of the greeneries and landscaped gardens on its ground. You could already see the lush gardens upon entering the gate of the Juez Residences.
The community is also very secured as all people and vehicles coming in and out are subject to inspection. The entrance gate is guarded round the clock. Aside from that, there are also roving guards who help maintain the security in the area. To make your everyday living more secured, the high perimeter fence of the community is electrified to discourage burglars and other bad elements from going inside. This way, when you are away from home especially for a long time, you don't have to worry about leaving your unit unprotected.
70% percent of the total land area inside the compound is composed of a nature park with children's playground, resort-style swimming pool and more open spaces. If you are planning a get-away for the weekend, you can do it without going anywhere else. The pool area is a great place to unwind. If you have kids, they will surely enjoy their time at the playground. And if you want some time alone, there are also sitting areas in the garden where you could bring your favorite book to read.
Want to play basketball? You can also invite your friends over for a friendly game as there is a basketball court in the open area. For those who regularly jog in the morning or after work, you can also do that in the open area. You don't have to deal with smog, plus you get a beautiful view when you jog around.
The Juez Residences also has a resort-style clubhouse. It is a great place to entertain your visitors. The clubhouse is also a good place to unwind. And whenever you have emergency needs like you want a quick bite or you need some basic supplies, you would also be able to get those from any of the establishments located in the commercial area.
In summary, the major facilities and amenities inside the Juez Residences are:
You could expect that these facilities and amenities are well-maintained, allowing the residents to have a better-quality modern living experience.
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Stellar Notion, who was last seen finishing a close second in January's Leopardstown Handicap Chase, also holds an entry over the National fences in the shorter Topham Chase, but his trainer has confirmed he will contest the world's most famous steeplechase.
His Grade One-winning stablemate Identity Thief, meanwhile, could revert to the smaller obstacles in Thursday's Betway Aintree Hurdle.
The seven-year-old made a flying start to his chasing career with successive wins at Punchestown, but has been disappointing since.
De Bromhead said: " Stellar Notion is in the National and will run in that.
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Dianabol is a powerful steroid. It has both anabolic and androgenic effects. It helps maintain nitrogen balance. The body is able to cope with increased workloads. The user does not feel exhausted even after extensive workout. Dianabol can help gain weight 2-4 pounds every day. It helps kickstart improvement in muscle strength. Dianabol is useful not only in gaining muscles and strength; it also improves appetite, self confidence, mood and self esteem. Dianabol improves both physical and mental functions. The user can expect good sleep after starting to use D-bol. There is faster recovery after strenuous workouts.
Dianabol helps acquire required amount of protein in the muscles. Its fast acting formula allows the user to gain strength quickly. D-bol is very useful in maintaining anabolic metabolism that helps deal with intensive training. Dbol has propensity for estrogenic side effects. It is not used before the contest because it is known for fluid retention. Dianabol is generally used in bulking cycles and only during initial 4-6 weeks of a cycle. A beginner can start with 20 mg/day dose while double or triple of this dose can be taken by an advanced user. Dianabol is generally available in the form of pills but can also be found in injectable form. Both versions of Dianabol provide same level of effects and benefits.
Dianabol is a good steroidal supplement to kickstart the bulking cycle. Immediate results are noticed in the initial phase of the cycle itself. Long acting injectables are often stacked with it. It can be stacked with Deca-Durabolin or Enanthate. The idea is to gain weight and strength rapidly. These gains can be useful in the initial 2-6 weeks of the bulking cycle. Some of this gain can be watery weight and may not improve physical performance. It may be necessary to get rid of the unnecessary watery weight. The weight gained through Dianabol can be retained while the watery weight can be discarded using other methods. It can take a few months but this is achievable. It is possible to hold weight gained through Dianabol even after stopping to use it.
Effects of Dianabol can be enhanced by stacking it with other injectable anabolic steroids. It can be stacked with trenbolone. All compounds act synergistically and provide the desired result. The combined effect is better than the effects of separate steroids or supplements. Individuals looking for fast acting `effect in weight gain will see positive results after just a few weeks of Dianabol use. It is important to remember that the promised results of Dianabol also depend on proper diet. It is important to combine intake of Dbol with proper nutritious diet in the required amount. This strength increasing steroid offers rapid results.


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A. For users to manage a Hyper-V server remotely, you need to configure Windows Management Instrumentation access, DCOM permissions, firewall exceptions on the server and the client, and Authorization Manager access (which I'll cover in detail in the next FAQ).
Fortunately, the Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility (HVRemote), available from Microsoft allows you to give the appropriate permissions on the Hyper-V server to a specified user. Note that this utility makes the user an administrator of Hyper-V. If you don't want the user to have those permissions, you'll need to update manually after running the utility, as described in the next FAQ, and remove the user from the Administrator role assignment. You should read the help documentation on HVRemote for more details on the utility.
The only manual step you need to perform on the client is to enable the firewall exceptions. You can do this by running HVRemote on the client with the command "cscript hvremote.wsf /mmc:enable" or by running the command
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=yes Netsh firewall add allowedprogram program=%windir%system32\mmc.exe name="Microsoft Management Console"
You also need to set the DCOM permissions on the server for Authenticated Users by launching dcomcnfg and expanding Component Services, then Computer, then My Computer. Under Properties, select the COM Security tab. Click Edit Limits... under Launch and Activation Permissions and add Authenticated Users and grant Remote Launch and Remote Activation permissions, as shown here. Also, click Edit Limits... under the Access Permissions section and ensure Remote Access is allowed for ANONYMOUS LOGON. You need to reboot the server for the DCOM changes to take effect.
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PREFALL 2011: Red Carpet Hopefulls
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Although I don't follow it much now, there was a point in time at which I loved the red carpet season. In the past few seasons though, it seems as if the starlets are going safer and their choices are becoming more and more bland. Recently though, I've been seeing some images that excite me about the possibilities, not only that the designers are putting out but also that the starlets seem to be wearing. Because of this I've decided to feature a few looks that I particularly adore from the recent Pre-Fall collections that continue to roll in. I will have to find a way to adequately cover the international Pre-Fall collections though as the bulk of those have yet to arrive and are sitting on the other side of the new year to attack.
Monique Lhuillier Pre-Fall 2011
Monique Lhuillier is obviously no stranger to beauty. Every collection that she sends down a runway or presents always has atleast a few red carpet gems that even in a time of red carpet restraint see the light of day. Her collection for Pre-Fall 2011 is no different. With gowns that are silhouette driven, Monique makes evident that her gowns are for real women. While I don't mean real in the "everyday" sense, I do mean real in the, authentic, curvy woman type of way. To be honest, I was never one to pay attention to particularly which person wore which gown on the red carpet(only paying attention to which gowns were worn) If I had to throw a dart at the board I'd say Kim Kardashian would find herself at home in one of these pieces.
Reem Acra is yet another go-to for the red carpet dressing the likes of Beyonce Knowles. With a collection that mixes a bit of old Hollywood glamour with what I can only quantify as an Egyptian ethnicity, the collection spans from metallic mini's to heavily draped gowns. Reem Acra clearly knows hows to please the red carpet crowd and I think we'll be seeing Halle Berry and Beyonce Knowles donning pieces from this collection before long.


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Professor Georgina Mace
Professor Georgina Mace is Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems, and Head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research at University College London.
Prior to joining UCL in 2012, she was Director of the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial College London from 2006, and before that she worked at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, first as a research fellow (1991 – 2000), and latterly as Director of Science (2000 – 2006).
Her research concerns measuring the trends and consequences of biodiversity loss and change with a particular focus on the science and policy interface for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management.
Working with IUCN (especially Simon Stuart), she led the process to develop, test and document criteria for listing species on IUCN's Red List of threatened species. Subsequently she worked on the biodiversity elements of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and contributed to the technical development of measures for the CBD 2010 biodiversity target. She worked on the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2011) and the IPCC WG2 report (2014). In 2014 she chaired a Royal Society science policy report on "Resilience to extreme weather". Currently she is a member of the UK Government's Natural Capital Committee (2012-2015).
She was awarded a CBE in 2007, elected FRS in 2002, and was the 2007 winner of the International Cosmos prize. She has been President of the British Ecological Society (2011-2013), President of the Society for Conservation Biology (2007-2009) and the last Chair of the international programme on biodiversity science DIVERSITAS (2012-2014) which merged into the Future Earth Programme in 2014.
With two previous DIVERSITAS chairs Jose Sarukhan (L) and Hal Mooney®
She is currently a member of NERC Council and the Council of the Royal Society.
Research projects cover a range of topics that relate to the trends and consequences of biodiversity loss and ecosystem change. This essay in Science [1] provides a perspective on changing views of conservation that mirror my interests.
Figure from Mace (2014) Science
1. Mace, G.M., Whose conservation? Science, 2014. 345(6204): p. 1558-1560.
Extinction risk assessment:
This has been a long running interest of mine, starting with work I did in the early 1990s with Russ Lande [2], and continuing with Simon Stuart and a raft of collaborators until the present day. Initially I was working on the scientific criteria for listing species on the IUCN Red List, developing a system that was ultimately accepted by IUCN in 2000 and has been in use since then. The process and the system are both described in this paper [3]. The red list categories were widely applied by the IUCN SSC network over 10 years, and a review of the findings came out in 2010 [4]; we also looked at some future scenarios using some of the same approaches [5].
Since then, I have been interested in ways to extend applications of the system, some more successful than others! For example, we looked at the options for extending the taxonomic scope [6], the causes of category changes among species and populations [7], an approach to handling uncertainty [8] and the information in the dynamics of population declines [9].
Structure of the IUCN Red List categories. ©IUCN. See Mace et al (2008)
Most recently, we have been looking at future options for sustaining the red list system into the future, taking into account the scale of demand for this information, and new options for data and information gathering.
2. Mace, G.M. and R. Lande, Assessing extinction threats: toward a reevaluation of IUCN threatened species categories. Conserv. Biol., 1991. 5(2): p. 148-157.
3. Mace, G.M., et al., Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species. Conservation Biology, 2008. 22(6): p. 1424-1442.
4. Hoffmann, M., et al., The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates. Science, 2010. 330: p. 1503-1509.
5. Pereira, H.M., et al., Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century. Science, 2010. 330(6010): p. 1496-1501.
6. Baillie, J.E.M., et al., Toward monitoring global biodiversity. Conservation Letters, 2008. 1(1): p. 18-26.
7. Mace, G.M., et al., Population and geographic range dynamics: implications for conservation planning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010. 365(1558): p. 3743-3751.
8. Akcakaya, H.R., et al., Making consistent IUCN classifications under uncertainty. Conservation Biology, 2000. 14(4): p. 1001-1013.
9. Di Fonzo, M., B. Collen, and G.M. Mace, A new method for identifying rapid decline dynamics in wild vertebrate populations. Ecology and Evolution, 2013. 3(7): p. 2378-2391.
Life history and ecological correlates of extinction risk
Working with Andy Purvis and others on mammals we have examined us to examine the factors that make species more and less vulnerable to extinction. We have distinguished between intrinsic (life history, ecology) and extrinsic (habitat loss, over-exploitation) pressures [10-12] and their interactions [13], projected future trends [14], and estimated the consequences for the loss of phylogenetic diversity [15] as well as dissecting the influence of different dimensions of life history variation [16]. More recently we have moved to looking at changes to local biodiversity as a result of pressures such as land use change in the PREDICTS project.
10. Cardillo, M., et al., Human population density and extinction risk in the world's carnivores. PLoS Biology, 2004. 2(7): p. 0909-0914.
11. Purvis, A., G.M. Mace, and J.L. Gittleman, Past and future carnivore extinctions: a phylogenetic perspective, in Carnivore Conservation, J.L. Gittleman, et al., Editors. 2001, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. p. 11-34.
12. Cardillo, M., et al., The predictability of extinction: biological and external correlates of decline in mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2008. 275(1641): p. 1441-1448.
13. Cardillo, M., et al., Multiple causes of high extinction risk in large mammal species. Science, 2005. 309(5738): p. 1239-1241.
14. Cardillo, M., et al., Latent extinction risk and the future battlegrounds of mammal conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006. 103(11): p. 4157-4161.
15. Purvis, A., et al., Nonrandom extinction and the loss of evolutionary history. Science, 2000. 288(5464): p. 328-330.
16. Bielby, J., et al., The Fast-Slow Continuum in Mammalian Life History: An Empirical Reevaluation. American Naturalist, 2007. 169(6): p. 748-757.
Climate change and its impacts on biodiversity
I became interested in this in about 2003 when the potential consequences of climate change became clearer, but the red list process was not well structured to identify species at highest risk. While the focus of many was on various kinds of species distribution models, we were keen to pursue an approach that took a more eco-evolutionary perspective, recognising that species have always faced environmental change, and that they have varying capacities to deal with it. Again with Russ Lande, I worked on the fundamental theoretical basis for rapid adaptation to directional change [17], with IUCN we developed a comprehensive assessment of climate change vulnerability for mammals, birds, amphibians and corals [18], devised some new metrics of sensitivity and exposure [19], and wrote a review [20]. This topic gets more complicated with time and I think it is still far from a mature area of research.
17. Chevin, L.-M., R. Lande, and G.M. Mace, Adaptation, plasticity, and extinction in a changing environment: towards a predictive theory. PLoS Biol, 2010. 8(4): p. e1000357.
18. Foden, W.B., et al., Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals. PloS one, 2013. 8(6): p. e65427.
19. Dickinson, M.G., et al., Separating sensitivity from exposure in assessing extinction risk from climate change. Scientific Reports, 2014. 4.
20. Dawson, T.P., et al., Beyond Predictions: Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate. Science, 2011. 332(6025): p. 53-58.
Climate change and species extinction risk workshop identifying species vulnerability traits at Silwood Park in 2007. See http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/cpb/history/workshops/speciesvulnerabilitytraits
Ecosystem services and natural capital accounting
I became interested in ecosystem services through working on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment [21] and the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2011) [22], and have been especially concerned with evaluating the links between biodiversity and ecosystem services [23, 24], incorporating ecosystem services into biodiversity targets [25] and examining trade-offs among ecosystem services [26]. Working with Ian Bateman we have looked at ways to fully incorporate economic values into ecosystem service assessments [27, 28]. Most recently we have developed a new approach to measuring the loss of natural capital, using a risk register (Mace et al. in review).
21. Mace, G.M., et al., Biodiversity, in Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Current States and Trends: Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group. Ecosystems and human well-being, Vol. 1. 2005, Island press: Washington DC. p. 77-122.
22. Mace, G.M. and I.J. Bateman, Conceptual Framework and Methodology, in UK National Ecosystem Assessment Technical Report, UK National Ecosystem Assessment, Editor. 2011, UNEP-WCMC: Cambridge, UK. p. 11-25.
23. Mace, G.M., K. Norris, and A.H. Fitter, Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2012. 27(1): p. 19-26.
24. Cardinale, B.J., et al., Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity. Nature, 2012. 486(7401): p. 59-67.
25. Perrings, C., et al., Ecosystem Services for 2020. Science, 2010. 330(6002): p. 323-324.
26. Howe, C., et al., Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world. Global Environmental Change, 2014. 28: p. 263-275.
27. Bateman, I.J., et al., Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making: Land Use in the United Kingdom. Science, 2013. 341(6141): p. 45-50.
28. Bateman, I.J., et al., Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Service Assessments. Environmental & Resource Economics, 2011. 48(2): p. 177-218.
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Recent publications only (last 10 years) are listed below.
For a complete list of all research publications please visit the Google Scholar page.
Ameca y Juárez, E.I., Mace, G.M., Cowlishaw, G. & Pettorelli, N. (2014). Identifying species' characteristics associated with natural population die-offs in mammals. Animal Conservation, 17, 35-43.
Boitani, L., Mace, G.M. & Rondinini, C. (2014). Challenging the scientific foundations for an iucn red list of ecosystems. Conservation Letters.
Dickinson, M.G., Orme, C.D.L., Suttle, K.B. & Mace, G.M. (2014). Separating sensitivity from exposure in assessing extinction risk from climate change. Scientific Reports, 4.
Howe, C., Suich, H., Vira, B. & Mace, G.M. (2014). Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world. Global Environmental Change, 28, 263-275.
Mace, G.M. (2014). Whose conservation? Science, 345, 1558-1560.
Mace, G.M., Reyers, B., Alkemade, R., Biggs, R., Chapin, F.S., Cornell, S.E., Díaz, S., Jennings, S., Leadley, P. & Mumby, P.J. (2014). Approaches to defining a planetary boundary for biodiversity. Global Environmental Change, 28, 289-297.
Newbold, T., Hudson, L.N., Phillips, H.R.P., Hill, S.L.L., Contu, S., Lysenko, I., Blandon, A., Butchart, S.H.M., Booth, H.L., Day, J., De Palma, A., Harrison, M.L.K., Kirkpatrick, L., Pynegar, E., Robinson, A., Simpson, J., Mace, G.M., Scharlemann, J.P.W. & Purvis, A. (2014). A global model of the response of tropical and sub-tropical forest biodiversity to anthropogenic pressures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281.
Ameca y Juárez, E., Mace, G., Cowlishaw, G., Cornforth, W. & Pettorelli, N. (2013). Assessing exposure to extreme climatic events for terrestrial mammals. Conservation Letters, 6, 145-153.
Andradi-Brown, D.A., Howe, C., Mace, G.M. & Knight, A.T. (2013). Do mangrove forest restoration or rehabilitation activities return biodiversity to pre-impact levels? Environmental Evidence, 2, 20.
Bateman, I.J., Harwood, A.R., Mace, G.M., Watson, R.T., Abson, D.J., Andrews, B., Binner, A., Crowe, A., Day, B.H. & Dugdale, S. (2013). Ecosystem services: Response. Science (New York, NY), 342, 421.
Bateman, I.J., Harwood, A.R., Mace, G.M., Watson, R.T., Abson, D.J., Andrews, B., Binner, A., Crowe, A., Day, B.H., Dugdale, S., Fezzi, C., Foden, J., Hadley, D., Haines-Young, R., Hulme, M., Kontoleon, A., Lovett, A.A., Munday, P., Pascual, U., Paterson, J., Perino, G., Sen, A., Siriwardena, G., van Soest, D. & Termansen, M. (2013). Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making: Land use in the united kingdom. Science, 341, 45-50.
Clark, N.E., Boakes, E.H., McGowan, P.J., Mace, G.M. & Fuller, R.A. (2013). Protected areas in south asia have not prevented habitat loss: A study using historical models of land-use change. PloS one, 8, e65298.
Creel, S., …., Mace, G.M.,…. (2013). Conserving large populations of lions – the argument for fences has holes. Ecology letters,
Di Fonzo, M., Collen, B. & Mace, G.M. (2013). A new method for identifying rapid decline dynamics in wild vertebrate populations. Ecology and Evolution, 3, 2378-2391.
Díaz, S., Purvis, A., Cornelissen, J.H., Mace, G.M., Donoghue, M.J., Ewers, R.M., Jordano, P. & Pearse, W.D. (2013). Functional traits, the phylogeny of function, and ecosystem service vulnerability. Ecology and Evolution, 3, 2958-2975.
Evans, M.R., Bithell, M., Cornell, S.J., Dall, S.R.X., Díaz, S., Emmott, S., Ernande, B., Grimm, V., Hodgson, D.J., Lewis, S.L., Mace, G.M., Morecroft, M., Moustakas, A., Murphy, E., Newbold, T., Norris, K.J., Petchey, O., Smith, M., Travis, J.M.J. & Benton, T.G. (2013). Predictive systems ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280.
Foden, W.B., Butchart, S.H., Stuart, S.N., Vié, J.-C., Akçakaya, H.R., Angulo, A., DeVantier, L.M., Gutsche, A., Turak, E. & Cao, L. (2013). Identifying the world's most climate change vulnerable species: A systematic trait-based assessment of all birds, amphibians and corals. PloS one, 8, e65427.
Foden, W.B., Mace, G.M. & Butchart, S.H. (2013). Indicators of climate change impacts on biodiversity. Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation: Bridging the Gap between Global Commitment and Local Action, 120-137.
Mace, G. (2013a). Global change: Ecology must evolve. Nature, 503, 191-192.
Mace, G.M. (2013b). Biodiversity: Its meanings, roles and status. In: Nature in the balance: The economics of biodiversity (eds. Helm, D & Hepburn, C). Oxford University Press Oxford.
Mace, G.M., Perrings, C., Le Prestre, P., Cramer, W., Díaz, S., Larigauderie, A., Scholes, R.J. & Mooney, H.A. (2013). Science to policy linkages for the post‐2010 biodiversity targets. Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation: Bridging the Gap between Global Commitment and Local Action, 291-310.
Mace, G.M., Terama, E. & Coulson, T. (2013). Perspectives on international trends and dynamics in population and consumption. Environmental and Resource Economics, 1-14.
Redford, K.H., Adams, W. & Mace, G.M. (2013). Synthetic biology and conservation of nature: Wicked problems and wicked solutions. PLoS Biology, 11, e1001530.
Stewart, G., Mengersen, K., Mace, G.M., McNeely, J.A., Pitchforth, J. & Collen, B. (2013). To fund or not to fund: Using bayesian networks to make decisions about conserving our world's endangered species. CHANCE, 26, 10-17.
Akçakaya, H.R., Ferson, S., Burgman, M.A., Keith, D.A., Mace, G.M. & Todd, C.R. (2012). Commentary: Iucn classifications under uncertainty. Environmental Modelling & Software, 38, 119-121.
Ameca y Juárez, E.I., Mace, G.M., Cowlishaw, G., Cornforth, W.A. & Pettorelli, N. (2012). Assessing exposure to extreme climatic events for terrestrial mammals. Conservation Letters.
Cardinale, B.J., Duffy, J.E., Gonzalez, A., Hooper, D.U., Perrings, C., Venail, P., Narwani, A., Mace, G.M., Tilman, D. & Wardle, D.A. (2012). Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity. Nature, 486, 59-67.
Larigauderie, A., Prieur-Richard, A.H., Mace, G.M., Lonsdale, M., Mooney, H.A., Brussaard, L., Cooper, D., Cramer, W., Daszak, P. & Díaz, S. (2012). Biodiversity and ecosystem services science for a sustainable planet: The diversitas vision for 2012–20. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
Mace, G.M. (2012). The limits to sustainability science: Ecological constraints or endless innovation? PLoS Biology, 10, e1001343.
Mace, G.M., Norris, K. & Fitter, A.H. (2012). Biodiversity and ecosystem services: A multilayered relationship. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 27, 19-26.
Newbold, T., Hudson, L., Purves, D.W., Scharlemann, J.P.W., Mace, G. & Purvis, A. (2012). Call for data: Predicts: Projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems. Frontiers of Biogeography, 4.
Russell, L.M., Rasch, P.J., Mace, G.M., Jackson, R.B., Shepherd, J., Liss, P., Leinen, M., Schimel, D., Vaughan, N.E. & Janetos, A.C. (2012). Ecosystem impacts of geoengineering: A review for developing a science plan. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 1-20.
Bateman, I.J., Mace, G.M., Fezzi, C., Atkinson, G. & Turner, K. (2011). Economic analysis for ecosystem service assessments. Environmental & Resource Economics, 48, 177-218.
Dawson, T.P., Jackson, S.T., House, J.I., Prentice, I.C. & Mace, G.M. (2011). Beyond predictions: Biodiversity conservation in a changing climate. Science, 332, 53-58.
Mace, G.M. (2011). Comments from the departing editor. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 366, 3-4.
Mace, G.M. & Bateman, I.J. (2011). Conceptual framework and methodology. In: Uk national ecosystem assessment technical report (ed. UK National Ecosystem Assessment). UNEP-WCMC Cambridge, UK, pp. 11-25.
Redford, K.H., Amato, G., Baillie, J., Beldomenico, P., Bennett, E.L., Clum, N., Cook, R., Fonseca, G., Hedges, S., Launay, F., Lieberman, S., Mace, G.M., Murayama, A., Putnam, A., Robinson, J.G., Rosenbaum, H., Sanderson, E.W., Stuart, S.N., Thomas, P. & Thorbjarnarson, J. (2011). What does it mean to successfully conserve a (vertebrate) species? Bioscience, 61, 39-48.
Boakes, E.H., Mace, G.M., McGowan, P.J.K. & Fuller, R.A. (2010). Extreme contagion in global habitat clearance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 277, 1081-1085.
Boakes, E.H., McGowan, P.J.K., Fuller, R.A., Ding, C.Q., Clark, N.E., O'Connor, K. & Mace, G.M. (2010). Distorted views of biodiversity: Spatial and temporal bias in species occurrence data. PLoS Biology, 8.
Chevin, L.-M., Lande, R. & Mace, G.M. (2010). Adaptation, plasticity, and extinction in a changing environment: Towards a predictive theory. PLoS Biol, 8, e1000357.
Collen, B., Purvis, A. & Mace, G.M. (2010). When is a species really extinct? Testing extinction inference from a sighting record to inform conservation assessment. Diversity and Distributions, 16, 755-764.
Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Böhm, M., Brooks, T.M., Butchart, S.H.M., ………Carpenter, K.E., Chanson, J., Collen, B., Cox, N.A., Darwall, W.R.T., Dulvy, N.K., Harrison, Mace, G.M., ……... & Stuart, S.N. (2010). The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates. Science, 330, 1503-1509.
Larigauderie, A., Mace, G.M. & Mooney, H.A. (2010). Colour-coded targets would help clarify biodiversity priorities. Nature, 464, 160-160.
Mace, G. (2010a). Personal perspectives in the life sciences for the royal society's 350th anniversary. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365, 3-4.
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Artist: Da Brat F/ Jermaine Dupri, Kandi
Album: Miscellaneous
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Da Brat F/ Jermaine Dupri, Kandi
You Bring The Freak Out
you make me TALK nasty nasty to ya
DREAM about how i wanna do ya
THINK what i used to think about you bring it out
you show me how to use my tongue
you just so yum yum tasty tasty
love it when you take me and take me you bring the freak out in me
[Da Brat]
I'm freaky freaky
gimme head head
I wanna see how you go down, go down, go down and get fed
come and get some tasty tasty
lick each and every individual part and make me, make me
come come a chameleon
see a different position to do something different to the yum yum
jump jump on top of the kitchen cabinet
so you can stick it and pump pump
Miss Harris when and wherever i feel like having
save you some embrassment
I'm an Aries and i ain't scared of shit
dare to flinch then and there i'll make your chest hairs lift
[Jermaine Dupri]
Only you do ah, ah
think about this and try try
to kiss all the places
missed by the basic lovin' of your guy-ah
right in the park in the broad daylight
real hard like we the only ones around
back of the car, tearing you apart
this how shit be goin' down
when i pump you say harder harder
love it when i bring my camcorder
whipped cream, take everything
even when we first got started started
from the bedroom to the dancefloor
to a slow tune up against the door
to the up and down, to the in and out
to the way you sound
[Kandi] (Jermaine Dupri)
are you gonna fuck me?
(you think i'm not?)
come on baby
(i'm comin)
lets fuck
(i love it when you talk like that)
yeh whatever, go down there
(show me how to use my tongue)
i want you to put your tongue right here
(talk to me!)
right there on there yeh
[Da Brat]
i'm a superfreak i do what you need
i'm a slave for you, stay craving you
i'm available, i'm unfadable
and i'm capable to disable you
i break you down, blow out your pipe
turn out your lights and leave your wife
lie me down on my back but don't let my Timberlands clap
hit it up like its Wimbeldon
don't spare a racquet 'cause Brat freaky like that
just once taste of the nipple
and two kisses will leave you crippled
you done fell in love with shantizzle
and i'ma keep you fiending for mizzo
the 6-0 six-fo bizzo
got one of the freakiest hizzo's
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Thanks for the comparison Anthony.AnthonyR wrote:jackal1 wrote:How would it compare in direct competition with a dragonfly on a drone?
Not in the same league as a Dragonfly, not even close.
Cleaner beam, less likely to fry your eyes, yes but less viewing distance.
What sort of distances are you getting with the 50mm Ruby compared to the Dragonfly?


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Published: 07/03/2002
Karl Brauer, Editor in Chief
Automotive irony comes in many forms. Take the ongoing Mustang versus F-body (that's Camaro and Firebird to non-car geeks) war that's been raging since 1967. Back then, the Mustang was into its fourth production year before General Motors finally launched a counter strike and delivered a dynamic duo with styling cues and performance capabilities that met (some might even argue exceeded) the Mustang's offerings.
Thus began one of the greatest rivalries in the history of internal combustion. Whether at the track on the street or in the showroom, the Mustang versus Camaro (or Firebird) battle often headlined the larger Ford versus GM war. Regardless of how that battle has swung over the last 35 years, the Blue Oval boys finally have the satisfaction of knowing they've won the ponycar war.
For 2003, the Camaro and Firebird are officially dead, while the Mustang continues to be a hot seller among enthusiasts, empty nesters and, well, let's face it, rental car agencies. And that irony mentioned earlier? It relates to the fact that this year's top Mustang, the SVT Cobra, now packs enough punch under its bulging hood to easily dust off those pesky 5.7-liter V8 Camaros and Firebirds. Normally, this escalation in hostilities would be met by a similar bump in performance from the Chevy and Pontiac guys. Instead, the only response you're likely to see is another press release about how well the Suburban is selling.
But enough history. The future of ultimate pony car performance rides on the original pony car, along with some help from Ford's Special Vehicle Team. SVT has taken a page from the aftermarket and mounted an Eaton Roots-type blower on top of the Cobra's 4.6-liter V8. To cope with the extra stress created by 390 prancing ponies (up from the 320 horsepower produced by last year's normally aspirated engine) the new cast-iron block received several upgrades. These include Manley forged "H-beam" connecting rods, forged pistons and an aluminum flywheel that connects to a Tremec T-56 six-speed transmission. Ford fans familiar with previous SVT products might wonder if those last two items were pulled from the 2000 Cobra R parts bin. They were.
Other drivetrain modifications include a lower compression ratio of 8.5:1 (to offset the higher combustion chamber pressures delivered via the supercharger), new camshafts designed to provide greater low-end torque, an aluminum driveshaft with upgraded universal joints, stronger half-shafts and a 3.55:1 gearset in the differential. And, of course, every SVT Mustang Cobra engine is still hand-built and signed by a two-person assembly team.
The Eaton supercharger is designed to give between 7.5 and 8 pounds per square inch maximum boost. From there, the compressed air passes through a water-to-air intercooler to reduce its temperature and create a denser air charge. As you might expect, this engine demands only the highest-quality pump fuel available, and although official EPA numbers haven't yet been released, our limited drive time suggests that the 2003 Cobra is not going to threaten Honda's Insight for top mpg figures.
While the SVT Mustang Cobra's appetite for high octane comes as no surprise, its ability to comport itself on both a low-speed autocross circuit and high-speed racecourse did raise a few eyebrows among the gathered automotive press at Virginia International Raceway. Whether we were hauling it down from 120 mph on VIR's front straight or rotating it through the tricky elevation changes on the backside of the course, it was abundantly clear to us that SVT wanted more than just a stoplight racer for 2003.
Starting with the 2002 SVT Cobra's independent rear suspension, the 2003 version gets revised bushings and springs, along with a new tubular crossbrace that reinforces the rear differential under hard acceleration. Spring rates are specific to body type, with the coupe getting 600 ppi springs and the convertible getting 500 ppi units in front and 470 ppi springs in back. Bilstein shocks and a slightly larger front antiroll bar, now at 29 mm, round out the suspension mods for 2003 while a higher-rate steering-gear bushing provides superior on-center feel.
Further performance benefits are gained from 13-inch Brembo front brake rotors with PBR dual-piston calipers. Rear binders feature 11.65-inch rotors with single-piston calipers and upgraded rear brake pad material. Affixing the Cobra to mother earth are 17-by-9 inch cast aluminum wheels wearing 275/40ZR17 Goodyear Eagle F1 tires. With a curb weight of approximately 3,700 pounds, the 2003 Cobra is clearly no lightweight. However, the 390 lb-ft of peak torque hits at 3,500 rpm and is relatively flat from off-idle to the 6,500-rpm redline. And don't forget that combines with a healthy 390 peak hp at 6,000 rpm.
If you're thinking this pony is capable of supercar acceleration figures, you're right. Chief SVT engineer John Coletti (who could accurately be described as the Tony Soprano of motorsports, except that when he talks about "whacking the competition" he's referring to cars, not people) told us that the 2003 SVT Mustang Cobra "will do 12s in the quarter-mile." A short drive through the hills of North Carolina supported Mr. Coletti's comments. Off-the-line pulling power is strong and remains so right up to the 6,500 rpm redline. The supercharger's whine is barely audible under most conditions, largely drowned out by the low, throaty exhaust rumble.
During both our public road and private racetrack seat time, we found the Cobra, in either coupe or convertible form, to be the most capable Mustang-badged vehicle we've driven with the possible exception of the 2000 Cobra R version. We should specify that, in terms of pure acceleration numbers and lap times, the two are likely within a couple tenths of a second of one another. And because this one comes with a full warranty, a rear seat, air conditioning and an audio system (all for $20,000 less), it is ostensibly a superior vehicle. However, the Cobra R had a normally aspirated 5.4-liter V8 while this version uses a blown 4.6-liter engine. The phrase "no replacement for displacement" may be cliché, but it's also an undeniable fact. If you don't think so, drive a 2003 Cobra and a 2000 Cobra R back-to-back. We suspect the older model will feel stronger in the midrange and when rolling on the throttle, and we know it had a superior exhaust howl.
But these are subtle advantages from a vehicle that was too hardcore and expensive for most buyers (ergo its limited run of 300 units). Regardless, the 2003 Cobra essentially equals the Cobra R's performance while also maintaining a standard Mustang GT's everyday functionality. Ride quality, seat comfort and interior noise levels are all well within tolerable limits for the mainstream enthusiast. And with standard features like Nudo leather seats (complete with a power lumbar adjustment), air conditioning and a Mach 460 audio system, even your non-enthusiast friends (or spouse) won't mind tagging along.
And perhaps the most exciting aspect of the new Cobra's performance relates to what it signifies in the automotive marketplace. You can now buy a 390-horsepower Mustang for less than $35,000 when just one year ago that would have been more horsepower than the top Corvette (a $47,000 Z06 with 385 horses). Now, of course, the Z06 offers 405 horsepower and the new Viper is touting 500. The last time we put the top Viper, 'Vette and Mustang up against each other, the Chevy won because it had the best combination of price and performance. Now the Mustang is right there at Z06 performance levels for more than $10,000 less. Sounds like another American Exotics comparo is in order. As Mr. Coletti puts it, "We've done this, and now the competition will have to respond." Sounds like a certain famous "family war to clean out the bad blood."
In the meantime, it's unfortunate there's no direct competition left for the Mustang to beat up on. It clearly has the goods to put cement shoes on last year's top F-bodies. But regardless of whether you want to score this victory on a basis of attrition or acceleration, Mr. Coletti can officially consider the F-body competition "whacked."
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Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC is Confirmed to Keynote at the Launch of Clinical Trial Collaborations
December 3, 2015
We are delighted to announce that Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco for the FDA is confirmed to keynote at Clinical Trials Collaborations on March 22nd in Boston, MA. Dr Califf will provide insights into the vision, goals and challenges for the FDA in 2016 as well as provide thoughts on the outsourcing environment and what industry can do to help.
Clinical Trial Collaborations is presented jointly for the first time by Centerwatch and the Conference Forum. The Summit is chaired by Ken Getz, Director, Sponsored Research Programs at Tufts CSDD and provides a truly strategic level event on clinical outsourcing and the future of collaborations to drive more efficient R&D operations. The conference presents powerful ideas for R&D operations, CRO and Site executives to find new ways to collaborate.
Clinical Trial Collaborations will be held at the Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel on March 21-21, 2016 in Cambridge, MA. In the spirit of the biopharma boom and intellectual power between Harvard and MIT, Cambridge seemed the logical choice for a clinical operations conference.
About Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC
Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, was named Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February of 2015. Dr. Califf provides executive leadership to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, and the Center for Tobacco Products. He also oversees the Office of Special Medical Programs and provides direction for cross-cutting clinical, scientific, and regulatory initiatives, including precision medicine, combination products, orphan drugs, pediatric therapeutics, and the advisory committee system.
Prior to joining the FDA, Dr. Califf was a professor of medicine and vice chancellor for clinical and translational research at Duke University. He also served as director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute and founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. A nationally and internationally recognized expert in cardiovascular medicine, health outcomes research, healthcare quality, and clinical research, Dr. Califf has led many landmark clinical trials and is one of the most frequently cited authors in biomedical science, with more than 1,200 publications in the peer-reviewed literature.
Dr. Califf has served on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committees that recommended Medicare coverage of clinical trials and the removal of ephedra from the market, as well as on the IOM Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors and the IOM Health Sciences Policy Board. He has served as a member of the FDA Cardiorenal Advisory Panel and FDA Science Board's Subcommittee on Science and Technology. Dr. Califf has also served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine, as well as on advisory committees for the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Council of the National Institute on Aging.
While at Duke, Dr. Califf led major initiatives aimed at improving methods and infrastructure for clinical research, including the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI), a public-private partnership co-founded by the FDA and Duke. He also served as the principal investigator for Duke's Clinical and Translational Science Award and the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory coordinating center.
Dr. Califf is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a fellowship in cardiology at Duke.
About CenterWatch
Since 1994, CenterWatch, has been the recognized global leader in providing clinical trials information to a broad and influential spectrum of clinical research professionals ranging from sponsors and CROs to research sites and niche providers. For more information, visit www.centerwatch.com.
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The Conference Forum has a very specific focus – developing specialized events, both public and private as well as research groups and advisory boards, for professionals in the life science and healthcare industries. Their mission is to create the best content, exchange ideas and solutions among peers and provide quality networking for Pharmaceutical and Biotech professionals. For more information, visit http://theconferenceforum.org.