text:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Long Books
When I find a book I like, I immediately look for more from that author. Often, as I wander in a daze through the stacks of a local library (nothing puts me in a daze like wandering through library stacks--I can never think of a writer or a title to look for) I use as a criterion, in addition to New Yorker reviews, whether there is more than one book by that author on the shelf. My hermit-like existence prompts me to look for sustained company wherever I find it.
In my long-ago grad studies in French Lit, there were only a couple of women on the reading lists. Since then, I have read lots and lots of women writers. Unfortunately, in sheer output they do not compare to the men. Why didn't Jane Austen write sixty novels, instead of six? Because she was busy making blancmange puddings for her father, which I hope he enjoyed.
As I await for the female equivalent of Dickens (whom I can't stand--such namby-pamby women characters), I revel in the likes of Trollope, Proust, P.G. Wodehouse, Robertson Davies. And now that I'm grown up, I intend to give Balzac another try.
This need for a long-term immersion in another mind means that, try as I might, I cannot really get into contemporary media. I hate magazines that make you hunt pages ahead for the ending to the (inevitably short) article you're reading. I miss the almost-book-length essays in the old black-and-white New Yorker. I detest "side bars," and advertisements that take up text space. I'll leave you to imagine how I feel about web pages with pop-up adds, not to mention Facebook, even-less-to-mention Twitter (though I have accounts in both).
Fortunately, books--big, fat, full-of-print ones with no advertisements--remain. I'm due for another trip to the library soon. What do you recommend?
3 comments :
- AnonymousMay 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Hello Eulalia, I've been following your blog for a bit now ('lurking' as they call it). But I'll let myself be drawn out by your last post. If it's trilogies you're after, then I do think you would enjoy the Border Triology (McArthy)if you have not already. Camus and Faulkner seldom disapoint. My favorite author is Saramago. If you have not already read him (I would imagine someone as well read as you has) then you are truely missing out. Finally, for those long winter-time books, you just can't beat the Russian, so stock up on some Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy.ReplyDelete
I wonder though why a female blogger laments the lack of female authors? It seems that the answer is obvious. Your writing is hypnotic and all that you create is beautiful. So take up your pen and write.
Let us know what you find at the library and please keep blogging.
Welcome, Paul. I must confess that I have had Saramago's books in my hand in the past, but have always reshelved them. It's because I'd rather read them in Portuguese, which I don't know. That is of course an insane reason to keep from reading such a major literary figure...Saramago is now at the top of my list.ReplyDelete
OH, my list won't be quite as literary as what you and Paul mentioned, but I think "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" is destined to be an american classic, and I really enjoyed the poetic feel of Gil Adamson's "Outlander" and then I found out she was a poet! I resisted "The Help" for the longest time and found myself laughing out loud and also in tears at times. Schiff's "Cleopatra, a life" was also wonderful.ReplyDelete
In non fiction there is "The big burn" and "The Worst Hard Time" and "The Children's Blizzard" all captivating. Erik Larson's "Devil in the White City" was also good, and I am embarking on his "River of Doubt" starting last night. I love Krakauer's books: Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven - I did not read the latest one though.
For a very light read with some classical elements "Gods Behaving Badly" was very entertaining, as the classical gods are now living in a broke down victorian house in London as no one believes in them anymore. They get into a lot of mischief!
I read "The Reliable Wife" when it first came out long before it hit the best seller list, and felt like I was reading an Edward Gorey cartoon in word form!
Anything my Malcolm Gladwell is always educating and interesting.
I am on a Kindle now, but still have a copy of The Worst Hard Time in paper back and would be happy to lend it to you.


text:
PARIS (MarketWatch) -- Steel producer ArcelorMittal MT, +1.51% Wednesday said its board of directors has approved a new share buyback program for up to a maximum of 44 million shares.
In a statement, ArcelorMittal said the new share buyback program is aimed at offsetting the issuance of 44 million ArcelorMittal shares that took place in connection with the ArcelorMittal merger Nov. 13.
ArcelorMittal said the new program would be realized in a two-year time frame.
"It is ArcelorMittal's intention to use the repurchased shares either for supporting potential future corporate opportunities or for cancellation," the company said in its statement.
Company Web site: http://www.arcelormittal.com
-Contact: 201-938-5400

subset: commoncrawl


text:
I KNOW Terrie's work and the amazing things she does with children. As a part time bus driver for Harrison School Dist 2, I know what it's like to work with kids. I believe that Terrie and the new center will bring a new focus to learning that will supplement and enhance any curriculum in the city.Mr. Daniel Riedel, Partner, Business owner and educator
Valuable Lessons Include:[Rich_Web_Slider id="2"]
• Appreciation of natural resources • Respect for wildlife
• Conservation awareness
• Cultural awareness
• Science
• Social Studies
• Music, Art, and much more!
"We promote support for teachers and the Colorado Academic Standards."
Rock and Mineral Programs
Programs include museum quality displays, hands-on learning experiences, science, exploration and experiments, live animals, literacy, social studies, art, music, and more!
Rock and Mineral Exploration: Hands-on experiments and exploration of various types of rocks, minerals, fossils and dinosaurs. Create your own rock collection!
Why are rocks and minerals important? This question is one of the topics of study in this informative, interesting and fun program for students. This program begins with a presentation on why rocks and minerals are important.
The students will view numerous specimens and they will learn what they are and how we use them in everyday life. They will view a specimen like natural copper and then they will see copper pipe or copper pennies to understand how we use this mineral. The initial presentation can be adjusted to support the curriculum the students are learning in class.
We will customize any program to meet the needs of the students. We value working with our teachers to provide a quality program supporting the class curriculum.
After the presentation students will participate in a variety of hands on activities. They will have an opportunity to find, sort and identify different fossils and to view a variety of fossils on display in the museum including a dinosaur egg, dinosaur footprints a Megladon tooth and more. Students will explore how rocks form and what our planet consists of by building and exploding a volcano. A variety of volcanic rocks from the Hawaiian Islands, Mt. Saint Helen's, and other volcano's will be available for exploration.
Students will have an opportunity to view and handle numerous rock and mineral specimens. They will explore and identify different qualities and characteristics through a variety of experiments, such as weight, hardness, size, and magnetism. A variety of geodes will be available as well as petrified wood and meteorites. Visual aids, charts, books and a funny DVD are also available for use.
Other possible subjects available for discussion are tectonic plates, earthquakes, the rock cycle, erosion and the effects of weather on rocks. Another activity available is an opportunity for students to build their own collection box and to make their own rock and mineral collection. Specimens will be provided.
Let's work together to create an amazing field trip experience for your students!


text:
Login with FB
Privacy Policy
Finance Policy
E-business & E-marketing
Adsense Master Plan Review
Product Overview
0 reviews received
Products from this vendor
AdSense Insiders Club*
Traffic Domination Plan*
Andy Bland
12th Dec 2018 •
Thanks for visiting this
Adsense Master Plan product review page.
Prior to getting started, allow me to briefly describe how this page works. I aim to provide an impartial report on the product. I use statistical indicators to write my product assessments, making certain they are 100% neutral. I also provide information about where you can purchase, a customer reviews system than only allows verified purchasers to comment and my one of a kind purchase bonus that benefits you for using r.ecommended.com. Please note that I do have an affiliate connection with adsensemasterplan.com, for additional information please see
how this site is financed.
Publisher's Description
Precisely what do the statistics tell us?
Because of the large number of products on this website, I'm not able to personally evaluate every one. But I still want to provide my readers with an evaluation of the product. So what to do?
The answer is stats.
However, because this is a new product it's a little too early to see just what reaction of purchasers is. We don't yet have any sales statistics. Therefore for now we're assessing it as being 'average' and waiting more time before giving it our final verdict.
How to buy
Please take note that r.ecommended.com is unable to offer Adsense Master Plan direct. Actually, we can only hyperlink you through to the adsensemasterplan.com internet site to purchase the product.
is the only site where Adsense Master Plan is available to purchase.
It is available there for the price of $19.97.
Having said that, we do list
1 other product underneath
. In such cases, we link straight to the payment web page because the buy hyperlink can be difficult to find on the publisher's web page.
Our All round Rating
Taking into consideration everything, we have given Adsense Master Plan
an overall score of 3.44.
This is a fine product that scores well over a range of considerations.
Your Purchase Incentive
Now, though our reviews are wholly impartial, we do have an "affiliate" relationship with the product author. Because of this if we send them over a customer we are recognised with a percentage of the sale. So if you use any of the links on this page to check out adsensemasterplan.com and end up buying, we will be rewarded. In turn, we would love to reward you. This compensation is what we call the purchase bonus. There is no extra cost to you – all you have to do is use our link and you'll get free stuff. For more information about the bonus please click
Which features of this product are you reviewing?
Just the website? Everything? Separate multiple with a comma
I'm reviewing
Please give those features an overall rating out of 5
5 stars is amazing, 1 star is awful
Photos of you with Adsense Master Plan
Prove you've used the product
by uploading photos of you with it
Unsupported Browser
This site does not support Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Isn't it about time you upgraded?


text:
We offer a wide range of plumbing services and solutions to our customer base in central Oklahoma.
No job is too big or too small. Our clientele includes homeowners, small businesses, churches, commercial property management firms, and public utility entities.
The services that we offer include the following:
- Slab Leaks
- New Sewer Lines / Sewer Line Repair
- Gas Pressure Tests
- Gas Re-Pipe
- New Construction
- Camera Inspection
- Remodels
- Water Heater Installations
- Toilet / Sink Replacement
- General Plumbing Repairs
View Our Work
The first musical fountain in the state of Oklahoma at Fuze Restaurant- Installed by Coe Plumbing


text:
Inspiration of the Moment -
'To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition.'
— Albert Einstein
Friday, June 15, 2007
A lime green Hershey kiss?
It's a crochet hat, made with super-chunky yarn and fun fur, to be donated to Made By Hand. I giggled all through this project, working with a hook thicker than my thumb. I have enough yarn for about 2 more hats.
Posted by Chris Bamberger at 2:12 PM
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
1. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- her qualifications for the job are excellent
- one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree
Similar word(s): making
Definition categories: attribute, fitness, fittingness
2. the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea
- his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform
Definition categories: act, alteration, revision
3. a statement that limits or restricts some claim
Similar word(s): reservation
Definition categories: communication, statement
Sentences with qualification as a noun:
- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- What are your qualifications for this job?


text:
Well, this week went really quickly.
January for me has been like surfing a wicked sweet wave that, if I ride it properly and stay ahead of will not crash down on me, but rather eject me out on the other side, going quite fast and hopeful sending me into another big wave. However, if I am the least bit timid or I linger, it will crash down on me, swallowing me and my little surfboard whole.
How's that for an analogy?
On Monday, my lovely wife will hit the perfect middle of her perfect mid-thirties. You do the math, but to save face, I will only say that she is turning 19. A couple of things occurred to me in thinking about my wife's birthday and what it means for the both of us to have broken the five-finger rule (i.e., don't marry someone +/- 5 years your own age). For my wife, it means going backwards in some ways, and not being with someone who has built a successful career and is starting to make money and can buy a house, etc. Instead, she finds herself with someone in their mid-twenties, still going to school. And although I sometimes think I am 56, I still behave emotionally like I am 27. These are, of course, not things I suspect that she feels or thinks about, but I do and I feel sort of guilty about it all, about making everyone in my family sacrifice so that I can sit at a desk with silly books titled 'Discourse and Identity' piled on top of... why more books called 'Discourse and Identity'. It's all very self indulgent.
So thinking about all of this and finding myself with a bit of money from teaching, I resolved to get Yoko a birthday gift that would somehow speak to my (albeit stereotypical and probably sexist) husbandly desire to provide her with what she wants and needs, on material as well as emotional levels. The answer, it seemed, was a vacuum cleaner. Not just any vacuum cleaner, but a vacuum cleaner that Yoko has wanted for our whole marriage, one that is made in the UK and is particularly built for dust allergy sufferers. Her parents have one and love it, apparently. I, being still a student and in my student mindset, have been frustrated that the vacuum that we did buy, which was by no means the cheapest and which claimed to help allergy sufferers, was not apparently cutting it. It couldn't be THAT bad, I was thinking.
I spent the week going back and forth about buying the vacuum, but finally, yesterday, I decided that I would just do it, finances be damned. I went to CostCo and bought the vacuum and brought it home, in one single, thoughtless action. I carried it inside, and when Yoko came out to greet me, there I was standing with the box in my arms.
The reaction was what I had intended: Yoko started crying and suddenly I was crying too, standing there with the vacuum in my arms. Yes, it was very expensive, and yes, I would have to work hard to pay for it, but it says what I want to say: I'm sorry this has been so hard and I understand all you've sacrificed to follow my dreams. I hope this in some small way makes up for it.
Well, the vacuum has been nice enough: being 27 and not a dust allergy sufferer myself, I don't quite understand what the big deal is, but Yoko does and happily showed me all the dust it had picked up.
The birthday festivities will continue now, with a trip to Oxford Castle tomorrow and some cake with friends on Sunday and something on Monday night, when I get back from Middlesex. I don't think I will be able to top the vacuum cleaner though...


text:
Event Planner + Wedding Planner
Alexandria, VA, the District + Beyond
What We Do
Story+Style Events is a full-service event planning and wedding planning agency located in Alexandria, VA. We specialize in sophisticated weddings and events across Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland, and beyond. Story+Style loves to bring the client's vision to life using our professional knowledge and experience in logistics, catering, site selection, hotel management, and everything in between. Tell us the vision for your event. We know your time is valuable so once you provide your event details, we'll respond with a starting quote for your event needs within 24 hours.
Our Services
Corporate: Complete Planning
We implement an event strategy that aligns with your organization's mission. Your attendees will be engaged through superior event management and unforgettable hospitality.
Community: Complete Planning
Are you a local artist, author, or business owner planning an upcoming event? We're here to guide you in the process and help you spread awareness in your local area.
Weddings: Day-Of Coordination
For the bride and groom whoe are able to take care of majority of their wedding details. Plan the big picture, and let us wrap up the fine details in the final weeks. *service should be booked 4-12 months in advance
Restaurant: Group Dining Management
If your restaurant is in need of a capable event coordinator, our group dining service can help. We act as an extension of your restaurant, performing site visits, assisting with menu creation, and even execution.
Weddings: Destination Coordination
This service is for the couple who has decided to hold their wedding at least 100+ miles away from home. From selecting your resort decor package, to booking rooms for each of your guests..we've got it from here.
Past Events
From golf tournaments at The Lodge at Torrey Pines to fundraising galas at the Philadelphia Marriott to weddings in Riviera Maya, Mexico, we want to share these moments with you.
"Story+Style Events made sure the dining area was beautifully setup down to the decorative detail, and nothing was forgotten!"


text:
Fitness Flyer
The first two sign-ups for the "Danville's Got PEP" TEAM walking Saturday in the Ephraim Wellness/Danville City Community Walking Challenge "Get Healthy!" were Kathy Belcher and Shelly Stinnett. Will you join us Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Millennium Park between 9-12 and take the 10,000 STEPS Challenge? Participants will receive a pedometer at check in (students too) and when you get to 10,000 STEPS or are finished turn your pedometer back in at check-in and receive some freebies. There will be stations for students such as: walking, jump rope, football throw, sports and SPARK games. Several activities for adults will be available for everyone can get 10,000 STEPS! If you want to participate in the community "Get Healthy" Challenge send email to: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com to receive a registration form or come out to Millennium Park Saturday. Participants can walk individually or participate in a TEAM. If you don't have a team and would like to join the Danville Schools "Danville's Got PEP" TEAM be sure to include that on your registration paper. Free nerf footballs, jump ropes and water bottles among other items will be available.
152 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.Danville, KY, 40422
(859) 238-1300Fax:
(859) 238-1330


text:
Adoptions - sales and use taxes 2002
Select a year:
- Adoption of amendments to Sections 527.4 and 527.5 of the Sales and Use Taxes regulations as published in Subchapter A of Chapter IV of Title 20 NYCRR, to provide in the regulations that separately stated, reasonable charges for alterations to all items of clothing are to be treated as tailoring, a service that is specifically excluded from New York State and local sales and compensating use taxes. 20 NYCRR sections 527.4(b) and (c), and section 527.5(b)(3)
Text of Adoption
PDF | WordPerfect | RTF
Submitted for publication in the 7/03/02 edition of the State Register.
- Adoption of amendment to section 538.2 of the Sales and Use Taxes Regulations to reflect the extended expiration date of section 1142-A of the Tax Law amended pursuant to Chapter 407 of the Laws of 1999. Section 1142-A was amended with respect to the special requirements imposed by section 1142-A on certain parking facility operators which provide parking services in New York County (Manhattan). The amendments were adopted and signed by Commissioner Roth. 20 NYCRR section 538.2
Text of Adoption
PDF | WordPerfect | RTF
Submitted for publication in the 2/13/02 edition of the State Register.


text:
Things aren't going so well for HTC at the moment (or over the last couple of years, really), and the company is looking for a way to right the ship.
Following reports that HTC's sales fell by as much as 68 percent year-over-year and its announcement that it is letting go of 1,500 employees from its Taiwan division, it's betting on a bit of a Hail Mary to shake things up later this year. That hopeful device is called the Exodus, and it's a blockchain-powered Android smartphone that was officially announced earlier this year.
Unfortunately, at the time HTC didn't have a lot to talk about regarding the Exodus except to say that it is a handset designed for a cryptocurrency future, built with a secure hardware enclave and a universal wallet. HTC's Phil Chen recently spoke with The Verge about the upcoming smartphone and confirmed the handset would launch before the end of 2018. However, no specific date is ready for you to circle on the calendar just yet.
As far as pricing is concerned, there is no official announcement there just yet, either. Chen did say that the Exodus will be "comparable" to the Finney, another blockchain smartphone that's priced at $1,000 and manufactured by Sirin Labs.
HTC envisions a future where the Exodus supports "the entire blockchain ecosystem", and HTC wants to create a native blockchain network, with Exodus devices working as nodes that serve as cryptocurrency trading points for users.
This is a big bet for HTC, and one that may make or break the company depending on how well it fares out in the market. Are you remotely interested in the Exodus?


text:
This course is for software engineers and developers who would like to design and build Ethereum powered Blockchain solutions. This is a Hands-on session that provides you with the ability to develop and deploy smart contracts while providing you with a solid foundation in the Ethereum key components and frameworks required for creating Decentralized Applications (DApps).
Audience Profile:
- Basic Blockchain knowledge is required.
- Knowledge in IT networking and IT architecture is pre.
- Advanced programming and affinity towards technology is an essential pre-requisite.
You learn:
- Ethereum architecture and key components
- Installing and developing using Mist
- Setting up the private Ethereum blockchain network
- Creating Ethereum Address, Sending and Receiving Ether in private and public network
- Introducing and developing smart contracts using Solidity and Truffle framework
- Hands-on lab on creating your own tokens with smart contract
- Introducing Decentralized Applications (DApps)
- Hands-on lab - developing a DApp


text:
Android Games – Action and Adventure
Will you save the Kingdom? Battle Dragons, zombies, aliens or a myriad of other foul things? Download the latest titles for Android Tablets and Phones.
Click on the title of this section to expand the list and show you every app in our system!
My Paper Plane 3D« Games - Arcade & Action « Downloads
|October 2, 2013
|29 times
|Games - Arcade & Action
My Paper Plane 3D
If you like paper plane glider games you will enjoy new flying games for attention, reaction and speed – Paper Plane 3D! 3D graphic environments will make it even more interesting!
My paper plane glider with intuitive control can fly in different places depending on the level. See islands, forest castles and amusement park are waiting for you! Collect the points and avoid obstacles using fluid motion of your jet plane. Fly your paper plane through exciting 3d courses. It is a great flight experience!
My Paper Plane 3D is:
– Third dimensional graphic with nice physics effects and dynamically generated levels;
– Both speed games and racing games.
My Paper Plane 3D – now you don't need to make paper plane! Flick flight simulator and paper jet obstacle race is here!


text:
Dr.ir. Maurice van Keulen
Associate Professor Data Management Technology
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
University of Twente
P.O.Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
Email: m.vankeulen at utwente.nl
Tel: +31 53 489 3688 (no response: +31 53 489 3690)
Fax: +31 53 489 2927
Room: Zilverling 4061 (directions and map: Dutch/English; building 11)
He studied computer science at the University of Twente and received his Msc. in 1992. His work as a research assistant in the ESPRIT project IMPRESS gradually shifted towards PhD research, which resulted in november 1997 in a PhD with a thesis entitled "Formal operation definition in object-oriented databases". From august 1997 until april 1999, he worked with the company Ordina Utopics Front Office B.V. as an information architect. His subsequent assistant professorship at the University of Twente was interrupted for 9 months in 2002/2003 for a sabattical with the DBIS-group at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Per 1 january 2010, he was promoted to associate professor.


text:
I like taking pictures with my friends through my k750i and I can say that its pictures is excellent indeed!!
K800i will surely be my next phone!
Wow! I love this phone! Can't wait to have one!!
I both like k800i and n80. I guess n80's WiFi and UpnP aren't that too important for me and perhaps I will not be able to make use of it.
Though n80 features higher resolution display, I am still convinced that k800's resolution is bright and crisp enough.
I guess I'm into this phone! :D
extra features on the n80 which k800 doesn't have are:
Secondary Camera
UPnP technology (stream to tv/stereo)
hi-res screen - 352 x 416 pixels
S60 3rd edition OS
Latest html/xhtml browser
Built in hands-free
To no name...
It depends on your priorities. The K800 will do the things that are written on the box. The N80 can do the same things as the K800, though not as well when it comes to photographing, but because it´s a smart phone it can also be customized quite freely. And it has got wi-fi and UpNp and these hi-tech thingies...
As I said, the choice depends on your needs.
This is the 2006 phone to get...i mean it has everything. THe SE k750i was awesome but this phone is taking it to the next step. Cannot wait until this phone releases! Trust me you guys ive compared this phone with alot of others and that this is THE phone...so im going to wait to get it !
soz ppl posted twice by pressing refresh, i sound more irate than i am as this is on twice. i really am not double annoyed as it seems!!!
but ye if i thought n80 was better i would def get it but i know i have an inherant hatred of nokia, I would either choose samsung or SE as these are the phones i get on with best. there nice calm, and zen like :)
Listeeeenn! I don't need anyone patronising me, telling me which phone i should go for, who would know that better than me? Why are we all comparing techi features anyway? Who is the average phone user: the average guy/gal in the street. I'm not a tech nerd i go by my own experience. I have 3 kids so a pic phone IS important to me, I want crystal clarity on my pics n videos, why? because i always have my handset handy when i want to take a pic/vid NOT my dig camera, whoever argued the point aboout using ur dig camera for great photos not ur phone, clearly didnt understand the thinking behind the whole integrated camera bit: it is there because its convenient and very much needed for a lot of consumers.
PLS one more time do not patronise me, i dunno why nokia losers come on here ramming it down our throats how great THEY think nokia's are; wot do i care what they think I'm a mom first a foremost symbian (pretentious) bla bla bla is the last thing on my mind when i choose a phone i would say that thay type of feature is for that sad loser in class who never had any mates or the type to think that js bcos their phone has this slow function it actually means something; guess wot: IT DOESN'T! If it does f**k all for me why would i give a second damn about it? it's all relative, the feature on the phone is only important if it is important to you, i dont need to pose in front of my friends down the pub with my mobile i'll leave that to you spotty male geaks. so quit harping on about nokias this is a SE review section. If i wanted to know how much nokia's suck i would go to the nokia bit. you would never actually find me there as all past experiences with nokia have been distasteful my last 3 i tried 6230, 6680, n70 : crap, crap ,crap look crap are crap. dont presume to tell me which phone is better i will decide that for myself, if it better for me and my uses, then it IS the better phone!!!!! supply n demand, pure n simple.
SE K800 is th phone in the market write now!!
Nokia SUX!!!! They think that they are the best but they're not!!!
Camera is the best and the battery is good too. I think that i'll buy this phone
it looks very very very good, however the only problem is that SE are taking their sweet ass time to release it- i rang and they said end of june but probably later.
ARGH its just not fair. I need a mobile now, not in 4 months
Come on guys, stop comparing between N80 and K800, these two baby belongs to different catergory. Instead we should compare N80 with other smartphone or PPC. so the closest rival will be none than other P990. P990 got all in a phone, QWERT keyboard, wifi, 3g, touchscreen, AUTO-FOCUS on camera. nokia should take note on that. Now N80, all the same but loses to touchscreen, smaller screen, poorer camera even with 3.2mp. Then for K800 the rival should be samsung Z710 and for nokia 6280 can be also rival since all provide the same features. There u have it, once again nokia loses to some extend. I used n6630, SE P910 and now is K750 and my friend uses 6280. CAnnot admit SE will hand nokia a beatdown if SE think of implement Symbian in their models....
Dearest Azlan and all you other highly honoured SE fanatics here...
To begin with, I didn´t start comparing the K800 with the N80. I am sure that you can check this by going a few pages backwards in the forum...
I am not here to start an argument or something. There is a few things I would like to comment since you have so eagerly sacrifised your time to so aggressively critisice everything I have stated earlier.
About the "you can´t compare N80 and K800 because K800 is non-symbian"-discussion:
Who says you can´t compare them? Ordinary people don´t care if it´s Symbian or if it has got a shine "CyberShot" logo on it´s back.
Everyone chooses themselves which of these fine devices suits them the best. I am sure that many young (and rich) and why not older people will find the K800 a nice choice. This is the case only if they don´t own a real camera, as the only real reason to buy this device is the camera. It´s a good camera (in mobile standards). In the real camera world though, it doesn´t really stand a chance. But in the world of mobile phones, it might just be the best camera phone made so far... NOTE, so far, there will always come a better one...
Some people again will choose the N80. Businessmen and other people who require a handset which can be considered more than just a toy.
And some people might choose one of the Samsung models... The choices are many.
My point is, can anyone honestly say that one phone is better than an other? For example, the much argued couple; N80 and K800 are strong in totally different aspects... But they can always be compared, because they are both mobile-phones, and that´s what this forum is about right?
Then a couple of other points:
-72 channels doesn´t mean a thing. I am currently using a phone that has got 64 channels, but the thing is; you never use polyphonic tones, so it doesn´t make a difference how many channels it has got. I use MP3-songs as ringtone instead...
-You can´t judge a phones performance by the way it looks.
-About "all Nokia phones have issues": It doesn´t matter which brand you use; if the phone and firmware are brand new, then the phone will most likely have issues. That´s why people prefer firmware updates. You get it? And if that doesn´t help, then go whine to closest care center...
My pals SE has got some serious issues and so did my Nokia before i upgraded the firmware...
To San and ArchieBOld and people like they... Thanks, it´s nice that I am not the only one who´s trying to keep this most interesting discussion on somewhat civilized levels.
And Azlan, I would apreciate if you would concentrate your energic lust of discussion in the phones and not on trolling my statements.
Thank you. Now I´m tired, good night.
72 channels? it's perfect! and 3,2MP? -wow! and radio, and bluethooth,and.... great!
Comparing N80 to Sony K800:
Bassically here is a crude list of differences. Cannot actually compare phones if they are not out already!
SE K800 is lightly taller that N80, but it is also thinner and less wide.
SE K800 does not have WiFi connection, and does not have EDGE.
In respect to camera, SE K800 has the same megapixels, but it has autofocus and also is a CyberShot camera.
Battery life the SE K800 destroys the N80.
The difference in price is that the N80 will be slightly more expensive than the SE K800.
The rest of the phone is quite similar...
The choice is hard, but I would stick with the N80 because of the OS it is going to be using. However, people might choose SE K800 because of its own OS.
Hope this was useful!
QCIF video recording is stupid on K800 bcoz it has a great QVGA screen, when you watch videos captured by it on the QVGA screen it will look terribly small like S700.. the design is a copy from 3230! i bet all big time hard core SE fanatics will be disappointed about that matter!


text:
NetComm Wireless is aware of the recently discovered security vulnerabilities, Spectre and Meltdown.
At this point, NetComm Wireless does not consider Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities as a threat to NetComm's Fixed Broadband and M2M / IoT gateways and routers and does not see any need to release any patches for these vulnerabilities.
We are taking this security matter seriously, and should you have any further questions, please contact Support by opening a ticket.
Want to register a new product or check your warranty status? You've come to the right place.
The Customer Helpdesk portal is your gateway to one to one support for your product.
Try an online version of the user interface for your device.
All you need to return a faulty product to us.


text: "Chris is one of the most energetic, good spirited, and refreshing people that I know, all of which go a long way with me. When you sit with him it's truly like the room is spinning because you can see and feel his brain churning ideas. He's a guy with a high level of natural curiosity and strong instincts. He starts each engagement with a series of important questions, some of which are followed by the unexpected question that makes you stop and truly think about what you're trying to accomplish. I have had the good fortune of collaborating with Chris on the front-end of a few projects and always look forward to what's next with him."


text:
Lord report on official languages
Bernard Lord's report on official languages was released today. At first blush, the big recommendation seems to be urging Ottawa to contribute $1 billion over 5 years to promoting official languages, which represents a substantial increase over the past 5-year plan. I am eager to see the full report, as someone who contributed to the regional forums. I will post more on this as I work through the details.
If you'll permit me one snide remark though, I'm glad that someone from New Brunswick still seems committed to official languages.
1. It's remarkable to see how many of the issues raised at my regional forum seem to have been repeated elsewhere in Canada.
2. The focus on the challenges faced by Quebec's anglophone minority is quite interesting - particularly with regards to the "imperfect" bilingualism of young Quebec anglophones, which far outstrips that of their counterparts in the rest of Canada, and yet is a bar to employment in their home province.
3. There is a strong focus on immigrant integtation, and a desire to attract francophone immigrants to other provinces.
4. I like that the theme of Canada developing strength as a leader in "language industries" and "language technologies" was picked up. This really impressed me in my regional forum.
5. Interesting quote: "One of the issues most often mentioned during these consultations has been the need to send a clear message to Canadians about the importance of linguistic duality. Many feel that a discourse based on resistance and the defence of language and culture should be avoided, and that actions should instead be focused on revitalizing linguistic duality and identity, and promoting openness toward other cultures and ways of life. By doing so, the Government would be fostering the development of closer ties between minority anglophone and francophone communities, and between minority communities and the surround majority, particularly in the areas of culture, language and education.
This strikes me as very sound reasoning, and it will be interesting to see what strategies are developed to support this direction.
Labels: Bernard Lord, official languagesRecommend this Post


text:
I hope you are doing fine, coping with the first snow of the year. Personally I really enjoyed the first snow flakes flying around, sparkling in the sunlight. It put me in such a cheerful mood, so I took the huge christmas decoration box and started transforming our home into a winter wonderland. Soon you will see the pictures. But it made me realize that it's about time to show you the last outfit I shot before the snow arrived. The flat overknees I am wearing on the pictures I bought about five years ago, and have worn them every fall/winter season since. You can imagine how pleased I was when I realized that with my overknees I am totally hitting this years fall trend. So here is one of many overknee outftits I am wearing this season, combined with a beautiful flower patterened grey Mango sweater and my brand new adorable Coccinelle bag.
All the best,
Shirt: Tommy Hilfiger
Sweater: Mango
Pants: Primark
Overknees: Unknown
Bag: Coccinelle
Bracelet: Fossil
Earrings: Swarovski


text:
STARmeterSEE RANK
Up 2,245,965 this week
Brandon Esten
Brandon Esten was born to Jan Perry Esten and Ann Loretta Esten (née Lynch) in Southern California. Being that his father was an aerospace engineer, Brandon spent his childhood moving several times around the Midwest. During high school, he became involved in the local community cable station where he learned about documentary style production and ... See full bio »
More at IMDbPro » Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro


text:
If I wasn't me, and saw me now, I'm not sure what I would think. But I really don't think I'd be confident that I was pregnant, rather than just fat. Or simply a very odd shape. I am me, and even I'm not sure. I'm trying to decide if what is growing inside me is a human being or more of a food baby. Since I hit the second trimester, my appetite has been near insatiable, and that alone could account for my expanded (for which read: disappeared) waistline. The lady who offered me a seat this week on the tube was very brave, and got very lucky that I am both pregnant, and not easily offended!
Baby bump or not, I've certainly changed shape a lot in the last few weeks – as the pictures from Paris show! I had a couple of moments of horror recently, when looking down at my belly and seeing an absolute rash of stretch marks, marching from right to left, right across the line of my belly button. It was only when I looked again a few minutes later and saw they were significantly paler that I realised they weren't actually stretch marks, just the imprint left from the ever tightening elastic waistband of the scrubs I wear for work. Of course I was relieved. But relief soon gave way to horror again when I realised that this meant that ELASTIC waisted trousers are becoming too small.
I'll happily confess that one of my trivial concerns about this pregnancy (because, really, all my concerns are trivial in comparison to the main concern that I have a healthy pregnancy resulting in a healthy baby and a healthy me) is that I wouldn't look pregnant. I've often noticed how some women seem to develop these really neat, beach ball bellies that look almost like they've just been clipped on. Honestly? I want one of those. I fear that what I'm getting is more of an all round baby splodge.
One thing is for sure: Ian is getting fed up of me asking him daily whether my outfits make me look pregnant, or just fat. I'm definitely getting bumpy. I just want to look definitely pregnant now!


text:
- About us
- Products
- Quality
- Services
- Sustainability
- Careers
- Media
- Contact us
Product Name : Organic Broccoli powder
Brand : ORGANICWAY
Appearance : Green powder
Drying Method : spray drying, freeze drying
Mesh Size : 80 mesh
Specification : 100% Organic and Conventional
Flavor : Fresh Broccoli Taste
Broccoli has a strong, positive impact on our body's detoxification system, and researchers have recently identified one of the key reasons for this detox benefit. Glucoraphanin, gluconasturtiian, and glucobrassicin are 3 glucosinolate phytonutrients found in a special combination in broccoli. This dynamic trio is able to support all steps in body's detox process, including activation, neutralization, and elimination of unwanted contaminants. Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are the detox-regulating molecules made from broccoli's glucosinolates, and they help control the detox process at a genetic level.
Broccoli may help us solve our vitamin D deficiency epidemic. When large supplemental doses of vitamin D are needed to offset deficiency, ample supplies of vitamin K and vitamin A help keep our vitamin D metabolism in balance. Broccoli has an unusually strong combination of both vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene) and vitamin K. For people faced with the need to rebuild vitamin D stores through vitamin D supplements, broccoli may be an ideal food to include in the diet.
Broccoli is a particularly rich source of a flavonoid called kaempferol. Recent research has shown the ability of kaempferol to lessen the impact of allergy-related substances on our body. This kaempferol connection helps to explain the unique anti-inflammatory benefits of broccoli, and it should also open the door to future research on the benefits of broccoli for a hypoallergenic diet. Broccoli provides high levels of vitamin C, which aids iron absorption in the body, combats the development of cataracts, as well as easing the symptoms of the common cold.
Product feature:
The quality of the starting material is an essential prerequisite,since it may affect all the subsequent phases. Hence GMPs are applied already from these early steps to guarantee the characteristics of the final product. At this stage,there are a number of measures we employ:
√ supplier inspection and qualification
√ area selection
√ control of:
– harvesting period and harvesting method
– drying conditions
– storage
√ botanical identification of the vegetable
√ quarantine of the biomass under monitored conditions
√ microbiological analysis
√ chemical analysis
√ control of contaminants, including:
– pesticides
– aflatoxins
– heavy metals
Only after all of these controls will the raw material be released for further processing or rejected due to non conformance with our strict requirements.
With the function of anti-cancer, and effectively improving capability of blood scavenging.
Having the great effect to prevent and regulate hypertension.
With the function of enhancing liver detoxification, improve immunity.
With the function of reducing blood sugar and cholesterol.
Our passion is delivering innovative, cost-effective ingredient solutions to keep you ahead of trends. Let's see what's possible working together. Whether you operate on a global or local scale, we'll work to keep you ahead of trends and improve your profitability.
Our product consultant is technically trained on all of our ingredients and they are chock full of ideas on how you can make your product better. Add to that our extraordinary customer service and you will have an ingredient supplier unlike any other. Contact us, let us change the way you think about your ingredient supplier.


text:
Greetings beloved fellow students of the earth plane!
Here we are, the brink of 2018 about to drop itself down into the measurement of time. We hear many people throughout the years say, "we have arrived at an incredible time in human history". But didn't we always throughout history make such grandiose statements as such? The only difference was back then the Mayan calendar was still calculating and it wasn't due to end until after 2012. Now, at this place we are at in time we have more leverage from the predictions of our ancient ancestors.
I would like to believe and share my faith with you that we are on the brink of something really amazing. I would love to generate hope in all of your hearts, and give you something deep to chew on. But we must first look at the fact that we have a big crime plaguing humanity and as long as we keep that evolving into more disconnection between us, the gap of separation will grow us further and further apart, preventing unity and harmony in our world.
What got us into so much trouble was the rise of social media and the power we gave away to it. For example, a woman on Instagram using Photoshop and filters can generate thousands of likes while she puts out false advertising to her network, on the other hand while someone who is raw and real who doesn't use photoshopped enhancements to bedazzle and fool the eyes of sad consumers is overlooked. The person who lacks likes often is teaching something useful, but as we can see it's a popularity contest. One that is making us feel so inadequate.
See what the majority are favouring humanity?
It's not just Instagram that is creating this illness for not just women, but men too, and we can even see how much we worship the Gods/Goddesses of pop when we look through YouTube videos and see just how many people watch music videos opposed to "how to" instructional videos for deeply helpful lifestyle hacks.
I am DEEPLY disturbed lately when I look through the ocean of Instagram and see it painted over with women who are now beginning to resemble blow-up dolls rather than raw, wild, and natural women. The separation widens as our daughters are given the idea that in order to be of value to a man you must have lip injections and fake body parts. Men cannot find connection with women anymore because they cannot love themselves as they are.
Jada Pinkett-Smith Said it correct;
"How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eyes of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of Goddess recognition and diminished to a big ass and full breast for physical comfort only. The woman who has been silenced so she may forget her spiritual essence because her words stir too much thought outside of the pleasure space. The woman who has been diminished to covering all that rots inside of her with weaves and red bottom shoes."
I am sure the men, who restructured our societies from cultures that honoured woman, had no idea of the outcome. They had no idea that eventually, even men would render themselves empty and longing for meaning, depth and connection.
There is a deep sadness when I witness a man who can't recognize the emptiness he feels when he objectified himself as a bank account and truly believes he can buy love with things and status. It is painful to witness the betrayal when a woman takes him up on that offer……
But who are we really to blame? We are subjected to subliminal messaging non-stop 24/7 that talks about money, cars, hoes. And now we have social media and other faux-enhancing messengers poisoning our minds and hearts.
This popularity contest and faux beauty pageant must end.
Why are we doing this to ourselves? I have asked this question sincerely over and over again throughout the years. We have become a society that is based on smoke and mirrors and bragging rather than inspiring others as we walk each other home.
You aren't sharing anything useful unless you are teaching others how to be free.
I don't care about how amazing the results are you are getting your clients, how much money you are spending on healing sound tools, your green juices, your yoga poses, how luxurious your life is, your travel photos, how great you are and how much you are accomplishing each day. Really I don't. I don't give a f#@k. However, I DEEPLY DEEPLY care about how you inspire and teach others, and that you send the message of "we are all in this together" rather than "Look at me! look at me! look at me!"
It's time we use social media in a much more constructive and progressive manner. One that inspires and uplifts in the holistic sense. Not posting photos of our half-naked bodies at the gym, selfie, after selfie, after selfie….This is not helping anyone. This game is teaching us to hide behind our electronics, generating false images, asking for popularity, and not connecting authentically anymore. So many of us are feeling emptier than ever as a result. As we live predominantly by the mind and it's stimuli….
You haven't even stroked the essence of what it truly means to be human if you haven't lived with an open heart.
Societies collective echo shouts "but it's not cool to open your heart, to share your vulnerabilities. It's cool to snap a selfie, Photoshop yourself until you don't even resemble the identity you were born as, slap on an even more faux enhancing filter, post, and wait for the likes to roll in."
I'm truly disturbed by the collective obsession with this, and the destruction that worshipping pop culture is creating for us.
My beloved and I made this video this summer. Yes it was half-scripted, I was lacking the ability to trust myself that I would say the right damn thing clearly and concisely. You know making a good video requires planning and procedure. Even with all that planning I still managed to make a mistake in the end quote.
I think some of the best videos and most authentic information I have shared with you all came from me being raw and candid. I wish to provide you with more quality content that comes from this space opposed to the obsessive planning etc. I don't care about being perfect, I care about providing a shift in thought.
You haven't even experienced being truly human unless you have travelled deeply into the seat of your heart and through that sacred inner temple, have come to know your own soul….. from that space you walk with sovereignty and a richness that nothing and nobody could ever take from you.
……..and all the bragging and selfies in the world aren't going to grant you that.
So shut up and share your most authentic version of your heart if you dare. If you want to see humanity go ANYWHERE. You can't blame anyone for our state of affairs if you aren't contributing that special gift that only you have.
In my journey, 2016 was the year of the great purge, 2017 was the year of finding alignment (even if it meant great destruction and rapid changes), 2018 is looking like a year of integration.
I am looking forward to what this will look like for humanity…if we will actually allow ourselves to integrate back into the space of wholeness and truth. Vulnerability is going to save us, not logic nor reason, the mind won't figure this one out.
I hope you have read this with an open heart and mind. YOU are forever BOLD with a dear sincere HEART OF GOLD in the greatest LOVE STORY ever told!
Blessings for this new year!
Marina Love is a Heart Alchemist and Purveyor of Transformation. Being a leader in the fields of Holistic Healing, Nutrition, Herbalism, Longevity, Beauty, Entrepreneurship & Personal/Spiritual Development. Marina studied extensively with The BodyMind Institute and various private programs and individuals to acquire authentic knowledge and wisdom. Marina offers Goddess Circles, Cacao Ceremonies and Individual therapy sessions & Programs in addition to her projects Goddesspreneur Academy, Love Movement, House of Aphrodisia and Guiltless Chocolates/Beyond Desserts. Her heart's mission is to return humanity from headless living into heart harmony based conscious living for the freedom, expansion, and sustainability of the greater good.


text:
|Personal information
|Full name
|Floyd Landis
|October 14, 1975
Farmersville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
|68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
|Team information
|Current team
|Rider type
|Professional team(s)
|U.S. Postal Service
|Bahati Foundation
|Major wins
|Paris-Nice (2006)
Tour de Georgia (2006)
Tour of California (2006)
Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Landis at first appeared to be the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, and the third non-European winner in the event's history, before testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The competition was ultimately won by Óscar Pereiro.[1] Landis was an all-around rider, with special skills in climbing, time-trialing, and descending. Landis turned professional in 1999 with the Mercury Cycling Team. He joined the U.S. Postal Service team in 2002, and moved to the Phonak Hearing Systems team in 2005. In January 2010, a French judge issued a national arrest warrant for Landis on computer hacking charges related to the 2006 doping allegations.[2][3]
Until 2010, Landis maintained his innocence and mounted a defense. Although Landis's legal team documented inconsistencies in the handling and evaluation of his urine samples, the disqualification was upheld. He was suspended from professional competition through January 30, 2009, following an arbitration panel's 2-to-1 ruling on September 20, 2007. Landis appealed the result of the arbitration hearing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which subsequently upheld the panel's ruling.[4] In January 2011, Landis was unable to find a new team, which effectively ended his professional career.[5] On May 20, 2010, after almost four years of contesting the allegations, Landis admitted to continual doping, and revealed that Lance Armstrong and many other top riders who rode on his team doped as well.[6][7]
Floyd Landis is the second child and oldest son of Paul and Arlene Landis. His childhood home is in the village of Farmersville in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[8] He graduated from Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1994.[9] He was raised in a devout Mennonite family and community. Landis used his first bike to ride while out fishing with his best friend but quickly learned to enjoy riding for its own sake. At one point, he became determined to ride in a local race. Landis showed up wearing sweatpants because his religion forbade wearing shorts.[10] He won that race, and more wins followed as Landis continued to enjoy the sport.
Disturbed at his son's participation in what he considered a "useless" endeavor, Landis's father tried to discourage him from racing his bike by giving him extra chores. This left him no time to train during the day, so he would sneak out of the house at night to train, sometimes at 1 or 2 a.m. and often in the freezing cold. Landis's father[11] received a tip that his son had been going out at night. He did not appreciate his son's passion for cycling and thought he might be getting into drugs or alcohol. He often followed Landis at a distance to make sure he was not getting into trouble. Landis' father later became a hearty supporter of his son and considered himself one of Floyd's biggest fans.[12][13]
Landis won the first mountain bike race he entered. In 1993, he was crowned U.S. junior national champion. He told friends he would win the Tour de France one day. At age 20, Landis moved to Southern California to train full-time as a mountain biker. He soon established a reputation for toughness, once finishing a race riding on only his rims.[14] However, his training regimen resembled that of a road biker, and in 1999 he switched to road cycling.
Landis performed well enough on the road that Lance Armstrong recruited him to U.S. Postal and chose Landis to ride alongside him as a domestique during his Tour wins from 2002 to 2004, part of his then-record seven Tour titles. In each of these Tours, Landis served as Armstrong's lieutenant, or chief domestique, pushing the pace in the mountains to break the pack before Armstrong took off on his own to win the stage. In the 2004 tour, Landis led Armstrong and a few of Armstrong's main rivals over the final climb of stage 17, putting on such an impressive display of strength that actor and avid bike-racing fan Robin Williams dubbed him the "Mofo of the Mountains". Landis' performance led some observers to peg him as a possible team leader and future winner of the Maillot Jaune. Landis left U.S. Postal later that year after receiving a better contract offer from the Phonak squad.
In the 2005 Tour de France, Landis finished ninth overall in the General classification, his highest finish in the tour at that time. Landis started the 2006 season strongly, with overall wins in the Amgen Tour of California, and then in the prestigious Paris-Nice, both week-long stage races. Winning Paris-Nice gave Landis 52 points in the UCI ProTour individual competition, starting him off in first place for 2006. Landis continued his display of strength with another overall win in the Ford Tour de Georgia, which took place from April 18 to April 23. In addition to winning the Tour de Georgia time trial, Landis managed to retain every second of his lead through the mountains with a close second-place finish to Tom Danielson on Brasstown Bald, the most difficult climbing stage of the tour.
The powerful performance of Landis up to stage 16 of the Tour de France and his comeback in stage 17 is particularly notable given his hip ailment, osteonecrosis, which was revealed in an article in The New York Times during the 2006 Tour de France.[15] This deterioration in the ball joint of his right hip stemmed from diminished blood supply and constricted blood vessels caused by scar tissue. The original injury that led to the formation of the scar tissue was a femoral neck fracture sustained in a bicycle crash during a training ride near his Southern California home in October 2002. Landis kept the ailment secret from his teammates, rivals, and the media until an announcement was made while the 2006 Tour was underway. This same ailment also affected former multi-sport athlete Bo Jackson and American football player Brett Favre.
Landis rode the 2006 Tour with the constant pain from the injury, which he described: "It's bad, it's grinding, it's bone rubbing on bone. Sometimes it's a sharp pain. When I pedal and walk, it comes and goes, but mostly it's an ache, like an arthritis pain. It aches down my leg into my knee. The morning is the best time, it doesn't hurt too much. But when I walk it hurts, when I ride it hurts. Most of the time it doesn't keep me awake, but there are nights that it does."[16] During the Tour, Landis was medically approved to take cortisone for this injury, a medication otherwise prohibited in professional cycling for its known potential for abuse. Landis himself called his win "a triumph of persistence" despite the pain.[17] Landis underwent successful hip replacement on September 27, 2006, receiving a Smith and Nephew Birmingham metal-on-metal hip joint.[18]
On July 27, 2006, the Phonak Cycling Team announced a urine sample submitted by Floyd Landis tested positive for an unusually high ratio of the hormone testosterone to the hormone epitestosterone (T/E ratio) after his performance in stage 17 of the 2006 Tour de France.[19] Landis denied doping and placed faith in a test using his backup sample.[20] Phonak stated that he would be dismissed should the backup sample also test positive. It did, and Landis was suspended from professional cycling and dismissed from his team.[21] Landis's personal physician later disclosed that the test had found a T/E ratio of 11:1 in Landis, far above the maximum allowable ratio of 4:1.[22][23][24]
The test on Landis's stage 17 A sample had been performed by the French government's anti-doping clinical laboratory, the National Laboratory for Doping Detection (LNDD). LNDD is a division of the Ministry of Youth, Sport, and Social Life and is accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).[25] In early August, Landis was found guilty of doping and was disqualified. Second place rider Óscar Pereiro became the race's official winner. The decision of whether to strip Landis of his title was made by the International Cycling Union (UCI).[26] Under UCI rules, the determination of whether a cyclist violated any rules must be made by the cyclist's national federation, in this case USA Cycling, which transferred the case to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).[26][27][28]
David Witt, a close personal friend who introduced Landis to his future wife (the daughter of Witt's then girlfriend and future wife), shot himself with a handgun in the North Park community of San Diego on August 15, 2006.[29][30][31] Landis and Witt met as roommates in 1998 when Landis moved to San Diego. Witt and Landis shared the same cycling coach, and Witt was instrumental in Landis' transition from mountain biking to road bicycle racing. Witt and his wife attended the 2006 Tour de France and were in Paris with Landis to celebrate his victory. Witt's North Park restaurant was adorned with Landis memorabilia, including two of Landis' jerseys. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that a Landis family spokesman read the following from a statement: "Floyd, Amber and the family are devastated by the news of David's death. They loved him dearly, and they miss him. [The Landises] hope their privacy is respected in this time of mourning." Many years later, Landis claimed that Witt may have killed himself because of his knowledge of Landis' doping practices. In a 2010 ESPN interview, Landis acknowledged that Witt knew about Landis' doping and said, "I'm not saying that's the reason he's dead, but without that, I don't see why he wouldn't still be here." [32] Even before the USADA's ruling on the matter, the controversy resulted in the disbandment of Landis's former team Phonak.[33]
On September 20, 2007, Landis was found guilty of doping by a 2-1 vote of the hearing committee, with Patrice Brunet and Richard McLaren in the majority, and Christopher Campbell dissenting. Landis was banned from the sport for two years, dated retroactively to January 2007.[34] Landis appealed the decision of the committee to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The hearing ran from March 19 to March 24, 2008 in New York City. The decision was announced on June 30, 2008,[35] with the result that the conviction and ban were upheld. In September 2008, Landis moved in U.S. federal court to vacate the CAS arbitration award, contending that the procurement of the award was tainted by partiality and conflicts of interest. Landis contested the $100,000 U.S. "costs" award, characterizing it as a disguised punitive award.[36] The parties agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice in December 2008, ending the litigation surrounding the doping case.[37]
On April 14, 2009, the French newspaper L'Express reported information that had been obtained from hacking into the French national laboratory for doping detection. The information was sent to a Canadian counterpart lab from a computer registered to Arnie Baker, Landis's ex-coach.[38] On August 25, 2009, The New York Times reported, "No evidence has surfaced to connect Mr. Landis or Dr. Baker to the hacking, and each has denied any involvement."[39] However, on February 15, 2010, it became known that a French judge issued an arrest warrant for Landis on the hacking charge in late January.[40]
During 2006 and 2007, Landis is believed to have raised about $1 million from the "Floyd Fairness Fund", established by businessman Thom Weisel.[41] He appealed to supporters to donate "anything they could" to help him pay his reportedly $2 million legal bill, while denying his involvement in doping.[42] Landis reached an agreement with federal prosecutors over allegations that he fraudulently solicited donations for a defense fund he set up to fight doping charges. He appeared before a federal judge on August 24, 2012 for a "deferred prosecution" hearing at which he agreed to pay restitution.[43]
After his two-year ban ended in early 2009, Landis returned to cycling with the OUCH Pro Cycling Team, a U.S. team that races domestically.[44][45] His first race following his suspension and his first race as a member of the OUCH team was the 2009 Tour of California, in which he finished 23rd out of a field of 84 riders. Landis left the OUCH team at the end of 2009, stating he wished to ride the longer, tougher stage races offered in Europe and internationally that better suit his strengths.[44] He then raced the Tour of Southland in New Zealand in November 2009, with local team CyclingNZshop.com-Bio Sport,[46] finishing 17th overall out of a field of 95 riders. For the 2010 season, he joined the Bahati Foundation Cycling Team. However, after Landis admitted to doping himself and accused many other prominent American cyclists of doping, the Bahati Team began to fall apart, and Landis competed in the July 2010, Cascade Cycling Classic in Bend, Oregon as a lone rider without a team.[47][48] Landis was unable to find a team in the next months, and in January 2011, decided to end his career.[5]
On May 20, 2010, midway through the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, The Wall Street Journal reported that Floyd Landis had sent a series of emails to senior cycling and anti-doping officials in which he admitted to doping from June 2002 through his victory in the 2006 Tour de France. It was also reported that Landis and his coach Dr. Brent Kay sent emails to Tour of California director Andrew Messick. Landis had asked Messick to be allowed last-minute entry to the 2010 race; when Messick refused, Landis released his allegations regarding cycling to the media.[49] He accused several former teammates, including Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie, of using EPO and blood transfusions in the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Landis also claims there was blood doping at the 2004 Tour de France.[50]
Armstrong and Team RadioShack maintained that Landis and his coach had asked for a spot on Team RadioShack, and Landis only went public with the allegations after being denied a contract.[50] Landis also alleged that he assisted Levi Leipheimer and Dave Zabriskie in taking EPO before the Tour of California one year.[6] In an ESPN interview that day, Landis steadfastly denied that he had used synthetic testosterone during the 2006 Tour de France, but admitted to using human growth hormone and other doping modalities. The 2006 Tour de France was the only race to produce evidence Landis had ever used banned substances. Landis admitted that he had no physical evidence to support his allegations of others' involvement in doping, but that his emails were intended to "clear his conscience."[7]
Landis stated that Armstrong told him in 2002 that U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team director Johan Bruyneel had made a "financial arrangement" with the International Cycling Union (UCI) to ensure that details of a positive test on Armstrong remained confidential.[51]Pat McQuaid, the president of UCI, who had received copies of Landis' emails, said that Landis' allegations were "completely untrue", that Landis was "seeking revenge,"[7] and that UCI had "made contact with a lawyer and will take appropriate action."[51]
Bruyneel "absolutely den[ied] everything [Landis] said" and noted that several people "have had the story for a few weeks but didn't give it any credibility" and that Landis was "angry at the world" for the collapse of his career following his conviction.[52] Olympic medalist Steve Hegg said he felt "betrayed" and "deceived" and characterized Landis as "a bitter guy."[53]David Millar, who served a two-year suspension for EPO doping from 2004 to 2006 and is on the Garmin-Transitions team, said: "If [Landis] had stood up and manned up four years ago, he'd be racing the Tour de France now. He'd have a different book out. He'd have not lost a penny. He'd be admired by young people. He would have a different life ahead of him..."[54] Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the U.S. government began investigating Landis' accusations. The U.S. case investigation was led by Jeff Novitzky, a special agent with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Doug Miller, an experienced federal prosecutor, both of whom were part of the BALCO investigative team.[55]
Landis filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against Armstrong under the federal False Claims Act,[56] where he alleged that Armstrong and team managers defrauded the U.S. government when they accepted money from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In February 2013, the United States Department of Justice joined the whistleblower lawsuit, which also accused former USPS team director Johan Bruyneel and Tailwind Sports, the firm that managed the USPS team, of defrauding the U.S.[57][58] In February 2017, the court determined that the federal government's US$100 million civil lawsuit against Armstrong, started by Landis, would proceed to trial.[59] The matter was settled in April 2018 when Armstrong agreed to pay the United States Government US$5 million. It was reported that Landis would receive US$1.1 million as a result of his whistleblower actions.[60]
In July 2011, Landis gave an interview to Graham Bensinger in which he described his plans and training to race professionally in NASCAR.[61]
In November 2011, Landis and his former coach Arnie Baker, were convicted of "benefiting from" hacking into the computers of the Chatenay-Malabry anti-doping lab. Both received 12-month suspended sentences.[62] As of March 2012, Landis was appealing his conviction.[63] In April 2012, it was revealed that Landis was under investigation by federal prosecutors in connection with possible wire and mail fraud committed when he raised his legal defense fund in 2007.[64] In August 2012, Landis admitted to fraud, and was ordered to pay US$487,000 in restitution.[65] He reached a deal to avoid being prosecuted for the fraud charges as long as he paid the restitution.[66]
Landis is portrayed by American actor Jesse Plemons in the 2015 film The Program, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd as David Walsh.[67]
He opened a cannabis company in Colorado in mid-2016.[67][68]
Landis' 2006 Tour de France attack gained new attention at the 2018 Giro d'Italia, when Chris Froome's race-clinching long-range solo breakaway on Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia was described by fellow rider George Bennett immediately after the stage as "doing a Landis".[69]
In October 2018 Landis announced that he would launch a new UCI Continental cycling team sponsored by his cannabis business, Floyd's of Leadville. He indicated that funding for the team would come from the bulk of the money he received from the settlement of the Lance Armstrong whistleblower lawsuit, and that it would be managed by Gord Fraser.[70]
|Grand Tour
|Giro d'Italia
|Tour de France
|Vuelta a España
Did not finish = DNF; Voided results =
struck through.
'Disclaimer to avoid any misinterpretation: this is not an insinuation, but a way to express the admiration for an exceptional achievement. Congratulations to Chris Froome and Team Sky,' the team wrote on their Twitter feed.


text:
Related Products
- Video Details
- Video Transcript
Roberto by RFM "Belle of the Ball" Leaf Earrings
For More Info or to Buy Now: http://www.hsn.com/products/seo/8317848?rdr=1&sourceid=youtube&cm_mmc=Social-_-Youtube-_-ProductVideo-_-532229 Roberto by RFM Disney's Beauty and the Beast "Belle of the Ball" AquaColor Stone Leaf Earrings A breath of fresh (fashion!) air. Cool, seagreens and sunny goldtones lend this easygoing stud a... Prices shown on the previously recorded video may not represent the current price. View hsn.com to view the current selling price. HSN Item #532229
Transcripts not available for this video
Prices and the availability of FlexPay shown on the previously recorded video may not represent the current price options. Consult the product page for current price options.


text:
A brand new fantastic themed area with 3 new attractions!
Come and meet Peppa Pig in person in the brand new and fantastic fully-themed Peppa Pig Land, and experience amazing and incredible adventures with her!
Come and see her famous house and play with her on many great fun rides: you can sail on an exciting pirate ship, fly up in the clouds in colourful balloons and let Grandpa Pig take you on an unforgettable trip on his cute little train.
Peppa Pig Land, the wonderful New attraction at Gardaland
in 2018!!


text:
i heart chefs
a while back jamie oliver was cooking at the restaurant where i worked. he had flown in a staff to work with him. among them was J, an irish boy (seriously, he was so young i didn't want to even ask how old he was so i don't quite know the extent of it) with red hair and freckles who was a good friend of jamie's and a pastry chef. J and i chatted during the evening. i helped him settle his nerves when he thought his tortes might not be finished by the time the dessert courses needed to be out. i met them all out at a club down the street afterwards and we made out like high schoolers (actually, it probably felt that way because he quite possibly could have been a high schooler) but it was sweet anyways. he works at some uber fancy restaurant somewhere in CA but he texts (ugh. texts from boys...ugh...) me randomly every couple months.
last month he texted to say he was going to be in NYC and that he hates going out to eat alone and would i like to join him? being the jamie oliver fanatic that i am (he's back here to work with jamie again and i can pray i'll get to hang with them) and also a big fan of free food, of course i told him i'd love to.
he got here tonight and i got these texts (broken into pieces because verizon texts have a max letter limit):
i am staying with a friend of a friend in queens for a few nights which is good but he is painting the house and the smell is really strong so i must get somei had to laugh out loud at this one. i knew there was another text coming, but it sounded so funny just left alone like that. like, "i need to get out of house, wanna fuck?"
accommodation tomorrow or wed. i will be working thur and fri but have dinner reservations on sat and sun.
so up front, he's obviously hinting a stay at my place. this will not happen. i've met him once and he didn't get past first base. he's crazy for thinking he's coming back to mine. but the real question is...what are the chances that dinner hinges on me getting this kid a bed to sleep on? i know he'll be hooked up with some totally fat (phat?) restaurants as he's pals with jamie and mario (batali). will need to do some crafty maneuvering here.
any suggestions?


text:
HP has co-founded a Victorian Government recycling project aimed at the home PC user.
It would provide valuable feedback on consumer recycling habits, according to HP environmental manager for the South Pacific, Annukka Sairanen.
"We need to promote shared responsibility for waste with consumers," she said.
The 12-month pilot uses Boroondara Waste Transfer Station in Camberwell as a collection point. The free service covers PCs, monitors, scanners, keyboards and printers.
EcoRecycle Victoria said the scheme wanted to avoid landfill of toxic material but the recycling process was an international effort. It involved the disassembly of components which are then processed by specialist organisations, serveral of which are overseas.


text:
It wasn't the best game the Jets have ever played, but no one on the Sabres was able to punish them for it, and Al Montoya led his team to a shutout win over the lowly Sabres. As it should be.
With order restored over the Panthers and Sabres, the Jets can retire 2013 with a smile, and Jets fans can usher in the new year with a joy we didn't feel during the lockout.
It was a sloppy game for the home team. They were beaten on the shot clock without score effects, were out corsi'd at even strength, and took four penalties in the first period before the refs put their whistles away and the Jets started moving their feet. Montoya might be the team's back-up on paper, but he earned first star in this one despite facing a league worst offence missing its top centre.
The Jets faced another backup netminder in Jonas Enroth, but one that many consider ready for full time NHL action. Mid-way through the first, Wheeler tracked across the ice to turn the puck over in the neutral zone, and Ladd and Little went on a 2-on-1 that ended up on the side boards from a missed pass. Little battled with Mike Weber, when Ladd charged in to take the puck and feed it back across the zone to Ellerby. Ellerby shot the puck wide to beat the block in front of him, and Enroth reached out to push the puck into the corner and prevent a rebound play off the end wall. Instead, the puck deflected off his arm and straight into the net.
The Sabres almost tied the game in the first when a goal mouth scramble ended up behind Montoya and Foligno laid out to tap it in. But the goal was called back for a loose net, and replays showed the net flinch just as the puck crossed the line. It was a call outside the spirit of the rule, as the puck was long in by the time the net was "off" in any meaningful sense, and it didn't affect the fate of the goal. But we can forgive the league's favourable review.
Buffalo actually out shot the Jets in the first and second periods, and Jacob Trouba had a give away that might have turned into a(nother?) goal for the Sabres. Out from behind his net, he performed a spin move in front of the crease and then lost control at the red line into Brian Flynn's feet. The Sabres went 3-on-1 against Enstrom, but Flynn literally stick handled himself into the corner and stopped, never making a pass or shot. Thank the hockey gods we were playing the Sabres.
Trouba made a few errors with the puck during the game, and could be accused of over-handling the biscuit. But it was his hammer in the second that gave the Jets their only legitimate goal. A drop pass from Thorburn on an awkward break in found the space between Enroth's pads via Trouba's heavy clapper. Alternatively, it was dematerialized in front of Trouba and re-materialized in the back of the net. It's hard to tell.
The Jets owned the flow of play, but mistakes led to fewer shots than we might expect. They came out strong in the third before going into a prevent defence about half way through the period. Somehow they still managed to out shoot the aggressor road team in that period, and a turnover created by Scheifele would send Kane and Peluso in on a two-man breakaway with an empty net.
The subtle racism of lowered expectations earned Kane accolades as 'classy' for feeding it to Peluso for his 1st of the
young season.
Montoya earned first star in this contest, and it wasn't close. Second star went to young Trouba for a visible but uneven game, and third star went to Thorburn because it was his 500th game and he got an assist. He also flubbed a gift-wrapped goal from Trouba in the first and hit Enroth right in the chest on an open chance from the off-centre lane in the slot during the third period. Hooray…?
Yeah, so what's the controversy?
The Good
Al Montoya was exceptional in this contest – his second start in a row and his third effective appearance since Christmas. He made saves on pucks he couldn't see by being in position and not crouching lower and leaning around the legs that gets Pavelec into trouble. He dealt with the traffic and constant net presence of the Sabres, and turned their few chances into nothing. He struggled with one shot off the wing, and was beaten when Foligno pushed the puck over the line while falling over him – the goal that was called back.
Andrew Ladd was fired up early in this one, but faded as the game went on. He was much better than his linemates at even strength, and earned an assist on the Ellerby goal. He and Little played over 3 minutes a piece short handed, and a somewhat inept Sabres team generated next to nothing on four chances in the first period.
The star forward line was the Kane/Scheifele/Frolik line without a doubt. They and Jokinen were the only positive forwards in the corsi department, and Scheifele led the team with 16 shot attempts for and 7 against while he was on the ice. Kane and Frolik were also effective short handed. Kane had 4 hits, and the line had 7 shots combined.
Enstrom was an excellent baby sitter on the evening, and stabilized his pairing with Trouba. That's not to throw Trouba under the bus. He's starting to cut hard off the blue line to great effect, pulling apart defences as he blows by his check. His slap shot was great, and without getting into specifics, carrying the puck from the backend is good for this club. Bogo, Buf, and Enstrom create a lot by doing that. In this game, was just a bit over-excited and had some really awful turnovers to go along with his strong offence. A mixed bag and a bit of arrogant hockey against a poor club.
He wasn't the only one playing that way, but I think he was the only one to still have a mostly positive impact.
The Bad
Jeff O'Neill inspired a twitter rage storm by opening his face hole
Wheeler had 5 hits and created a little offence. But he also lost the puck twice while circling the zone and over-handling the puck. He was on his horse all night, but was just a bit chaotic on a line that doesn't need his chaos. He took 4 minutes in penalties early in the game as well. He actually looked a little better in limited with Kane.
I thought Jokinen did some good things, including feeding Thorburn a few times. But he had a few shifts of brutal turnovers and disappeared for large stretches of a game against a large array of third line forwards.
I know Ellerby scored a goal, but he was brutal on the night. We rarely saw him involved in the play in a positive way, and was one for 19 shot attempts against. The Sabres only had 42 at even strength, and Ellerby was on for almost half in just 16 minutes. That's not good. I thought D-Bufs had a strong night of quiet effectiveness and few errors (well, a few errors). He was on for two of the Jets' goals. But the pairing together isn't working as well as Pardy/Ellerby did earlier in the year. The team continues to struggle with too many good right handed defenders and too few left handed ones worth deploying.
I can't give Thorburn a positive review, even on his special night and even with an assist. He's just awkward, and it drags his line down. A Benoit Pouliot/Viktor Stalberg type would have buried at least one if not more of Thorburn's great chances tonight. When players (like Setoguchi) create chances consistently, we can note that as a good thing in itself. But with Thorburn, it's rare that he gets such chances, and I don't think we can suggest he created any of them tonight – he was just the recipient, the place the puck died. And too often the puck dies on his stick. He adds nothing but a warm body on that line.
Jeff O'Neill told us tonight that the Jets better lock up Trouba and Scheifele because no one wants to sign in Winnipeg, and no one wants to live in Winnipeg. (Uh, oh) The most recent update on his status is that he's out with a repetitive injury in his thumb from hitting 'block' on twitter several thousand times.
It wasn't a great game from the Jets, but the Sabres are that bad and Montoya and a smiling NHL 'War Room' were the difference in this one. The Jets deserve a win for being the more talented club. They're now on a three game streak, the second longest of the season.


text:
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Please note all excerpts were taken from an ARC, so they might differ to the published version.
What brought me to that point, that moment? The question was more metaphorical. I hadn't started off so bad, so how did I end up where I was today? Raised in a convent by a bunch of nuns, emancipated at seventeen, and left to my own devices, I had joined the marines so I could serve my country as one of the best snipers ever trained. I was field promoted to Lieutenant in the middle of a firefight. All in all, not the worst start in life. But then I'd lost my entire unit to insurgents, was taken prisoner, and tortured for a year and a half.
Otherwise Unharmed by Shay Savage is hands down my favourite book from the Evan Arden Trilogy!
The last installment(I think)is a direct follow up to the events that happened in Otherwise Occupied (book 2) We find Evan Arden locked up, trying to work through what pushed him to react the way he did in the last book. He's become a shell of the man he once was, only one person can ground him, allow him to live again.
Lia is his redemption, the one woman who is able to fight the monsters trying to destroy him from the inside.
If you found yourself missing the romance in Otherwise Occupied, you can rest assured that with Lia's return the steam level rose to outstanding proportions (pun intended)
Evan and Lia's chemistry had me fanning myself!!! That being said the romance wasn't the only side to the story. It's set against a mafia backdrop, it has all the makings of an awesome mob story. It's all about money, power and territory.
To be honest I can't find one thing I didn't like about this story. I am a very satisfied read right now!
ARC kindly provided by author, Shay Savage in return for an honest review


text:
We're Back!
Hello everyone! Owlfish and family are finally back. It's been a long few months of rocky roads, but I am pleased to say that all of us are doing wonderful! Little Abigail has gotten so big and has reached so many milestones in our absence. Would you believe she has four teeth, is about to start walking, and talks?? Baby girl is growing up, so here are pictures of her from month one to now! (ps. Sorry for the poor quality, all of these are from my phone!)
One month
Two months
Three months
Four months
Five months
Six months
Seven months
Eight months! (As of ten days ago!)
As for myself and Daniel, we couldn't be more wonderful. We celebrated six months together on Friday and are so prepared to see what's in store for us as a couple. And Owlfish just adores him. They've become quite the best of friends over the past several months and she definitely gives him more attention than mama sometimes. I'm jealous.
So now that I've picked the blog back up, expect to see more of us around these parts! <3


text:
Pro-Morsi camp hunkers down unfazed by Cairo carnage
- Image 1 of 3
- Image 2 of 3
- Image 3 of 3
CAIRO (AFP) – They have seen dozens killed among their ranks and their prospects of success appear remote but supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi have faith he will be reinstated.
"Together in support of legitimacy," a giant banner proclaims at the entrance to their Cairo tent camp, adorned with pictures of Morsi, who has not been seen in public since the military removed him on July 3.
Three rings of Islamist volunteers guard access to the camp around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in the Nasr City suburb of northeast Cairo, where many women figure among Morsi loyalists who have been camped out for weeks.
"We are prepared to die," said Khaled Khalil, a bearded and smiling sociology professor, shielding himself from the sun under a carton poster of Morsi.
He said former president Hosni Mubarak who was ousted in a 2011 uprising "fell in a peaceful way" and that, "God willing, Sisi will fall in the same peaceful way," referring to army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who led the coup that deposed Morsi after widespread protests against the Islamists.
Behind him, a small group of men pushed a wheelbarrow filled with sand to reinforce makeshift barricades around the camp, which Egypt's interim authorities have vowed to dismantle soon, using force if needed.
"Our only arms are our prayer rugs and the Koran (holy book). The other camp has bullets and gas," said Dhahi Abdallah, a Morsi supporter from the Nile Delta, north of the Egyptian capital.
On Saturday in Cairo, 72 people were killed during clashes near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque between demonstrators and security forces, according to health ministry figures.
Morsi portraits and lists of "martyrs" from his Muslim Brotherhood have been posted around the outskirts of the mosque, featuring their names and home regions.
"The Lord is with us. He who has right and legitimacy on his side fears no one," said Brotherhood activist Ali Shafiq. "Either we live in dignity on our land and in our country, or we die with honour."
The young man, from the same province as Morsi, maintained that protesters had been "peaceful in the face of the bullets, tanks and armoured cars" of the military.
Security forces, meanwhile, have deployed reinforcements and armoured cars around the mosque area, while Morsi supporters have erected brick barricades on neighbouring roads.
Morsi supporters have accused security forces of using live fire against unarmed protesters, but the interior ministry insisted its forces had only fired tear gas.
Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim has called on protesters to "come to their senses" and go home.
The violence, the worst since Morsi's ouster, prompted international condemnation, with Human Rights Watch accusing Egyptian authorities of "criminal disregard for people's lives."


text: Frances Cowell is a specialist risk manager who sees strong risk management at a source of organisational strength. She draws on extensive experience as a portfolio manager and CRO across asset classes, with emphasis on hedge funds and derivatives. Having helped pioneer the use of financial derivatives to derive risk-free profits in early hedge fund-like portfolios in Australia, Frances applied the same risk-based techniques to manage conventional pension portfolios. After moving to the UK, she served as Head of Investment Risk, focussing on risk management for multi-asset and single asset class portfolios and hedge funds, first at Aviva Investors (then Morley Funds Management), later moving to CCLA. As Head of Investment Risk, she demonstrated the value of engaging with, and earning the confidence of, portfolio managers in order to address risks before they become a problem. She believes that this is essential for ensuring that what investors get is consistent with their requirements and is a powerful contributor to commercial success. Most recently, she co-authored, with Matthew Levins, Crisis Wasted? Leading Risk Managers on Risk Culture, a book published by Wiley in October 2015, which addresses pressing issues affecting financial system stability, business ethics and conduct risk since the financial crisis of 2007-09. Its preparation drew on her extensive network of directors and senior managers in investment management firms to engage with ten C-suite global risk professionals.