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Chinese GP 2014
Friday Team Quotes
Red Bull-Renault
Mark Webber (5th, 1:36.092): "It was good today and we achieved a lot of mileage. There are obviously some pretty quick cars out there we saw that in Malaysia before it rained in qualifying. We're getting a lot of information, but we're still in this early phase of learning about the tyres. I think that we have a bit of work to do, but the car doesn't feel too bad, we just have to keep working on understanding the tyres. It's nice to have a stable weekend in terms of weather, which is unusual in Shanghai."
Sebastian Vettel (10th, 1:36.791): "Today was a tricky day for us. I struggled a bit this afternoon and the gap to the guys at the top is a little bit bigger than I'd like. There are two or three things that we need to work on and then we should be in a better shape for tomorrow. I think we know what we need to do. It looks like the soft tyre is the one for qualifying, but it seems that we won't see that many stints on the soft tyre during the race."
Felipe Massa (1st, 1:35.340): "Today, I immediately had a good feeling in the car and even if, at the start, I was not completely happy with the performance of the Medium compound and we were not as quick as our rivals, the times were good all the same. When I fitted the Softs, the car improved a lot and this meant I was able to set the fastest time of the day. It was impressive, like driving two completely different cars. Our race pace looks competitive, the car is handling well on both types of tyre and degradation was not excessive, even if the higher wear rate of the Soft compared to the Medium compound will be an important factor when it comes to choosing the right strategy. I feel confident and hope that the whole weekend can keep moving in this direction."
Fernando Alonso (3rd, 1:35.755): "By the end of the day, the overall feeling is positive. We worked well and on top of that, it's always great fun driving the Shanghai track which has some really unique features, such as the first corner. From one session to the next the track conditions improved significantly, because the other categories that ran after our morning session cleaned the surface. The increase in temperature means the conditions were very similar to those predicted for tomorrow. Once again, tyres will play a key role in this Grand Prix because of the high level of degradation over a long run. We will have to ensure we pick the right strategy for Sunday, as well as deciding on which of the new parts we tried this morning to fit to the car. As usual, we can expect a long evening studying the data."
Pat Fry: "Today we managed to complete our programme without any problems, which is extremely positive for the rest of the weekend. In the morning, we concentrated on analysing various aerodynamic updates we brought here to Shanghai, the result of a lot of hard work back in the factory on the car development front. The first signs are that the updates appear to match our expectations, but we need to analyse the data carefully to make a more accurate evaluation, in terms of which ones we can use for this race and the upcoming ones. In the second session, we continued to work on various specifications with both drivers, doing some set-up work aimed at finding the right balance on both cars. Obviously, we did the normal comparison between the two types of tyre that Pirelli has brought here to Shanghai, with the Soft compound making its debut. The race pace from both F138s is interesting, but once again there is the unknown factor of tyre performance: the Softs seem to degrade quite quickly, while the Mediums offer better stability and last longer. Now we can expect a long night ahead of us to decide on the best combinations for qualifying and the race, with a lot of data to go through."
Jenson Button (6th, 1:36.432): "We can't yet conclusively tell if the upgrades we brought to this race have improved the car. They're perhaps not as big a step forward as we'd expected the issues with the car are still there but the car does feel a little bit better. We've worked very hard over the last few weeks to bring the new parts here which is great. Today's been all about putting mileage on those parts; now we need to sit down and look at the data this evening there's a lot to look through. I feel we'll be using the Prime tyre quite a lot in the race. The Option tyre transforms the car completely; over one lap, there's a lot more grip, but then you start to lose time over each successive lap. My puncture happened after I'd already decided to pit. I got to the braking zone at Turn 14, locked up the front left and the tyre just punctured there was a hole through it. It's a good job that corner is just before the pits. I don't think we'll be fighting at the front this weekend, but we'll definitely be fighting someone."
Sergio Perez (11th, 1:36.940): "Today was a difficult day for me, but an important one for the team. I had two offs in the morning, I was running on cold, worn tyres, locked the wheels and just touched the barrier. went into the barrier. In FP2, we don't really understand what happened because I wasn't really pushing at the time. Still, I'm sure we will improve tomorrow. I'll effectively be starting from zero because I'll adopt a completely new set-up. That won't make things easier, but I think we've gathered some useful data today and that will ensure we make good progress for the future. The target for tomorrow is to get into Q3. For Sunday, the tyres will play a big role; it'll be essential to manage the degradation and plot the perfect strategy, but I know the team is very good in these areas, so I'm optimistic. I think we can have a good result on Sunday."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Today was a very busy day for the whole team we spent both practice session running lots of tests, evaluating a number of new parts and gathering useful data. It's too early to say yet whether any of that work is conclusive there is still an awful lot of data to be analysed by the engineers this evening but, as always, I'm confident that we will take a step forward in performance tomorrow. It's clearly been an incident-filled day for Checo, but it's all useful learning. I'm sure he'll quickly put it behind him and focus on having a stronger day tomorrow."
Kimi Raikkonen (2nd, 1:35.492): "If you look at the lap time it looks to have been a pretty okay day. For sure there are things we have to improve and you never know what will happen tomorrow but it's a reasonable start to the weekend. We seem to be happy with the soft tyres and maybe not as happy with the harder ones. We've still got time to improve and we're certainly not struggling so it could be a good weekend."
Romain Grosjean (12th, 1:36.963): "Today was not so easy for me and I'm still looking for the right setup. I ran with the new exhaust package in the morning and the older one in the afternoon to try to help find where improvements can be made. We now have a lot of data to help find the extra performance we want. The new front wing helps, so that's a step in the right direction. In Malaysia we developed the car as the weekend continued and there are of course a few things we can change overnight. It's a new day tomorrow and we'll hopefully be able to have the car as I'd like it for a strong result this weekend."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "We're reasonably happy with what was a fairly normal Friday for us. Kimi's pace looks strong and he felt he could have gone faster on his flying lap. Romain's lap time is not representative after he got caught up behind Lewis [Hamilton] during his option run. The grip level between the two tyres through certain corners is quite noticeable and as we saw during winter testing the lifespan of the soft tyre could be a talking point. There's no doubt it's the tyre for qualifying, but making it last in the race will be a challenge. Overall we're pleased with the car in terms of pace, high fuel performance and tyre preservation; hopefully we can look forward to a strong weekend ahead."
Mercedes GP
Nico Rosberg (4th, 1:35.819): "It was good to be back on the track here in Shanghai where I have experienced some really good moments in my career. I felt very comfortable in the car and it was a productive day for us, we definitely learnt a lot. We looked good on one lap, but there is some work still to do on the longer runs. Tyre degradation was particularly high on the option tyre out there today. So we need to analyse this and decide what is best to do in the race."
Lewis Hamilton (7th, 1:36.496): "We've made a good start today but there is a lot of work to do overnight. The car feels reasonable although I'm still finding myself a little uncomfortable so we made a change for the afternoon session which was a really positive step. I'm hoping that we can continue to improve as I spend more time in the car. The tyres are going to be challenging this weekend, particularly the option compound. Our pace looked good and although I had some traffic on my quick lap, there was enough to give me a good feeling. We'll find out in qualifying where we really are."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "We've had a pretty good day here in Shanghai. There were a number of items that we wanted to evaluate and the programme has gone well. The car seems to have a good balance, the feedback from the drivers was positive, and I'm pleased with the race preparation that we have been able to complete. We can see where the challenges are for this weekend and tyre life is certainly going to require some attention. We need to do a good job tonight and then we should be able to have a reasonable final practice and qualifying session tomorrow."
Toto Wolff, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "This was a good and productive day without any problems for us. We tested quite a few things during the first session in the morning with positive results. As usual we ran both prime and option tyres in the afternoon and did our normal long runs. Keeping the option tyre from dropping off early is quite a big challenge. It's early days and we are sure that there is more performance that we can extract from our technical package at this circuit."
Esteban Gurierrez (13th, 1:37.103): "Generally the sessions were positive and helped us to understand what our issues are and to find a step forward. This is something that keeps us going and pointing us in the right direction. I think there is still a lot of room for improvement. Unfortunately, at the end of the second session we had an oil leak, which, of course, is not what you want to have. However it is good it happened now and not later in the weekend, so hopefully we will have two trouble-free days from now on."
Nico Hulkenberg (17th, 1:38.211): "I think overall the day wasn't too bad. We got quite a lot of testing done and pretty much got through all that we wanted to try. It is quite interesting with the tyres, and it will be a challenge on Sunday with the soft compound. It is much quicker on a single lap. The modified rear wing we have here is a step forward, and the car definitely feels a bit better with it. How much of a step this is, is difficult to say, so we have to look a little bit deeper into the data and wait until tomorrow. Overall, it was a positive day, but there is still some work ahead of us."
Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "We evaluated some aerodynamic parts, including a modified rear wing and some other small parts, and they seem to be working as we hoped they would. Unfortunately, with Esteban we had an oil leak on his car cutting short FP2 by 20 minutes. Nico had traffic on his lap with the soft tyres, but overall the drivers are reasonably happy with the car. We've got plenty of data to look at as we prepare for qualifying and the race."
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil (8th, 1:36.514): "I'm feeling happy with how things went today. There were no major issues and we managed to test a lot of different things on the car, especially on the aero side. The important thing now is to understand which are the right parts and the best settings to use for the rest of the weekend. In terms of the tyres there is a big difference between the compounds, with the medium performing better than the soft. I think we look quite competitive, but it's too early to say exactly where we stand."
Paul di Resta (9th, 1:36.595): "I think the story of the day was mainly about tyres and trying to understand how to get the most out of them. We've done as much as we could, but I think everybody found quite a big difference between the two compounds. Also, this is a track with characteristics that are always quite demanding on the tyres. We worked through the programme, tried a lot of different settings with the car and need to study the data carefully tonight to make the right decisions for the rest of the weekend."
Jakob Andreasen, Chief Engineer: "It has been an incredibly busy day of practice and both car crews worked well to get through such a full job list. We approached the sessions in a methodical manner and made clear decisions as soon as the data indicated the best direction to take. So much of the focus on a Friday is on tyre performance, but we also managed to complete an ambitious aero programme, which has given us a good understanding of where we need to focus our efforts going forward. Overall I'm pleased with the day's results and I'm confident that our competitiveness is similar to the performance level we showed during the first couple of races. The next target is to get both our cars into Q3 tomorrow afternoon."/p>
Valtteri Bottas (16th, 1:38.185): "We tried lots of things in FP1 and saw some positive results. In FP2 I had a problem at the start but the team did a great job to fix it in time for me to still complete three runs. I feel we have moved a little bit forward since Malaysia, but we'll see tomorrow where we are compared to the others in qualifying set-up. We need to work hard to maximise what we have here."
Pastor Maldonado (18th, 1:38.276): "We will see tomorrow in qualifying what steps we have made as it's too early to say. The car felt like we had made some improvements during FP1, but we struggled this afternoon so we need to analyse the data to see how best to move forward."
Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: "We felt we had made some progress this morning, but we ended the day two seconds away from where we need to be. We lost some time at the start of FP2 on Valtteri's car due to a problem with the throttle actuation system. The team worked with Renault to fix it as quickly as possible to make sure Valtteri still had time this afternoon to get through some of the tyre work that we had planned. Long run tyre degradation looks like it will make things difficult in the race, but we'll look at the data tonight to see what we can do. We feel we are moving in the right direction but there is still a long way to go and we now need to bring performance."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Daniel Ricciardo (14th, 1:37.203): "We were a little bit pessimistic coming here after how we performed in this race last year. But after today, I am feeling happier, because we definitely look to be in better shape this time. Another good point is that we made progress between FP1 and FP2 today. It's still not enough if we want to catch our closest rivals, but we are moving in the right direction. As for the tyres, the Soft was very good over a single flying lap and I was quite happy with the performance advantage it produced compared to the Prime. On the longer runs the tyres suffer a bit more and there are already plenty of marbles on the track, but we always expected to see quite high degradation here."
Jean-Eric Vergne (15th, 1:38.127): "Last year, the Chinese weekend did not go so well for us and I can say we have made a better start this time round. Daniel and I ran slightly different programmes today as we had a lot of items on our job sheet to work through, so it made sense to split the workload between us. We will look at the data from both cars in order to find the best set-up to move forward tomorrow, so that we can have a better car. I am quite confident we can be quicker. As expected, it looks as though the tyres will have a tough time here, especially the Softs, but it's the same for everyone, so no real concern there."
Laurent Mekies, Head of Vehicle Performance: "Overall it was a positive day for us, generally trouble free, with both drivers completing a lot of kilometres. This was important for our test programme where we had a few minor things to evaluate, both on the mechanical side and in terms of aero. It was also good in terms of building confidence in our reliability levels. It was a busy and full programme completed with both cars, with some of the programme split between the two drivers. Overnight, we therefore will study the data carefully to select the best aspects from the two cars. This afternoon, Jev was slightly less happy than in the morning and we will also investigate that, but in general, we are making some progress and we hope to continue in that direction tomorrow."
Giedo van der Garde (20th, 1:39.271): "Both practice sessions for me were ok but we've had issues all day that have held us back a bit. This morning we had a KERS issue that meant we were running without KERS for the whole session, and that obviously didn't help, and then in the afternoon I overcooked it going into turn one on one of the medium sets and that meant we had to cut short the FP2 plan so we didn't use up another set of tyres. Despite that we have a lot of good data on the medium tyres from both sessions and the performance run on the softs went ok. Degradation levels are going to be big here, particularly on the softs which had pretty much gone by the end of the long run we did on them, so we'll have to look closely at how we deal with that on Sunday. We know this isn't going to be a particularly easy weekend for us but I still think we can fight tomorrow and on Sunday. The atmosphere in the team is good and if we can repeat the sort of race performance we had on Sunday in Malaysia we'll be ok."
Charles Pic (21st, 1:39.814): "I sat out FP1 for Ma and was then back in for FP2. It didn't start all that well as it felt like I had a hydraulics problem early on the first run but we took a look at it in the garage and managed to sort it out pretty quickly. However, that problem did mean we lost enough time to miss one of the runs and that was important for giving us enough options on car setup. Despite that we got on with the normal program, running a couple of setup options on the medium tyres, then onto the performance run on the softs and finishing with a long run on the softs to see how they hold up over a longer distance. The quickest laptimes seem to be on the first lap on the softs but I didn't have a clean lap on my fastest run and that hit my time, but we've completed a lot of mileage today and have a couple of setup options to look at for tomorrow so we'll look for areas to improve tonight and hopefully we can push on tomorrow."
Ma Qing Hua: "It was a very proud moment for me to be the first Chinese driver to take part in an F1 session in my home country, but to be honest I was focusing on doing my job and I'm pleased with how it went. I want to thane Caterham for this chance and for helping make me so comfortable in the car and all weekend. We did 20 laps and my times kept coming down as I was more and more comfortable with the car. It felt like we had a slight issue towards the end of the session that cut the fourth run short but after a few checks it looked like a sensor problem so I was able to finish the session with a car that felt good with the final changes we made. I've learnt a lot this weekend already and that was the main thing in FP1 make sure I completed the runplan and don't push too hard so I could learn as much as possible. Cyril Abiteboul told me he was happy with my performance at the end of the session so I'm really pleased with how it went."
Jules Bianchi (19th, 1:38.725): "It has been a good day today and it is very pleasing to see clear progress since the first two races, not just in terms of the results, but the way we have revised our working methods to ensure we get the best out of the package. It seemed a long time since I was last in the car but straight away I can feel the benefit of the development work which has been carried out in the break, so this is a nice feeling as we know we have to keep pushing hard in the early part of the season in particular. This morning the track was very dirty and it was quite difficult in places, but it wasn't so long before I was up to speed and by the end of the day the conditions were improving. Generally a good day and I am happy so far."
Max Chilton (22nd, 1:43.227): "For a day that started so positively this morning, it is disappointing to have suffered such a setback in the afternoon session. This morning I was really pleased with the car balance and I could feel the benefit of the updates we have here. I was less than a tenth from Jules after FP1 and feeling that we had a nice rhythm going for FP2. Unfortunately that was short-lived as I'd completed just four laps before the engine cut to protect itself and I had to pull over on track. I have to pay credit to the guys for turning the car around so quickly to try to get me out again. Clearly we hadn't quite got the full measure of the problem, but it was a great effort nonetheless. Tomorrow will be quite a challenge so a big night ahead with the engineers comparing data and doing everything we can to hit the ground running for FP3 ready for qualifying."
John Booth, Team Principal: "Definitely a day of mixed emotions. This morning, we were pleased to see that with a revised run programme we managed to get the best out of the tyres and this enabled both drivers to get up to speed with the circuit quickly and the engineers to get some good early data on the Medium tyre. Both drivers identified similar balance problems after FP1 and the set-ups were tuned for FP2 accordingly. Jules was able to get the most out of his FP2 programme and developed the set-up further in the session, getting a good mix of qualifying and race fuel running completed. Overall we were particularly pleased with his progress and that of the car in the session and the development parts we have brought appear to be working well. With Max I'm afraid we had a less than ideal FP2 session. We have to apologise to Max as he has missed some very valuable running this afternoon after such a positive start this morning. Unfortunately it looks like we have had an engine issue which was killed by a protection strategy in the first run and whilst we believed we had fixed the issue at the end of the session it appears to have re-appeared in what was Max's final run."


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The Lamar University Foundation Inc. will host a program and reception Wednesday, Nov. 30, to honor the four recipients of the 2011 Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Yale women's swimming and diving team continued to impress on the second day of competition at the Brown Invitational on Saturday. The Bulldogs are putting up some very fast times for this point in the season, with Alexandra Forrester winning the 100-yard butterfly handily and contributing to a Yale win in the 200-yard medley relay. After day two Yale is sitting in a strong second place with 569 points. Princeton continues to lead with 723 points.
Yale's 200-yard medley relay started off the night with a win. The Bulldogs 'A' squad of Cynthia Tsay, Ali Stephens-Pickeral, Forrester and Joan Weaver posted a time of 1:41.88, while second-place Princeton came in at 1:42.06. Yale's 'B' team of Molly Albrecht, Cassidy Lapp, Allison West and Emily Gudbranson finished eighth with a time of 1:48.09.
In the 400-yard individual medley Emma Smith was headed into the A final with the fastest time from the morning, a 4:19.57 from the prelims. In the evening she clocked in at 4:20.69 for second place, while Princeton's Beverly Nguyen finished first (4:18.58). Courtney Randolph was close behind in fourth place with a time of 4:26.29.
The 100-yard butterfly went to Forrester. In the morning's prelims she posted a time of 52.19, just 0.08 seconds off of the NCAA A-cut time. Later in the day she would finish first in the A final with a time of 52.95, again good enough for an NCAA B-cut.
Four Bulldogs qualified for the A final of the 200-yard freestyle. Callie Fosburgh finished second (1:49.59), Eva Fabian fourth (1:51.10), Tsay seventh (1:52.90) and Albrecht eighth (1:54.81). Weaver won the B final with a time of 1:50.22, a time that would have earned her fourth place in the A final.
Stephens-Pickeral was just off the mark in the A final of the 100-yard breaststroke. With the fastest time of the morning she improved on her performance to finish with a time of 1:02.68 in the final, this time for second place. The NCAA B-cut was 1:02.49, meaning Stephens-Pickeral was just 0.19 seconds behind the curve. Lapp also swam in the A final, finished seventh with a time of 1:05.78.
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announces US$ 526 billion in public and private investments over 2011-2014
Yesterday, Brazil launched phase two of the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC 2), announcing estimated investments of US$ 526 billion (R$ 958.9 billion) for the period from 2011 to 2014. PAC 2 includes new investment projects for the periods 2011 to 2014 and post-2014, as well as projects initiated during PAC 1 with activities that will conclude after 2010. For the period following 2014, the estimated investment is US$ 346.4 billion (R$ 631.6 billion). The two periods combined reach an amount of US$ 872.3 billion (R$ 1.59 trillion).
PAC is a strategic investment program that combines management initiatives and public works. In its first phase, launched in 2007, the program called for investments of US$ 349 billion (R$ 638 billion), of which 63.3% has been applied.
Similar to the first phase of the program, PAC 2 focuses on investments in the areas of logistics, energy and social development, organized under six major initiatives: Better Cities (urban infrastructure); Bringing Citizenship to the Community (safety and social inclusion); My House, My Life (housing); Water and Light for All (sanitation and access to electricity); Energy (renewable energy, oil and gas); and Transportation (highways, railways, airports).
"I consider PAC 2 as a portfolio of projects that the next administration can build from rather than starting from scratch, as there is no time to lose," said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the announcement of the program.
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Objective – Tackle the major challenges facing large urban areas to improve quality of life
Areas of Focus – Sanitation, crime prevention in high-risk areas, urban mobility, paving
Estimated investment (2011-2014) – US$ 31.3 billion (R$ 57.1 billion)
Objective – Increase the availability of State services in poorer districts
Areas of Focus – Emergency care units, basic health clinics, daycare and pre-school centers, school sports facilities, community police stations
Estimated investment (2011-2014) – US$ 12.6 billion (R$ 23 billion)
Objective – Reduce the housing deficit, stimulate the civil construction sector, and generate jobs and income
Areas of Focus – "My House, My Life" program, SBPE financing (Brazilian savings and loans system), urbanization of informal settlements
Estimated investment (2011-2014) – US$ 152.5 billion (R$ 278.2 billion)
Objective – Provide general access to water and electricity
Areas of Focus – "Light for All" program, water supply in urban areas, water resources
Estimated investment (2011-2014) – US$ 16.6 billion (R$ 30.6 billion)
Objective – Consolidate, expand and integrate logistics network to ensure quality and safety
Areas of Focus – Highways, railways, ports, waterways, airports, local roads
Estimated investment (2011-2014) – US$ 57.3 billion (R$ 104.5 billion)
Estimated investment (post-2014) – US$ 2.47 billion (R$ 4.5 billion)
Objective – Secure reliable supply of energy through a mix of clean, renewable sources; expand production of oil in pre-salt region
Areas of Focus – Electricity, oil and natural gas, shipbuilding, renewable fuels, energy efficiency, mineral research
Estimated investment (2011-2014) – US$ 255.3 billion (R$ 465.5 billion)
Estimated investment (post-2014) – US$ 343.9 billion (R$ 627.1 billion)
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The culture of rat kangaroo kidney cells appearing in the digital image above was immunofluorescently labeled with primary anti-beta-catenin rabbit monoclonal antibodies followed by goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody fragments (Fab) conjugated to Rhodamine Red-X. Members of the catenin family of peripheral cytosolic proteins bind selectively to the highly conserved cytoplasmic tail domain of the cell-to-cell adhesion cadherin proteins. In addition, the specimen was subsequently counterstained for the cytoskeletal filamentous actin network with Alexa Fluor 488 conjugated to phalloidin, and for DNA in the cell nucleus with Hoechst 33258. Images were recorded in grayscale with a QImaging Retiga Fast-EXi camera system coupled to an Olympus BX-51 microscope equipped with bandpass emission fluorescence filter optical blocks provided by Omega Optical. During the processing stage, individual image channels were pseudocolored with RGB values corresponding to each of the fluorophore emission spectral profiles.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
There was much speculation about GritGirl's ties to the Liberal war room. Here's hoping that Toyboy is a Conservative war room manifestation, because if this is any indication of the mental firepower on display, I LIKE our chances.
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- A BCer in Toronto said...
They also badly overplay their hand by saying he didn't come back for 34 years. Really? Not even for Christmas? Or to give the keynote at the Liberal convention in 2003?
There's also a thinly veiled anti-Americanism behind this whole line of attack then I find amusing from coming from a party that has always been hyper-sensitive to such attacks in the past.
- 4:31 PM, May 11, 2009
- fern hill said...
Yeah, and Gretzky says he won't move back to Canada if Balsillie buys the Coyotes/Jets and brings them home. That'll play well with Canadians.
- 5:49 PM, May 11, 2009
- Anthony said...
fern thats cuz gretzky gets 14 million dollars if he quits due to a "change in ownership"
I don't care where I would be working, but if I have a clause that givesd me $15 million to quit, sign me up!
On a side note, can anyone name the last good Canadian hockey player (Hall of Fame calibre) who spent their entire career in Canada.
On a second side note, Mats Sundin has always played for a Canadian team. Is he no longer Swedish?
- 5:58 PM, May 11, 2009
- Anonymous said...
uneffing believable. That someone could rise to the top of the academic pyramid at one of the top schools in the world and then have this considered as unCanadian, or somehow unpatriotic... Then that person returns home, takes a paycut and puts up with the abuse from ignorant bumpkins like toryboy, and is considered less of a Canadian...well I am almost speechless. How do they do it? Since when is being an accomplished academic considered or professional a negative. Good luck Tory's. I can't wait for the infighting to begin when the PM fails to get another majority next election.
- 5:59 PM, May 11, 2009
- Anthony said...
Harper is an academic too you know.
He's an economist
A bad economist, but a Canadian economist!
Ignatieff should be ashamed of himself for working for such seedy organizations like harvard University and the BBC!
The NERVE!
I will have too much fun if i ever get to cover the next election.
- 6:02 PM, May 11, 2009
- Steve V said...
I think most Canadians will share that view, which is why this particular line of attack won't work. Canadian makes good abroad actually works, and the fact Ignatieff can articulate a intimate knowledge of this country will render the attacks nonsensical.
- 6:03 PM, May 11, 2009
- Steve V said...
"I will have too much fun if i ever get to cover the next election."
I'm curious to see how the Cons try and make this point. Pretty risky to be overt, but more likely low key flyers and surrogates. If the Cons do go hard at Iggy on this issue, it allows him counter, it allows him to passionately defend his view of Canada.
- 6:05 PM, May 11, 2009
- Skinny Dipper said...
I think it was nice to see our Canadian queen in the video. The only thing was noticing how Queen Céline Dion looked back in 1982. For a young queen, she didn't look that great. Thankfully, a great Canadian queen like Céline is singing wailing/whaling songs in Las Vegas--home of the former CFL team, the Las Vegas Bettors.
- 7:38 PM, May 11, 2009
- Steve V said...
I thought the video would have had more impact with recent Juno winner and Canadian treasure Neil Young playing in the background. He lived in Winnipeg 40 years ago you know...
- 7:57 PM, May 11, 2009
- Éric said...
Does the 1982 repatriation of the Canadian constitution without Quebec's signature as well as the under-handed tactics used to steal the 1995 referendum make something Canadian?
- 8:22 PM, May 11, 2009


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Brazil—The Country of Football
Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda
Football appeared in Brazil in the end of the 19th century, among a favorable environment for the practice of English sports. These sports were initially practiced not professionally by English migrants and young students of Law, Engineering, and Medicine. Fluminense was the first club from Rio de Janeiro, at that time the capital of the country, to be dedicated exclusively to practice football. In the beginning, football represented nobility for the local elite. The social profile of people who attended matches at Fluminense's field was very near to that of the players, be it for family reasons, friendship, or other motivations. Young women who went there desired to see their distinguished idols, and from this practice many relationships started. While this idyllic image of the past was produced, a historical point of view can notice a decisive enhancement in social segments interested in football. In the decade of 1910, a collective enthusiasm arose for football, mainly due to the fact that it was easy to practice and watch football in any kind of open space. This allowed it to spread out of clubs and the National Team. Far from the spatial and economic restriction of performance arts, football could be practiced and watched freely, in most diverse situations. The clubs' lack of structure to allocate players and fans contributed in making football a popular game, since they needed to seek public spaces to practice. At this point, the club that opposed to Fluminense has been Flamengo, which until then was not more than a regatta club. When it opened a football department, it practiced in open fields near the beaches. Many passersby started to look out their training and matches, and some of them adopted Flamengo as their club even if not participating of its internal sphere. The players became idols, first in the neighborhood and then in the whole city. This encouraged the talk about football in bars and cafés, with reflections on the increasing number of people to attend matches. Historian Leonardo Pereira says that in a few years football has become a mania. The making of the first national team to dispute friendly matches against England and Argentina has also stimulated football's repercussion. Noticing public interest over matches with teams from different cities or countries, sports press left its poor attitude about football and began to carefully pay attention to this kind of rivalry and the consequent emotions each fan is able to express for his team, especially the National Team.
Chiapas and the Zapatista National Liberation Army
Marco Estrada-Saavedra
The 1994 Zapatista uprising in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas was the culmination of centuries of repression and exploitation of the country's indigenous minority at the hands of its Spanish and mestizo leaders and the landed elite. The Liberal Reform initiated in 1854, followed by the "modernizing" policies of President Porfirio Díaz (1877–1880; 1884–1911), and then the revolution that ousted him, would strengthen and institutionalize a new set of institutional frameworks, discourses, and practices that lasted through the 20th century. The Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN) emerged from a history of complex and volatile relationships between indigenous peoples of the impoverished state and its economic and political elite, relationships that began a process of redefinition in the 1950s. Zapatismo is one of the expressions of indigenous and working-class struggles in this social and historical context. It can be distinguished from other rural and indigenous movements by its repudiation of the strategies of protest and negotiation within an institutional framework, its adoption of armed struggle, and its rejection of the conventional objectives of land and commercial agricultural production in favor of territorial autonomy and de facto self-government.
Cultural Policies of the Chávez Government
Sujatha Fernandes
The cultural policies of the left-wing government of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in the new millennium saw a shift back to funding and patronage of the arts after years of defunding and commodification of cultural production. However, despite leading to a renaissance of cultural activity, Chavista cultural policy also retained a modernist rationality that treated cultural production as objects to be classified and quantified. Official cultural policy in Venezuela has historically developed alongside popular-cultural formations that draw on alternative conceptions of culture that stem from everyday life. The official and the everyday have developed in tandem and, sometimes, at cross-purposes. Many scholars look to policies and states as the producers of change, but it is at the level of the everyday that we can see the emerging possibilities that define cultural movements in search of social change.
Democratizing Mexican Politics, 1982–2012
Roderic Ai Camp
Mexico's democratic transition provides a revealing case study of a semi-authoritarian political model evolving incrementally into an electoral democracy over two decades. One of the special features of that transition was its slow progress compared to its peers in Latin America, especially given its proximity to the United States, the most influential democracy in the last half of the 20th century. The first attempt to introduce fair, competitive elections occurred under the leadership of Miguel de la Madrid in 1983, but he reversed direction when he was opposed by leading politicians from his own party. His successor, Carlos Salinas (1988–1994), chose to pursue economic liberalization, opening up Mexico to greater competition globally, and negotiating an agreement with Canada and the United States (North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA), while maintaining an authoritarian presidency. During this era, proactive actors that fomented significant political change came from numerous sources. The following were particularly noteworthy in explaining Mexico's shift to a democratic model: dissident elites who pushed for democracy inside the dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI); dissident elites who left PRI to form the most successful opposition parties in the 20th century, including the founding of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in 1989; social and civic movements originating from government incompetence in addressing the results of the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, the widespread fraud during the 1988 presidential election, and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation uprising in 1994; the altered composition of political leadership from the establishment and the opposition characterized by stronger backgrounds in local, elective offices, party leadership, and nonpolitical careers; new electoral laws reinforcing independent decision-making regarding electoral practices and outcomes in the 1990s; and the introduction of new political actors supportive of democratic change, such as the Catholic Church.
Food in Contemporary Cuba
Hanna Garth
Cuban cuisine brings together the island's histories of colonial relations with Spain and the culinary traditions of Africans, Amerindians, Chinese laborers, and those who migrated from Haiti and Jamaica. This dynamic food draws from these traditions and the island's tropical climate to create a rich and multidimensional cuisine. Cuba's food system is also deeply tied to Cuban national politics and international trade. Under socialism Cuba has had a fifty-year-old food-rationing system, and the majority of Cuban foods are imported. Despite these changes, Cuban household cooks work diligently to create complete meals, and they bring together the ingredients for various special occasions throughout the year.
Gender and Sexuality in Brazil since Independence
Sueann Caulfield and Cristiana Schettini
Over the past forty years, increasing attention to gender and sexuality in Brazilian historiography has given us a nuanced understanding of diverse ways in which women and men in Brazil's past experienced patriarchy, racism, and other forms of oppression. As gender historians have shed light on how racialized and patriarchal gender and sexual roles have been reconstituted in different historical contexts, empirical studies in the field of social history have focused primarily on the historical agency of women, particularly non-elite women, who lived within or pushed against the confines of prescribed gender roles. Pioneering histories of sexual minorities have accompanied this trajectory since the 1980s, although this subfield has grown more slowly.
A few nodal themes help to explain transformations in gender relations during each of the major periods of Brazil's social and political history. Under the empire (1822–1889), honor is the entryway for analysis of gender and sexuality. Gendered standards of honor were critical tools used to mark class and racial boundaries, and to traverse them. Historians of the imperial period also stress the centrality of gender to the social, cultural, and economic networks built by members of various occupational, familial, and kinship groups. During the First Republic (1889–1930), the focus shifts to state vigilance and social control, together with debates over modernization of sexual and gender norms, particularly regarding urban space and prostitution. In the Vargas era (1930–1945), patriarchy and racialized sexuality formed the core of intellectual constructions of the nation's history and identity, at the same time that homosexuality and women's and worker's rights generated intense debate. A new emphasis on domesticity emerged in the context of developmentalism in the 1950s, helping to spur a reaction in the form of the counterculture and sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. The dictatorship (1964–1985) went to great lengths to suppress challenges to gender and sexual norms as part of its broader strategy to demobilize society and repress oppositional political movements. These challenges reemerged in the 1970s, when feminists and sexual minorities gained much greater visibility within a new wave of social movements.
The 1988 constitution articulated these movements' aspirations for social justice and equality through its foundational principal of human dignity. Significant legal changes followed over subsequent decades, including recognition of equal labor rights for domestic and sex workers, affirmative-action policies, and the legalization of same-sex marriage, in 2011. Despite notable setbacks, the momentum toward gender and sexual equality at the start of the 21st century was remarkable. This momentum was halted by the political coup that ousted the first woman president in 2016. The anti-feminist mood that accompanied the impeachment process underscored an overarching theme that runs through the historiography of gender and sexuality in Brazil: the centrality of gender to the major legal and political shifts that mark the nation's history.
Japanese Immigration to Brazil
Mieko Nishida
Japanese immigration to Brazil started in 1908 as a replacement for European immigrants to work for the state of São Paulo's expanding coffee industry. It peaked in the late 1920s and early 1930s, in the face of growing anti-Japanese sentiment in Brazil. The Japanese migrated to Brazil in mandatory family units and formed their own agricultural settlements once they competed their colono labor contracts and became independent farmers. Under Getúlio Vargas's nationalistic policies, a 1934 immigration law severely limited the entry of the Japanese. Strict legal restrictions were also imposed on them during Vargas's Estado Novo (1937–1945). Japanese immigration was eventually terminated in 1942. Then the number of Japanese immigrants reached 188,986. At the end of the war, the Japanese were sharply divided among themselves over the defeat of Japan, and Sindō Renmei's attacks on other Japanese factions terrified the nation of Brazil. Having given up their hope of returning to their homeland, the Japanese and their descendants began to migrate on a large scale to the cities, especially São Paulo City. Japanese immigration resumed in 1953 and peaked in 1959–1960. A total of 53,657 postwar immigrants, including many single adult men, arrived in Brazil before 1993. By 1980, the majority of Japanese Brazilians had joined the urban middle class, and many were already mixed racially. In the mid-1980s, Japanese Brazilians' "return" labor migrations to Japan began on a large scale, due to Brazil's troubled national economy. More than 310,000 Brazilian citizens were residing in Japan in June 2008, when the centenary of Japanese immigration was widely celebrated in Brazil. But the story does not end there: the global recession soon forced unemployed Brazilians and their Japanese-born children to return to Brazil.
López Obrador in Democratic Mexico
Alejandro García Magos
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (b. 1953) is the current president of Mexico (for the period 2018–2024). He has been at the forefront of Mexican politics since 2000, having served as mayor of Mexico City between 2000 and 2005, and making three runs for the presidency in 2006, 2012, and 2018 in which he finally emerged victorious. While his detractors consider him a radical leftist in the mold of Venezuela's late Hugo Chávez, his supporters praise him as a man of the people who fights to bridge the gap between rich and poor. Political preferences aside, the ascent of López Obrador to the presidency of Mexico needs to be understood first and foremost in the context of the country's democratic transition. This was a protracted process that started in 1977 and concluded at some point between 1997 and 2000, right about when López arrived on the national political stage. The transition leveled the electoral arena and opened up opportunities for electoral competition that López has been able to capitalize on. Ironically, to this day he refuses to acknowledge the democratic improvements that Mexico experienced during its transition, and which allowed his political ascent in the first place.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT)
Ted Goertzel
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (b. Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil, October 27, 1945) was born in severe poverty in the Brazilian northeast. "Lula" was a nickname which he legalized as an adult so that it could be listed on election ballots. He is universally referred to as Lula in Brazil. When he was seven years old his mother took the family on the back of a truck to the state of São Paulo in the hope of joining Lula's father, who had abandoned the family. With her help, and without Lula's illiterate and abusive father's encouragement, he went to school to become a lathe mechanic. He then became a union activist and a leader of massive strikes in the industrial suburbs of São Paulo during the last years of Brazil's military regime.
In 1980, Lula joined with progressive union leaders, activists, and intellectuals in organizing the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), or Workers' Party. The PT was distinguished by its internal democracy and intellectual openness, and many on the left, in Brazil and elsewhere, believed it had great potential for reconciling socialist economics with political democracy. It initiated participatory budgeting practices in an effort to go beyond formal electoral democracy. Lula da Silva's charisma made him the Party's most popular leader. Lula won a seat in Congress in 1986, then was defeated in presidential campaigns in 1989, 1994, and 1998. In 2002, he adopted a more moderate campaign platform and was elected president of Brazil. He was re-elected in 2006 and passed the presidency on to his chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, at the end of his second term.
As president of Brazil, Lula followed moderate economic and social policies, building on the accomplishments of his predecessor rather than making the radical changes many Workers' Party activists and supporters wanted. The economy grew during his presidency, and he was able to increase funding for income redistribution programs that helped the poorest Brazilians. His administration was tarnished, however, by a massive corruption scandal involving illegal payments to members of Congress. Brazil went into a recession after Dilma Rousseff's re-election in 2014, and there was an even larger corruption scandal involving the national oil company. Rousseff was impeached in 2016, and the Workers' Party lost control of the Brazilian government and fared badly in municipal elections. Lula da Silva was convicted on corruption charges. If his conviction is not reversed on appeal, or if he is convicted on other pending indictments, he will not be allowed to compete for the presidency in the 2018 elections.
Machu Picchu
Willie Hiatt
Machu Picchu is an Inca royal estate constructed in the mid-15th century in Peru's picturesque high jungle. As a seasonal retreat for celebrations, religious rituals, and administrative affairs when the Incas traveled beyond Cuzco, Machu Picchu was abandoned soon after Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Andes in 1531. The site was largely lost to the Western world until 1911, when a Yale University expedition led by Hiram Bingham lay claim to the scientific and historical "discovery" of the impressive complex of white-granite buildings and agricultural terraces. Contentious debates over cultural patrimony, conservation, indigenous rights, and neoliberal exploitation have enhanced Machu Picchu's allure as one of the most famous archaeological remains in the Western Hemisphere.
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I can get engaged too!
You didn't think Jennifer Aniston would let the Brange engagement go by without getting in on the action herself, did you? After all these years, and all these salvos back and forth, and still their respective supporters insist it's not about the tit for tat. It's always about the titting and the tatting! And they do it to each other!
A week after the world lost its mind because Brad Pitt finally proposed to the Jolie, Gossip woke up this morning to a story on TMZ (muuuuuch more accurate than Life & Style or In Touch) that Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are planning on getting married in Crete. Her father was born there. It's like a homecoming. Operating through TMZ these days as opposed to traditional publications is an intriguing move on Jen's part though. Reach + reliability. I wonder how this affects PEOPLE. Is PEOPLE losing its standing as a go-to for publicists? Let's keep an eye on this.
Apparently Jen visited recently to look at resorts. Destination wedding! A much different affair then than her wedding to Brad which took place in Malibu, a big ass production that involved busing celebrities from secret locations to other secret locations and helicopters flying overhead and fireworks at the end to commemorate the event. A few Radiohead songs were also involved somehow. I'm told Brad was the architect behind most of the elaborate drama.
TMZ says that Jen and Justin are looking to make it official in July. So now the question is whether or not the Brange try to race them there or if they #kanyeshrug her off and hold back until the fall, when they can mount a concurrent massive wedding and Oscar campaign. That's not to say they won't f-ck around with her until then. Perhaps drop a baby bomb on Jen's ass the weekend of the wedding. Or straddle each other in swimwear while the paps click away. Be thankful. We're about to get a summer of GREAT gossip.
PS. I searched "Jennifer Aniston Justin Theroux" in my photo agency and this is what came up.


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VIDEO: a tale of two whale ships
Meet the inspiring members of Song of the Whale in the video "The Night Whale"
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is focused on two whale-related vessels this week. One, bound for Tokyo, is carrying "whale meat." The other, berthed in London, is readying itself to carry on its mission of "meeting whales."
First, the one that meets whales.
For more than a decade, IFAW's state-of-the-art research vessel Song of the Whale has conducted marine research, education and outreach activities around the world, encouraging effective action to protect whales and finding practical solutions to conservation challenges.
For the past five years, our state-of-the-art, 70-foot sailing vessel has been managed and operated by Marine Conservation Research (MCR), a UK-based entity founded by longtime Song of the Whale team members Richard McLanaghan and Anna Moscrop.
This week, we are pleased to announce an IFAW grant fully transferring ownership of the vessel to MCR. We are delighted with this new arrangement, which will allow Song of the Whale to continue for years to come the critically important work for which IFAW built her, but under a business model better poised for the future.
Now, the other.
In what may be the swan song for a failed business model, another sort of vessel took to the waves a week ago. That's when the good ship Alma, a 320-foot reefer retrofitted with refrigeration capacity, slipped out of Reykjavik harbor in Iceland, steaming south at 15 knots. Her cargo? Approximately 2,000 tons of frozen endangered fin whale meat.
The Alma is the latest vehicle engaged by Iceland's lone whaling crusader Kristjan Loftsson, an eccentric fisheries magnate who takes a "planes, trains and automobiles" approach to shipping whale meat around the planet, whatever the costs to himself and his beautiful country may be. Forty days and forty nights from now, the Alma may put in to Tokyo ready to disgorge cardboard boxes pre-labeled for a Japanese consumer market that increasingly turns its nose up at whale meat.
If this smells fishy to you, you're not alone. Icelanders don't even eat fin whale. But Mr. Loftsson was in a mad rush to get his frozen whale meat by any means necessary because the U.S. government is about to impose diplomatic measures on Iceland for his irresponsible activities. Meanwhile, many around the world watching this farce unfold would much rather come to Iceland to watch whales rather than watch Mr. Loftsson harpoon his own country's political and economic interests.
So let's instead celebrate the launch of Song of the Whale from London, as she sets a course for conservation and seeks elusive harbor porpoises in the Thames River estuary. As she does so, she continues the cutting edge acoustic and visual surveys and studies conducted by her team in more than 25 countries on a range of threatened species including North Atlantic right whales, sperm whales, blue whales, basking sharks and monk seals.
MCR is currently developing conservation and education projects on critically endangered bowhead whales in the Arctic and marine protected areas for threatened humpback whales that breed in the Cape Verde Islands. The future of whales and marine conservation depends on this kind of world class research, and it depends on you.
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Age 39
Occupation Director of women's buying at karmaloop.com
Residence Needham
You recently went from running the Newbury Street boutique Stel's to heading up women's buying at Karmaloop, which is known for streetwear. Was it a steep learning curve?
It actually came pretty naturally. The fundamentals of running a retail business are the same no matter what aesthetic, genre, or demographic you're trying to hit. At Karmaloop, I'm working with things that are very edgy, and we're reaching a much wider audience.
What trends are you most excited about for the fall?
I'm so happy we're continuing with prints. People always think of fall as very serious and slightly dreary, especially as you get into the winter months. Having prints in your wardrobe — they could be floral, geometric, stripes, polka dots — makes you feel better. — Ami AlbernazInterview has been condensed and edited. E-mail comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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No, it isn't an April Fools prank: the first official trailer for the 'Axe Cop' TV series is here! Featuring 'Parks and Recreation' star and pillar of manliness Nick Offerman as the voice of the title character, FOX and Animation Hi-Def's adaptation of the famous comic character will hit screens on Saturday, July 27, with a slew of famous stars in guest roles. Fighting everyone from "Dr. DooDoo" to Hitler's space-dwelling zombie army, get a first look at the 'Axe Cop' TV series inside!
We never thought the day could come when a comic character from the mind of a 5-year-old would make it to TV, but here we are. This weekend's WonderCon saw the official release of the 'Axe Cop' TV series trailer, chock full of just as much insane action and talent as we'd always hoped.
'Axe Cop' itself chronicles the adventures of an axe-wielding police officer and his array of sidekicks, and was created in 2010 by then 5-year-old Malachai Nicolle, who supplies the stories and ideas for the comics as his adult brother Ethan Nicolle illustrates. In addition to Nick Offerman as the titular character, the full voice cast will include Offerman's wife Megan Mullally, Patton Oswalt, Ken Marino, Peter Serafinowicz and guest stars such as 'Breaking Bad's' Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks, 'Mad Men's' Jared Harris, rapper "Tyler, The Creator," Rob Huebel, and 'Community' creator Dan Harmon.
Showrunner Matt Silverstein said of the TV series' inspiration, "Malachai is very much involved in the writing of the show," adding that "He's not making it up; it's in his head [already]." Writers frequently call the boy to ask his opinion on the stories, who returns with bizarre and funny suggestions they themselves might never have imagined. The animation block will debut along with 'High School USA!,' and an untitled project from Kenny and Keith Lucas debut on Saturday, July 27 from 11:00 PM - 12:30 AM.
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By migrating to its own Linux distribution, LiMux, the German city of Munich reduced both IT costs and user complaints, according to figures provided by Mayor Christian Ude.
"The current impact on the budget for the LiMux project amounts to a total of €11.7 million," (US$15.6 million) Ude wrote in a reply to questions asked by Marian Offman of the Christian Socialist Union on March 19. The questions were asked because the party was concerned about a failed migration from Windows to Linux in Vienna.
The city of Munich started the LiMux project in 2004 and began migrating from Windows NT to a fully open source desktop infrastructure in 2006.
The CSU does not have to be worried that the Vienna scenario is going to happen in Munich, Ude assured the city council. If the city had maintained the Windows infrastructure as it was in 2005, the associated costs would have amounted to €11.8 million. However, since then the number of computers increased significantly, and Munich would have spent an additional €1.65 million on new software alone, Ude said.
Even taking into account the €2.08 million for optimization and test management that ended up on the balance of the LiMux project, the LiMux system is cheaper than using a Windows installation, Ude noted. Upgrading the Windows systems to a level comparable to the LiMux infrastructure, including hardware needed to run the software, would have cost the city at least €15.52 million, he said.
The mayor also noted that if a Windows infrastructure had been chosen, the systems would have had to be upgraded every three or four years. "Just the license costs for 10,000 PCs with current Windows and Office licenses would be more than €2.8 million at the current time," Ude explained, emphasizing that for the LiMux project, that amount only has to be paid once. "There are no license fees for Open Source products, all new product versions are free of charge."
Ude said it was impossible to be exact about the amount of complaints the help desk gets about LiMux, noting that most problems are a combination of several causes. The software is not always the problem, since often there are problems reaching a server, or Internet connections might be malfunctioning.
However, there is a trend. "The amount of complaints with the service team has not risen with the increased number of LiMux workplaces, but even slightly decreased," Ude wrote to the city council.
The maximum number of complaints was 70 per month before the beginning of the switch to LiMux. After the number of LiMux workplaces increased from 1,500 to 9,500, the maximum number of complaints per month dropped to 46. This leaves Ude to conclude that the decline in complaints was due to the migration to LiMux.
As of March 23, 10,000 systems were running LiMux, according to Kirsten Böge, change manager of the Limux project. The client is based on Ubuntu, and KDE is used for the graphical user interface. All PCs will be equipped with OpenOffice.org, Firefox, mail client Thunderbird and image editing software Gimp. As of January, 15,000 workplaces were using Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice.
Munich uses the Open Document Format (ODF) as a standard, and OpenOffice is extended by an in-house developed system called WollMux. The extension includes numerous features including templates, forms and letterheads.
"By the end of 2012, 12,000 computers will have been switched," Böge said in an email. "At this time, the LiMux project will be finished," Böge said. "Our goal was to migrate 80 percent of all computers - this will be done with the 12,000."
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Each of my posts have been typed with a smile my incapacitated, cliche-plagued inbred friend.Stanleycupfever wrote:Sorry I can't be as hilarious as your avatar pic Coco Puff...Between the cloudy rainy days,high cost of living and the Canucks, I can see why guys are so uptight.
It's mighty nice not having a problem residing in a city with a high-cost of living. The scenery is beautiful as well.
I guess I'd be be trolling a better province too if I was inundated with the smell of bitumen on a daily basis.


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Andre Johnson's standoff with the Houston Texans didn't prevent the team's new head coach from getting down to business Friday.
After wrapping the squad's first rookie minicamp practice, Bill O'Brien declined to comment on his star wideout's displeasure over the direction of the franchise.
"I'll let Andre speak for himself," O'Brien told reporters, before adding that he felt a "tremendous amount of respect" for the 32-year-old Pro Bowl wide receiver.
"The conversations that Andre and I have had have been very positive about what we're doing here as a team," O'Brien said. "Obviously, offensively, what we're doing here, we've had good communications. But as far as what Andre said, I'll let him speak for himself."
Johnson dropped a bomb Wednesday, telling the media he didn't plan to attend organized team activities or minicamp while asking aloud of Houston: "Is this still the place for me?"
Complaining that the Texans have "only been to the playoffs twice" during his 11 years with the team, Johnson didn't shoot down the idea of finishing his career elsewhere.
O'Brien didn't nix the concept of a trade either, but moving Johnson would leave $11.96 million in dead money against the Texans' 2014 cap. Nobody's stepped forward as a serious candidate, but this story's far from over.
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Charcoal consumption is a function of the energy generating ability of the lump (or any other source) and how you use it-hot&fast or low& slow or anything in the mix. Many have side features, low sparks, ease of lighting etc that is of value to the consumer. I won't buy from WW (personal crusade) but at the end of the day you are burning carbon so experiment and get comfortable with wherever you land. FWIW-
This is a toss up like the "Ford - Chevy" arguement, or "what came first, the chicken or the egg"! As you read "over and over" here about the "ya's and nay's" of lump charcoal brands, a few things enter into the picture. There are limited supplies of certain brands in different areas of our country. And Green Egg brand is probably the highest priced, but most consistant. I have tried at least eight different brands, and a few of them were MUCH different than what i consider "standard". And some brands i found inconsitant in their product. Another problem with lump charcoal is year round availability causing consumers to "stockpile" it!! For me it boils down to BGE and RO. I'll have trained my local Walmart to maintain their stock of RO thru the Christmas holidays. And RO will have some sparking, and some bags that are full of small pieces or large pieces -- but i'll take it over the $25.00 a bag of BGE lump. Basically, it cost me about two bucks "a cook" using RO, and three bucks using BGE. I'll take the RO..
Damn dude. What scam do you have going with them? I presume they don't ship from Maine but shipping for me is 23 bucks for the same amount to Maryland.tech284 said:
It's less than $4.00 to ship to me I'm in GA.
This is my favorite, 2nd would be the BGE. I have been a little disappointed lately with the Ozark Oak. It seems like every bag I get, someone has beat it with a hammer. I dont know if this happens in shipping or if my dealer is doing this when they stack it. The BGE has hands down the biggest chunks I have seen so far.Ozark Oak is popular... with those who can get it.
You dont happen to have a pic of the bag do you? I might try it if the local Wal Marts has it. Last time I looked at their charcoal, it was just briquettes.MrCookingNurse said:The majority of coals are same lump different bag. Royal Oak is a huge maker of charcoal and there are quiet a few different lumps with different names on them but made by RO. I buy the 8 lbs bags of RO at wally world, its easy, its cheap, its reliable and so far consistent.RO makes the BGE lump
I've been using Wicked good. I have my local Ace bring it in for me. Had ordered enough over the past year they decided to start having it on the shelf to see how it sells to the Cowboy they had. Got my neighbor who uses a Weber now using it. About $20.
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Minnesota reports 5th Fungal Meningitis Case
ST. PAUL (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Health says the number of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in the state linked to tainted steroids has risen to five.
Department spokesman Buddy Ferguson said he did not immediately have details on the fifth case. The higher number was reported Monday on a department web page on the outbreak.
Health officials say more than 800 Minnesotans may have been exposed to the tainted steroids when they received spinal injections at Twin Cities pain clinics.
The outbreak has sickened more than 200 people in 14 states, killing 15.
New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., recalled about 17,000 vials of the steroid after investigators found three lots were contaminated by a fungus.
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Teavana is a store devoted to the art of making and appreciating fine tea.
If you don�t know much about brewing loose-leaf tea, ask store employees and they will walk you through the process.
�Some people are avid Teavana fans. Others ask, �What is tea?�� said Courtney Dalton, a store manager at the newly opened Teavana in Springfield, Ill.
Behind the front counter are 99 large tins of loose-leaf tea from around the world � white, green, oolong, black, mate, rooibos and herbal infusions, such as peach tranquility and citrus lavender sage.
�It mostly comes from Europe, China and Japan. Most of it is hand picked,� Dalton said.
There are cast-iron, ceramic and glass teapots, tea tumblers for making single-serving steeped tea, water heaters, timers, three types of honey, German rock sugar, tins, mugs, gift-box sets, books, music and other tea-related accessories and gifts.
Some prepared drinks are sold in the store, and samples are offered.
Teavana�s website describes it as �part tea bar, part tea emporium. As our name implies, Teavana�s goal is to be a heaven of tea and to offer our customers the healthy lifestyle and wonderful tastes of tea.�
The first Teavana opened in Atlanta. There now are more than 200 locations in North America.Kathryn Rem writes for the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill.
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Tom Arnold, CEO of Concern Worldwide, and Niall O'Dowd, founder of IrishCentral, Irish America magazine, and Irish Voice, spoke at "The Fight Against Hunger: The History and Future of the Irish Role in Humanitarian Assistance", the first annual symposium co-hosted by Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs and The Clinton Institute of the University College Dublin, earlier this week.
The conference, which took place at Fordham University in New York City on Monday, May 14, analyzed the role that Ireland has and will play in humanitarian assistance.
As speakers at the conference, O'Dowd and Arnold both voiced their opinions that Ireland, and its diaspora, can take a strategic leadership role in tackling world hunger. "We want Ireland to be to hunger what Norway is to peace," said Arnold.
As a country that experienced the tragedy of famine 160 years ago, Ireland has a unique connection to hunger. Some two million people emigrated as a result of the famine in less than a decade, creating the large Irish diaspora that now exists in the United States and elsewhere.
"We are children of the famine just as much as we are of the diaspora," O'Dowd said. "We must do much more on educating our own people [on the Irish famine] and sharing with the world what we went through."
Ireland has already taken a key leadership role in driving forward innovative solutions to hunger. With the support of Irish Aid and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Concern Worldwide, and Dr. Steve Collins, Director of Valid International, pioneered what is now the international best practice for the treatment of malnutrition.
The community-based management of acute malnutrition model, known as 'CMAM,' was revolutionary because it moved away from treating malnutrition in centralized health care facilities, which often meant that mothers had to travel long distances with their children to access care. Instead, CMAM anchors the knowledge and skills to tackle malnutrition in communities by training volunteers to prevent, diagnose, and treat malnutrition in people's homes.
The shift from health care facilities to CMAM meant that treatment for malnutrition was easier to access for mothers and their children. As a result, far more malnourished children who are in need of treatment are getting access to it before it's too late. "CMAM is something that the Irish community should be very proud of," said Arnold.
The Ireland-U.S. partnership around hunger continued in September 2010 when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin launched the 1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future Call to Action campaign, which looks to improve nutrition during the during the critical 1,000-day window between pregnancy to a child's second birthday when irreversible physical and mental damage can occur if he or she is undernourished.
Concern has supported the campaign since its inception and will be co-hosting two events around this weekend's G8 summit to ensure that members renew their commitments to food security and nutrition, particularly during the 1,000-day window.
However, with 55 million children suffering from acute malnutrition and one billion people suffering from food insecurity, there is still much more that needs to be done to ensure that generations are not lost or stunted because of a lack of food and nutrients. "We have never before had the knowledge, evidence, and political and grassroots support as we do now to make malnutrition history," said Arnold.
With Ireland taking over the EU Presidency in 2013, it will be in a unique position to push the international community for larger collective efforts to tackle hunger and respond to predictable emergencies, like the food crisis that is now unfolding in the Sahel region of West Africa where 18 million people are now facing food insecurity as a result of drought and failed crops and rising food prices. "It is the right thing to do – morally, economically, and politically for Ireland to lead on hunger globally," said Arnold.
Beyond the Irish Government, freeing mankind from hunger could also be something for the Irish people – both domestically and overseas – to rally around. "The story about Ireland is also about the people working to relieve the world of famine now, not just the economy," said O'Dowd.
"This is something we could ask the diaspora to get more involved in and doing something noble. We are talking about famine. We are talking about diaspora. It's time for the two come together."