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The following is market commentary from David Kelly, chief market strategist at JPMorgan Funds, for the week of July 26.
In some ways, this week will mark the end of the first chapter of the economic recovery.
On Friday, the government will release its initial estimate of second-quarter GDP. While the number itself may be on the soft side – we expect something close to 2% growth annualized – the government will also revise all the GDP data going back to 2007. This will give us a revised look at both the depth of the recession and the strength of the recovery thus far. Presumably, in the aftermath of this report, the National Bureau for Economic Research will finally declare that the recession came to an end in the middle of 2009 and that we are now entering a second year of expansion.
While this will be an important milestone, other numbers due out this week will remind us how far the economy still has to travel on the road back to full health.
• New home sales may show only an anemic rebound from their lowest level in almost 50 years of monthly data.
• Consumer confidence and consumer sentiment should meander at exceptionally low levels,
• The Chicago manufacturing index, while still indicating growth in the manufacturing sector, should show a deceleration in activity, and,
• Compensation growth may have slowed in Q2 as employers took advantage of a weak labor market.
Overall, the economy is still recovering. But it is like driving a fast car with the handbrake on…it's not moving nearly as fast as it should.
The stress tests on European banks, published last Friday, may also constitute the end of a chapter. The adverse scenario used in these tests may not have been dire enough for the most goulish of market observers. But over the last few months investors should have picked up on two very important messages from Europe. First, it is clear that most European banks are, in fact, very well capitalized as of right now and that they are continuing to grow stronger. Second, it is clear that European governments are capable of acting in a coordinated way when they have to and are determined to fight to protect their common currency and avoid any default or restructuring of sovereign debt over the next few years.
This is also the middle week of the second-quarter earnings season. At the start of July, S&P500 operating earnings were expected to reach $19.68 in the second quarter, only up modestly from $19.38 in the first quarter. However, as of last Thursday, 72% of firms reporting had beaten estimated earnings and 66% had beaten estimated revenues. Adding these numbers to estimates for those yet to report generates an earnings number of $20.34, but if the upside surprises keep coming, earnings should surpass $20.50 by the time the season ends.
For investors, this is worth considering. While the outlook is, in Ben Bernanke's words, unusually uncertain, this much maligned economic expansion has proven capable of generating a sharp rebound in corporate profits while some risks, such as the European sovereign debt threat, seem to be fading. Meanwhile, both stock prices and Treasury yields seem too low if even a moderate economic expansion continues. For individual investors, while the first chapter of recovery did contain some scary parts, the story should get less frightening as future chapters unfold.
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New Home Sales Forecast Last
Sales, mils, ann rate 0.311 0.300
Inventories, mils 0.204 0.213
Tuesday, July 27th
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Index Level 51.0 52.9
Wednesday, July 28th
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Total, %ch - 1.0% - 0.6%
Ex. Transportation, %ch 1.1% 1.6%
Thursday, July 29th
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Initial Claims, 000's 450 464
Continued Claims, 000's 4,450 4,487
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Real GDP, %ch, ann rate 2.2% 2.7%
GDP Deflator, %ch, ann rate 0.1% 1.1%
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Index Level 54.8 59.1
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Wages, %ch 0.4% 0.4%
Benefits, %ch 0.7% 1.1%
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Andrew Doheny's Self-Shaped Pseudo Black Beauty
Will Andrew Doheny change the world with his surfboard designs? Probably not. But Droid, as he is called, is one of the most creative surfers of his generation. From his shaping to his music to his organically tweaked lipslides, Andrew epitomizes Orange County's recent renaissance. I visit him at his Newport Beach abode, a newly remodeled garage turned bedroom, and am impressed by how nice it is. It is MTV Cribs-nice.
Andrew offers me chips and Mike and Ikes. I accept. But I am excited to see this board he has shaped, so I ask him if I can check it out. He looks around his room, frazzled, and then searches outside. "Oh man, I left it in Sherm's car," he says, bashfully. Steve Sherman had left a few minutes before I arrived, having come to photograph the images you see on this page. He liked the board, wanted to give it a try and Droid graciously relinquished his creation. Droid might not change the world with his shapes, but at least he's piqueing Sherm's interest. —Mitch Abshere
What was your inspiration for constructing this board?
I wanted a Tom Curren, old-school type of board. Kind of like a Black Beauty but way smaller. Like an '80s refined shortboard.
What type of wave did you make the board for?
All waves, good and bad. I tried to make this one with super flat rocker and the bottom with a little flip. It's super thick, pretty much a plank. I wanted to go fast and have it be forgiving when paddling. It flies through flat sections and you can really carve through big turns.
What's the best wave you have ridden it on?
I brought it to Morocco and it was really fun at the right pointbreaks. It was overhead the whole time and the board held up. With this board, you're not going to turn as sharply as you would on a high-performance thruster. But I know that going into it so I just take a different line and go where the board wants to take me.
What is your favorite part about shaping a surfboard?
The whole process is just cool. I never really know what I'm going to make, but as it gets thinner and thinner I start to get more ideas about what I am going to do. It's like a science experiment: You don't know if it's going to work out or explode.

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Mix together and let it sit on your face for 30 mins, then wash off.
(Test patch some of your skin, like the inside of your wrist to see how your skin will react to the cinnamon first to prevent allergic reactions.)
I was reading something about this concoction today actually. I heard that it is great for the skin and may also help aid in hair growth! I use honey mixed into my conditioner every once in a while but I havent tried it with the Cinnamon.
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Pete Davies estimates that between 20 and 40 million people died from the wave of influenza known as the Spanish Lady in 1918. A similar pandemic today could kill up to 100 million, or 1 in 60 of the world's population. Scientists may squabble over theory, but one thing they agree on is that it's not a question of "if", but "when" it happens again. This may sound like a sensationalist X-files-ish apocalyptic vision, but it's enough to bring you out in a sweat. Davies chooses to combine three themes: the history of the 1918 pandemic, the search for the virus that caused it and the current scientific research being undertaken. The saddest moments of a book of jagged tones occur when relating the details of the 1918 cataclysm. Ghostly and lyrical are the voices emanating from eyewitnesses, survivors and even official documents, of a time that seemed too cruel for words. And yet, terrible as it was, it couldn't match what was happening on the Western Front. The section with which Davies' writing skills seem most aligned describes an international team going to Norway to retrieve soft tissue from bodies buried in the frozen waste. His black humour is as dry as the wintry breeze as he observes the infighting and frostbitten egos that characterise science as much as any other walk of life. This is then nicely contrasted with the story of Johan Hultin, a lone 73- year-old Swede who goes to Alaska, digs up bodies with a shovel and then sends tissue samples to a laboratory that, sure enough, isolates the virus. Entertaining and invigorating stuff. The final theme, of the race to win the pharmaceutical war, is altogether more depressing, as the commercial giants of that world strive to make a bigger killing than any virus, with an array of DIY flu kits and "plug" drugs. Despite provoking the occasional suspicion that the ends don't quite justify the means, Davies displays considerable aplomb in the weaving of his "faction", and his well-researched sleuthing combines with an infectious enthusiasm to translate arcane science into an accessible and startling thriller that's definitely not to be sneezed at, but perhaps should be kept away from hypochondriacs. --David Vincent
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But all of this changed while on a recent weekend trip with my girls. We stopped off at a mall and I wandered into the LUSH store. Placed right near the front door was their body tints, so I picked up a bar of their Black Stockings body tint, $9.95Â to try out as a highlighter on my legs (I'm going to use it this weekend, so expect a review soon!).
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These spiced, baked Christmas muffin recipe is easy to make and has spices, fruits, and nuts – they are a lovely family breakfast on Christmas day. Find more on Kidspot New Zealand's recipe finder
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- 2 cups of self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 red apple, grated
- 1/4 cup sultanas
- 1/4 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
- Zest of 1 orange, finely chopped
- 80mL (1/3 cup) olive oil
- 2 free range eggs (59g)
- 250mL (1 cup) milk
- 24 pecans
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- If you don't have a zester, finely grate the orange peel.
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The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management accepted fewer than half the applicants who applied to its program in 2007. If you'd like to earn a spot at the top-tier business school, you won't want to miss the live chat event on Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. EST. John Roeder, director of admissions at Owen, will be taking your questions on everything from the required interviews to recommendations.
Before earning his MBA at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and joining Vanderbilt admissions in May, 2003, Roeder served as a change management consultant for Andersen Business Consulting. His consulting work placed him on engagements in Sweden, France, Germany, China, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, South Africa, and throughout the U.S. Roeder, who has been the director of admissions at Owen since 2006, previously served as the assistant director of undergraduate admissions at SMU in Dallas, where he helped lead the university to its highest enrollment in 22 years. He also spent 10 years working for the Dallas Cowboys' media relations department, where he performed postgame interviews, prepared game notes, and assisted broadcast personalities on Sundays throughout the fall.
Your host for this event will be Francesca Di Meglio (FrancescaBW), BusinessWeek.com's business schools community manager and reporter.
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The delay of Sony's new flagship Xperia Z2 has been well publicised both on our blog and the wider web.
The good news now though is that we can forget about the delay and focus on the arrival of stock, which has now been confirmed by Sony as Friday 9th May.
The SIM free handsets are available to order now from Clove in both black & white colour options.
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If you are interested in getting hold of the Z2, you can do so now by visiting the product page on our retail site.
We cannot confirm how long the complete offer will run for as it is subject to stock from Sony. It may well end once stock arrives on the 9th!
The SRS-BTM8 speaker stock is arriving before the Z2 so will be shipping with the handsets. The noise cancelling headphones are included in the Z2 box.
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Take a whale into your left hand and with your right hand keep its head under water for two and a half hour. If the whale is dead, it is not a fish.
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Michel what have you done?
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Posted 22 March 2011 - 02:18 AM
They also nurse their young. Whale milk is supposedly similar in texture to cottage cheese.
There are lots of other aspects of their physiology that are easier to exaplin why they are mammals. One obvious one is that they don't posses gills. Both dolphins and whales need to come to the surface to breath using lungs and then they hold their breath while swimming. Granted bluw whales can hold their breath for a VERY long gitme with a single gulp of air. Another exampel would be that they give birth to their young in a very similiar way to land mammals. Fish tend to lay eggs that eventually hatch to release the young...although not all fish do this.
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Posted 22 March 2011 - 10:31 AM
Dolphins evolved from a wolf-like animal and you can see the evidence of this because dolphins and whales have vestigial hip bones which through evolution have shrunk over time. There's also the fact that both dolphins and wolves move their spine up and down, rather than like fish and sharks which move their spin or spin-like structure left and right.
Do you have any papers to refer to, for further information please? That is quite a large claim to make.
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Posted 24 March 2011 - 05:45 PM
Do you have any papers to refer to, for further information please? That is quite a large claim to make.
steevey might be referring to Mesonychidae, an extinct family of land mammals which was once thought to be the ancestor of many modern mammal lineages including cetaceans (whales and dolphins), and which existed from around 65 to 35 million years ago. Those things really looked like wolves. The studies were all based on dentition (tooth anatomy), but this has recently been discredited somewhat. Now it is thought that cetaceans branched off from other mammals in the artiodactyl lineage (along with the hippo).
However, there were actually some wolf-like cetaceans before the non-aquatic ones all died out, for example Pakicetus (see pic below) and Ichtyolestes. There was a 2001 paper in Nature about it: Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactyls (Thewissen et al.). It's important to note that the 'wolf like' ancestor of dolphins and whales was not actually a wolf, so directly drawing a comparison between whales and modern wolves is a bit confusing. The spine idea is a good one though: fish flex the spine laterally (side to side) whilst most mammals flex it dorso-ventrally (up and down).
See the Wikipedia page on evolution of cetaceans for more info.
Pakicetus attocki skeleton (early land cetacean).
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- They have no gills (must come up to the surface for air.
- They internally fertilise during sex.
- They give birth to live young.
- They have vestigial legs.
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Posted 31 March 2011 - 03:02 PM
Have mammary glands
Have hair
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No fish have these qualities. Both Dolphins and Whales have all of these qualities.
- They have no gills (must come up to the surface for air.
- They internally fertilise during sex.
- They give birth to live young.
- They have vestigial legs.
Yep, and as mentioned already they suckle their young with milk, and have hair (around the blowholes, at least in whales).
Jerry Coyne's excellent Why Evolution is True has a good section on the evolution of whales.
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Posted 27 May 2011 - 09:51 AM
You can make a very simple experiment:
Take a whale into your left hand and with your right hand keep its head under water for two and a half hour. If the whale is dead, it is not a fish.
To throw a spanner into the works here, don't certain species of lung fish also drown if not allowed to surface for air? (I am also wondering about species of snakehead?)
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- Maureen A. O'Leary and Jonathan H. Geisler (1999) The Position of Cetacea within Mammalia: Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data from Extinct and Extant Taxa Systematic Biology Vol. 48, No. 3 (Sep., 1999), pp. 455-490
- Springer MS, Stanhope MJ, Madsen O, de Jong WW (2004) Molecules consolidate the placental mammal tree. Trends Ecol Evolut 19:430–438
The process by which they came to physically resemble fish is called convergent evolution, whereby similar environmental conditions select for similar traits in organisms with different ancestors, which leads to distantly related organisms having similar appearances.
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there are no such things as a vestigal organs
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A couple of reports suggest that Amazon may be building a new data center in its East region.
The Washington Business Journal cites unnamed sources who say that a new data center being built in Loudoun County, Virginia, has AWS as its anchor tenant.
Data Center Knowledge reports that a 200,000-square-foot data center could go live later this year with an additional 150,000-square-foot data center planned for completion in 2014.
As Data Center Knowledge and others have noted, the AWS East region seems to be the most popular for AWS but also the most prone to outages.
After an outage in October, GigaOm's Barb Darrow pointed out a few reasons why companies continue to gravitate to the east. One is that it's AWS's oldest facility and like it or not switching applications to a new region isn't always easy. That means businesses that started out there out of necessity now may not be game for the heavy lifting of moving.
Darrow also points out that the East region tends to be the first to get new services and it's the cheapest.
A new East Coast data center could take some of the load off the existing facilities and might be less prone to outages given that Amazon will presumably be using newer data center designs in the new facility.
Amazon did not reply to a request for comment about whether it is behind the new facilities being built in Northern Virginia.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA – A new study released today by researchers at Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) at the Harvard Kennedy School reveals that a state's perceived risk of default on its bonds is associated not only with economic conditions within the state but also two key political factors: 1) the degree of public-sector unionization in that state, and 2) the percentage of the membership of the state's legislature that is Democratic.
The study, co-authored by PEPG researchers Daniel Nadler and Sounman Hong, finds that these political factors remain significant after taking into account a state's unemployment rate, growth in a state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the state deficit to the state GDP ratio. "Separate and apart from economic considerations, bondholders see additional risks when they view the political situation within a state as unfavorable toward budget reform," Nadler said.
The study examined the change in the default risk of the 20 economically largest states in the U.S. between June of 2008—several months prior to the major seizure of global credit markets—and June of 2009, immediately after the National Bureau of Economic Research announced the end of the recession. The study used Bloomberg's State General Obligation Municipal Yield Curve Data —a market-based measure of state bond yields widely used by market participants; it examined the daily closing price in basis points of the one, five, and ten year bonds for every trading day since June of 2008.
The study found that variation in state expenditures on Medicaid was not significantly associated with an increase in perceived default risk.
According to the study, a 20 percentage point difference in the share of the public-sector workforce that is unionized is associated with an additional increase in state borrowing costs of 40.4 basis points, for every billion dollars of unexpected deficit shock that the state experienced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Similarly, for every billion dollar change in unexpected deficit shock that a state experienced after the crisis, a 20 percentage point increase in the Democratic share of the state legislature was associated with an additional 60 basis point increase in state borrowing costs.
"The cost to the state taxpayer of that difference in either unionization or political composition is, roughly speaking, about one half of one percent on a five-year security note," Nadler said. "That amount is non-trivial. In Illinois, a one-half percent increase in the yield spread on its state and municipal debt of $145.5 billion amounts to $727 million dollars in additional interest costs annually."
Unexpected fiscal shocks, the authors observe, "tend to widen interstate differentials in the state and municipal bond market and increase the yield spreads of state bonds over safer U.S. Treasury counterparts. In this context, bondholders become highly sensitive to a state's perceived political capacity to take actions needed to bring budget deficits under control."
Nadler observes that S&P and the other credit rating agencies have already indicated that after the U.S. credit downgrade, dozens of states and thousands of municipalities will now see their own ratings cut, raising municipal borrowing costs. As of Monday, S&P had already begun downgrading multiple U.S. municipalities. In commenting on recent developments, Nadler noted that new state laws that place bondholders ahead of pensioners and other creditors, such as the ones recently proposed in Central Falls, Rhode Island—the second U.S. municipality to seek Chapter 9 protection this year—are likely a harbinger of the kinds of measures states and municipalities may need to take in order to keep bond rates from rising. "But political factors may prevent governments from taking the tough decisions necessary to guarantee bondholder investments," he points out.
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Where you located? I'm interested in picking them up.
Those are in great shape! Nice. Bump for sweet seats.
Though imho for $400 you should be including the bases.
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BMW Team RLL Finishes 3rd and 4th at Baltimore
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Aug. 31, 2013 . . . BMW Team RLL finished third and fourth in todays American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Baltimore that will go into the record books as the shortest race in ALMS history due to a crash on the first lap that cost the event half of its duration.
The checkered flag flew only one-hour-and-fourteen-minutes after the green flag waved with Dirk Müller and Joey Hand finishing third in the No. 56 BMW Z4 GTE and the No. 55 machine of Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin coming home fourth.
The crash occurred just after the green flag waved, blocking the circuit and involving eight cars. Polesitter Bill Auberlen, in the No. 55 Z4 GTE, just skirted by and Joey Hand, starting the No. 56 Z4 GTE from the 11th position, was able to stop the car untouched. The restart began with two laps behind the pace car and the always quick thinking Bobby Rahal called Hand into the pits immediately sacrificing the Californians minimum drive time and points to get Müller in the No. 56 right away. Hand may have set a record for the shortest drive in ALMS history, but the move put Müller in the lead and gave him the best chance to stay in the race for the drivers title. Unfortunately, following the races last restart Müller was slowed by a prototype car that missed the line through the chicane and was passed by both Corvettes.
Bill Auberlen had a wild start in the No. 55 Z4 GTE and had a second near miss laps later, but kept the car clean before handing off to Martin after five laps. The Belgian raced as high as second before losing the rear bumper of the car and bringing out a yellow flag. He slipped to fourth in the closing stages of the race.
Unofficially, BMW still stands second in the GT class Manufacturers championship and Müller now is fifth is the drivers title chase, behind both pairs of Corvette drivers, but all are only separated by a scant eight points.
It seemed like amateur night, said Bobby Rahal, Team Principal. Im very frustrated. We had a perfect plan and were leading the race. On the last restart a prototype car totally cocked up the chicane and Dirk nearly hit it. He was held up enough for the Corvettes to get by and that was that.
We knew this weekend would be rough and tough, said Gordon McDonnell, BMWNA Motorsport Manager. We thought the Z4 GTE would be extremely well-suited to this course and we saw that in qualifying. The race seemed to have a mind of its own and we were along for the ride. Im really proud of the guys for keeping their heads down. They fought really hard and 3rd and 4th is a great result to leave this race with.
Joey Hand, driver No. 56 Z4 GTE (3rd) Well take a third-place but were not as excited as we would have been. Dirk did a good job but got unlucky during that restart with the traffic. But thats what endurance racing is all about. I love racing and came here to race, but today I had to be a team player and get out of the car early. It was just a unique race, to say the least.
Dirk Müller, driver No. 56 Z4 GTE (3rd) What a race. What a strategy! We pitted early went from dead last, after yesterdays penalty, all the way up to the front. I had the pace, and the car was strong. On the last restart I was fully prepared but everybody ahead checked up and I had to apply emergency braking into the chicane. Basically the two Corvettes just took advantage of it. Once behind them I was quicker, and was able to close the gap somewhat, but P3 is more than I was hoping for overnight. Im really happy. There is still a ways to go in the championship; we are getting stronger and stronger. This result was a team effort.
Bill Auberlen, driver No. 55 Z4 GTE (4th) The team was poised for a 1-2 finish today, but it seemed most of the field came to crash instead of race. Ive already had a double victory at the Circuit of the Americas this season in the GRAND-AM series driving BMWs so Ill put today behind us and focus forward to Round Eight.
Maxime Martin, driver No. 55 Z4 GTE (4th) This certainly was a strange race; very short with no pit stops. We started quite okay but in a little crash I lost two places and the rear bumper, so in the end we werent quick enough to stay with the front pack. We are scoring points, but we could have had a much better day.
Round Eight of the 2013 ALMS season will be held at the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 21st. The 2.45-hour race will be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 22nd on ESPN2 television at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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Grafton Media is delighted to announce that we have just been awarded No 14 in the RAR top 100 agencies. The results were formed by looking at a range of criteria including profitability, growth and efficiency and highlights agencies that are the strongest businesses, an important consideration for clients who are considering committing their budgets. Coming in at No 1 was WRG Creative Communications with a turnover of £65 million per annum.
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Out of curiosity as I may buy a boat in the near future, how much weight can the 5.7 WK pull? Im looking at a 26' boat. Im also looking at a 20' and I KNOW it will take care of that.
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officially the wk 4x4 hemi will tow 7400. I tow a 23' bowrider(~6,000 with gear and trailer) with mine and have zero issues. Plenty of power.
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I pull a 20' Sea Ray (about 5,000 with everything) in hilly CT. No problems at all.
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I pulled a 24" Chaparell with no problems. In total about 5,000lbs.
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all i have to say is wow....
This is a discussion on 35R STI vs. Stock Turbo EVO within the Comparison: WRX vs World forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw2GcwuDkqs all i have to say is wow.......
all i have to say is wow....
Graphite Grey Evo 9
-1600 dollars in Mods...
equals 11.86....and only getting lower....
Since the STI is throwing down more horsepower, what could account for the difference? Gearing? Spool-up? Maybe even the old stand-by - driver?
Whatever it was, I'm curious as to what mods the Evo is sporting.
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i think it has to do with gearing, the quick spool of the stock turbo, and since they haven't upgraded the turbo i believe the evo is running FULL Bolt-On's...and maybe an aggresive tune....but yea i was shocked when i saw it pull that hard
Graphite Grey Evo 9
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equals 11.86....and only getting lower....
also, looking at the video. that STI seams slow for having 400+whp. perhaps it has a .63ar exhaust housing? from one shot you can see the rpm gauge on the sti and it just doesnt really move fast in the upper rpms. it could be that the power peaks quickly(as far as a gt35 can go anyway) and falls off fast because of the small ar.
oh well, evo FTW
DSMs are fast period, but subie just feels better. DSM has always responded well to cheap bolt-on mods without much else and they perform beautifully. But yeah the subie is just a more refined machine and they can still hang with them and beat them at times, the evos that is. I mean you are looking at a guy who was gonna buy an evo but after careful consideration bought a subie wagon instead. WHy you ask???? AS I know some people may be asking. Well the wagon is way more practical for a daily driver period and still gives you that fun when you want it to. Evo is for a much different purpose.
Whatever it is, it's safe to say that two cars that weigh close to the same thing with similar gearing should not have those results when one car is making ~ 40 more hp than the other. We know the 2.5 liter isn't short on torque either so that's not it. Maybe one of the dynos was a little optimistic?
Also, I'll never understand why people feel the need to dig up some techno or grunge-sounding song for their videos. Just show us the damn racing - we don't need a score to go along with it! Maybe I'll re-edit some race videos and put elevator music in the background
The Evo gets basically a 4g63 with a big 16g. DSMs ran 11s on that combination 10-12 years ago so it's not surprising that Evo's make that kind of power today with shorter gearing and more tunability.
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If they ran from a 70mph roll the STi takes it! The gearing on the Sti is better anyway 4th gear is a perfect 1:1 ratio
Graphite Grey Evo 9
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equals 11.86....and only getting lower....
Losing to a car with 37 less awhp and probably less torque = teh suck
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You will not have these performance issues if you stick to racing in school zones. The WRX ECU is specially tuned to recognize these areas and increase boost accordingly.
no way that STi had a 35R on it.
the driver was shifting slow as heck and the acceleration was that of a all motor civic.
he is either lying and/or needs a retune then learn how to shift.
2 thumbs up for the Evo.
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That is my buddy Tom, he has basic bolton's and a custom 02 DUMP. He just ran at Atco this weekend, 118MPH on 93 Octane, all with tuning, the Stock Evo turbo IS VERY capable and flows 550 CFM's not to Mention it is FREEZING so that makes Even my Stock Evo IX a wheel peeler. Also he has the gearing advantage especially 3rd and 5th and the 2.0 powerband just REELS man. Toms car is running good and he is making a SOLID 380WHP, no joke.
I am making a solid 250 whp Stock
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Do we have an agreed upon scheme? I noticed in 2.6.23-rc1, the RDAC module is named "dm-mpath-rdac.ko", but the source file is "dm-rdac.c". Should we be naming things
Are you sure about that? In linus's tree it is named dm-mpath-rdac.c. The module that is created is named dm-rdac.ko.
"dm-mpath-hwhname" everywhere? If so, should we rename dm-emc? I was not sure exactly what was correct for the HP handler. Currently it follows the dm-emc scheme, which is probably wrong.
Alasdair, initially wanted the modules and file names to have dm-mpath prefixes, but userspace for emc is already passing in "emc" and dm_get_hw_handler does request_module("dm-%s", name) and __find_hw_handler_type does strcmp(name, hwhi->hwht.name).
So we ended up doing a partial conversion leaving userspace alone, but changing the filenames to what Alasdair wanted. So rdac got the source filename dm-mpath-rdac.c, but its module gets the name dm-rdac.ko.
So yeah, I forgot about that in the review, and instead of obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_HP) += dm-hp-sw.o you should do dm-hw-objs := dm-mpath-hw.o ...... obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_HP_SW) += dm-hp-sw.o In the Makefile, and the source filename for should be dm-mpath-hp-sw.c.And dm-emc.c should probably be changed, although we could probably do it after the logical unit follow-over cap patch is cleaned up and merged.


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Zimbabwean generals may face treason charges over WikiLeaked comments
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Two Zimbabwean generals may face treason charges for comments made to U.S. ambassador Charles Ray in a 2010 meeting that has now been made public by WikiLeaks:
There are now reports that the two will face retribution for their disclosures to the Americans, including possible treason charges. According to South Africa's Sunday Times newspaper, which quoted military sources, the top brass of the defence forces are contemplating the court martial of the generals.
"It is a very difficult situation. Some top army commanders see this as a tale of traitors, betrayal and treachery and hence they want a swift response," a senior commander in the military is quoted as saying. "In the army, once you do such things, they charge you with treason and you will be court-martialed."
The cable in question, based on conversations with the officers, describes Gen. Constantine Chiwenga, the commander of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) as a "political general" with "little practical military experience or expertise.. The generals also say that the senior generals of the ZDF are "so entwined with [President Robert Mugabe's] ZANU-PF party as to be practically indistinguishable," frustrating those who want to build it into a professional military force.
The cable also notes that the two "took a grave personal risk meeting with us, and their identities should be strictly protected." With thousands of cables including the unredacted names of sources now floating around online, there will likely be more officials facing the consequences for what they told U.S. diplomats in confidence.
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I am puzzled with something in 2.2 for Windows. I am trying to
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West Ham defender James Collins is refusing to blame an injury crisis for his side's run of five games in which they have banked just four points and are left nursing the joint worst away scoring record in the Premier League.
The Hammers fired another blank in yesterday's 0-0 draw at West Bromwich Albion to leave their travelling goal tally at just five, the same meagre total as Wigan. Yet far from being despondent, Collins praised the spirit of a side that could name only six substitutes, rather the permitted seven, at the Hawthorns.
The Welsh international, a rock in a back line praised by manager Sam Allardyce for the manner in which it frustrated a Baggies team that went into the game boasting the third highest haul of home points this season, said: "We have got a few injuries, but we can't use that as an excuse.
"You just have to deal with it. If you haven't got the players, there is nothing you can do about it. We came to West Brom and got a great point, and as long as we keep showing the team spirit and fight we showed in this game we'll be fine."
West Ham's casualty list is so long that only two recognised first teamers in Modibo Maiga and James Tomkins sat on that depleted bench. The rest were development squad players.
"Look at how many were missing," said Allardyce. "Yossi Benayoun, Andy Carroll, Vaz Te, Jack Collison, Mo Diame, all flair players who, in possession, can create lots of problems for the opposition.
"But we earned our point. When you've got that many injuries you're always worried as a manager because you wonder whether your team is going to be capable of holding out.
"We didn't create as much as we wanted, but our defensive qualities were exceptionally good. The players take great credit for how well they snuffed out West Brom's attack."
James Morrison did manage to find the West Ham woodwork on two occasions, and former Fulham favourite Zoltan Gera stung Jussi Jaaskelainen with one of his trademark long range shots. But the visitors were worth a point from an uninspiring game lacking ideas and marred by far too many mistakes.
West Ham's inability to find the net away from the comfort of Upton Park is a worry, but Collins had only praise for striker Carlton Cole's contribution yesterday. He said: "Losing Andy Carroll would be a blow to anyone, but since Carlton has come in he has been superb.
"Against West Brom he spent a lot of time up front on his own, but he held the ball up well and brought the other boys into play. Any team is going to miss a player like Andy, but all credit to Carlton. He always works hard, he certainly worked his socks off in this game."
Allardyce confirmed he will be looking to reinforce his depleted squad in the January transfer window. He said: "If there is anybody who can enhance or better the team then we would like to go for them. Whether that's short-term or long-term depends who is available and who we can get to come in.
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If you like your wheels with more power than grip and enjoy the wind in your hair, then the new Jaguar XKR-S convertible is the car for you. The drop-top version of the manufacturer's most powerful sports car gets 550 horsepower and a tweaked and stiffened sports suspension to play with, plus an aggressive body kit and carbon-fibre spoiler for you to look at. That's enough to satisfy even the highest octane of petrol heads, so what's the catch? You'll need just over £100k to part one from the hands of a of Jaguar. That's a lot of cash and begs the question; can a Jag ever be worth such a huge sum?
The heart of the XKR-S is its 5.0-litre V8 engine which roars, groans and then whines with delight as you work the flappy-paddle gearbox up to the red line. The power it delivers is simply staggering and testing it on the bendy lanes of Berkshire's stockbroker belt during the wettest June on record certainly gave me some squeaky bum moments. Feathering the throttle gently is essential to avoid impromptu pruning of the area's well-maintained privet hedges and caution is required coming out of bends unless you want to panel-beat a passing banker's Bentley. In the dry it goes like a rocket and grips solidly to the road, but in the wet it struggles to find traction to make the use of its conveyor belt of power. It's only off the public roads that you can truly open up the R-S and see what it's made of without feeling like you're the warhead of an out of control Tomahawk missile.
Simply put, it's monstrously fast and will collect speeding tickets faster than a quick-witted accountant collects tax dodges. Don't get me wrong, the XKR-S is a wonderful car and because it was originally designed as convertible, not as a coupe, the handling is agile and responsive, the ride is smooth and the brakes are sharp. It's just that there are so few places where you can push it to its limits without the fear of becoming raspberry jam.
Not that this will bother many buyers though. Jaguar is booming as rich Chinese buyers and the rest of the global 1 per cent flock to its blend of hi-tech engineering prowess and performance wrapped in a luxury blanket. The XKR-S is its flagship and shows that British factories (albeit Indian-owned ones) can match what the best of the rest of the world has to offer.
There are some niggles though. The dash is plasticky and rather dated and some of the dials and switches look like they came from a mid-Noughties Saab. My biggest complaint, though, is that the six-speed automatic gearbox lags some way behind the best of Jaguar's rivals.
When the sun comes out though, the R-S is magical and its wicked side endearing. Perfect for cruising along sedately taking in the world, you just have to stop yourself from entertaining the madness too often. Truth be told though, you could save £30k, get the standard XK, enjoy it just as much and still have more power than you could eve user. And next year the new F-Type launches with a price tag expected to be just over half of the XKR-S. Still not attainable for most of us in the 99 per cent, but the dream will be just that little bit nearer.
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first sorry for my english, I'm from quebec in canada, so i'm french.
I have a 1998 gmc sonoma sls 4 cyl automatic 2x4. The rear left wheel seems to have a little slack on it, when I move it horizontaly like this <- ->
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October 31, 2012
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BURNABY, BC—IWG Technologies Inc, through its subsidiary, International Water-Guard Industries Inc. has signed a five year agreement to supply its products to the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC). ACJC offers cabin outfitting and packages of nose-to-tail services to VIP and head-of-state customers. IWG said it will start deliveries of its products this fall.
"International Water Guard is pleased to have been chosen by ACJC to provide its innovative water system products to its customers," says Bruce MacCoubrey, president of International Water Guard Industries. "The agreement will provide IWG with the opportunity to work with this world class company and expand its business with the important VVIP market."
Established in July 2007, the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre is a 100-per cent Airbus subsidiary based at the company's site in Toulouse. IWG Technologies, Inc is the public holding company for International Water-Guard Industries Inc, a Canadian aerospace company providing aircraft potable water treatment, water systems, heaters and components.