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Because of a decision by Nigeria's broadcasters at the time, Nigeria's absence from the Egypt-based '86 tournament meant I never got to watch any of the matches and have not seen them to date.
I remember the shock news reports in the papers after Jules Bocande scored the winning goal as Senegal beat the hosts in the opening match. Egypt, of course, did recover to beat the holders Cameroon in the final.
Maroc '88 was brilliant to watch on TV as the pitch and pictures looked so European and the country's leadership, it seemed, had gone out on a limb to impress the world, bearing in mind that around that time Morocco had put in a bid to host the Fifa World Cup.
Nigeria's preparation was as haphazard as had become the norm during that period. We did not know who was in charge of the team between the German Manfried Horner and Paul Hamilton, who had qualified the team for the competition.
Nigeria's opening match was against hapless Kenya. A vicious Rashidi Yekini shot gave Nigeria the lead. Further goals by the two wingers of Humphrey Edobor and Ndubuisi Okosieme gave Nigeria an easy 3-0 win.
Stephen Keshi flew in for Nigeria's second game against Cameroon from his base in Belgium. Sam Okwaraji stunned everyone, and Antoine Bell in the Cameroonian goal, with a swerving, dipping left-foot scorcher from outside the box to give Nigeria the lead inside the first three minutes. Just like four years earlier, it was as good it got for Nigeria. Cameroon took over completely and it is a mystery how the match finished only 1-1, with Roger Milla scoring a headed equaliser.
This was the tournament that introduced Africa to the delicate skills of Serge Alain Marguy, who was a teenager in an Ivory Coast midfield that included Saint-Joseph Gadji Celi, Omar Ben Salla and the then dreadlocked Francoise Zahoui.
What group A lacked was goals but one of the best goals of the tournament was Zaire's equaliser against Ivory Coast. The skipper, Mutunbilla, turned the Ivorian left-back this way and that before sending over a superb cross on the run to the far post where the big striker, Eugene Kabongo, arrived to meet it with a superb volley down into the bottom corner. The sight of the big striker wheeling away in triumphant celebration brings a smile to my lips even now.
A superb Cameroonian side of Paul Mfede, Makanaky, Kana Biyik and Emile Mbouh ran most matches from midfield. The final will haunt most Nigerians who watched it live and those who played it. Nigeria were by far the better side and ran their opponents ragged.
Okosieme should have scored himself when one jinking run took him clear of all the defenders but he somehow managed to hit the side netting with the goal gaping. A bad miss.
The worst part was the effect the giant Gabonese ref, Jean Diramba, had when he inexplicably disallowed Henry Nwosu's brilliant downward header past Bell and into the net. Stephen Keshi still claims that "we were robbed by a ref who wanted to impress the new Caf president".
Eboigbe fouled Milla for a penalty, which Emmanuel Kunde despatched with a nonchalance that was out of sync with his team's performance overall. The Nigerians were further denied when both Keshi and Nwosu crashed efforts against Bell's cross bar.
The look of anguish on both their faces each time reminds people like us how much it means to these players when they play for their country. Cameroon were the best team in the competition and Africa at the time and deserved to win. In Claude Le Roy they had a coach who drilled his charges brilliantly.
There was something not quite there about Algiers '90, not that I can put my finger on it. It did not help that Egypt showed so much disrespect by not wanting to appear for the competition. They felt they needed time to prepare for the World Cup that summer, so it took threats from Caf and Fifa for them to turn up.
This was Rabah Madjer's tournament and he orchestrated the destruction of a young Nigerian team in the first match 5-1. This defeat was so bad that an instruction went out to the Nigerian Television Authority that no copy of the match was to be kept on tape.
Clemens Westerhof organised his team, took off a midfielder for the next game, employed a third centre-back and the team made it to the final. Rashidi Yekini started his talismanic status for Nigeria with the winning goals against Egypt and Ivory Coast.
Not many gave Nigeria a chance over Zambia in the semifinal but an early Uche Okechukwu header gave Nigeria the lead and a platform to hold on to. In the second half, sub Wasiu Ipaye came on and lofted a pass into the box for Yekini to arrive and slam home for the decisive second goal.
The final was an anti-climax. A Cherif Oudjani long-range effort after a smart turn gave Algeria the lead and the cup. So, ten years after losing in the final in Lagos, the Desert Warriors won at home. It was fitting that Madjer, who was there a decade earlier, would lift the cup for them.
Senegal '92 was a smashing tournament – brilliant football. There were really good individual performances, none so more than Stephen Keshi, Rashidi Yekini and debutant Mutiu Adepoju for Nigeria. There were also Ghana's trio of Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah and the young defender Isaac Asare. The other stars were Abdoullahi Traore, Joel Tiehi, Sergei Alain Margui and keeper Gouamene for eventual winners, Ivory Coast.
Nigeria really should have won the tournament as the Super Eagles were the best team there. With the new Fifa rule making it easier to get Europe-based players it was a proper competition with the best available to each country. Strangely enough, it was Samson Siasia's first Nations Cup and his partnership with Yekini up front for Nigeria thrilled.
The semifinal with Ghana must rank as one of the best matches in the tournament's history, while Nigeria's performance in the first half must be one of the best by any national team in any tournament.
How the Black Stars hung on after Adepoju had risen above Baffoe to nod home an Oliha cross even they cannot explain. It was wave after wave of Nigerian attack and, in one instance, only inept refereeing allowed Baffoe to finish that first half after he brought down Yekini as the big striker bore down on goal.
However, when you have Abedi Pele in your team you have a chance. His header from a corner somehow flew past the stranded Agu in goal and that was it. Another corner early in the second half saw Prince Polley smash home what proved to be the winner. Nigeria rallied. Siasia hit the post while Oliha had a goal disgracefully chalked off for no apparent reason but Ajibade got sent off and Ghana held on to win.
The win came at a cost though, as Abedi Pele got booked and was ruled out of the final. The final was a match to forget as 120 minutes of turgid football brought no goal. I still cannot believe how a match that had so many offensive players managed to be so poor.
I lost any semblance of regard I had for Tony Yeboah as he was not able to raise the Ghanaian team to win this match in Abedi Pele's absence. Abedi, by the way, wore a shocking red suit as he sat and watched the final in frustration.
Two years later in Tunisia, the Ivorians were involved in two of the best matches in the tournament. In the quarterfinal two goals by the then rampant Tiehi and Traore took them past Ghana in a 2-1 win. It was such an absolutely fantastic game that it was a pity one team had to lose - a marked departure from the encounter of two years previously.
Nigeria felt they had to win this tournament and were rightly the favourites and reached the semifinal without conceding a goal. All that changed when little Michel Bassolle scored from a free header from a corner with less than 10 minutes played.
Nigeria, with Okocha at his impish best, patiently probed and got their equaliser from a delightful exchange between Okocha and left-back Iroha. Bassolle again cashed in on a defensive mix up to crash home another goal with a truly fine finish. Back Nigeria came.
This time Sunday Oliseh, in his first tournament, threw a cross into the path of Finidi George, who just accelerated past his defender to lay a simple pass for Yekini to tap into an empty net. Pulsating, and it was only the first half.
That the second half and extra time finished goalless was mostly due to Yekini as he missed at least five glorious chances to win the match. Once, in the second half of extra time, the untiring Daniel Amokachi beat the onrushing Guamene but defender Abou Dominique got back and cleared his lines with an overhead kick - he and his classy central defence partner, Armani Yao, had been given a torrid time all game. Nigeria went through on penalties.
The Zambians had done remarkably well to get to the final under the guidance of Ian Porterfield after the plane crash that decimated their great players. Harrison Chongo and Elijah Litana were a superb partnership in the heart of the defence. Kalusha Bwalya's influence and goals drove the team on and to the final.
A corner from Bwalya saw Litan rise above the static Yekini to give Zambia a surprise lead inside the first two minutes. Westerhof had thrown a curve ball by starting with two wingers for the first time in the tournament, with Emmanuel Amunike in place of Samson Siasia.
It was Amunike who equalised for Nigeria within a minute of Litana's goal, heading home an Okechukwu knock down. Game on. Finidi George limped off and Siasia came on.
In the second half another superb cross from Oliseh sent Amunike in and the winger finished cooly inside Phiri's right hand post.
Zambia rallied, with Bwalya crashing a superb effort against the post while Rufai saved bravely from Malitoli in the dying moments. Nigeria held on to win.
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Of the 31 Best Energy Saving Hacks, here are the 5 I like the best (because they're easy and cost-effective):
1) Skip the rinse on your dishwasher. Using the rinse features costs you 3-7 gallons more of hot water each time you wash your dishes. Wash per usual, then open the door to the dishwasher and pull the wet racks out and let the dishes air dry.
2) Take shorter showers. Cutting just 4 minutes off your shower time can save you over 3,000 gallons of water each year! In a 4-person family, that's 12,000 gallons.
3) Unplug. You don't need to keep battery chargers plugged in when the batteries are fully charged. And by the way, unplug other electronics when you're not using them so they don't keep drawing power out of the socket (which they do, even when they're turned off).
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Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) succeeded on achieving another milestone as its production figures for first half of the year were up by 1.7% to 443,533 metric tonnes ahead of the company's own forecast for the period.
The company in a statement said that it was able to achieve higher sale figures despite global economic uncertainties. Alba sales figures topped 446,044 in H1 2012, a slight increase of 675 metric tonnes versus 445,370 metric tonnes in the same period of 2011.
Value-Added (VA) sales continued to gain momentum in the in second quarter of 2012 reaching 67% up from 63% in first quarter. For H1 2012, Alba averaged 65% for VA sales slightly below 67% in H1 2011 due to the slowdown in Europe in the first quarter of 2012.
"Alba's success in adopting lean management techniques as well as Six Sigma reinforces the strong fundamentals of the company and has set the tone of delivering enhanced competitiveness in our operations," Alba's Chief Executive, Laurent Schmitt, commenting on Alba's achievement in H1 2012, said.
"Our sales and production figures reflect the company's operational focus on delivering progress while facing challenges — recent LME downward trend," he added.
"We are confident that with our dedicated workforce, Alba is well-placed to remain on track for the remainder of 2012."
"Alba has been consistently ranked as one of the largest aluminium smelters in the world, and is known for its technological strength, global competitiveness and innovative policies. Alba produces more than 860,000 metric tonnes per annum of aluminium which meet or exceed the industry standard for purity, with products including standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab, propertzi ingots, and molten aluminium. It has also maintained a strong track record of operational safety and environmental compliance."


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LaGrange County high school seniors who are 21st Century Scholars and their parents need to attend a one-hour affirmation meeting, set for Feb. 19 at the LaGrange County Library. The meeting will start promptly at 6 p.m. Students and parents will need to arrive by 5:45 p.m. to sign in.
Students and parents or guardians will receive important information and will need to sign required forms necessary to receive the 21st Century Scholars Tuition Award.
Students will need to bring a black ink pen and have their social security number.
Other times/dates are available if students and parents are unable to make the LaGrange County meeting, but they must attend one meeting. Surrounding counties' meetings are:
Steuben County – Thursday, January 10, at the Carnegie Public Library, at 6 p.m., sign in at 5:45.
Noble County – Thursday, January 24, Kendallville Public Library, 6 p.m., sign-in at 5:45.
Elkhart County – Tuesday, January 28, Elkhart Area Career Center, Auditorium, 2424 California Rd., Elkhart, 6 p.m., sign-in 5:45.


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Former Hautelook CMO Greg Bettinelli Joins LA-Based GRP Partners
Vimeo Now Lets Pro Subscribers Charge For Access To Their Videos With 'Vimeo On Demand'
LA-based GRP Partners is adding a new partner to its ranks for the first time in the past six years with the addition of former Hautelook CMO Greg Bettinelli. At GRP, Bettinelli will focus on investments in ecommerce, marketplaces and consumer applications.
Bettinelli spent nearly four years at flash-sales retailer HauteLook, which was acquired by Nordstrom in 2011 for $270 million. He also co-founded Santa Monica-based startup accelerator MuckerLab. Additionally, Bettinelli was the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Live Nation and led event ticketing and media at eBay and helped integrate StubHub into the commerce giant.
As a firm, GRP has raised nearly $1 billion across 4 funds. The company's investments include Gravity, DataSift, and ZestCash. GRP is currently investing out of GRP IV, a fund raised in 2012.


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Listed for the first time, the custom-designed brick estate on Pequot Lane in New Canaan offers more than 10,000 square feet of impeccable craftsmanship throughout its three levels.
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The sun-filled family room features another gas fireplace flanked by built-ins for displaying collections and photographs and offers access to a covered veranda through French doors.
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Tafadzwa Zimoyo Arts Reporter
Organisers for the Zim Dancehall Awards 2016 have released the nomination list ahead of the show which is scheduled for March 3 at Longcheng Plaza Mall.
Mbare based dancehall chanter Killer T real name Kelvin Kusikwenyu and Winky D (Wallace Chirimuko) have dominated the list in some of the top category such as Best Conscious Song, Best Artist Male, Song of the Year, Best Social Message, Best Collaboration and Best Album among others.
The two are not new to the battle as they have been nominated again this year at the National Arts Merit Awards ceremony which is taking place tomorrow at 7Arts Theatre.
Again the duo's managers Brian Murukutira (DJ Bima) for Killer T and Winky D's manager Jonathan Banda are to be honoured with the Excellence in Management Award.
Popular radio station Star FM's Zimdancehall and sungura has been nominated in the Radio Creativity Award Honorary.
Speaking during a press conference held at the Joina City, show organiser Phineas Mushayi said preparations are at advanced stage.
"We are happy to see that the genre keeps growing and the dancehall stars are grossing a lot of income from their craft to sustain themselves and their families. So far preparations are at advanced stage and we have released the nomination which will see a panel of adjudicators deciding on the winners apart from some category which need public voting," he said.
He said funding has continued to be a major challenge although with limited resources they can pull through for the quality event.
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Seh Calaz
Killer T
Winky D
SoulJah Love
2. Best Artist 2016 (Female)
Lady Squanda
Bounty Lisa
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Killer T/Fungisai-Vanondibatirana
Kinnah/ Terminator – Nhamo
SoulJah Luv/Ryder Marcus – Takatsika Chepakati
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TAMPA -- After a rowdy meeting interrupted by shouted accusations and insults, a committee of the Florida Board of Medicine voted Friday to hold two public hearings on chelation therapy, a controversial alternative medicine many patients swear by.
The dates for the hearings were not set, but board director Tanya Williams expected both to be held within two or three months, with one in Central Florida and the other in South Florida. The board's alternative medicine committee also will schedule an educational seminar on chelation.
That, however, did nothing to mollify hundreds of chelation supporters who came to Friday's meeting ready to speak their mind on the therapy.
"I'm not going to shut up!" yelled Dr. Bruce R. Dooley, a Naples physician who is president of the pro-chelation Alliance for Medical Freedom. "This is a kangaroo court!"
Dooley left the meeting after board members called for a security guard, but he soon returned carrying a large, stuffed kangaroo.
In chelation, a compound called EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid) and vitamins are dripped into the body intravenously. Chelation is a standard procedure for removing lead from the body, but its practitioners think it also cures conditions ranging from clogged arteries to macular degeneration. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and mainstream medicine doubt its general effectiveness.
Supporters arrived in busloads from Jacksonville and Ocala, and some flew in from as far away as Ohio, but most missed the meeting entirely. Despite early indications that the chelation discussion would start at 1 p.m., the Board of Medicine's alternative medicine committee took up the issue two hours earlier, well before the buses arrived.
Committee chairman Dr. John W. Glotfelty, a Lakeland ophthalmologist, said he told a pro-chelation lawyer that the discussion had been rescheduled well ahead of time. But chelation supporters accused the board of changing the meeting time repeatedly, right up until it began, to thwart public comment.
Williams said that her staff erroneously and unintentionally told some callers that a public hearing on chelation therapy would take place at 1 p.m. That, however, did little to tone down the raucous meeting. Repeating that the meeting was not a public hearing, Glotfelty allowed seven chelation supporters to speak for two minutes each.
Chuck Cox, a Palm Harbor retiree who is head of the Tampa Bay chapter of the Friends of Chelation Society, said he had triple bypass heart surgery in 1993, began suffering chest pains five years later and was legally blind before beginning chelation. Thirty-five treatments later, he said his health and vision are good.
"I can see now; I can read the paper, so chelation works," Cox said, his voice choked with emotion. "The people who say chelation does not work ought to open their eyes and their minds."
By the time most supporters arrived and put on their pro-chelation T-shirts, they had only a few television cameras to wave their signs at. The Board of Medicine's committee already had adjourned, and several board members leaving the Hilton Tampa Airport passed by protesters on their way in.
"It was a shock," said Dorothea Evans, 74, a retired licensed practical nurse who rode two hours on a bus from Ocala only to learn that board members had left. "I think it was a terrible thing that these doctors are taking away the rights of individuals to make their own decisions on their health care."
The Board of Medicine tried to limit chelation more than two decades ago, but in 1980 the Florida Supreme Court ruled it did not have grounds to do so. This year, it decided to look at chelation again after the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reported that the technique is attracting dozens of doctors with troubled pasts.
In December, the newspaper documented that nearly 29 percent of the 146 Florida doctors who offer chelation have been sanctioned for offenses ranging from giving shoddy medical care to dispensing narcotics recklessly. By comparison, fewer than 2 percent of all Florida doctors have been disciplined.
Moreover, the newspaper reported that 59 of the 146 chelation doctors in Florida either lack medical malpractice insurance or hospital admitting privileges, both widely considered essential to sound medical practice. That's a rate about five times higher than the norm.
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Former Cowboy familiar with NFC East style
Published 10:00 pm, Friday, October 3, 2008
RENTON -- Julius Jones isn't just the Seahawks' leading rusher. After playing the past four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, he's also the leading authority in the locker room on how things are done in the NFC East.
That will be vital this season, as the Seahawks will be matched against each of the teams in the NFL's toughest division. It's been especially critical this week, as the Seahawks have prepared for Sunday's game against the best team in the league's best division -- the unbeaten New York Giants.
The key to the Giants' success, which includes a 3-0 start this season and an upset of the prohibitively favored New England Patriots in the Super Bowl to end last season, has been their balance.
They rank fourth in the league in total offense, and total defense. They rank fourth in the league is rushing offense, and seventh in rushing defense. They are eighth in passing offense, and fifth in passing defense.
They are sixth in average points scored (27.7), and tied for second in average points allowed (14.3).
They have collected 13 sacks and allowed quarterback Eli Manning to be sacked only four times.
Where do you even start in attempting to topple a team that is so balanced?
"Hit 'em in the mouth," said Jones, who changed teams and divisions when he signed with the Seahawks in free agency.
Not literally, as in drawing a 15-yard penalty, an ejection, a fine -- or all three. But not figuratively, either, because the best way to match the Giants' physical style and aggressiveness is to go out and do to them what they are attempting to do to you.
"We're not intimidated by anybody -- New York, NFC East, whoever," Jones said.
The NFC East is a tough-guy neighborhood, where only the tough survive and the even tougher thrive.
Because of the NFL's scheduling format, the Seahawks have moved into the neighborhood on at least a part-time basis this season. After playing the Giants at Giants Stadium on Sunday, they will host the Philadelphia Eagles (2-2) and Washington Redskins (3-1) in November and play the Cowboys in Dallas (3-1) on Thanksgiving Day.
"This is football, man," Jones said of the division in general and the Giants specifically. "They play hard. We have to play hard, too.
"It's all about hitting them in the mouth, and whoever is most physical is going to win."
For the Seahawks offense, that means being able to continue running the ball as well against the Giants as they did against NFC West rivals San Francisco and St. Louis -- when Jones had 127 and 140 yards, and the team rushed for 169 and 245.
If Jones and the Seahawks can't move the ball on the ground, it will only play into what the Giants like to do best: Get an opponent in obvious passing situations and then pressure the quarterback into mistakes with an array of aggressive blitzes that second-year defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo learned from Philly defensive coordinator Jim Johnson while an assistant with the Eagles.
"They are very good and well-coached," Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said. "They had a lot of success last year -- they won the Super Bowl -- in large part because of their defense.
"They're a tough and rugged defense."
So is their offense, which relies on a pounding running game led by 264-pound back Brandon Jacobs to wear down a defense and set up play-action passes for Manning.
"You've got to stop their running game, so they can't get you off balance with play-action," Pro Bowl defensive end Patrick Kerney said.
"I know that's a boring answer. But it's the same thing week in and week out. Any team is better when allowed to pass because they want to rather than because they have to."
As difficult as Manning is to sack, the Seahawks still have to apply pressure in hopes of forcing him into ill-advised throws.
"You can't get frustrated, because you might not touch him, let alone sack him," Kerney said. "But you've got to continue to try and make him uncomfortable."
Manning has come a long way in the past year. At the start of the 2007 season, the Giants were 1-2 and there was a lot of talk about how they had kept the wrong quarterback -- because the Giants had traded Philip Rivers to the San Diego Chargers on draft day for Manning in 2004.
Now, Manning has won a Super Bowl and led comeback victories three times in the Giants' past six games.
"I missed the retraction on those assessments, I guess," Kerney cracked.
The balance Manning has displayed in overcoming his critics is a testament to his toughness, which plays into Jones' original evaluation.
"We just want to be physical, in all aspects of the game," he said.
As Jones is well aware, that's the only way to play in the NFC East.
HAWK TALK: Wide receiver Deion Branch will start against the Giants, coach Mike Holmgren said Friday. Branch has not played since tearing a ligament in his left knee during the playoff loss to the Packers in January, but has looked good in practice this week. ... Either Keary Colbert or Billy McMullen will start opposite Branch, with Bobby Engram working from the slot. ... Wide receiver Koren Robinson (knee) and running back Maurice Morris (knee) were limited in practice and might not play. ... Michael Bumpus, the rookie free agent from Washington State, will continue to return punts.


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The flood of positive news surrounding the Seattle Seahawks' "championship offseason" was stemmed somewhat with reports that running back Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch was expected to miss the team's minicamp next week as he angles for a new contract.
Yahoo Sports' Rand Getlin broke the news on Wednesday, saying sources close to the Seahawks were planning on Lynch's absence. ESPN's Terry Blount later confirmed the report, speaking with a source who said it was "highly unlikely" Lynch shows up to the mandatory minicamp and that the seven-year veteran wanted the team to provide him with more "up-front money."
Lynch, 28, will be entering the third year of a four-year contract he signed in March 2012, earning a base salary of $5 million in 2014 with a $500,000 roster bonus and a prorated signing bonus of $1.5 million. In 2015, the final year of the deal, he's set to earn $5.5 million in base salary with a $2 million roster bonus and the prorated signing bonus $1.5 million.
So is Lynch worth more than he's being paid now?
It's hard to argue against Lynch's importance to the Seattle offense. In the last three seasons, he's led the NFL with 1,002 regular-season and playoff carries, totaling 4,517 rushing yards and 41 touchdowns, and earning his place among the highest-paid running backs in the NFL.
According to numbers from OverTheCap.com, Lynch ranks as the fifth-highest paid running back in the league, earning $7.5 million average money per year (APY), which includes all bonuses. In terms of guaranteed money per year (his 2012 and 2013 salaries plus the entire $6 million signing bonus), Lynch is the No. 2 running back in the NFL.
His contributions — and thus the requisite compensation — are more than simply a numbers game. Lynch's punishing physical style has helped mold the identity of the Hawks' offense and has taken the pressure off of quarterback Russell Wilson, often allowing the young signal-caller to operate in favorable down and distance situations.
However, franchise running backs are a dying breed in today's pass-happy NFL, with the value for a bell-cow back plummeting over the last several years. For proof, look no further than last month's NFL draft, where the first running back selected wasn't taken until the draft's second round, when the Tennessee Titans pick former Washington Huskies star Bishop Sankey 54th overall.
Nowadays, teams don't want to spend precious resources — like early-round draft picks or, you know, money — on running backs, players who absorb much punishment and whose short career spans are well documented. And with Seahawks players like Wilson, left tackle Russell Okung and linebacker Bobby Wagner all in the running for contract extensions after next season, there might not be a ton of money for the team to throw Lynch's way.
Still, for a run-first team like the Seahawks — which ranked second in the NFL with 509 rushing attempts in 2013 — his importance shouldn't be discounted. Will Pete Carroll and John Schneider, who certainly hold the upper hand in negotiations right now, call his bluff and refuse to negotiate a new deal? Or will they use some of the team's estimated $9.5 million in 2014 salary cap space to reward their feature back.
One thing's for sure: If Hawks fans have learned one thing about Lynch during his time in Seattle, it's that he's a hard man to bring down once he has his eye on his goal.
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Yet another Ikea fan-site threatened by the company
I'm sure it's just a over zealous staffer.
Maybe this could be case to rally the goons and make Ikea feel the wrath of the internet?
Cory, I know you dislike everything military, and with some quite sound reasons, but can we please stop with the overblown tank symbolism thing?
Nothing wrong with a jocose cover picture for the article, but I'm beginning to suspect you have an unhealthy fixation here.
This is kinda what I thought they were after, not any other concerns.
Under the guise of protecting trademark, it looks exactly like they're seeking to close down unrelated fan sites with established communities. Basically, they let others do the groundwork for them --- all the trial and error, at first making no money at a hobby, and then building a relationship with a community. No corporation wants to do any of that.
Now they want to simply step in and take over what other people built, not "in their name" but "as their fans" and as a separate entity. The Martins, who run Ikeafans, never had any form of written contract from Ikea promising eventual compensation if the attempted site was a success and taken over. Instead, with no contract, Ikea still knew they were benefitting from the existence of the site -- and got several employees to become members on it. So they were learning how to do it all along - for free, with no risk, and then they copied the model.
Now they know how, and they want to kill their competition.
I think they're trying this because online merchandisers have a major problem with brand loyalty. That's partially why the whole Facebook depression test happened. They wanted to know if they could change people's emotions because it's so hard to predict how people will buy online.
If a company could just steal a community full of faithful fans, then they wouldn't have to worry about brand loyalty anymore. All they'd have to do is directed market research, and targeted advertising. Doesn't that make their job a lot easier?
Sheesh, even evil, rotten Apple -- the poster person for corporations that profit handsomely from the goodwill of legions of volunteer evangelists while refusing to cater to many of their specific cravings -- has never taken this big of a steaming dump on its fans.
If this is really about letting others do the hard parts of building an online community, then taking over, can the strategy succeed? Won't many members of that community be appalled and go find some other furniture/housewares company to be fans of, or at least refuse to participate in the new official community?
The creators of cellophane, shredded wheat and trampoline all discovered this--all of these are trademarks that fell into the public domain.
What Ikea tried to do first in both these cases was demand a hand over of the existing domain name. Had the site owners not fought against Ikea so heartily, this story might be different right now. We could just be looking at Ikeahackers and Ikeafans getting a quiet change of ownership while the current owners set off to start up new sites elsewhere under names unrelated to Ikea.
Some community members would follow the site, and some would stick around with Ikea. In fact, in the Ikeahackers story, there's going to be a willing change of domain name in a few months - all to get Ikea off the owner's back. There's already a request for new name suggestions at the site.
Happily both sites sites fought this takeover attempt. Since both are owned by private individuals, that's a bit surprising. Going up against a corporation as a private citizen can be a daunting task to say the least. The Ikeafans have filed suit against Ikea, and Ikea returned the favor. Considering that Ikea is trying to move the venue onto their home turf (knowing they've got the financial resources to deal with travel, but the Ikeafans owners may not), this story is already seeing corporate money pushing around private citizens.
At least it's an actual tank this time.
Those marks became expropriated because other companies were selling similar products that became referred to with those names. (Aspirin, IIRC, was taken from Germany (Bayer) as spoils of war.)
Ikeahackers and Ikeafans are not in the business of selling flat-pack furniture and thus not in competition with Ikea, and no reasonable person would think those sites are run by Ikea, so there's no dilution of the trademark. The correct course of action was for Ikea to offer a low- or no-cost license to fansites that are essentially acting as free advertising, rather than Streisanding its image and reputation all to shit with obnoxious C&Ds.
Ikea's lawyers have done far more damage to the company than any enthusiast's website could.
Well I guess I won't be buying anymore of that crappy Ikea furniture that I never buy...
It's not the first time they've used this strategy either (it looks like the guy in this story caved in and it wasn't a big enough site to be noticed much in the first place):
I really can't see the benefit for Ikea in this though; is not like people aren't capable of being fans of two sites at the same time and this kind of attitude is just going to turn fans away. At the end of the day it shouldn't just be about the benefit to the company, but even from that perspective it seems weird.
Dear All Retailers Everywhere:
I don't want a "relationship" with you, I just wanna buy some stuff that doesn't fall apart before I make it to the parking lot.
In return for this, take some of my money, ONCE, and let me out the fucking door.
And then, it's over. Do not call, do not write, do not advise me of "extended warranties." If da shit breaks, I will throw it away and buy new shit from someone who makes stuff that doesn't break.
Eat me,
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You forgot "zipper."
I don't know how extensive your experience with IKEA furniture is, considering that you don't buy any, but I have never understood that complaint. In my experience IKEA actually offers excellent quality for their price points. You can buy better furniture if you are willing to pay substantially more, but that's not exactly a huge surprise. Perhaps it's better where you live, but around here, if you want to see true furniture desolation you have to look at the independents and small chains trying to compete with IKEA.
Cory left out the most important argument that Ikeafans is not infringing trademark: nominative use. If you're using a trademark to refer to the product that it names, and not presenting your own product under a false name, you're legally in the clear. Otherwise, product reviewers, resellers, and even ordinary people simply discussing their stuff, could find themselves the targets of censorship. I can say, "turn right at the Mobil station", or "I'm planning to bring my PowerShot this weekend because the EOS is too big and heavy," and I don't need authorization from Exxon or Canon to say it.
But somehow the lawyers all seem to learn in law school that nominative use is an annoying exception, and their job is to make sure that it's kept as narrow as possible, or better, interpreted out of existence.
Here's the part I don't get - after all this, will Ikea continue to have fans? They remind me of battered wives who keep coming back for more. Note to Ikea fans: sooner or later, they will kill you. Figuratively.
Also, I seem to recall a similar story about Harry Potter fans getting the jerkaround by lawyers, until J.K. Rowling herself told them to knock it off. Sending a C&D letter to a 10 year old girl does not actually make you Perry Mason.
No one seems to have mentioned, perhaps because it's not as exciting or maybe because it's surprisingly hard to find on the site as the owner posted it in amongst all the hacks rather than having a separate news section, that a real person from IKEA has contacted the owner of IKEA hackers indicating they're willing to discuss things rather than just having lawyers clobber the site
I can't find any follow up since then so I guess discussions are still on going.
Madonna got around this by prepending the letter "L" to her song about her first trip to the store. You remember...Ikea Virgin.


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At the heart of the personal cloud movement is the concept that all of the data that you and I create as we go about our daily lives is actually our property. Currently, the consumer has no ownership and usually no visibility over this information. The personal cloud is a place where people can aggregate, curate and utilize that data. It is a place on the Internet they can truly call their own. Unlike cloud storage facilities such as DropBox, the personal cloud is more like a virtual computer created to manage an individual's online life. I recently spoke to Joe Pine, the author of the Experience Economy and a TED presenter. We discussed the personal cloud movement and he commented that, "People no longer want ads targeted at them. Companies need to use the information they gain from individual consumers to benefit those same consumers."
Sitting at the forefront of the personal cloud movement is Dr. Phil Windley, based out of Utah. He has developed a personal cloud operating system, CloudOS, that allows these concepts to come into existence. He has developed technology from the ground up to give consumers the ability to store and use their own data. It is the Internet of things with yourself at the center.
Personal clouds give the consumer autonomy and power in the "data exchange" relationship. And that is of vital importance for business leaders. Adopting this technology, understanding the philosophy behind it, and becoming comfortable with using the technology to develop a relationship with customers, changes the current paradigm. The customer's data is no longer the source of value to businesses that adopt this paradigm. What matters instead is their willingness to allow a relationship to develop.
This is a very different world from the data driven marketing one, currently dominated by Google and Facebook. It redirects the investment that many brands have made into data driven "surveillance" style marketing (much of which had done more long term harm than good) towards customer relationships. In this world, commercial dominance is not gained through control and manipulation. Instead, the most valuable asset is the trust and respect of your market. In this environment, goodwill can be quantified and valued. It puts pressure on companies to spend less on "interruption" marketing and focus instead on delivering digital services that provide real value.
Technology naturally plays an important part in this market transformation, but while personal clouds seem like a likely catalyst for change, putting technology first is usually a mistake. It is more important to develop a strategic approach that will allow your business to innovate and take advantage of these technologies as they mature. To quote Joe Pine again, "Consumers are becoming orchestrators of their own experience, determining what to do when, and personal clouds are making that happen." A well designed and managed customer experience builds trust. Getting this right will be a top strategic priority for many companies in the coming months.
Yet again, technology is generating a market shift and it is giving more power to the individual. Like every technology that has evolved to directly benefit consumers when the time is right, it will be adopted quickly. The rapid rise of social media saw some organizations taken by surprise. The same will happen in the case of personal clouds. Which camp will your company fall into?
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Eat at least one thing from every restaurant!
Go to Eiffel Tower; Pont des arts Paris love locks bridge
Paris is the place of my dreams. Since a young age, it has been that one spot that I want to go to and it seems so romantic.
The art, the food, the culture, the people. Beautiful.
I'd like to use the 5 years of french that I took.
I have always wanted to go. After three years dropping hints to an unresponsive now ex partner, I am going to go for me. Only for a weekend or few days, but I want to see the Eifel Tower, the Arc d'triomph etccc. I also want to have cakes and coffee and people watch. I will make this happen.
I am a total wanderlust junkie, I am free spirited, and kind of just go where the wind takes me, ya know? :)
I want to go to Paris (preferably with my best friend) and go to the art museums and photograph everything I love there.


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The Spyros was a Greek freighter that sank on the 24th of January 1937. After being caught in a storm the ship tried to approach land but struck rocks just of Praia do Vau and began to take on water causing the 24 crew members to abandon ship and swim for shore, of which 17 made it. The ship sank in shallow water, so was exposed to the full force of the waves, which broke up the ship. However, you can still see much of the base of the hull, the bow, stern and its rudder. The area surrounding the wreck is very rocky and harbors quite a bit of marine life; so this is quite a good site for beginner divers.
Wreck Specifications
Size: 83.2 x 12.1 x 6.1m
Weight: 2053 tons
Engine: 1 triple expansion engine, 169HP
Number of decks: 3... none remain now though
Wreck penetration: no
Wreck Highlights
The wreck has pretty much disintegrated, but there are still the beams that supported the hull, parts of the bow and stern as well as the rudder remaining. It has also been down a long time, so marine life has had a chance to move in, such as octopus and conga eels. The wreck is also surrounded by rock reefs, so this makes the site perfect for beginner divers.
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My envoy idles like its going to die when you first start it but then runs just fines, its not making any other noises or doing anything else unusual and runs great, could it be bad spark plugs? Also my stabilitrack and service stabilitrack lights come on but when I shut it off and restart it they go out why is that?
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Jewish and Gentile alumni of Harvard University may protest against the invitation extended to Ernst Hanfstaengel, one of Adolf Hitler's most intimate friends, who has just sent word that he won't come here anyway. He may be an undesirable Nazi to others, but to Doug Brinkley, an American journalist who spent fourteen of the past twenty-four months in Germany, the Chancellor's bosom pal is "the best diplomat in the service" and a gifted pianist who often slips into Adolf's apartment long after midnight to soothe his tired chief with music.
Brinkley made his admiration for Hanfstaengl and even more so for Hitler unmistakable when he lectured Wednesday evening at Town Hall to an audience of 1,500 who punctuated the speaker's remarks with shouts of "Heil, Hitler!" and the upraised arm Nazi salute.
Convinced that the American public has been getting a "grossly one-sided" picture of Nazi doings, Brinkley promised an objective lowdown to his hearers and announced at the outset, "I have not received one cent from the Hitler government." He was also anxious to make clear that "I am not an educator, economist, and above everything else, not a propagandist."
Most of the audience, which included a fair proportion of women, conversed in German. Not a few were wearing swastika buttons in their lapels and elsewhere. Brinkley's complimentary description of Germany under Hitler struck a responsive chord and the lecture, delivered in a monotone, was often interrupted with applause and cheers for the Nazi leader. Once or twice a few scattered objections were shouted but were drowned in Nazi cheers. Once a woman shrieked "It's a lie."
At the end some of the Americans went to the box office to demand their money back. A couple of them got it. The Deutsche Zeitung was sold at the entrance as well as the Silver Ranger and Liberation.
Laughter followed Brinkley's occasional reference to French fears of Germany's militaristic ambitions which were entirely discounted by the speaker, who painted the Reich as the land interested intensely in promoting universal peace. As for the tanks and guns observed at German army maneuvres, and said to be violating treaty provisions, Brinkley said they were only dummy tanks and the guns were of wood.
Every time "the National Socialist revolution of 1933" was mentioned wild cheering broke out. It was accomplished, according to Brinkley, without bloodshed, "bringing peace and plenty."
Time will come when the whole of Europe will be grateful to Hitler, "the only leader in Europe with courage to save the world from the menace of Communism," Brinkley predicted.
"Adolf Hitler is a leader in action such as the world has never seen. In less than ten years the world will be praising him as they are now praising Mussolini who in the beginning was also criticized," Brinkley maintained.
Among the principal beneficiaries of Nazism, he maintained, was German Iabor, for the funds of trade unions were not confiscated but "used to develop the rights of German workers."
Heads were shaken sadly when Brinkley began to recite how Jews had monopolized the professions and other occupations. He said that even to this day Jewish lawyers are admitted to the bar in Berlin, that Jews are unhindered in business, and numerous Jewish night clubs, coffee shops and department stores are in evidence and patronized.
"The Jews come to Germany from other countries, stay there until their material condition is improved, then move to America and elsewhere," Brinkley charged.
Germany has always been anti-Semitic, he admitted, and today it is "being reforged for the Germans." Germany's side could never be properly presented in the foreign press which is "under Jewish control," Brinkley explained.
"I inquired with both Jews and Gentiles, and I neither saw nor heard of a case of cruelty or brutality," he concluded the discussion of the Jewish problem, and launched into denying the accusations of the "Brown Book of Hitler Terror." In concentration camps he discovered no Jews, the prisoners being all Communists who are excellently treated and provided with modern sanitary arrangements.
As for Nazi labor camps, "they are very similar to our own Civil Conservation Corps. They help men and women, boys and girls to readjust themselves." The camps are not militaristic, they are merely "redeeming thousands from destitution," Brinkley said. They might well be imitated in any country, he felt.
"I don't believe there was a single starving soul in Germany this winter," he went on.
"Happy, contented faces" greeted Brinkley in Germany on all sides. There were no more evidences of inferiority complex. All major industries are solidly behind Hitler. Hitler and his lieutenants are "doing all within their power to retain the high standards of womanhood," he averred.
Among Brinkley's other observations were these:
"The German Christian movement is by no means all bad."
"Sports are encouraged. It is a splendid sight–men and women seeking escape from economic conditions in lakes and rivers."
"Hitler has been almost infallible. In will and spirit he is one of the strongest in the world."
"Church attendance is higher in Germany than ever before."
"Hitlerism means an era of justice and work."
"Success of the German experiment will be profoundly felt in America."
"Hitler can look the German people in the eye."
"Hitler has raised the German people from the dead. He has a warm heart, is loyal, courageous, religious. His salary he turns over to the unfortunates, and lives entirely on the money from his writings."
"National Socialism is the foundation of peace."
Brinkley intends to tour the country and lecture on his observations in Germany.
"Is Nothing Left to us?" will be the sermon subject of Rabbi Max Laling of the German-Jewish Congregation at the holy service tonight in the Central Synagogue, Lexington avenue at Fifty-fifth street.


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The favorite son of Baltimore, Erik Myers has been killing audiences with his fast-paced, high-energy comedy for the last few years. It really has to be seen in person to be believed (this isn't Erik writing this paragraph, by the way)--these are the kinds of jokes you'll try to pass off as your own when talking to your co-workers the next day, you bastard. The concepts (partying, women, family, weighing about 115 pounds soaking wet) are familiar, but no one does them with Erik's style. Erik has been a regular on the 98 Rock morning show in Baltimore. He has won stand-up competitions at the DC Improv, the Baltimore Improv and the Tampa Improv.


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Sunday 10th June, 2012
9:00am to 10:30am
Chef is a community-developed platform for automated provisioning, configuration, and integration of software infrastructure. It currently boasts 190+ individuals and 40+ companies (including parent company OpsCode) as contributors, and companies like EngineYard, ElectronicArts, GoTime, and Rhapsody as adopters.
Chef achieves fully automated infrastructure via three primary disciplines:
• Automated provisioning of bare metal, virtualized, and cloud environments
• Configuration of servers via roles ("webserver", "appserver", "loadbalancer") and recipes, which are declarative descriptions of resource (e.g. Apache, MySQL, Hadoop) configurations written in a Ruby DSL
• Systems integration via dynamic lookup and discovery
We'll dive deeply into Chef's architecture and features, including its idempotency, its thick client/thin server philosophy, its intentional lack of dependency management (preferring and order-based configuration), and its deep integration with other tools. We'll then leverage Chef to set up infrastructure of a typical JVM-based web development project with various OS, application server and datastore configurations. You'll leave a ready to get cooking with Chef on your next software delivery effort.
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So we won't say permanent removal without acknowledging the possibility of that 10%. The LightSheer diode laser is the first diode laser that has been approved for permanent hair reduction by the FDA.
Permanent hair reduction as defined by the FDA, is the long-term stable reduction in the number of hairs re-growing after a treatment regime. The number of re-growing hairs must be stable over a time greater than the duration of the complete growth cycle of hair follicles, which varies from 4 - 12 months, according to body location. Permanent hair reduction does not necessarily imply the elimination of all hairs in a treated area. Blonde white and red hairs do not have enough melanin to target.
In February 1998, the LightSheer system was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for permanent hair reduction. The LightSheer diode laser system is intended to effect temporary hair removal, and in turn, also intended to effect stable long-term, or permanent hair reduction through selectively targeting melanin in hair follicles. It is important to note that the FDA does not approve or otherwise endorse lasers, or any other type of hair removal equipment. The FDA issues clearance for its intended use. All lasers must have safety clearance in order to be sold, and some lasers have the additional clearance for permanent hair reduction. When a manufacturer gets safety clearance, they have to state what the machine is used for. Some machines have clearance for hair removal (just like a pair of tweezers would have if they were required to have safety clearance first.) The clearance for permanent is what all manufacturers want, and NO laser or light based device has clearance for permanent removal. The only form of hair removal that has clearance for permanent hair removal is electrolysis.
Electrologists lobbied to the FDA to have the clearance for the term, due to the laser's inability to treat white grey or blonde hairs. Electrologists, however cannot remove all of the hairs in one session, and if they don't want to scar your skin it takes multiple treatments (if not years) to remove the hair in the treatment area. I think the term 'permanent removal' needs to be changed to 'permanent reduction' for BOTH laser and electrolyis because it is the most accurate description. Regardless of any term, it serves to confuse the consumer in choosing a proper form of hair removal and choosing the proper laser AND laser technician to perform the treatments. We hope you choose our facility and the LightSheer diode laser, the gold standard, to serve your concerns about eliminating unwanted hair.
Please note that clearance does not mean that a certain laser is going to work for you. Studies conducted by the manufacturer and submitted to the FDA do prove that the laser worked for a majority of the test groups, however these results vary from individual to individual and other factors, (such as your laser operator) weigh heavily on the results. The manufactures of the following lasers have clearance to advertise their equipment as providing "permanent reduction".
You can check the FDA's database for clearances as they are added and issued. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm


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BBC sales arm BBC Worldwide scored content deals with broadcasters in China at last week's Beijing TV Festival.
The Beeb licensed factual dramas "Krakatoa — The Last Days," "Hannibal — Rome's Worst Nightmare" and "The Lost World." Titles will be syndicated over three years to more than 300 regional and local channels, including those in Beijing and Shanghai.
It also licensed the latest season of "Life in the Undergrowth," presented by naturalist David Attenborough, to national broadcast giant China Central Television.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/11/wi_fi_closures/
Bloated Wi-Fi market brings out its dead
RIP AirFlow and Bermai
Posted in Networks, 11th October 2004 10:20 GMT
The shake-out in the overcrowded Wi- Fi chip market has been predicted for a year now, and it seems finally to be starting. Chipmaker Bermai has closed its doors, and there are strong reports that AirFlow is also shutting down (as well as switchmaker Legra) Two of the top four WLan chipmakers, Conexant and Atheros, recently issued revenue warnings and consolidation looks set to continue. Conexant itself last year bought GlobespanVirata, which had in turn taken over Wi-Fi specialist Intersil, and now it appears that the acquisitive Broadcom may be after Agere.
RIP AirFlow and Bermai
In April, AirFlow Networks announced a "new strategic direction", centred on licensing its switch-on-a-chip technology to third parties. Now analysts say the company is down to three employees and is looking to sell its intellectual property to a former rival. AirFlow was focused on voice but needed another year before this would be a mainstream requirement.
Bermai closed down last week after apparently failing to raise a third round of funding. Bermai raised $34 million in its first two rounds from Mobius Venture Capital, ATV and others. The company was headed by wireless veteran Bruce Sanguinetti, who had founded BreezeCom and was a key player in the development of the 802.11e quality of service standard-tobe, which Bermai supported in a prefinalization form. But Sanguinetti left the company earlier this year.
Wi-Fi is following the classic cycle - dominated by start-ups in the innovation phase, which gradually give way to the larger firms as the technology becomes lower cost and addresses the mass market. To survive, Wi-Fi chip specialists will need the economies of scale, channels and cost efficiency to address a volume market, as well as the R&D resources to stay ahead of the technological curve and counter commoditization with more cutting edge, and therefore high margin, offerings.
Start-ups will survive only through intellectual property revenues or very specialist activities, or by becoming part of a larger group. And even the bigger players are looking to grow larger still through acquisition of rivals with complementary strengths.
Broadcom after Agere?
The latest deal could be for Broadcom to take over Agere, which would boost the former's GPRS and UMTS chip business, into which it has been putting significant efforts this year, as well as its WLan technology and market share. (It would also bring a new business line for Broadcom in storage, where Agere is market leader in providing integrated circuits for hard disk drives, and one in base station DSPs).
The speculation has been sparked by the settlement of outstanding lawsuits between the two companies. Broadcom agreed this week to take a charge of $27.5m to settle all patent litigation with Agere.
Agere, a spin-off from Lucent, was an early player in Wi-Fi, Lucent having acquired an 802.11b chip pioneer, WaveLan. It supplied silicon for many early wireless products, such as the first generation from Linksys and Apple. However, it subsequently defocused on Wi-Fi, selling its WLan equipment business to Proxim and becoming stagnant in the 802.11 chip market.
Between 2002 and 2003 it slipped from number two to number five in the Wi-Fi chip sector by revenue and in 2004 will be lower than that, despite some renewed signs of interest in the market.
It has struggled with independence and has long looked ripe to be acquired, combining strong technology and partnerships with a shaky financial record – last November it reported its first quarterly profit since going public in March 2001, but warned it would go back into the red in first quarter of fiscal 2004, because of restructuring costs. It reported net income of $2m for its latest quarter, Q3, compared with a net loss of $78m a year ago, but saw a decline on Q2, being hit by industry-wide inventory glut problems and by issues with three of its major 3G chipset customers, particularly slow roll-out by Hutchison.
On the Wi-Fi technology side, Agere would complement Broadcom's approach perfectly. Broadcom has based its success in this market at staying at the forefront of performance and anticipating standards, as it did to best effect with its prestandard 802.11g onslaught, a move that caught all its rivals offguard and brought the company hurtling into the top three WLan chipmakers. Agere, though less commercially successful and with none of Broadcom's sense of timing, has very advanced performance-enhanced Wi-Fi technology. In March, it introduced a semi-proprietary, turbocharged 802.11a/g/b chipset, claiming peak rates of 150Mbps, faster than any rival. It is also spearheading one of the proposals for the upcoming 802.11n 100Mbps-plus Wi-Fi standard. And now it has announced methods of speeding up its WaveLAN 802.11a/b/g chips using a software overlay that uses a mixture of heightened receiver sensitivity, packet bursting, compression and quality of service (QoS) techniques to boost throughput.
All this would be valuable grist to Broadcom's mill, as it comes under intensified new pressure from Atheros. Wrongfooted by a strong focus on 802.11a and by Broadcom's aggressiveness in 'g', Atheros has been hitting back with strong turbocharged offerings for all three Wi-Fi variants, and with innovative singlechip solutions. Broadcom needs to ensure it does not slip behind. As margins on standard Wi-Fi chipsets crash, survival will be about two factors – being first to technology advances that appeal to the OEMs, and sheer scale. Agere would help Broadcom advance in both respects, and make Atheros, the only Wi-Fi specialist left in the front row, looking exposed.
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Release Date: 2013 |
Album Rating: 4.0Sorry guys, I should have checked the other reviews before writing mine. I didn't realize there were 3 other reviews with a rating of 4+. Oh well, I wrote it so I'm submitting it anyway!
Album Rating: 4.0Autopos for Rotting Christ. Will read the review later.
Digging: Savage Machine - Abandon Earth
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks!
Album Rating: 4.0Just read the review and it's very well written. You might want to check another album from the Greek metal scene whenever you have the time, Nightfall - Athenian Echoes. It's a mix of melodeath and black metal which you might find interesting.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off^^^ That Nightfall album is awesome indeed.
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks manosg, I'll check it out!
Great review; I heard one song from this (can't remember which) and wasn't impressed, you convinced me to give the whole thing another go at some point
Album Rating: 3.5Fantastic record.
Digging: A Pregnant Light - Lucky All My Life
Album Rating: 4.0Great album.I saw them live twice this year and met them as well.Really cool guys...
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Four particles form a square. The charges are and .
(a) What is if the net electrostatic force on particles 1 and 4 is zero?
(b) Is there any value of q that makes the net electrostatic force on each of the four particles zero? Explain.
The electric force between two particles is proportional to each of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
The force of q1 on q2 is the same as q2 on q1. This is action-reaction principle.
Think of it as gravitation. It is the same. Mass is gravitational charge and "charge" is electric charge. The force of the moon on the earth is the same as the earth on the moon. Effects are different because mass of each is different.
So the force of Q on Q is and the force of q on q is Notice that when the two charge are the same sign they tend to repulse each other. The opposite happen when they are of different sign. Here, Q and Q are obviously the same sign. Two charge q have to compensate for one charge Q that is farther.


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Cuddyer Lifts Rockies Past Giants – MLB Roundup For Sept. 11th
UNDATED (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals are spending another day in sole possession of first place in the National League Central.
Wily Peralta (WIH-lee peh-RAHL'-tah) was working on a no-hitter until Matt Holliday snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning of the Redbirds' 4-2 win against Milwaukee. Matt Carpenter and Matt Adams added RBI hits for the Cardinals, who are 4-0 on their nine game homestand.
Shelby Miller helped the Cards keep their one-game lead over Pittsburgh by allowing five hits in 6 2/3 shutout innings.
The Pirates kept pace by holding off Texas 5-4 as Andrew McCutchen furnished three RBI singles. Francisco Liriano picked up his career-high 16th victory by holding the Rangers to one run and six hits in six innings.
Pirates closer Mark Melancon (meh-LAHN'-sehn) made things interesting by allowing a pair of runs in the ninth before striking out Adrian Beltre (BEHL'-tray) with the tying run on third to end it.
The Reds are three games off the NL Central lead after they lost to the last-place Cubs for the second straight night, this time 9-1 in Cincinnati. Welington Castillo drove in three runs with a pair of homers, and Donnie Murphy added a two-run blast. Edwin Jackson also went deep while allowing just one run over seven innings in his first victory in seven starts since July 31.
Oakland lost 4-3 to Minnesota to keep the Athletics' lead in the AL West at two games over Texas. Josh Willingham hit two home runs, including a two-run shot in the eighth that put the Twins in front for good.
The Boston Red Sox stretched their lead in the American League East while making the wild-card race a little more interesting.
Clay Buchholz scattered three hits in five innings of the Bosox's 2-0 shutout of Tampa Bay. Buchholz also struck out six in his first game since straining his neck during a win over the Angels on June 8.
Jonny Gomes (gohmz) and Jarrod Saltalamacchia (sahl-tah-lah-MAH'-kee-uh) both drove in a run for the Red Sox, who extended their lead over second-place Tampa Bay to 8 1/2 games in the East.
The outcome keeps the Rays' lead for the second AL wild-card berth at 1 ½ games over Baltimore and Cleveland, with the Yankees just two games back.
The Yanks won for the first time in their last seven games at Camden Yards. Alfonso Soriano belted a pair of homers, including a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 7-5 triumph over the Orioles. Soriano and Mark Reynolds also hit sixth-inning solo shots for the Bombers, who trailed 4-1 in the fifth before rallying.
Chris Davis socked his major league-leading 49th homer for the Birds.
The Indians had won two straight until Alcides (al-SEE'-dehs) Escobar hit a solo homer and drove in two runs to lead Kansas City's 6-3 win at Cleveland. Jeremy Guthrie surrendered nine hits but just one run in six innings to help the Royals get within three games of Tampa Bay.
Cleveland's loss allowed Detroit to take a 5 ½-game lead in the AL Central. The Tigers blasted the Chicago White Sox as Prince Fielder and Alex Avila each supplied four hits and two RBIs. Rick Porcello went the distance on a seven-hitter to improve to 12-8 with a 4.56 ERA.
Also in the majors, the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks 5-3 on Scott Van Slyke's two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th, giving Los Angeles a magic number of six for clinching the NL West. The Dodgers' bullpen threw five shutout innings of one-hit relief.
Atlanta's magic number to clinch the NL East is seven after Evan Gattis hit an RBI double and a run-scoring single in the Braves' 4-3 verdict over Miami. Julio Teheran pitched into the seventh despite yielding three runs in the opening inning.
Chase Headley, Ronny Cedeno (she-DAYN'-yoh) and Rene Rivera drove in two runs apiece in San Diego's 8-2 rout of Philadelphia. Andrew Cashner held the Phillies to a pair of runs and four hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Homers by Erick Aybar (EYE'-bahr), Mark Trumbo, Josh Hamilton and Chris Ianetta (eye-uh-NET'-uh) helped the Angels double up Toronto 12-6. Trumbo became the first players in Angels history to collect five hits and score five times in a game.
Jayson Werth and Adam LaRoche hit early solo homers before Scott Hairston added a game-clinching, two-run blast in Washington's 6-3 win over the Mets in New York. Denard Span stretched his hitting streak to 21 games, and Jordan Zimmermann became the NL's first 17-game winner despite yielding three runs and eight hits in just five-plus innings.
Jose Altuve (al-TOO'-vay), Brandon Laird and L.J. Hoes drove in three runs each as Houston blasted Seattle 13-2. Jordan Lyles allowed one earned run and four hits in six innings.
Michael Cuddyer (kuh-DY'-ur) was 3-for-4 with a pair of homers and four RBIs as Colorado beat San Francisco 9-8. The Giants lost despite Hunter Pence, who was 4-for-6 with a three-run blast and six RBIs.