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I dedicate this blog to comics in all forms, manga, autobio, superhero, art books, etc. And of course, since I need a challenge, I've decided that I'll read and write (short) reviews for 365 comics during 2015.
Nimona - woman of mystery, transformations and...evil? Nimona is the collected webcomic of Noelle Stevenson and follows Nimona as she seeks employment as Ballister Blackheart's evil side-kick.
Nimona's powers are extraordinary and soon Blackheart finds himself taking on his nemesis, the Institution. However, despite his efforts Nimona remains unclear about killing those who get in her way and has yet to open up to him about her obviously troubled past.
I thought that the storytelling in this graphic novel could have been paced a bit better, there were a few parts that dragged and parts where the same storyline seemed to be explored
The art, which I enjoyed, was very similar to Kate Beaton's style (of Hark! a Vagrant). I enjoyed the extras included at the end of the book which show the development of her characters and a couple bonus krismas comics.
I wished I had liked the story more actually, but I felt that we didn't get enough insight into Nimona's character or background and the story between Ballister and Goldenloin was hinted at, but also I felt lacked depth. I got the story of why the characters were behaving certain ways but I just couldn't get a real sense of motivation backing up their actions.
I also felt like the ending, no one really learned anything, there was no real closure.
Inuyashiki came in the weekly library requests pile, many of which I don't really remember ordering, or why I ordered, or what it is about, or anything. So, without a clue I opened it up and started to read.
Immediately I started to wonder about this dysfunctional family and why the dad was so old. Ichiro Inuyashiki has just bought a tiny house, which his family doesn't appreciate at all. His daughter lets on that he's her grandpa and his son barely speaks to him. It turns out he's only 58, but finds out that he has a severe stomach cancer, which could be part of why his appearance is so fragile and old. Also, he only has 3 months to live. He tries to tell his family members on several occasions, but always gets interrupted and eventually gives up.
Escaping to a park with his only companion, a shiba inu dog he'd recently adopted, he cries into Hanako's soft fur. He glances up to see a high school student staring off with a look of shock on his face and when he turns to see what the kid is gaping at he sees a meteor, just before it hits the ground obliterating both of them.
There is a page with some alien conversation, then our narrator wakes up and walks home, knowing now that he really is sick having fallen asleep in the park. His wife rails at him, his kids are embarrassed by him. He has no one to live for, besides Hanako, who his wife threatens to toss out.
Alone in his bedroom things start to get weird and soon he discovers that he is no longer himself, his arm opens up with a gasp of steam and jets splatter the wall of the bedroom with what he'd eaten that day. He discovers a button under his chin, which causes his head to split open revealing a glowing metallic orb. He seems to be made up of machinery and ceramics.
Wandering in the park he comes across a homeless man being attacked by a bunch of middle school kids. Having seen enough such events happening suddenly Ichiro bursts into action, blasting the kids with explosives (just as they'd attacked the homeless man with fireworks) and then using a camera on the back of his head exposing their antics to the entire world via the Internet and media.
Ichiro now knows what he was meant to do, save lives!
In the final scene of the book we follow one of the kid's classmates as he visits a friend. I was thrown and liked the twist at the end where the other person who has become a robot thingy is revealed and the friend's face is hilarious.
It wasn't until the obliteration that I started to think something was up with this manga more than a slice of life dysfunctional family story. Then of course I realized it was done by the same author of Gantz and well, now I know I'm in for a ride, but so far, I like this better than Gantz, seems to have a bit more heart to it.


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Non Domestic Cats
Servals and Caracals
These are the most common species of exotic cats that are presented to us. These very active and intelligent species require carefully thought out environments to provide adequate exercise and mental stimulation. Stereotypic behaviours are common with inadequate environments
Preventative medicine protocols are especially important in these species given the potential for the spread of a wide range of pathogens from domestic cats.
Nutritional requirements have been very poorly studied however, there is evidence that for certain nutrients the requirements are different from the domestic cat.

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For March 15, 2010: Are you looking for some video clips to complement science lessons? Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) is a syndicated science and engineering news service for local television newscasts. However, the videos are available on the web to project onto your Smartboard. Topics include math and computer science, life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and earth and space science. These videos are produced by the American Institute of Physics, The National Science Foundation, and Ivanhoe Broadcast Network, Inc. Some examples of recent offerings include Bionic Hands, Predicting the Next Quake, and Living on Another Planet. Background information is also included for better understanding of the segment. This is a fantastic resource for science teachers or for teaching current events.
Fly over to CyberBee at www.cyberbee.com for more great websites, lessons, and activities to use with students.


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This page features current news and views from Skye and elsewhere. It will also provide an opportunity for others working locally to report research and results.
My last blog was about our holiday in Barcelona where the temperatures were rarely below 20 and we reached 30. It was a shock to the system when we returned and we seem to be struggling to get into double figures ever since, though we are promised 20 tomorrow. On June 1st there was snow on most of the tops so it has been an exceptionally wet, windy and cold spell blamed on the jet stream. The ground is saturated and vegetation has been in check, helpful if you want to see Corncrakes, but little good for those birds seeking invertebrates and hirundines amongst others will have struggled. This means fewer broods and probably lots of nest failures. John Chester on Eigg has described it as the worst breeding season he has seen, an absolute disaster. Likewise Brian Neath at Carr Brae has struggled to find his usual numbers of territorial birds. John and Brian have many years of monitoring local breeding populations and their observations are extremely important. The breeding season is certainly late and the risk is that certain species may not even breed.....for example the pair of Whinchats in my garden now seem to have moved on. In the image, the Tree Pipit carrying food would certainly appear to be feeding young but by this time you would expect to see lots of broods on the wing. So far there's very little evidence of it. We can only hope for a sustained spell of dry, warm weather for the later part of the breeding season.
The annual bird report for Highland for the year 2016 has just been published by Highland Branch SOC. Many of the records contained in this website are included in the report. Sean Morris from Rum wrote the Lochaber summary in the report and 'yours truly' wrote the Skye and Lochalsh summary. Several colour images have been reproduced and include several from Bob and Martin Benson. I have a small number of copies available at £9, otherwise contact Highland Branch SOC at www.highlandbirds.scot.


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A Black-Belt Journey
By Mike Gutzat
Discipline! This simple word means so much to each person's life. It is an essential ingredient to education, work, martial arts and any other pursuit that one takes on. It is also the hallmark of a Black-Belt martial artist. The belt is a symbol of the individuals discipline to training, respect and understanding of the art itself.
In the beginning of my martial arts career I attended classes to keep pace with my son; hoping to be able to help him improve his forms and techniques. Learning a martial arts was always something I had thought about doing and the chance to start studying with my son was my motivation. I worked hard to getting the basics kicks down and on expanding my flexibility. In this early part of my experience my drive was still mainly for the exercise and to keep pace with my son.
Soon the drive was to improve my own technique and to learn more. I concentrated on improving my stances, control and flexibility. No longer was it just about keeping pace with my son but more about the improvements that it was bringing to my life and my health. It was at this time that the frustration started to mount.
Competition was also starting to mount. I found myself wanting more and more to be able to spar with the upper belts and not just hold my own but provide them with a challenge. Along with these efforts came more frustration and questions like: What was I doing wrong? Why didn't my side kicks have more power? Why can't I get those combinations off? How do I prevent from being pummeled?
Improvements came, although I didn't feel like I had gotten that much better. Always my worst critic I didn't think I was providing the challenge I wanted to. I certainly wasn't doing as well as I felt I should be at that point. However, the upper belts were commenting on my progress and other class members were also commenting on it. Then the big challenge came when I was asked to run some classes.
Petrified I walked in for the first day to run classes for an ailing instructor. Not entirely sure how I would be received while there were other students with higher belts then myself. This was the first time that I felt all the hard work was paying off and showing. Being able to work with all of the students and help to improve basic things like stances and kicks gave me some confidence. It also spurred me on to keep improving so that I could continue to provide assistance for classes when needed and to aid other students.
Looking around I suddenly found myself as a Cho-Dan Bo and within reach of the Black-Belt. The opportunities to help run classes continued to help me with my own techniques; pushing me to improve my stances, forms and abilities. I still found myself asking questions about my own kicks, my sparring abilities and even my fitness. However I realized that much of this was and is my own self critique. I was now providing a challenge for the upper belts in class and was getting closer and closer to the control and technique to start helping the lower belts more and more as they improved.
Improvements finally did start to show. All of the hard work and discipline started to pay off. I was feeling like I had better control. Much more like I understood more about the style, techniques and forms. I also realized I had much more to learn and improve on. My hook kicks still seemed weak, my sparring was just so-so and my stamina seemed to have reached a plateau. More frustration showed as I was trying to over come these things. However with all the learning, teaching and frustration came the realization that these are all normal steps in the process. They can and will be over come with practice and discipline.
Now I was starting to feel like I was getting ready for the Black-Belt. Finally I saw more of the control and felt better about how my form looked. I was being asked more and more to help out in class with new students; teaching the beginning forms and techniques. I saw this as a benefit because it gave me the opportunity to focus on the "older" forms and techniques and improve how they looked. One thing I had seen while teach classes was that the upper belts all focused on the newer fancier forms and didn't practice the beginning forms from where all the basic techniques grow.
Embarking on this journey has been interesting. I have covered numerous emotions that surround the progress and development of my skills. I have grown in my confidence not only in the martial arts but also in the ability to help teach others. I have also truly realized that the achievement of the Black-Belt rank, to quote a fellow Black-Belt, is like finally getting your training wheels taken off. Just like that person learning to ride a bike needs help and support during the learning process. I would be remiss if I didn't pay tribute to my wife, Mary, and my children; Ryan, Rachel and Zachary, who have put up with all the extra work, time away and have supported me in this effort. While the achievement is an individual journey; without the support and understanding of family and friends, one would falter along the way. Thus I also need to thank Mr. Ambra and Sean Foster for the encouragement and challenges that they provided me along the journey.


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If IMF's Strauss-Kahn Steps Down, Who Takes Over?
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn remains in custody in New York charged with the attempted rape of a hotel maid. It's almost certain Strauss-Kahn will not remain head of the IMF, and that creates a considerable leadership vacuum at a delicate time for the global economy.
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The man who heads the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, spent the night in New York but not at the kind of place he's accustomed to. Over the weekend, he was at a luxury hotel, the Sofitel, in a suite.
INSKEEP: This morning he's at the Rikers Island jail. Strauss-Kahn has been charged with seven crimes, including attempted rape, sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment for his alleged attack on a maid at the hotel where he was staying. Yesterday a judge denied bail to the 62-year-old who until this past weekend was considered a frontrunner for the presidency of France.
MONTAGNE: Strauss-Kahn's lawyers say he is innocent. Still, no matter what the outcome of the case, it's almost certain he will not remain head of the IMF.
As NPR's John Ydstie reports, that creates a considerable leadership vacuum at a delicate time for the global economy.
JOHN YDSTIE: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's personal reputation may be irreparably harmed, but he created an impressive record of accomplishment at the IMF, says Eswar Prasad, a former IMF official who is now fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Mr. ESWAR PRASAD (Brookings Institution): Among senior international policymakers like finance ministers and central bank governors, Dominique Strauss-Kahn really had the status of a rock star.
YDSTIE: Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, the giant bond fund, says Strauss-Kahn was effective because of his political connections, his capacity to inspire, and his ability to seize opportunities.
Mr. MOHAMED EL-ERIAN (CEO, PIMCO): And the financial crisis gave the fund an opportunity to start re-asserting itself on the global stage, and Mr. Strauss-Kahn grabbed that opportunity.
YDSTIE: Under Strauss-Kahn the IMF's resources were multiplied and its oversight of the world financial system was enhanced. But now, says El-Erian, the allegations against Strauss-Kahn have put the IMF and the global economy at risk.
Mr. EL-ERIAN: I think the risks for the global economy are definitely higher than they were before the news broke out on Saturday. The IMF is engaged in some very delicate issues around the globe, and without Mr. Strauss-Kahn it's a different IMF.
YDSTIE: Among those issues: the sovereign debt problems in European countries like Greece; also the need for the IMF's support in countries in the Middle East like Egypt, which are undergoing fundamental transformations.
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the IMF, is confident the institution's staff can still meet those challenges.
Professor SIMON JOHNSON (MIT Sloan School of Management): I think the short term impact is actually quite limited. There's a lot of very good people at the IMF who are really on top of the details, and obviously there are sensitive negotiations going on, for example, with Greece this week. But I think that they can certainly keep all the various balls in the air.
YDSTIE: A White House spokesman says the Obama administration believes the IMF can continue to execute its mission effectively.
John Lipsky, the deputy managing director of the fund, has been appointed to be interim leader. But Lipsky had previously announced he would leave the fund in August. Eswar Prasad says that situation will create a ferocious battle between Europe and emerging market nations like China and India over who should lead the fund. In the past, the IMF's leaders have always been European, says Prasad.
Mr. PRASAD: And in fact, the German chancellor just fired the opening salvo in that battle, saying right not there is a very good reason why the top job should once again go to a European.
YDSTIE: Presumably because of Europe's ongoing debt crisis. Prasad says Strauss-Kahn made sure conditions on the European debtors weren't too stringent.
Simon Johnson, now a professor at MIT, says if an IMF leader were chosen from among emerging market country candidates, it could make things tougher for European debtors.
Prof. JOHNSON: Their attitude, I think, would be less lenient than the leading Europeans.
YDSTIE: That said, Johnson believes it is time for an emerging market candidate to be given an equal chance to lead the International Monetary Fund.
John Ydstie, NPR News, Washington.
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|News and Information for FltPlan Users • September 10, 2014
|Celebrating 15 Years: Highlighting FltPlan Users
When FltPlan decided to mark its 15th anniversary, we looked to our users. Without the loyal following that FltPlan has built in its 15 years of providing flight planning and other services, we simply would not exist. It is fitting that we pay tribute to our users, many of whom have been with us since 1999. The pilots profiled here represent the diversity of the 150,000-plus aviation professionals and private pilots to whom we owe our growth and success. We will keep striving to offer the services and features that make your flying experiences safer, easier and more enjoyable.
Chief Pilot Jad Donaldson, a FltPlan user since 1999, operates a Citation XLS Plus and a Corvallis TT out of Ann Arbor, Michigan (KARB). "We visit about 400 airports a year. We are flying every other day. We're flying all over the United States, Canada, and other points in North America." In 1999, Donaldson was a fixed wing medevac pilot and convinced other pilots at his company to use FltPlan. "We moved our entire Part 135 operation onto FltPlan.com." More recently, Donaldson values FltPlan's cross platform operation. "We love the iPad app, FltPlan Go. We use it every single day. It has allowed us to make our operations essentially paperless." Donaldson says that FltPlan is not only innovative, but stays on the cutting edge. "I think they are doing things that are prudent for all pilots to use," he says. "I haven't found anyone who can do it better . . . there is not a better resource in the industry that you can use."
Gavin Singh has been a FltPlan user since 2000. At the first company Singh worked for, he was one of the first to use FltPlan. He says, "The chief pilot saw me using it and then others saw me using it. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon and started using it." Singh, who now works for an air charter company, operates a Learjet 35 and a Learjet 55 out of Teterboro, New Jersey (KTEB). Singh typically flies anywhere from three to four times a week. He has filed over 5,500 flights using FltPlan.com. Singh says, "I like how FltPlan keeps adding features. FltPlan makes it a one-stop shopping deal." He continues to say, ""When I started using FltPlan, it was your basic flight plan service," he said. "Now, there's so much more you can do with it."
Mark Chaney's company has been using FltPlan for about 11 years. Chaney, Director of Aviation for a corporate flight department, currently flies a Citation Excel out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT). Chaney files about 450 hours per year and has filed up to nine flight plans in one day. "Being so easy to use is one of the things we like about FltPlan. Anytime something comes up, FltPlan has been really responsive about explaining to us that we may be doing something incorrectly. If there is a glitch in something, FltPlan takes care of it right away," says Chaney. "FltPlan is the best bang for the buck in my view."
Joseph Langdeau from Wolcott, Connecticut is a flight instructor with Instrument and Multi-Engine Instructor rating (CFII and MEI). Langdeau has been using FltPlan since 2008 and flies between three to four flights per week. Langdeau flies multiple aircraft and appreciates the versatility of FltPlan and its mobile apps. "FltPlan never gets stale. If it's not a new feature, it's making their current features more functional," says Langdeau. Langdeau also helps his students set up their electronic logbook using FltPlan's eLogbook tool. "FltPlan makes my job as a flight instructor much easier. I can easily check my students' pre-flight planning from the website and also use the FltPlan's mobile apps for use in flight on cross-country flights." One of the best things about FltPlan, according to Langdeau, is that it is free. "When I have a new student, I don't have to tell them to spend even more money to have access to mobile apps."
Steve Pannozzo, who began using FltPlan in 1999, has been a user since almost day one. Pannozzo says, "I like the Go app, the Weight & Balance tools, and the Checklist. They are all nice features combined into one app." Pannozzo flies Challenger 300s for a corporate flight department out of Morristown, New Jersey (KMMU). His trips vary from 20 minute hops to five hour flights to the west coast. He flies an average of 16 flights per month and estimates that he has filed a couple thousand flight plans using FltPlan. "For the general aviation community and for business and corporate pilots, it is just amazing for all the features you get and it is free . . . FltPlan keeps evolving."
Melissa Norton flies a Socata TBM7 out of Bedford, Massachusetts (KBED). Norton typically flies once a week and has been using FltPlan "pretty much since it started." With the new ICAO format flight plan, Norton said that FltPlan made it easy for her to identify the equipment she had in her plane and how to file. "It took a lot of the worry out of the process that we were not filing properly," she said. "FltPlan did the homework for us, which was very nice." Norton also likes the Quick Info fuel section that helps her plan for fuel stops along one of her 1,700nm trips from Bedford, Massachusetts (KBED) to Jackson Hole, Wyoming (KJAC). "The Quick Info's fuel stop option gives me information so I can make better decisions as to where I am going to stop for fuel – FltPlan makes it so much easier."
Bill Cope has been a FltPlan user since 2000. Cope flies three to four days a week, mostly in jets and occasionally in piston and turboprop aircraft out of airports around the Little Rock, Arkansas area. According to Cope, "FltPlan morphs and changes. Somebody at FltPlan is really on the ball. As corporate aviation changes and evolves, FltPlan evolves right along with it, especially with international flying." Cope says, "If a bunch of techno nerds ran FltPlan it probably wouldn't be as much on the ball as it is. The fact that pilots are involved with FltPlan makes it very innovative." Cope also adds, "When FltPlan.com came online I said to one of my co-pilots, 'this is going to revolutionize corporate aviation' and I think it has."
DD Dorris flies a Citation XL out of San Antonio, Texas (KSAT). Dorris flies approximately two flights per week around the U.S. and the Caribbean and has been a user since 2004. "FltPlan is capable of handling every flight that I have, such as to Alaska and the Caribbean." When flying internationally, Dorris values FltPlan's eAPIS system. "The service I use the most and that I've found to be one of the biggest benefits is FltPlan's eAPIS. We use it all the time because of the ease of using it." Dorris also likes that FltPlan is innovative. "I can't believe that they keep coming up with new products and new services. FltPlan is staying right on top of our needs."
Chris Lentini has been a loyal FltPlan user since the year 2000. Over a 14 year span, he and the pilots in his busy flight department have filed more than 35,000 flight plans. Lentini flies out of Pontiac, Michigan (KPTK) and operates a variety of aircraft including twin engine piston aircraft, turboprops, citation jets, and more. Lentini's flight department flies over 200 flights per month using FltPlan.com, with some months exceeding 250 flights. Lentini views FltPlan as a business tool. "It is our primary means of communication with the pilots. It also allows us to communicate with our passengers as well. By using the passenger brief function, we can always send out information to the passengers so they can confirm accuracy and get all the details."
Holly Billeris is a chief pilot for a private equity firm in New York. Billeris manages a busy flight department operating two Challenger 604s out of Teterboro, New Jersey (KTEB). She says that FltPlan is not only a comprehensive but also a user-friendly program. "It's seamless and it's easy," she said. "I now have a scheduler who uses it and she finds it easy to use." In addition, Billeris's flight department finds FltPlan's eAPIS system valuable. "FltPlan took something that looked like it was going to be very complicated, but in fact made it very easy to accomplish." Billeris said, "There is just so much that's great about this program. I don't see a reason to use anything else."
Jack Gordon started flying in 2000, and has been using FltPlan to file his flight plans ever since. Gordon, a flight manager and a full-time flight department chief pilot, flies weekly and operates a Citation Encore out of Fresno, California (KFAT). Jack Gordon says that flight planning, weight and balance, and digital charts have been some of the most useful additions to FltPlan's features. As a full-time flight department chief pilot, budget is a large responsibility for Gordon. "Keeping costs down is absolutely important," he said. "But, safety and quality are important, too. By far, FltPlan.com is a superior product to anything else I've seen out there in the market. I'm exclusive with FltPlan.com. In 14 years, FltPlan has never failed me."
Bill Ehrhorn, owner of Marathon Jet Center, uses FltPlan for both his FBO operation and his flight operation. "I've been using FltPlan almost since its inception," says Ehrhorn. "The fact that I can use FltPlan on my phone, on my iPad, and on my desktop is absolutely valuable." Ehrhorn flies a Piper Seneca and finds that FltPlan "understands what pilots need and what pilots use. Having used other flight planning sources, FltPlan is without question the most sophisticated and the easiest to use ergonomically." Ehrhorn adds, "FltPlan is one of the few organizations out there that really does a bang up job in catering to pilots and providing very useful resources."
Jay Schmalfuss, chief pilot of a corporate flight department, flies a Super KingAir B200 out of Cincinnati, Ohio (KLUK). Schmalfuss began using FltPlan about nine years ago and primarily flies in the continental U.S. and occasionally to Canada and the British Virgin Islands. "My favorite new aspect of their program is the Go app because it is completely free. It has geo referencing for free. Out of the other apps I have used, FltPlan Go is number one. It is the easiest to use in my opinion." He adds, "You create your flight plan online and then when you are ready to go, it is already there on your iPad."
Bill Bohlke is an FAA examiner and the owner of Bohlke International Airways. Bohlke operates a variety of aircraft including a Gulfstream 100, Cessna S550 Citation SII, King Air 200B, and a Mitsubishi Solitaire out of Rohlsen Virgin Islands (TISX). Bohlke has been using FltPlan since the beginning. "When it was first offered, we signed up. We've filed tons of flight plans and use it all the time." Bohlke likes the simplicity of FltPlan and the services and features that make his international flights easier, like the eAPIS service. Another of his favorite features is Quick Info, which he uses for flight times and distances. Bohlke also operates a flight school with a Beechcraft Duchess and four Diamond aircraft. "I make sure that all of our students know about FltPlan.com," Bohlke said.
John Rempel, chief pilot and captain of a Learjet 60 out of Winnipeg, Canada (CYWG), has been using FltPlan for about eight years. Rempel averages more than 20 legs per month and has filed approximately 2,400 flight plans with FltPlan. Rempel primarily flies intra-Canadian flights, however, he also files several trips a month to the states. Rempel said that it is FltPlan's accuracy that separates them from the competition. That, along with the customer support teams' responsiveness. Rempel says, "I have emailed FltPlan a couple of times just telling them how much I appreciate them."
Joe Sasser, of Granbury, Texas (0TX1), has been a FltPlan user since 1999. Sasser likes the simplicity of FltPlan. He says, "It is easy to use and it is an innovative program." Sasser flies a Beechcraft Bonanza based in a hangar that is attached to his house. Sasser flies two to three flights per week and averages 200 hours per year. "I get all the weather and all the flight plan information I need from one source, and of course it is free to the users," says Sasser. "I recommend it to all my flying friends. I am a big supporter of FltPlan."
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Manchester Healthcare Ventures - Commercial Manager vacancy
07 April 2017
Director of IP & Business Partnerships
Accountable to: The Board of Manchester Health Ventures Limited
Reports to: The Director of Innovation
Location: Manchester Health Ventures Ltd, Citylabs on Oxford Rd, Manchester
Salary: £70,000 per annum
The Company is seeking to appoint an experienced Director of IP & Business Partnerships who will provide the leadership and expertise to drive the development of Manchester Health Ventures Limited towards a fully commercial and sustainable business.
The Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) has established
Manchester Health Ventures Ltd (MHV), to manage its portfolio of valuable intellectual property assets, and to manage its innovation partnerships with the objectives of:
1. Generating the highest value for CMFT.
2. Increasing the value of MHV to attract external investment.
3. Developing the brand and profile of MHV.
4. Stimulate an increase in the flow of innovations from CMFT staff, its partners and industry.
5. Manage the Trust's major business partnerships and joint venture to optimise the benefit to CMFT and GM economy.
6. Develop the company commercial strategy, and deliver against the business objectives and KPI's.
Main tasks and responsibilities
It is anticipated that CMFT will merge with University Hospital of South Manchester and North Manchester General Hospital, although the mergers are subject to regulatory approval. This post will operate across the new Trust group.
MHV – IP management and development
To manage the portfolio assets of CMFT that are suitable for commercial exploitation. This will involve validation of the ideas to ensure that there is a genuine need and a potential market through to the development of the intellectual property and its commercialisation; always with downstream patient benefit in mind.
The Director will be responsible for developing the infrastructure, including policies, staff and resources to effectively exploit CMFT commercial opportunities. This will include the management of innovation services for MHV and CMFT. This service is currently outsourced and delivered through Service Level Agreements with TRUSTECH, the NHS Innovation Service.
The Director will use their skills and specialist knowledge of intellectual property and its commercialisation, to lead negotiations with private investors and companies to secure the optimal return for CMFT from its IPRs including licensing, royalties, equity trading, benefits in kind such as CMFT and NHS discounts and trade sales and other types of exit vehicles. Ensuring that proper procurement strategies are considered at an early stage of development is an essential part of the construction of the value proposition.
The Director will undertake due diligence on all CMFT and joint IP to optimise the value of the IP assets to potential investors and actively develop the assets and equity owned by CMFT to increase their value before negotiating grants and external investments; this will include securing access to clinical opinions, medical equipment and expertise as well as direct investment and seeking grants.
He/she will be responsible for the MHV Proof of Concept budget and to manage the proper and effective use of grants and investments secured to develop the pipeline of IP assets and to create additional value from the asset portfolio.
MHV benefits from financial support from the CMFT Charities and the Commercial Director will ensure that the funds are properly and efficiently used and awards are properly publicised.
It is essential that the pipeline of valuable IP continues to grow and a key task will be to stimulate the flow of ideas from staff and management across the hospital group to become more innovative and to build a strong portfolio of investment grade innovations that are potentially useful to improve the delivery of high quality healthcare to patients.
Strategic partnership
CMFT has created a 10-year strategic property partnership with leading property company Bruntwood. This innovative property partnership, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, will support the delivery of clinical care, research and innovation, as well as the future
development of CMFT's estate. Bruntwood will provide a range of services including planning and construction advice and design services. CMFT and Bruntwood have developed Citylabs 1 on the campus and are in the process of developing plans for Citylabs2.
A key role will be to support the Citylabs joint venture; to attract and retain tenants and provide access to the clinical interface and accelerate the adoption of innovations into service. The management of the Citylabs portfolio will be operated through a JV with the Trust and MSP and is a significant component of the joint clinical academic campus translational infrastructure. The Director will provide management and oversight as appropriate to the following;
1. Creating an environment where innovation and entrepreneurs can meet and network together to promote and stimulate new ideas and ventures. This includes events, meetings, social and business activities that ensure that Citylabs is a lively and vibrant place to work and associate. This will primarily be led by the Enterprise Zone Growth Manager who will report to the Director.
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1. Jersey was having a bad day so we went out to Uno's for dinner. It was a nice change listening to someone else's problems rather than focusing on all mine. Gave my mind a mental break.
2. I got quite a bit accomplished on my thesis today while at work. I'm so glad today was slow.
3. The heaters in the dorm finally work. My room is nice and toasty!
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I am following up my last post "The Musketeers. All for one and I am all for it", with a rant on Black Sails, a pirate TV-series from Starz.
You have been warned.
Black Sails is a dramatic adventure TV-series intended as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1881).
Although fictional, the novel is blamed for most of popular and wrong perceptions of pirates. It does indeed contain references to historical pirates such as William Kidd and Blackbeard, but because of the high level of fiction, it is recognized as an adventure novel, not as historical.
Back to BS (a very fitting abbreviation).
My question to you: How could they ruin it?
Where is the swashbuckling? Where is the sass?
Actually, where is the adventure?
BS tries very hard to be historical realistic but it comes out in the other end as sappy drama. I have been more entertained by watching paint dry.
I mean, it took them five episodes to get on the fucking water!
They conflict pretense of realism with adventure making it a pretentious work of shit.
They do know it is fiction, right?
Why do they fuck with fantasy, making it look like reality when reality is fucked up enough?
I do not think I will bother with a season two, and will instead hopefully optimistic wait for Crossbones with John Malkovich.
As they say, smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.


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I'm trying very hard to recall the last time when the government was under pressure on a number of fronts. In addition to George Hawkins blundering along, serious questions have arisen about:
1. NCEA scholarship exams. The level of variation in the scholarship results across subjects is simply ridiculous. There is a related issue in the handling of NCEA level 3 exams which creates the impression that NZQA doesn't know what it's doing. Certainly the failure to conduct rudimentary analysis on the results and the returning of papers before they can be rechecked gives the impression that an outbreak of spasticism has occured within NZQA.
2. Te Wanaga o Aoteoroa. The massive increase in size (from 861 students in 1999 to 34,282 students in 2003) and funding (1999 budget: $3.9 million, 2003 budget: $239 million) in only five years should have alerted education officials to the need for intense supervision to ensure that the institution's management doesn't run amok. Since it has (for example the institution has a fleet of 350 cars which are groomed fortnightly by a company run by a partner of an institution official), serious bloodletting is called for. What astonishes me is that Trevor Mallard supposedly had concerns about the institution during the period of time in question, had impetus to act after Don Brash's first Orewa speech but apparently didn't do enough to halt the mess. What stopped him from wielding the axe a year ago? Then any massacre would have been a vote-winner, now he just looks incompetent for allowing it to fester.


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Now we have uncertainty, with the risk of nuclear escalation in Asia and the Middle East. NATO is at its weakest since its foundation in 1949.
LONDON: "Sorry gentlemen, the meeting has been cancelled", said our West German host as we arrived in a non-descript building just off the Kurfurstendamm in West Berlin for a reception prior to our talks. We had just flown in from London and our hosts had arrived from Bonn, which was then the capital of West Germany. It was the evening of 9 November 1989 and the reason for the cancellation quickly became clear: East Berliners were pouring into the West through a breached Berlin Wall. The world order was about to change.
The bipolar world of NATO and the Warsaw Pact had been under pressure for several years before 1989 as the people of Eastern Europe desperately tried to cast off the shackles of communism. They had come to realise that in contrast to State control and their low standard of living, the West had freedom and prosperity; they wanted the same.
This disparity was clearly evident as the tawdry Trabant cars from the East belched out acrid fumes as they travelled alongside polished Mercedes on the streets of West Berlin. With all meetings cancelled, I walked the streets along with East German families who, had they worn flashing lamps on top of their heads, could not have been so different to the native West Berliners. Mothers were coaxing their children to stroke bananas, fruit that they had only previously seen in picture books. Their grey, drab clothes contrasted with the haute couture of the West Berliners, a living metaphor for the failure of socialism.
The Iron Curtain was now exposed as a moth-eaten fabric, which was about to crumble under the weight of corruption and bureaucracy. The final act in the drama came two years later, on Christmas Day in 1991. Standing in my office in the British Embassy across the river from the Kremlin, I witnessed the hauling down of the Soviet hammer and sickle flag, replaced by the tricolour of the Russian Federation. The Cold War was officially over.
During the Cold War a nuclear NATO faced a nuclear Soviet Union. Although dangerous, there was a sense of predictability, described by that appropriate acronym MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction. Both sides knew that an attack by one side would trigger a retaliation which would have destroyed the world as we knew it. Because of this danger, good lines of communication were created between Washington and Moscow to ensure that Armageddon didn't happen by accident. Although the world came close to nuclear conflict in the Berlin crisis between June and November 1961 and the Cuban crisis a year later, the magic of MAD worked and conflict was avoided. There were proxy wars in Asia, Africa and Latin America, but both sides largely respected the post-Yalta status quo in Europe.
Now we have uncertainty and unpredictability, with the risk of nuclear escalation in Asia and the Middle East. There is a real danger of terrorist groups and other non-state actors gaining access to weapons of mass destruction. An unpredictable President Vladimir Putin has already grabbed part of Ukraine and, although he denies it, has troops at war in the Eastern zone of that country. NATO is at its weakest since its foundation in 1949, with its very existence under threat by an unpredictable President Donald Trump.
Trump is not a team player and hates being part of a democratic grouping, preferring bilateral deals instead. While he is correct to criticise NATO countries for failing to invest on defence (only 4 in addition to America out of the 29 members meet the agreed 2% of GDP), there are fears that he will use this argument to weaken US defence links with Europe. NATO members are bracing themselves for a fiery time at the next NATO meeting on 11 July when Trump is expected to excoriate other leaders for relying on their low-cost defence subsidised by the American "piggybank".
Fears increased when it was announced that Trump will have bilateral talks with Putin on 16 July in Helsinki, following the NATO Summit. Leaders point to the outcome of the recent North Korean summit, which resulted in Trump achieving only vague promises from Kim Jong-un, promises which according to recent reports from CNN are already being broken. Photos obtained a week ago show that North Korea has made rapid improvements to its infrastructure at the Yongbyon centre, used to produce weapons grade fissile material. Rather than a win-win heralded by Trump, this was more a Kim-win.
The wily ex-KGB Putin knows that the route to Trump's head is through his ego and will use this ruthlessly in Helsinki. He has much to gain from this summit as NATO has always threatened Russian pride more than Russian security, and Putin is a virtuoso at appealing to wounded pride. Putin is also likely to give Trump some "sweeties" to take home to help with the forthcoming mid-term elections. NATO leaders, however, recall that before he was elected, Trump declared NATO as "obsolete" and are alarmed that using his theatrical style he will go off-piste and unilaterally offer Putin military concessions yet to be agreed by NATO, in return for the sweeties and a photo-op.
Last week, Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, sought to cast an optimistic version of the Trump/Putin meeting saying that "It is totally in line with NATO policies to talk to Russia. We don't want a new Cold War."
I felt more comfortable living through the old one.
John Dobson worked in UK Prime Minister John Major's Office between 1995 and 1998 and is presently Chairman of the Plymouth University of the Third Age.


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I always tell myself: Carlos keep cool
And it's how they discovered America...
Cross-Country Rallies
The Africa Race is on the way
Interview with Alex Doringer
Two tyres for the Dakar
En route for the New World
Dieter Depping craves first ''Dakar'' in Race Touareg
Four Volkswagen, one goal
Interview with Red Bull KTM rider Cyril Despres
Nightshift for the co-drivers
Number games with Volkswagen
Hotter than Africa
The American way of drive
Historical new chapter in the world's toughest offroad race
Volkswagen co-driver Timo Gottschalk...
Festivities before the ''Dakar''
Good omen
The Dakar is a kind of a home rally
Mitsubishi, 2009 Dakar participation
Two more Dakar first for KTM
1979 to 2009 The ''Dakar'' is and remains...
Strugo will be facing his 25th participation
Perth start for 2009 Australasian Safari
Dakar ahoy !
Focus on "Classe Open" category
The Dakar boards for South America
The road to Buenos-Aires goes through Le Havre
First time with Clean Diesel technology
The Dakar rally launch in Le Havre
The great spirit of African rallies
Volkswagen Co-Pilot Michel Perin
Volkswagen in the most unusual rally in the world
The Volkswagen Race Touareg
Argentina Chile 2009
Snow in Romania
Hot sand for Jerome Pelichet and Eugenie Decre
From California to Tunisia
Central Europe Rally
Volkswagen to field five Race Touareg
First rally of the A.S.O. « Dakar Series »
Libya Rally Raid
Message from Etienne Lavigne
Optic 2000 Tunisia 2008: fuller, longer.
Cyril Despres very disappointed
The curtain falls on the 2008 edition of the Dakar
BFGoodrich respects the decision of the A.S.O
KTM Regrets Dakar Cancellation
Mitsubishi and all its partners respect the decision
Volkswagen respects Dakar cancellation
Raphael Sperrer and team Fast & Speed
A.S.O. cancels the 2008 edition of the Dakar rally
Vladimir Chagin: Doing as Well as Loprais Did
Mitsubishi Team gets the green light
An American-style Show for Team Dakar USA
Yvan Muller: A Whole Different Challenge
Problem in Mauritania
Serenity has a Name... Mitsubishi
Gerard De Rooy: ''Highly Confident!''
Kris Nissen: Team member must do a perfect job
The longest day at Dakar!
What's Up Doc?
Kris Nissen: ''Well equipped for the Dakar
Through a sea of sand
Philippe Bernat-Salles: «It is like before a big game»
The private teams at 2008 Dakar Rally
BFGoodrich: The benchmark amongst tyres on the Dakar Rally
First day of scrutineering
The Dakar in Mauritania
Elisabete Jacinto on her way to her 10th Dakar
Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz
The pressure is on for tyres
Chinese teams and Russian crew
A real premiere for Brahim Asloum
Jean-Pierre Strugo and Jean Brucy
All system go !
Jim Beam Turkish team
Carole Montillet and Melanie Suchet
Hans Trunkenpolz - KTM Rally Team Management
Andre Dessoude and his team of Champions
Carlos Sainz/Michel Perin
KTM fit for 2008 Rally Season
Double kick-off in Wolfsburg
Depping/Gottschalk in Race Touareg
Hiroshi Masuoka (Japan)
Joan 'Nani' Roma (Spain)
Luc Alphand (France)
Steane Peterhansel (France)
Pajero/Montero Evolution
Refined Volkswagen Race Touareg is ready for Dakar
Volkswagen anticipates tough Dakar Rally
Miller and Pitchford: Enduro aces
Eddie Irvine to drive a Red Bull VW Touareg
Carlos Sainz wins his third FIA world title
Sainz homes in on World Cup crown in UAE
Dakar warm-up : Two Race Touareg to Dubai
Chicherit and Al-Attiyah ready for Morocco
Team Gecko Honda 6th day of Australian Safari Rally
Team Gecko Honda 3rd day of Australian Safari Rally
Team Gecko Honda after first day
Carlos Sainz & company returning to Dakar
A Dakar return for Colin McRae
La Red Bull ROManiacs 2007 lupta se da in 5!
Start lansat pentru Cyril Despres la Red Bull Romaniacs 2007
Christian Pfeiffer Show la Red Bull Romaniacs 2007
Schlesser and Coma win Optic 2000 Rally Tunisia
Colin McRae back to Rally-Raid
A decade of racing for AMV Shamrock
Back to the Dakar and the future
Cyril Despres: glorious victory
Clean sweep of Dakar podium for KTM
Mitsubishi and BFGoodrich take Dakar Rally one-two
Andre Dessoude's report of Dakar 2007
A mers, a vazut si a ajuns la Dakar!
Despres or why having faith pays off
Seventh successive Dakar victory for Mitsubishi
In trucks, first victory for Stacey
9th victory for Stephane Peterhansel
Cyril Despres wins his 2nd Dakar!
Volkswagen - with 10 stage victories - fastest team in Lisboa Dakar 2007
Martin Freinademetz a ajuns la Dakar!
3 questions to catering specialist Mireille André
Peterhansel and Alphand maintaun 1st and 2nd places
Triple stage victory for Volkswagen
Under control
The end of the line for Coma
Sainz claims eighth stage victory for Volkswagen
Lisboa Dakar 20087 it's over for Coma
Coma on the wrong track
Peterhansel and Alphand stayed in firm control
Sainz claims seventh stage win for Volkswagen
A game of trails
The head of the race gets lost
Volkswagen target more top results
Heading west
Snippets from Volkswagen bivouac
Mitsubishi maintain iron grip after Nema loop stage
A good day for Jean-Pierre Strugo
VW in third and fifth positions with Miller and Sainz
Al Attiyah and Rodrigues winners of the day
The last two legs, by Andre Dessoude
Bitter disappointment for the Volkswagen team
Peterhansel moves up to second place
Snippets from the Volkswagen bivouac
De Villiers expands lead with stage victory
Coma and De Villiers : Clear skies ahead ?
De Villiers provisional winner of the Leg 8
Coma provisional winner of stage 8
Power steering trouble for Carlos Sainz
Broken engine for Faria and Terranova
KTM register a good first week of Dakar Rally
A lot's been achieved, but nothing won
A mid-race update from Andre Dessoude
Major Unimog service at Dakar halftime
Teamwork is the key forDakar
Rear differential problems cost Mitsubishi crews time into Atar
Mitsubishi prepares for dramatic final week
Everyone behind Marc Coma
A good day for Paul Belmondo
Snippets from the Volkswagen bivouac
In sfarsit pauza!
Lead has changed at Dakar
Peterhansel and Alphand climb to third and fourth overall
Outburst of anger for Sousa. Major Scare for Ari
Somersault for Roma
Problems for Kleinschmidt and Jean-Joseph
Trouble for Schlesser
Miguel Barbosa set a fine time
Race Unimog delivers in fine style, in the Dakar
Gordon wins the stage
Gordon leads after 249 km
Despres has a trick up his sleeve
Slight scare for Vigouroux
Snippets from Volkswagen bivouac
Mitsubishi head towards Mauritania in 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th places
Roll on the dunes
A learning day for Yvan Muller
Fourth stage win and one-two-three for Volkswagen
La 9 locuri de top 100
Recuperare fantastica pentru Martin Freinademetz
Peterhansel takes the early lead
Team maintains pressure
Accident of South-African Elmer Symons
Snippets from the Volkswagen bivouac
A double for Coma
Sainz expands Dakar lead
The dream is over for Team Gauloises
Al Attiyah in the lead after 90 km
Snippets from Volkswagen bivouac
Stephane Peterhansel up to fourth
Martin Freinademetz are probleme si pe pamant african
A real performance for Christian Lavieille
A disappointing day
Volkswagen driver Sainz new leader after stage 3
Spanish armada lands in Morocco
De Villiers in the lead at CP 1
Gearbox failure forces Ellen Lohr into retirement
Coma leads at CP 1
Mitsubishi climbs Dakar Rally leaderboard
Snippets from the Volkswagen bivouac
Volkswagen leaves Europe with triple lead
An emotional second day for Sperrer
Sainz and Rodrigues winners of the day
Miguel Barbosa finished 8th with his Dessoude Proto
No problems whatsoever for Lohr/de Roissard
The Rodrigues one-two
First worries for Ari Vatanen
Muller and Lavieille were 11th and 12th respectively
Difficult start into the Dakar : Bad luck on stage one
An almost perfect first day
Inceput cu probleme!
Volkswagen claims top five positions on first stage of Dakar 2007
Snippets from Volkswagen bivouac
Mitsubishi makes cautious start to defence Dakar Rally title
Volkswagen fills top 5 positions on opening stage
Faria and Sousa provisional winners of the first special section
Start of the first special stage from Dakar 2007
Jutta Kleinschmidt: I'm hoping to be on the podium
Schlesser: ''Its bite has to be as bad as its bark''
Volkswagen Team ready to go
Discovery time for Yvan Muller
Carlos Sainz looks ahead
Sylvain Poncet explains his excitement
Cyril Despres wants more from Dakar 2007
Starting signal for the Dakar 2007 has been given
Only one car for Schlesser
Alphand keen to get going
Jean-Joseph, la vie en rose
Who can perhaps beat the Mitsubishi ?
Gata de start, Martin Freinademetz va concura cu numarul 78
Eight competitive spirits, one aim
Interview with Kris Nissen
Volkswagen at the Dakar 2007
Volkswagen en route to Dakar 2007
The Dakar Rally in numbers
Heading for adventure with BFGoodrich
Turkish team ready for Dakar
Sperrer ready for 2007 Dakar challenge
The route modified for Dakar Rally
The BFGoodrich Baja T/A
Targeting an eighth Dakar win
Mitsubishi ready for punishing 2007 Dakar Rally Challenge
Volkswagen ready to roll
Teamwork is the key to success for 2007 Dakar
Martin Freinademetz merge la Dakar 2007
The Phoenix Arises as Ronn Bailey Motorsports
KTM prepares for the ultimate Adventure
Pramac groupe and official mercedez-Benz Maxdata
Team Dessoude celebrates its 25th Dakar
Toyo win Baja 1000
The Fiat Panda Cross at the Dakar 2007
New four-valve TDI-engine for 2007 Dakar
Volkswagen team presents itself at Essen Motor Show
Volkswagen team expects demanding Dakar route
A good dress rehearsal
Alphand cruises to victory
Alphand, Coma stay on victory trail
Carlos Sainz clinches second stage victory
Alphand extends Desert Challenge lead
Sainz clinches third place in heat battle
Difficult day for Carlos Sainz
Alphand takes the lead, problems for Sainz in the UAE Desert Challenge
King Carlos reins on great day for Spain
From Dubai to Abu Dhabi
UAE Desert Challenge Start Suits Volkswagen Drivers
Desert Challenge set for World Cup Super Show
Schlesser ready for big desert battle
TThe action starts on Sunday
Sainz, Vatanen call in local expert to help
Dakar dress rehearsal for Volkswagen around Dubai
Race Touareg 2 successfully completes test runs
Volkswagen travel to UAE Desert Challenge
Coma and Shmakov, Princes of Egypt
One stage away from the world title
Coma and Shmakov on the royal lane
Lavieille maintains its fifth place in the overall classification
Shmakov gets the favour of the oracle
Repsol riders keep leadership un Egypt
Lavieille and Debron take a healthy lead in T2
Yvan Muller : a very quick learner !
The desert in black and white
Race Touareg survives acid test in Morocco
Team Dessoude with Yvan Muller and ORECA at Dakar
Epilog pentru Red Bull Romaniacs 2006
Red Bull Romaniacs da drumul la motoare in Sibiu
Executia s-a amanat cu o zi
Red Bull Romaniacs 2006 inaintea startului
Red Bull Romaniacs 2006 se apropie de start
Russian crew win inaugural event
Preparing for the Pharaons
Ari Vatanen eyes Dakar
Sousa second despite major loss of time
New drivers and optimised technology
Red Bull Romaniacs 2006 incepe in Bucuresti
Africa Heritage Rally route taking shape
Baja GB organisers flooded
Good bye Henry
Second victory of the season for Giniel de Villiers
Henri Magne loses his life
Henri Magne found dead in Morocco
Volkswagen driver de Villiers continues in front
Peterhansel sets fastest time
Giniel de Villiers continues to lead Morocco Rally
Peterhansel regains second place in Morocco
Volkswagen with one-two lead after Carlos Sainz's stage victory
Peterhansel edged out of second place
Volkswagen driver Giniel de Villiers expands lead
Mitsubishi drivers hold second, fifth and sixth
Volkswagen starts Morocco with a one-two lead
Mitsubishi holds fourth, fifth and sixth places
Storms and Stars at Erfoud
Mitsubishi plans three-pronged Moroccan challenge
Nissan Aventure out to conquer the Kingdom of Morocco !
Last year's winner Volkswagen with Sainz and de Villiers
Phoenix Sport launches Dakar project with Volkswagen
Giniel de Villiers: We pushed to the finish for the win
Brillant victory for Christian Lavieille in the T2 category
De Villiers and Volkswagen win Rally Transiberico
Roma loses thrilling rally in final kilometers
Volkswagen finishes third and sixth in prologue
Mitsubishi holds first and fourth after opening stage
Volkswagen works drivers in Polo Cup
Second round for Team Nissan Aventure !
Classical route, more sand
Volkswagen contests Transiberico with de Villiers and Kahle
Alphand and Roma in new-look Transiberico Rally
Volkswagen and Jutta Kleinschmidt go their separate ways
Muller and Kahle test Race Touareg 2
Christian Lavieille wins the Production category
Second place Giniel de Villiers in Tunisia
The first half of the year we want to use primarily for testing
The first half of the year we want to use primarily for testing
Stephane Peterhansel clinches his third victory in Tunisia
Peterhansel closes in on overall victory
Giniel De Villiers in second place before the final day
Second on day for Giniel de Villiers
Punctures fail stop Peterhansel maintaining lead
Volkswagen driver Giniel de Villiers holds second place
Stage winner Peterhansel extends rally lead
Stage victory for De Villiers in Tunisia
Peterhansel extends his lead into El Borma
Team Nissan Aventure watches and waits
Volkswagen's birthday boy Carlos Sainz takes third
Peterhansel extends overall lead in Tunisia
Volkswagen start in third and fourth positions in Tunisia
Mitsubishi moves into outright lead
The Rallye d'Orient cancelled
Carlos Sainz wins prologue of Tunisia Rally
Mitsubishi holds second, third and fifth
Mitsubishi enters three cars in Rally Tunisia
Volkswagen to contest Tunisia Rally with new driver pairings
Volkswagen to contest Rally of Tunisia
Alphand and Roma take first and second in Patagonia
A double victory for Repsol
Mitsubishi holds leading two places as Patagonia Rally
Victory For Marc Coma and Nani Roma
Coma and Alphand lead the Patagonia Atacama Raid
65 entries for Patagonia-Atacama
Mitsubishi set to field Alphand and Roma in Patagonia
The challenge is near
Volkswagen to compete in 2007 Dakar Rally
Chevy Silverado Wins Score Category at Dakar
Luc Alphand, the champion who came from the cold
Thank you Marc
Giovanni Sala, bodyguard even on the podium
Nani Roma, second time lucky
Marc Coma, the Prince is crowned as the new King
Repsol takes two class victories for the first time
Alphand and Picard clinched victory in Dakar Rally
All the Mercedes-Benz vehicles make it to Dakar
Driver and co-driver comments
Volkswagen second with Giniel de Villiers
Success for Alphand, Coma and Chagin
Eleven questions to Ola Floene about his Dakar 2006 dream
A child was hit by a truck and died
From the Volkswagen bivouac
Volkswagen has second locked in its sights
Alphand will take a 17'53 lead into final stage
Chicherit wins first ever special
Alphand maintains his lead
Questions to Kris Nissen
End of a dream for Sperrer and Floene
Fretigne wins special
Roma fast at CP 1
Benoit Rousselot has still not reached Tambacounda!
Friday 13th unlucky for Sperrer and Floene
Cyril Despres second on the day
Carlos Sousa maintains 7th position overall
Sad day on the Dakar!
Luc Alphand extends rally lead
Volkswagen maintain second with Giniel de Villiers
Dakar Enduro World Championship
Coma fastest at CP 1
The fastest time for Alphand
The pressure's on Alphand
Sperrer reach Labe in a rally best 13th position
Volkswagen moves up to second with Giniel de Villiers
Alphand and Despres win special
From the Volkswagen bivouac
Alphand wins stage and takes overall
Ellen Lohr forced to retire in leg twelve
Stephane Peterhansel loses the leadership
Luc Alphand fastest at CP1
Despres fastest at CP 1
Back in Guinea
Le Team Galp Energia continues to make progress
Rousselot sets the second-fastest time in his category
Lohr wants to battle her way to the finish
Sperrer and Floene climb up the standings
De Villiers and Saby present Volkswagen with one-two
Peterhansel and Roma lose time into Bamako
African triumph
De Villiers fastest at CP1
Peterhansel and Roma lost
Narrow and dusty tracks on the menu
Carlos Sainz wins the stage
Peterhansel extends overall Dakar Rally lead
No Race For The Motorcycles Today
Sainz new fastest time at CP1
Alphand in trouble
It's been a hard day's night !
No special for the bikers
Drivers and co-drivers fit for second half
The Repsol Team announces its continuity
Ninth leg : a truly terrible day
Volkswagen retain third and fifth positions
Very sad day on Dakar 2006 !
Nightshift for Ellen Lohr and the ORC racing team
Rider's death rocks home town
Fatal accident of Australian Andy Caldecott on Dakar 2006
Andy Caldecott : Born 1964 - 2006 Died
Peterhansel moves well ahead of team mate Alphand
Despres wins special
Peter Punctures
Coma fastest, Despres second
Gordon Hummer effort fades in North African desert
Comments on the rest day
David Casteu captured his first ever success
Ellen Lohr draws positive balance
Mitsubishi prepares for final week of Dakar Rally
Volkswagen in leading trio at half-way stage
It was hell out there !
A difficult day for Benoit Rousselot !
Best finish yet for Sperrer and Floene
Team Galp Energia moves into the Top Ten overall
Volkswagen in third and fifth at half-way stage
Three questions Rene Verbist
Peter stays on track for second title defence
The Dark Side of The Moon
Magnaldi wins special
David Casteu wins special
Rear wheel problems for Sainz
Robby Gordon Hummer crashes on 7th day
Rousselot retakes the lead of the T2 category
De Gavardo second , Esteve third and Despres fourth
A rough second day in Mauritania
Carlos Sousa lyinf in 11th place overall
A typical Dakar stage
Service Unimog helps Lohr and Ruf
From the Volkswagen bivouac
Peterhansel and Alphand storm into contention for victory
Volkswagen hold third, fourth and fifth after tough stage
The Bird is Still Flying
Saby stopped again, Miller crashes
Stage for De Gavardo and Peterhansel
Problems for Saby and Sainz
De Gavardo fastest at CP1
Navigational problems
Lohr moves up in the top 30
Sperrer fights back in Mauritania
The Crash of Cyril Despres
Bad news for Despres
Thierry Magnaldi winning the special
Volkswagen leads Dakar Rally with three Race Touareg
Despres believes he has broken collar-bone
Schlesser fastest at first CP
Mitsubishi Team enters Zouerat in fifth, ninth and tenth
Three questions to Andreas Schulz
A difficult day !
Overall Coma holds the lead in front of Despres
Team Dakar USA storms back
All about making it to the finish!
Volkswagen one-two after fifth stage
Peter hits back in style
Benoit Rousselot keeps the lead of the T2 category
Sperrer and Floene overcome the odds
Mitsubishi Team closes the Gap on leaders
Carlos Sousa watches and waits
A three man battle
Three questions to Donatus Wichelhaus
Marc Coma is Still the Leader. Cyril Despres is Approaching
Fog in Tan Tan
Raphael Sperrer fighting up the order
A splendid Dakar day for Ellen Lohr in her M-Class prototype
Christian Lavieille, still leading the Nismo Challenge
Benoit Rousselot takes the lead of the T2 category
Difficult leg for Carlos Sousa
Robby Gordon Hummer team down but not out
Victory today went to Isidre Esteve
Welcome to Africa
Volkswagen heads field with three Race Touareg prototypes
Sainz is back in the overall lead
Hiroshi Masuoka out of Dakar
Mitsubishi Team endures mixed fortunes
Two Spaniards ad "The Bike" Leading
Al Attiyah fastest at CP1
First long stage across Morocco features dust and rocks
Robby Gordon scores 5th overall in third day
Benoit Rousselot second in the T2 category
Jean-Louis Schlesser wins the stage
A good warm-up for the still-serene Marc Blazquez
Three questions to Paco Crous
Three Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 prototypes in leading quintet
Raphael Sperrer back in the pace
Then Africa... And The Double Andys' Day
Set-up day for Carlos Sousa
Roma and Masuoka hold first and second places
Masuoka in front of Sainz
Benoit Rousselot sets the best time in the T2 category
An excellent warm up
Robby Gordon phone call following the Second Special
Sainz again, Faria's moment of glory
Best wishes from the Touareg drivers
Lohr delighted by first two stages results
Sperrer battles to reach Malaga
Sainz leads after second stage win
Alphand moves up the leaderboard
Volkswagen leads Dakar Rally after first stage
Three questions to Kris Nissen
Guerlain Chicherit 5th
Mitsubishi Team holds 6th, 7th, 12th, and 13th places
Cyril Despres Wins the First Stage
Sainz and Desprès leaders !
Carlos Sainz leader !
Team Dakar USA Hummer is Ready for Dakar 2006
Team Dakar USA Hummer Completes Tech Inspection
Ellen Lohr: We're perfectly prepared for the Dakar
Objective: Dakar !
Mitsubishi completes final Dakar preparations in Lisbon
World star treads new path
Carlos Sousa and the Nissan Navara wait in ambush
Preparations underway for the Nissan Dessoude Armada
Five DAF trucks not cleared to start
Al Attiyah : Nothing to do with last year's BMW
Team Nissan Aventure enters the game
Raliul Dakar sprijina Africa
Maximum 150 km/h
BFGoodrich seeking fifth consecutive Dakar win
Jutta Kleinschmidt starts her 15th Dakar
The goal is to win for Esteve and Despres
Robby Gordon: Not here to play...
Volkswagen at the Dakar Rally 2006
Off we go for day 2 of scrutineering
Scrutineering goes on nice and easily
The Dakar Rally in numbers
Volkswagen ready for the Dakar Rally
Lisbon Dakar rally route analyzed (2)
Lisbon Dakar rally route analyzed (1)
Robby Gordon Tackling the Most Difficult Challenge of His Driving Career
Many famous names at the start
Two-wheel challenge in the desert
Volkswagen without Technical Director Eduard Weidl to Dakar
Back to the roots: Dakar Rally with new regulations
Ellen Lohr and the Mercedes-Benz service fleet
Portuguese Champions seek new challenge
Volkswagen works drivers benefit from motorbike experience
Madalena Antas in a Promotech PickUp
Heading for Dakar with 27 vehicles and 78 people
Last navigation and orientation tests
Lisboa will be the motorsports capital
Luc Alphand : I love competition
Hiroshi Masuoka, ambassador of Mitsubishi in Japan
Quick helpers for the Volkswagen Dakar drivers
Interview with Stephane Peterhansel
Jordi Duran will face the adventure of the Dakar
Giovanni Sala - I can even fight for a good result
Collinge takes victory in his final rally
Dakar Rally will bring thousands of tourists to Portugal
Nani Roma, ready for his second assault on the Dakar
Girl Power at Volkswagen Motorsport
Blomqvist powers into second position
Collinge extends advantage
Collinge maintains lead
Kenyan Rob Collinge claims lead
Statements of the main figures
With the overall victory as their main aim
Nasser Al-Attiyah polishes off the opposition
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah cruises into massive lead
Volkswagen well prepared for Dakar Rally
Marc Blasquez plans the waiting game
Volkswagen welcomes challenging Dakar Rally route
Four car lineup for Mitsubishi at Dakar
Al-Attiyah to carry out major test with BMW in Qatar Baja
Isidre Esteve joins Gauloises-KTM Team
Marc Coma Cross Country Rally World Champion
Marc Coma and Repsol, 2005 Raid World Champions
Balbir Singh to join Ellen Lohr for the Dakar Rally
A crushing win for Peterhansel and Cottret
Peterhansel takes fifth stage win to extend his challenge lead
Peterhansel extends lead with two stage wins
Peterhansel cruises into 26-minute lead
Peterhansel and Roma take first and second places
Desert Challenge sets pace in Rally World Cup
Lohr aims to make her mark on Desert Challenge
Volkswagen in testing marathon
Peterhansel seeks third UAE win
Mitsubishi set for UAE desert challenge
Mitsubishi driver Luc Alphand wins Baja Portalegre
Accomplished debut for new Race Touareg 2
Carlos Sousa third-fastest on final special stage
Jutta Kleinschmidt in second place
Luc Alphand takes outright lead
Un campion adevarat
RedBull Romaniacs 2005 - Ca la noi la nimeni
Carlos Sainza va participa la Paris Dakar
Puteam sa-mi rup gatul!
Mitsubishi a supus desertul
Romeo Dunca a incheiat raliul pe locul 79
Romanul in Dakar !
Romeo Dunca e pe 75
Cronica neagra: 45 de morti in 27 de editii
Incredibil: Fabrizio Meoni s-a stins din viata astazi
Romeo Dunca inainteaza in clasament
Dunca se tine tare
Spaniolul Jose Manuel Perez a decedat la un spital din Alicante
Romeo Dunca a urcat pe 99
Etapa a opta anulata din cauze meteorologice
Furtuna in desert
Scandalul bateriilor
Paris Dakar: Stage 5
Romeo Dunca, in ceaþa
Paris Dakar : Romeo Dunca pe locul 210 dupa 3 probe
Raliul Telefonica Paris Dakar a inceput
Un roman participa in raid-ul Paris Dakar 2005
Victorie Istorica
Ramas bun DAKAR!
Nani Roma a castigat Raliul Dakar
Dakar :: Rezumatul etapei a 15-a
Mutantul de raliu
Lînga Osama bin Laden
Nisipul i-a înjumatatit
Penalizari pentru favoriti
Provocarea dunelor africane
Nissan alterneaza emotiile cu bucuriile
Raliul Dakar a pornit prin frig si prin zapada
Test de anduranta
Pregatiri pentru Rally-Raid-ul Paris-Dakar 2004
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Onyx marble bear with turquoise inlaid eyes and medicine bundle.
"Life Lines"
Medicine bundle consists of a turquoise arrowhead, turquoise and coral nuggets and shell heishi all tied with sinew.
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Bear is considered the most powerful of all of the animals and is one of the most popular subjects of fetish carvers. Bear is a spiritual guide and represents strength and self-knowledge. He also has supernatural powers, great healing powers. Bear is a symbol deliberate action, introspection, soul and insight for the past and the future. The Bear is the guardian of the West an is one of the animals of the Six Directions.
Onyx Marble (also called Mexican Onyx and Oriental Alabaster) is a type of calcite, which is one of the most common minerals present in the earth's crust. Onyx Marble is basically a banded variety of marble resembling onyx. It is somewhat translucent and banded colors include shades of yellow, pink, red, gray, and green. Onyx marble is quarried, among other places, in Mexico, California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Virginia.
Medicine Bundle - Many fetishes have a medicine bundle, offering bundle, or adornment tied on the back of the animal that consists of coral seed beads, shell heishi, feathers and other stone pieces. The bundle may be used as an offering to the fetish, to evoke the spirit of the fetish or to increase the strength of a fetish.


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|There are 12 walk-in brothels remaining at the Bahnhoftsviertel in Frankfurt/Main. Pictured above you see the biggest brothel called "Eros center": It consists out of 2 buildings, the front that is pictured and a backyard building of the same size. Although the place is big and has a huge selection of about 200 girls, it is commonly known as a ripoff place. Be aware of that! The Thai "girls" that work in the back building are mostly post-op transvestites. Better stick to the lower floors of the front building. And be carefull in the upper floors. Lots of African girls that try to grab your belongings. They promise to give it back to you, if you fuck them, but their service sucks and you might end up in big trouble with security if you don't pay!!!!
Location map:
Frankfurt Bahnhosfviertel Redlight District is very easy to find. Just
go to the main railwaystation (Hauptbahnhof) by S-Bahn, Train or car.
Go to exit "Taunusstrasse" and here you go: you are in the middle
of the biggest redlight district in Germany that offers chicas from Latin
America, girls and ladyboys from Thailand, German hookers as well as plenty
of guestworkers from many different countries.
The red marked buildings on the map actually represent active brothels that are open to males over the age of 18 years (legal age in Germany - anyhow: there are no controls!).
Right behind Amsterdam/Holland Frankfurt has the biggest redlight district in Europe. It is very bussy on weekends and on weekday mornings from 6 to 9 am (that's when Europe's top bankers get their job done before they start to work!)
Best time for quality and quantity at the same time is on weekends afternoon. (Pssssssst, it's my secret. don't fuck around other times)
What else :
|Besides the
walk-in brothels there is an abundance of bars, clubs, discos and pubs
around as well as plenty of sex shops. Some of the sex shops offer peep
shows and here are a few girls waiting outside the shops that will be
willing to come into your peep show or video cabin with you and give you
a handjob, blowjob or even full intercourse. However, be aware that these
street girls are drug adicts and usually don't undergo any kind of health
check up. It would be an understatement to call them a high risk sex partner.
Be aware!
There are many other german cities offering brothels and redlight districts similar to Frankfurt. One of the most famous city RLDs is Herbert Strasse in Hamburg.


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Marvin Hagler gives boxing fans night to remember
Boxing fans were given a night to remember thanks to legendary fighter 'Marvellous' Marvin Hagler.
Hagler, who reigned for seven years as the undisputed world middleweight champion during the 1980s, entertained a sold-out crowd of 300 at Cannock's Premier Suite last night.
The 62-year-old became the final member of the famous 'Four Kings' to visit the venue, which has become renowned for attracting the sport's biggest stars. Together with rivals Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard, Hagler was involved in a series of high-profile title fights which continue to be regarded as among the greatest of all time.
He retired in 1987 following a controversial split decision defeat to Leonard.
In Cannock, Hagler chatted to fans and posed for photos, before holding a question and answer session on stage.
"I like coming to England because of the fans," said Hagler, who now lives in Italy.
"People write to me all the time. They have been my No.1 fans.
"Not even the Americans give me the attention the English give me. This gives me the opportunity to meet those who have written to me and conversed with my by email.
"I like the fact people still recognise me. I have been retired for more than 30 years but it feels like yesterday."