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Islamabad • Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile.
The 63-year-old Sharif, who has twice served as premier, touted his success after unofficial, partial vote counts showed his Pakistan Muslim League-N party with an overwhelming lead. The party weathered a strong campaign by former cricket star Imran Khan that energized Pakistan's young people.
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Sharif expressed a desire to work with all parties to solve the country's problems in a victory speech given to his supporters in the eastern city of Lahore as his lead in the national election became apparent based on vote counts announced by Pakistan state TV.
The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif's party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats. That means he would have to put together a ruling coalition.
"I appeal to all to come sit with me at the table so that this nation can get rid of this curse of power cuts, inflation and unemployment," Sharif said, as his supporters clapped, cheered and danced in the streets.
Despite attacks against candidates, party workers and voters that killed 29 people Saturday, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers to elect the national and provincial assemblies. The high participation was a sign of Pakistanis' desire for change after years of hardship under the outgoing government, and it offered a sharp rebuke to Taliban militants and others who have tried to derail the election with attacks that have killed more than 150 people in recent weeks.
"Our country is in big trouble," said Mohammad Ali, a shopkeeper who voted in Lahore. "Our people are jobless. Our business is badly affected. We are dying every day."
The vote marked the first time a civilian government has completed its full five-year term and transferred power in democratic elections in a country that has experienced three coups and constant political instability since it was established in 1947.
The election was being watched closely by the United States, which relies on the nuclear-armed country of 180 million people for help fighting Islamic militants and negotiating an end to the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
Passion and energy were seen throughout Pakistan, as millions of people headed to the polls, waving flags and chanting slogans in support of their party. Some were young, first-time voters and others elderly Pakistanis who leaned on canes or friends for support as they dropped their vote in the ballot box.
One man, Bilal Masih, even came to a polling station in the central city of Multan dressed in his wedding attire, saying his bride could wait until he voted. He decorated his wedding car with flowers and a stuffed tiger, the symbol of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party he supports.
"I thought that this was my national duty," said Masih, who was wearing a white and red turban and had garlands of flowers around his neck.
The Pakistani Taliban, which has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government for years, tried to disrupt the election because the militants believe the country's democracy runs counter to Islam. The government responded by deploying an estimated 600,000 security personnel across the country to protect polling sites and voters.
Many Pakistanis seemed determined to cast their ballots despite a series of gun and bomb attacks.
"Yes, there are fears. But what should we do?" said Ali Khan, who was waiting to vote in the northwestern city of Peshawar, where one of the blasts took place. "Either we sit in our house and let the terrorism go on, or we come out of our homes, cast our vote, and bring in a government that can solve this problem of terrorism."
Many of the attacks in the run-up to the vote targeted secular parties. That raised concern the violence could benefit hard-line Islamists and others who take a softer line toward the militants, like Sharif and Khan, because they were able to campaign more freely.
The chief of Pakistan's election commission, Fakhruddin Ebrahim, said turnout was near 60 percent of registered voters, the highest since the 1970 election. Many Pakistanis expressed pride that so many of their fellow citizens chose to vote.
"More political activity means more awareness," said Nasira Jibran in Lahore. "More awareness means more accountability."
The apparent victor, Sharif, is the son of a wealthy industrialist, and his party is seen to have a pro-business stance. He is perhaps best known for testing Pakistan's first nuclear weapon in 1998.
Sharif was toppled in a military coup by then-army chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf in 1999 and spent years in exile in Saudi Arabia before returning to the country in 2007. His party came in second in the 2008 elections to the Pakistan People's Party and is seen as more religiously conservative.
Sharif faced a strong challenge from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. The winner of the 1992 cricket World Cup tapped into the frustrations of many Pakistani youths fed up with the country's traditional politicians.Next Page >
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MILWAUKEE (WRN) - A 61-year-old math teacher is behind bars, accused of showing pornography to a teenage student. Darrell Seppanen is charged with showing the 15-year-old girl 6 photos of a partially nude girl over a 5 week period. The student was coming to the Rufus King High School teacher's apartment for tutoring. He was arrested last Friday.
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In addition to the latest on the Ray Rice case, and the triumphant FIBA win by Team USA, here is a look at the other big sports news making headlines today, Monday, Sept. 15.
Chargers top Super Bowl champs…Manning throws 3 TD passes
The San Diego Chargers have bounced back from their season-opening loss at Arizona by beating the defending Super Bowl champs.
Philip Rivers completed 28 of 37 passes for 284 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions as the Chargers outscored the Seahawks 30-21. Rivers hit Antonio Gates for a pair of eight-yard touchdowns while the Chargers were scoring 17 straight points in the second quarter to take a 20-7 lead. Gates finished with three scoring grabs.
Russell Wilson had two touchdown passes for the Seahawks, who took their only lead on Percy Harvin's 51-yard run late in the opening period. Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch had just six carries for 36 yards.
Both teams are 1-1.
In other NFL finals:
Hardy inactive
Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera decided to bench defensive end Greg Hardy before their game against Detroit.
Rivera defended his late decision to make Hardy inactive by saying the "climate has changed" in the NFL and the team "has to get this right." Hardy was convicted in July of assault on a female and communicating threats, a ruling that he's appealing.
Rivera said he wouldn't rule out Hardy playing this season but refused to put a timetable on that decision.
Tigers widen lead
The Detroit Tigers were able to tack another game on their lead in the American League Central.
Ian Kinsler hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh and the Tigers completed a three-game sweep by beating the Indians 6-4. The victory, coupled with Kansas City's loss to Boston, increased the Tigers division lead to 1 ½ games over the Royals.
In Kansas City, Daniel Nava hit a grand slam to lead Boston to an 8-4 win over the Royals. Xander Bogaerts added a three-run homer to help the Red Sox win three of four from Royals.
In other major league finals:
Keselowski strikes first
Brad Keselowski has won the opening race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, a victory that automatically advances him into the second round.
As Kyle Larson and Kevin Harvick staged a hold-your-breath, side-by-side race for the lead following a restart with 19 laps remaining, Keselowski charged through the middle to grab control of the race. He easily pulled away from the field while Harvick and Larson had their hands full trying to hold off Jeff Gordon, who finished second. Larson was third, followed by Joey Logano and Harvick.
The Chase this year will eliminate four drivers after every third race, and a win guarantees a driver an automatic berth into the next round. Keselowski already was the top seed in the Chase after picking up his fourth win of the season last week at Richmond.
Horschel take FedEx Cup title
Billy Horschel capped off the best three weeks of his career by winning the FedEx Cup and a $10 million bonus.
He closed with a 2-under 68 for a three-shot victory over Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy in the Tour Championship and the biggest Sunday payoff in golf.
Horschel's career earnings were $4.5 million coming into the year. He was No. 69 when the playoffs began a month ago. No one had ever won the FedEx Cup starting lower than No. 19.
Kim edges Webb
South Korean teenager Hyo-Joo Kim overcame a one-shot deficit on the final hole to beat Australian veteran Karrie Webb by one shot to win the Evian Championship. Kim becomes the third-youngest major winner at 19 years, two months.
Kim trailed the 39-year-old Webb by one shot heading into the final hole. But she turned the tables with a superb birdie from 12 feet out, and Webb then missed a chance to force a playoff when a difficult attempt for par from the same distance drifted left of the hole.
Norman still has hand following chain saw accident
Greg Norman is recovering from a chain saw accident that nearly cost him his left hand.
The Hall of Fame golfer and entrepreneur was cutting back trees in his South Florida home when the weight of a branch pulled his left hand toward the chain saw. He said the blade hit him just below where a person would be wearing a wrist watch. Norman said doctors told him it missed his artery by a fraction of an inch.


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Defense Software:
Review of Defense Report on Software Development Best Practices
AIMD-00-209R: Published: Jun 15, 2000. Publicly Released: Jun 15, 2000.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) report on its efforts to adopt management best practices for software development and acquisition, focusing on whether: (1) it satisfied the Senate Committee on Armed Service's directive; and (2) the information included was accurate and complete.
GAO noted that: (1) in responding to the Committee's directive, DOD was required to report on its efforts to identify and adopt best practices in software development and on its efforts to address six additional issues--ranging from the employment of risk management in software development, to the management of requirements changes, to the development of metrics to help assess performance and pinpoint potential problems, to tracking software development rework expenditures; (2) DOD's response addressed the Committee's basic question and all six additional issues; (3) however, the responses on some issues were incomplete and others contained inaccurate or outdated information; (4) of the seven total issues, DOD's response did not fully address two issues and was inaccurate or outdated on three; (5) DOD's response also did not offer additional relevant information that could have improved the report; (6) for example, DOD has begun some initiatives under its goal of building a coherent global network that focus on developing an effective DOD software management program; and (7) this information would have provided insight into current and future DOD efforts.
Jun 10, 2014
Information Technology:Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve Efficiency and EffectivenessGAO-14-671T: Published: Jun 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 2014.
May 22, 2014
Federal Software Licenses:Better Management Needed to Achieve Significant Savings Government-WideGAO-14-413: Published: May 22, 2014. Publicly Released: May 22, 2014.
May 12, 2014
Defense Business Systems:Further Refinements Needed to Guide the Investment Management ProcessGAO-14-486: Published: May 12, 2014. Publicly Released: May 12, 2014.
May 8, 2014
Information Technology:Implementing Best Practices and Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve the Management of InvestmentsGAO-14-596T: Published: May 8, 2014. Publicly Released: May 8, 2014.
Information Technology:Agencies Need to Establish and Implement Incremental Development PoliciesGAO-14-361: Published: May 1, 2014. Publicly Released: May 8, 2014.
May 7, 2014
Information Technology:Leveraging Best Practices and Reform Initiatives Can Help Agencies Better Manage InvestmentsGAO-14-568T: Published: May 7, 2014. Publicly Released: May 7, 2014.
Apr 2, 2014
Information Technology:IRS Needs to Improve the Reliability and Transparency of Reported Investment InformationGAO-14-298: Published: Apr 2, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 2, 2014.
Feb 26, 2014
Information Technology:Leveraging Best Practices and Reform Initiatives Can Help Defense Manage Major InvestmentsGAO-14-400T: Published: Feb 26, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 26, 2014.
Feb 12, 2014
Information Technology:HUD's Expenditure Plan Satisfied Statutory Conditions; Sustained Controls and Modernization Approach NeededGAO-14-283: Published: Feb 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 2014.
Computer Matching Act:OMB and Selected Agencies Need to Ensure Consistent ImplementationGAO-14-44: Published: Jan 13, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 2014.
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Tweets coming to Bing News search results
This tidbit of information is coming via Barry Schwartz over at Search Engine Land and apparently is being rolled out on a limited basis. However for those of you lucky enough to be included, Bing News is starting to display related Tweets from Twitter as part of the news search results.
Using the example given by Schwartz the Twitter messages are showing up in a box on the right of your search results. For example searching for Japan will show a list of tweets that include the word Japan, as displayed in his post.
I personally can't verify this as my testing for the feature doesn't return the same thing. I can only assume that this is primarily a U.S. feature or that is hasn't rolled out for the everyone else in the world; which is understandable I guess as this is something that Bing has just launched.


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Like the use of to share student feedback, questions and comments #facfor13
Google Drive and other useful free collaboration tools for Educators and Students via @elearnindustry #edtech
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With so many Mercedes-Benz AMG models floating around the market at the moment, it would have been easy to forget that the German giant doesn't have a direct competitor to the Audi RS3 hatch or the BMW M135i . That's where the new A45 AMG is said to step in.
Pinned to be the most affordable AMG on sale, the A45 AMG aims to not only compete with the aforementioned BMW and Audi models, but to completely annihilate them with its performance capabilities.
The A45 AMG has actually been in development for the better part of two years, and, after spying it in many times, the first official details on the car are finally here. It is the first high-performance vehicle Mercedes has ever offered in the compact class, and according to officials it will target the age range from 30 to mid-40.
The new Mercedes A45 AMG will be making its world debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and will be put on sale in April.
UPDATE 05/21/2013: Mercedes unveiled a new commercial for the new A45 AMG. Called "Apparition" the new ad is featuring features Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg riding the car. the ad is oddly similar to Toyota's RAV4 ad, sans the high-performance hatchback, of course. Enjoy!
Updated 01/29/2014: Mercedes unveiled a new video featuring the new A45 AMG playing in the Sahara desert. Enjoy!
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UPDATE 06/27/2013:Mercedes unveiled a new video showing the Formula 1 Driver Lewis Hamilton driving the new A 45 AMG. Check out the video to see how he rates the vehicle.
Updated 11/11/2013: Mercedes unveiled a new, very cool video - called "Man against machine" - featuring champion downhill skateboarder Decio Lourenco traveling at high speed on the Franschhoek Pass in the Western Cape alongside an A 45 AMG. Please remember: professional driver was used to shot this video, so do not try this at home!
The difference between the new A45 AMG and a standard A-Class will be a more muscular appearance delivered by the former. Just like with any other AMG model, the new A45 AMG will feature a "twin blade" radiator grille and an AMG front apron painted in matte titanium grey.
Better engine cooling is ensured by large air intakes placed on the car's side, while the side sills are painted matte titanium grey. For the rear, Mercedes installed a rear apron with highlighted air outlet openings on the sides, a matte grey diffuser and, of course, the AMG sports exhaust system with two square, chrome-plated tailpipes. A final distinguishing feature is "TURBO AMG" lettering on the wing.
The interior will also include a mix of AMG features. Customers will enjoy a pair of sports seats offered in ARTICO manmade leather or DINAMICA microfiber with red contrasting top-stitching. There will also be a multifunction steering wheel with shift paddles, a dashboard trimmed in carbon fiber with five contrasting air vents in black/red and an AMG instrument cluster.
Available options:
- AMG Aerodynamics package: AMG rear aerofoil, additional flics in front apron, larger front splitter
- AMG carbon-fiber exterior mirror housing
- AMG Exterior Carbon-Fiber package: front splitter, side sill panel inserts and trim on rear apron in genuine carbon fiber
- AMG rear aerofoil
- AMG Exclusive package
- AMG multi-spoke light-alloy wheels in 8 x 19 fitted with 235/35 R 19 tires, in two variants: painted in titanium grey with high-sheen finish or in matt black with high-sheen rim flange
- AMG Night package: privacy glass, black anodized waistline trim strip, black tailpipe trims in chromed finish, radiator fins in silver chrome, high-gloss black painted finish for front splitter, exterior mirrors, side sill panel inserts and rear apron trim
- AMG Performance exhaust system incl. tailpipe trims in specific design
- AMG Performance suspension with tauter spring/damper tuning
- AMG Performance steering wheel and E-SELECT lever, electronic key with AMG emblem
- AMG Performance seats
- AMG wheel bolt covers in black with hub caps in central-locking look (for standard AMG light-alloy wheels only)
- Red painted calipers
Under the hood, the new A45 AMG carries a 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder engine that delivers a total of 360 horsepower and a peak torque of 331 pound-feet of torque, making it the most powerful four-cylinder engine out there. This amount of power is enough to sprint the car from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.6 seconds and up to a top speed of 155 mph; all this while delivering a fuel economy of 34 mpg.
This engine has been equipped with a highly effective cooling system inspired by the SLS AMG. This system includes a large cooler section at the front level combined with an additional cooler in the wheel arch and a high-performance electric pump.
There is also an AMG sports exhaust system with large pipe cross-sections and an automatically controlled exhaust flap that transforms the engine's sound into pure music.
The engine is mated to an AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed sports transmission that helps sending the engine's power to the all four wheels via to Mercedes performance-oriented AMG 4MATIC all-wheel drive system.
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|83.0 x 92.0 mm
|Compression ratio
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|265 kW (360 hp) at 6000 rpm
|Max. torque
|450 Nm at 2250 - 5000 rpm
|Engine weight (dry)
|148 kg
|Maximum engine speed
|6700 rpm
|Power density
|133 kW (181 hp)
|Peak pressure
|up to 140 bar
|Maximum charge pressure
|1.8 bar
|Fuel consumption NEDC combined
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|CO2 emissions
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|Emissions standard
|Acceleration 0-100 km/h
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|Top speed
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Suspensions and brakes
Just like with any other AMG model, the new A45 AMG features a high-performance suspension system that combines a three-link front configuration with a four-link configuration at the rear. The front suspension ensures more stability in the corners and more precise and direct feedback from the road surface, while the rear one delivers maximum driving dynamics and control.
The new A45 AMG will be offered with standard twin-spoke AMG light-alloy wheels, painted in titanium grey and fitted with 235/40R18 tires.
Also included is an AMG high-performance braking system with ventilated and perforated brake discs all round in size 350 x 32 mm (13.77 x 1.25 inches) at the front and 330 x 22 mm (12.99 x 0.86 inches) at the rear.
The model is also equipped with an electromechanical dual-pinion AMG speed-sensitive sports steering with AMG-specific, speed-dependent power assistance and a constant steering ratio (14.5: 1).
The new Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG will make its world debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and will be put on sale in April. Prices will be announced at a later date.
The idea that Audi will add an RS3 model to its lineup came to us right after it unveiled the RS3 Sportback concept back in 2011. While all we have up to this point are simple speculations, it has been rumored that the RS3 will be powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine with an output of about 350 horsepower. This is a little bit less than the A45 AMG its true, but we have strong hopes that the RS3 will look a little bit more aggressive.
When BMW finally decided to offer a high-performance version for its 1-Series - aka the M135i - everyone was pretty excited, mainly because it was among the first models of this kind. As you can see, the two other major automakers have quickly learned that the market is prepared for a compact of monstrous proportions and prepared competitors for the M135i, even more powerful ones if we may add.
The M135i is powered by a 3.0-liter straight-six-cylinder engine with M Performance TwinPower Turbo technology that delivers a total of 320 horsepower. However, you shouldn't be fooled by the 40 fewer horsepower, because the M135i is also pretty fast: 0 to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph.
With its 360 horsepower, the new A45 AMG it is indeed the most powerful sports hatch on the market, but it surely isn't the best looking one. Then again, if you consider it is also the most affordable AMG on sale it may enjoy an incredible success, but we'll see if this will really happen in the upcoming months.
- Very powerful
- Quite fast for a sports hatch
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Day 1: Nairobi - Samburu
Pick up from your Nairobi hotel or airport and drive north stopping for lunch at the Trout Tree Restaurant in Nanyuki. Proceed onwards to Samburu reserve arriving in late afternoon. Game drive enroute to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 2: Samburu - Mount Kenya Safari Club
Early morning game drive in the reserve. Breakfast and then depart for the Mt. Kenya area. Arrive at Sweetwaters camp for lunch. Afternoon game drive in the sanctuary including a visit to the chimpanzee sanctuary. Proceed to Mount Kenya Safari Club for dinner and overnight. Please note: The Mt. Kenya Safari Club dress code in the evenings after 7.00 p.m is SMART CASUAL - Jeans are not permitted.
Day 3: Mount Kenya Safari Club - Ark
Buffet Breakfast and then drive to the Aberdares arriving at the base hotel in time for lunch. After lunch transfer in the lodge's vehicles to the Ark, with perfect opportunity to see the animals from the comfort of the lodge strategically built balconies. Dinner and overnight at the Ark.
Note: Only a small overnight bag is required at the ARK. The rest of the luggage is stored at the Aberdare Country Club at no cost. Warm clothing is advisable as nights tend to be chilly.
Day 4: Ark - Nairobi
Breakfast at the lodge and then return to The Aberdares to collect the rest of your luggage. Drive back to Nairobi, arriving by lunchtime. Drop off at your hotel / airport.
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September 28, 2010
Ice currently covers more than 10 percent of our watery planet, yet its volume is continuing to decline at a staggering pace in response to our warming world. A new NASA interactive tool lets you take a close-up tour of some of the places around our planet where climate change is taking a toll on Earth's ice cover, including:
• Greenland, where the massive Ilulissat Glacier is depositing 35 to 50 cubic kilometers of icebergs into the ocean each year, raising sea level (a cubic kilometer is about 264.2 billion gallons, enough to fill 400,000 Olympic-size pools)
• The Arctic, where sea ice continues to decline in both area and volume
• Antarctica, where massive ice shelves the size of some small U.S. states have collapsed in recent years
Experience the Global Ice Viewer: http://climate.nasa.gov/GlobalIceViewer/index.cfm .
Alan Buis 818-354-0474
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Rob Windsor on WCF with REST, JSON and RSS
WCF is not just for SOAP based services and can be used with popular protocols like RSS, REST and JSON. Rob Windsor covers URI templates, the importance of HTTP GET in the programmable web, how to expose service operations via HTTP GET, how to control the format of data exposed by service operations, and finally how to use the WebOperationContext to access the specifics of HTTP.
Conquering XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9.0
In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML that you're trying to express. It will cover tips, tricks, and gotchas so that developers reach peak performance when programming against XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9.0.
Real World Web Services
In this presentation, Scott Davis provides a pragmatic, down-to-earth introduction to Web services as used in the real world by public sites, including SOAP-based, REST and POX-style examples. While the buzzword density leaves nothing to be desired, the presentation contains a very accessible introduction to the core Web services standards.
Mash-ups Meet the Enterprise
In this presentation recorded at JAOO, IBM's Rod Smith discusses how technologies such as Wikis are combined with Web services and Atom and RSS feeds to form mashups, enabling the next wave of DIY-IT by combining the flexibility of user-oriented information architecture provided by active content with that of content-in-flight to provide an easy-to-use end-user integration platform.


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Dear Prospective Students,
Thanks for your interest in Electrical Engineering at LeTourneau University. Electrical Engineering is an exciting field and one which is impacting many of the critical technologies of the 21st Century – personal computing, telecommunications, multimedia, and robotic control.
Electrical engineers use mathematics and science, particularly related to electricity, magnetism, and light, to develop systems for communications, computer hardware, power generation, motor control, navigation and defense, imaging, security, biomedical applications, and miniaturized circuits for controlling everything from appliances to vehicles. LeTourneau's B.S.E. degree with concentration in EE is designed to prepare you to apply the principles you will learn to provide for the needs of society specifically involving electronics, electricity, and energy conversion
All students in the EE concentration have coursework in Circuits, Electronics, Instrumentation and Measurement, Digital Electronics, Microcontrollers, Mechatronics, Electromagnetic Fields, and Communications. You'll have the opportunity to use modern test equipment in the labs, to work on projects for national competitions, and to be part of a design team developing a system from initial proposal to layout, fabrication, testing, and reporting.
Elective specialties in the senior year include:
A bachelor's degree in engineering (B.S.E.) with electrical concentration can provide the foundation that you will need to enter any of the areas of electrical engineering. Graduates from the EE concentration are employed at such companies and agencies as Raytheon, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Intel, IBM, NASA, Hewlett Packard, Vertex, National Semiconductor, Andrew, Honeywell, Harris, GE, and Boeing. It is our goal that they make a real contribution to the engineering profession and bring glory to God through their lives.
I would encourage you to visit the campus to see our facilities and to meet our faculty and students.
May the Lord bless you in your future.
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Being a radio DJ, we are told that we should keep our personal opinions toward artist and or songs to ourselves. After all, how would it look if a DJ came on the radio and said "Hey San Antonio, here is so in so with their crappy new song"? It wouldn't look very professional. In fact, to be honest most radio DJ's hate almost every single song they play. How would you feel if you heard the same songs over and over again every single day?
I will admit I am and will always be a fan of Kanye's first album "College Dropout". It is a classic and cannot be denied its genius. However, it did not take long before I realized I was finished with Kanye. It started out slowly, but then hearing here and there about certain things he would say or do it would just make me shake my head in disgust.
2004- Kanye walked out of the AMA's in protest when he lost an award for best new artist. Claiming he was robbed and that it was a conspiracy against him.
2005- Inappropriately pulled the race card on national television and blamed the tragic events of hurricane Katrina on President George W. Bush.
2005- A week before the grammy nominations were announced, he forewarned that if his album "Late Registration" did not win album of the year there would be a "real problem".
2006- Stormed on stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards after his video "Touch The Sky" lost to Justice and Simian's "We Are Your Friends". He inturrupted the acceptance speech claiming that his video was not only better, it cost more, and was a far more deserving video to win the award at hand.
2007- The MTV Video Music Awards he went on a rampage because he was not opening the show, not performing on the main stage, and lost selective awards to superstars like Beyonce and Justin Timerlake. His meltdown included pulling the race card once again. Claiming it was because he is African American was the only reason why he did not win nor was allowed to give the opening performance on the main stage. He vowed to never return to the VMA's again .
2009- After seeing Taylor Swift win best female video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards, he felt compelled to tell the world how he felt about it. Making his way on stage he snatched the microphone away from Ms. Swift, and pretty much said the video was underserving of the win and that Beyonce's video was much better.
Seriously? What kind of professional musician acts like this? Maybe in Kanye's world he is just trying to right injustices, but to most of us in the real world it all comes off as him crying like a baby.
People have seemed to have had enough with West. Including myself.
On Saturday, he tweeted dozens of responses of the 2009 incident saying things like "I'm sorry Taylor". He also went on to say that he lost a lot of fans in response to his antics and was deeply sorry for veering anyone away from his fanbase.
He also tweeted "I've hurt, I've bled, I've learned. I only want to do good. I am passionate I am human I am real."
Is all this too little too late? Or is it coincidental that the MTV Video Music Awards happen to be next weekend? Since the onstage disrespect to Swift he has publicly apologized. However that initially took place months ago. Having since blown over. The latest rant seemed to have come from out of no where.
It was even rumored from insiders that Swift and West were going to surprise everyone with a performance at next weekends award show. Fairly recently, West went on to say that he wrote a song for Swift that he wanted her to sing. And if she refused, he would perform it himself. Could this alleged song be the perfect opportunity for the rumored surprise performance?
To me, it is more than obvious he is hyping the 2009 incident up because of the award show next weekend. A surprise performance with Swift and West only justifies hyping it up even further.
Not only that, West has a album due to be released this fall.
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for May 27, 1998
Thick Skin, Great Wine
1986—Vidal Blanc, a French-American hybrid variety, manages quite high sugar levels in cold climates. Acid levels are also agreeably high and the flavor sufficiently fruity to make one hope that the grape will prove increasingly popular.
...British expert Jancis Robinson
Ten years later:
1996—Vidal Blanc's slow, steady ripening and thick skin make it particularly suitable for ice wine, for which it is famous in Canada.
... Jancis Robinson
1997—The Inniskillin Winery near Niagara Falls in Canada pioneered North American ice wine, and its experience shows in the quality of its wines...Some Japanese racehorse owners made a 45-minute stop at the winery and spent $10,000 on Vidal ice wine.
...The Wine Spectator Magazine
So Jancis' hope has been realized. The Vidal has found a home in snowy Ontario, which has become the world's leading producer of ice wine. Why does it pay to have a thick skin? Well, ice wine is made by allowing the grapes to partly freeze. The water in the grape juice forms solid ice crystals, while the flavor agents remain in the liquid. If the skins are too fragile, the grapes rupture during the process and the rich nectar is lost...a winelover's nightmare.
The Wine
1996 Ice Wine, Vidal Grape (harvested Jan. 1997)
The chilling details of making ice wine:
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Hi, im due to have my baby by elective section on the 4th of december but i had a growth scan yesterday as my last DD was very small at term. They saw that the amniotic fluid was very low. I have to go back on tuesday to have it re-checked. They said that if its still low then they will probably get the baby out early. I know there is a chance that it will be ok on tues, im trying to prepare myself incase they do want to get it out as it will mean SCBU. I know that the baby shouldnt have any major problems and that it will probs just need help with feeding and growing but i wondered if some of you could share your experience. If not of having low fluid then just what it was like having a baby early and in special care?
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Hi Emma,
I had Leo at 34+1 delivered by section due to pre-eclampsia. He was in special care for 3 weeks.
The initial first visit was the worst as I didnt remember him being so small when he was delivered. He was sedated with morphine as he didnt like the ventilators and he was attached to alot of machines. In hindsight I wish I had listened to the nurses when they told me not to panic at alarms etc. It took about a week for me to get used to them. He was in intensive care for 1 day, high dependency for 3 days and special care for the 17 days after that. He was breathing completely on his own and out of the incubators in 4 days. He constantly had a tube in his nose as he could not feed very well. It broke my heart to leave the hospital with all the cards and baby boy balloons etc and no baby. But I can honestly say that the weeks he was in hospital I had the best nights sleep. I didnt need to get up for the loo or a baby! lol. I also managed a night out on the bank holiday before he came home. Its a great time to build up your energy in time for the baby to come home. It also helps as you are completely prepared to take them home plus youve the practice of taking care of the baby etc as they show you the most effective ways of doing things. I am also greatful of the fact that they put him into a 4 hour routine for me so I never had the every 2 hours etc and that has helped him fall into a night pattern. He is 13 weeks old now (Really only 7) but he only gets up once in 12 hours at night now. Lastly it really helped me appreciate the time with him at home wether he was crying or ill or 2 in the morning, I didnt care cos he was with me.
It is very hard, but you get over it slowly. Once he was home, the time in hospital just didnt seem to matter. It upsets me looking back as I thought I missed out on a lot. But I try not to think of that cos really I dnt think I missed much at all.
He is a healthy 12lbs now (4lbs4oz at birth) and so happy and content.
my email adress is firstname.lastname@example.com if you want to drop me an email or ask me any questions. x x
I had Oscar on 3rd Oct, he was 38+5wks so classed as a term baby, but after 3 days he went badly jaundice and was taken to SCBU to be put on a bilibed and overhead light to help him.
I had a very positive experience of special care, the nurses were great and very supportive. That's not to say I didn't get upset at times, but then I had been wanting a home birth and to end up in hospital and then have to stay for 6 days was a slight shock but it is all worth going through as my little man is amazing!
Like Tanya said it really helps you to get prepared to take them home. One of the best things I found with him being in for that time was that I was really supported with breastfeeding so by the time he came home I was really confident with it. I don't know what you're wanting to do feedingwise but at one point Oscar really needed to get fluids into him and they did say about giving him a drip - they were happy for me to express milk and put that into the drip as well as some formula, so they are very accommodating. Fortunately we didn't need to do that in the end.
Luckily I was able to stay in a flat in SCBU because I was breastfeeding Oscar so I don't feel like I missed out on anytime with him, but if you have to leave him/her there again, like Tanya said, make the most of it because life is certainly not the same once baby is born
Hi Emma
Similar to Rach, I had planned and hoped for a home birth but wee J had other plans - he wasn't early though, far from it, he was 13 days late! After a good pregnancy I had premature rupture of membranes and 70 hours later a very stuck J was born by emergency section - once breathing, his breathing was too fast and he had a temperature from being without waters for so long so after a 5 min hug, he was taken to SUBU... (if a baby gets an infection due to lack of waters they can get very ill very quickly so they are very quick to get them treatment and make sure they are warm, fed & well) I was lucky in that he only stayed in there full time for 24 hours and was then allowed to sleep in my hospital room for the next 5 days on 4 hourly obs but had to go back to SUBU twice a day for IV drip of antibiotics and for any treatment or checks... although my birth experience was traumatic, my experience of SUBU was great - the staff were fab and really supportive, they explain everything and like Rach says, they are really supportive with feeding, etc. As Tanya says, do be prepared for noise as there are lots of beeping and machines going off and on and it can be upsetting to see - luckily J wasn't hooked up to any machines by the time I saw him so I missed that bit personally but even seeing all the other babies on them and the noises is quite distressing. The hardest bit for me that I wish I had been more prepared for was due to having a section, it was several hours before I was fit enough to be taken up in a wheelchair to see J so those hours are tough as you have just given birth but can't get up to go to your baby...
I am sure whatever happens, your baby will be thriving in no time and if he/she does need special care then be rest assured that they are very good at their job and anything you have to go through will so be worth it to hold your baby in your arms - I am grateful every day that J made it here safely and recovered well and is now totally fit & well... good luck with the birth & enjoy 'mummyhood' as it is amazing!
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Frances Green is a proud Grace Institute graduate.
"I look back on my life, every aspect, is rooted in Grace Institute and what I learned here," she said.
She is so proud that she returned to deliver the keynote address to 109 women who just completed the institute's 6-month job training program.
Rachel Szemple is one of them.
"I'm excited. I feel accomplished," Szemple said. "I've never had an opportunity like this before."
Grace Institute was founded more than 100 years ago as a tuition-free training program for immigrant women to gain job skills.
It has grown since then: 100,000 women have passed through its doors, many of them unemployed and almost half single mothers.
"We take unemployed women, give them computer and professional training," said Shari Krull, the executive director. "We guarantee that 80 percent will be placed in a full time job within one year."
Felicia Guiamara found grace after being laid off from a job she'd held for 20 years.
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New Beginnings
Date: July 15, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
On Sunday, July 5, the Rev. Mark Hillmer delivered his final sermon to the congregation at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.
For Hillmer, who became interim pastor of the church last July, the past year has been an eventful one.
He blessed approximately a dozen dogs and cats at his first "Blessing of the Animals" event last October.
He taught a confirmation class for seventh- and eighth-grade students and officiated at least seven or eight weddings. He led two services every Sunday, one traditional and one contemporary. He has led a congregation of up to 600 members on Sundays during season and as few as 100 members in the off season.
"It's a very generous congregation," Hillmer said.
Hillmer has been an ordained clergyman for all of his adult life and became a professor in 1967 at Luther Seminary, in St. Paul, Minn., where he taught Old Testament.
According to Lynn Blackledge, president of the church council, Hillmer's academic background enriched the church.
"Having been a scholar most of his life, his sermons and his Bible studies were rich and upbeat," she said.
Later this month, Hillmer will assume a one-year interim post at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, in Superior, Wisc.
In the meantime, services will be led on an alternating basis by the Rev. Robert Mursch and by supply pastors, who fill in as needed. The church is currently finalizing plans for a permanent pastor.
Blackledge praised Hillmer for his service as interim pastor.
"He was a stable force for us during this period," she said.
He was a part of the church's elaborate celebrations for Christmas and Easter and experienced the active social scene that the congregation enjoys during season.
The year before his interim term at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, Hillmer served as interim pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church, in Spencer, Iowa. He applied for the position at the St. Armands church in part because he was eager to live in Florida, having spent five winter seasons in Cape Coral.
"I was thrilled to come back to Florida for a year and happy to get to know the Sarasota area," he said.
In Sarasota, Hillmer has enjoyed watching sailboat regattas in the bay, swimming and the local cultural events, such as the opera.
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Slope of a Curve
A chord is a straight line which cuts the curve at two points.
A tangent is a straight line which touches the curve at one point only.
The slope or gradient, of a curve at a point P is the slope of the tangent to the curve at that point P.
|Slope varies as one moves along a non-linear curve.
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|The slope of the function at P is got by evaluating the slope of the cords PQ1, PQ2 and letting the point Q approach P. The limiting value gives the slope of the tangent at P
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|Slope of chord PQ
Slope of PQ -> slope of tangent to curve at P, and
But, slope of tangent to curve at a is f'(a) so we get,
Example. Let f(x) = 2x2 + 1. Find the slope of the graph of f(x) when x = 2
We need to evaluated f'(2), which is
If f(x) = 2x2 + 1, then
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|Welsh: Rhuthun
The Old Court House built in 1401
Ruthin shown within Denbighshire
|5,218 (2001)
|OS grid reference
|Principal area
|Ceremonial county
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|United Kingdom
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|North Wales
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Coordinates: 53°06′58″N 3°18′22″W / 53.116°N 3.306°W
Ruthin (/ˈrɪθɪn/ RITH-in; Welsh: Rhuthun) is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of the River Clwyd (which became apparent on several occasions in the late 1990s—new flood control works costing £3 million were inaugurated in autumn 2003).[1] Ruthin also has villages on the outskirts of the town such as Pwllglas and Rhewl.
The name 'Ruthin' comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and din (fort), and refers to the colour of the new red sandstone which forms the geologic basis of the area,[2] and from which the castle was constructed in 1277-1284. The original name of Rhuthin was 'Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr' (red castle in the sea-swamps). The town developed around the castle and the nearby mill. Maen Huail is a registered ancient monument attributed to the brother of Gildas and King Arthur and is located outside Barclays Bank (formerly Exmewe House), on St Peter's Square.
The population at the 2001 Census was 5,218[3] of whom 47% were male and 53% female. The average age of the population was 43.0 years and the population is 98.2% "white". According to the 2011 census 68% were born in Wales, with 25% being born across the border in England. Welsh language speakers account for 42% of the town's population.
North Wales Police classify Ruthin as having an "average" level of crime for their area, which itself has one of the lowest crime rates in the United Kingdom.[4]
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There is evidence of Celtic and later Roman settlements in the area. However, little is known of the history of the town before construction of Ruthin Castle started in 1277 by Dafydd, the brother of prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, but he forfeited the castle when he rebelled against King Edward I with his brother; Edward's queen, Eleanor, was in residence in 1281. The Marcher Lord, Reginald de Grey, Justiciar of Chester, was given the Cantref (an administrative district) of Deffrencloyt (= Dyffryn Clwyd, the Welsh for Vale of Clwyd), and his family ran the area for the next 226 years. The third Baron de Grey's land dispute with Owain Glyndŵr triggered Glyndŵr's rebellion against King Henry IV which began on 16 September 1400, when Glyndŵr burned Ruthin to the ground, reputedly leaving only the castle and a few other buildings standing.[5]
The Lord de Grey established a Collegiate Church in 1310. Now, the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Peter, it dominates the Ruthin skyline. The double naved church boasts two medieval carved roofs. The church is known for its musical tradition, it has a large choir of children and adults and a four manual Wadsworth-Willis Organ. Behind the church can be seen the old college buildings, school and Christ's hospital.
A Ruthin native, Sir Thomas Exmewe was Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1517-18.
The half-timbered Old Court House (built in 1401), now a branch of the NatWest Bank, features the remains of a gibbet last used to execute a Franciscan priest, Charles Meehan, also known as Mahoney. He was shipwrecked on the Welsh coast when Catholicism was equated with treason — Meehan was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1679.[6] He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987 as one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales.
During the English Civil War the castle survived an eleven-week siege, after which it was demolished by order of Parliament. The castle was rebuilt in the 19th century as a country house, and is now a luxury hotel, the Ruthin Castle Hotel.
From 1826 until 1921 the castle was the home of the Cornwallis-West family, members of Victorian and Edwardian high society.
In its 18th century heyday as a town on drovers' routes from Wales into England, Ruthin was reputed to have "a pub for every week of the year". By 2007, however, there are only eleven pubs in the town.
The first copies of the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, were printed in what is now the Siop Nain tea and gift shop on Well Street.
In 1863 the Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway, which linked in Denbigh with the Vale of Clwyd Railway (subsequently part of the London and North Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and British Rail) reached the town. The route ran from Rhyl on the north coast, through Denbigh and Ruthin to Corwen. Thereafter the line joined a route from Ruabon through Llangollen, Corwen and Bala to Barmouth. The railway and Ruthin railway station closed in 1963 as part of the Beeching Axe. The site of the town's railway station is now occupied by a large road roundabout (Brieg Roundabout) and the Ruthin Craft Centre which originally opened in 1982 but was rebuilt and reopened in 2008 [1].
Sir Henry Haydn Jones MP (1863–1950) politician, slate quarry owner, and owner of the Talyllyn Railway was brought up in the town. He is immortalised for children as Sir Handel, owner of the Skarloey Railway in Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series.
On 6 June 1947 Władysław Raczkiewicz, the first president of the Polish government in exile, died at Ruthin Castle.[7] He was buried in the Polish Cemetery in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Ruthin hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1868 and 1973. The Urdd National Eisteddfod visited Ruthin in 1992 and 2006.[8]
The town's principal school is Ysgol Brynhyfryd (Brynhyfryd School), a comprehensive school for 11-18 year olds. It was founded in 1898 as Ruthin County School for Girls (the town's boys travelling five miles by train to Denbigh High School, and vice versa). The school went co-educational with feeder junior schools up to around six miles away in 1938. The school underwent building work in the 1950s, early 1970s (when the number of pupils increased from 700 to 1000 in a few years, when the minimum school leaving age was raised from 15 to 16), and 2001-2. The school's sports facilities, including the swimming pool are used as the town's Leisure Centre, and it also features a theatre and arts complex, Theatr John Ambrose, named after the late headmaster of the school in the 1980s and 1990s, which was opened by the actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, etc.) a former pupil of Ysgol Pentrecelyn and Ysgol Maes Garmon in Mold, but brought up in Ruthin.
In 1574 Dr Gabriel Goodman re-founded Ruthin School which had been originally founded in 1284 and is one of the oldest private schools in the United Kingdom. In 1590, Goodman established Christ's Hospital for 12 poor persons around St. Peter's Church on the square, and was Dean of Westminster for 40 years (1561–1601). Ruthin School is a co-educational boarding and day school, with 227 pupils overall, 145 boarders and 82 day students (2014).[9] In September 2013, the school bought Ye Old Anchor, after its closure as a hotel in November 2012. The hotel will be transformed into a new boarding house, providing accommodation for 30 upper sixth form students.[10]
The Ruthin railway line and station were closed in the 1960s. Prior to the closure, Ruthin was connected by rail to Denbigh and Rhyl to the north, and Corwen in the south.
Nowadays, the town has a good bus service. The X50 and X5 services provide two buses per hour to Denbigh, with hourly buses continuing to Rhyl. There is an hourly service (X50) to Wrexham. Service X5 continues roughly hourly southbound to Corwen, with connections for Dolgellau and Llangollen. The Ruthin Fflecsi (numbers 70 and 77) bus service links Ruthin with the surrounding villages of Cyffylliog, Clocaenog, Bontuchel, Efenechtyd, Betws Gwerfil Goch, Melin-y-Wig, Llanelidan and Clawdd-Newydd to the west and southwest. A roughly hourly service (numbers 1 and 2) runs eastwards to Mold, and there are two buses per day (Monday - Friday) directly to Chester (service X1). Ruthin is large enough to merit its own town service, number 73. Service 76 runs to Denbigh via the villages of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Llangynhafal and Llangwyfan, and continues to Pentrecelyn, south of Ruthin. All of the above services run Monday - Saturday only. On Sundays, there is a roughly two-hourly service to Denbigh on service X50 only.
Ruthin is unusual in that all its bus services are operated by independent companies. All services except the 76 are operated by GHA Coaches, originally based in nearby Betws Gwerfil Goch. Service 76 is operated by the smaller firm of M&H Coaches.
The football team is Ruthin Town F.C.
The rugby team is Ruthin/Rhuthun R.F.C - (Teams: Minis, Youth, 3rd XV, 2nd XV, 1st XV & Women's XV [2] [3])
The 17th century Crown House, on Well Street, houses the head office of The Broadcasting Company, Europe's largest radio sports agency.[11]
On 13 June 1981 Ruthin hosted the Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board, the body which determines the laws of football.[12]
Twin Town[edit]
Ruthin is twinned with Brieg, Brittany.[13]
Ruthin Gaol[edit]
Ruthin Gaol ceased to be a prison in 1916 when the prisoners and guards were transferred to Shrewsbury. The County Council bought the buildings in 1926 and used part of them for offices, the county archives, and the town library. During the Second World War the prison buildings were used as a munitions factory, before being handed back to the County Council, when it was the headquarters of the Denbighshire Library Service. In 2004 the Gaol was extensively renovated and reopened as a museum.[14]
The first House of Correction, or Bridewell, was built at the bottom of Clwyd Street, next to the river, in 1654, to replace the Old Court House, where able-bodied idlers and the unemployed were sent to work. Following John Howard's investigations into prison conditions the Denbighshire justices resolved to build a new model prison in Ruthin on the site of the old Bridewell. Work began in January 1775. In 1802 the prison had four cells for prisoners and nine rooms for debtors. By 1837 it could hold 37 inmates. The Prisons Act of 1865 set new standards for the design of prisons — as the Ruthin County Gaol did not meet the standards plans were drawn up for a new four-storey wing, and the new prison accommodating up to 100 prisoners, in the style of London's Pentonville Prison was built at a cost of £12,000. On 1 April 1878 the Ruthin County Gaol became HM Prison Ruthin, covering the counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Merionethshire. As far as is known, only one person was ever executed in the prison, William Hughes of Denbigh, aged 42, who was hanged on 17 February 1903 for the murder of his wife, his plea of insanity having failed. Another colourful prison personality was John Jones, known as Coch Bach y Bala – who was a kleptomaniac and poacher who had spent more than half his 60 years in all the prisons of north Wales and many in England; he twice escaped from Ruthin Gaol, first on 30 November 1879 when he walked out of prison with three others while the staff were having supper — a £5 reward was offered for his capture, which happened the following 3 January. On 30 September 1913 he tunnelled out of his cell and using a rope made out of his bedding he climbed over the roof of the chapel and kitchen and got over the wall; after seven days living rough on the Nantclwyd Estate several miles away, Jones was shot in the leg by one of his pursuers, 19 year old Reginald Jones-Bateman. Jones died of shock and blood loss, while Jones-Bateman was charged with manslaughter, though the charges were subsequently dropped.
Most Haunted: Midsummer Murders filmed the series' 5th episode in Ruthin in which the team investigated a Victorian Era murder. Some of the places the episode was filmed in were the Old Gaol and the town library.
The Craft Centre[edit]
The Craft Centre had 10 studios occupied by craftsmen who could be observed by tourists working at glass blowing, ceramic manufacture, painting, furniture restoration, etc. The original Craft Centre was demolished early in 2007, and a new Craft Centre opened in July 2008 in a £4.3 million scheme which contains six craft workshops, larger galleries and an expanded craft retail gallery, two residency studios, an education space and a tourist information centre, as well as a restaurant.[15][16]
Nantclwyd y Dre[edit]
Nantclwyd y Dre (previously known as Tŷ Nantclwyd), in Castle Street, was built about 1435 by a local merchant Gronw ap Madoc, and is believed to be the oldest surviving town house in Wales. The building was sold to the county council in 1982, restored from 2004, and opened to the public in 2007. It contains seven rooms which have been restored to represent various periods in the building's history, visitors can also observe a colony of Lesser horseshoe bats in the attic rooms.[17]
Behind the house are two gardens, the 13th century inner garden and the outer Lord's Garden, itself believed to have been part of a 13th-century developed castle garden.[18] Restored in the 18th century, Lord's Garden is now itself Grade II listed. In December 2013, the council successfully applied for a grant of £177,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, which will see Lord's Garden restored and opened to the public by 2015.[19][20]
Notable people[edit]
- Doug Dailey MBE, British Cycling Logistics Manager for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, 2004 Summer Olympic Games, 2008 Summer Olympic Games and 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
- Robin Llwyd ab Owain, poet and national chair winner, has lived in Ruthin since 1979; he won the chair of the 1991 National Eisteddfod.
- Seren Gibson, glamour model, attended Ysgol Brynhyfryd.
- Neil Taylor, professional football player, attended Ysgol Brynhyfryd.
- Actors Rhys Ifans and his brother Llŷr Ifans come from Ruthin.
- Rhys Meirion the ENO opera singer.
- Cynthia Lennon, first wife of John Lennon settled in Ruthin and opened the Manor House Restaurant, Well Street and Julian Lennon attended Ruthin School.
- Eifion Lewis-Roberts, rugby union player for Ruthin who now lives in Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd, gained his first Welsh Rugby Union cap against Canada in November 2008.
- Formula One racing driver Tom Pryce was born and raised in Ruthin.
- Scarlets rugby union centre Rob Higgitt is a former resident.
- Eric Jones, climber and BASE jumper, was raised on a farm near Ruthin.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Ruthin flood defence plan unveiled". BBC Online. 2001-11-07. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ Thomas Nicholas (1991-01-01). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. ISBN 9780806313146. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ^ "2001 Census: Ruthin". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ North Wales Police: Ruthin crime levels and statistics
- ^ Northall, John. "Ruthin castle". Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ Welsh European Funding Office. "Enjoy Mediaeval Denbighshire - Ruthin". Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ Beamish, MC, MP, Major Tufton (14 June 1947). "Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz : President of Poland". "The Tablet" archive. The Tablet. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Annual Urdd youth festival begins". BBC News. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2012. "This year the eisteddfod returns to the site of the Bro Glyndwr Eisteddfod of 1992."
- ^ http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/wales/wales-north/ruthin/ruthin-school
- ^ http://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/130575/transformation-of-pub-for-school-progressing.aspx
- ^ Williamson, David (23 August 2006). "From drugs den to radio hot spot". Western Mail (WalesOnline.co.uk). Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ "1981 IFAB AGM programme" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Rhuthun - Briec twin towns". Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ Lewis, Alys (8 March 2010). "Ruthin Gaol". BBC News.
- ^ "£3.1m for craft centre's renewal". BBC North East Wales news (BBC). 2005-12-10. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ^ "Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun / Ruthin Craft Centre". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Nantclwyd y Dre". Denbighshire Council. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "The Lord's Garden, Nantclwyd y Dre, Ruthin". Clywd Powys Archeological Preservation Trust. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Christmas comes early for Lord's Garden, Ruthin". Heritage Lottery Fund. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "'Secret' garden in Denbighshire to be opened to public". BBC Wales. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
External links[edit]
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ruthin.
- Ruthin weather
- Town Council site in English
- Town Council site in Welsh
- Website of Ruthin gaol
- BBC Wales's Ruthin website
- Ruthin Show Society website
- Ruthin Produce Market website
- Ordnance Survey Geograph - dozens of photos of Ruthin
- Ruthin Gaol review with lots of photos


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The political press corps, like their sportswriter brethren, prefers to cover contests where the winner is announced before the game is played. Until somebody anoints the overdog, no underdog can be proclaimed, profiled, and scrutinized to give the competition its needed dramatic tension. And when the candidates—or teams—are so piddling that a pre-winner can't be identified, political correspondents and sportswriters panic.
Sportswriters actually have it worse, and National Football League writers worst of all, because the NFL deliberately pushes its 32 teams toward "parity" with spending caps, free agency, revenue sharing, shared TV rights, the college draft–which gives last year's worst teams the best picks–and the so-called "balanced schedule," which rewards last year's bad teams with softer match-ups this year. The end product of NFL parity is the Jacksonville Jaguars, for whom .500 is a winning percentage.
The end product of Republican Party parity is the gang of gibbering right-wingers, token libertarians, and one or two centrists currently fumbling their way through the party's presidential nomination process.
Other parallels abound. The tracking polls are the power rankings. The campaign managers are the general managers. The straw polls are the meaningless preseason games. The primaries are the regular season. The convention is the playoffs and the November election is the Super Bowl.
A political–or football–season shaped by parity stimulates the journalists doing the reporting to embrace the long-shots, especially long-shots who have recently put some points on the board. This explains the recent coverage of Herman Cain, who "upset," as the Reuters headline puts it, Rick Perry in the Florida Republican straw poll late last month. As preseason games go, the Florida straw poll barely qualifies as an inter-squad scrimmage. Only 2,657 voters were cast in the non-binding contest. The results from the Florida state Miss America pageant are more meaningful. Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, who are Cain and Perry's partners in campaign mediocrity, indicated the superfluity of the Florida straw poll by not bothering to suit up for it.


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The IRS is not alone; computer security is one of the biggest issues that all American businesses face in this age of online commerce and internet banking. Unfortunately, the issue of IT security must encompass threats that come from inside an organization as well as those that emanate from the outside.
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Knowledge, Attitude and Participation of Male and Female Nurses in Recreational Activities in Cross River State, Nigeria
Purpose: This paper investigated the knowledge, attitude and participation of Cross River State male and female nurse in recreational actives. Method and materials: The survey was adopted with a sample of 320 nurses. Questionnaire that comprised 15-item was administered. On arrival at the hospitals, permission was received from the authorities. The researchers adopted on eh sport administration of items. Independent t-test was used in analyzing the data with 0.05 level of significance. Results: The result indicated that the calculated t-values of knowledge, (11.19), attitude (11.88) and participation (7.04), were greater than the critical t-value 1.96, 1.96 and 1.96 respectively. It means that there was significance difference in knowledge, attitude and participation of Cross River State Nurses in recreational activities. Conclusion: Most nurses participate in exercise when they perceive their health to be threatened even though they are awarded that recreation improve their health and fitness.
Key words: Knowledge; Attitude; Participation; Nurses; Recreation
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Ajiduah, A.O. (1999). Introduction to Recreation. Lagos: Charole & Sons Enterprise.
Ajiduah, A.O., & Makasi, I. (1985). The Recreational Activities of Lecturers of University of Lagos. West African Journal of Physical & Health EducatioN, 2(2), 18-23.
Brown Weaver, M.T., & Thomas, R.R. (2006). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54(6), 663-675.
Bucher, C.A. (1983). Administration of Physical Education. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby.
Dewey, J. (1999). Elements of Rural Sociology. London: Macmillan Press.
Igbanugo, V.C. (2006). Sports Science: The Bedrock of Sports Development in Nigeria. Journal of International Council of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance African Region, 19(2), 48-50.
Nixon, J.E., & Jewett, A.B. (1980). An Introduction to Physical Education. U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Company.
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These Romance Acrostic poems are examples of Acrostic poems about Romance. These are the best examples of Romance Acrostic poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
Her eyes float like butterfly's
Every time he passes by
It is love in his eyes
So much that he cries
Her eyes glow when she sees him
Enough to be the sun
Ruther than the dazzling blue they are
Matt's eyes for Sharon
Are sweet and with out bitterness
Now they have fond each other they wont let go
M oment by moment the hours tick by,
I n each one I wonder and ask myself why,
S ince you have left me I feel so alone,
S o utterly empty when I should have known,
I nviting you into my heart wasn#t wise,
N ot when I knew you had other ties,
G one now the laughter of warm Summer days,
Y ou took them all with you, not wanting to stay.
O nly you coulld get under my skin like you did.
U ntil you came along I was just a big kid.
T hen I met you and everything changed,
E xcept for the fact that you were estranged,
R ecently leaving a home and a wife,
R evealing to me you still wanted that life.
I n all that you said and all that you did,
B ut I wanted you so I put in my bid,
L ike a fool I gambled my all and I lost,
Y ou were honest with me and well worth the cost.
Judy Ball
Don't ever let yourself get caught up in an affair.
When it's over it's just not worth the pain and embarrassment.
If someone is married they are off limits and if you are married you are not free to sample the other stuff out there.
You could lose everything for a cheap, very temporary thrill.
Let cooler heads prevail and don't let your loins think for you.
This poem was written to convey this message.
It is , however pure fiction so don't feel sorry for me. ;)
For Aye, Aye And A Mistress Contest by Debbie Guzzi
Generous nature nurturing our plants and family too
Altruism sprinkled with lots of hopes and loving care
Reaching for the sun and spreading warmth to many souls
Daffodils her Springtime flower pushing through the ground
Energetic grandchildren are fertilized with play
Neila My Forever Love, The Gardener of My Dreams
©2013 Rick Zablocki
The first time witnessing the twain mountain peaks,
High above the echoes of our heart beat,
Erected I stood, in awe I stare, with eyes devouring nature's beautiful souvenir.
Below the Twin crags fingers softly stroll along a sweat drenched path.
Inch by inch digits artfully tread around a shallow furrow.
Racing heart beats are like the wings of a thousand sparrows.
Down in yonder valley two fingers gently creep.
Skin shivers on the mound where the fescue freely grows.
Along the cleft, in the distal knoll, a tributary streams.
Near the wet land is a cave, a place of fertile dreams.
Desire drives daring digits to dive deeper into the warm unknown.
Tell me lover, tell me more about the birds and the bees.
How did the stork bring mother a girl like me?
Every time you're next to me, what is it that I feel?
Blazing like a fire is this tension in my blood.
Enthralled me with your touch
Engulf me in your love.
Serinade me with these words: "I love you, oh so much."
I caress you in my arms
and your beauty alarms me...
your soft skin disarms me
and your musical voice charms me...
I lose myself within you
everytime our lovemaking begins a new...
And I knew in that moment
that I had to vent my sentiments
I love you and my essence would plead too
that I drink you, I eat you, and I breath you
...I need you!...
By Soul's Floetry
Dazzling and inherent beauty
Inspiring ability within
Animating my e-motion
Maximizing my passion
Onto gravitating excellence
Needed to have my precious
To your lips, I find LOVE...
Upon your face, I find LIFE!
Living with you all through the years
I lived a life that would meant forever...
Promises will be fulfilled,
each day that we're together
So many dreams will be accomplished
with a love that never ends!
Roses of love have thorns...
to protect and guard our hearts
Our love might encountered all kinds
of hurdles and blocks!
So have no fear,
always rely on me my dear
Every time, I am wishing for your love
to cherish your precious heart
Since that day, you governed my life....
every minute, every second!
R – ound-table on romance
O – ver thinking should not even play a role
M – ore a case spontaneity
A – mple companionship
N – ot afraid to show how you feel
C – lad with mutual love and trust
E – mbark on a journey together for life
Date: 26 December 2011
Name: Wilma
Contest Name: Romance
Like a candle,
you sacrifice yourself...
In every tears you shed,
I know you suffered
Giving me warmth, hope and life
How noble is your love!
To die and lose yourself,
just to pull me away from darkness
and heartache!


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Not that big a deal in Ethiopia.
Love that this is a cake!
Wow. Who knew the Middle East was so fat?!
So 172% of Kuwait's citizens are obese? Does each additional chin count for another obese person or something? That key...
The UK really isn't that far behind us
Wait, so we aren't the fattest? GO AMERICA WE WIN
Is that done with food? lol
Are we not going to acknowledge how delicious this looks?
who is that 1% in Ethiopia, I mean really.


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Good Samaritan Injured On I-65 Recovering In Hospital
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The woman injured while helping a driver who suffered a medical episode on Interstate 65 Saturday continues to recover in the hospital.
Forty-six–year-old Ruth Wood was seriously injured when she stopped to help a teenage driver who apparently suffered a seizure near the exit at Cool Springs Boulevard on I-65 South.
Officials with the Franklin Police Department said the incident happened when a she ran to the aid of a 19-year-old driver from Dickson who ran off the road and struck a pole after having a possible medical emergency. The man apparently a second episode, accelerated the pick-up, and slammed into the back of a semi-truck -- with Wood clinging to the back of the truck.
"I just laid down because I knew we were going to go," Wood told NewsChannel 5 from her hospital bed. "I knew we were going to hit something and I didn't want to be standing."
After the collision, Wood was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical by Vanderbilt LifeFlight.
Since October of 2013, she has owned Pure Nutrition, a smoothie business in the Cool Springs area. While she recovers in the hospital, several members of the community have stepped up to help keep the business open.
"If we weren't here at the moment this would probably be closed, she has nobody to run it," said Paul Johnson who is volunteering at the business while Wood recovers.
Doctors were able to save her leg from amputation but she sustained a broken femur and hip.
"Her leg, from her hip all the way down, she's got pins it's just all over the place," said Johnson.
Wood will likely remain at Vanderbilt for a few more weeks. The driver of the pick-up truck was released Monday.
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This is a very old tin butterfly. Some of the original green paint has faded. This is from 1920s or 1930s. It is small - not much larger than the penny as shown in the picture. We don't know what is ws from or if it was a pin at one time.
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Another beautiful antique watch we have is this Gruen ladies wrist watch. Probably from the 1930s or 1940s but we don't know for sure. Runs excellent and keeps very accurate time. This is a stunning watch!
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This is a one of a kind machine age chrome necklace. This is a classic example of art deco design and construction. Beautiful all around!
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This is a rare find a small art deco era baby belt. This would have been used for a boy - probably for his first baby picture. Classic art deco lines and triangular shapes. Gold colored metal.
This is great art deco era cigarette holder in the shape of a lamp. has a music box in the base which is not in working order. Most people who see this piece initially mistake it for a lamp - a great conversation piece and an authetic item from the art deco era.
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Great Art Deco table lamp. made of delicate hand painted glass. I was able to work it to light up but it needs completely new wiring. Marked 1925 on bottom. Few as nice as this one.
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This is a wonderful piece of pottery - a Myott Pinched Neck Pitcher with unique hand painted design. Shows a great blending of colors and the pinched neck really makes the piece. Probably made in the 1930s.
Stands 7" High 5" wide.
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This is a great example in lighting design from the Art Deco period. This is a chrome table lamp with a globe dome chrome shade and planet shape to the base - in complete working condition. This lamp does show some wear from age with pitting and dullness to the chrome but in overall good condition. This is a classic 1930s lamp that would look great in any room of your house. The cord has been replaced on this lamp.
The lamp is 13" H x 6 " W
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This is another great lamp we have in stock. It is from the 1930s and probably would have been bought at a carnival or some similar venue. The Glass dice are very cool indeed with the dice marks hollowed into the glass and painted black. We had to change the cord on this lamp. Small hairline crack on top dice but it is contained within the glass and not at the surface. Works great. This very nice lamp is 10" H x 3.5" W
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This is an awesome piece - a Western-themed folk art woodcut wall hanging from the Art Deco period with a cowboy, horse and rattlesnake depicted. Marked February 11, 1934 on the back of the piece. It is very well done by the artist. Measures approx 12x12 inches.
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Art Deco Lucky Horse Shoe Fireplace Set
This is a very nice, Art Deco era chrome fireplace set. It includes the chrome-finished poker, shovel, brush and tongs. The stand is a lucky horse shoe shape and is made of a cast metal. In excellent condition. This is a decorative piece standing about 14 inches high. Probably made in the 1930s.
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We have an authentic Chase Co. Chrome Sugar Bowl with original lid and bakelite handle. It is in fair to good condition. It shows surface wear on the inside and outside - this item was used for its intended purpose. Classic example of Chase Company Design with symetrical lines and deco form.
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Keith Pogue of Mahomet-Seymour High School in Mahomet, IL was named the Chicago Bears High School "Coach of the Week" for Week 5.
Coach Pogue is in his fourth season as head coach of the Bulldogs and has a 27-9 overall record following last Friday's 60-18 win at Rantoul. The game was the fourth in a row that Pogue's offense scored seven touchdowns or more. Defensively his team allowed just one touchdown in three of the team's first four games. Mahomet-Seymour is 5-0 this season.
Pogue has guided Mahomet-Seymour into the playoffs each year he has been the head coach and his current team is ranked 6th in Class 5A. Pogue is also head coach of Mahomet-Seymour's track and field program.
In honor of Pogue, $1,500 will be donated to Mahomet-Seymour High School's football program. Pogue will be invited to the Bears-Seahawks game on Sunday, December 18, and will be recognized during an on-field ceremony that day. He will also receive a framed certificate and will have the opportunity to attend a Bears practice and "chalk-talk" with Bears Head Coach Lovie Smith and other 2011 "Coach of the Week" honorees.
The Chicago Bears "Coach of the Week" program entered its 16th season this year. The program honors outstanding Illinois high school coaches who develop players' football skills and knowledge, character, leadership, discipline, and teamwork abilities. Other criteria considered include unique coaching methodology, community and off-field components, school and community support, volunteerism, and, most importantly, contributions to players' long-term success on and off the field.
The program will run for nine weeks from August 29 through October 24. Deserving high school coaches are nominated by a panel of local prep authorities, and the winning "Coach of the Week" is selected each week. The Chicago Bears will make a $1,500 contribution to the football program at each winning coach's school.
Since the program's inception, the Bears have donated over $198,000 to Illinois high schools in support of their football programs. For more information, log on to www.chicagobears.com/community or call the Chicago Bears Community Relations department at (847) 739-5308.
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Sunday evening apartment fire
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Fire crews were called to the scene of an apartment fire at 8115 Lake Avenue in the Lyndon neighborhood of Louisville. The fire was reported around 4:30 and the building was evacuated around 4: 45 Sunday evening.
We are told the fire started in a unit on the third floor of the Westbury Harbor Apartment Complex. Fire officials are not sure what room the fire started in, but they say it spread to the attic causing the roof to collapse.
Brianna Goldsmith lives two floors below where the fire started. She says people were running and screaming from the building as they evacuated.
"I looked upstairs…there's flames busting out of the windows. People beating on doors saying, 'come on, come on there's a fire,'' said Goldsmith.
David Ewing lives in the unit next to where the fire started. He was home with his kids, brother and nephew when he smelled smoke.
"I thought somebody was burning something on the stove, you know burning some food. I went and I got everybody in the back and ran and knocked on all the doors. Smoke started blowing out of the building," said Ewing.
Three fire crews responded to the blaze that left 24 people displaced. Major David Howser tells WHAS11 no one was home in the apartment where the fire started. Howser says fire investigators were on the scene but it is too early to tell what may have started the blaze.
At least one unit has been destroyed by the fire and 12 other units were affected. No one was injured.
The Red Cross is helping the displaced families.


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ec: Your friendship with Ayrton Senna was well known. How did you become friends and was there something even in FF that made him stand out?
KS: I first met Ayrton at Brands Hatch in March 1981. I had taken lots of photos of him at the opening Formula Ford race at Thruxton, as I was working for a Brazilian magazine that wanted images of Brazilian drivers racing in England. I was shy back then, so never introduced myself. But at Brands Hatch, Ayrton approached me and enquired if I was a professional photographer. When I said I was, he said he needed photos of him racing sent to Brazil on a regular basis. On that day, he won his first race and I got some great photos of him celebrating on the podium late in the evening. From then on, I continued working with him, taking photographs, writing his press releases, answering his fan mail and handling his PR work for three years.
In the early days, we had both a professional relationship and a personal friendship. I would often stay at the house he shared with fellow Brazilian driver Mauricio Gugelmin and talk about music, movies, cars, women and Brazil. In return, he would stay at my house when he raced at Oulton Park. I celebrated with him when he won his junior formulae championships and he invited me to Brazil for his first F1 race, paying for the airfare and the hotel.
He was very professional and focused from the outset, and knew exactly what he had to do to make it into F1. Fundamentally though, it was his undoubted talent that made him stand out. He was on the pace instantly in pretty much anything he sat in.
ec: Senna seemed ahead of the game early on, how did those early press releases start up? It was rare to see one about a driver at the top, let alone the first step of the ladder.
KS: Ayrton was acutely aware of the importance of self-promotion. He was keen to have his PR in English, as he figured that to gain the attention of those that count--the F1 team owners and managers--the majority would be English-speaking. He asked me to write them.
We would send these releases to all the F1 team managers and 30 international motorsport magazines to keep them informed of how Senna was performing. He also had them translated and sent to Brazil, as it was important for his Brazilian sponsors and their media to be aware of his rising fortunes.
It was from these releases that I began receiving phone calls from Bernie Ecclestone, Peter Warr and Frank Williams enquiring about this young Brazilian. To be honest, I was too young and inexperienced to know how to handle them, so I passed them onto Ayrton. But it was clear the releases had achieved the desired result.
ec: F1 used to move along at slow pace where even a two- or three-year-old car could still win races. When did you see the pace develop and who would you credit?
KS: I disagree. Certainly there have been cars like the Lotus 72 or the McLaren M23 in the '70s that raced with great success for many seasons. But it's wrong to think the cars remained unchanged from season to season, or even race to race. Formula One has always been about relentless development--the drive to provide the most powerful engine or the most efficient aerodynamic package. The McLaren M23 Denny Hulme debuted in 1973 was a very different beast under the skin from the one Hunt and Mass drove in 1977. Going back through our archive from the late David Phipps, it's clear that developments in the 1960s and 1970s were brought on-stream with as much, if not more, regularity than now. Look at Lotus' four-wheel-drive car of the late '60s or their turbine car of 1971, Tyrrell's six-wheeled car from 1976, the tall wings from the late '60s developed almost from session to session, experiments with brakes, suspensions, fuel tanks and so on. There was greater freedom within the rules then to be radical, so new ideas were tried more frequently, something I think is sadly missing in F1 now.