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Chicago Walking Tour: Art Deco Architecture
Reviewed by: GLYN R, United Kingdom, December 2013
Informative the guide did a great job
Reviewed by: Rose Marie F, July 2013
I have always loved Art Deco, so this tour was just what I wanted. The guide was very informative and well versed in the elements of art deco. The length of the tour was just right.
Reviewed by: Peter S, July 2013
Saw places I didn't know existed. Very informative.
Reviewed by: Jade B, July 2013
Wonderful tour, with a charming and knowledgeable guide. Definitely worth the money, but do book in advance!
Reviewed by: Sandra C, June 2013
What a great way to see Chicago and learn about a creative time in architecture. Informative guide and the tour was well paced to see a lot. The listening devices helped greatly. No piece of information was lost. Highly recommend this short 2 hour walk around Chicago.
Reviewed by: Michael B, Australia, June 2013
A must do! While we had admired many of the buildings we saw on the tour having the history of the Art Deco movement and the buildings explained was worth the cost. The tour guides are passionate about their subjects.
Reviewed by: Francisco F, September 2012
The steet tour was very enlighting, the tour guide a very experienced and nice one we really enjoyed it thanks.


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Jon Pierik
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
Nine takes block, defends its pitch
Jon Pierik While Channel Nine insists there won't be a shake-up, an injection of fresh faces means life in its commentary box could become a tight squeeze if it secures a new agreement with Cricket Australia.
Nine talks tough over cricket's absent stars
Jon Pierik CHANNEL Nine, one of Cricket Australia's key allies, has expressed displeasure at the sport's rotation policy after Sachin Tendulkar and Mike Hussey were rested from yesterday's one-day international...

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James West, 81 - June 17, 2009
James "Jim" Harlan West, 81, of Gothenburg died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Gothenburg Memorial Hospital.
Services were held June 13 at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg with the Rev. Matt Coplen officiating. Burial took place at the Gothenburg Cemetery.
West was born March 8, 1928, to Willard and Edith (Ehmen) West at Gothenburg. He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1946.
On Oct. 23, 1949, he married Doris Janus at Gothenburg, where the couple continued to reside. To this union, two children were born.
He served his country with the U.S. Army from 1949-1952, and was stationed in Germany.
West worked for Cornhusker Hardware for 28 years and Farmland Coop for 10 years.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1945, the Gothenburg Fire Department for 25 years, the American Legion, VFW and Mason Lodge 32 AF-AM. He also served on the Board of Public Works for four years and the Hospital Board for three years.
West was preceded in death by: his wife, Doris; his parents, Willard and Edith West; six sisters—Velma West, Jean West, Gretchen West, Treva West, Arlene West and Carol West.
Survivors include: his son, Taun (Charlene) West of Lexington; his daughter, Taine (Shane) Fruit of Ogallala; grandchildren—Jessica West, Destinee (Cory) Steinke, Shayna (fiance, Tyler Swaney) Fruit, Tanner Fruit and Tayler Fruit; numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church, the Alzheimer's Association and the Gothenburg Volunteer Fire Department.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com.
Arrangements have been placed in the care of Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg.
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Tiznow Filly Brings $1.1M at Keeneland
Stonereath Farm went to $1.1 million for a Tiznow filly Sept. 10 at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Consigned by Stone Farm, she's the second million-dollar filly to sell on the day.
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|Christophe Clement
|Leigh Delacour
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|Alan E. Goldberg
|Thai Haku (IRE)
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Stonereath Farm went to $1.1 million for a Tiznow filly Sept. 10 at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Consigned by Stone Farm, she's the second million-dollar filly to sell on the day.
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Pianist put away pacesetter Assateague in upper stretch and scurried home two lengths in front for her second graded win of the year in the $200,000 Athenia Stakes (gr. IIIT) oct. 12 at Belmont Park.
Trainer Chad Brown, enjoying remarkable success with his grass runners in recent months, sends out a strong pair in Samitar and Pianist for the $200,000 Athenia Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park Oct. 12.
Alex's Pal, whose stakes winners include multiple grade II winner C C's Pal, will stand this year at Albert Geldmacher's Centennial Farm of New York near Gilbertsville, N.Y.
Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred La Cloche, a half sister to Winter Memories, came flying with a tremendous late kick to win the $150,000 Athenia Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park Oct. 13.
While Ruthenia and Laughing are co-highweights in the $150,000 Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park, they do not figure to hook up until late in the 1 1/16-mile turf race for females because of their different running styles.
Headed by national female sprint champion Musical Romance and multiple grade I winner Turbulent Descent, the $200,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) Sept. 22 at Belmont Park came up as an exceptionally tough race.
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C C's Pal closed into a torrid pace and held off a late run from Island Bound to get the victory Aug. 3 in the $200,000 Honorable Miss (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.
C C's Pal, who has won or placed in 22 of 30 starts for owner Eric Fein and trainer Rick Dutrow, tops the eight-horse field of older fillies and mares entered in the Aug. 3 Honorable Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga.
Silver Screamer, winner of the June 30 Eatontown Handicap (gr. IIIT) last out, is the 123-pound high weight in a field of eight fillies and mares entered for the $150,000 Taylor Made Matchmaker Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 29.
Derwin's Star, taking advantage of a seam at the head of the stretch, streaked to her first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses (gr. III) July 1 at Belmont Park.
Gaining the services of jockey Jose Espinoza for the first time, Silver Screamer kicked clear under urging in the stretch to prevail by 1 1/2 lengths in the June 30 Eatontown Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park.
Eric Fein's C C's Pal searches for her second straight graded stakes victory July 1 at Belmont Park, facing seasoned sprinters in the $150,000 Bed O' Roses Handicap (gr. II).
The June 30 Eatontown Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park has attracted a diverse group of fillies and mares, with graded stakes winners Ruthenia, Heavenly Landing, and Unbridled Humor being the standouts.
C C's Pal defeated Nicole H by a neck to win the Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park June 2.
Fourth as the favorite in the My Juliet Stakes, Nicole H makes a one-week turnaround for trainer Michael Hushion in the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) June 2 at Belmont Park.
Virginia Kraft Payson's Ruthenia made the most of her Monmouth Park debut with a come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Violet Stakes (gr. IIIT) May 28 at the New Jersey racetrack.
Unbridled Humor will be looking for her first win of the year and her first graded stakes victory since last September when she goes postward in the $100,000 Violet Stakes (gr. IIIT) over the Monmouth Park turf May 28.
Locally based Winning Image, owned by Martin Scafidi, asserted herself early and ended up wiring the field in the $150,000 My Juliet Stakes at Parx Racing May 26.
Five female sprinters with a combined 34 victories were entered in the $150,000 My Juliet Stakes, the May 26 feature that begins the 2012 stakes schedule in earnest at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania.
Godolphin Racing's It's Tricky swung three-wide into the stretch, fought her way to the front, and drew clear by 3 1/2 lengths in the $200,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct April 14.
Dual grade I winner It's Tricky will cut back to seven furlongs as she heads a field of seven fillies and mares entered in the $200,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) April 14 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Zagora's great turn of foot delivered a win in the Hillsborough Stakes, just 3/5ths of a second off the Tampa Bay Downs track record for 1 1/8 miles on the turf.
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|Race 8 (AOC) at BEL on 9/18/14
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As the agriculture sector fights against the misconception of being an unprofitable sector with no/low margins, there are a number of large companies which are deriving profits in this sector. One of them is Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), whose share price has galloped from a low of $69 to a high of $104 in the last one year.
Providing some background, Monsanto provides agricultural products to farmers. Its main competitive advantage is its seed technology, which it genetically modifies and is proven to be drought and pest resistant. Given its USP, the company has been able to extend its reach to most of US. Putting things in perspective, since the seed was introduced in 1996, the company has been able to reach approximately 90% of US soybean farms.
However it has a stringent policy, wherein farmers can choose to buy new seeds every year, but are restricted from collecting second-generation seeds as the company claims that the technology has been patented. While some criticize the company as they say that nature cannot be patented but on the other hand some compare it to movie or music piracy, supporting the move.
In relation with the above, Monsanto is fighting a case in the Supreme Court. It claims that an Indiana farmer replanted the company's seeds after purchasing them second hand. And the court also seems to side with the company, saying that the farmer has violated the company's patent.
Further, another suit with Monsanto deals with its archrival DuPont (NYSE: DD). Monsanto filed a patent infringement case against DuPont, over seeds for growing herbicide-tolerant soybeans. In one of the biggest US jury verdicts, DuPont will be required to make $1.75 billion royalty payments over the next 10 years and allow Monsanto to access its disease-resistance and corn-defoliation traits. The upcoming Monsanto 10-Q should hopefully provide details with what the company plans to do with the cash.
The company recently raised its full-year guidance due to better-than expected second-quarter earnings. It raised its guidance from its January goal of EPS $4.30 - $4.40 to $4.40 - $4.50. Further, its Chairman and Chief Executive Hugh Grant, also mentioned that if it is able to achieve this forecast, it will be the third consecutive year of greater than 20% growth in its EPS.
Its 2Q13 revenue increased 15% and net earnings increased 22% based on continued growth of its global corn business and positive performance of its agricultural productivity segment.
The company is strongly focused on growth and last year it set a record with 18 projects in the development. It has already started distributing its new highly resistant corn hybrids and sees a huge opportunity in Latin America where it plans to launch its double and triple-stack corn.
Its key competitors include DuPont and Syngenta (NYSE: SYT).
For 4Q, DuPont reported weak results with earning declining 70% due to flat sales and de-leverage in its costs. Although its agricultural division is the fastest growing division adding $311 million in sales in FY12 vs. last year, it still experienced headwinds from lower volume and currency fluctuations. The company plans to cut down its costs from about $300 million - $450 million to about $300 million in 2013. It provided guidance in line with analyst expectations with EPS of 3.85 to $4.05 on revenue of $36 billion.
Syngenta provided strong FY12 results with sales increasing 7% and net income increasing 17% over last year. It experienced strong growth rates of 8% and 11% in developed and emerging regions, respectively. However, it is important to note that the company has been accused for human rights violation in South America and its herbicides and pesticides have been subject matter for various safety investigations.
Out of the three, DuPont is the largest in terms of revenue and has the highest dividend yield but it falls short on its margins, which look dismal when compared to its peers. Monsanto on the other hand, has posted strong revenue growth and margins and also has the lowest debt levels among the three.
Out of the three, Monsanto does fall behind on its dividend yield, but its share prices have rallied by 31% in the last one year as compared to Syngenta's 20% increase and DuPont's 7% decline.
Monsanto is poised for growth due to its upcoming projects and given the recent droughts that have affected America. In comparison to its peers, it seems to be the most expensive with a PE of 24. But this seems warranted given the company's future growth plans and expected 18% growth in EPS. Given its strong revenue as well as future cash flows from its recent ruling with DuPont, the company is a definite "Buy."
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The Kansas State Wildcats and Oregon Ducks will do battle in the Fiesta Bowl for all of the Tostitos. The Fiesta Bowl showdown will take place on January 3rd at 8:30 p.m. ET in Glendale, Arizona.
Fans will be treated to a high-powered offensive match up that features Heisman Trophy candidates Collin Klein and Kenjon Barner.
Kansas State wrapped up the Big 12 Championship with their win over the Texas Longhorns on Saturday and the Ducks will get to play in a top notch bowl game against a top-ranked opponent. While Oregon would have preferred to represent the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl will be a great opportunity for them to put their skill on display on the national stage.
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Book your room at Staycity Serviced Apartments Christchurch
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Located steps from Christ Church Cathedral in the centre of Dublin, these 45 serviced apartments are within 1 km (0.5 mi) of the Temple Bar district, Dublin Castle, Trinity College and the Guinness Storehouse.
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Staycity Serviced Apartments Christchurch features a 24-hour front desk, tour assistance, and a safe deposit box at the reception. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
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- Total number of rooms - 37
- Number of floors - 4
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- Early check-in fee: EUR 10
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- Deposit: EUR 250 per stay
- Weekly housekeeping provided; additional cleaning fee: EUR 25 per day
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AsdGraph3D Excel Addin v1.2.1 freeware released!
Aug 18, 2008
AsdGraph3D is an OpenGL-based Excel Addin that plots 3D points, lines, line segments, surfaces or water-tight solids directly from user-specified cell ranges within MS Excel worksheets (of one or several open workbooks). Unlike other 3D plotters, AsdGraph3D works seamlessly within Excel, i.e., no flipping back and forth between Excel and a separate, disjoint 3D plotting package. Version 1.2.1 includes both AsdGraph3D Standard (freeware) and AsdGraph3D Professional.
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On October 1st, French pharmaceutical startup Antabio announced that it had crowd funded its way into existence, with the help of French-based crowd funding service WiSEED. Later reports indicated that some 200 investors had contributed roughly $388,000 to help the company begin work on its stated goal, to find new ways of countering the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
And on October 4th, Princeton University fellow Ethan Perlstein launched the Crowdsourcing Discovery project on US-based crowd funding service RocketHub, attempting to raise $25,000 towards a three month scientific study to investigate the precise effects of amphetamines on the brain. The goal is, by crowd funding standards, modest, but the prospect is relatively unprecedented. The most generous fuelers, as RocketHub calls its contributors, would participate in brainstorming sessions to help shape the final paper, which would ultimately be submitted to an open access scholarly journal.
If both Antabio and Perlstein can produce results, the impact on the way we fund and conduct science could be dramatic. Even if they don't, the basic premise, that the crowd can back specific kinds of research, and presumably receive some sort of direct reward, has been validated. The news this past June of the crowd funded discovery of a 4-year-old's genetic disorder was big, but in keeping with the unimpeachable rubric of trends materializing in threes, this is the month when crowd funded science arrived.
Maybe it's no surprise, then, that it's already starting to look a little unseemly. Not so much in the case of that little girl, or Antabio, which issued a relatively detail-light press release about its fundraising, and whose interaction with WiSEED—how much it's earned, what its specific stretch goals might be—is almost impenetrable to outsiders. Though the mechanics of crowd funding differ from traditional investment models, by all accounts, WiSEED has simply mapped old conventions to an online interface. Backers typically become shareholders, contributing a minimum of €100 per company. And WiSEED's portfolio of startups is extremely limited, and restricted to actual startups as opposed to projects—no performance-artist residencies or "send me to comedy school" campaigns to speak of.
Crowdsourcing Discovery, on the other hand, embraces the new hucksterism of Kickstarter-era crowd funding with gusto, including the requisite "aren't we adorable?" video pitch. Set to a bouncy score, the stop-motion clip effectively summarizes the project's goals—to not only enhance our understanding of what meth and other amphetamines actually do to our brains, but to pioneer a new, more open approach to scientific investigation, an alternative to the grant-request paradigm and its 80 percent (on average, per scientist) rejection rate.
It's crazy cute. Words and faces chalk themselves out on blackboards, an array of props wiggle to and fro, and a candle turns into a rocket. And yet, there are moments like the one up top, where the promise of blog updates and video reports is accompanied by … hold up, is that Walter White and Jesse, from Breaking Bad? Maybe. After all, some incarnation of meth will have to be "cooked," or obtained, really, or otherwise manipulated in the lab. Why not drop some subtle illustration humor into your plea to launch a rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific exploration of the potentially crippling and lethal neurological impact of amphetamines?
In fact, it's not my overactive, pearl-clutching imagination—Perlstein was upfront with this bit back in September, with a blog post titled "Crowdfund my meth lab, yo," featuring a full-on photo from Breaking Bad. Hooray for scientists being sort of badass! And yet, there's a quality to this project that's unsettling, and that doesn't appear to have been mentioned in previous coverage. In the world of marketing we've sailed past edgy, and even irreverent, and are circling a vortex of abject Bunuelian weirdness, where Old Spice cements its brand with interactive, drum-controlling pectoral muscles, and nothing is too cloying or off-putting, so long as it works. But is science supposed to sing and dance for us? Should a not-for-profit study, seeking money through a service that hands over funds even if the goal isn't reached, market itself so brazenly, with all the tricks and trappings of the commercial sector?
To be fair, some of the startups on WiSEED offer their own twee animated pitches, along with more standard, anonymously corporate video presentation. But these are companies, with an expectation—or possibly a duty to their shareholders—to actively market themselves. Crowdsourcing Discovery isn't seeking profits, but it wants that money, so it's selling various levels of inclusion. If you hand over $100, the researchers will meet up with you for cocktails at some point. $200 gets you access to a brainstorming session, and $500 earns you a "real-life lab meeting," and acknowledgement in the eventual paper. The top-most tier, $1000, is worth two of those lab meetings, a Google Doc of the publication manuscript as its being drafted, and maybe, if your input is spot-on, a credit as a co-author.
This is one way of making science more accessible, and more open-source. The British government is trying another tack, requiring all tax-funded studies to be made free and available online starting next year. And the growth of open access journals around the world is challenging the hegemony of traditional, often wildly expensive scientific journals. The success or failure of Crowdsourcing Discovery—currently at $5290, out of a requested $25,000, with 39 days to go—might determine whether scientists should do as the musicians and the filmmakers and the indie game designers do, and get aggressively chummy with the public. If it works, and the competition for the science with the most mass appeal (and best booze) heats up, those ivory towers are about to get a lot more colorful. Say goodbye to that sick man of the funding world, the stodgy old grant system, and hello to an ongoing deathmatch for the jauntiest, most toe-tapping AIDS research video.
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The 2008 Splash will be unveiled in September at Frankfurt Motor Show. But is never to early to hear info about the car. This is why, Suzuki unveiled the first official images and details about this compact car. Splash will go on sale in Spring, 2008.
Based on the platform of the Swift, the Suzuki Splash is the fourth all new Suzuki model within just three years, and it epitomises Suzuki's 'Way of Life!' philosophy, underpinning its strategy of building cars that excite customers all over the world.
Styling and the design philosophy
The styling team for Splash was headed by Akira Kamio (44), who also played a big part in the styling of Swift. As early as 2003, he began to analyse the necessary characteristics for a future European mini-MPV.
It soon became clear that whilst it should not look like a shrunken version of a full-sized MPV this car must keep all of its advantages: the high seating position and resulting good all-round visibility, the pleasant feeling of space and great flexibility allowing the rear compartment to be easily turned into a substantial stowage space.
In order to get up-to-date information, a group of 10 Suzuki designers from Japan travelled to Germany in January, 2004 to spend a period of six months there. They analysed European trends in cars, fashion, lifestyle and design.
Out of their impressions and findings, they finally distilled three models, which, in so called 'car clinics', were then presented to audiences of owners of compact cars and small MPVs. In the end, these audiences favoured the model offering the optimum combination of dynamic sportiness with youthful styling, implying a positive attitude to life and maximum suitability for everyday and recreational use.
At the Paris Motor Show in late September 2006, Suzuki presented 'Project Splash', a concept car showcasing a taste of the styling of the future production-version Splash. The extremely positive response of the audience confirmed to Akira Kamio and his team that they had taken the right path for Splash.
One thing is certain: Splash will be a major player in the mini-MPV segment. While ideally suited to tight parking conditions, the 3.72 m-long car nevertheless offers sufficient space for up to five occupants plus plenty of sports and leisure equipment.
Apart from attractive styling, a cute minicar also requires the best engineering. This includes safe and precise handling, outstanding ride comfort, a high degree of environmental compatibility, and optimum passive and active safety. Hence Splash uses a 30 mm shorter wheelbase version of the Swift's platform, Suzuki's current best seller.
The chassis, steering and brakes were adapted to the new parameters in extensive tests, which included tens of thousands of miles of testing over various types of European roads, from English cobblestones, through twisty southern Spanish tracks to fast German autobahns.
Choice of three engines
Customers will have the choice of three engines – two petrol and a diesel. The petrol units are 100% Suzuki designs, a 1.0-litre 3-cylinder unit producing 65 PS (48 kW) and a 1.2-litre 4-cylinder engine developing 86 PS (63 kW). Both are of advanced four-valve-per-cylinder design, offering a sophisticated combination of smoothness, low-end torque and fuel efficiency.
Diesel fans can choose the 1.3-litre common-rail direct injection engine available with a DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter). Producing 75 PS (55 kW), this 4-cylinder unit is manufactured by Suzuki at its new diesel engine plant in India under licence from Fiat Group Automobiles.
All three engines are combined with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The 86 PS petrol version can also be ordered with a 4-speed automatic transmission. Given the stricter standards now being demanded with respect to environmental compatibility, all engines are Euro4-compliant, with CO2 emissions between 120 and 140 g/km in combination with manual transmissions.
Suzuki has paid great attention to safety measures in the design of Splash. Active safety features include ABS, brake assist, electronic brake-force distribution and ESP®. Passive safety features include six airbags (dual front side and curtain airbags), a crash-optimised, rigid passenger cell, plus seatbelt-force limiters and seatbelt pretensioners for the front seats. For enhanced pedestrian protection the front end of Splash is fitted with energy-absorbing structures.


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Basic Motorcycle Safety Tips for All Riders
Let's face it – riding a motorcycle is fun. There's just something special about jumping on a bike and heading out on the open road, and that's the reason we all ride. But riding a motorcycle is a potentially dangerous activity, and you've got to have a lot of respect for the motorcycle and the act of riding.
But everyone already knows it can be dangerous, so there's really no point in talking about motorcycle safety, right?
Wrong… Even the most experienced riders crash. Just like driving a car, an accident might not even be your fault – but when you crash on a motorcycle, you've got very little protection. It's important to be as prepared as possible in order to ride safely.
getting it wrong is usually more severe. As such, we'll hit some of the high spots to stay mindful of.
Wear a Helmet
Most states don't require you to wear a helmet… and sure, it's your right to ride without one if you want to. But why would you want to?
All sanctioned racing events require full coverage helmets and head-to-toe protection. The pros know that the gear will save their life in the event of an accident – doesn't that suggest that casual riders should protect themselves too?
Even at slow speeds, if you're knocked off your bike and your head hits the pavement, you could sustain potentially deadly head trauma. It might be tempting to leave the helmet at home on a hot day, but it's just not worth the risk.
Be a Responsible Rider
Anybody can buy a bike, but becoming a competent rider is your job. You owe it to yourself to do it – not only for your own safety, but for the safety of other people on the road. Buying the bike and getting licensed are only the beginning.
Most riders are self-taught. They buy a bike, start riding, and this is their learning experience.
We highly recommend taking a riding course, regardless of your skill level. Riding courses are available for all skill levels, from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Basic Rider Course, advanced-level supervised track days.
Machine Safety
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation has adopted a vehicle check procedure recommended before every ride. Yep. It takes a few minutes, but one day could save you – and your bike.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety strongly recommends ABS brakes, if you can get a bike with them.
Motorcycles have a ton of moving parts and much less margin for error than cars. It's in your own best interest to get a bike you can control, and to check it periodically to make sure it's in good condition.
Be Aware of Other Motorists
As any experienced rider will tell you, even if you do everything right, you can still get into an accident.
It's a well-known fact that motorcycles can be "invisible" to people who are driving cars and are visually scanning for large vehicles. This is even more true when approaching intersections. More than 50% of all crashes happen as a result of driver negligence or failure to yield to the motorcyclist's right of way.
Make sure you're good with your front brake – the front brake typically does 85-100% of the stopping. Are you good at evasive maneuvers? If not, you should take a motorcycle skills class.
At night, having reflective patches on your gear is a huge help. Extra reflectors and running lights are also an excellent boost to visibility.
Your most important takeaway from this blog post: You are the one most responsible for your own safety. Even if your bike has ABS brakes or an airbag, riding is still inherently more risky than driving a car.
While it might be riskier, riding a motorcycle is usually much more fun than driving a car, and typically more economical as well. If you have any other questions about motorcycle safety, please feel free to give us a call at 972-380-5151. We're here to answer any and all questions!
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'Minority Report' software hits the real world
The software behind the film "Minority Report" -- where Tom Cruise speeds through video on a large screen using only hand gestures -- is making its way into the real world.
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Samsung 'sells 10 mn Galaxy SIII smartphones'
South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top smartphone maker, has sold more than 10 million units of its newest Galaxy S III model since its launch about two months ago, a report said Sunday.
New clues to the early Solar System from ancient meteorites
In order to understand Earth's earliest history--its formation from Solar System material into the present-day layering of metal core and mantle, and crust--scientists look to meteorites. New research from ...
New method for associating genetic variation with crop traits
A new technique will allow plant breeders to introduce valuable crop traits even without access to the full genome sequence of that crop.
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Lighting up the plant hormone 'command system'
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Luckily for NFL fans we get our fix earlier than usual this week — there is a game on Thursday night (a reminder to get your picks in earlier than usual). We'd all be watching on Thursday night regardless of the teams, but it's hard not to get excited about Baltimore visiting Atlanta. They are two of the best teams in the NFL, both 6-2, and they each have an excellent shot at the Super Bowl. Picking a winner there wasn't easy, nor is it easy with all the other games.
The Doc is now picking at 55.4% against the spread this year and 59% straight up. The best news of all is what's going on with the Top 3. The Doc has nailed 74% of his Top 3 this year making the model of going 2-1 each week to earn money an absolute gem. Here are The Doc's Top 3 for week 10:
I'm taking Tampa Bay and laying the 6.5. Make sure you get them giving 6.5 and not 7, as a touchdown win would result in a push instead of a win. This really is a bet against the inept Carolina Panthers and Jimmy Clausen who has been one of the worst quarterbacks in the league. Carolina just placed Jeff Otah and Dan Connor on injured reserve, and their top two running backs are missing. The Bucs meanwhile seem to play well against inferior opponents. I absolutely love this matchup.
The Doc is going with the Rams +6 against the Niners. When I first saw the line I honestly thought it was a mistake. I still am waiting for someone to explain to me how the 49ers are favored by six points against anyone. Even if San Francisco were up 21-0 in the fourth quarter against the Bills and favored by six I still wouldn't bet on them. St. Louis' defense is very solid and I have a lot of faith in Sam Bradford to get at least two touchdowns on the board. That's enough to ensure they cover. If the Rams don't cover this line, I don't know anything about football.
I also like the Chiefs -1 at the Broncos. I never thought Denver was as bad as they looked giving up 59 to the Raiders, but then they went out and lost to the Niners the following weekend. They're not a bad team, but it will take more than that to beat Kansas City. The Chiefs let me down losing to the Raiders but they played well on a sloppy field and had the lead several times. Their pass defense can give Kyle Orton problems and from there, Denver's ground game will struggle. I like the Chiefs in a near pick 'em game. Analysis on all the games to follow.
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It's been nearly a week since a winter storm hammered the Quad Cities. Creating roads packed with snow and high winds making some impassable, just too dangerous to drive on. The clean up on some of those streets is still underway tonight. Because now we're seeing slick spots around town. Neighborhood streets covered with a layer of ice are now the focus. As plow drivers try to break up the layer of ice frozen to the streets. The plows have been scraping up big chunks of ice along the roads, but there's still plenty of ice left for the drivers to clear away. Davenport Public Work's Steve Russell says, "The ice came before the snow, as we removed the snow pack, you get down to the ice so we're putting salt down on certain streets, following up on all the requests for attention." The clean up faces a difficult enemy in the ice on the streets. It's sticking to the roads like glue. Russell says you'll notice it on quieter roads. "The less traveled streets are the worst because we had the ice, the snow pack, and then the heaver streets are used first, and then the residential and then as they go through it, it will stay that way for a little while," says Russell. Plow crews are focusing on those streets, spreading salt to make the ice easier to cleave away with the plow blade. There's no estimate of how long it will take to clear the roads. Russell hopes for good weather to help the process.
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Big and Small Songs, Series 3 Episode 10 of 26
Fun preschool puppet show about two unlikely best friends, Big and Small, who explore their friendship through different perspectives. Small thinks a star has fallen to Earth. He sings that it is his very own star and has the power to grant wishes.
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Venue Review: Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse
The Charlotte Observer
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The good news: Chef Tim Groody is back.
The maybe-even-better news, if you're to the north of Trade and Tryon: He's in Davidson, at the Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse. That gives the north side a much-longed-for, high-culinary-profile place.
Groody, if you're new around here, worked an executive chef (and eventual part-ownership) gig for years in uptown Charlotte at various of Pierre Bader's restaurants: Sonoma in several incarnations, and Pie Town. He's probably best known for leading the charge to use locally grown foodstuffs. When he and Bader split, he cooked a special event or two at longtime collaborator Sammy Koenigsburg's New Town Farms and pondered options.
Now, he and partners Michael LaVecchia, Chad Hollingsworth and Mike Orlando have things hopping in a handsome space in the massive, and massively cool, wedge of brick called the Stowe's Corner building. Vivid flavors and colors, smart accompaniments, a few surprises: It's Groody all over. The menu is a mash-up of comfort food, fine dining and funky fun stuff, from the signature Wagyu flatiron steak to doughnuts in a sack for dessert. It's an interesting mix, executed well if sometimes slowly, and the staff, in our experience, shares the kitchen's enthusiasm. We got strong recommendations, vivid descriptions, quick answers to questions.
That flatiron Wagyu, made with American beef (the breed Kobe comes from), is killer: juicy, flavorful and decked with a seasonal vegetable selection; on the current menu, it's kale and a hash of sweet and fingerling potatoes. At $24, it's the most expensive thing on the menu. There's also a Wagyu brisket (fattily fab) and burger, plus a non-Wagyu hanging tender, also known as a hanger or bistro steak. Quick primer: Flatiron steaks come from the shoulder, the top blade. Hangers "hang" between the rib and the loin. Both have lots of flavor, if they're prepared properly, as they are here.
Another designer name you'll find at Flatiron is Kurobuta: That's the Japanese name for Berkshire, a heritage breed of pork, and it shows up as tenderloin, and in St. Louis-style ribs with a rub employing ancho chile and coffee. These are cooked to falling-off-bone texture, with a modicum of sweet sauce, and served with a tangy slaw that's terrific.
Most of the meat dishes profit from hickory smoke on the grill, as does rosemary chicken. I've had better luck with these than the seafood; a special of delicate skate and the menu's flounder were oversalted. An appetizer of black mussels proved marvelous, though, with chorizo from a farm near China Grove, a garlicky broth and not quite enough bread to soak it up with. A daily fish dish, wild striped bass over wild rice with roasted onions, fared well, too, with clean flavors and textural contrasts.
Groody saves his more exotic ideas for the seafood specials, he says - a few pearls made with agar-agar (a gelatinous setting agent) with butternut vinaigrette amid a smoked mussel risotto, for instance. Otherwise, he keeps to a simple, seasonal path.
But even that more mainstream menu lets the diner play a bit: Fries come with a choice of sauces for dipping, as do the smallish "NYC Street Cart" soft pretzels. You're encouraged to shake the bag your dessert doughnuts come in, the better to distribute their dusting of sugar, and you get a squeeze bottle of vanilla mascarpone icing to ooze over them.
The taphouse side of the menu has familiar and less-so names. Anytime I can get Stone Ruination by the regular-sized bottle, I'm happy.
"I think we fill the niche for something different here," says Groody. The place, with a big central bar, thick wooden tables and clever artwork that shows construction details of Flatiron dishes, gets family traffic early and is developing its later-night clientele.
Something different, nicely done.
Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse brings Tim Groody and his signature vivid flavors and variety in a smart setting.(Full review)
Four of us went to Flatiron last year. Service was friendly but delivery of food from order was very slow. Appetizers of cheese plate and deviled eggs were delicious. Food was just pretty good, not great. We have not been back simply because a restaurant of this price range should offer bread when you are seated as a matter of service. It took 40 minutes from seating to receive our first appetizer. By that time everyone was well past the first cocktail, but still on an empty stomach. Not acceptable in our opinion. If you are too cheap to make some fresh bread available then it's a bad start to a nice night out.


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The number of United Kingdom tourists heading to New Zealand is expected to spike thanks to the release of the first movie in The Hobbit trilogy.
Foreign exchange company Travelex says pre-orders for New Zealand dollars in the UK are up 26 per cent compared to the same time last year.
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"Hundreds of fans of the film are making trips to New Zealand," Travelex spokesman David Swann told the Press Association.
"We predict the numbers of visitors will rise after families watch the movie during the Christmas break and see the spectacular scenery."
Tourist operators throughout New Zealand are offering a variety of Hobbit-themed tours.
Tours include a wander through the film set near Matamata and hobbit food, with themed accommodation representing the Prancing Pony Inn in The Lord of the Rings owned by Barliman Butterbur, where everything is oversized.
Crystal Cruises land and port operations vice president John Stoll told the Press Association there had been an increase in the number of people wanting to travel to New Zealand since The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
"The tours are proving to be extremely popular with our guests," he said.
The surge of interest in New Zealand from the UK will be welcome news after a steady decline in the number of tourists from the country over the last five years.
The UK is the third-biggest source of visitors to NZ after numbers fell by 17 per cent to 191,400 in the last year, putting it behind Australia and China.
Numerous campaigns have been launched to cash in on New Zealand's natural beauty which plays a starring role in the trilogy.
Tourism New Zealand gave its long-running 100 per cent pure campaign a Hobbit twist, adding "100 per cent Pure Middle-earth" to its television ads showing sweeping scenes of the rugged New Zealand landscape.
Air New Zealand created a passenger safety video featuring orcs, hobbits and elves, with Hobbit director Sir Peter Jackson also making an appearance.
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Relationship Stress May Lower Immunity
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Anxiety about rejection is associated with fewer infection-fighting T-cells.
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Anxiety about rejection is associated with fewer infection-fighting T-cells.
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In an upcoming hearing, the US Supreme Court will decide on whether police can take DNA samples from suspects who have not been convicted.
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A study suggests that some mouse models do not accurately mimic human molecular mechanisms of inflammatory response, but other mouse strains may fare better.
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Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
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Harvard geneticists and anthropologists challenge the work of two economists who say there's a link between genetic diversity and wealth.
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Researchers pinpoint a gene marker for neurons sensitive to gentle touch such as grooming.
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The Science of Love, Bad Pharma, Genes, Cells and Brains, and Nature Wars
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A putative ion channel integral to mammalian hearing turns out to be an elusive salt-sensing chemoreceptor in nematode worms.
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A genetic analysis of Siberians finds three genes that have evolved to help the populations weather the frigid winters.
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The authors of a review article on genome-wide association studies have retracted the paper due to "substantial textual overlap" with other sources.


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NBA Feet: Ray Allen – Air Jordan Hallowed Ground – St. Patrick's Day PE
March 16th, 2010 by Aaron Hope | 3 comments
Each year, the Boston Celtics break out special uniforms to celebrate what's gotta be the most popular holiday in their heavily-Irish-influenced city. St. Patrick's Day means green and gold like Notre Dame, and the Detroit Pistons couldn't keep up in this fight. The C's stomped the D by a quarter-century's worth of points, and shooting guard Ray Allen made sure luck was on his side by wearing some hot gold-on-white Air Jordan Hallowed Grounds. Green on the Jumpman insignia and medial heel clover embroidery made these a perfect match during last night's beatdown, and you can see more photos after the jump. via Yahoo!


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Wisdom delivered her servants from their ordeals." (Wis 10:9).
The first reading reminded us of the characteristics of divine wisdom, which liberates from evil and oppression those who place themselves at the service of the Lord. In fact, he is not neutral, but in his wisdom he is close to people who are fragile, discriminated against and oppressed, who abandon themselves in trust to him. This experience of Jacob and Joseph, recounted in the Old Testament, reveals two essential aspects of the life of the Church. The Church is a people who serves God; the Church is a people who lives in the freedom that he gives.
Vatican City, Jul 8, 2014 / 11:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- More than 20 Korean celebrities have come together in making a music video honoring Pope Francis' upcoming visit, and is an initiative they hope will help to overcome religious differences.
"I thought that if we united in praying for others (through this song), it would be the most beautiful flower bouquet that we could give to the pope when he arrives," actor Ahn Sung-ki, who organized the event, stated in a July 7 news conference releasing the video.


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NV Energy says most of the power has been turned back on, but about 400 customers remain without electricity in Smith Valley, Yerington, Topaz Ranch Estates and other scattered areas.
There's still no estimate, but most likely power will be restored for everyone sometime this evening.
Earlier in the day NV Energy said that 2,780 customers were affected by weather-related outages.
NV Energy says today's storm dropped a few inches of heavy, wet snow in those areas and that's resulted in several damaged poles and downed wires.
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Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to discover the man behind the science.
Ruth explores how Darwin developed the sense of wonder and curiosity about nature which would be so crucial to his work. She investigates how important his childhood collecting was to him and asks how his enthusiasm developed into a scientific understanding of the world around him. Among her interviewees are Darwin's biographer Janet Browne, geologist Richard Fortey, writer and fellow Darwin descendant Randal Keynes and Darwin scholar Gillian Beer.
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I decided to be the lame kid and choose 'fandom' for my CSSSA Prompt of the day
Because I REAAAALLLLLYYYY wanted to animate something Gravity Falls related since the chars are so fun. I kinda suck at drawing in Gravity Falls style though. Also Mabel's animated super badly. oop.
it was gonna be Dipper encountering a beastie but it ended up this instead because LIL GIDEON'S HAIR.


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Terry Richardson is the photographer du jour thanks to his scandalous shoots with Miley Cyrus, so it was inevitable that he would eventually cross paths with the original queen of shock. He snaps Madonna for her Harper's Bazaar spread and she looks every inch a goddess.
Gone are the photographer's trademark sunglasses and casual attire. Instead, the pop legend rocks an array of metallic outfits — complete with chain-mail and weapons. She exudes strength and defiance, making the spread a fitting counter-balance to her horrific rape revelation in the magazine.
Should Miley take notes from this session with Terry? Let us know in the comments below.
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The first orders for the Audi Q7 V12 TDI quattro has already been placed, despite the fact that the car is not on sale yet. But the diesel SUV launched this year at the Geneva Motor Show comes with a very bad news: it will be priced around 180,000 euro (that's around $283.000 - almost 5 times the price of the Audi Q7 4.2 Premium! - $58,600). Sales of the Q7 V12 TDI quattro will start by the end of the year.
The Q7 V12 TDI quattro is powered by the world's first V12 diesel engine that generates 500 hp of power and 1,000 Nm (757.56 lb-ft) of torque from six liters of displacement. It makes the 0 to 60 mph sprint in just 5.5 seconds while the top speed is electronically capped at 250 km/h (but on the speedometer, the range extends up to 310 km/h).


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We have 1800 students, 750 computers & 300 members of staff.
We are blessed with Capita coming on site next month to help us move our SIMS databases onto a new server, with a fresh setup.
Not wanting to waste this opportunity, I want to buy a new server to run it on, to ensure that SIMS runs as quickly as we can reasonably make it (the reality is it'll have to be an Ebay special). Capita have advised 2008 64bit enterprise for the OS, but am unsure how much server power will be needed.
Are their any IT geeks from large schools who already have a good setup that runs well? Our current server spends most of the day at 90-100% CPU usage.
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By Andrew R. Johnson
UnionPay, China's state-backed payments network, unveiled its first payment card to be issued directly to U.S. consumers Monday as it advances its global expansion plans.
The UnionPay prepaid card will be sold online and in bank branches in major U.S. cities in the coming days, executives said during a presentation at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
UnionPay and its partner, Bancorp Inc. (TBBK) of Wilmington, Del., are marketing the product primarily to Asian-American consumers as a card they can use to make purchases when traveling to China and other foreign countries where UnionPay is accepted by merchants. Customers will also be able to use it in the U.S.
Transactions made in the U.S. with the card will be settled in U.S. dollars while those made in China will be settled in yuan. Those made in other countries will be settled in their local currency.
"This is the first UnionPay card issued in the United States targeted at local cardholders," Su Ning, chairman of China UnionPay Co., said through a translator. The card will be targeted at "those U.S. residents that frequently travel to the Asia Pacific region."
Dow Jones Newswires first reported UnionPay's plans Friday.
UnionPay has rapidly expanded outside its home market, where it is the dominant payment-card brand thanks in part to requirements that have made it difficult for U.S. companies Visa Inc. (V) and MasterCard Inc. (MA) to process transactions in China.
The company was established in 2002 under approval of the State Council and People's Bank of China, and its cards are accepted in more than 141 countries and regions outside of China, according to its website.
Consumers made $3.3 trillion in purchases with UnionPay cards worldwide in 2012, up 37% from a year earlier, according to the Nilson Report, a payments-industry newsletter. That compares with $5.7 trillion in purchases made with Visa-branded cards and $2.7 trillion made with MasterCard-branded cards.
The number of UnionPay-branded cards in circulation also grew 20% last year to 3.5 billion, compared with the 2.5 billion in circulation for Visa and 1.2 billion in circulation for MasterCard.
Live Visa and MasterCard, UnionPay operates a payments network that processes transactions and partners with banks to issue its cards.
UnionPay chose Bancorp Bank, a subsidiary of Bancorp, which has $4.1 billion in assets, to issue the new prepaid card.
Bancorp Bank is largely unknown to consumers but ranks as the largest issuer of prepaid cards in the U.S., according to the Nilson Report, a payments-industry newsletter. Last year, Bancorp Bank's prepaid cards were used to make $20.6 billion in U.S. purchases, according to preliminary figures.
It issues cards that carry the names of companies and personalities including NetSpend Holdings Inc. (NTSP), personal-finance guru Suze Orman and media company Univision Communications Inc.
In addition to being marketed online, the UnionPay prepaid card will also be sold through Bancorp Bank's agent network that includes hundreds of other banks, said Betsy Cohen, chief executive of Bancorp.
The companies are also using a payments platform from financial-technology vendor Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) to operate the card program, according to James Hutchison, general manager of prepaid solutions for the company.
While the companies are pitching the card as a product consumers can use abroad, they can also use it to make purchases at merchants that accept UnionPay and Discover Financial Services (DFS) cards, a person familiar with the product said last week. Discover and UnionPay struck a deal in 2005 that allows the Chinese company's cardholders to make purchases at Discover merchants in the U.S. Similarly, Discover cardholders can use their cards at UnionPay merchants when in China.
Targeting the product at Asian-American consumers "makes sense," said Beth Robertson, a payments-industry consultant.
"It's a community ... that would be more inclined to recognize the brand and potentially trust the brand," Ms. Robertson said.
U.S. payments companies are hoping a recent decision by the World Trade Organization will open the door to more business opportunities in China.
Acting on a complaint filed by the U.S. in 2010, the WTO ruled last July that China's rules preventing foreign companies from processing domestic card transactions gave UnionPay "full and unencumbered access" to its domestic market. It called for China to drop such restrictions against foreign payment networks and banks.
It remains to be seen whether the decision will give Visa and MasterCard more direct access to the Chinese market, which is why UnionPay's new U.S. deal may spark concerns for investors, said Donald Fandetti, an analyst with Citigroup Inc. (C).
"I think it will be viewed with some amount of concern on one hand, but I think people will feel a little bit better because it's" a prepaid card, Mr. Fandetti said in an interview last week. "Any further aggressive moves by ... UnionPay would raise investor fears."
In promoting a prepaid card, UnionPay is targeting a market that is projected to grow significantly in the coming years.
The amount of money loaded on general-purpose, reloadable prepaid cards almost tripled from 2008 to 2012, rising to $76.7 billion, according to Mercator Advisory Group. It predicted the number will rise to $168.4 billion by 2015.
Such cards function like a regular debit card and can be used to make purchases online and in physical stores. But most prepaid cards aren't attached to a checking account and are often targeted to consumers underserved by mainstream financial institutions.
However, the market's growth in the last two years has been boosted by large lenders including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM), American Express Co. (AXP) and U.S. Bancorp (USB), which have rolled out competing prepaid products.
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For the third consecutive year, Federal Way's Kiel Hicks earned a spot on Team USA in karate.
Hicks will be a freshman at Thomas Jefferson High School in the fall and this year, he finished as the national champion in the 14-year-old male Elite Kata (forms) Division. Hicks will now represent the United States at the 2011 Junior World Karate Championships in Melaka, Malaysia, in October.
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