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Does anyone have any suggesting on separating the cap deck of the Spartan from the hull? I want to try a make a mold to fiberglass.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
I have taken a couple apart.
Along both sides they tend to separate fairly easily once you get them started. a thin screwdriver or knife to ease the seam apart then pressing in on the hull while working the deck seam and it should separate fairly easily.
The seam at the stern is another matter, it has always been better bonded, and was I unsuccessful both times separating the rear seam without some damage to the deck section.
They should make a Fiberglass Hull on the spartan, so that it will be more stable and prone from tearing apart.
Sharing is the best thing to do on EARTH legally.
Have you considered making one out of carbon fiber?
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lol cause one guy here saying his come apart by itself then your asking how to. but yeah do what hog says just make sure you clean the glue off good. carbon fiber would be nice better yet make a mold on the hull too.
humay has left the building, peace.
If you're sucessful in making a carbon fiber hull, you would be making some SERIOUS cash.
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Is there anything that can dissolve the glue holding the deck to hull?
I like your idea, Hog, but I don't want damage. What kind of damage did you experience? Any pics?
What about heating the glue with a blow dryer or heat gun set on low? I did something similar to take apart my headlight housings on my car and it came right apart with one good pull.
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Don't know that you could dissolve the adhesive without damaging the plastic.
I just split another hull a couple minutes ago. This is one that I damaged in a crash early in the season.
The deck was already starting to separate at the area of impact, so i had a starting point.
Using the sdame procedure I used before I easily separated the deck without damage along both sides.
I then used a thin sharp knife and started it up under the seam on the stern, then slid it under the seam the length of the stern.
The deck separated with no damage to deck or hull (exception being the damage already caused by the collision). This hull did not appear to be as well bonded at the stern as the first two I split.
Hog: You're giving me hope brotha! Now time to buy some hulls! Hog: do you have any hulls you might be willing to part with? Damaged or not, i need both top and bottom. I can easily smooth out any damage with fiberglass work. Then make my mold for a final fiberglass hull and cap deck, which will then allow me lay some CF down in the negative I created with the fiberglass molds. My only concern is that I have to apply CF perfectly smooth, no air, no bubbles, so chances are i will have to sub contract a business to vacuum seal the CF to the negative mold so that each crevice and curve is perfectly covered. This should be interesting.
To the men and women of the US military, thank you
Unfortunately I have discarded all my damaged hulls. I separated them, then cut then into small enough pieces to fit in the garbage.
If I had known someone wanted them, they could have had them for the shipping.
Any more progress on this? I'm doing it once the weather turns cold. I'm going to start with some fiberglass hulls because fiberglass is way cheaper... then move to CF if I have the money and it needs to be lighter.
Made one out of CF at school, have yet to run it, but looks sweet, ill post some pics soon
We would really like to see that carbon fiber hull....Pictures pretty please!!!!!
"enjoy your ride"
The water soaked into the ends of the fiber and caused the top piece to separate at high speed, have to look into maybe clear coating everything or finding something to cover the ends of the fibers. Going to make a Fiberglass one next should be little bit heavy after paint/gel coat, but might help keep it in the water,
email@example.com with some details. I'm in the early stages of making a fiberglass hull and I'd like to know what worked and what didn't for you.
I wrecked mine into a concrete wall at 55mph, unintentionally of course, and she split right open. Lol. I was running down a canal, and she came airborne and spun around and hit on the back right corner. Not a fun day for me.
An unfortunate event.
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Description: Antique German Style Porcelain Mount Table Lamp. French Rococo / 18th century style court couple in the Meissen style mounted as a lamp. Measures 20 inches in height.
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1 pound butter
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Makes two 10 inch cake layers
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Staphylococcus aureus encodes a secreted von Willebrand factor-binding protein (vWbp) of 482 amino acids. The N-terminal part of this protein is homologous to staphylocoagulase and therefore we investigated whether vWbp has coagulating activity. Recombinant vWbp was shown to coagulate human and porcine plasma efficiently, but was less active against plasma from other species. The coagulation efficiency was concentration dependent, and could be inhibited by specific antibodies against vWbp. Furthermore, the species-specific coagulation by vWbp depended on the interaction with prothrombin. This interaction also resulted in specific cleavage of vWbp, releasing the C-terminal part from the coagulating domain.
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen responsible for a multitude of diseases ranging from trivial to life threatening. S. aureus encodes a broad spectrum of putative virulence factors consisting of many exoenzymes and toxins, and also cell wall-bound and secreted proteins that interact with host proteins in plasma and in the extracellular matrix.
Staphylocoagulase, or coagulase, is secreted by most strains of S. aureus, and coagulates blood and plasma from various animals. This enzyme activator, and its mode of action, has been extensively studied, and it is known to form an equimolar reactive complex with prothrombin [1,2]. The crystal structures of coagulase bound to human alpha-thrombin and prethrombin-2 have recently been solved [3]. Coagulase does not cleave prothrombin into thrombin, which is the normal physiological activation mechanism. Instead, coagulase acts as a cofactor, which induces a conformational change in prothrombin, resulting in an active complex that can convert fibrinogen into fibrin. Thrombin is the key effector enzyme in the blood coagulation cascade, cleaving fibrinogen into fibrinopeptides and fibrin, which results in fibrin clotting.
The importance of coagulase in staphylococcal infections is not yet clear. Virulence studies with an isogenic S. aureus mutant lacking the coagulase gene have been performed in different animal models. In murine models of subcutaneous and intramammary infection, respectively, no diminished virulence was detected at 24 or 36 h post-infection [4]. In a different mouse model, employing the same two strains, a possible role for coagulase in the development of blood-borne staphylococcal pneumonia was suggested, more specifically in promoting bacterial proliferation during later stages of the infection [5].
A secreted von Willebrand factor-binding protein (vWbp) from S. aureus was recently identified [6]. This vWbp shows sequence homology to coagulase [6,7]. Here we demonstrate that the homology is also reflected in a conserved function. Thus, besides being a protein with von Willebrand factor-binding ability, vWbp is a coagulase.
Materials and methods
Proteins, plasma and reagents
Bovine fibrinogen, human prothrombin and plasma from chicken, mouse, pig and rat were from Sigma–Aldrich. Plasma from cow, goat, horse, rabbit and sheep were from the National Veterinary Institute, Sweden. Human plasma from different individuals was from Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. Restriction enzymes and DNA modifying enzymes were from MBI Fermentas or Amersham Biosciences. Oligonucleotides were from Invitrogen.
Bacterial strains and growth conditions
Escherichia coli strain ER2566 (New England Biolabs) was grown in Luria–Bertani (LB)-broth or on LB-plates (LB with 1.5% agar) supplemented with 50 μg ml−1 ampicillin (LB-amp). S. aureus strains Newman and 8325-4 were grown in Tryptone Soya Broth (TSB, Oxoid) or on TSB-plates (TSB with 1.5% agar).
Recombinant proteins and antibodies
The amino acids (aa) corresponding to the full-length vWbp (aa 1–482) and coagulase (aa 1–611) were expressed using the IMPACT T7 expression system (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer's instructions. DNA was amplified with two DNA polymerase (Roche Diagnostics) using the primers vWbpFd (5′-AATATACCATGGTGGTTTCTGGGGAGAAGAAT-3′), vWbpRe (5′-TTTGCCATTATATACTTTATTGAT-3′), CoaFd (5′-AATTATCCATGGCGATAGTAACAAAGGATT-3′), CoaRe (5′-TTTTGTTACTCTAGGCCCAT-3′) and S. aureus strain Newman and 8325-4 DNA, respectively, as templates. The PCR products were digested with NcoI, treated with T4 polynucleotide kinase and ligated into the pTYB4 vector digested with NcoI and SmaI. After DNA-sequence confirmation, proteins were expressed in E. coli strain ER2566. The introduction of an extra N-terminal Ala-residue in coagulase was required due to cloning constraints (A-coagulase).
Four C-terminally truncated versions of vWbp were expressed and purified as above, comprising aa 1–405, aa 1–300, aa 1–250 and aa 1–200, respectively. For cloning, primer vWbpFd was used in combination with the different reverse primers: vWbp405Re (5′-TCTACCAGGTAAAGCAGACGT-3′), vWbp300Re (5′-TGTTTTCTTAATTTTTTGATTATCC-3′), vWbp250Re (5′-TGATTCATCACTTTTTGCTGCT-3′) and vWbp200Re (5′-TAAGTCTTCTTTTTTATTTTCTAAC-3′). To express aa 124–392 of vWbp, primers vWbp124Fd (5′-TTAATACCATGGCTAACCCTGAATTGAAAGACTT-3′) and vWbp392Re (5′-ATTATTATGCGTGTGATTTGAA-3′) were used.
Antibodies against vWbp and A-coagulase were generated in chickens by Agrisera, Vännäs, Sweden and purified on the respective protein immobilised on HiTrap columns (Amersham Biosciences).
Coagulation assays
Bactident Coagulase, a tube test for coagulation based on lyophilised rabbit plasma with EDTA, was purchased from MERCK Diagnostica. The tube coagulation assay was performed in small borosilicate glass tubes by mixing 190 μl plasma with 10 μl of recombinant protein at different concentrations. The fibrinogen-binding part of protein Fbe from Staphylococcus epidermidis expressed in E. coli was used as a negative control [8]. The tubes were incubated at 37 °C, and the level of coagulation was observed by tilting the tubes. The test was regarded as positive if the tube content formed a coherent clot.
In the plate coagulation assay, adapted from Hwang et al. [9], 5 μl of recombinant protein in concentrations ranging from 40 to 2.5 μg ml−1, was added to small wells punched out in agarose plates (0.9%) containing 0.4% PEG 8000, 3 mg ml−1 bovine fibrinogen and 1% plasma (PFP-plates). Coagulation zones were measured after incubation at 37 °C overnight.
Inhibition of coagulation was carried out in 1.5 ml spectrophotometer cells. After mixing 0.5 ml of human plasma with 0.5 ml vWbp protein (in 0.9% NaCl) to a final concentration of 1 μg ml−1, coagulation was monitored at 405 nm. Affinity-purified antibodies against vWbp or, as a control, against A-coagulase, were added in different concentrations.
SDS–PAGE, mass spectrometry and N-terminal sequencing
Protein samples were prepared for gel electrophoresis by mixing equal volumes of protein solution and 2× sample buffer (1× sample buffer: 62.5 mM Tris–HCl pH 6.8, 10% glycerol, 2% SDS, 5%β-mercaptoethanol and 0.01% bromophenol blue). After boiling, the samples were analysed by SDS–PAGE using the PhastSystem (Amersham Biosciences) with PhastGel Gradient 8–25% gels. Protein bands were excised from a Coomassie Brilliant Blue stained SDS–PAGE gel. Peptide analysis was performed by H. Larsson (Department of Plant Biology, SLU), with electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry on a Q-Tof mass spectrometer and the Masslynx software (Micromass, Manchester, UK). N-terminal sequencing (Edman-degradation) of vWbp and A-coagulase was performed by M. Ståhlberg, PAC, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Results and discussion
Recombinant vWbp coagulates plasma
Part of the von Willebrand factor binding protein (vWbp) of S. aureus shows homology to coagulase (Fig. 1). To determine if vWbp had coagulating activity, vWbp and coagulase were expressed using the IMPACT system, where the C-terminal purification tag is removed by intein self-cleavage. During the course of this study, the importance of the N-terminal amino acids in coagulase was demonstrated by Friedrich et al. [3]. Failure to remove the initiating Met, or removal of the following amino acid, resulted in proteins with lower activities, whereas removal of two amino acids almost completely abolished the coagulation ability. Therefore, the N-terminal amino acids of our recombinant proteins were determined, and in vWbp found to be identical to the N-terminal amino acids of the deduced native protein. Recombinant coagulase was obtained in two different sizes, of which the larger is identical to the native coagulase except for an additional N-terminal Ala-residue, while the smaller variant lacked the first 115 aa. Thus, the initiating Met was removed from both vWbp and coagulase after protein translation, and the additional Ala-residue in coagulase (A-coagulase) was due to cloning constraints. Therefore, the coagulating activity of A-coagulase may not reflect the full activity of coagulase.
The coagulating ability of vWbp and A-coagulase was assayed using the Bactident Coagulase test based on rabbit plasma. Both vWbp and A-coagulase showed coagulating activity, although roughly ten times more vWbp than A-coagulase was required to give the same level of coagulation (data not shown). Nevertheless, S. aureus produces two distinct proteins that cause plasma to coagulate.
Species specificity of vWbp
It is known that plasmas from different species differ markedly in their sensitivity to coagulase [10]. When performing the tube coagulation assay, plasma from many different animal species coagulated in the presence of vWbp (10 μg ml−1), but with varying efficiency. Most interestingly, vWbp was a very efficient coagulator of human and porcine plasma, which solidified into a clot within a minute. Human plasma from different individuals coagulated with the same efficiency (data not shown). Plasma from goat and sheep coagulated in 10 min, equine plasma in 1 h, and bovine plasma in 6 h, while plasma from mouse, rabbit, rat and chicken did not coagulate within 18 h. These results suggested the existence of some species-specific determinant responsible for the differences in coagulation efficiency.
To study this, 1% human plasma was added to plasma from chicken, cow, horse, mouse and rabbit. This small addition of human plasma markedly reduced the vWbp-induced coagulation time to 10 min, except for chicken plasma, which did not coagulate within 2 h. Thus, some component in human plasma in combination with vWbp enhanced the coagulation rate for plasma from other species.
Concentration-dependent coagulation time
To investigate the coagulating ability of vWbp and A-coagulase further, we used different concentrations of both proteins to coagulate human and rabbit plasma, respectively (Table 1). The coagulation time depended on the concentrations of the recombinant proteins, and a higher concentration led to a shorter coagulation time over the range tested.
|μg ml−1
|1 min
|10 min
|1 h
|2 h
|24 h
|2 h
|24 h
|1 h
|2 h
|6 h
|24 h
|μg ml−1
|1 min
|10 min
|1 h
|2 h
|24 h
|2 h
|24 h
|1 h
|2 h
|6 h
|24 h
The table shows the time needed for the plasma to coagulate into a solid clot. N, no coagulation after 24 h. One representative experiment is shown.
Another method of determining coagulating activity of coagulase, is the plate coagulation assay [9]. Here, the conversion of fibrinogen into a network of fibrin is seen as a milky precipitate in an agarose plate. Different amounts of vWbp were added to wells cut in PFP-plates containing either human, rabbit or horse plasma. After incubation, coagulation zones of different sizes were observed, depending of the concentration of vWbp (Fig. 2). This shows that fibrinogen is converted into fibrin by the action of vWbp in a concentration-dependent manner. As with the above results, vWbp caused the most pronounced coagulation when the plate contained human plasma, exhibiting coagulation zones of approximately twice the diameter of those in plates with horse or rabbit plasma (data not shown).
Inhibition of coagulation with specific antibodies against vWbp
By mixing human plasma and vWbp in a spectrophotometer cell, the vWbp-dependent coagulation of plasma could be followed by the increase in optical density over time (Fig. 3). The coagulation caused by vWbp could be inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by addition of antibodies against vWbp, but not by addition of antibodies against A-coagulase. Vice versa, coagulation induced by A-coagulase could be inhibited by anti-A-coagulase antibodies, but not by anti-vWbp antibodies (data not shown). These results further strengthen the observation that vWbp is a coagulase. Although vWbp and coagulase are homologous, the antibodies showed very little cross-reactivity in a Western blot (data not shown). Taken together, antibodies specifically developed against both vWbp and coagulase, are probably required to fully inactivate the coagulating ability of S. aureus.
The coagulation domain is located in the N-terminal part of vWbp
To determine the borders of the coagulating domain, we expressed truncated variants of the vWbp protein. These were assayed for their ability to coagulate human plasma (Fig. 4). The first 250 amino acids were found to be sufficient to induce coagulation, while the N-terminally truncated vWbp-protein did not have any apparent coagulating activity. These data are in agreement with the recent findings by Freidrich et al. [3], who showed the mechanism of prothrombin activation by coagulase and also proposed a domain organisation of vWbp based on homology to coagulase. The D1 domain of coagulase (aa 1–150) activates prothrombin by inserting the N-terminal amino acids into the activation pocket of prothrombin, while the D2 domain (aa 150–261) is required for docking with prothrombin. The corresponding D1 domain in vWbp is located between aa 1–131 and the D2 domain between aa 131–261.
vWbp interacts with prothrombin
In the presence of vWbp, some factor in human plasma enhanced coagulation of plasma from other species. It is also known that coagulase interacts with prothrombin. Therefore, we tested if prothrombin was the component that interacted with vWbp in a species-specific manner. The tube coagulation assay described above was performed with vWbp and the addition of human prothrombin, both at the final concentration of 10 μg ml−1. Plasma from chicken, cow, goat, horse, mouse, rabbit and sheep was used in this experiment. Plasma from all species, except chicken, now coagulated within 1 min. Addition of human prothrombin alone had no effect. Thus, the level of prothrombin activation determines the species-specific coagulation by vWbp. In a control experiment, bovine prothrombin was added to plasma from the species above, and as expected this did not affect the coagulating efficiency of vWbp (data not shown). Since S. aureus is not restricted to human infections, it would be interesting to study isolates from different species and investigate if the coagulating specificity is shifted towards the corresponding prothrombin.
Prothrombin is a conserved protein, but species-specific differences still exist, e.g. human and mouse prothrombin show 81% identity. It is generally accepted that pathogens and their host(s) are under a co-evolutionary pressure. This can lead to the emergence of virulence factors, the specificity of which reflects the host range of the bacteria. It was recently shown that streptokinase and staphylokinase showed a species-specific activation of plasminogen [11]. The staphylokinase-activation of plasminogen dissolves blood clots and can be considered as the opposite to the clotting induced by vWbp. It is interesting that both these S. aureus proteins show a species-specificity producing the most pronounced activity with the corresponding human target molecule. This is especially interesting in view of the recent finding that expression of staphylokinase was inversely correlated to virulence of S. aureus in humans [12]. Thus, isolates of S. aureus from nasal carriers, or non-lethal bacteraemia, had a higher staphylokinase-expression than S. aureus isolated from patients with lethal bacteraemia. It is tempting to speculate that staphylokinase-expression counteracts the coagulating effect of vWbp and coagulase.
vWbp and coagulase are cleaved in the presence of human prothrombin
On a SDS–PAGE gel, vWbp is mainly seen as a 66 kDa protein, although some degradation products are visible. Using antibodies against vWbp we confirmed that the minor proteins in the preparation are also derived from vWbp (data not shown). When mixed with human prothrombin, full-length vWbp is cleaved into two protein fragments, the smaller of ∼10 kDa (Fig. 5). Some full-length vWbp was still visible due to incomplete cleavage. The amount of prothrombin (∼5 ng) was too low to be detected. In all preparations of A-coagulase, two proteins of slightly different sizes are visible; the larger had the expected N-terminal sequence, but the smaller lacked the first 115 aa. When prothrombin and recombinant coagulase were mixed, both forms of coagulase were cleaved, resulting in a small protein fragment (∼15 kDa), and two larger fragments. This suggests that both forms of coagulase are cleaved at the same site. The cleavage of coagulase is in agreement with the observation of Kawabata et al. [2], who reported that coagulase is autodigested when mixed with human prothrombin. The molecular masses of the small fragments derived from vWbp and A-coagulase were determined using electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. For A-coagulase, the measured molecular mass (14735 Da) correspond to cleavage of coagulase between aa 474 and 475 (P473R474–F475) to give a C-terminal fragment consisting of 136 aa with a calculated mass of 14724 Da. In vWbp, two cleavage sites were identified, one located between aa 405 and 406 (G404R405–K406) and one after Lys406, resulting in C-terminal fragments of 77 aa and 76 aa. The measured masses of these fragments are 9065 and 8935 Da, which is close to the calculated molecular masses of 9058 and 8930 Da. The identified cleavage sites are in agreement with the reported specificity of thrombin [13,14].
The observed cleavage of both A-coagulase and vWbp in the presence of human prothrombin is intriguing. In the case of coagulase, the fibrinogen-binding repeats are released, and for vWbp, the 77/76 C-terminal amino acids are released. This part of vWbp is very similar (68% identity) to a small (173 aa) hypothetical extra cellular protein (accession number BAB56976.1). It should be noted that the identified cleavage site in coagulase is found only in the first Fg-binding repeat in the publicly available genome sequences [15]. Similarly, in the three variants of vWbp deduced from microbial genomes, the prothrombin cleavage site is conserved. It is possible that these cleavage sites exist by pure coincidence, but it appears more likely that cleavage of vWbp and coagulase is involved in regulation of coagulating activity, or in localisation of this activity. Alternatively, the released protein domains could have a function distinct from coagulation.
Most likely, S. aureus benefits from "short-circuiting" the host coagulation system, or proteins like vWbp and coagulase are unlikely to have evolved. It is interesting to note that both proteins have additional binding capacities, which are not required the coagulation. However, it seems likely that these functions are linked to coagulation, perhaps acting as a homing device, to direct coagulation to different locations in the vicinity of the bacteria.
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (I&V Research Program, grant 24/98) and Biostapro AB supported this work.


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KC Joyner (4:00 PM)
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The Shield is NOT the nWo! (Unknown)
Should the Jets cut their loses with Mark Sanchez or let him compete to be the starter this summer?
KC Joyner (4:01 PM)
And The Shield is not better than The Freebirds (at least not yet). Sanchez should get the chance to compete, as competition can't hurt him or anyone else in line for the job.
mike (new jersey)
would eddie lacy be a good fit for a zone blocking sheme?
KC Joyner (4:02 PM)
Alabama's O line uses a widely varied blocking scheme and Lacy was quite productive there. No reason to think he can't adjust to a zone scheme.
brian (de)
If Miles Austin becomes available via trade or getting cut bc of salary, do you consider him to be a big improvement over Brian Hartline as a number 2 for Miami?
KC Joyner (4:03 PM)
Assuming he can stay healthy, he's definitely an upgrade vertically speaking. Having said that, if Hartline goes, Miami will still need someone who can attack the field in the wide variety of ways he attacks the field.
KING Kevin (Fandom)
Do teams value draft picks too much? As in if Victor Cruz was in THIS year's draft he is an easy 1st rounder right? Probably 1st WR taken so why won't a team just sign him to a contract offer and take him from teh NYG basically 'drafting' him by giving up their 1st. Sure they have to pay but you get what you pay for right!
KC Joyner (4:04 PM)
Some may value certain levels of draft picks too much. In this draft, the number one pick may not be that much better than the No. 25 pick.
Sean McKenzie (Van Wert, OH)
I think Oregon OLB Dion Jordan got himself into serious contention for my Browns at #6. What do your stats say about him???
KC Joyner (4:05 PM)
I broke down some of his tape last week and found that a) he has a wide variety of pass rush moves and b) he is technically adept at using them properly. He won't need a whole lot of coaching when it comes to rushing the passer.
joe (pittsburgh)
if cobi Hamilton lives up to his full potential, which player would he compare most to?
KC Joyner (4:06 PM)
Hard to say. Maybe Antonio Brown if all works out well.
Frank (Minneapolis) [via mobile]
Would Manti Te'o be a good fit in Minnesota considering Rick Speilman's love for Golden Domers?
KC Joyner (4:06 PM)
Schematically speaking he could be a good fit but the Vikings need coverage upgrades more than anything else.
Bert (Zumbrota, MN)
What is your take on Sam Bradford as a franchise QB?
KC Joyner (4:07 PM)
In his rookie year, Bradford looked at one point to be maybe the best rookie QB I'd broken down up to that point. Give him a good O line and a WR/TE corps that he can grow with and there is little reason to think he will not make it to a top 10 QB level.
Doug (MI)
Which do you think was a dumber statement: You saying that Mike Wallace was better than Megatron or Ross telling Rachel that they were on a break?
KC Joyner (4:08 PM)
Hands down, Ross. You don't go on a break with a girl that gorgeous.
Al (Omaha) [via mobile]
Do the Chiefs not like drafting quarterbacks and developing them on their own? Montana, Grbac, Trent Gre
KC Joyner (4:09 PM)
Good question. It's probably a matter of circumstance as much as anything, but it is true that they have been much more willing to go with short-term solutions than to try to develop a QB.
Candy (Slippery Rock)
KC, how bad would the Dolphins OL be without Long? Did the rest of their O line measure out well?
KC Joyner (4:11 PM)
Don't have the stats right in front of me but Long did have a less than stellar season last year. I'm also of the longstanding mindset that the LT position is overrated and that makes Long more expendable than some might see him as being.
John (Buffalo,NY)
KC, Do you think this heart condition will cause Star Lotulelei to fall out of the TOP 10 in Aprils draft?
KC Joyner (4:12 PM)
As I understand it, it all depends on how his future tests go. If that doesn't go well, his stock could easily fall out of the top 10.
John (Wisc)
If your the Packers do you franchise tag Jennings to trade him? What value would he bring back? 2nd round 3rd round? lower?
KC Joyner (4:13 PM)
Look at this through the Mike Wallace prism. There aren't many teams that interested in pursuing Wallace and Jennings' situation is in many ways comparable to Wallace's. Might be hard to trade him because of that so it might not be a move worth making, but if they did try it, they have to get at least a 2nd round pick (or maybe multiple third round picks) out of it.
Mikey (Lackawanna,NY)
Man! Whats the deal with Damontre Moore? He looked slow at the combine. And he only got 12 reps on the bench press. Red Flags every where? How bad do you think his combine performance will drop him?
KC Joyner (4:15 PM)
The combine is built to look for red flags and he raised a bunch of them. It has to make teams wonder if he wasn't ready for this, or can't handle the pressure. His tape will win over some of those doubters but he's got to have a better Pro Day to really keep his stock from falling.
Patrick (Washington DC)
For running QBs, is there any evidence that the ability to avoid big hits is a "skill" as opposed to just luck? I felt like CK and Wilson didn't get knocked around nearly as much as RGIII did.
KC Joyner (4:16 PM)
Excellent question. Newton certainly avoids big hits but that has as much to do with his willingness to hit the ground quickly as much as anything.
nick (pennsylvania)
who does duke Williams compare most to?
KC Joyner (4:16 PM)
Haven't seen much tape on him. Will put him on the tape review to do list :-)
Mikey (Lackawanna,NY)
If Jarvis Jones falls to my Bills who owns the 8th ovr pick? Do you think its a no brainer that the Bills should draft him? I think they will be running a 3-4 D? Good fit?
KC Joyner (4:17 PM)
Mel Kiper has Jones at the top of his most recent Big Board, so that gives some kind of idea of his talent level. Getting a player of that caliber at the No. 8 spot is a no-brainer, even if it means adjusting the system to fit his skill set.
Chris Fiegler (Latham,NY)
What are your Favorite NFL & MLB Teams?
KC Joyner (4:18 PM)
I checked out my NFL fandom hat when I started my writing career 9 1/2 years ago (Dolphins had been my favorite up until then). Not much of a MLB fan but would be a Tigers backer if push came to shove.
Bryan (CT)
What player do you think makes the biggest impact on either side of the ball in this year's draft class?
KC Joyner (4:19 PM)
Jones would be the defensive pick. Joeckel would be the offensive pick if he goes to a team that has a weak O line (and a LOT of teams have weak O lines right now).
matt (colorado)
if you were the steelers, who should be on your top 5 for your big board?
KC Joyner (4:21 PM)
We've been having an ongoing discussion about the Steelers picks over the past few chats. The consensus, which I agree with, seems to be to have them go for an impact DL, then an impact safety, then either a CB or WR and then a CB or WR the next round (which doesn't get picked with the third pick).
Sean McKenzie (Van Wert, OH)
Is Dustin Keller the best available TE available in this years' Free Agent class, or has Bennetts' stock gone up???
KC Joyner (4:21 PM)
I'd have to say Keller but with three quality TEs to be found in the draft (Eifert, Ertz and Toilolo), any FA TE may find his stock falling.
Anthony (VA)
Alot of talks about maybe trading for Revis as San Fran has so many picks! How the league is now, is it better to draft how San Fran has been doing or give picks to the Jets for a one year player?
KC Joyner (4:23 PM)
The issue for SF is that they have a ton of picks but they also don't have a lot of roster spots where they need upgrades. They can afford to give up some picks to get Revis, as he would upgrade their secondary, and still have more than enough picks to stockpile talent in a draft that is ready made for depth.
Ben (Charlotte)
best strategy for the Lions: take a pass rusher @ #5 and a CB like Amerson, Banks, Trufant in the second?
KC Joyner (4:24 PM)
That's a sound strategy. Related subject: One CB worth watching is Banks teammate, Darius Slay. Slay had much better metrics than Banks last year and he showed some ballhawking skills as well.
Derrick (Latham)
Better pick for Denver at 28 Te'o or Xavier Rhodes?
KC Joyner (4:25 PM)
IMO, Rhodes. Teo's slow 40-time, the off-field issues and his performance in the BCS game all make him a bit too risky.
Derrick (Latham)
If no teams are going after him at this point, do you think Revis stays?
KC Joyner (4:26 PM)
Revis should keep in mind what happened to Asomugha when he went from a situation that fit his skills quite well to one that didn't fit his skills at all. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
kyle (california)
who has a chance be to be this years JJ Watt in the upcoming draft?
KC Joyner (4:27 PM)
That's kind of like asking who could be the next Dan Marino. There are a lot of quality DL prospects but no one whose tape suggests they will be in Watt's stratosphere.
Jim (Seattle)
How many O-lineman do you see going in the TOP 10? Joekel/Fisher/L.Johnson/Warmack?
KC Joyner (4:28 PM)
Joeckel will go top 10. Not so sold on the others, so I'll take 2 as the over/under on that one.
Derrick (Latham)
How possible is it that Smith flops in KC without Harbaugh coaching him?
KC Joyner (4:28 PM)
Joeckel will go top 10. Not so sold on the others, so I'll take 2 as the over/under on that one.
KC Joyner (4:30 PM)
Would think the chances are low since Andy Reid is quite adept at working around QB weaknesses. Having said that, he might not utilize the Chiefs talents in the right way (they have a powerful run blocking O line) and that could put Smith in a bad situation.
Paul (In parentheses)
Hey KC - Word out of South Beach is that CB Sean Smith is prepared to walk... Creating more holes than fixes. Where might MIA look to fill their secondary? Who's a good fit?
KC Joyner (4:31 PM)
The CB class in this draft is actually quite underrated IMO. Smith is a very good CB but not a great one, so Miami might just want to take the approach of developing a talent in the draft.
BSB (I made it to a chat! Who- Hoo!)
KC, Are there any 5 technique DT's that are in Fletcher Cox's mold? Maybe One my Eagles can pick up in round two?
KC Joyner (4:33 PM)
Great to see you back! Lotulelei could be a dominant 5-tech DT but it is all going to depend on his heart tests.
Sean McKenzie (Van Wert, OH)
I'd LOVE to see Sean Smith in Cleveland!!!!
KC Joyner (4:33 PM)
Agreed that would be a great upgrade. Add him and, say, Mike Wallace to the offense and Cleveland could see a quick turnaround in their fortunes.
Dave (SF)
How high has Tavon Austin's stock gone since the combine? Has he passed Keenan Allen and/or Cordarelle Patterson?
KC Joyner (4:34 PM)
His stock has ascended but it's hard to place a slot WR over a play of Patterson's physical skills. Plus, there is still the matter of how much Austin may have benefitted from working in WVU's system. Add in the fact that Stedman Bailey actually posted better numbers and there are still some question marks.
Michael (Mission Hills)
Do you hear anything abou thte Chargers in free agency? I know we have cap issues, but we gotta pick up someone.
KC Joyner (4:35 PM)
Not hearing much, but this is a depth FA year anyway so not making a big splash might not be a bad thing.
Miggy (Philly)
Is it still likely the Eagles trade Foles? Cleveland? Jets? Any other interested parties?
KC Joyner (4:36 PM)
The bet here is that they keep him. They know Vick is injury prone.
Sean McKenzie (Van Wert, OH)
Does Florida's Elams' hard hitting style put him ahead of Texas' Kenny Vaccaro on some teams boards???
KC Joyner (4:37 PM)
Those two are really close talent-wise. Elam does hit hard but if memory serves correct, Vaccaro is bigger. Both will make terrific box safeties.
Al (Wausau, WI)
KC, how does this sound for a draft strategy for the Vikings? Draft the best edge WR in the first round, the best available DT in the second round, and the best available player (regardless of position) after that. Your thoughts?
KC Joyner (4:38 PM)
I like the idea of WR and DT upgrades. It might behoove them to address DT first, however, since there will be a run on DTs in round one. Plus, there aren't many Round 1 caliber WR picks.
John (Wisc)
The Packers need to add a RB. I really like what DuJuan Harris gave them but they need a compliment at the very least. What RB's in the draft do you feel would fit best in the Packers offense?
KC Joyner (4:39 PM)
Funny thing is I was just talking to an editor today about doing a RB draft article. Am very sold on Johnathan Franklin and think he do quite well in GB's offense.
Anthony (VA)
Alex Smith is going to be a Chief! Yes there will be some tough times, but people are making the comparison to another Matt Cassel type of player, how much does his mental toughness play into the decision?
KC Joyner (4:41 PM)
Not sure how to compare Smith's and Cassel's relative mental toughness, but can say that Smith's vertical passing numbers have been much better than Cassel's over the years. That was really Cassel's biggest weakness and was the reason the Chiefs offense could never get moving.
Dave (SF)
How has the read-option been best defended in college?
KC Joyner (4:42 PM)
It's really a matter of playing assignment football, which is something that NFL teams just aren't used to doing. As NFL teams practice assignment football more, they'll begin to stop the read-option. Item of related note - check out Chris Sprow's Insider article on why the read-option isn't the wave of the future. He covers some of this material in great detail.
Stebo dolgeville [via mobile]
Why do all mock drafts have the buffalo taking geno smith with the 8th pick he clearly isnt worth that high a pick
KC Joyner (4:43 PM)
QBs are always overvalued and Buffalo does need an upgrade there. Not saying they should take Smith, but that's why he's being mocked at that level.
Sean McKenzie (Van Wert, OH)
I dont want Wallace in Cleveland...way to "prima donna" to wear the Brown and Orange.
KC Joyner (4:44 PM)
Hey, they need someone to stretch the field and there are very few players who can do that as well as Wallace. Plus, would it not be cool to see him torch the Steelers secondary twice a year?
KC Joyner (4:44 PM)
From a Browns fan perspective, that is.
BSB (Philly)
Is Chance Warmack multiple pro bowl player? If so , how high is to high to take a can't miss olinemen?
KC Joyner (4:45 PM)
He probably is but the funny thing about the Bama O linemen is that they did not grade out as high as I thought they would. Not saying Warmack is overrated or anything like that, but rather that I kind of thought he might be this completely dominant player and instead he turned out to be a very good/borderline dominant player instead.
Derrick (Latham)
Does Geno Smith go in the first round, and if he does, should he?
KC Joyner (4:46 PM)
He's likely to go in round one. In a perfect world, he'd be a late round one pick but he'll likely end up as a top 10 pick in this draft.
Paul (In parentheses)
Can I get your take on Cordarrell Patterson vs Justin Hunter? "Draft Experts" want me to believe Patterson is the far superior talent, but when I watched Tennessee play this year it was Hunter who appeared to take over games. "Higher ceiling" on Patterson? Something Im missing?
KC Joyner (4:47 PM)
Hunter is the more polished player but some of Patterson's tapes are reminiscent of Randy Moss. It's the ceiling that has everyone rating him higher.
Al (Wausau, WI)
We will take Wallace in Minnesota. The Vikings can use him!
KC Joyner (4:47 PM)
One vote for Wallace to the Vikes!
Ire (Land)
wallace or Jennings a better fit for Mia assuming they keep Hartline?
KC Joyner (4:48 PM)
Wallace. He's younger and is better at stretching the field.
Jeff.B (Texas)
Where do you think Johnny Football would have been drafted if he was avaliable in this years draft?
KC Joyner (4:49 PM)
Excellent question. There are still a ton of question marks about his game (check out the TFS article regarding Manziel going into the Oklahoma game) and there could be durability questions. Would think he would be a round two pick.
Doug Whaley(Bills Ast GM) (Buffalo,NY)
Thats OK! We will take him here in Buffalo! I was with Pittsburgh when we drafted him. He is an excellent WR! And I am shocked he will be on the market? SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KC Joyner (4:50 PM)
Wallace to Buffalo would be a gargantuan upgrade. It almost certainly won't happen but it would work wonders for that offense.
Sean McKenzie (Van Wert, OH)
I dont think Ponders' arm can get to Wallace on the streak pattern.
KC Joyner (4:51 PM)
Yeah, that might be a problem :-)
Mikey (Lackawanna,NY)
Who do you think was the nastiet LB off ALL-TIME! Dick Butkus, Ray Nitschke, Jack Lambert, Ray Lewis or Other?
KC Joyner (4:52 PM)
Nastiest, eh? Butkus would have to top that list. Personal preference would be Lambert, as he is one of my youngest son's favorite players (he likes the old-school Steelers).
John (Wisc)
If Tavon Austin were available to the Packers at 26, would you take him? Pairing him with Randall Cobb would make the Packers even more explosive. Thoughts?
KC Joyner (4:53 PM)
Most teams might not know what to do with two top-caliber slot WRs but that wouldn't be an issue in GB. Austin at 26 for them does make sense at many levels.
Craig G. (Fairfield, CA)
Hey KC, who are some lesser known prospects you like?
KC Joyner (4:54 PM)
Going to be covering that very subject in a draft article in a few weeks. Bailey will be one of the picks and there should be some RBs and CBs in there as well (can't give too much away early).
Mikey (Lackawanna,NY)
People thaught we wouldnt land Mario Williams last season! So dont be shocked when Wallace is a Buffalo Bill?
KC Joyner (4:54 PM)
You heard it here first - Mikey from Lackawanna is predicting Wallace will wear red, white and blue next season.
nick (ny)
would it be worth it for the 49ers to trade up?
KC Joyner (4:56 PM)
SF knows how to get the most out of impact DL and there are a lot of those at the top of this year's draft. Could make be worth if it the price is right (and it might be given how evenly balanced the first round picks are value-wise, as that will drive down trade costs).
John (Wisc)
Packers first 3 picks. Tavon Austin, DL/LB prospect, Jonathan Franklin. You like?
KC Joyner (4:56 PM)
Like it a lot. You need to send that suggestion to Ted Thompson.
What should the 49ers do with 15 picks? trade for Percy? Revis?
KC Joyner (4:57 PM)
If Harbaugh could make it work with Moss last year, why not double down and try to make it work with Percy, right?!
KC Joyner (4:58 PM)
Fun chat today. Before hitting the road, want to note that the TFS material is always posted on Twitter @KCJoynerTFS. Thanks very much for all of the great questions and I hope to see you all here next week!
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The Schloss is not as interesting as the Schloss at Schwerin
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We came to Ludwigslust to do family history research, and were pleasantly surprised to find this lovely palace. We arrived on a Monday and both the palace and records office were closed, so we spent several relaxing hours in the stunning baroque gardens. The canal system is amazing and incorporates many water features, including the large cascade, pond and 24...
Ludwigslust Palace was a disappointment. Most times, historical places of interest will "preserve history" as the cornerstone of the attraction and draw for tourists. Unfortunately, Ludwigslust Palace is focused on preserving the wallpaper. The interior is not original with very limited furnishings of the period and perhaps one of the more recent historical features being completely overlooked. This is the...
The Schloss is not as interesting as the Schloss at Schwerin
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All the interesting facts during the guided tour about all the interesting people who wandered about this palace so long ago come a bit too quick to get an image of who was doing what where when why and with whom. But keep walking through those many rooms to get the picture and then come into the huge garden to...
it is a pity that there is no money to renovate the palace to its former glory. so it is nothing to compare with a proper british castle. but the gardens are well maintained and kept.
Great organized tour!! Lovely gardens, great church across on the other side of the castle. This is where the Mecklenburg Schwerin clan used to live, before they moved on to Schwerin.Believe it not Ludwigslust was american for a short while after liberation, but handed over to the russians. Poor suckers!!
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Oklahoma Christian University (OC) earned its highest national finish ever at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, placing third.
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I've spent a lot of this week thinking about party drinks because I had to give a talk that involved serving three cocktails to 60 people in 90 minutes. Madness? Yes, if you use a cocktail shaker. But with a bit of preparation it's possible. Here's how:
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Punches are my party lifesaver. They are easy to make on a grand scale, can be prepped in advance and make a beautiful, sociable centrepiece. For this talk I used a 19th-century recipe that involved much grinding of lemons and sugar, but you can do an ultra-lazy variation with 35ml gin, 10ml Luxardo maraschino and 100ml of my new favourite mixer, San Pellegrino Limonata, garnished with ice, lemon and cucumber slices (for more recipes, go to timeswhiskyclub.com/blog).
2. Make a bottled cocktail
If you want to serve a boozy old-school cocktail such as a Manhattan or Negroni, take a tip from the bartenders of yore and make up a batch in advance to store in the fridge until you need it. Then simply pour and garnish with a twist of orange or lemon to perk it up.
3. Skip the ice
Space, time or temperature sometimes make masses of ice impractical, in which case I like to serve a glass of chilled fizz with a twist. As an alternative to Kir Royale, try a dash of Chase Elderflower Liqueur, Briottet Rhubarb Liqueur or the Campari-like Rosehip Cup from hot new London micro-distiller Sacred. Then go and have a nice sit down.
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"Psychological Cubism" is how George Condo describes his fractured and frequently shrieking portraits and figures, paintings in front of which you sometimes don't know whether to laugh or scream.
He's the artist who a few years back caused an outcry for exhibiting a portrait of the Queen that was widely derided as looking like a cabbage patch doll (in fact she looked rather more like Popeye) and more recently was Kanye West's go-to artist when he wanted some appropriately transgressive artwork for his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album, with the resulting lurid scene of a naked black man being straddled by a voluptuous white winged creature having the desired effect of being banned by a number of American retailers. (This Christmas Kanye's gift to Kim was a giant Hermès Birkin bag, emblazoned by Condo with three voluptuous nudes and a green monster, which unleashed howls of outrage from the Kardashian fanbase.)
There's more drama on offer in the two George Condo exhibitions that have just simultaneously opened in London and which stand as a particularly personal memento mori from the famously hard-living artist.
The dark and deeply disquieting large ink drawings on show at Skarstedt in Bond Street were apparently created during a particularly excessive period leading up to Condo's near-fatal brush with Legionnaires' disease last year; while the vividly-coloured gurning fractured portrait heads a few streets away at Simon Lee Gallery in Berkeley Street, emerged from its aftermath, and apparently owe their air of delirium to the memory of his hospitalised hallucinations.
However personal anecdotes only go so far to explain the extraordinary and unsettling paintings that Condo has been making for more than four decades to express what he describes as "the strangeness that is around me."
Condo may have been a friend and contemporary of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat – he even worked in Warhol's Factory for a short spell in the early 80s – but there has always been as much of the museum as the street in his paintings. At the height of the New York art boom in 1985 he left the scene that had made his reputation, packed up his studio and moved to an unfashionable district in Paris where he then spent nearly a decade immersing himself in the painterly techniques and traditions of the past – creating what he describes as "a vocabulary that's been created in a sort of dictionary of art."
Condo has been based back in New York for many years, but this this tireless exploration, assimilation – and some say appropriation – of other artists ranging from Rembrandt, Goya, Velázquez, Picasso and Matisse, along with American artists such as Hopper and Warhol, all spliced with an abiding love of cartoons, continues to feed into his art, topped up by regular visits to the Met and the Frick Collection. It has also had a profound influence on a generation of younger painters including John Currin, Sean Landers, Glenn Brown and Lisa Yuskavage.
As Condo says, "the only way for me to feel the difference between every other artist and me is to use every artist to become me" but while the ghosts of Rothko, Goya, Picasso, Frans Hals and a dash of Francis Bacon – to name but a few – certainly hover over both his current London exhibitions, the voice that comes through is always disquietingly and unmistakably his own.
George Condo: Ink Drawings – Skarstedt, 23 Old Bond St, London W1, until 5 April
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Almond Topped Spiced Peaches
|Canned peach halves
|58 Ounce, drained (Two 29 Ounce Each Cans)
|Packed brown sugar
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Curry powder
|1 Teaspoon
|Sliced almonds
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Sour cream
|8 Ounce (1 Cup)
|Ground cinnamon
|1 Teaspoon
Place peach halves in an ungreased shallow 2-qt baking dish; set aside.
In a saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter and curry powder.
Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
Pour over peaches.
Sprinkle with almonds.
Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 20 minutes or until heated through.
Combine sour cream and cinnamon; serve with peaches.
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Calories 448 Calories from Fat 151
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17 g26.6%
Saturated Fat 9.3 g46.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 39.8 mg13.3%
Sodium 53.5 mg2.2%
Total Carbohydrates 76 g25.4%
Dietary Fiber 7.2 g28.7%
Sugars 68.1 g
Protein 3 g6.5%
Vitamin A 51.1% Vitamin C 13.6%
Calcium 8.9% Iron 7.7%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Only when they have made their selection, which they are due to do by the end of June, will there be an end to a saga which has enthralled the French business world all this year, with allegations ranging from misuse of company funds to telephone tapping and secret political funding through Panama.
Getting rid of a powerful boss of a big international company is never easy, and the problem is particularly acute in France, where corporate chiefs enjoy the authority of medieval barons. The head of a big French company is a PDG (prsident directeur gnral, or chairman and chief executive). Any executive unfortunate enough to be just a directeur gnral is a poor second best.
Nobody fitted the autocratic PDG role better than Pierre Suard, head of the Alcatel Alsthom Group until last Tuesday. A reserved former technician with a distaste for the media, Suard headed a company with a Fr167bn (£21bn) turnover and 200,000 employees. The corporate empire's activities stretch from the core business of telecommunications, through trains (including the high-speed TGV and the Channel Tunnel Euro Shuttle) and on to naval equipment, nuclear power and magazines.
Head of Alcatel Alsthom since 1986, Suard made international development his priority,forging links with GEC in Britain and absorbing the telecommunications arm of the American technology giant ITT.
The reasoning behind his strategy was faultless: with increased competition at home, the group could no longer depend on France as its cash cow. The problem was that the world was a more difficult place in which to operate than the traditionally state-dominated domestic market. German telecommunications deregulation hit what had been a big source of revenue in Europe under cosy Franco-German agreements,while Third World orders looked more problematic than in the 1980s.
As a result, Alcatel Alsthom's profits fell last year to Fr3.6bn compared with Fr7bn the previous year.
The profits decline was not Suard's only worry. Disgruntled former employees alleged that the company had been over-billing France's national telecommunications group, France Tlcom by Fr775m.
Then the PDG was accused of using Fr3.4m of company funds to carry out improvements at his home, notably on the installation of a security system.
Suard was hauled in by an examining magistrate for a series of interrogations. Eventually he was placed under "judicial control" pending further investigation. Among other things, he was barred from entering his own office. Other allegations included a suggestion that company "commissions" had found their way through Belgium and a Panamanian firm's Luxembourg account to a French banker connected to a former minister who leads one of the coalition parties in the current French government. Newspapers claimed that Suard had personally paid a high-ranking police contact to bug the telephone of one of the company whistle-blowers in the France Tlcom affair.
Suard is not the only senior executive at Alcatel Alsthom to have had an awkward start to 1995. His close associate, Franoise Sampermans, is also accused of using company funds for home improvements, though her case has not gone as far legally as Suard's. Both she and Suard are fighting the allegations.
Sampermans runs Sir James Goldsmith's old company, Gnrale Occidentale, which is now Alcatel Alsthom's media subsidiary and publishes the news magazines L'Express and Le Point, as well as the Gault-Millau restaurant guides.
Despite the legal problems, the decline in profits, a falling share price and the growing concerns of shareholders, particularly those outside France, Suard remained immovable. Then it became known that prominent members of Alcatel Alsthom's board, including ITT chairman Rand Araskog, thought the PDG should stand aside.
By Tuesday, when a Paris court confirmed the judicial control order against him, the pressure had become too great. The board named one of France's leading bankers, Marc Vinot of the Socit Gnrale, as acting head of the group. Until then Suard will continue to draw his salary, but his days of power are over.
In the wake of the Suard affair, some heretical voices are suggesting that French boards should now play a tougher role in controlling their executive chairmen.
Traditions die hard in French business, but Alcatel Alsthom's recent experiences may provide ammunition for shareholders who think it is high time that the P and the DG were taken apart.Reuse content