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It's been a decade since I posted a report from the Los Angeles Auto Show, because a move from California to Hawaii and the demands of raising two young kids have left me with no time to update this website since about 2006. However, with a combination of well-timed business trips (I kept my L.A. area job as an "extreme telecommuter" when we moved out of state, and I go back a few times a year) and the occasional "just go!" from my very understanding wife, I have continued to attend each year (in fact, I haven't missed one in almost three decades!). I hope to post my photos of developments during those missing years, but for now, here is a report on the 2014 show, held at the L.A. Convention Center 21-30 November 2014, which I attended on 26 November 2014. (In 2006 the show moved from January to November/December, so this show was for the 2015 model year. They also dropped "Greater" from the show's name at some point during the hiatus.)
Over the last few years, battery-electric vehicles (EVs) have made a big comeback, and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) have come on the scene. Regrettably, my family needed a new vehicle when we moved at the end of 2007, not at the end of 2010, so I had to settle for a non-plug-in Prius instead of catching this wave. (In a few years, I hope...) Hybrid-electric vehicles have become so much a part of the mainstream, with so many models available, that I don't even bother keeping track of non-plug-in models any more when I go to an auto show; I've been pleased to see many more battery EVs and plug-in hybrids lately, and I'll show plenty of photos below, but for me the biggest news at this year's auto show was the Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV), powered by hydrogen fuel.
Automakers have been building prototype FCVs for over a decade; the first one I saw was the Honda FCX at the 2002 L.A. Auto Show, I first rode in a Hyundai Santa Fe at a FCV road rally later in 2002, and I was actually allowed to drive (briefly) another million-dollar prototype, the GM HydroGen3, at the Electric Vehicle Symposium the following year. Around that time automakers started leasing a very small number of the vehicles to utilities and governments, and a few years later another very small number were leased to private citizens; the reason I was particularly impressed by the Mirai (the name is the Japanese word for "future," I'm told) is that Toyota is actually planning to sell the vehicle in Fall 2015! This is a huge deal for those of us who have been involved with alternative-fueled vehicles since the 1990s, because most of the EVs built during the brief flowering at the end of that decade were only made available for lease, never actually sold to drivers. This meant that when the automakers had succeeded in grinding away California's mandate that they put these vehicles on the road, they were able to stop making them, stop renewing the leases, and take them back for destruction or at best mothballing in museums. The expected price of the Mirai was quoted to me as $57,000, or $45,000 after incentives, and only in California at first; of much more interest to me than the price, though, was that there actually is a purchase price. (There was also a Hyundai Tucson FCV present that is available "in limited ZIP Codes," but only for lease.)
However, I am not ready to let down my guard about automaker commitment to FCVs, let alone believe the promises that they are a viable replacement for battery EVs (Toyota introduced a new version of the electric RAV4-EV a few years ago, but has now discontinued them, citing the readiness of FCVs to take their place). A big part of the reason for my skepticism is the way that every automaker except Honda has conducted themselves with regard to vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) over the past couple of decades. The photo above shows a current model-year Honda Civic running on this fuel; this car has roots going back to the Civic GX introduced in 1998 and marketed to the public (not only to fleets, as at the outset) starting in 2005. Other automakers produced CNG versions of their own vehicles, including my 1993 Dodge van, but by the 2007 model year all of them had disappeared from the market except the Civic. (Aftermarket companies continue to develop conversion kits for popular fleet vehicles like pickups, but the automakers themselves bailed out.) As I argued in detail elsewhere on this website as far back as 2004, the path to mass commercialization of CNG vehicles was a lot easier than that for hydrogen would be; and yet automakers except for Honda found it too difficult to persevere with CNG. California has a plan now, combining commercial and state funding, to have 48 hydrogen fueling stations by 2016, and 100 spread across the state over the next several years, so as to enable for example a drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco; but again, we've heard these promises before. In other words, check back with me in several years; if the vehicles are still being offered for sale (not only lease), in increasing numbers, and the number of refueling stations is also increasing, then I'll count myself convinced. "I'm from Missouri; you have to show me."
Well, enough argumentation about the past and future; in the present, as I noted, there are many plug-in vehicles, both pure battery electric (EVs) and hybrid-electric vehicles that supplement their gasoline fuel tanks with plug-in batteries (PHEVs), at this auto show. A very pleasant change that occurred while this website was on hiatus! I hope to document the transition by posting reports covering this time period; of particular interest to me, though, is how automakers that have in the past bad-mouthed EVs are now on board with their own models. I noticed at the L.A. Auto Show six years ago that the automakers with hydrogen vehicles on display seemed a bit defensive in some of their signage, as it was becoming clear that a new wave of electric plug-in vehicles was coming; however, for many years before that some automakers with a heavy investment in diesel power have talked up the efficiency of those vehicles in the face not only of plug-ins but even of ordinary non-plug-in hybrids. One of these was Volkswagen; however, at this show the lineup of Golf models shown above was led by the e-Golf, an EV which was slated to be available in California in early 2015, for sale or lease.
Another surprising commitment to plug-in vehicles, given past rhetoric, is from BMW. In the foreground is the i3, a compact vehicle that I first saw on the road in Hawaii a couple of months before this auto show. It is a battery EV, but BMW has just started including a small gasoline range-extender engine and generator that will start up to recharge the battery if it is getting low while out driving, and as I understand it BMW will be offering this as a retrofit to i3 owners who bought the vehicle before it was available. The other car is the i8, a premium high-performance PHEV (with a premium price three times that of the i3...). BMW was also showing a concept SUV at the show, an X5 with a drivetrain derived from the i8.
Climbing even further up into the premium high-performance PHEV stratosphere are the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid (middle), new Cayenne S E-Hybrid with a similar powertrain (background), and the super-premium, super-sport 918 Spyder (foreground) with combined gasoline/electric output of 608 HP and a price tag of nearly a million dollars.
Back in a less rarefied price range, Ford showed this lineup of their plug-in and hybrid vehicles. In the foreground, in front of the C-Max Energi PHEV and other hybrids, is the new 2015 Focus EV, scheduled to become available in early 2015. I am always pleased to see new generations of alternative-fueled vehicles, and that's one reason I always keep an eye out each year for the CNG Honda Civic shown above. At the 2002 L.A. Auto Show, I noted that the RAV4-EV on display was based on the older body, not updated alongside the gasoline models that year, and I took that to be a sign (accurately, as it turned out) that the model was not going to be offered for much longer. (There was a decade-long gap between the discontinuation of the original RAV4-EV and the introduction of the modern one, now also discontinued.)
Mercedes Benz is rolling out some new models, with availability in only ten states initially; this is the B-Class Electric, a battery EV, and in Spring 2015 there will be a PHEV version of the S550.
Audi will start selling this A3 e-tron PHEV in Summer 2015. The white car overexposed in the background (sorry, I'm not a great photographer) is the A7 h-tron FCV concept car.
This report is getting pretty long; plug-in vehicles have gotten so popular that I have to cull the list of ones to show on the page. Also present were the Chevrolet Spark EV, which has been available for a couple of years in California and Oregon; I understand it is to be phased out in favor of a new dedicated EV (as opposed to this adaptation of the gasoline Spark, say), called the Bolt. The Chevrolet Volt will have a second generation in 2016, running on regular rather than premium gas among other improvements. The Fiat 500e EV is available in California and Oregon; the Honda Fit EV is out of production, but a new Accord PHEV came out last year. Volvo showed the new XC90 T8, a PHEV AWD SUV (lots of alphabet soup). A Smart EV is becoming broadly available, "wherever there's a Smart dealer" or so I'm told, though the signage still said you could only "pre-register" your interest. And in the "Aftermarket and Performance" third-party display area in another hall was the Mullen 700e, which is a resurrection of the Coda from a few years back (a four-door EV sedan with a UQM drivetrain and lithium iron phosphate battery pack), and a display from ZElectric Motors, who will convert a classic VW Bug to an EV for you.
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV was there, and with an MSRP of $22,995 it is a lot less expensive than some of the other vehicles discussed above (a third cheaper than the Fiat 500e or e-Golf, half the price of the BMW i3 or Mercedes Benz B-Class EV, and let's not think about the BMW i8 or the Porsches). Mitsubishi also brought the Concept XR-PHEV vehicle shown above, which as its name implies is a PHEV concept SUV.
Another affordable EV is the Nissan Leaf; in Hawaii I can't drive more than a mile on a major road without seeing a couple of them, it seems. It's getting the kind of "mindshare" that the Prius earned in the early days of hybrids; people heard "hybrid" and thought "Prius," and in Hawaii at least they hear "electric vehicle" today and think "Leaf." In addition to the Leaf, Nissan brought this "rail job"-looking BladeGlider concept EV.
Well, this will be among the first webpages I "advertise" using Facebook, Twitter, etc.; if you came here via one of those modern routes, this is probably the first page you'll see on the website, so welcome! Now that I've "relaunched" the website, I hope to continue reporting on developments in this arena for as long as alternative fuels remain "alternative."
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"I'll see you on FaceBook."
Many times I have said that I am living in a different world than when I was born; I have no idea where this world is now heading.
People now use the telephone to type; and whereas they used to brag about having a big screen television, now they use the typewriter to watch television on a much smaller half-size television screen.
Friends used to call each other sometime, then it went to "text me"; but now it is "I'll see you on FaceBook."
I went to lunch with two guys one day, and I was sitting in the middle with each of them at one side. After seeing them texting, Facebooking and any other stuff people do on the cell phones for about twenty minutes, I left. When they got back to the office, they had the nerve to ask me where I went since they could not find me anywhere and they had to text the taxi driver the address to the office because I was nowhere to be found.
At the end of the trip, the taxi driver texted them the fare amount and they had to text the driver the amount owed for the trip. I was already frustrated because that morning I went to the doctor — the nice doctor, not the one that makes me wait for a half an hour in a closet full of ugly pictures of all parts of the human body and then he only has ten minutes to hear why I am there and tells me that is nothing to worry about and walks out of the closet — and after talking about his new-born baby girl we started talking about medicine and all the illnesses and diseases there are in this world.
The funny part of this conversation is that none of the illnesses I mentioned to the good doctor — cancer, arthritis, dementia, high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes and many others — have a cure.
After all the research, after all the fund-raising telethons, after all the donations and experiments for the last fifty years, we're still not close to finding a cure.
How come? That is why people are more skeptical to donate money for any of those illnesses because they are wondering after twenty or forty years of telethon after telethon, collection after collection, nothing positive is seen.
Why? Because all the money that is collected goes to expenses, to staff and to other more frivolous expenses.
I remember when people used to go to the doctor and whatever medicine he or she prescribed it was to cure; but nowadays people go to the doctor — oh, excuse me, a health provider — and the prescription he or she gives you is like marriage used to be, forever, "until death do us part."
I have a friend that is not in that good of health and every time he leaves the medical building he has a new prescription; by now he may have about twenty different pills he needs to take on a daily basis.
I have another friend that has the entire night table full of different medicines because all the medicine he is taking is to be taken "forever."
The pharmaceutical business is booming, and I have no idea why people think that they want to finish with the old-timers when they make money with the elders that are left in this world.
Look at it this way: if the pharmaceuticals make medicine that cures, how are they going to make a living? how are they going to keep the status-quo they now enjoy?
It is important for the economy of the country that people get hooked on all those prescription drugs and those prescriptions that the Mickey Mouse insurance industry does not cover under any plan.
I know a case where the patient was told that the medicine was not covered by the insurance company and he paid $280 for a few pills; then later he found out that the insurance company would cover the medicine, but the senior already was in the hole for that amount of
Insurance plans get higher in cost and what they cover gets skimpier and the pharmacists are under the impression that they are doing the client a favor by filling the prescription and even treat some of their customers very rudely.
That same thing is what happens in many other places, where customer service is a thing of the past; where the customer means nothing to the employees who think they are indispensable and I assume that if the hired help do act incorrectly, it is because they know the boss will allow it, meaning that the boss doesn't care about the customer either until the business starts going down the drain and they wonder why.
I remember when Las Vegas was the place where everyone was treated as royalty; there were no half-empty water glasses, there was always a cup of fresh coffee and the employees were all happy and protected the client as much, if not more, than the owner of the place or the management.
People appreciated the good service and the employees appreciated the clients and were proud of their job classification, regardless of what it was.
Today it takes one hour to give the car to the valet and two hours to get coffee from room service in the morning; and one is lucky if they don't drop half of the cup on your robe because they are in a hurry to go and get another order.
The other day I stayed in a hotel and when I was leaving the room I ran into the young lady that brought me the coffee the previous day while I was going down for my coffee because I didn't want it two hours later.
I noticed that the room service waitress was pulling two tables with breakfast orders on them. Can you imagine that? By the time she got to the second order, the breakfast might be cold.
In the old days, before the corporations took over our town, things were different in almost every hotel; at the Sahara the valet parking used to keep a bowl with fresh water for when my little dog got thirsty; at the old Thunderbird, Moe the valet captain always kept my car by the front door so I didn't have to wait for the car on my way out.
The employees as well as the management used to appreciate the clients, the customers, the players, or whatever the house likes to call the patrons.
After all, maybe it's a good idea that the new administrators have changed the old names that were symbol of prestige, class and distinction where everyone, regardless of their financial status, were treated as royalty and respected and treated as if we were the only costumers in the place.
Every new group that buys a property on the Strip always wants to change the name that helped make our city famous worldwide; maybe it's a good idea so those of us who've lived here for a very long time can keep those names on the same pedestal that those hotels had us on in the past.
I miss Las Vegas.
My name is Rolando Larraz, and as always, I approved this column.
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Demand for internet TV continues to gain momentum in the US. The latest numbers from iSuppli, the market research firm, found that one fourth of TVs purchased by Americans in January were connected to the Web, either through integrated technology or an external device.
The researcher found that of the new sets purchased in January, 27.5% indicated their sets were connected to the internet. In December the number was 24.3%. Cisco estimates that video traffic is growing at 132% compound, making it the fastest growing type of data over the internet.
Latest numbers from DirecTV, a leading US pay TV service, with operations throughout South America, highlight the growing attraction of mobile connectivity. In the third quarter last year DirecTV saw twice as many connections to its service through the iPhone as in the entire year over personal computers. Since then DirecTV has signed up 2m mobile customers who schedule their DTVs from their iphones. As well as internet and mobile enabled TV companies like DirecTV are also benefitting from increased interest in 3D television.
Speaking at the company's most recent results, Mike White, DirecTV's president and ceo said: " I think it's fair to say that increasingly our consumers expect us to be even more of a full video provider and they also expect to access that content whenever and wherever they want."
He added that DirecTV, which has an alliance with AT&T, is working on ways to ensure that its customers will be able to watch the same programs they currently view on their TV on their mobile phones and other devices, such as Apple's forthcoming iPad. DirecTV noted that its coverage of the US National Football League -NFL- was particularly popular with iPhone and other mobile device owners. Sport will therefore form an integral part of the company's plans to attract mobile users.
As we have pointed out in the last couple of issues of the Mash, interest in content companies is increasing, both because of rising advertising traffic, but also the growing awareness that content in an age of mobile devices, may have a higher value than many at first thought.
The pay TV business in the US is mature but a number of technological trends are now infusing the sector with new life. Besides mobile internet access, which has only just begun, the sector is seeing increased interest in Digital Video Recorders -DVR, high definition TV - HD and now 3D and internet enabled TV. The growth in DirecTV's subscribers who are taking HD and DVR has doubled over the last year.
Later this year the company plans to launch a 3D film and program service. Interest in 3D is high following the unprecedented success of Avatar, which has become the biggest grossing movie of all time. A number of other 3D film launches are expected this year.
Besides the technological angle to DirecTV the company a great deal of exposure to the rapidly growing Latin American market, where its sales rose by 47% over the year. DirecTV has operations in Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina.
Over the last quarter Tiger Global, a leading US hedge fund, in which the legendary money manager Julian Robertson has invested, emerged as the largest institutional investor in DirecTV, taking an 11.4% stake.
As we highlighted in Mash 35, Vizio, the American based flat screen TV maker is the leading supplier of LCD TVs in the US. Vizio - in which Amtran of Taiwan is one of the leading investors - saw shipments increase 92% over the year to 5.9m.
iSupply found that nearly 42% of Web-surfing TVs in the US had integrated connectivity, which means that they can be accessed from other devices, such as PCs. Another 20% were connected through video-game consoles; 13% through Blu-ray players; PCs and stand alone boxes tied at around 12% each.


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NFL Superstar Moved Wedding In Protest Of North Carolina Anti-Transgender Bill
Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and Singer Ciara Quietly Dissed NC Over Anti-Transgender HB2
Three-time Pro-Bowler and Super Bowl winning quarterback Russell Wilson married singer Ciara on July 6th of this year after moving the location of the wedding multiple times. This would seem like a normal situation, but there was more to the story. Mindy Weiss planned the wedding for the celebrities and recently did an interview with the wedding news website, The Knot. In the interview, Weiss noted the reason for moving the wedding out of North Carolina: the civil rights violating, anti-transgender bathroom bill known as HB2.
The wedding planner stated:
"I did the whole thing — three times," Weiss reveals. "They were first getting married in North Carolina, but they called it off due to the transgender bathroom laws."
The couple was eventually married in England.
The Seattle Seahawk's quarterback later confirmed the move was made due to the hateful nature of the discriminatory law, saying:
"I'm just going to simply talk about, I just believe Jesus loves all people," Wilson said, via ESPN's Sheil Kapadia. "That's honestly what I believe, and I just always constantly pray for world peace. I pray for peace in the world. I pray for joy."
Certainly, a diplomatic answer, but the implication was clear. Much like many other larger entities that have boycotted North Carolina – such as the NBA moving its 2017 All-Star game out of Charlotte – Wilson and Ciara moved their wedding for the same reason. They don't want to be associated with such hate in any fashion.
Related: Lawyer Arguing For Anti-Transgender Bathroom Law Stunningly Admits Stupidity Of HB2 In Open Court
And there is little doubt about the destructive nature of the law. In the weeks following passage, North Carolina's transgender suicide hotline reported its call volume had virtually doubled likely due to the vitriol of HB2. Transgender youth already have an extremely high rate of suicide attempts as one in every two will make an attempt before they turn 20 years old. One study even found a link between suicide attempts and bathroom restrictions for those in the transgender community.
While Russell Wilson and Ciara did not make a public stand on HB2, they still made their presence felt in their own way. Many may criticize Wilson for not being more vocal, but he still made his contribution to the cause. And most importantly, he showed he isn't willing to tolerate such discriminatory actions against a mistreated community of people. It was a quiet but significant gesture and the newlyweds should be applauded for that.
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Molecular formula. C6H14O6S2
Relative molecular mass. 246.3
Graphic formula.
Chemical name. 1,4-Butanediol dimethanesulfonate; tetramethylene dimethanesulfonate; CAS Reg. No. 55-98-1.
Other name. Myelosanum.
Description. A white, crystalline powder.
Solubility. Very slightly soluble in water; sparingly soluble in acetone R; slightly soluble in ethanol (~750 g/l) TS.
Category. Cytotoxic drug.
Storage. Busulfan should be kept in a well-closed container, protected from light.
Additional information. CAUTION: Busulfan must be handled with care, avoiding contact with the skin and inhalation of airborne particles.
Definition. Busulfan contains not less than 98.5% and not more than 100.5% of C6H14O6S2, calculated with reference to the dried substance.
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A. Heat 0.1 g with 10 ml of water and 5 ml of sodium hydroxide (1 mol/l) VS until a clear solution is obtained; an intense odour of methanesulfonic acid is perceptible. Cool the solution and divide it into two equal portions for test B.
B. To one portion of the solution prepared in test A add 0.05 ml of potassium permanganate (10 g/l) TS; the purple colour changes to violet, then to blue, and finally to emerald-green. Acidify the second portion of the solution prepared in test A with 2 ml of sulfuric acid (~100 g/l) TS, add 0.05 ml of potassium permanganate (10 g/l) TS and shake; the colour of the permanganate is slowly discharged.
C. To a test-tube transfer 0.10 g of the test substance, suspend it in 1.0 ml of copper edetate TS and 0.5 ml of ammonia (~260 g/l) TS, then add 0.5 ml of hydrogen peroxide (~60 g/l) TS; this constitutes solution 1. Similarly, prepare a blank without the test substance; this constitutes solution 2. Place both tubes in a water-bath for 5 minutes, cool and add 1.0 ml of hydrochloric acid (~70 g/l) TS and 4.0 ml of barium chloride (50 g/l) TS; solution 2 remains clear and an opalescence is produced in solution 1, which changes to a white precipitate after a few minutes.
Melting range. 115 - 118 °C.
Sulfated ash. Not more than 1.0 mg/g.
Loss on drying. Dry to constant weight at 60 °C under reduced pressure (not exceeding 0.6 kPa or about 5 mm of mercury); it loses not more than 20 mg/g.
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Here are a few tips on how I work with people to try and help them relax in front of a camera:
1. If the person seems busy and stressed, I do my best to assure them I will not take much of their time and I express my sincere thanks for meeting me in the midst of their busy schedule.
2. As I'm setting up and assessing the location, I also engage them in small talk about their work or hobbies (if something in their office suggests a pastime). I try to find and express a common connection. This can be anything from places I've traveled, things I've studied, or hobbies I enjoy.
3. It can be difficult to be funny on the spot with someone I just met, but I try to be as light-hearted without sacrificing professionalism. What I say or how I do this just depends on each person and how they are responding to me.
4. If I give a compliment, I make sure it's 100% sincere. I never say "Oh, I love that shirt you're wearing!" or "I love that painting behind you!" if I don't mean it.
With this project, I would sometimes ask them to give me that big promotion smile...or that "I'm finished with that grueling tenure process" smile. That would often illicit a genuine smile, although sometimes brief if I had to move my camera too much to put it in front of my face. In other words, I had to be READY for it. That smile can quickly melt when they remember I'm photographing them. :)
Here are a few of my favorites I picked for different reasons:
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When photographing people, it's very important to determine the best pose, angle, and lighting that is most complimentary to the subject. In a previous post, I gave some tips on posing for portraits. The importance of using these things to the advantage of the person being photographed can be illustrated by the following example. Look at these two portraits of the person in the first portrait above. The following portraits were made back to back. However, slight changes that occurred to the angle of her body, lighting, and her hair in the moments between the two images resulted in photographs that almost looks like two different people:
As you can see, I chose the first photograph of her at the top of this post over either of these because I felt her smile, pose, and the lighting in that one was the most natural and complimentary.
What process do you go through to make the most complimentary portrait of a person?


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France vs. Nigeria: Last-Minute Live Stream and Preview for 2014 World CupJune 30, 2014
France have been one of the most impressive teams of the 2014 World Cup so far, and they'll face a Nigeria squad rounding into form at just the right time in the round of 16 on Monday.
The Super Eagles looked lethargic during their opening draw against Iran and hardly any better in the close win over Bosnia-Herzegovina, but their performance against Argentina in the final match promised better things could be on the horizon.
Les Bleus ran all over Honduras and Switzerland during the group stages and decided to rest a number of key contributors in their final match against Ecuador, so they'll be rested and very confident heading into this tie.
Date: Monday, June 30
Time: 5 p.m. BST/12 p.m. ET
Venue: Estadio Nacional, Brasilia
TV info and live stream: The match will be broadcast on ESPN (for US viewers) and BBC1 (for UK viewers), with mobile coverage available via WatchESPN and the BBC iPlayer.
French football was in utter disarray four years ago, but under the guidance of Didier Deschamps, Les Bleus have found a way to turn things around in a hurry. Several young stars, such as Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann, have stepped up, and the team has been playing excellent football in the last few months.
France have the look of potential world champions, but they're trying their best not to get ahead of themselves.
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye told FourFourTwo that every match needs to be played and that he and his teammates have tremendous respect for the Super Eagles:
One false step and you're home, so you already have that pressure.
I respect this Nigeria team, and we can go through but to say we can win the World Cup... well you have to be careful.
Even with the mentality and determination we have on the pitch there's nothing to say we won't be beaten by a better side.
Going from having ambition to saying we have to win the World Cup is putting yourself under unnecessary pressure.
Nigeria came into the tournament with a number of question marks, but the team seemed to figure things out match by match. Against Argentina, movement in midfield was superb, and the overlapping runs from the full-backs put tremendous pressure on the Albiceleste back line.
Emmanuel Emenike played his best match yet holding on to the ball, and Nigeria will need a similar performance from him to get past France's talented and physical midfield. If Ahmed Musa could repeat his scoring heroics, that wouldn't hurt either.
But the true key will be the form of Vincent Enyeama and Victor Moses. The latter returned to training on Sunday, per ESPN's Colin Udoh:
At his very best, Enyeama can be one of the best stoppers in the world, and as he plays his football for Lille, the French team know his abilities all too well. Meanwhile, Moses adds a lot of width to the Nigerian team, and his movement is vital in creating space in the attacking third.
Karim Benzema's scoring form has been phenomenal during this World Cup, the Real Madrid man finally performing up to standards for his national team. Aided by the marauding runs of Mathieu Valbuena and the excellent work from Blaise Matuidi, Les Bleus have looked like absolute offensive juggernauts at times.
Nigeria will have to be at their very best to get past this French squad, but given the Europeans' relative lack of experience, there's no guarantee Les Bleus will keep playing at the same level they did during the group stages.
The Super Eagles have the individual talent to make the difference in a close match, so fans shouldn't write off the African side just yet.


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Global warming has transformed the Earth, and it's about to get even hotter. The Arctic Ice Cap has all but melted, and the international community is racing desperately to claim the massive amounts of oil beneath the newly accessible ocean. Enter the Gaia Corporation. Its two founders have come up with a plan to roll back global warming. They plan to terraform Earth to save it from itself—but in doing so, they have created a superweapon the likes of which the world has never seen.
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On October 15, 2015, the Corrections Division of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office hosted a volunteer orientation. Lieutenant Bernard Mayor, Correctional Officer First Class Kristie Ardire, and Ms. Glenda Thompson, Administrative Coordinator, have teamed up to provide the St. Mary's County Detention Center Volunteer Orientation, which includes topics on:
- Facility Fire Safety Awareness – Volunteers learn about the emergency action plan, which details what to do when a fire occurs, and a fire prevention plan, which describes what to do to prevent a fire from happening.
- Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) – Federal law established to address the elimination and prevention of sexual assault and rape in correctional systems.
- Detention Center Safety and Security Rules and Regulations – Understanding how the safety and security rules of the detention center protect inmates, staff, and volunteers.
Detention Center volunteers assist staff with prison ministries, work release, help inmates with earning a GED, Narcotics and Alcohol Anonymous, and lead many other groups that benefit the inmates currently serving at the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Detention Center.
"We are grateful for the assistance provided by our volunteers. Their safety is critical to us and to the detention center as a whole" said, Michael Merican, Commander of the Detention Center.
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Balance is a myth. You will always be teetering, always on the Edge because that is how this home and work go together. The key Is to identify who you are. What do you want? What is important to you? The clearer we are as to why we choose to work, have a family, multiply our sense of self, the better we are at handling, taking up and prioritizing so that nothing suffers.
Sometimes home life is boring with its routine and sometimes work life is tedious with its demands. The key is to let the two intersect to find the inspiration. For me as a designer, it meant really merging the two so that one was not too boxed from the other. I t meant finding my work/design solutions in my interactions with the kids and my movements out and about. I would be observing- a game here, a word or colour there…training myself To use this to build a sort of a visual archive that I could dip into when I needed to get back to work, without having felt that I was wasting my time.
Picking up from the last point of looking for inspiration out and about, I trained myself to be in an observing mode- a game here, a word or colour there…teaching myself to use this to build a sort of a visual archive that I could dip into when I needed to get back to work, without having felt that I was wasting my time doing what is essentially also something I have chosen to do- have a life.
One of the hardest things to do was to learnt to switch off, without feeling unprofessional. Without feeling like you are compromising your sense of work or home life. I had to learn to be strict both with clients and myself. Set your own boundaries, and stick to them. Tell them you are at a school pick or you are at the park with your kids. Let them also understand that you have opted to balance the two as opposed to cutting one out of your life for the other. It makes you more well rounded. It makes you more interesting and it makes you someone who can be professional about their dealings.
If you are going to undertake this tightrope act, well then you had better be doing it because your life would be empty and meaningless without it. Money will come and go but the passion can sustain you through the challenging times. When you choose to juggle, it will get hard. It will get frustrating and Annoying and overwhelming and all those things that make us want to hide, but what they say about love, yes, that old cliche, that is what will pull you through. Because you love what you do.
Food, domestic help, family, friends, house are all things that aren't going away. Whether you choose to work full time or part time or not at all, any conventional Setting will mean that at least part of this will fall upon you. They will interrupt all your plans, all your meetings, all your phone calls. Be prepared. Keep your cool. Remember that with organization, you can do it all. Find systems that work for you. Hide from the kids to make the calls that need to sound professional. Learn to reply to emails with one hand and try to keep your sense of humor handy. It is usually much needed.
With so many proverbial balls in the air, chances are each day will bring Its own set of who am I's each day. One day you will be a better wife than a designer, one day a better designer than a mom and another,day simply better off alone. The thing is whatever you choose to be, choose to be good at it. Wise man that Mr. Abraham Lincoln. So whatever you are being that day, put the rest on hold and focus on doing that to the best of your attempts. If you try too hard to be all of the above, chances are you will be mediocre at them all. May as well invest in one facet and make it worth it.
When I chose this box of working from home, I knew I Would have my work cut out simply because I know me. I know how much I like the rest of life alongside my work and once you choose that, it's all forward moving.So to not miss out on anything- from deadlines to birthday parties, I started making lists. Some lists were almost opposite in naturewith both sabzi and client calls existing side by side. The I love you Text to the husband the how are you feeling now to the ill friend- it all came in the form of clearly bulleted points that I would take great satisfaction in crossing off.
And sometimes it will get too much. It will all be too much. Then walk away. Say no. Walk away fast before you burn out.Run to your safe place, whether that is work, home or friends or family. Go where you feel recharged. There is no shame in saying no, it shows strength of commitment To be able to honestly assess what you are capable of. Be courteous, be professional and be honest about what you can and will do.
And the most important truth I learned is that you simply cannot do it alone. Find your person, your village, your group of like minded, similarly functioning people who will catch that ball that you missed. Invest in them. Spoil them. Hang onto them. They will get you through the hard parts, be the extra hands you wish for, the sounding board for your ideas, the willing ear for the vents. So I will sayit again, find your people, gather your village because if there is one way You can truly do it all (whatever that means) it is with the support of those who believe in you and understand what you want out of life.
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Join us for Harvest of Hope
September 16, 2011
Our Fourteenth Annual Harvest of Hope Brunch and Silent Auction will be held on Sunday, September 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Westin La Cantera.
Join us for this delicious tasting event in which guests are invited to sample signature dishes from area restaurants, hotels and catering companies. Chefs will be competing for "Best Signature Dish" and "Best Table Display". You can help judge.
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Lawmakers reached an eleventh hour deal to avert a credit default on 16 October 2013. The agreement hashed out by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reopened federal agencies after a 16-day shutdown and allowed the Treasury Department to borrow money and avoid a default that experts say would have disrupted the global economy.
The short-term deal funds the federal government at the fiscal year (FY) 2013 funding level of $986 billion through mid-January. This is higher than the spending cap of $967 billion for FY 2014 authorized by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The deal does not do away with budget sequestration, as some lawmakers had hoped, which means that funding for scientific research, environmental conservation, defense, and other government programs will continue to be constrained.
The legislation passed the Senate with the bipartisan support of 81 Senators. In the House, the entirety of the Democratic caucus—save for two members who were sick—was joined by 87 Republicans to pass the measure. Despite the insistence of some GOP lawmakers, the deal does not undo or delay the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), but it does require stricter efforts to verify the income of individuals who apply for health insurance subsidies.
Federal employees who were furloughed during the shutdown will be given back pay. Surprisingly, the law also provides for a one percent pay increase in January for all employees. Congress could still block the first cost-of-living increase for federal workers in four years, however.
The law requires Congress to form a budget conference committee so that the two chambers can work out differences regarding spending. Among the likely sticking points will be the overall funding level for discretionary spending, defense and non-defense programs whose budgets are determined annually by Congress. Democrats will push for a replacement to the across-the-board cuts from sequestration and the inclusion of new revenue. Republicans will likely focus on maintaining the lower overall spending level of $967 billion and changing entitlement programs.
Two years ago, Congress formed a 'super committee' to address the budget deficit. The failure of that committee to reach an agreement triggered the start of budget sequestration the following year.
Despite the reopening of the government and the short-term increase of the nation's debt limit, the U.S. economy was negatively impacted by the government shutdown. According to rating agency Standard & Poor's, the shutdown cost $24 billion and reduced gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Although many experts expect some recovery of lost economic input in the coming weeks, business investment and consumer spending could continue to be depressed because of the potential for another showdown when the deal expires in a few months.
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is conducting a survey of individuals who are leading large-scale educational change efforts at the undergraduate level. If you play a leadership role in undergraduate biology education reform, you are invited and encouraged to participate in the online Faculty Leadership Development Survey: http://surveys.aibs.org/index.php?sid=51136&lang=en
The survey will be open until 5 November 2013 and is part of a larger study to explore programmatic elements that are important for the development of departmental leadership capacity among STEM faculty (http://www.aibs.org/education/aibsfacultyleadershipdevelopmentstudy.html). This study will allow AIBS to evaluate questions related to faculty leadership for change, the academic leadership skills faculty need and want, and existing general higher education leadership programs. The results will be shared with the broader STEM undergraduate community and allow AIBS to determine how it can provide additional support to those leading change through new initiatives or programs.
Ecosystem science plays an important role in the productivity of agricultural systems and the nation's food security. A distinguished panel of scientists will present their research findings to policymakers on 24 October 2013. The briefing, to be held on Capitol Hill, is hosted by the Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC), as part of their annual meeting in Washington, DC.
Dr. Jay Arnone, AERC president and research professor at the Desert Research Institute, will moderate the one-hour science briefing. The presenters are Dr. William Easterling, professor and dean at Penn State University, Dr. Elena Bennett, associate professor at McGill University, and Dr. Dorceta Taylor, professor at the University of Michigan. Their presentations will be posted on the AERC website: http://www.ecosystemresearch.org/.
AERC is a member of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). This year, as part of the AERC meetings in Washington, DC, AIBS will conduct a four-hour workshop for AERC participants on communicating ecosystem science to decision-makers and the media.
Some AERC members will also meet with congressional staff to discuss their research and the importance of sustained federal investments in ecosystem science.
As a member organization of AIBS and a contributor to the AIBS Public Policy Office, AERC received planning and logistical assistance for the congressional briefing from AIBS. For more information about the AIBS Public Policy Office and its services for AIBS members and contributing societies, please visit http://www.aibs.org/public-policy/.
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This new tool is made possible through contributions from the Entomological Society of America, Society for the Study of Evolution, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, and the Botanical Society of America.
AIBS and our partner organizations invite scientists and science educators to become policy advocates today. Simply go to http://capwiz.com/aibs/home/ to send a prepared letter or to sign up to receive periodic Action Alerts.


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my son has grade three concussion, hospital said recovery for this can vary, he has already suffered for 11 days, his fractures will take 6 weeks to heal.
my daughter also suffered a broken nose, the 25 year old sent my 17 year old a text telling him he was going to do it, does this show intent?
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Nullum nisi eos invadentem vel resistentem pro suarum rerum tuitione occiderunt.
The groups which ornamented, as acroteria, the two gables of the temple have been in part recovered, and may now be seen in the national museum at Athens; at the one end was Boreas carrying off Oreithyia, at the other Eos and Cephalus, the centre in each case being occupied by the winged figure that stood out against the sky - a variation on the winged Victories that often occupy the same position on temples.
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Faeminam nullam opprimi permisit nec pauperum bona surripuit, verum eos ex abbatum bonis sublatis opipare pavit.
Aimoin, who died about ioio, must be distinguished from Aimoin, a monk of St Germain-des-Pres, who wrote De miraculis sancti Germani, and a fragment De Normanorum gestis circa Parisiacam urbem et de divin g in eos ultione tempore Caroli calvi.
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Our thoughts today go to James C. Forbes, Pte 1226 Gordon Highlanders, who was 21 years of age when he lost his life near Ypres on 17th June 1915. James was the son of William & Agnes Forbes, who farmed at Cowhythe, Portsoy. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium and on the memorial at Portsoy School.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
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Tuesday, 9 June 2015
In memory of Alexander Gray
On this day we remember the loss of Alexander Gray. At the age of 18 Alexander was serving in the Royal Naval Reserve when, on 9th June 1915, he died of wounds sustained in action in the Dardanelles. A gravestone is dedicated to him at Mudros in Greece and he is also commemorated on the family gravestone in Portsoy cemetery. Alexander was the son of John and Maggie Gray who lived at Muir of Glassaugh, Fordyce.
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Thursday, 4 June 2015
Remembering Hector Guthrie
One hundred years on, Portsoy remembers Hector M. Guthrie, Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers. After graduating with 1st Class Honours from Aberdeen University, he was 22 years of age when he became a casualty of the Gallipoli campaign on 4th June 1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial as well as in Aberdeen University Roll of Honour. Hector's parents, James & Bella Guthrie, lived in Roseacre Street, Portsoy.
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28.5 percent of U.S. adults hold bachelor's degrees
America's 83 million students are working toward a common goal: Getting out.
Millions have aspirations of climbing the educational ladder to the very top, earning a doctoral degree. Millions more are satisfied with stepping off the lowest rung, leaving without a high school diploma.
The U.S. Census Bureau, which keeps track of everybody's progress, has just issued its latest update on educational attainment. These are its estimates for the 206.5 million Americans who were 25 or older as of last year:
- 177.4 million (85.9 percent) hold high school diplomas.
- 58.9 million (28.5 percent) also hold bachelor's degrees.
The following database contains the relevant statistics for 516 metropolitan and micropolitan areas. The tab allows you to isolate a single state. If you hit the Search button instead, you'll see the entire list.
You can re-sort the database by clicking the appropriate column header. A second click will sort in the opposite direction.
Three metros are so fervent about education that more than half of their residents have bachelor's degrees. All three, logically enough, are college towns: Boulder, Colo., at 59.1 percent, and Ann Arbor, Mich., and Ithaca, N.Y., both at 50.9 percent.
It's common to find areas where at least 90 percent of all adults have high school diplomas. There are 120 such places, led by Missoula, Mont., at 95.9 percent. A three-way tie for second place involves Corvallis, Ore., Helena, Mont., and Lawrence, Kan., all at 95.3 percent.
At the opposite end of the rankings are Fort Payne, Ala., and McAllen-Edinburg, Texas.
Only one of every 10 adults (9.9 percent) in Fort Payne has earned a bachelor's degree. And just six in 10 (61.4 percent) in McAllen-Edinburg have picked up a high school diploma.


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