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With claims of up to 75 percent faster software delivery times, the firm is sticking its neck out and saying that this is an answer to managing end-to-end build, test, and release cycles in the face of Android's rapid release cycle.
The delivery of new devices is largely based on how quickly device makers can ready their devices for each version of Android OS. In the face of this fact, Electric Cloud CEO Steve Brodie says that Android device manufacturers face an enormous challenge, namely how to speed time-to-market for Android devices without sacrificing quality.
"Market share capture depends in large part on how quickly Android device makers can build, test, and release innovative, high-quality software that differentiates their devices. Our new software-delivery solution for Android helps customers such as Imagination Technologies automate and greatly accelerate processes across the entire product lifecycle, enabling them to gain the first-mover advantage," said Brodie.
A January 2013 survey conducted by Electric Cloud of over 175 Android software device delivery professionals suggests that slow time-to-market, growing complexity of software release processes, and poor software quality are key challenges today. More than 70 percent of the respondents reported long release builds (20 minutes to 4 hours) and testing cycles (1-8 hours), demonstrating that slow, unreliable builds and tests were major bottlenecks for device delivery release cycles.
"Over the past year, the Android device market has exploded. In this highly competitive market, value-added software is the key differentiator," said Christopher Rommel, VP of M2M & embedded technology at VDC Research.
"However, releasing quality software on the Android OS is a non-trivial and time-consuming task. Having an integrated software delivery solution that simplifies, automates, and accelerates the entire software development lifecycle — from development through build, test, and release — can give Android device manufacturers a distinct competitive advantage by helping them deliver high-quality devices much faster."
The new Android workflow-based solution is integrated with Electric Cloud's ElectricCommander and ElectricAccelerator platforms for application delivery automation.
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Americans don't like Wall Street. It's not exactly breaking news, but a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds the depths of their detestation.
Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing economic crisis, 42% of respondents said they had a negative view of financial institutions while just 14% have a favorable opinion. The remainder of respondents had either a neutral view or no opinion. That is the lowest rating of any person or institution in the poll, which included the Tea Party and Bill Clinton.
As NBC reports, the antipathy remains high "despite record gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average of more than 15,000 points."
Still, the network notes a majority of Americans — 52% — continue to say they have been either greatly or somewhat affected by Wall Street crises and the housing market over the last three to five years. That's just seven points lower than in the immediate aftermath of the financial collapse in October 2008.
A portion of Americans' dislike for Wall Street wirehouses may be related to their view of the overall economy. Just 27% think the economy will get better in the next year, while almost half of the country — 48% — thinks it will be about the same, which NBC notes is the lowest since July of last year.
If Wall Street has problems, so too does the president; a majority — 52% — disapprove of President Obama's handling of the economy, his worst rating since August 2012.
The network argues that part of this is likely because of the disconnect between Wall Street and the job market. Recovery in the job market has happened at a much slower pace than the gains on Wall Street.
Yet Wall Street's pain could be RIA gain, if the latter can separate themselves enough and educate clients as to how, exactly, they differ from large wirehouses. And the fact that wirehouses are still so large reflects something of a paradox; despite their supposed dislike, many American continue to invest with them.
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- Requires excess funds from employee contributions to retirement programs to be applied toward reducing the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System, until the unfunded liability is eliminated (Sec. 501).
- Limits eligibility for receipt of the annuity supplement paid in addition to Federal Employees' Retirement System benefits to individuals hired before December 31, 2012 (Sec. 502).
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- Prohibits any sequestration order issued by the President that reduces defense spending for fiscal year 2013 from being put into effect (Sec. 706).
- Reduces the $1.05 trillion discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2013 by $19.10 billion on January 2, 2013 (Sec. 703).
- Repeals certain provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 that establish fixed appropriation percentages for the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau issued by the Board of Governors for each fiscal year (Sec. 331).
- Appropriates $200 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (Sec. 331).
- Repeals certain funding provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including, but not limited to, the funding for states to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges and the Prevention and Public Health Fund (Secs. 201 & 202).
- Repeals the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 provision that appropriates bonuses to states that demonstrate "high or most improved" performance in carrying out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Sec. 105).
- Repeals the Social Services Block Grant program (Sec. 621).
- Repeals certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act including, but not limited to, the Office of Financial Research and requirements for the liquidation process for financial entities by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Sec. 311).
- Repeals the authority of the Troubled Asset Relief Program to provide new assistance under the Home Affordability Modification Program to purchase "troubled assets" from a financial institution (Sec. 323).
- Requires health care lawsuits to be initiated by 1 of the following timeframes (Sec. 402):
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You can download your purchases from three places: on the download page you're directed to after finishing the checkout process, from the links we email to you at the time of sale, and from fan account collection pages (just hover your mouse cursor over an album in your collection and watch for the link to appear).
The default download format is MP3, and this is probably what you want. These files play back beautifully in iTunes, Windows Media Player, your iPhone/Android phone, etc. and include high quality cover art, accurate artist and track names, and lyrics when available. Our MP3s use variable bit-rate encoding (VBR) to shrink the size of the files while maintaining the highest quality, so you get fast downloads and can fit more cool island songs on your iPhone.
You can also download in FLAC, ALAC (Apple Lossless), AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF formats. These options are, as we say in the interface, for "audiophiles and nerds." If you aspire to become either, this isn't a bad place to start.
When you download an album from Bandcamp, it arrives on your computer in a compressed format called zip. Before you can add the music to your library and listen to it, you'll need to decompress, or "unzip" it. Doing so is very easy:
If you're on a Mac, double-click the file. You're done.
If you're on a PC, right-click the file and choose Extract All... You're also done. Don't see an "Extract All..." option? Try renaming the file to something simple, like "music.zip". The important thing is to make sure the name ends with ".zip". Then right-click it again. You should now see "Extract All..." in the menu. If you still don't see an Extract All... option, double-click the file. This will open a window listing the files inside. Press Ctrl+A to select all the files, then drag them into a folder or onto your desktop. This will extract them, for sure.
What!? That doesn't work either? You may be amongst the elite few who simply don't have unzipping software built in to their PC. Easy to rectify: there are some free unzipping programs for windows such as Zipeg, 7-Zip, PeaZip and Hamster Free Zip (not a typo).
To add music to iTunes, just launch iTunes and choose File > Add To Library.
To add music to Windows Media Player, you can either: a) select the audio files, then right click them and choose "Add to Windows Media Player List", or b) drag and drop the audio files onto the Windows Media Player window (if that doesn't work, try the drag/drop operation again, but make sure the Library tab is active in Windows Media Player first).
Alternatively, you can avoid this importing business altogether by using our free mobile listening app.
Go and check out the Downloading on Android page.
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Chances are very good your browser or network are to blame. Even Carl Sagan could not compose an analogy sufficient to describe the number of reasons why this might be, so in lieu of that please follow these helpful troubleshooting tips.
Go ahead and stop the download, then try clicking the link in the email receipt from Bandcamp again (and if you're on wireless try plugging directly in). If the download stops again, or the speed is still slow, it could be that a firewall or other internet security tool is in the way. Temporarily disable what you can, then try again. If that doesn't help (or simply doesn't apply), you might need to try your download using another internet connection -- some ISP's throttle the speed of large downloads, and the album downloads from Bandcamp (particularly the lossless formats) can be downright huge. If you've been trying to download one of the larger formats like FLAC or ALAC and would like to try the download in a more compact, but still high-quality format like MP3, just click format again, and choose a new flavor.
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All of these errors indicate the same thing: that the downloaded file is incomplete, probably due to a hiccup in your internet connection. The solution is to try downloading the album again (if you paid for the album, click the link in your receipt from Bandcamp). Album downloads can be pretty large, so if you're on wireless you should definitely try plugging directly in. You can verify that your download is complete by right-clicking it and selecting Properties (or if you're on a Mac, by clicking it and choosing File > Get Info). The size should match the file size indicated on the download page on Bandcamp.
If after re-downloading you still aren't having better luck even though the file sizes match, I ask: are you using an older version of Windows? If so, there are a few tricky things that might trip up the built-in unzipping program:
Long album & track names can cause trouble. To work around this, move the downloaded zip file to a place on your hard drive with a short path name, like C:\temp, and extract from there. Once the files are successfully unzipped, rename them to something simple (like "every atlas - track 1.mp3") and then move them to wherever you need to in order to import them into your music player.
Punctuation & unusual characters can make that old unzipper of yours sneeze. Rename the zip file to something simple (e.g., "madeinheights.zip") and try unzipping again. If that doesn't work, you may need to use another extraction tool (like 7-Zip or Zipeg) with better support for extended characters.
If you've tried it all to no avail you, like we, may be wondering "Why even bother?" If you'd prefer to skip all this downloading and unzipping and importing altogether, consider installing our free mobile listening app.
iTunes does not support FLAC, but you knew that already, right? Good. The second most common cause of problems with FLAC files is having outdated software. Before pulling your hair out, check online, get the latest version and try again. If that doesn't work try another FLAC program. We personally use VLC for playback and the command line flac tools for converting to WAV.
The source of the problem is that a lot of older software can't handle FLACs with sample sizes greater than 16 bits or sample rates higher than 44.1kHz. We encourage artists to upload the highest quality sources they can get their hands on, and more and more tracks are 24-bit/96kHz (what a great world we live in). On unsupported software these FLACs sound wrecked by static, or superloud, or they just won't play at all. Some albums have a mix of 16- and 24-bit audio which explains why you might be able to play some tracks but not others.
The bottom line is that FLAC is great and we can't wait for the day when our 24-bit Beatles FLACs sail seamlessly into our Bandcamp Limited Edition iPods, but we're not there yet. Software support for FLAC is still iffy, especially for the newer high quality formats.
No problem: just click on the link in your receipt email, choose the format you really did want by clicking the link next to "format", and after making your selection click Download.
If you're using Windows, start by looking in your My Downloads and My Music folders. If your download isn't there, please try your download again (if it was a paid download, you'll find a link to retry it in the receipt that we emailed you). However, when you click download this time: 1) click Save (not Open) in the dialog that appears, and 2) in the subsequent dialog, choose a location for the file, but remember to note which folder you're saving to.
If you're on a Mac and you weren't asked where to save your file, look in the Downloads folder.
We've definitely sent the email. Unfortunately, many things can happen once it leaves our servers, so if you haven't received it yet and it's not in your spam folder, we suggest waiting a few hours, and if it still hasn't arrived, trying again. If that doesn't do the trick, try entering a different email address.
First, double-check that the album actually has been released (it will no longer say "Pre-order" anywhere on the album's page) — perhaps the artist ran into a last-minute problem that held up the release. If you'd like to find out what the deal is, you can contact them directly using the Contact link on the right-hand side of the album's page.
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Social media may be driven largely by "likes" these days, but it turns out that financial services firms' advisor-targeted advertising is driven by much more than likeability. The true sign of success for an ad that targets advisors is whether or not any action was taken, a recent survey of advisors by Phoenix Marketing International concludes.
In a best practices advertising webinar on Tuesday, Phoenix Marketing International presented the results of its May survey of 1,152 advisors who were asked detailed questions about their response to 30 print ads that financial services firms have placed in trade publications and The Wall Street Journal over the last year.
Advisors picked the five best and the five worst of the 30 ads, making their judgments based on metrics such as brand recognition, main message and likeability, recall and 24 creative measures such as relevance and impact. Also surveyed were outcomes, meaning brand persuasion, ad recall and action taken in terms of the search for more information, company contact and recommendations to others.
"We looked at ad strategies that did or didn't hit, and creative themes that were most successful or unsuccessful. The most successful touched on advisor support and helping advisors help their clients. We saw ads that really resonated on that theme," said Carl Uttaro, a senior research analyst and product manager for Phoenix Marketing International—Financial Services, in a phone interview on Thursday. Uttaro was lead presenter in the Tuesday webinar.
Phoenix's Financial Services practice assesses ad awareness and effectiveness for retail banking, credit cards, investments and retirement. Participating in the Rhinebeck, N.Y.-based global marketing research firm's survey were RIAs, planners and brokers from national, regional and independent broker-dealers, as well as advisors from banks and insurance companies.
The following pages include the five best and the five worst of the 30 ads surveyed by advisors based on Phoenix's "Creative Potential AdPi" rating scale of 0 to 200. Uttaro noted that the average score was 119, with the lowest-rated ad earning a rating of 111 and the highest a rating of 130.
The Best 5 Financial Services Ads Targeted for Advisors
5) John Hancock, "Backstage Pass"
Phoenix "Creative Potential AdPi" rating: 125
Advisors lauded this John Hancock ad as being clear and to the point, easy to understand and appealing. "I thought it was an encouraging advertisement that built trust and I would recommend this company to my customers. It really was informative," commented one advisor.
4) Nationwide Financial, "Retire-ophobia"
Phoenix "Creative Potential AdPi" rating: 125
One advisor gave this Nationwide Financial ad credit for being "informative and clever," while a second liked the term "retire-ophobia." "I hear this sentiment from my clients a lot," the second advisor said.
3) Franklin Templeton, "Time to Wake Up"
Phoenix "Creative Potential AdPi" rating: 128
Franklin Templeton's forward-looking message was popular with advisors surveyed by Phoenix, who said the ad focused on "getting people to look at where they are at," which is the first step in achieving a successful retirement. The ad "takes into account current events and offers solutions" and "hits an important aspect to rebalance client portfolios," advisors said.
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Phoenix "Creative Potential AdPi" rating: 128
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1) Prudential, "Only One"
Phoenix "Creative Potential AdPi" rating: 130
"Prudential hit on the themes of crisp content, advisor support and real-world examples," said Uttaro. "It was successful because of the crisp layout with bold font and graphic tie-in of padlocks as bullet points referring to Prudential's daily lock-in. The ad resonated well with advisors because it even had a call to action where the advisor could order a brochure and a toolkit."
The Worst 5 Financial Services Ads Targeted for Advisors
The following ads, excepting the lowest-rated ad at the bottom of this "worst of five" list, are in no specific order, according to Uttaro.
"We didn't want to step on anybody's toes because these were the weakest performers. These individual ads didn't resonate quite as well," Uttaro said, adding that Phoenix's "Creative Potential AdPi" ratings for the worst advisor-targeted ads are available on a private basis to Phoenix's clients. In general, unsuccessful creative themes included unnecessary text and ineffective graphics.
According to the Phoenix data, the weakest ads didn't work because of:
- Too much or too little information
- Confusing or irrelevant messaging
- Too much jargon or ineffective use of graphics
- A lack of supporting messages, which kills credibility
5) MFS, "Carry the Weight"
While this MFS ad was relatively strong in being persuasive, it did not resonate for "breakthrough creative," according to the advisors surveyed by Phoenix.
4) Scottrade, "Mission"
The overall impression of advisors surveyed was that Scottrade's "Mission" ad lacked breakthrough and impact.
3) TDAmeritrade, "Advancing"
TDAmeritrade's ad promoting advisor services was among the weakest performers in terms of showing "a credible brand," according to the Phoenix survey.
2) Allianz, "One Great Opportunity"
This Allianz ad promoting annuities struggled to evoke "strong persuasion" for advisors, who gave it a low overall likeability.
1) Lincoln Financial, "Trees,"
Phoenix "Creative Potential AdPi" rating: 111
"Lincoln Financial was definitely the worst," Uttaro said, pointing to the firm's AdPi rating of 111 versus the 30-ad survey's average rating of 119. "It struggled from a creative standpoint on all the metrics, including relevancy. It struggled significantly there, and relevancy has been one of the themes or attributes of the best ads that we've noticed."
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
NASCAR TV Networks Drooling Over Danica
There are a lot of professional athletes who know how to use the media, but none may be doing a better job right now than IRL driver and cover girl Danica Patrick.
Her Monday visit to the shops of Stewart-Haas Racing set the reporters typing, the radio hosts talking and the NASCAR TV networks drooling. In an era where the tail often wags the dog, Patrick is proving to be media savvy beyond her years.
Click here for the story from Jay Busbee at Yahoo! that has details and links to the Danica visit. NASCAR has famously been a sport where women had a very hard time getting a toe-hold. Often, that was a two-sided issue that pitted sponsorship against performance. That may not be the case any more.
Although the smart money is still on Danica using her NASCAR flirtation as IRL contract leverage, the question remains. What if she jumped in a Cup ride?
Scan the NASCAR grandstands on any race day and the one group with the most in common are the female fans. Driven more by the personalities on the track than by what brand is stamped on the engine, this group may come into play if and when Patrick puts a serious eye on the sport.
Jimmy Spencer on SPEED's RaceDay was very clear in his opinion that Patrick could not handle a Sprint Cup Series car. He referenced the long line of open-wheel racers that had come and gone, including the high-profile Dario Franchitti. While Spencer's view is based on performance, there is another school of thought that exists.
The entire 2009 IRL schedule consists of only 18 races. The season did not start until April and ends in October. There is no support series where drivers can double-up on a race weekend. The most recent IRL race in Toronto had a grand total of 23 cars. There are only 5 races on ABC. The remaining 13, including the final 7 events, are carried on the Comcast-owned Versus cable TV network.
While Patrick may be trying to play the field, there are several things that make the lure of NASCAR attractive. As we said at the outset, Patrick is a media personality who works her off-track activities perhaps even harder than her racing. It may be fair to say that her exposure in Sport Illustrated's swimsuit issue might have gotten her a little more attention than finishing fifth out of 21 IRL cars at the Milwaukee Mile this May.
Waiting for Patrick in NASCAR land would be the Fox Broadcast Network, Turner Network Television, ESPN and her old friend ABC. The 24 hours of NASCAR radio on SiriusXM would make her a topic of discussion daily. It seems ironic that a move to the Sprint Cup Series would actually get Patrick more race exposure on ABC than the entire IRL season. It's a little thing called the Chase for the Championship.
Whatever amount of merchandise Patrick is moving at the Danica Racing Store, she can count on that number soaring if she adds her NASCAR sponsor, her team name and the little NASCAR logo to the t-shirts and caps.
In our society at present, we follow and admire people as much for their exposure in the media as the things they might have done to get it. Sometimes. they may have done relatively little and still become media darlings. Patrick has been a consistent IRL performer, but few wins have come her way. That has not stopped the public from making her a household name.
While there is little doubt Patrick's first season in NASCAR would be a learning curve, there is one thing to keep in mind. In terms of sponsorship, revenue and exposure she may only have to make the field each race to keep her incredible media presence alive and growing. With the right team, that might not be too tall a task.
NASCAR Now, RaceDay, and the Hollywood Hotel would be filled with Danica-mania if she were to show-up in February at Daytona. SportsCenter, Wind Tunnel and other shows not totally NASCAR-oriented would bend to her purpose. These days, the motorsports media follows instead of leads.
How would you feel if Patrick made the move directly to the Sprint Cup Series with an established team? If she was just as serious about getting away from open-wheel racing as another former IRL champion you may have heard of...his name is Tony Stewart.
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37 comments:
- West Coast Diane said...
It's a free country, so if she were serious, why not.
I follow IRL. Her attitude/demeanor has changed this year, for the better. She commented at the beginning of the season she was going to work on letting go of the "angry" Danica. I think that is a major reason she is 5th in the points and has top 5 and top 10 finishes.
On the NASCAR side she would have to sign with a top tier team to make sure she had the best equipment. The transition just seems to be too difficult for open wheelers to go to a lesser team.
There could be resentment from fans if she went direct to Cup, instead of doing the Arca, Trucks, Nationwide approach. So, while she would still be the "story" for all branches of the media, it could backfire. NASCAR fans tend to get testy when the media dotes on one person extensively....even my beloved Junior...LOL! Joey Logano had some of that backlash intitially, but seems to be winning over fans (like me, who liked him, didn't like him, liking him again).
With all that said, I think she might be interested in NASCAR in the future. Although, not sure she is into the length of the NASCAR season. So, I'm thinking she is negotiating her contract with AGR or another team.
- July 15, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- Amy said...
On one hand, more power to her if she gets the media attention she needs/wants by doing the NASCAR rounds. And a hearty laugh at the media for falling for the trick. On the other hand, hearing more about Danica moving when there's no reason she would leave IRL.. *yawn*
- July 15, 2009 at 1:22 AM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Coincidentally it would seem that Tony George's demotion by his sisters and mother and the implications for the IRL might make NASCAR more attractive for Danica.
At the same time it could just be a smokescreen for the latest NASCAR mystery - does the newest Gillette Young Gun (Joey L.) really know how to shave?
- July 15, 2009 at 1:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Danica isn't fit to wash Tony Stewart's laundry. She needs to spend more time learning how to win instead of building up her 'chick brand'.
- July 15, 2009 at 3:11 AM
- Kenn Fong said...
Jimmie Spencer's comments about Danica are laughable. After what he said about Kelly Earnhardt two years ago, he made it clear that the Geico caveman wasn't the only neanderthal in NASCAR.
West Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
- July 15, 2009 at 5:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
It would be interesting, that is for sure. I have my doubts about her ability in a stock car, but it seems guys who come to the series from other series, and are determined to suceed through hard work do show improvement: Marcus Ambrose and Juan Pablo come to mind.
After visiting her store, I noticed one thing to keep track of...what is happening with the #7 in NASCAR. Are there negotiations for Robbie Gordon's team to use another number? Would he give it up to her?
- July 15, 2009 at 6:37 AM
- Tom said...
Jimmy Spencer has always made comments that are at best....uniformed....(to use a nice term), and at worst, misogynist. As a former fan of his local racing days, I cringe now just seeing him open his mouth. He has every right to his opinions, just as I have every right to speak against them....or not watch him.
Inverness, FL
- July 15, 2009 at 7:16 AM
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- July 15, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- 50 yr. fan. said...
I think it would be great to see
her in Cup. She does have a
burning desire to win which certainly isn't reflective in the
"Most Popular" driver. (lost 3
spots in the last lap last week)
- July 15, 2009 at 7:47 AM
- batchief said...
I would like to see her try it for a year. The up side for Nascar, if she has even a small amount of success, would be tremendous. If she doesn't succeed, no harm no foul and she can return to the open wheels. The one year ride from this spectators perspective would have been a blast. I would love to see a third Stewart/Haas entry with her in it. Tony would transfer his car points to her car so she would be in the show each of the first five races and he would easily qualify his car, like he did this year, on time.
C'mon on Danika, we are waiting.
- July 15, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- RLGuido said...
I cant wait to see her do 500 laps at Bristol !
This is not going to work out period and anyone whoe thinks otherwise has bumped their head.
Besides, she just hired Anna Kournokova's manager.
Janet Gutherie gave it a shot in the 70's and was actually respectable until she ran Bristol and had to get out of the car.
Women have better reaction time and reflexes than men but they do not have the physical endurance.
Running Nascar's top series is no joke with several 500 mile races, a 600 miler and 4 short track races that are 500 laps each.
This deal may pump up her brand but she will never be a success in the Cup Series.
- July 15, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think she has a great amount of talent and given good equipment and time to learn she could do well. It would be a mistake to assume success would come in the first year. If she is not willing to stick it out for 3-4 years then I would say do not come into Cup.
- July 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- GinaV24 said...
JD you said "As we said at the outset, Patrick is a media personality who works her off-track activities perhaps even harder than her racing. It may be fair to say that her exposure in Sport Illustrated's swimsuit issue might have gotten her a little more attention than finishing fifth out of 21 IRL cars at the Milwaukee Mile this May." In a nutshell, this is why as a female I HATE the idea of Danica Patrick in NASCAR -- just not the role model for women that I can support. The Go-Daddy commercials are offensive to me.
Personally, I'd rather see Chrissie Wallace get a good ride -- I'm tired of the "cult of personality" being the driving force behind this type of deal.
I can tell you that I would absolutely NOT buy any of her "souvenirs".
- July 15, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
Shawna Robinson is pretty & was a good driver. In the best of equipment, she might have won a race. Danica would be a flop.
- July 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- racingwench said...
I will be in minority here but I have no respect for Danica. I used to follow her when she first started and thought that racing is what she wanted to do. She wanted to be the first women to win the Indy 500. Unfortunately that has changed. Now she is nothing but a racing version of Anna Kournikova. Marginal racing talent but she knows how to play the media.
As a woman it makes me sick that our next generation of woman drivers think that exposing their body is the only way that they will be able to go forward in this sport.
Just compare the GoDaddy commericals. Why does GoDaddy think that it is okay for Danica and others to do a strip tease? Can you imagine if Junior and Brad K did that in theirs?
Too bad Danica has sold out for money instead of being the role model that she truly could be as a woman racer.
- July 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
It doesn't matter that I'm not a fan of Danica,think she's highly over-rated and think she would fail at the Cup level in excellent equipment. What matters to me that Nascar not mimic the WWE, but concentrate on improving their product---racing! The best thing about putting her in a Cup car is that we'll quickly see if she can cut it. It would be a risky move for her.
- July 15, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
I might be drooling, but it's not over Danica. And why the networks would think she's such a big deal is beyond me. She drives a race car - as do how many hundreds of other human beings. She's not the hottest thing at the track if you're talking about skills. She has a nice smile, but I don't watch NASCAR races to root for toothy grins.
Why is she such a hot topic? Because she can wear a bikini? I'm reminded of a friend who votes for the Presidential candidate who is the best looking. I guess qualifications are no longer important in our society. How sad.
- July 15, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Matt, SoCal said...
If she is serious about it, I am all for it. Nascar will benefit as much as she will. As for the male chauvinists above, get over it. She is in great physical condition and could outlast probably half the current field in a car. Granted it will take a while, maybe a few seasons. But if she is really serious about it, and gets a top notch ride, I will be watching every move. Not just because she looks HOT in a bikini, really that's just added benefit for me, but it would be quite the precedent if she came in and did well. Danica, if you are 100% committed, come on over.
- July 15, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Dave Sorter said...
The best think for her would be for Penske or Ganassi to sign her for IRL with crossover possibilities in NASCAR...she runs entire IRL season, then runs Nationwide in off weeks and if she shows potential, a couple of Cup races. If that works out, send her to Cup full time in 2011 or 2012.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think it is time for a reality check here:
In all fairness, Danica has signed IRL contracts to 2 different teams just after the teams' peak. Rahal-Letterman and Andretti-Green were top-tier teams who started a downhill slide as Danica came aboard.
Also this season, Penske and Ganassi have completely dominated the series this year. Who has the most points of any driver outside of these 2 teams? Thar would indeed be Danica!
If Danica does decide to move to the Cup series, going to Tony's team would be a smart move. First off, Tony is the only top-tier owner that may have an open seat. Tony is considering expansion if he can find sponsorship. Signing Danica would just about guarantee a high-dollar sponsor. A wIn for both sides.
Next, Danica would have a mentor for her transition. How can you top a 2-soon-to-be-3-time Cup champ as a teacher (who also just happens to have an IRL title!)?
Whoever stood up for Chrissy Wallace, I applaud you. Sha has shown some actual talent behind the wheel. She richly deserves a ride in a good Nationwide car next year (Tony has given her a lot of help in the past few seasons as well).
Although it might be risky, a move to Cup makes sense for Danica right now. Unless she can get a ride with Penske or Ganassi (unlikely), she has no further upside by staying in the floundering IRL.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- cvt said...
Look, Mark Martin is 5 ft 6 in and 135 lbs. He works out with weights (strenuously) everyday to be able to race a COT in the Cup schedule.
Danica is 5 ft 2 in and 110 lbs.She's at huge disadvantage, one I don't believe she could overcome.
Jeff Burton nailed it. Take a COT to a track and test. You'll find out real soon whether you could do it.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- MRM4 said...
I think she needs to win races where she is at before jumping into something else. Just like the David Ragans and the Scott Speeds who hadn't won squat and still got Cup rides they are struggling in, the same applies here. She'd obviously need some seat time in Nationwide and/or ARCA before making the move. I'd hate to see her be like some of the others that learn as they go in Cup.
Until she says for sure she is going to NASCAR, I'm not going to pay too much attention to this story.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- RLGuido said...
Matt, what are you guys taking in SoCal ?
The girls need to stick to the drag strip. There are so many things going against women in the highest level of Oval racing.
I do not begrudge Patrick anything but she is not going to make the Big TIme in Nascar.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- RobFromCanada said...
The media is all a twitter about Danica..that she's the next coming of the great racing hope...the advertisers are drooling on thier laps..the public..couldnt really care less.
the public is what buys..so the advertisers are gonna forcefeed danica-nascar mania down our throats even though the real race fans are more or less yawning at the whole thing.
She's a 2nd tier racer in a 4th tier racing series..thier are female racers in the nascar feeder series that could run circles around her that arent even being looked at because they dont shower with frau hawtie in commercials.
So let her come over..it will give the paprazzi more to do..will boost ratings amongst the "newest fad" crowd for a couple months...then die off when she returns to indy because she bombed miserably.
The reason drivers like JPM..tony stewart..robby gordon..et all..that came from open wheel are succeeding is because thier portfolios were diversified...all did other forms with success...JPM did indy..F1..carting..sedan racing...tony did open wheel..sprint..robby did open wheel and dirt....so they were able to mesh the attributes they gained to become fine nascar drivers..all danice has done is drive a spec open wheeler to results that speak.."the second group"..her one win was due to her crew chief keeping her out and sqeaking out the gas mileage.
So..let her come..insert laughter here.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
No way she'll get in a Cup car. It would be a disaster that would make Patrick Carpentier's Cup career look stellar by comparison.
I wouldn't be surprised to see her try some Nationwide races under the radar -- but nothing has prepared her for the heat and physical exertion required to drive a stock car, let alone the different set of skills which she has so far untested.
That said, I'd still like to see her come to Cup - if nothing else just for the pure excitement and attention it would bring.
- July 15, 2009 at 11:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
My wife doesn't like NASCAR, or racing really in general. But she always watches Danica in the Indy 500 and she had told me that if Danica came to NASCAR she would start watching races with me.
Now you can think what you want about my wife's closed-mindedness, but my guess is that there are millions of other wives out there like her.
So I say bring Danica to Cup - she can replace Jooooonior in souvenir sales and put more butts in the seats --- and better looking butts!
- July 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
My experience working in college athletics and watching various women's sports leagues be created, then folded, is that women are not really a good market to rely on for watching other women compete (except maybe gymnastics and figure skating). So to assume that all the women in the stands would be Danica fans, or that she would bring new female NASCAR fans, well, that hasn't panned out for various other women's sports leagues (basketball, soccer, etc.). Just a thought.
- July 15, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Sophia said...
If Danica were REALLY thinking about coming to NASCAR it would be under cloak and dagger meetings. NOT announcing to the world every step she takes.
It's simply the media falling into her PR deal.
I detest the GoDaddy commercials but have nothing against a person using their looks or personality to garner sponsors.
She is a better driver than she was a couple of years ago but I still would like to see another woman get in better cars to see how she does but she is not a glamour deal in most people's eyes (Sarah Fisher) If Danica were built like Tony Stewart (and I LOVE TONY) would she still be getting all this attention. Methinks not.
Also NASCAR schedule is grueling compared to open wheel and she has been told that by those who tried the change.
She has it good where she is..and she is a much better female driver than the other "good looking woman" Milka Duna.
- July 15, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- bevo said...
Not going to get dragged into this one :)
The one thing I will say in general is if you don't think a woman doesn't attract more female fans at a race or on television go to an NHRA event and see how many little girls and teens show up with shirts and hats on getting autographs and pictures made with Ashley Force Hood, Hillary Will, Melanie Troxel, Peggy Llewellyn, Angie McBride, Karen Stoeffer or Angelle Sampey.
- July 15, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
She'd be crazy to jump until she has exhausted her IRL career.
The phycical demands are not as tough in NASCAR as they are in open wheel, nor are the risks.
She can compete in IRL for 7 more years and still be fit/young enough to get a decade out of NASCAR.
Bray Kroter
- July 15, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Media savvy versus performance.
Read: Michael Waltrip
Media exposure means nothing in NASCAR. You can oversaturate the market with all things Danica, but I WILL GUARANTEE NO ATTENDANCE JUMP.
- July 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Maybe her visit to Stewart-Haas was just for the media, and her real destination was to meet with the U.S. Gran Prix team?
- July 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Richard, like a famous man once said in a dark garage...follow the money.
- July 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Vicky D said...
I believe Danica outsells merchandise than any other driver in IRL so coming to Nascar would be a plus for them. I don't know whether she could/would compete in cup, I still think she would bring out the girls and women. I wouldn't mind seeing her at least the media might stop talking about Jr. for a few races.
- July 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM
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- July 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 6:50PM,
Please feel free to repost without the hateful speech. We try very hard to be family friendly here. Thanks.
- July 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't see Danica having a chance in NASCAR. Many better drivers have tried, and failed. In 5 years in Indycar, how many wins does she have? 2? If it were not for her looks, she would've been gone long ago.
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To mark the food theme of this year's World Environment Day: 'Think. Eat. Save' IUCN urges policy makers to pay greater attention to the role that nature plays in boosting global food security.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted globally. This is equivalent to the same amount produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, 1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of five die every day from hunger.
There are many ways of improving this situation and while reducing food waste is critical, IUCN urges policy makers to make greater use of nature's ability to provide sustainable solutions and to improve cooperation between sectors to ensure food security.
Ecosystems such as forests, river basins and wetlands play a critical role in food production and security. They support the availability, access, and use of foods, both farmed and wild, and make our food systems more stable. Within these ecosystems, wild sources of food including vegetables, fruits, nuts, bushmeat are important to millions of people, especially during times of famine, insecurity, or conflict when regular food supplies are disrupted. Biodiversity also supports agricultural production through 'services' such as water purification, soil formation, nutrient cycling, pest control and pollination.
Some facts
• Wild animal and plant foods provide vital calories as well as much-needed protein and nutrients to more than a billion people.
• Fish provide more than 1.5 billion people with 20 % of their average per capita intake of animal protein.
• Bushmeat in the Congo Basin alone feeds nearly 100 million people – both urban and rural dwellers – and is important in many other forested regions of the world.
• Bumblebees perform a free pollination service valued at over $200 billion dollars per year, or nearly 10% of the world's agricultural output for human food. If bees disappeared completely, more than one-third of the world's food production would be threatened
Despite the importance of nature in food production, ecosystem degradation and weak environmental governance is compromising the ability of developing country populations to farm, access and use food effectively.
"An ecosystem aware approach to food security aims for more than just alleviating hunger. It embraces the goal of building long-term food resilience – the capacity of ecosystems to support food production and the ability of people to produce, harvest or buy food in the face of environmental, economic and social shocks and stresses," says Mark Smith, Director of IUCN's Global Water Programme.
IUCN is working with partners to promote dialogue and share solutions for the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus, an initiative to support innovation and cooperation between these interdependent sectors.
The main World Environment Day event is being hosted by the government and people of Mongolia, and focuses on the new UN Environment Programme and FAO campaign Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint, which aims at slashing food waste. Mongolia is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, and is aiming to ensure this growth goes hand in hand with a green economy.


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I think I'll just keep this as one long post and update it each day. So what do we have in the first installment:
So basically this comic has no humor besides the anticipatory humor of wondering what crazy thing Mr. Hat will do to unclog the internet! Will he tell people when their heroes will die? Will he complain about music services he doesn't understand? WILL HE STAND SILENTLY NEAR LINES???
Most importantly, will he be more than just a sad shell of his former self?
All this and more could be possible in this, the most exciting of all weeks! Keep checkin' religiously, gang!
Day 2:
I guess the only even mildly amusing moment is seeing that Mr. Hat has a moat outside his apartment. I guess. The rest of it is just the usual xkcd repeating other people's memes. Yes, Randall, we know you read 4chan. We know.
Day 3:
see any of these, meaning that Mr. Munroe has done basically no more work than just....coming up with a list of Wacky Antics. With some Supreme Court and Constitutional Amendment name dropping thrown in. Heck, if all we're going to do is ask questions about stuff Mr. Hat has done, hell, any of us can do that.
"You set up ten thousand laser pointers to draw your name on a cloud?"
"You replaced your arch-enemies houses with realistic cardboard cutouts?"
"You somehow managed to make sending dollar bills to your house the most popular meme on the internet?"
"You tricked an audience of webcomic fans into thinking you weren't a washed up hack?"
"You disguised yourself as a nun for four years to embezzle from a church?"
But I digress.
Why does Ron Paul have a cane? He's a pretty sprightly fellow. He doesn't need a cane.
Anyway, the comic is like what the rest of the week has been - Excuses for Mr. Hat to showcase his usual wackiness. It just feels...forced to me. Too much of just a list of Wacky Things, desperately seeking the love this comic used to feel.
You'll all be glad to know that I am CLEARLY in the minority as there is no one more excited about this comic than its own author! Mr. Munroe writes on the forums: "Oh man I'm excited about the rest of this arc. I'm tempted to scan and post them right now."
Also, goddamn forumites- they have declared that this comic is "So much awesome" [honestly, you'd think a fan of a webcomic ostensibly about language would know a noun from an adjective], that is contains "like, 5 types of epic in it" , "made of awesome" "so much win" and "made of roflsauce." what the fuck, people. Try to have some independent thought, ok?
Day 4
As I said in a comment below, it's really weird to read that "bloggers" watch out for their own - no blogger ever agrees with another so it's weird to think of them teaming up for anything. I guess the idea is that it's so preposterous it's funny? But it seems a little too crazy, even given that you have a blimp fighting a balloon.
It is not cool to make a high point of your story arc Cory Doctorow in a balloon if you were the one who invented that idea and are the only one promoting it. Look Randall, you have to wait for the meme to be accepted by the world and then mock it.
When did Mr. Hat become a blogger?
Now a note on the series as a whole - this is hard to phrase but the pacing feels wrong. For a five part series, it doesn't feel 4/5 over. The first panel made it seem like unclogging the tubes would be the focus of the arc, and Mr. Hat's KRAZY ways of fixing the problem. Now it feels like it's shifted to DR. R0|\| P4VL!!1 and his KRAZY adventures up in the air. So in theory, tomorrow, for the arc to feel completed, Ron Paul has to get to Washington and do whatever it is he's going to do and we have to see Mr. Hat get confirmed and solve all the internet problems. Now this is possible - these comics have been longer than usual anyway so maybe we'll have a comic that is actually epic and is way super long.
Here's what I think - I think it's a longer than 5 day story. I think it's going to end with a cliffhanger tomorrow, be continued on monday, and end with some massive 500th comic post-election insanity or something. Maybe he even has two different comics ready, based on which person wins the election.
And then Friday's is "Well, that's enough for me!" and he quits the webcomic business....
Day 5:
OMGZ it has been MORE THAN ONE HOUR PAST MIDNIGHT and the new comic is not up! oh me oh my whatever is happening? Maybe Randall was kidnapped by PIRATES oh no! All we have is a message saying "The comic will be up shortly! (within the hour)" better see how the forumites are handling it!
"I want my... I want my...I want XKCD"
"Me Want Part 5 Comic!!!1!"
bah, humbug. I'd say they were being ironic...but then, they are the ones checking xkcd at midnight...and commenting on it...of course, I'm in that camp too so I guess I'm a hypocrite. Except I don't really care when the comic comes out 'cause I won't write about it till tomorrow anyway.
Day 5:
I guess with a story that was chock full of masturbatory references to his own HILARIOUS earlier jokes (Cory Doctorow in a balloon! Mr. Hat is just so UNPREDICTABLE!) I should have assumed the climax would be another one - in this case, a ball pit in the Capitol.
Yes, dear readers, it appears that the ultimate lesson of all this is that all that stupid fighting in Washington can be solved if we would just follow Randall's advice and put ball pits everywhere. I mean, do we really care that the original ball pit comic was all sweet and cutesy and here's it's being done by a dude who is essentially a terrorist? Of course we don't! It's just one of those crazy xkcd ideas that will always be funny and never be old!
As to the story as a whole, I think the biggest problem with the story arc is that the first four panels set up a whole bunch of stories and didn't go nearly far enough in terms of advancing a 5-part story. So the last installment is super-rushed. We have Ron Paul - who took up a full 1.5 comics and a little bit of another - basically serving only to accidentally help Mr. Hat escape. We have Cory Doctorow basically dropping out of the story in the middle of his plot, and the whole "oh noes the internet is clogged" turning into "ha ha, but we aren't going to do anything about it because Mr. Hat doesn't care."
So much for my brilliant theory about the story extending a few more days. I really shouldn't have been surprised, I suppose. Had the story gone towards "vigilante Mr. Hat is given free reign to do anything he wants to internet trolls" it may have been fun. As it is, we might as well just hit "random comic" a few times and enjoy some of these ideas the way they were first presented.


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BOULDER — New Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre has not made final decisions on the job status of the Buffaloes' current staff members, despite a rumor Thursday that none of them would be retained.
"I believe to put a report out about no members of the coaching staff staying with the program is inaccurate at this time," CU athletic director Mike Bohn said.
Former head coach Jon Embree was fired last month, but the rest of his staff has been on board ever since. MacIntyre was hired Dec. 10 and will decide which current staffers, if any, will be retained.
On Thursday, former Buffalo great Alfred Williams, who is a radio sports talk host on 104.3 The Fan and is close to several members of the staff, posted on Facebook, "CU has fired their entire football staff from the '12 season, everybody!"
That, however, had yet to be determined as of Thursday and one member of the football staff said Thursday he had not heard anything about his job status.
"It's unknown at this time," Bohn said. "It's not a cut-and-dried piece because there is just so many different moving pieces still and other staffs around the country that could impact us and pull that together. I believe that coach (MacIntyre) has a pretty good idea of who is coming with him from San Jose but he is also working with some additional coaches on the outside and still trying to find out what some of our existing coaches are doing and what may be available."
MacIntyre, who led San Jose State to a 10-2 record this season, is expected to bring several members of the Spartans' staff to Boulder. Coordinators Kent Baer (defense) and Brian Lindgren (offense) are expected to be among those leaving the Spartans to join MacIntyre at CU.


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Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is found in most shampoos and toothpaste. It is a known skin irritant and is absorbed through the skin and retained in the heart, liver and brain for long periods of time. It can cause damage to the eyes, even when absorbed through the skin. Exposure can lead to coughing, headaches, nausea and vomiting. It is an ingredient of great concern for scientists, especially when children are exposed to it. Oddly, Skin Deep only rates this ingredient a 3.
Sodium Laureth Sulphate(SLES) is a milder version of SLS with an added ether chain and is regularly found in cleansers and shampoos. It is added to thicken and give a richer consistency. It can cause skin irritation, and should be kept away from children.
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate(ALS) is also commonly used in shampoos and cleansers. It can irritate eyes, skin and lungs but is much milder and safer than SLS. The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database rates this ingredient 1-2.
Sodium Lauryl Sulphoacetate(SLSA) sounds very similar to Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, and its very easy for one to draw the conclusion that its equally bad for the body. In fact that is not the case - the two are very different. Sodium Lauryl Sulphoacetate is a very mild foaming agent and has a Hazard Ranking of 1 (low hazard) in the Skin Deep database. It is derived from coconut and palm oils and creates a rich lather that can easily be rinsed away. Its molecular size is considerably larger than SLS - it is too large to penetrate the skin, unlike the much smaller SLS molecular that does penetrate the skin and lead to skin irritations and other problems.
All of the above are anionic surfactants (or wetting agents) which are used to lower the surface tension of water.


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The first single from the album The Unforgettable Fire, it can also be found on the Best of 1980-1990/B-sides compilation.
The song was developed during a sound check at the November 16, 1983 Honolulu concert. Pride is a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his portrait appeared during the song at the October 18th concert in Lyon, France. Mrs. Christine Kerr. who is thanked in the liner notes. is actually Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. During the time of the album's recording she was married to Jim Kerr of Simple Minds and provided backing vocals to Pride.
This single was released in several formats, the two most collectible being the 7" picture disc and a 12" with a blue cover. The single peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard charts. It made its first concert appearance during the early performances of the Live Under Australian Skies tour in 1984. The song was also in their set for the May 17, 1986 Self Aid festival in Dublin. During the Save The Yuppies concert in San Francisco, Bono spray-painted a statute with the words 'ROCK & ROLL STOPS THE TRAFFIC'. He was charged with a misdemeanor and paid to have the graffiti removed.
U2 made an animated appearance on the 200th episode of The Simpsons on April 26, 1998 entitled Trash Of The Titans. They performed part of Pride during the PopMart concert in the imaginary town of Springfield. The song was featured in another television show, Miami Vice on the 2-hour premiere of the Prodigal Son for the second season.
The single was voted No. 1 Best Single in the Hot Press Readers Poll and scores of artists have also recorded the song, including: the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Pride: The RPO Plays U2; Studio 2000 on The Best of U2 Gold; Razed in Black on We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2; Inbetweendays on Zoovenir - A Tribute to U2; Hawaiian act Hapa on In The Name Of Love add ancestral chants and a snippet of MLK;Dustin on Faith of Our Fathers; Extempo on Channel 32 who do an a cappella version, and Barbara Dickson on After Dark.
Two groups have released a Pride (In The Name Of Love) single of remixes: the Kingston Club released a reggae-inspired version while Clivilles & Cole released techno remixes of the anthem on a single and their album The Best of C&C. One of the versions by Clivilles & Cole also appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Gladiator.
'....the most succesful pop song we've ever written. You can see there is a certain craft to the songwriting. I use the word 'pop' in the best possible sense; pop for me is an easily understood thing, you listen to it and you comprehend it almost immediately. You relate to it instinctively. A lot of the LP isn't like that at all.'
Bono, speaking in the 1980's
'Because of the situation in our country non-violent struggle was such an inspiring concept. Even so when Bono told me he wanted to write about King, at first I said, 'Woah, that's not what we're about.' Then he came in and sang the song and it felt right, it was great. When that happens there's no argument. It just was.'
Edge, speaking to Q Magazine, December 1998


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Guns are in more than one third of all U.S. households, so they're a very real danger to children, whether you own one or not. That's why it's important to talk to kids about the potential dangers of guns, and what to do if they find one.
If you do keep a gun in the house, it's vital to keep it out of sight and out of reach of kids. The gun should be kept locked and unloaded, and the ammunition should be stored separately.
Allowing kids to play with toy guns is a personal decision, as is how to respond to a child's pretend shooting action during the course of play. Remember that even if you don't allow your kids to have a toy gun, their friends may have them. So explain to your kids that real guns — unlike toy guns or those shown on TV, in movies, or in video games — can seriously injure or even kill a person.
Teach kids to follow these rules if they come into contact with a gun:
It's particularly important for kids to leave the area to avoid being harmed by someone who doesn't know not to touch the gun. A child as young as 3 years old has the finger strength to pull a trigger. It's also important for kids to tell an adult about a gun that has been found.
Many kids are raised with guns in the home, particularly if hunting is a part of family recreation. If you keep a gun in the home, it's important to teach your kids to act in a safe and responsible way around it.
To ensure the safest environment for your family:
If you own a gun or have found one in your home and want to dispose of it, call your local police station. Do not dial 911 or an emergency line. Laws differ between states, but generally, the firearm will be checked to ensure it was not part of a criminal investigation and then it will be destroyed.
Community "buy-back" or "amnesty" days are another disposal option. These programs allow people to bring unwanted guns to a designated place where they will be made unusable. To find out if your community hosts these programs, contact your local police department — but don't wait until such a program becomes available to dispose of an unwanted firearm.
Gun safety does not end when your child leaves your home. Kids can still come in contact with a gun at a neighbor's house, when playing with friends, or under other circumstances away from home.
Make sure you talk to your kids about gun safety outside your home. They might even know which friends have guns in the home and where they are stored — ask them.
Also discuss gun safety with the parents of friends if your child spends time in their homes. It may feel like an awkward conversation, but the person you ask will likely understand that you only have your child's safety in mind. It is OK to speak up and ask!
If there is a gun in the friend's home, you need to decide if it poses a safety risk to your child. If you're uncomfortable having your child play there, consider offering to host at your house instead.
Non-powder guns, such as ball-bearing (BB) guns, pellet guns, and paintball guns, are not regulated by the government but can cause serious injury and death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends that kids under age 16 not use high-velocity BB guns or pellet guns. And these guns should only be used under the supervision of an adult. Kids who have a BB gun, or are likely to come into contact with one, must know to never point it at anyone, including themselves.
Paintball guns are known to cause traumatic eye injuries, so kids need to wear protective eye gear. Kids should not put caps for toy guns in their pockets because these can ignite due to friction and cause burns and loud noises that can damage hearing.
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