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he 13 continuing resolutions federal agencies endured during the budget battle earlier this year took their toll on information-technology contractors as well. For the first half of 1996, IT acquisitions ran at about 70 percent of their normal rate as government organizations postponed or even canceled all but mission-critical technology purchases. Shutdowns that
furloughed almost 300,000 federal employees also forced systems integrators to put hundreds of workers on leave. All told, the budget battle cost companies thousands of dollars a day in lost revenues.
Now that the omnibus budget appropriations bill has been passed, companies are gearing up for a bustling fourth quarter as agencies rush to spend money before the fiscal year concludes at the end of September. By the time the buying spree is over, the Office of Management and Budget predicts 1996 information-technology purchases will total $25.6 billion. (That number excludes about $25 billion for non-reportable IT items such as Defense Department command and control system components.)
Although federal spending on computer and telecommunications products this year will total roughly the same as in 1995, in real terms spending will be slightly lower. Part of the reason is that more than 30 current IT programs have been funded at 1995 levels. However, some of the biggest IT spenders-the Air Force, the Army, the Navy, NASA and the departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, Transportation and Treasury-actually reported moderate increases in spending.
Prospects are brighter for 1997, due in large part to pent-up demand and the release of new procurement-reform regulations. Although industry analysts differ on exact numbers, most agree that federal IT spending will reach at least $26 billion next year as agencies use computer systems to compensate for downsizing.
"With the number of federal employees declining and resources more scarce, there is certainly a significant incentive for the government to become a world-class user of technology," says John Koskinen, deputy director for management at OMB. "In some ways we just don't have any choice but to keep on spending money [on information technology]."
Recent initiatives have made it easier for agencies to procure commercial, off-the-shelf hardware and software. Changes in the General Services Administration's Multiple-Award Schedule (MAS) program, for instance, have enabled vendors to treat government buyers the same as private customers. Companies no longer have to obey 30-day price freezes and are allowed to offer spot pricing and special discounts to agencies. In addition, tedious review and justification procedures have been eliminated.
Contractual mandatory-use provisions are being eliminated as individual schedule periods expire and new contracts are awarded. GSA also is moving to convert all MAS contracts from one-year agreements to five-year deals with five additional one-year options. Longer-term contracts are expected to help agencies reduce administrative costs and provide continuity with the vendor community.
Maximum order limitations have been removed so that contractors can accept orders of any size. The lifting of these barriers has prompted some large systems integrators, such as PRC, to get on GSA schedules for the first time.
Government organizations now can use the MAS program to conduct indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) procurements by negotiating blanket purchase agreements with multiple-award schedule vendors-thus eliminating the costs and time-consuming procedures associated with open market buys. As a result of this rule change, organizations such as the Federal Aviation Administration and the IRS recently decided not to recompete large IDIQ technology contracts. Instead, those agencies will obtain goods via the MAS program.
GSA is using multiple task orders for several IT support service procurements known as multiple award, indefinite quantity (MAIQ) contracts. Eight contractors are competing for $840 million worth of IT services on the MAIQ contracts, which are open to all federal organizations.
"Agencies doing large volume buying now can maximize discount opportunities and negotiate the best deals for their needs," says William Gormley, assistant commissioner of the Federal Supply Service's Office of Acquisition. "Blanket purchase agreements and MAIQ contracts are making procurements easier so that agencies can devote more of their resources to primary missions."
But despite significant improvements in the MAS program, agencies are still awarding sizable IDIQ contracts for computer and telecommunications products and services. Some of the larger procurements this year include the Defense Information Systems Agency's $2.5 billion Defense Enterprise Integration Services II contract, the Social Security Administration's $1 billion Intelligent Workstation/LAN award, the Air Force's $1 billion Desktop V deal and NASA's $825 million SEWP II procurement.
More IDIQ contracts are expected once GSA's Board of Contract Appeals cedes its jurisdiction over IT bid protests to the General Accounting Office's procurement law group. That change, which will occur this month, was one of many dictated by the 1996 Information Technology Management Reform Act. Some agencies-hoping to avoid lengthy protest disputes-are waiting to award big contracts until the torch is passed to GAO, which is seen as a less hostile forum because it omits the type of extensive discovery procedures used by GSBCA.
Introducing CIOs
Another development delaying some IT acquisitions this year is the reengineering of the federal information resources management infrastructure. New procurement-reform legislation dictates that all Cabinet agencies must replace senior IRMs with chief information officers, who will be responsible for rationalizing information-technology investments across enterprises. Some agencies who fear program overhauls are postponing big IT acquisitions until CIOs are named. Although all CIOs are supposed to be in place this month, more than half of the posts were still vacant in early July.
Part of the problem is that the government is still trying to define the role of the federal chief information officer. Should CIOs should be career civil servants or political appointees? Is computer knowledge a necessity or will good management skills suffice? And should the post be combined with other positions such as chief financial officer?
The interagency Chief Information Officer Council recently developed a methodology for helping agencies recruit CIOs. Duties of a CIO, according to the council, should include strategic planning, budgeting and development of performance measures for information-technology programs.
Responsibility for reviewing those performance measures now falls to OMB, which took over IT oversight responsibilities from GSA when the 30-year-old Brooks Act was repealed earlier this year. Although agencies still have to comply with governmentwide technology and security standards, they are largely free to buy what they want without getting permission from a central authority. The only catch is that agencies now must tie strategic plans to budgets and set up qualitative performance measures for those investments. Projects that fall more than 10 percent behind performance targets may be halted by OMB.
Many observers inside and outside government predict agencies will have a tough time learning to treat IT budgets as if they were capital investments-especially after decades of centralized oversight. Few federal organizations have experience in designing performance measures for gauging the impact of information technology on core missions. The consensus, however, is that the time has come for agencies to be accountable when it comes to IT spending.
"Although federal information-technology obligations now total at least $25 billion annually, what the government is getting in return for these expenditures in unclear," says Christopher Hoenig, director of GAO's Information Resources Management/Policy and Issues Group. "Real opportunities exist to boost organizational performance, but the risk of failure is ever present and must be vigorously managed to ensure success."
GAO has called for disciplined management processes combined with a shift to procurements involving more off-the-shelf commercial products. The agency also favors smaller projects, since they cost less and are easier to monitor. Some agencies even are moving to fee-for-service programs, which provide fresh revenue to supplement dwindling appropriations.
Efficient IT Procurement
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994 encouraged agencies to try innovative procurement methods such as "best-value" source selections, which have been heartily endorsed by the National Performance Review. Instead of awarding contracts solely on the basis of low price, agencies now are considering other factors such as past performance, management capabilities and technical superiority. They also are using performance-based specifications instead of detailed specifications that designate exactly the type of technology to be used.
"By letting vendors define requirements, agencies are getting cost-effective solutions for their mission-critical systems," says Gary Murray, chief executive officer of Sylvest Management Systems Corp., a federal systems integrator. "After all, the success of companies is predicated by the success of agencies."
Results from FASA-based reforms have been promising. Agencies are procuring IT products and services faster and more efficiently, with more emphasis on customers and less obsession with risk. The Transportation Department's new $1.1 billion Information Technology Omnibus Procurement, for instance, was awarded in only four months.
Both the Air Force and the Social Security Administration have been experimenting in recent IT buys with a new procedure known as "two phase advisory down-select." Using this method, contracting officers rely on vendor qualification statements and site visits. Bid evaluations are based on oral presentations and prototype demonstrations instead of lengthy written reports.
Organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Navy are doing paperless procurements by processing contracts on-line. EPA completed one complex information-technology procurement in less than nine months-compared to two years under the old system. The agency estimates that electronic procurement saved more than $114,000 in paper costs and postage on that contract alone.
The Federal Aviation Administration is using Integrated Product Teams for its IT procurements. With this innovative approach, contracting officers work closely with planning, program, legal and management staff-as well as users. The FAA predicts the team concept will reduce procurement times by 50 percent and save the agency at least $200 million over the next three years.
Some of the most dramatic procurement reforms are still to come. OMB's Office of Federal Procurement Policy, in conjunction with the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council, is rewriting sections 12 and 15 of the 1,600-page Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the blueprint for federal procurement. By revising these sections, which cover competitive contract negotiations, OFPP hopes to explicitly authorize innovative source-selection techniques-such as oral presentations-that encourage a more open exchange of information among buyers and sellers.
"We have no choice but to continue to move our acquisition system from an obsession with process to an obsession with delivery of results," says OFPP administrator Steven Kelman. "The best is yet to come, because proposed regulations are very aggressive."
Hardware and software companies are concerned, however, about future procurement reforms, especially in the area of bid-protest procedures. The Industry Coalition on Information Technology recently was created to develop industry positions on new legislation such as the IT Management Reform Act. The group hopes to influence government acquisition procedures.
"The biggest problem from the contractor's point of view is the size of the investments and the time it takes to do government procurements," says Edward Hammersla, executive director of federal operations for Informix Software. "In the federal world, we don't begin solving the problem until the procurement process is complete, by which time the technology could be outdated."
This year Congress will lose two of its biggest champions of information technology and procurement reform when Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, the head of the Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee on oversight of government management and Rep. William Clinger, R-Pa., chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, retire from public service. There are no IT or procurement experts in line to replace them, so the next generation of IT overseers faces a steep learning curve.
Consolidating Data Centers
One of the priorities of those overseers will be supervision of federal data center closings. The Office of Management and Budget has directed agencies to cut the number of data centers from 205 to less than 100 by June 1998. Some of the small and mid-size processing centers will be consolidated, while many government mainframe operations will be shut down entirely.
OMB's revised Circular A-76 on "Performance of Commercial Activities" advises data center directors to benchmark their operations with private-sector processing centers. Those cost comparisons are expected to help directors decide which centers to retain. Workloads from closed centers will be handled by interagency service agreements or farmed out to contractors.
GSA's Federal Computer Acquisition Center plans to issue a final solicitation this month for at least three 10-year IDIQ contracts to provide civilian agencies with mainframe round-the-clock processing support. Each outsourcing contract is expected to support about 10 clients.
These "virtual data centers" will represent one more step by the government toward privatization. The Electronic Industries Association estimates that outsourcing accounted for two-thirds of all federal spending on information technology last year. And that trend is likely to continue as lower budgets force agencies to contract out computing operations that are not mission-critical, such as payroll.
Agencies doing the most outsourcing this year include the Air Force, Army, Navy and the Health and Human Services, and Transportation departments. The IRS is hoping outsourcers will help it resuscitate its $8 billion Tax Systems Modernization project, which was the subject of a scathing GAO report recently.
One of the most prevalent outsourcing jobs this year will be labor-intensive date conversions required to solve what's become known as the year 2000 (Y2K) problem. On Jan. 1, 2000, six-digit date fields in computer programs will read 01-01-00-causing machines to interpret the date as Jan. 1, 1900, instead of Jan. 1, 2000. This misinterpretation will cause computers to crash or to make costly and potentially dangerous miscalculations unless dates are re-written on mainframe computer code.
Likely candidates for Y2K outsourcing are small, disadvantaged firms that qualify for the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. Since the deadline for fixing year 2000 problems is a short time away, agencies will not want to waste time. One way of sidestepping time-consuming bidding practices is to award sole-source contracts directly to minority-owned companies.
Internet projects will also be candidates for outsourcing. As agencies continue to offer World Wide Web sites to the public-more than 1,000 at last count-they will need help setting up home pages and integrating appropriate networking hardware and software. Electronic commerce systems incorporating electronic data interchange and other technologies also will require a high degree of systems integration and outsourcing.
Other hot information-technology areas this year are "intranets"-types of internal Internets-and imaging and workflow products. In an effort to produce performance-based measurements, agencies also are expected to purchase financial-management software that can relate budget numbers to program strategies.
"Agencies will depend heavily on information technology as they reengineer their organizations to become more results oriented," says Robert Deller, director of market-research services at Global Systems and Strategies. "IT is the facilitator for better service at lower cost."


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(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to soon end an Obama-era policy that protects nearly 800,000 immigrants who entered the country illegally as children, a senior administration official said on Thursday.
In the past, Trump has sometimes seemed supportive of the programme, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. At other times he blasted it. Following are some of Trump's comments on the so-called Dreamer policy:
February 16, 2017, news conference at the White House - "We're gonna show great heart, DACA is a very, very difficult subject for me, I will tell you. To me, it's one of the most difficult subjects I have because you have these incredible kids. In many cases, not in all cases. And some of the cases, having DACA and they're gang members and they're drug dealers, too. But you have some absolutely, incredible kids, I would say mostly. They were brought here in such a way - it's a very - it's a very, very tough subject. We're gonna deal with DACA with heart.... But the DACA situation is a very, very - it's a very difficult thing for me because you know, I love these kids, I love kids, I have kids and grandkids. And I find it very, very hard doing what the law says exactly to do and you know, the law is rough."
November 28, 2016, interview with TIME Magazine - "We're going to work something out that's going to make people happy and proud.... They got brought here at a very young age, they've worked here, they've gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they're in never-never land because they don't know what's going to happen."
February 15, 2016, press conference in Hanahan, S.C. - "Wait, you mentioned dreamers. I want dreamers to come from the United States. I want the people in the United States that have children, I want them to have dreams also. We're always talking about dreamers for other people. I want the children that are growing up in the United States to be dreamers also. They're not dreaming right now."
August 16, 2015, NBC's "Meet the Press" - "We're going to keep the families together. We have to keep the families together...But they have to go...We will work with them. They have to go. Chuck, we either have a country, or we don't have a country. Either we have a country or not."
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This fall, Project ALS added four eminent scientists to its outstanding Research Advisory Board. Their resumes are impeccable and their achievements make us nervous to share a room with them (see below), but you may wonder: when people are fighting for their lives every day against ALS, why is this big news?
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Now, iPS cells are used in brain disease research around the world. In the ALS field, every organization utilizes these important model tools. Target ALS, the NEALS Consortium, and the Packard Center are creating iPS "banks" to use for proof-of-principle trials for better ALS drug candidates. The ALS Association is co-funding a Phase II clinical trial with pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline based on the Eggan lab discovery that retigabine, an FDA approved drug for epilepsy, improved motor neuron survival in the iPS model. ALS TDI has taken skin samples from 200 patients to create their own personal iPS lines and model their "ALS in a Dish." Numerous academic labs, biotechs, and pharmaceutical companies are probing the brain using this Project ALS-developed technology.
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The ALS research field has exploded in the past five years. Over twenty-five genetic causes of the disease have now been identified. Pharmaceutical companies, recognizing that breakthroughs in ALS can also inform drug development for related neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, have begun to take a financial interest in ALS research. The Ice Bucket Challenge brought a windfall of research dollars and public awareness to ALS last year.
Now is the time to take bold, creative approaches toward stopping ALS. In adding Juan Burrone, Fred Goldberg, Bob Horvitz, and Jeff Porter to the Project ALS RAB, we bring invaluable new perspectives, and brilliant new ideas, to guide the ALS research field:
Juan Burrone is an expert in brain circuitry at King's College London, whose work characterizing "synaptic transmission"—how neurons communicate with each other—will offer important new insights into how motor neuron support cells, like interneurons, astrocytes, and microglia, impact motor neuron survival in ALS.
Fred Goldberg, from Harvard Medical School, first discovered and characterized the "ubiquitin-proteasome pathway," which is responsible for protein metabolism in the cell. A breakdown in protein metabolism, leading to the accumulation of plaques or tangles, is a hallmark of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, and Dr. Goldberg has already identified therapeutic targets that may fix proteasome function in ALS.
H. Robert Horvitz is a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his work on "apoptosis"—programmed cell death—earned him the Nobel Prize in 2002. Dr. Horvitz, in collaboration with Project ALS RAB colleague Bob Brown, identified the first familial genetic mutation (SOD1) in ALS. Dr. Horvitz's interest in Project ALS is deeply personal: his father died from ALS in 1990.
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SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), located in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, today launched a marketing campaign to promote the strategic advantages of developing a container shipping port terminal in Sydney harbor.
The announcement comes after CBRM recently agreed to purchase approximately 500 acres of greenfield waterfront land for the purpose of building a container terminal that will create jobs and lasting economic benefit for the community of Cape Breton. The regional municipality, second largest in Nova Scotia, will explore the potential of entering a long-term concession agreement with an interested terminal operator.
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Furthermore, a container terminal development in Sydney offers the most compelling competitive economics in North America, including the lowest cost to build per TEU and the lowest ongoing operating expenses per TEU. All permits have been received for construction and are fully assignable. Labor agreements are in progress with the International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO, (ILA) to ensure Sydney's competitive advantages are realized. Further announcements will be made in the near future as the project develops.
CBRM Mayor John W. Morgan said, "For the people and the economy of our region, we are launching this effort with the full support of our community to develop the greenfield site as the future location of an international container terminal. The potential for job creation and long-term economic growth is critical to the future of Cape Breton."
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June 18, 1932-Dec. 19, 2013
DANVILLE, Va. -- Willard Victor Cousins Jr. died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at Duke Medical Center in Durham, N.C., after declining health for the past two years.
He was born in Republican Grove, Va., June 18, 1932. He was the son of the late Willard V. Cousins and Emma Lee Cousins.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded by a brother, Oscar M. Cousins of Goldsboro.
He is survived by the wife, Patricia Cousins; a daughter, Deborah C. Parsons (John); and two sons, W. Kevin Cousins (Angelique) of Georgetown, Ky., and William V. Cousins of Selma, N.C.
He is also survived by 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; a brother, Robert C. Cousins (Linda); a sister, Beverly C. Summerlin (Gene) both of Goldsboro; and 30 nieces and nephews.
Vic entered the United States Navy upon graduation from Goldsboro High School in 1950, and retired after serving 20 years with the Seabees.
He spent the next 24 years working for the Public Works Department in Danville, Va.
He was a member of Faith Memorial Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 22, 2-13, at the church.
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Koenigsegg Agera
|Koenigsegg Agera
|Koenigsegg Automotive AB
|Ängelholm, Sweden
|Christian von Koenigsegg
|Body and chassis
|Sports car (S)
|Body style
|2-door targa top
|Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive
|7-speed dual clutch
|2,662 mm (104.8 in)
|4,293 mm (169.0 in)
|1,996 mm (78.6 in)
|1,120 mm (44.1 in)
|Curb weight
|Koenigsegg CCX
The Koenigsegg Agera is a mid-engined sports car produced by Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg since March 2011. It is a successor to the Koenigsegg CCX/CCXR. The name comes from the Swedish verb 'agera' which means "to act" or in imperative form "(You) act!".
It was named Hypercar of the Year in 2010 by Top Gear magazine.[4] As of November 2017 the Agera RS model is the world's fastest production car, with a GPS-verified two-way average top speed of 277.9 mph (447 km/h) and a fastest straight-line speed of 284.55 mph (458 km/h).[5]
- 1 Specifications and performance
- 2 Exterior and interior
- 3 Koenigsegg Agera R (2011–2014)
- 4 Koenigsegg Agera S (2013–2014)
- 5 Koenigsegg One:1 (2014–2016)
- 6 Koenigsegg Agera RS (2015–2018)
- 7 Koenigsegg Agera Final (2016–2018)
- 8 Other special editions
- 9 Technical data
- 10 World records
- 11 References
- 12 External links
Specifications and performance[edit]
Early development[edit]
In early development, the car was fitted with a 4.7-litre V8 engine with fixed-vane twin turbos,[6] but it was replaced with a 5.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine for the production version of the car.
Engine and transmission[edit]
The Agera is powered by an in-house developed 5.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine which produces 940 PS (927 hp; 691 kW) at 6,900 rpm and 1,100 N⋅m (810 lb⋅ft) of torque at 4,000 rpm.[7] Total weight of the engine is only 197 kg (434 lb) thanks to a carbon fibre inlet manifold and the aluminium construction.[8] The transmission is a specially developed 7-speed dual-clutch with paddle shifters. It is the first dual-clutch transmission to feature only one input shaft. The second clutch slows down the input shaft during up shifts in order to reduce the time it takes to synchronize the next gear, resulting in faster shift times. Most notably, the transmission weighs only 81 kg (179 lb).[8]
- 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 2.8 seconds[9]
- 0–200 km/h (0–124 mph) in 8.0 seconds[9]
- 0–200–0 km/h (0–124–0 mph) in 13.5 seconds[9]
Top speed for the production model is 400 km/h (249 mph).[7]
The Koenigsegg Agera has a power-to-weight ratio of 1.51 kg (3.33 lb) per horsepower.
Exterior and interior[edit]
The Agera has a body made from impregnated carbon fibre/kevlar with lightweight reinforcements. The car's hardtop roof is stowable under the front hood lid. The chassis is also made out of carbon fibre with an aluminum honeycomb structure that comes with integrated fuel tanks for optimal weight distribution and safety. The rear wing is electronically adjustable with auto setting or manual control in order to have as little compromise as possible between low drag and downforce, depending on situation and mood.[10] The Agera comes with forged aluminum wheels with center locking nuts, measuring 19" on the front and 20" on the back and wrapped in a set of Michelin Super Sport tyres that can be used with speeds of up to 420 km/h (260 mph). Other highlights include the trademark Koenigsegg doors, a new traction control system, LED lighting, blue hood stripes that continue on through the cockpit of the car and a custom interior with a new "Ghost light" lighting system, which uses carbon nanotubes in a unique configuration to shine through the car's aluminum buttons.[11]
Koenigsegg Agera R (2011–2014)[edit]
The Agera R made its debut at the March 2011 Geneva Motor Show—with a Speed Racer livery, and special Michelin tyres. It can accelerate from 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 2.8 seconds and reach a theoretical top speed of 439 km/h (273 mph). The Agera R has a drag coefficient of Cd=0.37, or Cd=0.33 at high speed due to its adaptive rear wing, while producing 300 kg (660 lb) of downforce at 250 km/h (155 mph). This adaptive rear wing system is lighter than conventional hydraulic/electrical adaptive systems, and has the unique ability to compensate for head/tailwind due to its spring-loaded design. Furthermore, the pylons holding the wing play not only a role in the Agera R's aerodynamic performance, but also assist in extracting hot air from the engine bay.[9]
On 2 September 2011, during test sessions in Ängelholm, the Agera R broke six world land speed records for a production car, including 0–300 km/h (0–186 mph) in 14.53 seconds, and 0–300–0 km/h in only 21.19 seconds.[12] The braking performance required to maintain this record is enabled in part by the Agera's stability, demonstrated by Koenigsegg's test driver and drivetrain technician Robert Serwanski, who was recorded by passenger Rob Ferretti (founder of the group "Super Speeders") braking from 300 km/h to 0 without holding the steering wheel.[13]
The Agera R can produce lateral cornering forces of 1.60 G,[14] due to a combination of mechanical balance and high levels of grip from the specially developed Michelin Supersport tyres.
The 2013 version of Agera R premiered at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Upgrades included carbon fibre wheels, enhanced aerodynamics, and engine upgrades allowing the Agera R's 5,032 cc (5 L; 307 cu in) twin-turbocharged V8 engine to produce 1,124 bhp; 838 kW (1,140 PS) at 7100 rpm and 1,200 N⋅m (885 lb⋅ft) at 4100 rpm of torque on E85.[15] And, thanks to Koenigsegg's Flex Fuel Sensor technology, the ECU can respond to varying fuel qualities and alcohol content by reducing power levels as a means of protecting the engine. On standard low-octane fuels, power is reduced to 716 kW (960 hp).[14]
The Agera R was featured prominently in the Need for Speed franchise, prominently in Criterion Games' Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012), Ghost Games' Need for Speed Rivals (2013), and the 2014 film Need for Speed. It is also featured in 2013 mobile video game Real Racing 3. All the three Agera R's featured in the film Need for Speed were replicas.[16]
Koenigsegg Agera R has a power-to-weight ratio of 1.24 kg (2.73 lb) per horsepower.
Koenigsegg Agera S (2013–2014)[edit]
In 2013, Koenigsegg presented the 2014 Agera S model. Built for markets lacking E85 biofuel, the Agera S has most of the upgrades of the Agera R compared to the normal Agera including the dynamic wing, but is optimized for running on low-octane gasoline producing 768 kW (1,030 hp) and 1,100 N⋅m (810 lbf⋅ft) compared to the 716 kW (960 hp) and 1,100 N⋅m (810 lbf⋅ft) of an Agera R running on the same fuel.[17] In 2013 one Agera S was the 100th Koenigsegg ever produced, celebrated by a specially-built car with gold leaf inlays named "Hundra" (Swedish for hundred).[18]
On 10 June 2014, NAZA Swedish Motors launched the Agera S in Malaysia. It was the second Koenigsegg after the CCXR to arrive in the country, thus setting a new market for Koenigsegg. It was priced at RM5,000,000 before the tax and it was estimated that it will be priced at RM15,000,000 with government tax and duties—making it one of the most expensive cars in the country. The Agera S is the only model offered in Malaysia due to the absence of E85 biofuel in Malaysia.[19]
Koenigsegg Agera S has a power-to-weight ratio of 1.39 kg (3.06 lb) per horsepower.
Koenigsegg One:1 (2014–2016)[edit]
The Koenigsegg One:1 was presented at the March 2014 Geneva Motor Show.[20] Koenigsegg built six cars apart from the car presented at the Geneva Motor Show. All of which were already sold. Koenigsegg took two cars to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where they were displayed alongside other hypercars such as the McLaren P1, the Ferrari LaFerrari, the Porsche 918 Spyder and the Pagani Huayra.
The car is fitted with a variant of the same 5.0 L twin-turbocharged V8 engine used in the other Agera variants. It produces 1,000 kW (1,360 PS; 1,341 bhp) at 7,500 rpm and 1,371 N⋅m (1,011 lb⋅ft) of torque at 6,000 rpm.[21] Total weight of the engine is only 197 kg (434 lb) thanks to a carbon fibre intake manifold and the aluminium construction. The transmission is a 7-speed dual-clutch paddle shift.
The name One:1 comes from the power-to-weight ratio (1,360 PS to 1360 kg) giving the car 1 hp per 1 kg weight. The 1,341 bhp power output is the equivalent of one megawatt, which Koenigsegg claims makes the One:1 the 'world's first megacar'. The car is more focused as a track car than the previous cars made by Koenigsegg. Koenigsegg had to sacrifice a few things to be able to achieve their goal with the car. There is an airscoop on the removable roof, so it would not have been possible to stow the roof in the boot like previous models. As such, Koenigsegg have taken advantage of this and modeled the front to create more downforce, which reduces boot capacity by 40%.
On 18 July 2016, a One:1 crashed during practice sessions at the Nürburgring Track. The exterior panels and subframes of the car were severely damaged but Koenigsegg stated that the car would be rebuilt.[22][23]
Koenigsegg Agera RS (2015–2018)[edit]
The Koenigsegg Agera RS was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, along with the prototype version of the Koenigsegg Regera. The Agera RS is an advanced version of the Agera R, implementing some of the new technology and features of the One:1 and combining the features of the Agera R and the Agera S.[24] Koenigsegg billed it as "the ultimate track tool" due to its lightweight features and track optimized technologies. The Agera RS produces 450 kg of downforce at 250 km/h. The 5.0-litre V8 engine now produces 865 kW (1,160 hp) on regular pump gasoline. The optional 1-megawatt package increases the engine's power to 1,000 kW (1,341 bhp). The Agera RS is limited to 25 units. Each Agera RS can be fully customized by its owner. Some customized versions of the Agera RS include: Agera RS Draken, Agera XS, Agera RS Gryphon, Agera RSR, Agera RS Naraya, Agera RS1 and Agera RS ML.
The Agera RS has a power-to-weight ratio of 1.19 kg (2.62 lb) per horsepower. The vehicle has a power-to-weight ratio of 1.03 kg (2.27 lb) per horsepower, with the 1 MW option.
As of November 2017 the Agera RS is the world's-fastest production car[25], with a GPS-verified two-way average top speed of 447.2 km/h (277.9 mph) and a fastest straight-line speed of 457.94 km/h (284.55 mph).[5]
The last Agera RS rolled off the production line on 4 April 2018.[26]
Koenigsegg Agera Final (2016–2018)[edit]
At the 2016 Geneva motor show, a final three-car series of the Agera was announced as a final celebration of the Agera range and as the last models to wear the Agera badge. The cars can be fully customized and combine the Agera RS chassis with the One:1 engine. The first car to be unvieled was dubbed the One of One and it featured a unique orange paint scheme with bare carbon and blue accents. The exterior of the car was complimented with a large adjustable rear wing from the One:1 and triple front canards along with a large front splitter.[27][28]
The other two final edition cars were unveiled online in July 2018, dubbed the Thor and the Vader. The Thor features custom two-tone black paintwork consisting of crushed diamonds and white accents. The exterior features a large rear wing reminiscent to the one found on the Agera XS, different set of front canards along with a large front splitter and a LeMans style central fin for improved down-force, setting it apart from the rest of the Agera models. The Vader features the same crushed diamond paintwork with a bare carbon fibre centre along with white accents, incorporating the same rear wing as the Thor but excluding the central fin. Both cars made their public appearance at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed.[29]
Other special editions[edit]
There have been a number of special editions of the Agera built on customer request. Such special editions include:
- Agera N[30]
- Agera X[31]
- Agera S Hundra (built to celebrate the production of 100 cars)[18]
- Agera HH[32]
- Agera RS Naraya[33]
- Agera RS Draken[34]
- Agera RS Valhall[35]
- Agera RS1[34]
- Agera RSR (3 special-edition Agera RS built for Japanese customers)[34]
- Agera ML[36]
- Agera HM[37]
- Agera XS (2 special-edition Agera RS built for two US customers)[33]
- Agera RSN
- Agera RS Phoenix
Technical data[edit]
|Koenigsegg Agera
|Koenigsegg Agera R
|Koenigsegg Agera S
|Koenigsegg One:1
|Koenigsegg Agera RS
|Koenigsegg Agera Final
|5.0L V8, Twin-turbo
|5,032 cm³
|5,065 cm³
|Specially developed 7-speed dual-clutch
1 input shaft transmission with paddle-shift
Electronic differential
|960 PS (947 bhp; 706 kW) at 7,100
|1,140 PS (1,124 bhp; 838 kW) at 6,900
|1,030 PS (1,016 bhp; 758 kW) at 7,100
|1,360 PS (1,341 bhp; 1,000 kW) at 7,500
|1,176 PS (1,160 bhp; 865 kW) at 7,800
1,360 PS (1,341 bhp; 1,000 kW) at 7,500 (1 MW upgrade)
|1,360 PS (1,341 bhp; 1,000 kW) at 7,500
|1,100 N⋅m (810 lbf⋅ft) at 4,000
|1,200 N⋅m (890 lbf⋅ft) at 4,100
|1,100 N⋅m (810 lbf⋅ft) at 4,100
|1,370 N⋅m (1,000 lbf⋅ft) at 6,000
|1,280 N⋅m (940 lbf⋅ft) at 4,100
1,370 N⋅m (1,000 lbf⋅ft) at 6,000 (1 MW upgrade)
|1,370 N⋅m (1,000 lbf⋅ft) at 6,000
|RPM limiter
|0–100 km/h
(62 mph)
|3 sec
|2.8 sec
|2.9 sec
|~ 2.8 sec
|~ 2.9 sec[38] (1 MW upgrade)
|0–200 km/h
(124 mph)
|8 sec
|7.8 sec
|7.9 sec
|6.6 sec
|~6.9 sec[38](1 MW upgrade)
|0–300 km/h
(186 mph)
|14.5 sec
|11.92 sec
|Curb weight (kg) / (lb)
All fluids, 50% fuel
|1,435 / 3,163
|1,435 / 3,163
|1,415 / 3,120
|1,360 / 2,998
|1,395 / 3,075
|1,395 / 3,075
World records[edit]
World records set on 8 June 2015 with a Koenigsegg One:1[39][40]
|0–300 km/h
|11.92 sec
|0–200 mph
|14.328 sec
|300–0 km/h
|6.03 sec
|200–0 mph
|6.384 sec
|0–300–0 km/h
|17.95 sec
|0–200–0 mph
|20.71 sec
On 1 October 2017, the Agera RS made the 0–400–0 km/h (0–249–0 mph) record in 36.44 seconds, 5.56 seconds faster than the record made by the Bugatti Chiron. The record was achieved on an old Danish air base in Vandel, Denmark. The car was driven by Koenigsegg test driver Niklas Lilja. Koenigsegg mentioned that during the record run, the car accelerated from 0–400 km/h in 26.88 seconds over a distance of 1,958 metres and decelerated in 9.56 seconds over a distance of 483 metres. The total distance used for the record was 2,441 metres. During the speed record run on 4 November 2017, Koenigsegg also broke their previous 0–400–0 km/h record by 2.57 seconds.[41]
|0–400–0 km/h
|36.44 sec
|0–400–0 km/h
|33.29 sec
On 4 November 2017, Koenigsegg made the production car speed record with an Agera RS recording an average speed of 277.9 mph (447.2 km/h). The car achieved a speed of 284.6 mph (458.0 km/h) during its northbound run and 271.19 mph (436.44 km/h) during its southbound (return run). Official confirmation of the record by Guinness World Records still awaits. The car was driven by Koenigsegg test driver Niklas Lilja. The record run was made in opposite directions on an 11-mile (18 km) section of Nevada State Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump, United States which was closed specifically for that purpose.[42]
|Speed (average)
|Agera RS
|277.9 mph (447.2 km/h)[43]
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|Grand tourer
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|Koenigsegg One:1


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LILIN was established in New Taipei City, Taiwan, in 1980. The company has quickly grown to be among the world's leading manufacturer in the advanced IP video surveillance industry. LILIN is dedicated to design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of networking surveillance solutions, looking forward to providing the best solution for our customers.


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"Countdown to the Oscars" offers viewers a backstage pass to the Academy Awards, featuring interviews with this year's nominees, rarely seen footage of the nominated stars before they were famous, and a special celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Forrest Gump."
Robin Roberts and Josh Elliott anchor the special hour, with reporting from Lara Spencer and Chris Connelly. "Countdown to the Oscars" airs on Thursday, Feb. 27 (8 p.m.) on the ABC Television Network.
Highlights from the star-studded hour include:
•Jonah Hill: He has emerged as Hollywood's it-sidekick and star, proving he can hold the screen with acting heavyweights such as Pitt and DiCaprio. The once unlikely celebrity turned two-time Oscar nominee sits with Connelly and talks about his creative ambition, his comedic roles with director Judd Apatow, and his aspiration of wanting to be like his personal hero, Martin Scorsese.
•Lupita Nyong'o: She's Hollywood's breakout star and the fashion world's new "it" girl. Lupita Nyong'o's searing performance in "12 Years a Slave" made Hollywood sit up and take notice. She is the awards season frontrunner, garnering numerous accolades, including a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Not bad when you consider this was her first acting job right out of the Yale School of Drama.
•Before they were Famous - The Male Nominees: The long lost commercials. The embarrassing early TV roles. Meet Hollywood's hottest men long before they were up for acting's top prize. Go globetrotting with Bradley Cooper, the travel show host. Cheer on the "Wolf of Wall Street" as he fends off vicious attacks from man-eating aliens. Stroll through the halls of "My So-Called Life's" Liberty High with TV's original teen bad boy, Jared Leto. Plus, why is a young DiCaprio speaking Russian in a cave? Connelly reports.
•Before they were Famous - The Female Nominees:From their first jobs scooping ice cream and waiting tables at Hooters, to the commercials and haircuts they hoped you would forget. See Jennifer Lawrence when she was a Kentucky model, and go inside the audition room for one of her first jobs. Get to know Julia Roberts, when she was just Julie, the aspiring veterinarian; and Meryl, when she was Mary Louise, the homecoming queen. Plus, find out why Oscar winner Sandra Bullock was not earning much praise for her acting in high school. It's the little-known stories of Hollywood's leading ladies told by their old co-stars, childhood friends, and teachers.
•Forrest Gump and Real Life Military Heroes: From animated heroes, to superheroes, to action heroes ... all will be celebrated at this year's 86th annual Academy Awards. But a few days before the Oscars, veteran actor and Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise, best known for his portrayal of double-amputee Lt. Dan in "Forrest Gump," honored our nation's real-life heroes. Fifty injured servicemen and women arriving from Walter Reed Military Medical Center, Fort Belvoir and Naval Medical Center San Diego were the honored guests for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Disneyland and Paramount Pictures with surprises along the way, including an unexpected visit from Forrest Gump himself, Tom Hanks. In an occasion to mark the 20th anniversary of the Oscar-winning film that made his character an icon to wounded warriors everywhere, Sinise gave ABC's Elliott exclusive access to the multi-day event, which took place in the entertainment capital of the world.


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If you piss off the hacktivists at Anonymous, one thing you can be sure of is that they're going to find a way to hit back. So when the U.S. Department of Justice closed down Megaupload.com on Thursday, it didn't take long for Anonymous to respond.
Within hours, Anonymous started their attacks on the websites of 14 government agencies and organizations involved in the Megaupload takedown or promoting theSOPA and PIPA bills. Targets included the Department of Justice, FBI, MPAA, RIAA, U.S. Copyright Office, The White House, Senator Chris Dodd, Universal Music, Vivendi France, Warner Music Group and several foreign agencies similar to the RIAA.
As I write this most are back online, although Universal Music is still dead, and several others seem to be loading very slowly.
While this is an impressive display of Anonymous' abilities, I wonder if this actually does more harm than good. If hackers mess around with government websites, aren't a lot of our tech-challenged lawmakers likely to conclude that the Internet is a wild frontier that needs more control rather than less? On the other hand, if the government was able to shut down Megaupload and arrest its directors even without passing SOPA and PIPA, you've got to wonder why they need those additional powers.
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For the first time in my adult life I am proud of our shiftless layabout.
And speaking of incompetents.
Biden has a well-earned reputation as a gaffe-maker extraordinaire, and this speech was no exception. In a key passage on the Eurozone debt crisis, Biden referred to Portugal, as Poland, a mistake subsequently corrected in the official White House transcript:
Biden famously believes himself to be possessed of a high IQ. A coblogger of mine, @rdbrewer4, is fond of pointing out the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.
Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. David Dunning and Justin Kruger conclude, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others".
Or, in short: Too dumb to know you're dumb; too ignorant to know all the things you don't know.


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Steven Spielberg Regrets Altering E.T.
"Not because of fan outrage, but simply because I was disappointed in myself."
How does Steven Spielberg feel about the tweaks that his friend and frequent collaborator George Lucas continually makes to the Star Wars movies, often to their detriment? "That's a little hot topic, isn't it?" Spielberg said to laughter at a 30th anniversary screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark in Los Angeles this week. "Speaking for myself, you know, I tried this once and I lived to regret it. Not because of fan outrage, but simply because I was disappointed in myself. I was overly sensitive to some of the criticism E.T. got from parent groups when it was first released in '82 having to do with Elliott saying 'Penis Breath' or the guns ... and then there were certain brilliant but rough-around-the-edges close ups of E.T. that I always felt, if technology ever evolves to the point where I can do some facial enhancement for E.T. I'd like to." And so Spielberg did, but after releasing the new version theatrically, "I realized that what I had done was I had robbed the people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T. And I regretted that." Be good, Steve. [All Things Fangirl]


text: Movies on Your Phone Movies on Your Phone When most people hear the word movie, they think "big screen." But high-tech has marched on, small is beautiful, and suddenly we've entered an era when people are content to watch video on very small screens. Mind-blowing though it may seem, you can now send movies directly to the screens of certain cellphones, like the Nokia 6600, 3650, 6230, and 6630. No longer must you show people lame wallet photos of your family; you can play them movies of your family, right there on the street. Unfortunately, you can't send your movies to any old cellphone--only those with Bluetooth that are 3GPPP-compliant. Here's what that means: · Bluetooth is a radio technology with a maximum range of 30 feet. The whole idea isn't so much networking as eliminating cables from our lives, which is an idea most people wholeheartedly support. Figure 13-7: If you're reading this, then congratulations on your very new, very cool phone--specif- cally, your Bluetooth-equipped,


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low blood sugar levels? but i dont have diabetes? is there anything i should do? should i increase sugar?
A: No. do not go back for more sugar. low blood sugar means that you probably get pretty tired feeling around 2 p.m. every day, for one thing. This is a good time for you to have a banana. You may awaken grouchy. When you feel grouchy for no reason, have a spoon full of peanut butter to help you feel ''nicer''. Hypoglycemia is what you can look up on the web. It will help you to understand that this is easily taken care of with your food intake. Eating 6 small meals or snacks a day will help you, a LOT. You should stay away from white flour products (pasta, bread, crackers, etc), white sugar, desserts, etc. as much as possible and have more protein (meat, chicken, fish), veggies, & fruit. I wouldn''t eat alot of sugar on a regular basis...
If you pass out from low blood sugar?
A: If someone has low blood sugar, chances are, they are diabetic. Call 911 first thing. But do not sit around and piddle on your butt waiting because there is a time when the body goes too long without sugar (I''d say within 4 minutes of passing out) and you can die. You would get something sweet and give it to them. HOWEVER, do not give them any liquids...they will aspirate it. A diabetic that is on insulin should ALWAYS CARRY Glucagon. Cake frosting, for example, is a good thing to use. Just put it into the sides of their mouth (not a whole lot) and wait until they regain consciousness. Diabetic people need to carry that with them at all times. As a diabetic, I have a tube of cake frosting in my pickup, my house, school, etc. If someone is...
How to prevent from having a low blood sugar level?
A: " Soy Milk. " Try to eat 6 small and well-balanced healthy meals a day. They sell glucose tablets at the pharmacy and yes, there is such a thing as Juvenile diabetes. Is your friend diabetic? Give him some orange juice if he is in bad shape. If he''s not too bad, give him peanuts, or peanut butter, or a power bar. If you just give him sugar it will make his sugar level rise, but then drop again soon. Carbs will raise the sugar level and help keep it stable longer. If he is hypoglycemic, he should be eating smalls meals often during the day with lots of good carbs. Tell him to carry hard candy with him at all times and use in emergency. Also carry protein bars or power bars to snack on to prevent the low blood sugar. If he is a...
are the dangers of low blood sugar as great as high?
A: Both low blood sugar and high blood sugar can be dangerous. low blood sugars are considered an emergency and must be treated immediately. Left untreated a low blood sugar can lead to seizures and possibly death. Things that affect blood sugar include food, exercise, medications and illness. Testing your blood sugar as directed by your healthcare provider and learning the signs to watch for and how to treat low blood sugar is something you can do to prevent any dangerous situations from
What Is a low blood Sugar Diet?
A: A low blood sugar diet is a nutritional plan designed to achieve a normal blood sugar level, either in place of or in conjunction with drugs designed for the same purpose. Diabetics and people with pre-diabetes often have to maintain a strict low blood sugar diet, though such eating plans may provide health benefits to people without these conditions as well. Such a diet may be designed to lower blood sugar, to prevent blood sugar spikes, or to act in concert with drugs or other treatments prescribed by a medical professional. Certain people may already have blood...
What Is low blood Sugar?
A: low blood sugar, from a medical perspective, is called hypoglycemia and refers to low blood serum glucose levels. Glucose is the ''sugar'' which is low in this case, and when it drops below 70 mg per deciliter of blood, a person is concerned hypoglycemic. People may also use the term low blood sugar much more casually to express hunger, or feelings of faintness or irritation that come over them when they skip meals. Some people will feel a little nauseous if they don''t eat regularly and may attribute this to ''low
What happens if you have low blood sugar if you have diabetes?
A: hyperglycemic attack (sp) Basically they faint, get dizzy, sick etc. If they do not have sugar they could fall into a diabetic coma. x According to what the doctor told me about my son, and that is if his sugar was too high. Then he should take his insulin, and then you would have to eat afterwards so it does not bottom out. The best thing a diabetic can eat is Peanut Butter, and drink orange juice is has natural sugars which is healthy for a diabetic. Keep in mind orange juice works temporarily, but if you dont eat afterwards it can go back down again. If someone has a low blood sugar if they are type1 diabetic then they can take syringe full of glucose that will bring that person back in case they go into...
low blood Sugar or Diabetes?
A: diabetes... What is Diabetes Diabetes means that your blood glucose (often called blood sugar) is too high. Your blood always has some glucose in it because your body needs glucose for energy to keep you going. But too much glucose in the blood isn''t good for your health. Glucose comes from the food you eat and is also made in your liver and muscles. Your blood carries the glucose to all the cells in your body. Insulin is a chemical (a hormone) made by the pancreas. The pancreas releases insulin into the blood. Insulin helps the glucose from food get into your cells. If your body doesn''t make enough insulin or if the insulin doesn''t work...
Why do I get so dizzy? low blood sugar?
A: always havce a candy or chocolate in ur pocket. beware my friend low blood sugar is much more bad that high blood sugar and can lead to coma and in bad cases death. so have a high sugar meals. This actually sounds more like low blood pressure to me. A BS of 54 is low, but you hadn''t eaten for 4 hours, and had a low calorie shake. It could''ve been as simple as that. I think you should evaluate with a doctor to be sure you''re not hypoglycemic (you could have BS issues w/o necessarily being diabetic), but I wouldn''t be terribly alarmed about diabetes with just these symptoms. At your age, you should rotate a meal and...
..i am a diabetic and i experience low blood sugar at times?
A: I too have low blood sugar. However I do NOT take insulin. When my blood sugar drops, I definitely know it if I am awake. I have found that 100% grape juice is the best solution. One little sip and I feel like a new woman. I have not even thought about it happening when I am sleeping. I think I would wake up... but then I would feel like I was passing out... so I''m not sure. No one has ever mentioned to me that death was possible. Sure hope not! they have sugar pills that you can carry with you. you suck on one if your sugar gets too low. Otherwise eat more mini-meals per day. If ur sugar goes very low, yes u could slip into a coma and die. There is a place that...


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It's strange how few Indian vegetarian restaurants there are.
You'd think that a city like Glasgow with such a developed Indian food scene would have closed this gap long ago, especially when it's an offering that's so obviously right for the city. Yes, of course you can choose vegetarian in any Indian restaurant, even if your choice is thus reduced by two-thirds, but who, vegetarian or veg-eating omnivore, wouldn't prefer a heart and soul veggie operation?
This isn't about ticking the vegetarian option box, it's a question of specialisation, of understanding Indian regional cuisines and techniques that major on vegetables and legumes. In India, the binary restaurant classification is veg or non-veg, with the latter being the majority option in many states. In Glasgow it's been meat/fish, with a purely vegetarian option treated as a minority activity.
What's also remarkable is how slow all restaurateurs (both Indian and otherwise), have been to respond fully to food intolerances and diet-related allergies. An unprecedented number of people now avoid gluten. A growing army of people now place themselves somewhere on the spectrum that spans Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's and Coeliac disease. Is this some population-wide gut reaction to industrial processed food? I'd wager that it is, but the fact of the matter is that a hell of a lot of people scan a menu these days eliminating dishes on intolerance grounds. Most restaurants respond in a piecemeal way. When you phone to book a posh restaurant, you'll likely be asked whether there's anything you can't eat. "How long have you got?" may soon be the reply as people reel off the ticking timebombs in their diet. That's before you meet the awkward squad, like me. My won't eat list includes factory farmed chicken, farmed salmon, crap industrial bread, margarine (shudder), GM cooking oil, soya, and assorted muck off a truck from those vans that drive around supplying the catering trade's equivalent of ready meals.
So there's a wonderful celebratory feeling of liberation when you walk into Usha's, with its full and varied vegetarian menu and helpful symbols denoting whether dishes are vegan (no ghee or yogurt, for instance) and gluten-free. And the selection is rich enough that meat-eaters won't be bored because it strays down paths less trodden. So alongside a number of different pakoras and samosas, you can choose sev puri, chat, delightful lentil kachoris, fragrant with roughly crushed coriander seed, and velvety potato vada mixed with softly sweated onions and chilli.
A whole posse of dishes fit into the fermented rice and pulses category, everything from chickpea-yellow dhokla crusted with fresh curry leaves, through idlis and uttapams to various dosas with sambhar and coconut chutney. The batter in our roasted vegetable dosa was arguably just a little too thick, but that beguiling fermented sourness came through brilliantly. I have eaten many with crispier edges, but few with such a good, deep flavour.
Equally, I'd be happy to ditch tandoori chicken (even made with freerange or organic bird) for Usha's tandoori paneer. The cheese could easily have been home-made, and it had been marinated in a feisty spice paste with thyme-like ajwain seeds playing a triumphant lead violin.
Seemingly simple vegetable curries testify to kitchen effort. Our okra had been gently cooked until they were almost melting, yet no way glutinous, along with caramelised onions, and floury turmeric-stained potato.
There are layers of flavour to Usha's dishes. After a bad day, I'd be consoled by its Zanzibar pilau rice, with its overlay of cinnamon and nuggets of sweet herb-wrapped coconut cream and plump raisins throughout. And by the way, if you aren't on the old gluten-free mission, the breads are all up to par.
Usha's could bump up its desserts: so far just ice cream. But there are good stand-ins in the form of lassi made with fresh fruits. Payasams, kulfi, halwa et al might come in time, I hope. Still, I wouldn't want to hack off the chef by heaping more on his/her shoulders too soon. This is a chef to cherish.


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There are pervasive myths and misconceptions about how data innovation is transforming the global economy, from the idea that it's all about so-called "Big Data" (in fact, analyzing even small data sets can produce useful insights) to the false notion that all data is personal information (when discoveries are being made from data sources such as wind turbines, jet engines, financial markets, crop harvests, traffic patterns and energy consumption).
Today we released a new survey that sets right another such myth — that big tech companies and Silicon Valley start-ups are the main beneficiaries of data innovation. The reality is that data tools are catalysts for innovation and growth across the whole economy, and the benefits of that innovation and growth accrue to society as a whole.
We commissioned Ipsos Public Affairs to poll 1,500 senior executives and business decision-makes across the United States and Europe about the role of data analytics in their companies. We found a number of things that were surprising:
- First, data analytics are important to companies of all types and sizes — including an overwhelming majority (60 percent) of small businesses with 50 or fewer employees.
- Second, data analytics can contribute to job growth. Sixty-one percent of senior executives in the US and 58 percent in Europe say data analytics are important to their companies' plans to hire more employees.
- Third, eight out of 10 respondents overall say data analytics are important to their companies' plans to better serve their customers' needs.
It's clear that data innovation will be increasingly important to how companies across the economy do business. The question is: how do we ensure we are maximizing the opportunities?
Data is inherently borderless, making the digital economy a global economy. That is why it is critical that we have global trade rules that promote data innovation. But currently there are no global standards in place to ensure that data can move freely across borders.
Chief negotiators from 12 countries are converging this week in Washington to continue hammering out the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). That agreement — and the ongoing US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) — present important opportunities to establish 21st century trade standards that enable data to flow across borders. That's why BSA is urging trade negotiators to seize the moment and create the beginnings of a global framework to promote open markets and prevent protectionist measures such as server-location requirements that could undermine the architecture of the Internet and stifle data innovation.
Equally important is the need to build public trust in the underpinnings of the digital economy. That trust has been shaken in the aftermath of the Snowden/NSA disclosures. We must strike the right balance between essential privacy protections and governments' need to access data for legitimate national security and law enforcement purposes. These are difficult issues, but our survey shows that getting them right will have an enormous payoff.