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Paul Pierce had 20 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Green scored 27 points to carry the Boston Celtics to a 118-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.
Paul Pierce had 20 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Green scored 27 points to carry the Boston Celtics to a 118-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.
Jason Terry was 5 of 7 on 3-pointers and finished with 24 points for Boston, which won its second straight following a five-game losing streak.
Josh Smith led the Hawks with 18 points but shot just 7 of 23 from the floor and 0 for 6 in the second half. Jeff Teague added 17 points and seven assists.
The Celtics, who closed to 1½games behind the Hawks for the Eastern Conference's sixth playoff spot, won the season series 3-1.
The Hawks sliced an 11-point deficit to 100-94, but Brandon Bass nailed a baseline jumper and Terry followed with a 3 from the top of the key after a wild scramble for a loose ball that had it slip through the hands of at least four players. Green then nailed a jumper, making it 107-94 with 5:08 left.
The Hawks never threatened the rest of the way.
Boston, which led by 10 at halftime, pushed it to 83-68 on Green's 3-pointer from the right corner midway through the third and benefited from a poor shooting quarter by Atlanta's Smith.
The Celtics owned a 92-80 advantage after three. Smith was 0 for 6 from the field, missing five jumpers and came up short on a drive. He also got a technical. Pierce was close to a triple-double after three quarters, collecting 16 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
Terry hit consecutive 3s just 32 seconds apart midway into the second, triggering Boston's 25-8 run. He made four in the spree and Pierce added one, helping the Celtics to a 66-56 halftime edge.
Jordan Crawford hit a buzzer-beating 3 from directly in front of the Celtics' bench to give Boston a 32-30 edge after one. The lead flip flopped nine times in the opening quarter.
NOTES: Pierce fell to the floor hard early in the third quarter and limped to the bench, favoring his left leg, but returned after a timeout. ... Hawks F/C Al Horford missed the game due to an illness. ... Celtics coach Doc Rivers said before the game that the timetable for F/C Kevin Garnett's return remained the same. "I think it's still two weeks," he said. "I don't think it'll be any longer than that. But if it's two and a half, I don't want to you to call me a liar or anything like that." Garnett missed his fourth straight with what the team called "left ankle inflammation." ... Boston G Courtney Lee returned after missing three games with a sprained left ankle. "I worked out (Thursday) and felt good," he said before the game. "Then at shootaround (Friday morning) I felt good and decided to give it a go." ... Hawks G John Jenkins left the game with a concussion and the first half and didn't return. ... Boston G Rajon Rondo, out for the season after right knee surgery, was on the bench.


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Watch Dogs is poised to be a success on the next-generation consoles, but it's clear that Jonathan Morin, its creative director, sees it just as a step toward true "next-generation" game design, not its full flower.
As he closes a five-year chapter of his life, from prototype to completed game, Morin was reflective about not just what he made, but where games are going as a medium. In this interview, conducted at Ubisoft's San Francisco offices during a recent preview event for the hotly anticipated title, Morin speaks candidly about how he sees games and players.
He's a big believer in emergent gameplay and in a shift towards inquisitiveness on the part of players. He sees a future in which players pull what they need from games, rather than having it pushed upon them, and in which developers accept the fact that huge swathes of the player base will never see everything a game has to offer.
Players should not be guided: "It's almost like you're giving a music instrument to the player, and he's playing the music to you, and you should shut up and listen to the music," says Morin.
You told me that hacking the traffic lights was your first successful prototype, and that hacking is Watch Dogs' core mechanic. Before that, what assumptions did you start with when making the game?
Jonathan Morin: The team wanted to do an open city game. The team wanted to explore an open, urban environment -- that is what the team was all about. I'm a big systemic kind of designer. Emergent gameplay is just a style of design -- either you like it or you don't. It's hard for someone who loves it profoundly to do something else. So as a team, we were also very into that.
So we were searching, and at Ubisoft... one of the first things you need to deliver is a differentiator. You need to define something that is not just a gimmick, but can deliver new gameplay in the entire game... The core challenge is always, "Let's find something that will change the game." So hacking became that. The very first slide of Watch Dogs that I would qualify as the real pitch of Watch Dogs, was a hand with the red button, and underneath it was written something like, "Control an entire city at the press of a button." That was the idea.
The design idea was "hack everything around you -- but it has to be one button." It cannot become super complicated, because we knew already we would have to apply that to driving, to shooting, to mechanics.
Later on, we did explore, voluntarily, tossing aside shooting, which helped us discover other kinds of mechanics, knowing that in a city like that eventually we would have to have it back. And that was the first inkling of it -- that's why we had hacking quite early, in the end.
You alluded to reducing things to one button. Can you talk about the process of creating a complicated system that allows for emergent gameplay, but at the same time reducing the complexities of interaction?
JM: It's a nightmare to do. [laughs] The one thing we had to do, we started by making a worst-case scenario. That's what you want to do. AI is once of the worst things to develop, in the sense that it takes time to have something decent. So what we did is, we did a multiplayer [version] very quickly, where four players could play against each other. We were focusing on fast driving, and then it was all about, "Can I, at 200 miles per hour, against other talented players, use hacking against them?"
Back then there were traffic lights, bridges, and bollards that were already implemented. Those were the three, and we started this way. We fine-tuned a lot there. Back then, we had two buttons -- one for certain kids of categories, and then another. The goal was always, "How can we bring it to one?"
So we ended up processing. The hardest part is control inputs. You want to have one button, so that people don't have to swallow "how" on top of "when" and "why" to use those things. The hardest part is there are other mechanics -- there's other stuff that people expect.
We look at games like GTA and Saints Row -- all of those games. Because we know that they have complex controls, controls that can change conditionally based on where you are. We wanted to fix that. That's why it's the same when you sprint as when you accelerate. We wanted to bring those things so you can sprint and shoot. We had the aim to shoot afterwards, so we changed the purpose of the button a bit.
You [the player] never change the control scheme. You never have this screen where you go from, "Okay, this is avatar... This is avatar with a gun." Way too much stuff to remember. That's kind of how you start doing these things.
How we ended up with one button... It was really fast. We ended up making a statement, where we use the A button for hacking, which is the most important one on the [Xbox] controller. A lot of people were like, "Woah." We put that statement in, saying, "It needs to become relevant. People need to not question the fact that it's there on the controller, which means that it has to become useful in every single situation."
It's one thing at the beginning of the game, when you're playing through the baseball stadium escape. It's clearly a path that you've crafted.
JM: Yeah. For sure.
Later in the game, it's going to be free-roaming. You don't know what angle the player is going to come at it.
JM: Very fast. Yeah, very fast it becomes open. But you need to have that beginning to make sure people realize certain things: How to hack things, the camera, for example. Those are simple systems.
We went through a big deal in defining what we should teach and not teach. That's a big question for me. When you end up with so many mechanics, there's a big choice you can make. You can choose to go the teacher way, and you end up playing a game, and it works -- quite a few games do that. For example, I would put GTA in that category, where they would really spend a lot of time in the course of the game teaching you stuff.
Personally, I like, and I miss, in certain games this idea that players become curious. You want to ignite their sense of wonder and try to discover possibilities. That's why the single-button hacking ended up becoming also the icon of the button on screen. It's almost like, "Oh. What does that one do?"
So the only thing you have to teach is: When there is an X [on PlayStation] you hold it, and it hacks the thing. The rest is about experimentation. And also about the skill tree -- which is, you unlock it, but when you unlock it, you know a bit what you're choosing to unlock, which gives you, already, an insight on how it's going to work.
So it creates a natural flow where you search for your own ways of expressing yourself, instead of having yet another mission where -- pause! -- "This is the new thing, learn about that," and then it starts to convey to players that this mission is about using this thing, and then this thing.
So we wanted earlier on to make sure players would arrive in this environment where they hack a camera -- which they learned -- and now they're in a situation where, "I'm in a camera. I'm safe." And they start to see a new X -- sometimes on enemies, sometimes on stuff. That's why there's a word next to it saying "explode," "distract." So that way players can slowly but surely pay attention to those things and start exploring them, trying them.
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Materials handling automation and systems: What do you get when you merge HK and Dematic
There is little overlap in the potential acquisition of two industry leaders.
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Discussions about the potential acquisition of HK Systems by Dematic began just four to five months ago, lightning speed given the size of the two companies. But, Dematic had its eye on HK for several years, according to John Baysore, president and CEO of Dematic Corp. "We talked about doing this for years in our inner circles," Baysore said.
"We always thought HK was the one company that was a perfect fit in terms of being complementary to what we already do with the least amount of overlap."
What's interesting about this acquisition is that it feels strategic and not desperate. Although considerably smaller than Dematic, with about $200 million in revenue, HK has remained a strong player through the recession. In addition to the products and solutions it provides, HK remains an industry thought leader – last year's logistics conference in Park City had a strong turnout. "This was not a merger where we needed to do something," said John Splude, HK's executive chairman. "HK is financially very strong and profitable."
Instead, Splude said that he and HK's investors believed that the time was right to look for investment opportunities and a partner.
As for Dematic, with about $1 billion in world-wide revenue in 2009, the company has gained 10 points of market share in recent years, according to Baysore.
So why now? The timing was right, said both executives.
For HK, it was the reality that the world is going global. Up to now, HK had only stuck its toe into international waters. Based in Luxemburg, Dematic is by definition an international company. "Dematic brings us a global presence, they are a very strong financial partner and they bring us European technology in each and case handling," says Splude. "That is very exciting, since that is the part of the US market that seems to be growing the fastest."
Splude added that the complexity of the supply chain, especially the proliferation of SKUs in the food and brewing industries where HK has a number of customers, is demanding more case and each handling solutions. That's not HK's strong suit. Its strength is in pallet handling – unit load AS/RS systems, AGVs, and engineered systems for manufacturers – and parcel handling systems.
Dematic, on the other hand, does have strength in case and tote handling mini-load systems, along with pick-to-light and voice-enabled case and each picking solutions. While Dematic manufactures pallet-handling cranes in Europe, it does not have North American production of those cranes. HK does.
In addition to manufacturing, HK is stronger in a couple of industry segments where Dematic is not represented, including document storage (think mini-load AS/RS in libraries) and the military. Because of the potential acquisition, Dematic can once again sell into the parcel handling business. "Through past agreements with former owners, Dematic can't sell our sortation solutions into the parcel market," Baysore said. "HK does sell into that market."
Dematic can also add AGVs to its portfolio, something they don't produce anywhere.
Both companies have warehouse control systems (WCS); HK, however, brings ready-built software functionality to areas like unit load handling that Dematic doesn't have. "Software is like a foreign language," said Baysore. "Just because your software is good in general merchandise doesn't mean it's good in storage." HK also has warehouse (WMS) and transportation management (TMS) software; Dematic does not.
While Dematic is already one of the largest producers of conveyor, it gains access to HK's network of distributors.
How big a deal then is this? "I had a company-wide town meeting with our employees on Wednesday," Baysore said. "I told them that I believe in a few years the industry will look back at this as a watershed moment. It's a perfect marriage."
About the AuthorBob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, editorial director, has covered materials handling, technology, logistics and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. In addition to Supply Chain Management Review, he is also Executive Editor of Modern Materials Handling. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Trebilcock lives in Keene, NH. He can be reached at 603-357-0484.
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The prestigious Ronald R. and Diane C. Fisher Institute for Professional Selling in the College of Business Administration at The University of Akron recently welcomed six Premier Corporate Partners. The partners – Henry Schein Dental, Northwestern Mutual, MRI Software, Ohio CAT, The J. M. Smucker Company, and Richard J. Fasenmyer International Corporation – have significantly expanded their existing relationships with the Fisher Institute to benefit both the corporations and UA students.
Gifts from Premier Corporate Partners helped fund the renovation of the Fisher Institute's Sales Skills Practice Laboratory, which is integral to developing students for successful careers in professional selling.
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Can You Hear Me Now
On June 19th, Cisco released WebEx Social which encapsulates Cisco's ability to "Work Your Way" by letting the user have mobility, security, and flexibility which coincides with Cisco's philosophy of work-life balance. – WebEx Social
With the ability to be anywhere, anytime; our productivity could be limitless and it brings our technology into our modern World of "Go, Go, Go!" At the same time, how great would it be to be able to have that great cup of Joe served by our favorite Barista while hosting a WebEx about our Quarters projections! Or let's take this another step into the realm of Government; how great would it be to have the mobility, security, and flexibility at the fingertips of those gathering necessary sensative information in order for the decision makers to make the best decision possible. This aspect of "Work your Way" is what the Military along with many other Government Agency's are wanting to achieve.
The Army's NIE (Network Integrated Evaluation) in 2011 is analyzing the use of smart phones issued to soldiers in the field. This is an ongoing evaluation under a program called "Connecting Soldiers to Digital Apps (CSDA)", which was started in late 2009. On these phones, our troops have Call for Fire, Company Location, and Targeting as Apps on their phone. Where was this when I was in! Now instead of having just 2 (If you're lucky) radio operators per squad, everybody has communication capabilities. Research is still being conducted and believe me, Map Reading and Land Navigation Skills are still required; but this shortens the gap in operational error when our troops lives depend on accuracy and speed of force.
The Military, not only ours but globally, is leaning toward a more agile, smaller, faster footprint which could be deployed anywhere in the world at a moments notice. Technology is a large part of this mission in order to be connected internally and externally. To imagine Cisco's Cloud, BYOD, or the now present WebEx Social, these troops can stay connected across the entire spectrum and be able to give real time reports and even stream video.
With our heightened global conflicts and the United Nations ever present responsibilities throughout these areas; we need these technological advances more than ever before in the hands of our "front line fighters" and high level decision makers. While we have satellites and drones that, at the push of a button, could take out whole cities; the power still lies on that guy on the ground giving accurate and much needed intelligence which could mean the lives of by-standers and innocents.
Our technological community is forever evolving and Cisco is on the fore front embracing the importance of information flow, leaning forward in the saddle with current and relevant technology that could possibly turn the tide for any military entity using it and conversely save lives by having a human being at the end of that technology. Isn't that what this is about? "The Human Network"… Technology is only as good as the person using it and the integration is becoming seamless throughout our World's society.
Mark Rogers
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
In Memoriam: Summer Bird
On Christmas Day, the Internet is a lot like a Chinese restaurant: Open.
I woke, startled, at 7 AM not by reindeer, not by Santa, not by my snoring spouse, but by the stark realization that Carryover Clause needs to deliver a sleigh full of Christmas invective.
What's this? Horse racing stands below the mistletoe. Let's give it a wet smooch, especially to the memory of the too-young Summer Bird.
I joked, and perhaps it was in poor taste, but, hey, it's kind of how I roll, that Summer Bird kicked it because he couldn't stomach the idea of a Mine That Bird movie. But then even "stomach" was a tad insensitive since he died of colic, that horrible gastrointestinal disease.
Summer Bird won the Belmont Stakes for Tim Ice, the oft-neglected trainer from 2009. Ice stood in the shadows at Saratoga while Steve Asmussen hosted daily powwows for Rachel Alexandra. Chip Woolley crutched around the grounds and paraded his Derby winner, Mine That Bird, on the track. Meanwhile, all the while, was Ice, prepping his strapping colt for the Haskell and Travers.
He finished a distant second to Rachel in the Haskell and he went on to validate Rachel's win by kicking tail in the Travers. I remember watching the Travers with Charlie Hayward and Hal Handel. Handel said, "Summer Bird just won the Travers and Rachel Alexandra killed him in the Haskell. How good is Rachel Alexandra!?"
Summer Bird looked like Curlin: A tall, thick chestnut cut from a championship silk. Ice let him graze by the stakes barn while he sipped on an extra large cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, a cigarette blazing from his lips.
There was the hope, as is the hope every year, that the three winners of Triple Crown races will square off in the Travers. It almost never happens. Someone always gets hurt. That year Mine That Bird had surgery and Rachel wanted to play jail bait to the older horses.
It was a great meet where great horses carried with them the hopes of their previously anonymous handlers.
Summer Bird then handled older horses like Quality Road, Macho Again and Dry Martini. He finished a game fourth in the Breeders' Cup Classic to the Big Mare, lacking that cracking turn of foot in the final 200 yards to enter immortality or be relegated to history's footnotes.
Summer Bird was born on April 7, 2006, a late-bloomer by Birdstone, out of Hong Kong Squall. He was in Japan when he came down with colic.
The Ghost of Christmas Past harbors the memories of our horses' greatest achievements. We spend so much of our time beating down the present day. Much of it is deserved because there's ineptitude that must bask in the light. T'is the season to do better, to be better.
Largely, where it matters, on the dirt, on the grass, where the Summer Birds of our time go to work, we're left with the thrill of their violent collisions with the earth, propelling them forward, onward.
Merry something-or-other!
Written by Brendan O'Meara


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Yes, that is why i think Religious Studies that try to pass as purely academic are inherently flawed. Take a look at Christianity for example, there are an army of believers with PhD's out there trying to prove every event in the Bible calling it "research" and an equal number who think its all BS trying to disprove every event in the Bible. But both sides already have their minds made up. Of course religions isn't the only field with these problems but the nature of religion and people feelings about it makes it exceptionally hard for anyone to be objective.gregkavarnos wrote:And if it was written by a critic of DW does that mean it also would fail the test of objectivity?
The author of the paper clearly has an agenda to improve the light that Ole Nydahl is seen in, and like wise Nydahl's critics have an agenda as well. It is certainly something worthy of discussion, I just don't think that discussion can really be called "academic".


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Cold Days
- The Dresden Files, Book 14
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 18 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn't all that bad - because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard. He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn't about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long.
Thwarts Every Expectation - In a Good Way
- By A reader on 12-21-12
- Cold Days
- The Dresden Files, Book 14
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
I'm not dead, yet!
Reviewed: 11-30-12
Cold Days marks the beginning of the second half of Dresden's saga. If you are new to the series, stop here, go back to Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1), and read your way through the first thirteen books, then Side Jobs, and then come back. I'll wait here. Now you're up to date, let's go -
Preflight checklist: Jim Butcher, one of the best storytellers in modern fantasy, back in the saddle? Check. James Marsters is back as the Audible/audio incarnation of our favorite irreverent, overwhelmed, put upon, wise cracking wizard? Check. Geek/pop culture humor? Check. A crap-ton of magic gets thrown around? Check. The old crew is back in the fight? Check. Harry's up against something far out of his weight class? Check.
Harry was only "mostly dead" and returns to the realization that he failed to avoid the consequences of the bargain he made with the Queen of Air and Darkness. He is now the Winter Knight, a role that Harry has dreaded for most of the series, and now has to live with. The fae have tortured Harry with their deadly games off and on for 13 books, but it all gets turned up to 11 once he is the Winter Queen's knight.
If that's not bad enough, he will have to explain his 'death' and current role to the White Council - and to be clear, that and several related explanations do get sidestepped in Cold Days - There's too many people Harry needs to catch up with to cram it all into one book. Especially since he's got so much on his hands.
Demonreach, the island he has attuned himself to, sitting on top of a network of magical ley lines, is about to explode, with enough force to cause Google to update it's satellite photos for the entire western hemisphere. Oh, and Mab's first task for Harry? No less than the assassination of the Winter Queen That Will Be - her own heir and daughter, Maeve.
Everything's on the line again, and the only help Harry will find is in the form of his core posse - Thomas, the New and Improved apprentice Molly (now, with less crazy!), Karin, Toot Toot (and the Za Lord's army) and his dog Mouse all sign up for the fight. But the fight is never what Harry thinks it is.
A lot of reveal in Cold Days about the neverending battle in the Fae lands, and the relationship between the Winter and Summer courts, and the Council Gatekeeper. The big picture starts to come into focus, and you, along with Harry, begin to realize the very, very deep waters the series is about to sail into. The stakes have gotten much higher. But with that comes the possibility that Butcher may wind up staging a world-as-we-know-it-ends-here apocalypse with every future installment, and that can wear out the novelty and interest of huge battles that threaten to turn into repeats.
Which brings up what I didn't like about Cold Days. For the first time, Butcher disappoints by retracing territory he's covered before, and fairly thoroughly. Power not wholly Harry's own is used out of necessity, and with it comes the corruption of thoughts also not wholly his own. Dresden spent a number of books with a fallen angel infesting his every thought, giving him power beyond his own (hellfire), only now Lashiel has been replaced by the mantle of the Winter Knight and powers of winter cold and ice. He is tempted with power yet again - not power that he craves for himself, but power he needs to protect the people he loves, and the millions of innocent bystanders who will die if he doesn't. If you remember the Blackened Denarians story arc, this is playing out in very similar fashion so far. Temptation, power, corrupted thoughts, isolation, and distrust all come back in play in Harry's interpersonal relationships. I can't help but feel disappointed at this development. Why revisit this theme and angst again?
Next theme is that Harry, out of fear for his friends, will try to buffer them from a lot of uncomfortable truths. In their emotional reunion, Thomas lampshades this, and seems to accept it as part of his brother's personality, though he works on trying to convince him to open his heart to the people dearest to him (Karin and Maggie).
Finally, the Karin/Harry issue gets sent back through the wash cycle for another spin. With a dash of Molly thrown in to complicate matters. I would be very disappointed if Harry went down the Molly path romantically, for the very reasons that Harry himself has given in several books. However, the spectre of this possibility becomes far more possible in future installments after the dramatic conclusion of the events in Cold Days.
James Marsters, much missed in the previous installment, is indeed back. He does the most marvelous voices for the multitude of beings in the Dresden-verse. I have 'read' all but one of the Dresden books in audio only, and he was a superb choice for a narrator, that only gets better and better. But among my favorite are his voices for Toot Toot and Captain Hook. I can listen to these books over and over, and still be entertained.
Ghost Story was the middle of the Dresden series, so I anticipate that Cold Days should set the stage for the plot lines that follow.
Buckle up. Or, as Murphy says "Get on the back, *itch!"
It's going to be a helluva ride.
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The Custom of the Army
- An Outlander Novella
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
London, 1759. After a high-society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need to lie low for a while. Conveniently, before starting his new commission in His Majesty's army, Lord John receives an urgent summons. An old friend from the military, Charlie Carruthers, is facing court-martial in Canada, and has called upon Lord John to serve as his character witness.
Grey voyages to the New World,a land rife with savages (many of them on his own side) and cleft by war.
Excellent Interpretation
- By DG on 07-25-12
- The Custom of the Army
- An Outlander Novella
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
Don't blame the electric eel...
Reviewed: 11-21-12
In this short story Lord John Grey, finds himself stunned near to death at an eel party, in a fist fight, then virtually sleepwalking through a duel defending the honor of a lady. By the next morning, the Duke is at his doorstep with mail from outraged nobles, and everything comes into horrifyingly humorous focus.
His brother, Harold, Duke of Pardloe, offers him an alternative to marrying Caroline and having to explain about the demise of an annoyingly rude poet: Go to Canada.
He's come to defend an old friend Caruthers who is about to be court martialed, but an ailing Caruthers means to use the trial expose corruption and brutality by his superiors that echoes the shades of the aftermath of the Rising in Scotland. John also means to locate his cousin's husband to deliver a portrait of their newborn son, but what he finds is not what he expects.
If that weren't enough John is just in time to join the British forces on the outskirts of Quebec, and shortly finds himself joining Wolfe's army, meeting yet another Fraser, climbing the cliffs and taking part in the historic battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Set in the midst of the Seven Years War, The Custom of the Army is a tale that falls between the novella 'The Haunted Soldier' (from Lord John and the Hand of Devils) and the Outlander series crossover novel, The Scottish Prisoner. In fact, I'd say that you really cannot fully appreciate Custom of the Army without reading at least The Scottish Prisoner, and you cannot really appreciate The Scottish Prisoner without reading at least The Brotherhood of the Blade.
Gabaldon's books are like that, unfolding and intertwining the Lord John and Outlander series into a common tale. But in this case, there are events in Custom of the Army that are left unresolved until Scottish Prisoner. I actually got to the end of the story and was left wondering, since Lord John had committed to seeing his friend's quixotic task through until justice was done.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice," Caruthers tells John, but we will have to go hungry until The Scottish Prisoner because you don't get to see that justice move forward in Custom.
Still I cannot fault the story much, and Jeff Woodman again provides the wonderful voices of John Grey as well as all the other characters in his excellent narration.
There are a couple of loose ends addressed, like what happened to his cousin's husband, and what became of the Jacobite conspirator responsible for murdering his father Gerard Grey, 1st Duke of Pardloe (from Lord John and the Private Matter and The Brotherhood of the Blade, respectively).
So in short, if you can't wait for this novella to come out on audio with a few more Lord John short stories (like Plague of Zombies which as of this writing is the latest), get this as a companion piece to The Scottish Prisoner. But if you read it without reading The Scottish Prisoner afterward, Custom of the Army feels unfinished, and you are left doubting Lord John's resolve to see his promise to Caruthers through to the end.
Together, however, they are one of my favorite Gabaldon stories.
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Lord John and the Hellfire Club
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
This title also appears as a novella in the collection "Lord John and the Hand of Devils." New York Times best-selling author Diana Gabaldon, beloved for her immensely popular Outlander series, crafted this fast-paced tale of intrigue when asked to contribute to an anthology honoring the late, great Ellis Peters. Outlander supporting player Lord John Grey investigates the death of a red-haired man only to become mixed up in the affairs of Sir Francis Dashwood and his notorious Hellfire Club. And as Lord John digs further, his life becomes threatened.
A Great Mystery
- By Jimmy on 09-03-04
- Lord John and the Hellfire Club
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
STOP! Buy Lord John and The Hand of Devils instead
Reviewed: 09-24-12
I hope you read my review title before buying this, the first of Gabaldon's Lord John tales. It's not that the story is bad (it isn't) but it is the beginnings of fleshing out the characters of a post-Dragonfly in Amber/Voyager (from the Outlander series) John Grey and Harry Quarry. And the stories only get better from here.
The problem is that "Lord John and the Hellfire Club" appears in the short story trilogy "Lord John and The Hand of Devils" along with two other short stories. So, for the sake of value, and the benefit of getting two other great John Grey shorts (Lord John and the Succubus/Lord John and the Haunted Soldier), get that instead of this book. I didn;t realize until after I had both, that I had a duplicate tale among them.
Jeff Woodman is perfect as both John and his earthier friend Harry, giving them both unique and likeable voices in their first story together since leaving Ardsmuir Prison. Both characters grow and get better with future tales...so get the Hand of Devils to hear more of them instead!
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The Reverse of the Medal
- The Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 11
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., ashore after a successful tour of duty, is persuaded by a casual acquaintance to make certain investments in the city. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage, the province of his friend Stephen Maturin. Is Aubrey's humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot?
Hulled at the waterline... by politicians!
- By Teahouse Fox on 08-20-12
- The Reverse of the Medal
- The Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 11
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Hulled at the waterline... by politicians!
Reviewed: 08-20-12
Captain Jack Aubrey is many great things. Brilliant tactician, gifted astronomer, navigator and mathematician, and a skilled violinist. He is already a near legendary naval captain commanding both the HMS Surprise and the un-flagging loyalty of his officers, friends and crew.
It is this last thing that will save him.
His good friend Dr. Stephen Maturin observes often that as brilliant as Jack is at sea, he is an easy target on land for just about anything. As an equally talented intelligence agent, Stephen has sailed with Jack since the year two (1802) and together, each in their own way, they have caused such upheaval and damage to the various forces of Napoleonic France as to now be high value targets for enemy agents highly placed in British naval intelligence.
Wiley and dangerous as he is to face at sea, Jack is the weaker link on land, and enemy agents go after him with vicious purpose. His beloved HMS Surprise is being sold out of the service, and Jack is in the fight of his career in a court of law over a conspiracy of charges he has been easily framed for. His career, so much a part of the man himself, is about to shatter, and threatens to take Jack with it.
O'Brian gives rich and exquisite details of life at sea, embedding the reader in the battles and scenes, however the events that take place in the courtroom seem more shocking, perhaps because they are based on the real life events surrounding the trial of Lord Thomas Cochrane for stock fraud. It may have been 200+ years ago, but no less shocking for a justice system.
I have re-read this book more than any in the series. If your eyes are dry by the resolution of the pivotal trial events, you have not been paying attention. You cannot read this series out of order - they truly do run in series - and this book is a prime example of the build up of actions and relationships amongst the many characters and events.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
The Scottish Prisoner
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman, Rick Holmes
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
Winner of the Quill Award and the Corine International Book Prize, Diana Gabaldon is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Outlander series. This fourth novel featuring popular character Lord John Grey is told both from Lord Grey's perspective and from that of Jamie Fraser, the star of the Outlander series.
Lord John 'Quixote' rides again
- By Teahouse Fox on 12-02-11
- The Scottish Prisoner
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman, Rick Holmes
Lord John 'Quixote' rides again
Reviewed: 12-02-11
Stop me if you've heard this one before - An Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a conspiracy...
If you haven't read "Lord John and the Custom of the Army" you might want to catch that first (from the Warriors anthology of short stories) to understand the full scope of the events that catapult Lord John Grey into a quest to bring a fellow soldier who committed atrocities in Canada during the Seven Years War to justice.
Even before his parolee, once and future friend Jamie Fraser, is pressed into helping him by his brother the duke, and the squirrelly Toby Quinn tags along as a guide, Grey knows that he's about to unearth a hornet's nest. When he stumbles across an old family rival, Twelvetrees, events take on a different twist and subtly begin spinning out of control, and in such a way that Grey, Fraser and Quinn won't realize until it's far too late that the price for the secrets they uncover will be paid in blood.
However, it takes a Jacobite to know a Jacobite, and Fraser, already full of distrust and misgivings, and harried by his old friend Quinn, finds himself walking a tightrope between helping the Greys and betraying old allegiances, until both men find themselves in the center of a political storm of conspiracy and betrayal.
Underneath it all, John Grey juggles his family and personal relationships, from the warmth of his relationship with Hal's family, Bird, Quarry and Von Namtzen, to the open hostility of Edward Twelvetrees, to the often fractious odd half-friendship with the suspicious Fraser. When that friendship goes wrong, it's horribly, horribly wrong, but when they recover the common ground that once made them friends, even as bittersweet as it is, it shines.
While the Lord John series can be read independently of the Outlander series where he is a "guest star", knowing the full story of why Jamie reacts the way he does is best learned from the first three (Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager) of these novels. I always recommend reading the Lord John series in the correct order, since these novels and short stories build neatly upon one another. They are, in order:
Lord John and...
The Hellfire Club (Hand of Devils)
Private Matter (Novel)
Succubus (Hand of Devils)
Brotherhood of the Blade (Novel)
Haunted Soldier (Hand of Devils)
Custom of the Army (Warriors, Anthology)
The Scottish Prisoner (Novel)
A Plague of Zombies (Down These Strange Streets, Anthology)
While Gabaldon is more known for the heftier Outlander novels, Custom of the Army and Scottish Prisoner are an excellent read, and I kind of consider them a continuation of the same story. I would not be surprised to find these two works made into a movie.
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
This, the first in the series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging.
Wonderful for either gender!
- By Shelly on 05-05-11
- Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Mister Pullings --- Beat to quarters!
Reviewed: 08-26-11
If Stephen Maturin is the most hopeless landlubber ever to set sail, then surely Jack Aubrey is the most hopeless seaman ever to touch ground. They are a curious pair, two men who could not be more unalike in so many ways, sharing mostly a love of music, and yet together they are legendary. They are sometimes ordinary, sometimes brilliant men, who have flashes of genius in between long evenings of music and toasted cheese.
Captain John Aubrey of His Majesty's Navy, known widely as Lucky Jack, is an honorable, genial, good natured and generous fellow, and more often than not, skippers a happy crew, many of whom follow him from one mostly lucrative mission to another. He's a clever, crafty, and talented commander who would sail a washbucket against a French frigate if he could mount a cannon on it and stretch canvas above. And he'd probably win.
Among the crew that he takes with him on every cruise is his particular friend, ship's surgeon Dr. Maturin. As spectacular as Jack is afloat, Stephen is hopeless. Even after several years, the good doctor is often mere feet away from being pitched overboard, drowned, knocked on the head, or tipped into the hold, for lack of clapping on to whatever's available with both hands, and still has difficulty telling starboard, larboard, stern and bow from one another. He is a talented physician and biologist, however, and Jack and the crew lovingly look out for him.
On land, they are quite the reverse. Jack, who would shrewdly sort out an enemy commander's deceptions and set them on their ears, is seemingly cast adrift at home, often practiced upon by the admiralty, enemy spies, con-men, fast women, and politicians. He's a poor judge of horses, farming and landlubbers, often getting bilked out of great sums of money won as prizes for his nautical victories.
Stephen is, on the other hand, in addition to being a noteworthy 'natural philosopher', author, lecturer and surgeon, one of the most prolific British spies operating during the Napoleonic era. A shrewd judge of his fellow man, secretive, short tempered, brusque, manipulative of enemy agents, or simply deadly to them, he (mostly unknown to Jack) protects the Captain from many misfortunes, or bails him out of trouble almost as regularly as Jack plucks him out of the sea, or off some shipwrecked island. The doctor becomes as dangerous in his own right to Napoleon's war machine as Jack is, until both become targets of enemy agents.
Patrick O'Brian has created a whole hero out of two men and made us care about their companions, how they got on together, in their ideal settings, and with each completely out of their elements, and follows them over several years of triumphs and failure. The historic details are a treasure all their own, and many of the tales are based on actual events that took place in the early 19th century during the war of 1812 and the Napoleonic war. He weaves these intricate details into each book without changing the facts of history, but setting Aubrey and Maturin into a setting of period events and dialogue in which they shine.
It's high adventure in the age of sail, as well as a game of pawns in deadly earnest. Twenty books and one unfinished novel later, it's still a thrill when Captain Jack orders the crew to beat to quarters and clear for action, because you know some kind of brilliance is about to transpire. It's still nail biting suspense when Maturin is pitted against enemy spies, forced to escape or take down French agents, because there's no telling how he'll get out of it, or at what cost.
If you haven't already journeyed with Aubrey and Maturin, you can't go wrong taking an adventure with the once and future crew of the H.M.S. Surprise. Don't however read the books out of order: The novel is written in series, with some books following immediately on the heels of the events of its predecessors.
There is more than one narrator for this great series, so absolutely listen to the samples for each to decide which suits you more. There are camps who prefer one over the other, my own preference being Simon Vance, but do take care not to accidentally snap up the next installment by the wrong narrator, as an abrupt change in the voices is frequently jarring, regardless of which you prefer.
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Proven Guilty
- The Dresden Files, Book 8
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
The White Council of Wizards has drafted Harry Dresden as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in Chicago. Malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in the Windy City, but it's all in a day's work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob.
Plan of attack
- By RabidReads on 10-09-15
- Proven Guilty
- The Dresden Files, Book 8
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Harry comes full circle with his youth
Reviewed: 08-26-11
The publisher's summary leaves much to be desired. This particular installment of The Dresden Files should not be missed.
Harry gets a call from the oldest daughter of one his closest friends, Michael Carpenter. Molly is in more trouble than she knows, and Harry "An Innocent Bystander" at SplatterCon!!! gets in it up to his neck.
Jim Butcher as always is a master at developing these wonderful characters. You get more information about the Carpenters, and awesome Charity development. You kinda forgive her for treating Harry like trash until now.
In the end Harry comes face to face with some of the demons of his past, resurrected at the sight of watching an untrained wizard sentenced to a miserable end by the White Council. He'll have to pull a rabbit out of his hat to prevent the same fate befalling someone he's driven to protect they way he himself was protected at the same age.
As always, awesome writing by Butcher, and awesome performance by Marsters.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
It is 1758, and the flames of the Seven Years' War are burning hotter than ever. The rigors and dangers of battle are actually a welcome respite for Lord John and his brother Hal, who feel the constant strain of their family's troubled history. Blending war, family secrets, and forbidden love, Gabaldon crafts a suspenseful novel that loyal fans and newcomers alike with find irresistible.
A Vital Link
- By Dina on 09-23-09
- Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
- By: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
My Favorite Lord John Novel so Far
Reviewed: 08-22-11
The Lord John short stories get woven into the places between the Lord John novels, and tie them together. Both short stories and novels tie the gap in the Outlander novels between Dragonfly in Amber where John first appears, and Claire disappears and Voyager where Claire/Jaime's story continues. This is ~1745 to ~1773.
In that nearly 30 year gap, John has been off on journeys of his own, and it's wonderful how Diana Gabaldon weaves history and research into a story in such detail without detracting from the characters or their situations. While I enjoyed Private Matter very much, Brotherhood is still my favorite, and you see John at his best, and his worst, sometimes funny and always enjoyable. There's a couple of battles, which are always my favorite parts when reading Lord John, and interaction between him and his family, and a mystery.
In this novel John is searching for answers about the death of his father, but the plot is woven with other subplots that converge neatly (or messily) when John has to face a crisis of honor, and finds the clue to both answers in Jamie Fraser.
There are plot pieces and characters here that find their way into other Lord John stories (Haunted Soldier, Custom of the Army) or Outlander (Breath of Snow and Ashes, Firey Cross, Echo in the Bone), but resolve themselves nicely for the time being within this book. I think, however that "Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner" (not yet released as of this review) will be the one to watch, and carry the events of Brotherhood and Custom forward to fill in a large gap in the rocky evolution of John and Jamie's friendship.
Yes, there are a couple of graphic sex scenes - if graphic sex of either hetero or homosexual participants troubles you, I suggest you back quickly away from any book in the Outlander/Lord John universe by Gabaldon.
The narrator, Jeff Woodman, does all the work in this series and does a great job, especially with John, Harry and Tom.
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book 13 - Free First Chapter
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: John Glover
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin. But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own. To save his friends-and his own soul-Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick without any magic...
Beyond disappointed
- By Lifelong Reader on 07-22-11
- Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book 13 - Free First Chapter
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: John Glover
It's ... not... James Marsters? Say it ain't so!
Reviewed: 07-26-11
I listened to the chapter sample, and I disagree with reviews that are of the opinion that Mr. Glover is merely reading. He isn't - I've heard audio books that might have been a recitation of the phone directory, that made me want to ask for my credit back, and this isn't it. I don't envy John Glover though - James Marsters for 13 books -became- the voice of Harry Dresden and the remarkable cast of characters in the Dresden-verse.
The writing is engaging as always, and I can't wait to find out what happens to everyman wizard Harry Dresden. A lot can happen when you're dead. My review for the actual audiobook will (try to) stick to the book itself, but that will be hard.
I don't know what to say - I've been a fan of the Dresden Files audio books from the very first listen, waited on the short stories because the anthologies were not read by the novel's narrator, and I am a very sad panda right now.
(apologies to John Glover) Please, oh please say James Marsters is coming back!
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
At the age of 38, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she loves, and a book on the women's suffrage movement that she will finish - someday. Someday is Brigitte's watchword. Someday she and Ted, a rising star in the field of archaeology, will clarify their relationship. Someday she will have children. Someday she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston, Brigitte's life is jolted.
I Was Left Wanting
- By Teahouse Fox on 11-01-10
- Legacy
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
I Was Left Wanting
Reviewed: 11-01-10
I fully wanted to love this book, having just completed the 18th century historical novels in the Outlander series. Legacy takes place in the same time periods, and covers some similar topics, but perhaps through no great fault of it's own, doesn't seem to go into either the Sioux or French 18th century history as much as I'd hoped.
Legacy skims the surface of both of these interesting cultures without spending enough time in either the past or the present to feel as if you've had your fill of either of the main protagonists and their situations. This may be due to my comparison to the 'Outlander' novels by Diana Gabaldon, which at a staggering 48 or so hours each, give detail free reign. Even the 'Lord John' novels, which are for length at least on par with Legacy, contain a great deal more detail and flavor of the period.
In the end, you're left a bit wanting, both for the color of the background environment (so much seems to have been skimmed over after the 18th century heroine arrives in France) and the relationships, both of which were supposed to be the driving force in the book.
Of the audio experience itself, I must say that I've been spoiled by the likes of Loreli King, Davina Porter and James Marsters who bring characters and events to life. The narrator of Legacy has a clear and pleasant speaking voice, but lends no flavor to the personalities or events he is reading. Which is to say, he might as well have been reading the phone book with his precise and pleasant pronunciation.
In the end, what I remember of this book is that I wish it had been more.
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US F1 Putting U.S. Back In F1
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
Huntersville, N.C. – Before he launched the US F1 team, Ken Anderson was better known within the inner sanctums of motor racing.
Typically, he's gone about the business of entering the rarified atmosphere of Formula One without a lot of fanfare, relying on his own engineering skills and connections within the industry.
"I've been working on this project for years," said Anderson during an interview at the team's shops just outside Charlotte. "It was always my intention to do a skunkworks type deal."
When Anderson first approached outgoing FIA president Max Mosley and commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone in late 2006 about a plan to launch a start-up team without direct manufacturer assistance, F1's two top administrators listened carefully.
Anderson's vision of getting more from less when it comes to F1 technology now looks like the wave of the future. Within the last year, Honda, BMW and Toyota all pulled the plug on teams with bloated budgets, huge staffs, extravagant travel expenses and relatively poor results.
With the conscious effort by Mosley and Ecclestone during the past year to help independent entries bring fresh blood into F1, Anderson became one of four new constructors preparing to launch in March at the 2010 season opener in Bahrain. Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, has signed on as the primary investor for US F1.
The combination of a relatively unknown American with "shops" in North Carolina instead of a "factory" continues to draw skepticism in Europe, where every other F1 team is located. Most recently, a hastily drawn up and erroneous news story speculated that US F1 was a possible candidate to buy one of the chassis intended for use in 2010 by the disbanded Toyota team.
In fact, Anderson received a flood of resumes from displaced Toyota employes in the past week, veterans who have confidence in Anderson's ability to build a competitive car and who also grasp his vision for the future of F1.
For the U.S., there's not much recent past in F1 when it comes to car constructors. Dan Gurney was the last team owner to create an F1 chassis in America at shops in Santa Ana, Calif., and his Eagle chassis ran its final race in 1968. Subsequent American team owners Roger Penske and Carl Haas built their cars in England.
To design his US F1 chassis, Anderson is relying primarily on Computational Fluid Dynamics. But he's also assembled a staff deep in current F1 participants.
"I've got no agenda," said Anderson. "I want the best person for the job. We're a melting pot. I'd be crazy not to invest in the best people out there. The talent pool that's available is bigger than ever."
Some of the recruits to US F1 are coming from established teams, such as Steve Brown, the former research and development officer at Brawn GP, the current world championship constructor.
"We have some really good guys with current F1 knowledge," said Anderson. "It's not like we've been doing this in a vacuum."
There's no telling how long Anderson has been carrying a design of an F1 car around in his computer and updating it each year with each new round of rule changes. But he's confident he's up to speed.
"The specification of a Formula One car, the boundary of where it can and can't be is far tighter than it used to be," he said. "It all comes from the Senna crash (in 1994) and the safety zones. That really dictates the shape of the car. You've got to be fairly creative like Adrian Newey was last year with the Red Bull car to come up with a shape that's much different."
Within the world of F1, Anderson established his design experience as the technical director at Ligier Formula One in 1989 and at Onyx Grand Prix Engineering in 1990. He then oversaw the formation of G Force Precision Engineering during 1991, a company that went on to produce the G Force cars in the IRL. Among others, Anderson designed the cars that won the Indy 500 and the IRL championship in 1997.
Anderson is not worried about not having been actively involved in F1 in recent years. "If you weren't part of the evolution, how would you know where to jump in?" he asked before answering his own question. He pointed to the team of Brawn GP, launched just a year ago from the ruins of Honda's F1 program.
"You can only make the pencil so sharp. This year was proof. There was just a minor change (in the rules), then you have a team with just a 100 people rubbing on it that really came up with something nasty."
Using engines supplied by Mercedes, a relatively low-budget Brawn GP team won the constructors championship versus Red Bull Racing and the usually dominant McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari teams. Brawn's Jenson Button won the 2009 driver's championship.
Anderson believes the timing is right for him to enter with a start-up team, despite the fact that Mosley and Ecclestone lost their argument with the Formula One Teams Association over the introduction of a budget cap. Instead, the teams and the FIA decided to forego the budget cap for 2010 in favor of a more gradual move toward cost containment in a sport where manufacturers have been spending as much as $300 million a year.
For the 2010 season, Anderson is counting on another dramatic change in the FIA's approach to stay on an even footing with the established powers.
"Next year is going to be a paradigm shift to narrow front tyres and no re-fueling," said Anderson. "We've got an 1100-pound car and we're starting with 350 pounds of fuel. That's the biggest change since '94. I think there's going to be a lot of people caught out by that. We've concentrated on the things we can control."
US F1 will be powered by a Cosworth V-8. The fact Cosworth decided to return to F1 for the first time since 2006 to compete against major automotive manufacturers is another sign of the changing times, where the emphasis will be on innovative technology without huge budgets.
Despite squawking in Europe about issues such as the mandatory crash testing, Anderson has outlined a schedule that calls for the final crash tests to fall in late December or early January. That leaves more time for design, although less time to actually build the car. The first official test sanctioned by the FIA, which restricts testing, is anticipated in the second week of February.
"Anybody's that's telling you that they passed the crash test in October stopped development in August," said Anderson. "I would say it's pretty normal for a team to be crash testing a month before the first race. That's because you want to be in the wind tunnel to see if the development and the shape is working. Once you sign off on the crash test, that's it. You're locked in."
To those outside the realm of NASCAR teams, the density of technical resources in the Charlotte area is not well known. But Anderson anticipates he'll be able to keep his costs down by hiring out certain services and avoiding heavy capital costs for things such as wind tunnels, testing equipment and the massive computer capacity needed for design and race simulations.
"You can swing a cat and hit 10 seven-post rigs here," said Anderson. He plans to use the full-scale, moving ground plane facility at the Windshear Wind Tunnel once the car is built as well as the Kinetics & Compliance machines at Morse Measurements, whose founder Phil Morse is now the vehicle dynamicist for US F1.
The computers at Corvid Technologies in nearby Mooresville, N.C. are being used by Anderson for the extensive numbers crunching necessary to CFD analysis. Anderson continues to search for downforce and a lower center of gravity before ever committing to the actual structure of the car via the computer.
Corvid was founded by Dr. Eric Warren and is an integral part of GM's support for its teams in NASCAR and the Corvette Racing factory team. Warren, formerly the technical director at Ray Evernham Motorsports and Michael Waltrip Racing, is another example of Anderson's ability to recruit locally as well as from Europe. Warren has joined US F1 as the chief aerodynamicist.
It was back in the early 1980's as a service provider himself that Anderson got his start in Grand Prix racing. The designer and chief engineer at Penske Racing Shocks, Anderson worked at the Williams Grand Prix Engineering team's wind tunnel as a technical partner during the development of the Williams chassis from 1985 to 1988.
It was there that he met his future partner at US F1, Peter Windsor, a public relations man at the time, and Ross Brawn. The latter would eventually claim fame as technical director at Ferrari during the Michael Schumacher years before moving to the Honda team in 2008 and then starting up Brawn GP.
"I was working for Penske on shock stuff and I would go over to the wind tunnel every winter," said Anderson. "I met this wind tunnel machinist, mechanic and all-around good guy named Ross Brawn. We both come from a very similar hands-on approach."
Having been an an engineer at Penske Racing in the glory years of CART throughout the 1980's until leaving to join Ligier, Anderson got a lot of hands on experience to go with three CART championships and four Indy 500 wins.
Over the course of three decades, he has met a lot of people and gained respect for his knowledge and passion about racing on both sides of the Atlantic. Anderson's friend Brawn, for example, released research and development chief Brown from his contract early so that he could help Anderson finish the US F1 chassis.
So take Anderson seriously when he says with a wry smile, "We're putting the band back together."
– Jonathan Ingram can be reached at email@example.com Comments


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Staticus needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 374 designs submitted by 69 freelance designers.
The principal area of activity of the Company is the design, production and installation of aluminum glass structures, frameless glass structures and ventilated facades.
The Company has been closely following the most modern trends in the production of facades and seeks to offer to the Lithuanian and foreign market a range of new products.
Our production line is able to meet the most demanding requirements and is perfectly equipped for processing not only aluminum but also steel profiles. Quality has always been within a special focus of the Company that strictly complies with all quality and safety requirements and regulations and offers to its customers only products of impeccable quality.
The Company is a member of the Lithuanian Association of Constructors.
HRONO FASADAI – leader in Lithuanian domestic market, consulting, design, production, installation and indemnity maintenance of aluminum-glass constructions, curtain wall systems, windows, doors, unframed glass structures and cladding systems.
Hrono fasadai -commercial production company working for clients who are designing, renovating and constructing buildings Experienced in international market. We are expanding our export to international markets: Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Ireland, UK, France, Sweden, Russia, Latvia, Belarus.
We will be seeking to ensure that in the minds of our partners, customers and competitors the name and the trade mark are associated with the most state-of-the-art technologies, quality of customer servicing and reliability.
Within the framework of the first trade mark communications period the Company is hereby announcing a public tender for the development of the logo for JSC STATICUS.
The logo of the Company is expected to deliver and convey the principal values adhered to by JSC STATICUS: stability, reliability, stability and innovative strives.
VERY important thing is that you have to pay attention to the fact that we are construction company and we have working clothes, you should think how logo would look on a working clothes, blanks (some times black-and-white), business presents (usually very small ones, so logo would be small).
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Artichoke and Green Olive Dip
Both of us love artichokes—steamed and eaten with melted butter, chilled and dipped in lemon mayonnaise, or blended with all manner of other ingredients for delicious dips. This dip has an unusual flavor and a beautiful pale green color.
2 (14.5-ounce) cans whole artichoke hearts
Drain the artichoke hearts and rinse them in cool water. Pat them dry with paper towels and place them in a food processor with the olive oil and lemon juice. Puree until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
Make-Ahead Factor
The dip can be made up to 2 days ahead and kept covered and refrigerated.
From Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! Easy Hors D'oeuvres, Delicious Drinks and Inspired Ideas for Entertaining with Style by Lauren and Anne Purcell.


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