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Starwood Hotels Around The World Roll Out The Welcome Mat For Millions Of New Chinese Travelers
July 12, 2011
Starwood Personalized TravelTM Program Launches in Global Gateway Cities Catering to the Tastes and Preferences of the Outbound Chinese Traveler.
July 12, 2011
- Shanghai, China - As one of the world's fastest growing travel markets, with 100 million outbound travelers expected by 2015, China will play an outsized role in global travel within the next decade. To prepare for this growing force of new travelers, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today the launch of Starwood Personalized Travel - a program of initiatives designed to serve the unique preferences of Chinese travelers. Debuting at 19 Starwood hotels in gateway cities around the globe, Starwood Personalized Travel offers a variety of simple, yet meaningful touches that matter most to the Chinese guest, including in-room tea kettles, slippers, translated welcome materials and on-site translation services. Restaurant menus will also be made available in Chinese and feature familiar favorites like congee - a popular Chinese breakfast delicacy.
The launch of the new program coincides with the conclusion of the unprecedented month-long relocation of the company's entire Senior Leadership Team to China, and underscores Starwood's dedication to China which recently became its second largest hotel market outside of the U.S. and its fastest growing. With 74 hotels in China and nearly 100 in the pipeline, Starwood is the largest operator of high end hotels here, and will open one hotel in China every two weeks throughout 2011.
"As Chinese travelers begin to travel beyond their borders en masse, they, like their Western counterparts before them, will gravitate to the hotel brands they know from home, and with Starwood's leading footprint in China, this gives us a great advantage," said Frits van Paasschen, President & CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts. "Just as our hotels in China have historically catered to American and European travelers with familiar amenities from home, now our hotels globally will provide the same services to Chinese travelers."
New Program Launches in Gateway Cities such as Mexico City, New York & Paris
In the first phase of the programs launch, 19 Starwood hotels in gateway cities around the world now feature Starwood Personalized Travel with plans to roll it out across all Starwood hotels and resorts by the end of 2012. The new program, developed in partnership with Starwood's Chinese executive team includes:
In-hotel Chinese Specialist - From a warm welcome upon arrival to a fond farewell, an in-hotel specialist will assist Chinese guests at all participating hotels with everything from translation assistance to facilitating transportation.
Comforts of Home - Anticipating the needs of our Chinese guests, each hotel has tea kettles, slippers, instant noodles and toiletries either in-room or available upon request.
Translated Collateral - Upon arrival, guests receive a packet of local area information - shopping, sightseeing and key hotel information - translated into Chinese.
Familiar Foods - Hotel restaurants have Chinese-friendly menu items like congee, noodles and rice.
Starwood properties now offering these services include Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers; W New York - Times Square; Le Méridien Piccadilly, London; Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel & Towers, Mexico City; Westin Paris - Vendôme; Westin Tokyo, W Seoul Walkerhill; Sheraton Waikiki, Westin St. Francis, San Francisco and Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center.
Chinese Travelers Seek Out Starwood Brands Abroad
Starwood hotels around the world are benefiting from its long established presence in China. In 2010 Starwood hotels in gateway cities around the world saw double and triple digit growth year-over-year by Chinese travelers:
Chinese business at the W New York - Times Square grew 173% and Chinese business at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Southern California increased 140%.
Latin America is also benefiting from the rise in outbound travel from China. Business from Chinese guests has grown by over 370% at the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City, 264% at the Park Tower, Buenos Aires and 115% at the Sheraton Buenos Aires.
In Starwood properties across Europe, Italy and France remain two of the top destinations with record new Chinese visitors at The Westin Excelsior, Rome, The Westin Paris - Vendôme and Le Méridien Piccadilly, which almost doubled its Chinese bookings.
U.S. Needs Smarter Visa Policy to Take Advantage of Influx of New Global Travelers
As Chinese outbound travel continues to rise, the potential for the U.S. to win visitors from China, the fastest growing outbound market in the world, is curtailed by the current entry requirements and the laborious process Chinese travelers face obtaining U.S. visas. "The U.S. is the top international destination of choice for Chinese travelers and needs to better capitalize on profound travel trends from China and other markets like Brazil and India. Yet we make it incredibly difficult for travelers to visit. By instituting a smarter visa policy, we can stimulate the U.S. economy and in turn create more than a million new jobs," said van Paasschen. "Visa reform doesn't require building infrastructure and is in fact totally self funding - this is about opening the door a little wider to make it easier for global outbound travelers to visit the United States."
The Chinese are Starwood's Fastest Growing Loyal Travelers
China is not only Starwood's second largest hotel market, but also the fastest growing base of loyal customers. Chinese enrollment in Starwood Preferred Guest membership grew 71% and in 2010 became SPG's second largest base of active members, surpassing the United Kingdom and behind only North America.
To meet this growing demand, Starwood opened the largest Customer Contact Center of any international hotel company operating in China. Located in Guangzhou, the center opened in 2009 and employs more than 160 associates to support Chinese-speaking customers traveling to Starwood's more than 1,050 hotels around the world. Starwood is also the only hospitality company in China that provides 24-hour customer support, 365 days a year, for its Chinese-speaking customers.
Starwood properties featuring the Starwood Personalized Travel program are:
Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers
Park Tower, Buenos Aires - A Luxury Collection Hotel
Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
W New York - Times Square
The St. Regis Monarch Beach
Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour
The Westin Sydney
Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center
Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square
The Westin Tokyo
Le Méridien Piccadilly
Sheraton Waikiki
Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
The Westin Paris - Vendôme
W Seoul - Walkerhill
Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
The Westin Excelsior, Rome
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,051 properties in 100 countries and territories with 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM. The company boasts one of the industry's leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com
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This is getting very serious..............
I would suggest replacing your old brake lines if your bike is pre 2005, unless it has braided SS ones.
This is getting very serious..............
I would suggest replacing your old brake lines if your bike is pre 2005, unless it has braided SS ones.
Ufda happens..........
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The brakes on my 2000 r1100rtp recently faded, locked-up for a time, then the front line split near the front junction. It had the original lines. All the rubber on my bike was in bad shape.
Most of the brake problems were found when I was parked in the garage, just checking the bike out after all the fluids were changed. I feel very lucky.
There was no visual indication of a failure.
I now have Spiegler SS lines. The brakes were grabby before, they are much smoother now.
Wondering how far this goes. Is it centered around 99 - 01 or does it go beyond? I'll check the lines on my 04 GS, but don't expect to find much evidence since the PO had the reservoirs flushed just before I acquired the bike.
While you're at it, replace your tires if they're worn.
And, be sure to use specified brake fluid and change it according to specified schedule and inspect your hoses according to the schedule as well.
Other than aftermarket hype, I seriously doubt there's much data that metal-sheathed teflon lines are a superior solution.
It's a useful heads up. Shouldn't be considered a crisis.
PS IMHO the discussion goes much better if "hoses" is used to describe the rubber things and "lines" is used to describe the metal things.
Kent Christensen
It has nothing to do with certain years or models. It has to do with AGE. Brake lines and other rubber or plastics parts are affected by the elements and not just BMW's but all bikes, cars, trucks, etc. If you are riding a ten year old bike you are going to experience a problem sooner or later regardless of mileage. My 04 RT hasn't had any issues yet, but new stainless lines are on my winter list of things to do. The bike will have 65,000 on it by then so I am going to do the spline lube thing also. I know guys who wouldn't be caught dead in a ten year old car because they say a car that old just isn't reliable. These are the same guys who throw six kinds of tantrums if their ten year old bike needs any attention. Go figure.
I have 17 years as a field engineer for the worlds largest hydraulic hose manufacturer, and I can tell you this statement is completely wrong: "Other than aftermarket hype, I seriously doubt there's much data that metal-sheathed teflon lines are a superior solution." Standard OEM brake hoses are some of the cheapest construction hoses on the hydraulic hose market, period. If you really value your life and your bike, I would not use them on a bike. Its nothing about hype, simply the truth from the inside of the industry. I am very familiar with the construction, components and manufacturing of both types of brake hose.
Standard brake hose is simply the minimum cost product the manufacturer can use for brake applications that meets the minimum DOT specs. Brake hose failures can happen on any bike with synthetic rubber tubed brake hose, its not unique to BMW by any measure. Any brand bike using rubber tubed brake hose is simply using the least expensive brake hose that meets the specs. This has very little to do with it being a BMW problem.
Synthetic rubber (there are no true rubber brake hose products) tubed hose is a wear item. It is not built to last the life of the bike. So many factors affect brake hose life; sunlight, UV rays, ozone, flexing, tube softening (due to water and brake fluid), pressure cycles, abrasion, twisting, mis-routing, kinking, over-bending, etc. Brake hose should be considered a wear item just like tires, batteries, coolant, etc.
Standard brake hose is made of three components: the synthetic rubber inner tube, the nylon or polyester braided reinforcement, and the synthetic rubber outer cover. All three layers are bonded together when the raw hose construction is vulcanized. But, over time, the inner tube can soften and loose the bond to the reinforcement. Then a section may come loose and flatten out, acting like a check-valve flap. This can at any time in the life of the hose.
The only really good quality hose for brake lines is teflon-tubed/stainless steel braided cover construction hose. The real strength of this hose is the tube, not the braiding. Teflon tubed hose simply does not have the issues of material compounding (like standard hose, which is a "mixed component" material), tube irregularities, soft spots, etc. Teflon tubed hose is 100% teflon, not compounded or cured like synthetic rubber. Teflon is one of the strongest inner tube materials to use for hydraulic hose. Synthetic rubber tubed hose is totally dependent on the reinforcement for any pressure/duty cycle life capability. I would never waste one penny on OEM rubber brake hoses unless you are doing a restoration. Otherwise, always replace OEM brake hose with Teflon/SS-braided hose.
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Thanks Andy,
Must be a reason all the newer bikes have braided SS lines now.
Have replaced all of our old ones on pre 2004 models we have and several sets for friends with aftermarket with nothing but great feedback...from the owners and the brake system.
Recently fitted the final set on Helen's 1150R...she noticed major improvement and commented at the first roadside chat stop. She did not know I had done the retrofit so had no preconceived expectations. Just thought I had put fresh pads or something on.
Yes, fresh OEM rubber hoses will get the job done no doubt, but if you are going to keep the machine and want no issues...the braided lines are it for us.
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I have to agree here. I put Spiegler braided lines on my 1100RT this past winter and once they were bled properly the difference between rubber lines and teflon braided lines was immediately apparent.
If you like a truly hard brake lever, great feedback when you pull and twice the lifespan of OEM rubber lines, then teflon braided lines are the way to go.
I don't see any reason to purchase BMW OEM lines for a retrofit of old brake lines other than keeping the bike "totally original". I doubt an 1100RT is ever going to be a collector's item. Too many of them out there!
MJM - BeeCeeBeemers Motorcycle Club Vancouver B.C.
What changed in the past few years were DOT regulations on how brake hoses were labelled on the "layline" of the hose. In the past, OEMs could not use SS braided hose because there was no way to print the required DOT info onto the SS braid. Consequently, the better hoses could only be legally installed by the owner, as aftermarket replacement parts, and even then the SS braided hose was for "off highway use only". A product like Parker 919 hose is great for brake hose application. But in its standard form, it could not be labelled per DOT regs, and because it had no clear overlay, the SS braid would easily scratch whatever it contacted.
Regulations changed, and the hose layline data is applied on a clear overlay on the SS braided cover. Regs met, and the OEMs quickly changed to the better hose product as an update to current products.
Hose manufacturers could produce a synthetic rubber hose, adequately reinforced to reduce the volumetric expansion properties under pressure (to get the "feel" we seek in quality brake hose), equal to the SS braided hose product. But, no one would buy it because it would look just like the standard brake hose product. And, it would probably cost almost the same as the SS braided product. So there was no market push to produce a better synthetic rubber brake hose.
Stainless steel/teflon tubed brake hose is not hype at all. It is THE best brake hose you can use on a motorcycle brake system. Period.
As an aside, some standard brake hoses do seem to last a long time. But usually UV and ozone harden the cover to the point it starts to check/crack. All the cover does is protect the hose reinforcement, which is either nylon or polyester, so it does not compromise the pressure strength of the hose. But, poor maintenance of the brake fluid (like, never flushing it) causes water to build up in the brake system. Surprisingly enough, simple ol water can be a bugger on hoses IF the inner tube does not contain EPDM or similar elastomers to minimize swelling/aging of the inner tube. When the inner tube ages and swells, it looses what little strength it had and it can loosen from the reinforcing bond and collapse. A collapsed inner tube can act like a check valve, produce mushier response, cause dragging brakes, other problems. So again, no reason to use stock OEM non-SS braided hoses.
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Andy, you did a great job explaining some of the issues of SS/Teflon brake lines. Here is a longer discussion of DOT approval of SS lines
One other issue I have with SS lines is that there have been reports that dirt gets between the SS line and the teflon inner tube and wears a hole in the teflon tube. So, some people recommend having the SS lines coated. Early attempts of the coating the SS lines with PVC didn't work out that well. PVC without heat additives could not handle the heat and cracked and fell off within a couple years. Newer coating have heat resistant additive to make them last longer. Like the one on Earl's . Some people believe that the SS coating doesn't help extend the life for the extra cost.
I also prefer reusable fittings versus crimped fittings. Although I have a hydraulic crimper, I think the reusable fittings are a better option. It also makes this option available for most people to make up their own hoses. The only expertise you need is the ability to cut the SS lines cleanly.
Just the other day I replaced the front brake line due to a leak on my 2002 K1200LT. Once done, I found my suspected leak after removing the rubber sheathing. I cut the line open and was amazed at what I found. Notice the difference between what I figured to be "good line" and the area I suspected as being bad or leaking.
Chris Ehlbeck
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NIce pics!
...and that's why the calipers lock.... That gunk collapses and impedes the flow.
Here's pictures of the front line on the 01 F650 I just replaced.
The inner core is completely rotten and crumbling.
FYI : The bike had annual fluid replacements.
Ufda happens..........
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those pics would make me go out and change all my lines on all my bikes over to SS right away; except that all my brake lines already are SS.
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As a teenager in the 1970s, I learned about the paranoid style of American politics from the Kennedy assassination. Between seventh grade, when I discovered the Warren Commission report, and my junior year in high school, when I wrote a term paper "proving" that there had been three gunmen in Dealey Plaza, I was a kid obsessed.
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Such discrepancies were central to early critiques of the commission, the most famous of which, Mark Lane's "Rush to Judgment" (which took on both the second gunman and the Ruby questions) and Sylvia Meagher's "Accessories After the Fact" (which argued for a conspiracy involving anti-Castro Cubans), were instrumental in establishing conspiracy theory as mainstream pursuit.
All this was in keeping with the times: It was the 1960s, after all. By the time I came across these books a decade later, the turmoil of that era had hardened into a pervasive political cynicism, kiln-fired by the heat of Watergate. In a country where the president was not above obstructing justice, how could we trust anyone?
I vividly remember running and rerunning the Zapruder film, watching Kennedy slam backward as he was struck by the fatal bullet, his head exploding in a corona of misty red. How could that shot have come from anywhere but in front of his limousine?
Oswald, however, had been firing from the rear — that is, if he were firing at all. In his 1966 book "The Second Oswald," UC San Diego philosophy department chair Richard H. Popkin suggested that Oswald had been impersonated in the months leading to the shooting to make it appear as if he had been planning something. That he had been set up ("I'm just a patsy," he exclaimed the night of the assassination) was implicit in Popkin's argument.
There was more: Josiah Thompson's 1967 study "Six Seconds in Dallas" (I paid a friend to steal it from his father's library) re-created many frames of the Zapruder film that Life magazine, which owned the rights, refused to release. In his "Whitewash" series, Harold Weisberg reproduced government documents accessed via the Freedom of Information Act. Then, of course, there's Jim Garrison, onetime New Orleans district attorney who, inspired by Weisberg, spearheaded the only criminal prosecution (indicting New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw, who was ultimately acquitted) ever brought in the case.
Pretty heady stuff, especially to a teenager for whom conspiracy theory was a search for meaning. It implied an order to the chaos, that history was more than random, a story with a larger point. And yet, like Norman Mailer, whose 1995 nonfiction book "Oswald's Tale" repudiates the politics of conspiracy, I no longer believe that.
For Mailer, Oswald was both man and metaphor, the key to his own conspiratorial longings, since it was his apparent insignificance, his status as a loner and a loser, that led the author to imagine the assassination as the outcome of a cabal. His book, then, traces a shift in his thinking, from the tragic (let's say) to the absurd.
What does it mean if Oswald did kill Kennedy, if there were no broader implications, if it was just a case of disorder asserting itself? It's an idea much more in keeping with my adult world view, in which I've had to come to terms with the fact that things often happen for no reason, that they have no implications beyond themselves.
Mailer wasn't the first writer to identify Oswald as protagonist of the assassination; in "Libra" (1988), Don DeLillo imagines him as a cipher for our collective disassociation, while Edward Jay Epstein's "Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald" (1978) investigates his intelligence ties here and abroad.
DeLillo is a novelist and Epstein a historian, but both highlight the elusive boundary between guilt and innocence. I may not be willing to go as far as Mailer, who in an interview shortly before his death announced that he was 65% certain that Oswald had acted alone. But I have come to be, in a way I could not have imagined when I was younger, comfortable with the idea that I don't know.


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On Wednesday 31 July 1940, Hitler authorized an all out attack on Britain. The stage was set for the biggest air battle in history. 2500 aircraft flying against the 650 fighters of the RAF. This documentary looks at the giant clash between two nations, examining how both countries used their resources during the Battle of Britain: from aircraft to air defense, and from intelligence to organization. As well as gaining analytical insight from veteran British fighter pilots, presenter James Holland travels to Germany where he meets some of the few surviving Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Aces and gains access to diaries offering further striking, firsthand testimony from those who fought in the battle.
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DASHI Update: 3 New Designs
Three new designs of China's DASHI awards have been announced. They are –
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CowParade Exhibition in Shanghai, China!
The CowParade has returned to Shanghai, China with a special display of our favorite cows from past CowParade events called the Global Masters Cow Exhibition.
The special event is in partnership with the DASHI Awards. The cows will soon be joined by more cows created by top designers from China.
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The DASHI Awards are Here!
The final evaluation of China's 19th National Design Master Award and the Benniu Cup Creative Design Competition will be held on July 18th in Shanghai, China.
Professor Lin Jiayang, founder of the National Design Master Award, and Jerry Elbaum, founder and Chairman of CowParade, will lead 11 final judges from the fields of fashion, culture and art to conduct a final review of the designs. Read more…
CowParade Recife, Brazil is Live
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Here's your opportunity to purchase your very own, life-size cow. The CowParade SLO auction is Saturday, May 6 and will benefit a variety of local non-profit organizations. Click Here to register today.
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CowParade Returns to Sao Paulo!
Sponsored by Smiles, one of the largest multi-loyalty programs in Brazil, with more than 12 million participants, with 14 of the world's best airlines flying to 160 countries, the 10th CowParade Brasil hopes to repeat the success of the last São Paulo edition. Click Here to see the new masterpieces by SP's artists.
CowParade Perth is Live
CowParade Perth 2016 will feature 40 life-sized fiberglass cows, painted and styled by some of Western Australia's most exciting artists and creatives. The cows will be exhibited for six weeks from 31 October in malls, parks, iconic buildings and precincts, with some auctioned at the 2016 Lexus Ball for Telethon, raising money to support child health research.
- Find out more about CowParade Perth here or by visiting the links below.
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CowParade Belém, Brazil
CowParade launches in Belém, Brazil on 20 August 2016, celebrating the 400th anniversary of this historic city.
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- It is estimated that over 250 million people around the world have seen one our famous cows.
- Over $30 million have been raised through worldwide charitable organizations through the auction of the cows, which take place at the conclusion of each event.
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After an outstanding performance at Navy last Sunday, William and Mary's Daniel Potemski was selected as the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's Gymnast of the Week, following teammate Landon Funiciello's distinction last week.
En route to helping the now-11th-ranked Tribe defeat Navy, Potemski won titles on the pommel horse (14.2) and vault (14.55). He placed second on the rings (14.2) and high bar (13.45).
A team captain, Potemski has also excelled in the classroom. He is a two-time first-team Academic All-America Scholar-Athlete and has earned a pair of W&M Provost's Awards.
ODU hire:
B.J. Burton joined Old Dominion's staff as the Director of Olympic Sports Marketing and Baseball Operations.
Burton will direct marketing for men's and women's soccer, wrestling and baseball, and oversee the day-to-day operations for the baseball program. He brings over 20 years of collegiate athletic marketing experience, having directed marketing at VCU and Western Kentucky.
Men's tennis:
Nationally ranked Virginia Cavaliers players Alex Domijan, Mac Styslinger and Jarmere Jenkins will compete as amateurs in next week's USTA Challenger of Dallas.
The main draw is headlined by former world top-10 James Blake, who is joined by current world top-100 players Go Soeda, Jesse Levine and Michael Russell.


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Hi folks. Since it's been *looks at watch* a little over 4 years since the last time I posted on this site, and there have been some (to put it mildly) changes since them, I likely will be "moving" this site from Drupal to Wordpress, or at least severely re-doing this blog. Fair warning....changes ahead.
John Gruber, over at http://daringfireball.net has a discussion regarding Steve Jobs and what he was, in terms on an "inventor", tinkerer, etc.
It surprises me that people don't seem to get what Jobs was more clearly: He was a Synthesist. I immediately think of Professor Reisfeld from Robert Heinleins Have Spacesuit, Will Travel":
Pee Wee: He's the synthesist. Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything and puts the pieces together"
Jobs excelled at seeing where the pieces needed to be. The idea that people rattle off, that it was choo-choo time and therefore someone was going to make the railroad ignores the fact that no one else did. Would we have had the "iPad"? Sure. Maybe in another 4-5 years someone other than Jobs would have introduced something kinda like the iPhone. Or tablets might have morphed into what is now the iPad.
But I feel it's a lot more likely that it would have been 7-10 years of different designs (look at Android) being tried out, warring with each other instead of Jobs/Apple coming out with the correct design*.
Coming out with the correct design, and I want to stress this here, ON THE FIRST TRY.
Sure it needed faster hardware, better cell phone infrastructure, but the fact is that the iPhone was a grand slam, on the first try at the bat.
Of course, that was because Apple (under Jobs' tutelage) dumped EVERY design that wasn't what we saw as the final iPhone. I'll bet there were some real dogs in there. Likely we'll never see what they looked like.
So, yes, Jobs did us good, and he was a genius as a synthesist. The greatest works of Genius are the ones that are obvious after they come out. Anyone could have "discovered" gravity, as the character "Dirk Gently" states, after dropping a pencil, "see? they even keep it on weekends." But Newton did. I don't hear people griping about that.
*How do I know it's the "correct design? As Gruber notes, look at what phones looked like in 2007 and what they look like now. Take the hint.
Where was I? Staring at my iPhone, wondering, hoping someone at AP had screwed up. not ONE site confirmed this:
It took 10 minutes before I was able to get confirmation, and then the news flooded in:
Well, it's been just over 17 hours, and most of my responses to the death of Steve Jobs have been reactive. Posts to Twitter and Facebook. I figured I might as well sit down now that the shock and initial reaction are wearing off.
It's hard for me to sum up how I feel about it, because in some very obvious ways I'm not reallyconnected to Jobs in any way. I've never met him, or even seen him in person, to my knowledge.
He seemed like a jerk and a royal pain in the ass in a lot of ways.
"There was a world with Steve Jobs in it, and a world without him in it, and I'm now living in the latter." - Andy Ihnatko
But I'm a jerk in a lot of ways, and a royal pain in the ass sometimes, so maybe that was why I felt a connection to him. Completely aside from all the great technology stuff everyone is going to be writing about for next year.
Steve Jobs showed me that you can screw up. I mean screw up BIG, and you can still recover and excel, you just have to keep your head up or down, and charge ahead. Not blindly, you have to learn from your mistakes, but you can't let them weigh you down and stop you. You should always try and move on to the NeXT (sorry :)) big thing.
Think about it; The guy becomes one of the founding members of the "we started the Personal Computer as envisioned by science fiction writers" club, THEN gets pushed out...pushed out of the company that he helped found. Ten years later he's back at that company...Ten years after THAT, the company has revolutionized at least 3 industries, and introduced something so sci-fi (the iPhone) that we're still seeing the shock waves now, 4 years later - and we still don't know where it will all end.
If that's not a kicker for the universe having a narrative sense of humor, I don't know what is.
I won't harp on how hard it must have been, being kicked out of a company that you helped build - I've had experiences like that, and they couldn't have been anything as hard as that must have been and I can only hope that I deal with these experiences half as well as he did. And then there was the cancer, and Steve covered it best in his commencement speech at Stanford. [video][Text]
He dusted himself off and went on. It's what we all should do, and sometimes we don't, and it's why I'm thankful for the example of Steve Jobs. Apart for all the other things, he showed me what you can do if you just keep trying.
Steve Jobs spoke to design and function being part of technology, that it's about the people who use the tools, not about the tools themselves. He was willing to be wrong, he was willing to be outspoken, and he was willing to be himself and follow his dreams.
So yes, he was a jerk, and a pain in the ass, and an egomaniac, and a showoff, and a showman, and a dreamer, a dropout and a catalyst, philosopher, and entrepreneur, madman.
You can quote him, disagree with him, glorify or vilify him, but about the only thing you can't do...is ignore him. Because he changed things. He pushed the human race forward. He really did. (alternate Youtube Video)
Thanks for the push, Steve - we'll take it from here, man. Requisat In Pace.
So, (oh, right. Hi everyone, sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything on here) I've been getting repetitive mail from these assholes over at techwebevents-sf for...I dunno...years. I keep unsubscribing from the specific event and then they send me mail for a different event, and I can never recall whether that was the one I had unsubscribed from.
ANYways, I finally got off my ass and looked, and found a "universal opt-out": http://www.ubmtechnology.com/united-business-media-llc-privacy-notice/ It's about halfway down the page.
Here's hoping it works. And if it doesn't , you'll hear more about it, no doubt.*
Yes, my first post in over 6 months is me bitching about spam. Original.
Sorry, but most of my posting needs have been satisfied by Twitter/FaceBook. So, go follow me there. :)
*I'm still deciding whether I should write an article about the spamming assholes over at Michael T. Peterson.
Don't anyone mail me to say "hey moron, your CAPTCHA's broke!"
Of course, that's likely because the only people who've tried to log in have been bots, but still. Damned inconsiderate bots.
I've changed the CAPTCHA, so if you ACTUALLY wanted an account, and are not spamming pharmacology, c'mon (back) in.
Alternate title: having a plan in the first place.
So I imagine it's pretty clear that my site has "just growed", in that after my first site, a decade or so ago, in which I actually designed it and then built it by hand, the subsequent sites have all been Content Management System (CMS) based.
This has been great from a "slapping crap onto the site" perspective, but a nightmarish POS from an esthetic/personalization standpoint.
So this time I'm going to do my whole site as a Flash-based design.
Ok, enough bitching about something I dislike, and on to something I like;
I'd kind of been ignoring "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog", until attending the "Shadow cast" (Think Rocky Horror Picture Show floorshow, for you old-timers out there) at Arisia 2010. Until then, I'd only seen the first half of the first Act.
It's really excellent. It's a great mix of ridiculous humor/plotline, actual ly really good classical story and well. It's just great. If, on the off chance that you haven't seen this, go to YouTube or iTunes right away and grab it.
They did a GREAT job on this, especially considering it was virtually no budget...the ending..man.
My daughter was unsure what to make of it, but on viewing it straight, she's been humming some of the songs tonight.
I've read that there are rumbles of a "sequel", I kind of hope not. Some things are one-shot, they come together and anything following just detracts, the ending just says "Period. Done."
"Billy? You're driving the spork into your leg."
"Huhn? So I am...Hilarious!"
In other news - I'm finally reading Discworld, yes I'm just Mr. "cutting edge", huhn?
Daring Fireball: "The print publishing industry should be so lucky to have iTunes do for them what it%u2019s done for music."(Via .)
Daring Fireball Linked List: McGraw-Hill CEO Says That Tablet Is iPhone OS Based: ""(Via Daring Fireball.)
Shuh, "McGraw-Hill content? No, I'm sorry, we don't have any McGraw-Hill content." - Steve Jobs
So, over at Wet Asphalt, Eric Rosenfield has written an article about some...concerns he had after attending Arisia 2010 and found it to be a bit more of a "Lifestyle Con" (It isn't, but that's the term he used).
After posting some thoughts on his concerns and telling a commenter there who turned out to be Eric's "partner/co-poster" on the site that he was full of shit" (oopsie :)), I found a track of thought that I'd been wondering about while I was at Arisia.
What do we want to get out of these panels?
Eric was talking about how at a West Coast con, a Dr. Who panel, for example, would have people from the show, whereas at Arisia (in this case) you basically had fans who ended up talking about their favorite episodes. Which is all cool, and I've been at panels like that, but...how does this differ from just getting a bull session going in a hallway? Is it better? Worse?
What about the one with the people from the show? A chance to ask questions about the show? Can't I just watch the DVD extras and get the same things? Read about the show on their website? How is that different?
How much of the "Is there a -name- in a panel?" interest comes from wanting to rub elbows with the celebs? Or do you get something more useful?
At the "Future of School" panel, one of the best comments an attendee made was "if you vote, this is something you can go out, right now and do that will actually have an effect." (He was talking about campaigning against standardized testing). That alone was worth having suggested that panel, so that there were other commenters, is just a bonus.
So, going forward, as I suggest MORE panels for Arisia next year, I'm going to be thinking "what do I want people to get out of this panel?"


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While the right text and placement of your display ad are always crucial, you should also make sure that your ad is well designed. But how exactly can you ensure that your ad stands out on a web page, looks professional and is consistent with your overall brand message?
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SPRING HOUSE, Pa., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Research & Development, LLC ("Janssen") announced today that STELARA® (ustekinumab) has been awarded the prestigious 2012 International Prix Galien Award at a ceremony in Lyon, France. The Prix Galien Award recognizes extraordinary efforts in biopharmaceutical and medical technology research and development by honoring biomedical advances impacting both individuals and public health in the past decade. The honor is acknowledgment of the technical, scientific and clinical research skills necessary to develop innovative medicines and devices.
"It is a tremendous honor for Janssen to be recognized with the International Prix Galien Award for STELARA," said Jay P. Siegel, M.D., Chief Biotechnology Officer and Head, Global Regulatory Affairs, Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "We remain focused on bringing innovative medicines, like STELARA, to patients and health care professionals around the world."
STELARA is a human monoclonal antibody currently approved in more than 60 countries, including Canada, Europe, the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and Japan, for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
"STELARA exemplifies the convergence of science, technology and medicine," added Susan Dillon, Ph.D., Global Therapeutic Area Head, Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "We are proud of the difference that STELARA has and continues to make in the lives of patients battling moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and are humbled to receive the International Prix Galien Award."
Considered the industry's highest accolade, the international Prix Galien Award is given every other year and selected from previous national contest Prix Galien winners. STELARA received the Prix Galien USA Best Biotechnology Product Award in 2011 and the Prix Galien Canada Innovative Product Award in 2010. Prix Galien was first established in 1970 by French pharmacist Roland Mehl, and the international award was inaugurated in 1990.
About Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease that results from the overproduction of skin cells, resulting in their accumulation on the surface of the skin, which causes red, scaly plaques that may bleed. It is estimated approximately 7.5 million Americans and nearly 3 percent of the world's population are living with psoriasis and nearly one-quarter of those people have cases that are considered moderate to severe.
About STELARA
STELARA, a human interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-23 antagonist, is approved for the treatment of adult patients (18 years or older) with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy. IL-12 and IL-23 are naturally occurring proteins that are believed to play a role in psoriasis.
Janssen Biotech, Inc. discovered STELARA and has exclusive marketing rights to the product in the United States. The Janssen pharmaceutical companies maintain exclusive worldwide marketing rights to STELARA, which is currently approved for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in 65 countries. For more information about STELARA, visit www.STELARAinfo.com.
Important Safety Information
STELARA® is a prescription medicine that affects your immune system. STELARA® can increase your chance of having serious side effects including:
Serious Infections
STELARA® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. While taking STELARA®, some people have serious infections, which may require hospitalization, including tuberculosis (TB), and infections caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses.
- Your doctor should check you for TB before starting STELARA® and watch you closely for signs and symptoms of TB during treatment with STELARA®.
- If your doctor feels that you are at risk for TB, you may be treated for TB before and during treatment with STELARA®.
You should not start taking STELARA® if you have any kind of infection unless your doctor says it is okay.
Before starting STELARA®, tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms of an infection such as:
- fever, sweats, or chills
- muscle aches
- cough
- shortness of breath
- blood in your phlegm
- weight loss
- warm, red, or painful skin or sores on your body
- diarrhea or stomach pain
- burning when you urinate or urinate more often than normal
- feel very tired
- are being treated for an infection
- get a lot of infections or have infections that keep coming back
- have TB, or have been in close contact with someone who has TB
After starting STELARA®, call your doctor right away if you have any symptoms of an infection (see above).
STELARA® can make you more likely to get infections or make an infection that you have worse. People who have a genetic problem where the body does not make any of the proteins interleukin 12 (IL-12) and interleukin 23 (IL-23) are at a higher risk for certain serious infections that can spread throughout the body and cause death. It is not known if people who take STELARA® will get any of these infections because of the effects of STELARA® on these proteins.
STELARA® may decrease the activity of your immune system and increase your risk for certain types of cancer. Tell your doctor if you have ever had any type of cancer.
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS)
RPLS is a rare condition that affects the brain and can cause death. The cause of RPLS is not known. If RPLS is found early and treated, most people recover. Tell your doctor right away if you have any new or worsening medical problems including: headache, seizures, confusion, and vision problems.
Serious Allergic Reactions
Serious allergic reactions can occur. Get medical help right away if you have any symptoms such as: feeling faint, swelling of your face, eyelids, tongue, or throat, trouble breathing, throat or chest tightness, or skin rash.
Before receiving STELARA®, tell your doctor if you:
- have any of the conditions or symptoms listed above for serious infections, cancer, or RPLS
- have recently received or are scheduled to receive an immunization (vaccine). People who take STELARA® should not receive live vaccines. Tell your doctor if anyone in your house needs a vaccine. The viruses used in some types of vaccines can spread to people with a weakened immune system, and can cause serious problems. You should not receive the BCG vaccine during the one year before taking STELARA® or one year after you stop taking STELARA®. Non-live vaccinations received while taking STELARA® may not fully protect you from disease.
- are receiving or have received allergy shots, especially for serious allergic reactions
- ever had an allergic reaction to STELARA®
- receive phototherapy for your psoriasis
- have any other medical conditions
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if STELARA® will harm your unborn baby. You and your doctor should decide if you will take STELARA®.
- are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. It is thought that STELARA® passes into your breast milk. You should not breast-feed while taking STELARA® without first talking to your doctor.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Especially tell your doctor if you take:
- other medicines that affect your immune system
- certain medicines that can affect how your liver breaks down other medicines
Common side effects of STELARA® include: upper respiratory infections, headache, and tiredness
These are not all of the side effects with STELARA®. Tell your doctor about any side effect that bothers you or does not go away. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Please read the Medication Guide for STELARA® and discuss any questions you have with your doctor.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
The U.S. full prescribing information for STELARA® can be accessed at the following link: http://www.stelarainfo.com/pdf/PrescribingInformation.pdf
About Janssen Research & Development, LLC
At Janssen Research & Development, LLC, we are united and energized by one mission -- to discover and develop innovative medicines that ease patients' suffering, and solve the most important unmet medical needs of our time. As one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, our strategy is to identify the biggest unmet medical needs and match them with the best science, internal or external, to find solutions for patients worldwide. We leverage our world-class discovery and development expertise, and operational excellence, to bring innovative, effective treatments in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. For more information on Janssen R&D, visit http://www.janssenrnd.com/.
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WEEE-RecycleIT necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
We are an I.T. Recycling company that offers ALL our services completely FREE of charge. WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment so this is why we put it in the title. A completely free, collection, data destruction and secure recycling service is completely unique in the UK.
We specialise in secure data destruction, and are passionate about recycling. We are fully compliant with all Environmental Agency WEEE licensing requirements and regulations for the transport, storing and treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
WEEE-RecycleIT, under the guidance of the Environment Agency, adheres to the ethical and legal obligations we set out in our company charter and follow this charter to the letter. WEEE-RecycleIT has a zero export policy of any Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) and is committed to our zero to landfill strategy.
Our tag line is:
This is NOT an introductory offer. Our safe, secure and compliant service is provided FREE of charge to 100% of our customers 100% of the time.
We also offer a landfill prevention service by taking away from companies plastics, metals, cardboard etc we also offer this service free. We will take away any quantitiy of items that companies would otherwise despose of in landfill.
We are in an existing, very competitive market where there are quite a few recycling companies. The only difference with us is that we offer all our services for free and also that we are fully compliant with the Environment agency. The Environment Agency (EA) oversees all environmental issues in the UK and tightly control recycling companies such as ours.
We specifically want to target all businesses, large or small. The task of disposing of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) in a fully compliant way is a big issue and no company really wants to pay to dispose of their redundant equipment especially now as all companies are reducing their budgets . This is why we offer all our services for free.
Please visit our website
Here you will see what we have thrown together. The website is incomplete and im not too pleased with what we have but we needed something quickly.
We want a very professional look without too much sentimentality such as little lambs and sad looking children in corn fields. We believe we can get the message over without this and every other website seems to adopt this approach.
I like the idea of the name "WEEE-RecycleIT" in the design as this says so much about what we do. I do not want the word FREE to appear in the logo as our tag line/text explains this. The design shouldn't look too busy.
Data protection is serious business, we don't want to come across as a happy go lucky good fun company. We are passionate about what we do, we have good solid company values, we are ethical, reliable and compliant.
N.B WEEE should be upper case . I like the recycling symbol "chasing arrows" to feature in the design and maybe the globe. I don't like the washed out green that we currently have on our website.
Please feel free to "go for it"
Good luck!!
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After failing to persuade the billionaire collector Ronald O. Perelman to drop his lawsuit over an art deal gone sour, the powerhouse gallery mogul Larry Gagosian switched to attack mode on Friday. He described Mr. Perelman — his longtime friend, client and business partner — as a "deadbeat" and "bully" in court papers, saying he should be sanctioned by the judge for bringing the "frivolous" action.
The papers, filed in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, ask for a dismissal of the case, which accuses Mr. Gagosian of being a cheat, and say that he lost money in a series of art transactions with Mr. Perelman that involved 11 works worth upward of $45 million.
The legal complaints center on the worth of an unfinished Jeff Koons sculpture, "Popeye," that Mr. Perelman bought from Mr. Gagosian for $4 million, as well as the value of eight other works that Mr. Perelman used as partial payment for a $10.5 million Cy Twombly painting and a $12.6 million Richard Serra sculpture he bought from the dealer.
Mr. Perelman had charged in his papers that Mr. Gagosian took advantage of him, "undervaluing works when purchasing them, overvaluing them when selling them, and pocketing the substantial differential."
But the legal details have not attracted as much attention as the prospect of a nasty grudge match between two men known for their volcanic tempers, relentless empire building and refusal to take no for an answer. One British pundit, Emma Brockes, has described the case in The Guardian as "a really good ding-dong between two rich public figures."
The roots of the dispute go back to May 2010 when Mr. Perelman bought the oversize granite "Popeye," which was supposed to have been delivered 19 months later. In 2011 Mr. Perelman discovered that Mr. Koons was going to miss the date by several months and decided to cancel the deal. But he insisted that Mr. Gagosian owed him more than the $4 million he had paid. The value of Mr. Koons's work rises at light speed, Mr. Perelman maintained, and therefore this "Popeye" was worth as much as $12 million — even though it was unfinished.
He contended that he was being denied his rightful profit because of a "secret agreement" between the gallery and Mr. Koons that had the effect of redirecting most of the gains from the resale of "Popeye" to the artist and away from Mr. Perelman.
Mr. Gagosian had already filed and dropped his own lawsuit against Mr. Perelman. On Friday Mr. Gagosian filed a motion to dismiss Mr. Perelman's suit. In it he characterizes Mr. Perelman's accusations as fanciful, while offering a rare glimpse into his gallery's dealings. The Koons work, Mr. Gagosian states, was ultimately sold to an unnamed buyer for $4.5 million, of which he gave $4.25 million to Mr. Perelman.
Mr. Gagosian also contends that Mr. Perelman acted unreasonably, refusing to pay the agreed-upon price for the Twombly or the Serra and instead using "strong-arm tactics" to force Mr. Gagosian to accept the bulk of the payment in art that Mr. Perelman no longer wanted. "Perelman taunted the defendants, daring them to sue him if they were not willing to accept his insistence on paying with unwanted works of art instead of cash," Mr. Gagosian asserts.
Rather than profiting from the deal, as Mr. Perelman declares in his suit, Mr. Gagosian says he has lost $1.18 million so far. Three pieces he accepted as part of the exchange sold for less than the value credited to Mr. Perelman's account; two reaped a 6.25 percent profit instead of the dealer's normal 10 percent; and three remain unsold, court papers said.
Responding to the filing, Christine Taylor, a spokeswoman for Mr. Perelman, said: "These allegations were false when he first made them, false when he withdrew the unsupported lawsuit, and are still false today. His call for sanctions is itself sanctionable because it is frivolous."
The suit is one of several unsettling recent developments for Mr. Gagosian, who has dominated the art world for several years. Last month, the artists Damien Hirst and Yayoi Kusama announced that they were leaving Gagosian, and Mr. Koons said that his next show would be with a rival dealer, David Zwirner. Mr. Gagosian is also being sued by Jan Cowles, a prominent collector, who accuses him of selling a Roy Lichtenstein painting of hers without her consent. (Ms. Cowles's son, Charles, negotiated with the gallery without her knowledge.)
Mr. Perelman and Mr. Gagosian were once friends, dining, traveling and even opening a restaurant together. Mr. Perelman said he had bought more than 200 works from Mr. Gagosian, whom he described in court papers as someone who served as his "trusted adviser, mentor and friend" for more than 20 years.
"He is the most charming guy in the world," Mr. Perelman said in an interview. "Everyone thinks when they're doing business with him, they're the one guy being treated honestly."
But Mr. Perelman now portrays Mr. Gagosian as unscrupulous and deceitful. His lawyers (like Ms. Cowles's), accuse Mr. Gagosian of simultaneously representing the buyer and the seller and at times the artist without disclosing what they characterize as a potential conflict of interest.
Ultimately, Mr. Perelman's suit may hinge on whether Mr. Gagosian and he had what is called a special fiduciary relationship because of their long friendship and Mr. Gagosian's role as an art adviser. That argument can be tricky, said Ethan Leib, a Fordham law professor and the author of "Friend v. Friend: The Transformation of Friendship — and What the Law Has to Do With It."
For a friendship to engender a fiduciary responsibility, Mr. Leib said, a person generally has to prove that he or she lacked power. Mr. Perelman would need to say: "I needed him to look after my interest because I couldn't, that I've been made vulnerable to his exploitation and I couldn't protect myself," Mr. Leib explained. "It requires him to act humble, or at least to convince a court he is, and that's challenging for someone like Perelman."


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Angels' rotation is shaking off slow start
ANAHEIM -- With Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton in the mix, there were not a lot of questions about the Angels' offense prior to the 2013 season.
However, the starting rotation, and the entire pitching staff, was a different story.View Full Game Coverage
ANAHEIM -- With Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton in the mix, there were not a lot of questions about the Angels' offense prior to the 2013 season.
However, the starting rotation, and the entire pitching staff, was a different story.View Full Game Coverage
Ervin Santana, Dan Haren and Zack Greinke had departed and Joe Blanton, Jason Vargas and Tommy Hanson joined a rotation returning C.J. Wilson and Jered Weaver, a 20-game winner in 2012..
The new-look rotation did not get off to the start general manager Jerry Dipoto and manager Mike Scioscia were hoping for, recording only four quality starts in the first 14 games of the season.
And one of those starts was from Weaver, who found himself on the disabled list with a broken left elbow sustained in just his second start of the season.
The Angels did not have a starter pitch into the seventh inning until April 13, when Garrett Richards -- filling in for Weaver -- pitched 6 1/3 innings.
Despite the rough start, Scioscia feels the Angels just need to pitch to their potential and the results will start to take care of themselves. It appears that is starting to take place.
"Some of these guys are good pitchers who really just took a while to get into their game," Scioscia said. "Garrett's throwing the ball really well, he threw a terrific game. Joe Blanton threw better the other day. You knew Jason Vargas was going to bounce back, his track record is too strong. C.J., after a rough couple innings, threw a strong game."
The Angels had put received quality starts in four of the last five games heading into Wednesday's finale with the Rangers.
The difference? According to catcher Chris Iannetta, it's just a simple matter of execution.
"Just throwing more strikes, more quality pitches," Iannetta said. "If you can throw strikes, and quality strikes, you are going to be successful. In the beginning of the season we were falling behind in counts and that makes it a lot more difficult to pitch."
During the Angels' latest run through the rotation, the starter has left with either the lead or the game tied in each of the past five games.
As the starters continue to go deeper into games, Richards expects the pitching to get better because of the momentum the staff is starting to generate.
"We're going to feed off of one another," Richards said. "The offense isn't going to be there every night and the pitching isn't going to be there every night, but the more times we are on the same page, the more games we are going to win."
William Boor is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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This sexy take on a children's story is sure to bring up some uncomfortable questions
Antonio Banderas burst onto the American film scene in 1995 with his star-making turn as El Mariachi in Desperado. Since then, he's added a few more Latin lovers to his filmography, with the latest an orange tabby cat. Beyond retelling the Zorro mythos — which Banderas also tackled in the '90s — Puss in Boots lets you know that the Puss, voiced with breathy charm by Banderas, is one sexy kitty.
By the time the opening credits roll, Puss has had a one-night stand with a pretty kitty whose name he can't quite remember.
The story is supposed to explain how Puss became the deadly assassin who tried to kill Shrek. What it really wants to do is remind you that Antonio Banderas, even in cat form, is one sexy beast.
We begin with Puss on the lam. Growing up in an orphanage, Puss befriended one bad egg, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis: The Hangover Part II). While Puss is content with small town life, Humpty has bigger plans and tricks the trusting tabby into helping him rob the town's only bank.
Disgraced and hoping to win back his adopted mother's pride, Puss sets out to make things right by stealing magic beans from legendary outlaws Jack (Billy Bob Thorton: Faster) and Jill (Amy Sedaris: Beware the Gonzo). Puss' plan is to plant the magic beans, climb the beanstalk and steal the goose that laid the golden egg. Once he's got the goose's gander, Puss plans to return to his hometown and distribute golden eggs to the townspeople. That sure is a lot of stealing for a cat who wants to prove he's no thief.
Along the way, Puss reconnects with Humpty and meets a fellow feline thief, Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek: Americano). Kitty is a declawed pickpocket with a deft touch, but she's also the reason this movie goes from flawed to uncomfortable. Kitty is spunky and independent, and the mere sight of her turns Puss into a purring Pepe Le Pew.
That's the major problem with what could have been a serviceable but forgettable addition to the Shrek world. Puss is kind of a creep. This isn't entirely Banderas' fault, for he's excellent with Puss during the action sequences and sweet when talking about his beloved mama. But it's hard not to sound gross when reciting such dialog as "they call me the furry lover."
Another oddity is the movie's setting. While the Shrek movies were derived from a fantastical version of the modern world, Puss seems to come from Sergio Leone's version of Mexico. The townspeople are poor and dirty, and there's little of either technology or fantastical elements, aside from the talking animals. Did Puss come from an alternate universe? Or were the writers satisfied to set Hispanic characters in a stereotype?
There's also the question of how this story explains the origins of Puss. When we first meet the cat in Shrek II, he's hired to murder the main character. Only after being spared in a fight does he join the good guys. In this film Puss is built up to be the Tabby Zorro. How did he get from here to a murder-for-hire thug?
Still, the movie isn't only sour milk. Hayek is fun and sassy as a cat burglar who rolls her eyes at Puss' schtick. Thorton and Sedaris are oddly charming as the redneck coupling of Jack and Jill, rolling about the countryside in a hog-drawn carriage. But the odd aggressive portrayal of Puss' sexuality makes the entire film feel icky. Let's just hope Banderas doesn't come out with a series of sexy Nasonex Bee commercials.
As far as the film goes, young enough children probably won't understand that Puss is a letch and will enjoy the animation. But if your kid is starting to ask questions about the birds and the bees, you may want to skip this film lest you have to add horny tabby cats to that talk.


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Recently the Royal Commission has undertaken a new interpretation of Old Plas, Llantwit Major, to record the building through a restoration project, part funded by Cadw, that will see the ruinous mansion become a home once again. Through the research to accompany the survey a number of interesting stories came to light about the Vann family that once lived here.
Old Plas in Llantwit Major has a long history, dating back some five hundred years; it holds a full history as the second seat of the Vann family of Marcross. The Vanns were not the most peaceful family Llantwit Major had seen, with tales of violence and corruption; they found themselves the suspects of murder, civil unrest and eventually they become a part of the ghosts of 'Llantwit Castle'.
The first of which comes in the year 1527 when Thomas Vann is found guilty of the murder of a John Fleming underneath the Town Hall. After first pleading innocent, Thomas admits that it was him that held the knife that was driven into John Fleming, killing him in cold blood; but Thomas was spared prison and the executioners block, being tried and duly pardoned. The Vann had done it, he had gotten away with the ultimate crime, albeit with a fine and the knowledge that he would not be able to rise through the ranks of the gentry.
Later that century, the Vanns are at it again, in 1598 Edmund and his younger brother Edward are hauled in front of The Court of the Star Chamber for inciting violence. The incident unravelled in an interesting manner... On Sunday 9 October 1597, Edmund, Edward and a number of accomplices burst into St Illtyd's Church during service to attack the Seys of Boverton. This started with the stabbing of one of the Seys, before continuing around Llantwit Major for several hours where they are reported to have caused 'a ryott and other misdemeanours', with the use of daggers and throwing of stones causing utmost damage to the town and people. Several hours passed before Sir Edward Stradling of St Donats, a Justice of the Peace, put an end to the violence, with the use of a small armed band of soldiers, and escorted the Seys home under armed guard. So, forward in time to 28 August 1598 and The Court of the Star Chamber; Edmund, Edward and their accomplices are being held in Fleet prison before both sides give evidence. Needless to say the brothers were found responsible for the incident and, by 9 February 1599, fines were handed out, Edmund was fined £1,000 (over £160,000 today!), with £100 to Roger Seys, whilst Edward was fined 500 marks. After this the family became more peaceful, until it died out in the early eighteenth century...or did it?
Over 100 years pass and we find ourselves in the early nineteenth century, the industrial revolution is gathering pace and the parents of Llantwit Major want to control their unruly children. Old Plas becomes the focus of a haunting, a floating spectre is said to be seen haunting the old mansion; a 'Dutch' ghost is in residence. The ghost is said to have been that of a sailor, but whether he met an unfortunate end in Old Plas or on the rocky shores nearby, it is not known. The idea of the Dutch ghost is intriguing, the story is said to have come about to help control the local children, who were causing mischief and mayhem in the town. It is likely that the name Vann had remained in local memory and, with increased mobility during the industrial period it was probably linked with the Dutch prefix of 'Van', hence the ghost becoming Dutch!
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Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
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A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.From the Paperback edition.and the narrator vinay has explained what the intension in the relationship between antony and cleopatra
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GilI am thinking of some words to say during a language competition among students at my university and I am not sure if it will be correct to say (about the jury):
I must say that our jury members are not biased at all, because they do not teach in the3rd year, so they dont have any special affections like some us who teach the 3rd year.
This says that the members do not teach while in their third year. It does not say that the members do not teach third year students. To say that the members do not teach third year students, "...because they do not teach third year students...". By also using this wording in the second part of the sentence, the sentence conveys the thought you intended.
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This tutorial explains how to make a tire on a car rotate. This technique works best when the car is facing sideways so that the tire is perfectly round, not slanted.
Find your picture wherever you have it saved on your computer. Right click and open with Ulead GIF Animator.
Im using this:
Add new frames until you have 20 frames total.
Go to frame 1. Highlight your picture, at the right. It should be object 1.
Go to edit and click copy. Go to each frame and paste until you have a copy of the same picture in all 20 frames. Alternatively you can go to each frame separately and highlight your object so that it shows up in each frame. You wont have as many objects that way. It works just as well, as long as you dont plan to make the car itself move.
Go to the first frame. Choose selection tool, circle.
Highlight the area inside of the tire.
As you can see from this picture, you do not need to highlight the black part of the tire. Just the rim will do. Click to zoom if it makes it easier to get the circle in the right spot.
Click edit, then copy. Go to the second frame. Click edit, then paste. Click the transform tool.
Click to rotate clockwise 18 degrees. The reason we use 18 is because we have 20 frames total, and 18 * 20 = 360, or one full revolution. You can use different numbers if you want more or fewer frames. Just make sure the amount of degrees rotated per frame * the total frames = 360 or youll get a jumpy motion at the end.
If the image does not move when you click to rotate it, make sure that the correct object is highlighted.
If it still doesnt rotate, make sure that the image to be rotated is in front. If it isnt, you can go to Order and click the third arrow as shown, to bring it to the front. It won't hurt anything to do this even if your object is already in the front. In that case, nothing will change.
After you rotate the tire in the second frame, go to the third frame and paste again. Click twice to rotate clockwise. Repeat the process for each frame, until you have all 20 frames completed. Each time, remember to click one more time to rotate clockwise than you did in the previous frame.
Click preview just to make sure it looks right, and make any necessary changes.
Repeat the process for the other tire.
Ctrl+ click on each frame (at the bottom) to highlight all frames.
Right click on any frame and then click frame properties. Choose removal method, smart. You can also change the delay if you want. A higher number means the tires rotate slower and a lower number means they rotate faster.
Preview and make changes until it is the speed you like.
Go to file and save as GIF.
And thats all there is to making a cars tires rotate. Maybe next Ill write a tutorial to make the scenery move so it looks like the car is actually going somewhere instead of just spinning its wheels.
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If you could, you could try and get the background moving as well . Apart from that, nice tutorial!
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