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Some investors are hoping Dell's (NASDAQ:DELL) $24.4 billion go-private deal will spark a return of the leveraged buyout craze that ended when the Great Recession popped the last credit bubble.
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But don't count bondholders among that crowd.
That's because LBOs are among the scariest "shareholder-friendly" moves a company can execute from a bondholder perspective, saddling balance sheets with new debt, prompting credit downgrades and dramatically raising the risk of a default.
"It's piling debt on top of debt. That's the basic problem," said Anthony Sabino, a professor at St. John's University.
Just take a look at the polar-opposite reactions among Dell stakeholders to the LBO news.
While Dell's stock price has surged about 25% since reports of a potential takeover emerged last month, the struggling PC maker's bond prices quickly headed south due to the fact the deal was going to be heavily leveraged.
According to Factset data, Dell's 4.625% senior unsecured notes due April 2021 plummeted from over 105% of their par value in early January to just 94% by the time the deal was announced.
"In the current environment, there are many examples of debt-financed transactions designed to be shareholder-friendly," Pat McCluskey, senior fixed income strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors (NYSE:WFC) wrote in a note, pointing to dividends and buybacks. "In our view, however, the most negative event for bondholders is the leveraged buyout."
Debt-Heavy Transactions
The basic structure of LBOs, which were all the rage during the pre-Lehman credit bubble, require target companies to accumulate massive amounts of debt to buy out existing common shareholders by pledging their assets as collateral.
"This is not cash saved and cracking open the piggy bank. They borrow extraordinary amounts of money," said Sabino.
In these complex transactions, existing bondholders are tossed behind the new ones in the capital structure, meaning they would be made whole later in the event of a bankruptcy, making their bonds less valuable.
At the same time, the extra borrowing costs reduce companies' margin for error in the event business stalls due to another recession or some other event like a natural disaster.
"These things are usually so tightly wound that the least little change in the global economic perspective can not only be detrimental to your projections, it could utterly destroy them," said Sabino. "That's the danger lurking in the background that everyone has to be keenly aware of."
Targets Grapple With Debt
The dangers of LBOs can be seen clearly in the cautionary tale of Energy Future Holdings Corp., which was formerly known as TXU Corp.
In the largest LBO on record, the electric utility company was taken private in February 2007 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (NYSE:KKR), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and TPG Capital (then known as Texas Pacific Group) in a $43.8 billion deal.
Just this week The Wall Street Journal ominously reported that Energy Future Holdings has hired restructuring lawyers as the company struggles with more than $40 billion in debt, which is an alarming ten times its Ebitda.
Dell already had $9 billion in total debt sitting on its balance sheet before the deal, a relatively high amount considering tech companies typically have very clean balance sheets. The PC maker may now need to add about $20 billion in debt to pay for the LBO.
"The last chapter of the Dell LBO has not yet been written but I would have cause for concern given the history of these things," said Sabino.
Surviving LBOs
McCluskey warned that the Dell deal will likely prompt a credit downgrade.
"To essentially put the interests of one group of stakeholders over the interests of another, which is what happens in an LBO," McCluskey said, "can result in long-term damage to a company's credit ratings, which the company may find hard, if not impossible, to repair."
To be sure, there are examples of LBOs where struggling companies go private and return healthy.
For example, Seagate Technologies (NASDAQ:STX), one of the world's biggest makers of computer disk drives, was taken private in 2000 by Silver Lake Partners in a $20 billion deal. The company then raised $870 million in a 2002 IPO and briefly considered a second LBO in 2010 before its business rebounded.
Today Seagate is worth about $12.4 billion and its balance sheet has just $2.9 billion of debt, giving it a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, which is below the S&P 500's 1.51 ratio.
"You see a 'successful' LBO is measured by going private, surviving, increasing profits and then going public again so you cash out. It's cyclical," said Sabino. "Nobody goes private to stay private! They LBO when they think the stock can be had cheaply and then cash out later for big money. It's a joke sometimes."
Another Buyout Boom Ahead?
With record low interest rates and cautious optimism about the economy, some observers believe the Dell deal could spark a comeback in the M&A market, persuading more companies to take the LBO plunge.
"The debt markets are really wide open and very robust. They're almost hungering for big deals like this," said Soma Biswas, a private equity editor at Pearson's (NYSE:PSO) mergermarket.
Biswas said one obstacle that may prevent a return of the LBO craze is that private-equity investors have urged firms not to pool together their equity because it increases exposure to just a handful of mega deals.
Still, as measured by the $20.6 billion of target net debt, Dealogic statistics show the Dell transaction is the 12th largest LBO on record and biggest since KKR took British drug-store chain Alliance Boots private in March 2007.
"This could be the bellwether for the next cycle in LBOs," said Sabino. "All it takes is one big splash by an LBO and people say if works for them, it works for me."
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GRANVILLE, Ohio - With two games remaining in the 2012 season, the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) has four teams atop the standings. Thanks largely to the work of a big-play offense, the Wittenberg Tigers are one of those teams after a 45-27 win at Denison.
Wittenberg improved to 7-1 overall with its third straight victory. More importantly, the Tigers are now 4-1 in the NCAC, tied with Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash and Kenyon for first place, one game ahead of Allegheny.
None of those four teams will play one another over the final two weeks, setting up the very real possibility that the NCAC will be forced to sort out a four-way tie for the conference championship. The Tigers close out the campaign with a home date opposite winless Hiram on Nov. 3, followed by a road trip to Oberlin, which is currently in sixth place, on Nov. 10.
The win over Denison was Wittenberg's 19th straight in a series that dates back to the turn of the 20th century. The Big Red have not defeated Wittenberg since 1989, the Tigers' first season in the NCAC.
For just the second time since 2002, however, the Big Red reached double figures offensively. In fact, after a terrible start that featured 14 Wittenberg points in the first 2:10, Denison nearly played the Tigers to a stand-off, controlling the ball for more than 38 minutes and piling up 346 yards of total offense.
Denison couldn't contain the Tiger offense, however, and that turned out to be the difference. Wittenberg completed six passes that covered 28 yards or more in the game to go along with a touchdown run from freshman tailback Jimmy Dehnke (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) that covered 47 yards. The longest play from scrimmage was actually nullified by penalty, as a 70-yard burst by junior quarterback Reed Florence (South Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern) was called back in the second quarter.
Dehnke continued to close in on Wittenberg's freshman rushing record, posting his third 100-yard rushing performance in the last four games to run his season total to 615 yards, despite missing a game due to injury. He rumbled for 137 yards and three touchdowns on an efficient 18 carries against Denison.
Florence added 271 yards through the air as he completed 15-of-21 passes. He connected with junior wide receiver Brendon Cunningham (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) five times for 123 yards and a touchdown, in addition to three receptions for 39 yards by junior wideout Desi Kirkman (Lima, Ohio/Central Catholic), two catches for 50 yards and a pair of scores by junior wideout Jonathan Stoner (Bowling Green, Ohio/Bowling Green) and two catches for 34 yards by junior tight end Stephen Zumdick (Erlanger, Ky./Dixie Heights).
The other key to the game was special teams, which directly led to 10 Wittenberg points. After the Tigers opened the game with a scoring drive, Denison fumbled the ensuing kick-off, as sophomore Will Stocker (Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin) forced the miscue and sophomore linebacker Nick Gibson (Marysville, Ohio/Fairbanks) recovered it at the 18-yard-line to set up another score.
With Wittenberg leading 35-20 early in the fourth quarter, the Big Red followed a drive that netted -8 yards with a botched snap that handed the Tigers another three points on a 33-yard field goal by senior Sean Williams (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield).
On the other side of the ball, the Tigers were sparked by another tremendous performance by junior linebacker Spencer Leno (Massillon, Ohio/Massillon), who piled up 17 tackles, including 1.5 for loss. Junior linebacker Kyle Sanning (Fairborn, Ohio/Tecumseh) added 12 tackles, junior safety Mark Swope (Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn) chipped in with 11 stops, including two for loss, and senior defensive end Jon Daniels (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) finished with 10 tackles.


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Thanks Norma. I hope to keep you smiling. Here is the same 50/50 blend again with 1% sugar added for giggles. This time I went with 0.05% IDY and these were fermented at room temps for close to 22h. The dough was hand mixed, rested 30m, did a few folds, rested another 10 min, a few more folds, bulked 16h, lightly balled, and proofed ~5.5h. This workflow was adapted and inspired by Roberto's dough video and Norma's pictures of Roberto's dough.Thank you Roberto and Norma.220gm doughballs stretched out to 11". A rim was left after opening and the edge pulled/extended prior to baking. First pie had buffala and the 2nd one fior di latte with roasted green chile. Chau
Man those look good, especially the last pepperoni. By the way what brand are you using or are they just cut thick? I like when pepperoni cups like that. I wish I had that counter space at my house.
Very nice selection of pizza. They look very good, did they all meet your expectations? My invitation must have got lost in the mail. Did Santa bring you a wfo?
My invitation must have got lost in the mail. Did Santa bring you a wfo?
Digestibility be damned! I'll pay the price tomarrow. Tonight the song of the pizza sounds as a siren's song does to a lonesome sailor alone at sea. ( cue dramatic music in the backgound)
Overall, my mods were are show in this picture. Thank you all!
No... thank you! That was one of the more detailed write-ups I've seen yet.Just curious if anyone can take some actual measurements of everything that exists between the burner and the top stone? I'm working on a modified version of the MBE (details to come-- still gathering parts) but it's really quite hard to tell what dimensions are involved (or what works best for you guys) by videos and pictures alone.I won't be working with a Weber platform but I *think* I'll be able to use a larger top stone and have the ability to make a lot of vertical adjustments to fine-tune the finished product.. I just need that decent 'baseline' to get started.Thanks!
Welcome CMY, Here's the straight skinny my friend, you're on your own.


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from the for-whose-safety? dept
All emails, telephone calls and other communications with the rest of the world will begin to be monitored within 90 days at a cost of million of dollars, according to a deadline given by the government to operators including PTCL.Yeah, sure, just to "curb blasphemous and obscene websites." I'm sure all that monitoring won't be abused otherwise at all... right? Somehow, despite that earlier ban, I'm guessing that encryption technologies just became a lot more popular in Pakistan.
The government has assigned PTCL and other operators to install monitoring equipment by the end of this year for checking voice and email communications from abroad and the services of the country's spy agency will be used basically to check and curb blasphemous and obscene websites on the Internet.


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Saint King Stefan of Dečani (in sebian:Свети краљ Стефан Дечански) was Serbian king from 1321 to 1331. Altough his full name was Stefan Uroš III , (Stefan in honour of St. Stephen Patron Saint of Serbia, Uroš in honour of his grandfather Stefan Uroš I), he is canonised as Saint Stefan of Dečani, King of Serbia. His feast Day is November 11/24.
Early life
Saint Stefan was born the only son of the saintly King Milutin (Stephen Uros II) and his first wife Jelena, a Serbian noblewoman. Living at the court of his father, the heir-apparent received a good education, his mind was exercised by study of the language and writings of his people, and his heart strengthened by study of the Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Orthodox Faith. The good fruit of his upbringing proved itself when King Milutin was forced to send him as hostage to the Tartar chief Nogyi. In spite of the potential dangers, Stephen was obedient to his father's will and did not resist, trusting his life to the Lord. And his hope was not in vain. He eventually made friends with one of the Tartar nobles, who succeeded in assisting his safe return home. When Stephen came of age, his father arranged that he marry the daughter of the Bulgarian King Smilec, Teodora, and the young couple were given the land of Zeta, where they settled until such a time as Stefan would be called to succeed his father to the throne.
King Milutin had remarried, and his new wife, Simonide, plotted in order that one of her brothers would inherit the throne. She convinced Milutin that Stefan wanted to seize the throne prematurely, and the deceived Milutin ordered that his son be captured, that he be blinded to ensure that he never again entertain such treachery, and that he be sent as a prisoner to Constantinople. The young king ( his official title) was taken together with his children, Dušan, and Dušica, and when they were passing through Ovče Polje, the guards took red hot pokers and blinded him. That night St. Nicholas appeared to Stefann in a dream: "Be not afraid," he said, "your eyes are in my hands." Comforted not a little by this vision, the sightless Stefan arrived in Constantinople. The Emperor Andronicus pitied the young exile and received him graciously. He was soon settled in the Monastery of Pantocrator, where he impressed the monks by his meekness and his longsuffering acceptance of the bitter trial that had come to him through his own father. Five years passed. King Milutin was growing old. Hearing good reports about his son, his heart softened, and he called Stefan home to Serbia. Before leaving Constantinople, Stefan had a dream in which St. Nicholas appeared to him a second time, holding in his hand a pair of eyes. When he awoke, his sight was restored.
Three years later, his father died, and Stefan, always popular with the people, was crowned King of Serbia by the Archbishop St. Nikodim I in Peć Monastery on Theophany January 6, 1322. His official title was Stefan Uroš III King of Serbia and Coastlands. His brother Konstantin, resented this turn of events and raised an army in order to wrest the throne away from Stefan. Desiring to avoid bloodshed, King Stefan addressed a letter brother: "Put far from thee thy desire to come with a foreign people to make war on thine own countrymen; but let us meet one another, and thou shalt be second in my kingdom, for the land is great enough for me and thee to live. I am not Cain who slew his brother, but Joseph who loved him, and in his words I speak to thee. Fear not, for I am from the Lord. You prepared evil for me, but the Lord has given me good, as you now see." Konstantin was unmoved and gave orders to attack. In the ensuing battle, his army was defeated and he himself was slain. For the next ten years, King Stefan ruled in relative peace, and the Serbian land prospered. His son Dušan proved to be an able military leader and was successful in battles with the Bulgarians and the Greeks, who were envious of the now powerful Serbian state and rose up against it. Grateful to the Lord for these victories, King Stefan set about with Archbishop St. Danilo II, Nikodim's successor, to find a place to build a church. They settled upon a place called Decani, and there, in 1327, King Stefan himself laid the cornerstone for what was to become one of the most magnificent and enduring specimens of Serbian church architecture. Inside it was graced by splendid icons, to which more were added in the sixteenth century by the hand of the celebrated Slav iconographer, Longin
Saint Stefan gave generously to the needy. He also made liberal donations to churches and monasteries on the Holy Mountain, in Jerusalem, Alexandria, and to the monastery of Pantocrator in Constantinople. Nor did he forget his debt to the wonderworker Nicholas: he commissioned a silver altar and sent it together with some icons to the church in Bari, Italy, where the Saint's holy relics are located.
Having in a true Christian manner endured the grievous trials and afflictions which he met through the years, the good king deserved to live out the rest of his life in peace. But it was only fitting that he who suffered as a martyr in life should be granted an opportunity to receive in death a martyr's crown. After he defeated Bulgarians in famous Velbužd battle Stefan did not want to take any Bulgarian teritories.
Detronement and Death
His final trial was the most agonizing. Dušan's successes on the field of battle had given him an appetite for power and glory, and, encouraged by his entourage of nobles, he decided to take the throne. In 1331, St. Stefan was taken prisoner to a fortress in the town of Zvečan and cruelly murdered (by some accounts he was hung, according to another he was strangled). His son did not know that some nobles wanted to kill his father. The guilty were soon killed.
Almost immediately Dušan was struck by remorse. He earnestly and tearfully repented of his treachery, and the next year, on the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, he had his father's remains transferred from Zvečan to Dečani, where they were placed in a marble tomb. Dušan also finished building his father's foundation. In 1339, the tomb was opened, and his body was found to be incorrupt. That same day saw many miracles of healing. Especially did the holy king prove to heal diseases of the eyes, and at his relics blind people received their sight. Afther this Saint king was canonised. His feast Day is November 11/24.
Stefan Uros III of Serbia
|Preceded by:
St. Stefan Uroš II Milutin
|King of Serbia
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Stefan Uroš IV Dušan(emperor from 1346)
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Highway Funding Center of Battle, Ben & Jerry's and GMOs
- Democrats are warning of a looming highway shutdown, comparing it to the government shutdown of 2013, as the Highway Trust Fund faces a $10 billion shortfall.
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden says progress is being made but Republicans say the Democratic view of avoiding a highway shutdown is over the top and that even if Congress fails to reach a deal on the Highway Trust Fund, people will not be barred from driving.
Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee says the highways are not going to shut down. Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska says Republicans have no intention of risking political momentum heading into the midterm election with a standoff over transportation funding.
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Transferring / Difficulty in Transferring from Tier 2 school in Midwest to CA schools??« on: June 21, 2007, 10:05:15 AM »
Do you think it would be hard to transfer to a ABA school in California if you did your first year in a Midwest School in tier 2, that's not Chicago???


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Believe it or not Tom, the best American style pizza I've ever had. It was last night's "pushing the envelope" trial over on the HRI thread. Even though it was a same day dough the 4% idy was too much for even the 24% oil to handle. Pushed the "pie crust" type dough we are playing with into a more lighter an softer sort of very tasty Papa John-ish pizza. Bob was startled!
OK, Unless my math is way off that's a 10 inch pie?I have never cooked a pizza with that much oil.You make me want to try it.
I was looking through this thread again and trying to recall what I tried with my HRI dough and pizza attempts. I know I didnt try your recent formulation and methods you posted for Bob, but when watching the video you referenced at Reply 223 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6112.msg241313.html#msg241313 at about between 0:31-0:37 seconds into that video it looks to me that my skins werent as thick as when that man had the skins on the dark anodized disk and was forming the fluted skin and a few seconds later right before the toppings are applied. I think the second man fluting the rim was a different man, but dont know. Also at about 1.03-1:05 minutes into the same video the skins look thicker than my attempts. Other then changing the formulations that I have been trying to what you just posted, is there any other reason that the skins look thicker than I have been trying? Do you think I rolled out wrong? I do think I fluted my rims too high and also didnt flute correctly.I guess the most critical factors are getting the right TF, fluting the edges correctly, executing the methods right, applying the toppings in the right numbers and baking right. Of course, then there is also mixing the formulation correctly. Reading your post it sounds fairly easy, but know it wont be if I decide to give an HRI dough and pizza another attempt.Thanks for posting a formulation and everything else you posted.
On that second video at 1:50 it shows Nick stretching a dough skin. My same day doughs with the larger amounts of oil(24%)would have never been able to be stretched like in the video. I'm anxious to see how this new batch of dough performs.Bob
Norma,You raise a very good point about the thickness of the HRI skins. According to the article that is reproduced in Reply 188 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6112.msg190395.html#msg190395, an HRI pizza skin should have a thickness of about 1/4-inch and a flute height of 3/8-inch. When I started experimenting with the HRI clone doughs, my initial instincts were to form the skin to around 13" for a 12" pizza, and to use the extra inch to form the rim. What I expected to happen is that the skin would shrink during baking and yield a final diameter of 11 1/2 inches. That is the diameter of the frozen HRI pizzas that I measured before I baked them. The final diameter of those pizzas after baking was still about 11 1/2 inches. What I discovered is that in my home oven, I did not get much, if any, shrinkage during baking. It was as though the diameter was set permanently during formation of the skin. So, until I learn otherwise, I would form the skin such that, after fluting, the diameter is maybe a bit more than 11 1/2 inches. As for the rim height, it seems to me from photos I have seen that the rim heights are more than 3/8". I'm sure that the height varies from one pizza to another and from one pizza maker to another.You and I were working on posts at about the same time this morning, but if you go back to Reply 566, you will see that I tweaked that post in several places to be more specific as to certain details and to reference the video you mentioned, and another as well, in order to show some of the details of the making of pizzas in HRI's pizzerias. I also tightened up on the language relating to the final skin size. Further to this point, I have been operating on the assumption, based on my research and experiments, including the weights of crusts for the HRI frozen pizzas that I dissected, that the dough ball weight for a 12" HRI pizza is 15 ounces. If it were more, then the crust would be thicker. However, I would have to see evidence of that.Peter
Bob,Although my formulation was off from Peters recent formulation in Reply 499 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6112.msg244299.html#msg244299 you can see I said I thought I could have stretched the skin after it was rolled a little like a regular pizza dough, but I didnt try that.Best of luck! Norma
Thank you Norma, same to you!
On that second video at 1:50 it shows Nick stretching a dough skin. My same day doughs with the larger amounts of oil(24%)would have never been able to be stretched like in the video. I'm anxious to see how this new batch of dough performs.
I think what gets me confused too about the TF is looking at the photos on Slice at http://chicago.seriouseats.com/2011/08/chicago-essential-home-run-inn.html#continued that you referenced before in this thread. Some of those bottom crusts look thicker and some look really thin to my eyes.
I always laugh when I see the person trying to form a skin starting at 0.36 in this video:Peter
Norma,I suppose there are several possible explanations for variations in crust thickness. It might just be normal variations in preparation that are to be expected in a pizzeria, with different workers, and especially at peak times. It might be poor skills. For example, I always laugh when I see the person trying to form a skin starting at 0.36 in this video:Another possibility is that there are normal variations in dough ball weights. That can happen whether the dough balls are scaled by workers with scales or by machines. Finally, it is possible that the thicker crusts you mention are due to the fact that in its pizzerias, the skins coming out of the hot presses are given a 15-20 minute proof before dressing and finishing. That might be just the right amount of time to allow the skins to recover from the pressing operation and to gain height. This last step is one that is used only in HRI's pizzerias. It is not used in the HRI frozen pizza operations although there may be some short delay going from the hot dough presses to the pre-bake ovens. Peter


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The Humble Indie Bundle V has already made a staggering $3.8 million, with the total number of purchases standing at 463,932 at the time of writing.
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Phoronix: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Vapor-X
The ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card arrived back in June with same-day Linux support through the Catalyst driver and there was even open-source mode-setting support. We have been very pleased with the level of Linux support for the Radeon HD 4000 series and it continues with features such as UVD2 and XvMC out on the horizon. With a few months having passed since the release of the Radeon HD 4870, we are starting to see more innovative RV770 products from ATI's partners. In August we looked at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Toxic, which was a factory-overclocked Radeon HD 4850. Today we are looking at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic, which takes the original Radeon HD 4870 to the next level with heightened frequencies and an exclusive Vapor-X cooling solution.
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What about power consumption? Idle? Under load?
H/W manufacturers already started implementing the "2D Low" tricks in ATI BIOS (see here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=67928). There is evidence that BIOS on 4870x2 already has the hack right from AMD (as well as admission that PowerPlay on Radeon 4xxx doesn't really work).
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostWhat I would like to know is where are all these ATI cards that are supposed to be proudly displaying a tux logo?
More on-topic though, the tests which have the stock card beating the Toxic is strange. Would be cool to here a technical reason behind that failing there, but maybe there is none available due to the secretive nature of graphics hardware perhaps =P
Somewhat off-topic question tho, I can't find any recent comparisons between Nvidia's high end and near-high-end cards, vs. AMD's. It would be neat to get a grasp on where these two companies are at right now in comparison to one another. I guess there's no point in including Intel since their IGPs aren't for high end gaming of course...I really wish there were more than two high-end gfx card makers though for some more competition. I miss Matrox...Last edited by Yfrwlf; 10-15-2008, 04:09 AM.
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What I would like to know is where are all these ATI cards that are supposed to be proudly displaying a tux logo?
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Those charts make the 4850 Toxic look REALLY good.
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Accuray Incorporated's CEO to Speak at Leerink Swan Global Healthcare Conference
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Current affairsThe United Kingdom changes to the Decimal System for currency, getting rid of shillings, and guineas and simplifying the denomination of pounds into 100 pence. This brought the British pound sterling in line with other currencies and made computer calculation easier.
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'Toure would have won awards if white'
Yaya Toure's agent has told The Times he believes the Ivory Coast midfielder would have won one of football's major individual awards if he was white.
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Dimitri Seluk claimed City skipper Toure was concerned that his skin colour meant he was not getting the level of recognition he felt he deserved.
He said he did not understand how Toure -- who has won the African Footballer of the Year accolade for the past three years -- could not have been in the final three for the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
"If he [Toure] was white, 100 percent he would have won one of these top awards," Seluk told the paper. "I don't want to talk too much about racism or the politics of football, but he does not get the praise he should get."
Toure came third in both English player award votes -- the PFA and Football Writer's ballots -- both of which were won by former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
In April, he said he believed he did not get the recognition he deserved because he was African, and Seluk added: "He is a bit upset about the situation.
"[Lionel] Messi is the top player in the history of football, and I respect [Cristiano] Ronaldo and [Franck] Ribery a lot. Yaya respects all these players. But for an African in these awards, it is hard. FIFA needs to change something."
Meanwhile, Seluk said he could not guarantee that Toure would still be with Premier League champions City by the time the transfer window closes.
The midfielder is interesting Paris Saint-Germain, and player and agent will sit down for talks to discuss his future in the next few weeks.
Seluk said: "In football, you never know what happens tomorrow.
"I will see Yaya for a couple of days before he goes to America [on City's preseason tour] when we will talk about things.
"We will see what happens. If an important club like PSG or Real Madrid made a big offer it would be for Manchester City to decide what happens."
Earlier this summer, Toure hit out at City, accusing them of not doing enough to mark his 31st birthday in May.
He also claimed the club had not granted a request for compassionate leave to visit his ill brother before the World Cup -- a claim City have strongly denied. Ibrahim Toure died of cancer at the age of 28 last month.
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It is week 4, the beginning at February, I never know how I did so much project of this, start at last mouth, in the beginning, I think I don't know so much of this things, but now, when see what I did, I have best wish and hope I can steps up.
This week word "forward"
Into view or consideration: forth. Toward or to what is in front or in advance directed toward a point in advance being in a condition of advancement
This word there is so many meaning in different case, so I just use one theme about "toward or to what is in front or in advance". Below, there was three-idea come from.
|A bike running to the front
|Mushroom move to front
|Ants move to a hole
This it is the final that I want to make like a story book cover, because which I choice the artist from this week it is a young artist who making a story book..
Leonard Weisgard
|In 1939 the first of more than two dozen collaborations with Margaret Wise Brown was published, The Noisy Book.
Their 1947 book, The Little Island,which Brown wrote under the pseudonym Golden MacDonald, won the Caldecott Medal for best-illustrated children's book.
Why that image inspired you?
Colorful, clean picture, focus concept, eye flow let you know they have seemed, theme clear.
What aspects of that artist's work you intend to incorporate in your own efforts?
Picture clean, concept focus, theme clear, this it is what I lean from the artist, so I have try to work into my final story book cover


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Tennessee State University's James Stepp was named the Ohio Valley Conference Male Golfer of the Week on Wednesday.
Stepp, a native of Cheatham, Tenn., carded rounds of 74-75 to finish tied for fifth overall at the Alabama State Fall Golf Classic held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hills in Prattville, Ala. Stepp's two-round total of 149 (+5) was eight strokes behind the individual medalist and earned him a spot on the all-tournament team.
The sophomore also recorded five birdies in the contest while ranking a fifth-best (-1) on Par 5 scoring.
After being named to the All-Newcomer team as a freshman, Stepp will look to build on last season's performance. He had the third-best stroke average on the team with a (+4) 75.7 and recorded two top 10 finishes. His season-low round was a 66 at the National Black College Invitational.
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Chris Burnett, a right-handed pitcher from Wellington, Fla., has signed to play baseball for the Lipscomb University Bisons.
Burnett, 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, played last season for Palm Beach Community College in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 3-1 with a 3.60 earned run average in 60 innings this past season. He struck out 37 batters and walked eight.
He lettered two years in baseball at Wellington Community High School. He was captain of the baseball team his senior season. He was also named "Pitcher of the Year" for his high school team. His best high school record is 4-2 with a 2.92 ERA with 32 strikeouts and four walks in 40 innings his senior season.
Chris is the brother of Sean Burnett, who has pitched on the Major League level for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
He is the son of Annibal and Richard Burnett.
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Netflix Kills Qwikster Before It Has A Chance To Live
from the one-step-forward-two-steps-back dept
What this development really reeks of is a strong disconnect between Netflix and its customers. These are moves of a company focused on how to best benefit itself, not how to best benefit its customers. Based on the overall reaction to the price change and the service split, it looks like Netflix never took into account what its customers would think or how they would react to the change. Instead, it focused on its own situation first, and then retroactively tried to spin it in terms of how it might benefit consumers. Had it taken the time to objectively think about and plan for customer reaction rather than looking out for its own interests, it could have prevented all this bad publicity and retained many of the customers it lost. Hopefully, Netflix will take this folly as a learning opportunity and make positive changes to its business philosophy and customer relations.


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Korean GP 2013
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Sebastian Vettel (1st): "It was a long race today, but it's really great to win. The start was crucial, it's always tricky here as you're nervous about the long straight when you start from pole. Fortunately we had good traction off the line and I had a strong exit out of the first corner. We kept the lead and tried to control the race from there. I think Mercedes had more range than us today, but we were able to win which is great. It was a very strong performance from the whole team and I'm happy. We're just focusing on continuing to take one step at a time and trying to get the best out of the car at every single race."
Mark Webber (DNF, Fire): "The incident with Sutil was obviously the end of my race today. It was in Turn 3 on the restart, everyone bottles back up and I was looking for a big exit on the next straight to use some KERS on Daniel (Ricciardo) and the Williams. Then Sutil, I don't know what happened, but obviously he hit me from the inside and that was that. There was quite a lot of damage at the back of the car and I hope it hasn't gone towards the chassis - we will have to see before the next race. Before that I was very happy with how I drove and we'd got back to a very good position before I got the puncture. After the Pirelli tyre failure on Perez' car, I was very lucky to miss the tread of the tyre that came off and then unbelievably I managed to get a puncture from going through the debris."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "A really disciplined drive by Sebastian today to win his third consecutive Korean GP. It was a race dominated by tyre preservation and Sebastian managed it extremely well. It was a great shame to lose Mark who would have been on the podium today after he picked up a puncture from the debris from Perez' incident. Then, after that he was the innocent victim of the incident that saw Sutil losing his car and hitting him, which caused a fire. It was somewhat frustrating to see our car on fire for what seemed to be an age."
Thierry Salvi, Renault: "A win that was not as easy as it looked for Sebastian! With two safety cars, Seb had to do the job twice to increase the gap with the competitors and he's did it very well, again showing his talent. It was a shame for Mark as he was really on for a very strong result in spite of his starting position. The collision with Sutil damaged the car and caused the fire. It's too early to tell if we can re-use the engine yet - we will have to look at the damage. There is plenty to study in the week before Japan now, particularly with the strong position Sebastian is now in the Championship."
Fernando Alonso (6th): "We knew this would be a difficult race and unfortunately the results confirmed the concerns we had already experienced on Friday, when we had a few problems with tyre degradation on the long run. It wasn't a surprise to be off the pace in qualifying, as that's been the case since the start of the season, but the fact that we didn't have the pace in the race was one. Unfortunately, at the start, I couldn't keep the Sauber behind me and that meant I had a particularly stressful race in terms of the tyres. What happened to Felipe at the third corner was not a problem for me: there were a lot of us there at that point and someone must have touched him. I tried to avoid him and continued without it affecting my race, because by then, I was already behind Hulkenberg. Now we must think only about Suzuka and try to get back on the podium, rediscovering the form we usually have on Sunday, that allows us to fight at the front. Vettel is a very long way off in terms of points, but above all in performance terms and we cannot expect miracles between now and the end of the championship. Second place in the Constructors' championship is probably a more realistic target, but one thing's certain, we are not giving up now and we will give it our best shot right to the very end."
Felipe Massa (9th): "Today's race was really very complicated, because my chances of getting a good result evaporated right from the first lap, when I found myself in the middle of a group, all of us fighting and I decided to go down the inside to try and brake later. Unfortunately, some of the cars were slower and in order to avoid driving into one of the Mercedes, I was forced to move over to the right, ending up in a spin. Luckily, the car was alright, but at that point I was contemplating a race from the back of the pack. Thanks to a few nice passing moves I still managed to bring home some points, which was a good thing compared to how it looked after the start. Today, we weren't competitive and there were at least three or four teams quicker than us, including Sauber, but I hope this was mainly track dependent and that our car will be better suited to the Suzuka track."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "After positive results in Belgium, Monza and Singapore, there's no use denying that today's result doesn't make us happy. We were hoping to be able to attack the two Mercedes on the opening lap, as we knew we could deal with their race pace. Unfortunately, that was not the case and the incidents just after the start affected our race, wiping out any chance of getting close to the podium. In these conditions we didn't manage to get the most out of our car and now the only thing we can do is keep our concentration high for the next round in Japan, where we get an immediate chance to redeem ourselves. Even if the Drivers' title is now an almost impossible target, we still have an obligation to continue to give our all to the very end of the Championship, because we are still fighting for second place in the Constructors' Championship."
Pat Fry: "Today the top places were out of reach, in what was a very tense race for both our drivers, caught in traffic behind the Saubers from start to finish. On this track, their two cars were able to make the most of better traction on the exit to the corners and their high top speed made life difficult when trying to overtake them. At the start, Fernando managed to close on Rosberg at the first corner, but had to back off so as not to go off the track, which helped Hulkenberg get past on the straight. Once he was behind, he had to deal with tyre wear and it was a real shame, because our pace was not lower than that of the Mercedes. As for Felipe however, the spin going into Turn 3 dropped him to the back. On lap 15, after a climb up the order that took him to fourteenth place, he found himself behind Gutierrez. Both Fernando and Felipe did their utmost and fought hard all weekend against tyre degradation and graining, which was particularly high, because of the characteristics of this track. For Suzuka, we will try and improve and get back to aiming for a podium finish, because we certainly don't want to be fighting for sixth and ninth."
Jenson Button (8th): "Turn Three was always going to be something of a mess on the first lap. And, sure enough, there was an incident; a car got hit, went wide and hit me. That contact damaged my front wing endplate. It didn't really cause me too much of a problem in terms of staying with the cars in front, but it really started to hurt the temperatures, so we had to pit for a new nosebox on lap four. That cost me a bit of time. Our pace on the Prime tyre was very good, however, and I was able to run two strong stints on the Prime to stay in the hunt. During my second pitstop, the [pit-release] lights went green then went red again, so I briefly stopped as a precaution straight after I was released. I had a quick look behind me to check that everything was okay - everything seemed fine, so I continued. Considering those delays, eighth place wasn't a bad result. Still, I was a bit gutted to lose seventh right at the end of the race. As soon as I lost the DRS to the bunch of cars in front, that was it for me: I couldn't get any temperature back in the tyres. It was always going to be difficult with Nico [Rosberg] at the end: his tyres were almost 10 laps fresher than mine. I did 33 laps on my final set, whereas the previous set did 18! I'm really happy to have picked up those points - four points were about as good as it was going to get today."
Sergio Perez (10th): "We definitely deserved more today - we were very unlucky. With regards to my tyre delamination, although that particular set was already quite old, I braked at the same point as normal and got a flat-spot from the lock-up. I'd done 21 laps with that set, when, all of a sudden, the front-right just exploded, destroying the front wing. It was lucky, because there weren't any other cars around me. Still, from a team point of view, it's very disappointing for a single incident like this to destroy the good progress we'd made all weekend. Regarding Felipe, we were racing very hard trying to get some points - on one occasion, I thought he was going to leave me more space, then he turned in, I tried to brake and we touched a little bit. On the second incident, I thought I had the corner. I'm pleased that the stewards felt there was no need for any further action - it was just racing."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Sometimes, it takes a difficult race to bring out the strengths of our people - and I'm pleased that, despite our drivers enduring a puncture and two nosebox changes this afternoon, we still managed to get both Jenson and Checo into the points. That was achieved through a combination of great tactics - our strategists worked on the fly to ensure Jenson recovered superbly from an earlier-than-planned stop to replace a damaged front wing; well-executed teamwork - our mechanics performed brilliantly under pressure to replace two broken front wings and a severely delaminated front tyre; and great driver focus - Jenson drove a scarcely believable 33-lap stint on one set of tyres, effectively turning his race into a one-stopper, and Checo showed great racing spirit to take the battle to those around him after a delamination destroyed his right-front tyre and his front wing. To incorporate all those setbacks into a single afternoon, yet still run competitively, is a great bonus to the team. And while the final classification may only show we finished eighth and 10th, those bald facts cruelly fail to do justice to the way we overcame adversity on our way to those positions. Although fighting for minor points finishes isn't really what we expect at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, today's results were greatly deserved after a day of extreme difficulty."
Kimi Raikkonen (2nd): "Second place is ok and a good result for the team, but we're here to win and having to fight your way to the front from a bad starting position is not ideal. Qualifying was pretty awful for me, but it's difficult to say whether a better grid position would have made the difference. Sebastian was faster than us at the end; not massively, but a little bit for sure and his tyres were fresher too so I think it would have been tough to catch him in any case. We were closer to the Red Bull today than we have been in some races, but not close enough. People might say it was good luck with the safety car, but sometimes these things go with you and others they go against you. We made up some places even before that happened, and if we hadn't had the speed then we wouldn't have been in a position to take advantage. You could see at the end that we had more than enough pace to keep the others behind, so I think it's deserved."
Romain Grosjean (3rd): "It's a fantastic result for the team. Of course, one step higher on the podium would have been better for me and two steps better would have been superb, but it didn't quite work out that way. Our battle with Lewis [Hamilton] was good and our pace was great, but the two safety car periods hurt our attempts to battle for the win. After the restart I should have been in front of Kimi on the road, but it was my mistake which let him past. I went a bit wide in Turn 15 and got on the Astroturf - which is very slippery - and that let him get a run on me. Then there were yellow flags into Turn 3 so I couldn't take the place back straight away. Of course, I was asking the team to let me past Kimi as I was on fresher tyres, but they left us to race which is our philosophy of fair play. You lose so much downforce in sectors two and three and obviously our cars are pretty close on performance so it's pretty hard to pass, but we have to be very happy with a double podium."
Eric Boullier, Team Principal: "Another double podium for the team is a fantastic result and it tastes like a race win this late in the season. Credit to everyone back at Enstone for delivering us extra performance from the long wheelbase car, as any gain towards the end of the year is especially beneficial as we fight for position in both Championships. The race team delivered a great strategy and pit stops, whilst both drivers drove exceptionally well. We have a lot of promise for the remaining races and podiums are certainly on our agenda."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "A great result for the team. We thought we would be competitive coming into this weekend, and in the end we qualified well and raced extremely well. Romain drove an incredibly strong race, and without the safety car would have taken a very comfortable second place. There was an element of luck for Kimi with the safety car and he certainly made the most of that, before once more demonstrating that he never stops pushing by capitalising on the one mistake made by his team-mate all weekend. It was close between the two, but we let both drivers race to the end which was the right thing to do. All signs look positive for Japan."
Riccardo Penteado, Engine Support Leader: "A fantastic race from both drivers. Romain was very strong in the first part of the race, controlling the pace and managing the fuel and tyres very well. We reused his engine from Singapore and everything worked perfectly. We were on the limit with Kimi's engine with some of the richer fuel mixes to help him get through the field and maximize performance. A great result all round."
Mercedes GP
Lewis Hamilton (5th): "That was not a great day for us and it feels like we deserved more as a team. After Grosjean got ahead of me at the start, there was no way past and it seemed that we were losing out to other on traction cars all day. In my second stint, running the prime tyre, my right front was just destroyed all of a sudden. When that happens, you start losing temperature, understeering and locking up under braking, so it was really hard to maintain the pace in those laps. It was a really difficult part of the race but I had to get to a certain target lap before I made the final stop. After the Safety Car, we were just losing out in traction to the Sauber. Our car was really strong through the middle sector but not quick enough on the straights to stay ahead. It was a nice battle with Fernando but it's hard to take when it's only for P5 or P6. It was just not a good race for us today but we have the chance to bounce back in Suzuka."
Nico Rosberg (7th): "That was another very tough race for me. I couldn't believe what happened with the wing: I was on course for a podium finish after overtaking Lewis and two seconds later, the front wing just broke. It was pretty scary because that could have been a dangerous situation but the engineers told me over the radio that it was under control and I could carry some speed back to the pits. It's a shame because the car felt great today and I found a good balance and how to get the most out of the car, which I hadn't managed until this point of the weekend. It's been a real up and down season so far for me but it's good that we have another race in a week's time. Our car is very competitive and I had good pace compared to the cars on the podium. So I'm looking forward to the next races."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "It proved a very challenging race for the team and one which leaves us with the rather bitter taste of "what might have been" after finishing fifth with Lewis and seventh with Nico. The cars settled in third and fourth positions during the first stint and both looked very competitive compared to those around them. However, Lewis began to struggle around 13 laps into his second stint when he reported that his right-front tyre was no longer performing properly. At that point, we had a difficult decision to make: an extra stop at lap 22 would have committed us to a much slower three-stop strategy, or we could leave Lewis in clean air to tough it out and try and reach the target lap to make our two-stop strategy work. We chose the latter option but it was a pretty painful few laps as Lewis battled to minimise the time loss. On the other car, Nico's tyres were in much better shape and he was running at the same pace as the leaders and well on course for a podium finish when he suffered a structural failure on the front wing assembly which forced him to make an immediate pit stop. The Safety Car phases ultimately made the final part of the race more comfortable in terms of tyre life but neither driver was able to make up much ground against the cars around them which had a traction advantage. It's been a tough day and we will aim to deliver a stronger performance in Japan. "
Nico Hulkenberg (4th): "Today I drove one of the best races in my career so far. I have had cars in the mirrors before, but today there were a lot and it was a bit annoying. Lewis really put the pressure on at the end, especially in the last sector. I knew I needed to get out of turn one well. The car's traction was very good today, so that kept me alive against Fernando and then Lewis later on. We were also very fast on the straight. I had a good start, although on the outside into turn one, which was a loss at first, but then I had a real good slip stream and was able to get past on the outside. A big thank you to the entire team for providing such an excellent car today."
Esteban Gutierrez (11th): "I had a very good start, then I arrived at turn three and saw what was going on. I tried to protect my position, my rears locked and that's why I lost a couple of positions. To recover from that was quite a challenge. I had some good fights with Massa and Checo coming from the back. Of course, I wanted to score points today, but this is racing. It's a great experience and will help me to improve my race craft. We had good pace today and are definitely able to fight in the top ten."
Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "I am very relieved we were able to keep up our level of performance throughout the whole weekend. We went into the race with high expectations and it is a great feeling that we were able to meet these through our own strengths. Nico put in a superb performance and, once again, great fight, as it definitely was not easy to keep those cars behind him. Esteban had a difficult start, so struggled a bit more. However, all in all it is a great step ahead for the entire team and shows we are working well together at home in Hinwil and on the track."
Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "This is a fantastic result for the team, and we have picked up some very important points in the constructors' championship. Looking at what happened in the race, today was a right front tyre management exercise, knowing where to be quick and where to protect the car, and Nico executed that exactly as we wanted. He withstood some immense pressure from a lot of very good drivers behind him. Esteban had a great start and turn one, but was unlucky into turn three, losing track positions due to other peoples' mistakes. From that point on he came very close to scoring his first points, so can take a lot of positives from this race. We aim to carry this momentum forward to Suzuka next week. This is proof the hard work being done in Hinwil is delivering on the track."
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil (20th): "I was quite unlucky on the first lap because after Massa spun everybody headed for the inside and somebody hit me on the side of my front wing. The damage was not too bad but I still had to pit for a new one. As the race went on I was able to fight back quite well and after the safety car I was in P12 and not planning to pit again. At the restart I lost the rear of the car under braking for turn three. I really don't know why because I was not braking late and the car just snapped. I hit Webber so I apologise for ending his race. It's a disappointing end to the race because I believe there was still a chance of a point."
Paul di Resta (DNF, Spin): "I have to hold my hands up and apologise to the team. Maybe I took a little bit too much kerb and that's sent me off the track. The way we've set the car up means it has been quite edgy and difficult to drive, and that's what has caught me out today, although whether it has cost us points is hard to say. The performance in the race was not where we wanted it to be and the front tyres were wearing out too quickly. So we need to have a rethink ahead of Suzuka and go there determined to have a clean race."
Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: "It was not the easiest day in the office for anyone at Sahara Force India and we leave Korea feeling disappointed. Paul was pushing hard after his second stop and just made a small mistake at turn twelve. It was a fairly gentle tap against the barrier, but it was enough to damage the right rear corner and end his race. Adrian also had an eventful time, being a victim of the opening lap incident at turn three. Pitting early for a new wing dropped him to the back of the pack, but he battled back and was in contention for some points. Unfortunately the damage to his rear wing led to his eventual retirement. After a tough race like that it's important we try and bounce back in Japan next week."
Valtteri Bottas (12th): "I was a bit unlucky with the incident on the first lap as I was blocked and lost a position whereas others were able to make up places. The first stint was difficult as I was struggling with the supersoft tyre, but the pace improved a lot in the second stint on the mediums and the safety cars allowed me to close in on the top ten. In the end it was all about making sure we still had the grip in the tyres to fight for some points in the final laps, but I think 12th was a fair result as the cars that finished ahead of us had better pace all weekend."
Pastor Maldonado (13th): "I had a very good first lap, moving up to ninth after an incident at turn three allowed me to make up a lot of places. I tried to maintain my position in the top ten but the safety cars hindered my race today as the cars behind were able to keep closing up behind me, and after the second restart they just had too much pace and were able to overtake. It's disappointing not to finish in the points but the end result is a fair reflection of our performance this weekend and we need to work hard to find some gains for the race next weekend in Japan."
Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer: "It was a busy first lap with Valtteri losing out in the incidents that happened ahead on track, whilst Pastor was able to gain from them and moved from 18th to ninth. Pastor had a good opening stint but graining on the front-right tyres of both cars was becoming increasingly difficult to manage. We still stayed on target for a two-stop strategy with both cars but after we moved from the supersofts to the mediums for the second stint tyre management was still difficult. Valtteri was able to manage the front-right slightly better because Pastor was pushing harder further up the field and we ultimately had to cut Pastor's second stint slightly short. We used the two safety car periods to help manage tyre wear to get to the end of the race but we knew it was going to be tough. With more laps on his tyres than those around him, Pastor was unable to defend from Gutierrez, Perez and Massa in the closing stages. We were close to fighting for points but the car pace unfortunately wasn't quite good enough."
Laurent Debout, Renault: "A chaotic race but one that almost worked out in our favour. Pastor did a good job to stay clear of the trouble and ran in the top ten for parts of the race. With a bit more luck we could have scored a point, but the conditions were just so unpredictable that it didn't go our way in the end."
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Jean-Eric Vergne (18th): "At the moment, we're not quite sure what happened in the end. I felt the car pull to one side and something was clearly not right, so the team called me into the pits. Starting from sixteenth, this was always going to be a difficult weekend and after I made up a few places in the early stages, I began to suffer with tyre degradation, so I agreed when the team decided to switch me from a two to a three stop strategy. I just want to get to Suzuka and start again now, but we will need to do a lot of work if we want to return to the performance level we should have had here."
Daniel Ricciardo (19th): "I think we did all we could today in the race. I had a decent first stint and tried to run as long as possible on the Prime tyre. The car wasn't perfect but it was good enough to be in a points position with a few laps to go and I was hanging on nicely to ninth. It's dej vu, as I had the same scenario here last year, when I came down to Turn 3 with a few laps to go, I braked and the car immediately shot to the left. That time it cost me one place. Once I got out of the cockpit this time, I could see there was a mechanical problem at the front left corner. Personally, I was really pleased with my performance in the car today. Maybe we didn't have a top ten car but I was able to fight in the top ten. But for myself and the team it's frustrating to get no reward. Now all we can do is look ahead to Suzuka."
Franz Tost, Team Principal: "Daniel was the only driver to start on the Medium tyre as we wanted to try something different on the strategy front to make up some places. It seemed to work well, as he made up a few positions by mid race. However, the Safety Car came at the wrong time for him, but we had to bring him in, knowing he would have a tough final stint on the Supersofts. But he did a good job of managing his tyres and defending his ninth place quite comfortably. Then with two laps to go, we had a mechanical issue on the car which we will investigate when we get it back and he had to park at the side of the track. Jev had a harder afternoon, starting from further back and, after making up a few places, the heavy traffic in the back of the field meant he had higher tyre degradation. We decided to switch him to a three stop strategy, but in the end we had to retire him with what might be a similar problem to Daniel's car."
Charles Pic (14th): "That was a good race for me I had a good, clean start but into turn three I had to go off track to avoid Massa who'd spun and lost a couple of places. I made them up and for both the first and second stints the car balance felt good. We'd started on supersofts and they held up well for the first stint so we pitted on schedule and rejoined on a set of new mediums. As I say, the car balance felt good and I was on plan when the first safety car came out so we boxed right away for the second stop and at that stage we were looking at a long final stint to the flag. However, then the second safety car was brought out almost immediately and that obviously helped with the tyre management for the final stint. I did have some issues with the front right for the last few laps but nothing too bad so I got the car to the flag in 14th which is a decent result for us - not quite where we want to be but almost!"
Giedo van der Garde (15th): "My start was great, really strong and when everyone was moving to avoid Massa in turn three I had to push out wide to avoid contact with a few cars around me. I really don't think I'd pushed any other cars out on purpose on lap one but I was told to box for a drive through penalty because of what the stewards saw and from there my race was pretty much over. I served the penalty and then had to box again immediately as the supersofts I'd started on were done, so even though I was up as high as 12th in the first stint I rejoined in 22nd and set about catching up Chilton and Bianchi. I was up close to Chilton just when the safety car came out and the team did a great job to help me get past him with a really quick stop on the first safety car lap. That sort of teamwork needs to be mentioned as it plays such a critical role in the overall race, so the boys deserve a thank you for that. The second safety car came out almost immediately when Mark's car caught fire and then when we restarted I had a bit of a lock up at the end of the main straight and Bianchi got past, but within a couple more laps I regained the place and was back behind Charles in 17th. I had a flatspot from that point in the race but kept pushing and finally finished in 15th, just behind Charles. Without the drive through I'm sure I could have finished higher, maybe not up in 13th, but close and while that's obviously frustrating today, it shows how close it's getting and that's good for my motivation and the whole team."
Jules Bianchi (16th): "I was hoping to be able to have a good fight with the Caterhams today and despite the setback of the grid penalty I was in a good position after the first couple of corners of the opening lap. It wasn't too long before we had to focus our efforts on tyre management and the first two stints were pretty tough as we were not able to push. In the third stint, when there was less to lose, we could give it more of a shot but it was not enough to try to take a position from them. We have a tough job on our hands in these next five races and it will require every bit of our focus and concentration, but we know what we have to do and everyone is working very hard for that. My thanks to the Team as it is not just tough in the cockpit!"
Max Chilton (17th): "Overall, a good Team result today as we achieved the right outcome for our bigger picture. I think we were lacking a little in terms of our expected race pace but also we were unable to really push because of the need to manage our way through each stint with the tyres. The opening lap melee set me back a little but then I caught back up to Jules and the two safety cars meant that we never had the blue flag situation to worry about. The pit stops were really slick and I think we did everything we could. We are much closer to the Caterhams, we know that, but we need to be able to carry that through into the race to make things a little more comfortable."
John Booth, Team Principal: "A tough race today but one that the whole team has done a fantastic job to manage. Indeed, 'Management' was really the word of the day. We knew it would be tough to complete a two stop race, but we felt that this gave us our best opportunity of being in a position to take advantage of any safety cars that came along. The starts were very good this week and we have definitely made progress in this area. The rest of the race was really quite difficult in terms of continuous lap by lap calculations to determine the pace we should run at in order to make our two stop strategy work. This is quite labour intensive for the engineers and drivers but I'm pleased with the job we did with this. We are still a little way off where we need to be in terms of outright pace, however we can take some comfort that on a couple of occasions today we were racing our nearest competitor. We are hopeful that with a few smaller developments we have coming over the next few races, we can take a further step forward to ensure we are best placed to deal with any further races of attrition which may arise in the remaining five races, given our objective."


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WASHINGTON -- It's one of the cherished quirks of Congress -- the "Morning Hour" in the House of Representatives, when representatives can command the spotlight for five minutes on the floor to speak about any topic they choose.
These rhetorical solos usually range from salutations to a civic organization back home to congratulations to the local high school football team or praise for a deceased constituent. The chamber is usually lightly populated as lawmakers are attending committee meetings before the full House convenes later in the day. But the CSPAN cameras and the Congressional Record memorialize the five-minute speeches.
Thursday morning, members of the Connecticut House delegation joined other Democratic congressional leaders to devote the hour to somber remarks marking the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the actions that Congress must take would be a "truly fitting memorial'' to the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings. She choked up as she recalled family members meeting with her earlier this week, and she displayed photos of some of the victims.
Pelosi called for a House vote on the bill expanding background checks.
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Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the second-ranking House Democrat, used his five-minutes to salute the first responders who rushed to the Sandy Hook Elementary School on the morning of the shootings. He said broad public support for background checks on gun purchasers should lead to "swift and decisive action by Congress.''
Hoyer also saluted Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Connecticut, whose district includes Newtown, for her leadership in the bipartisan bill. The people of Newtown sent her to Congress, Hoyer said, to vote on "policies to make our country better and to make our country more safe.''
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When her turn came, Esty stood in the well of the House and noted that the memory of the shootings "is still very raw and will always run very deep for the people of Newtown.''
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The families have successfully pushed new gun laws in Hartford, she said, but in Washington "they face inexplicable political cowardice.'' That harsh verdict was seconded by Rep. John Larson , D-Connecticut, who lashed out at the House Republican leadership for failing to bring the background check bill to a vote.
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