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Japanese GP 2012
Saturday Team Quotes
Red Bull-Renault
Sebastian Vettel (1st, 1:30.839): "It was good we got the time on the first run, with the yellow flags coming out later. We had a phenomenal balance in the car and I had the feeling we could go with the track today. We only needed one run in every session, which doesn't happen all the time, but it's very enjoyable around here when the car works how you wish, especially on low fuel and fresh tyres. It's very special. Yesterday evening I wasn't too happy as I was losing time in the first sector, but I found my mistake and in today's practice session it worked straight away, I don't know why I didn't do it in previous years and it shows you never stop learning. Tomorrow will be interesting; it's hard on tyres here, so we will need to work to stay where we are."
Mark Webber (2nd, 1:31.090): "That was a pretty solid session. We knew it was going to crank up in Q3, but I'll tell you, this place on low fuel with new tyres is something else. I was pretty happy with my first attempt, apart from the hairpin, but Sebastian had that couple of tenths and I thought 'fair play', it was a competitive lap from him. Overall both of us were very competitive in qualifying and that puts in good stead for tomorrow. All the hard work from the factory is paying off. The main day though is tomorrow, that's where the points are."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "A fantastic team performance; to achieve the front row for tomorrow's race is the best result for the team. It's a shame that the yellow flag came out at the end there, as both drivers were up on their lap times, but one and two is the best place to start tomorrow's race. Congratulations to Sebastian on his 34th career pole, which puts him third behind two illustrious names, Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna, in the all-time list."
Cyril Dumont, Renault: "Today is simply a wonderful result; it's the best we could have achieved, so I'm pleased with that. The pace was there. Today was the 199th pole position for Renault engines, so I look forward to the next one. For the time being we need to focus on today's result and we hope that we will score important points tomorrow in both Championships."
Jenson Button (3rd, 1:31.290): "It was a good qualifying session - both my Q3 laps felt good. We've improved the car a lot since yesterday, when we tried a very low-downforce set-up to help with overtaking. We pulled back from that for today, and I feel a lot happier with the car. My gearbox penalty means it's disappointing to be starting so far back, though. Overtaking has never been easy around here - even with the introduction of DRS - and, that being the case, it's quite a surprise that the DRS zone has been shortened for this year. But I love racing around here. And because everyone's strategy could be up in the air tomorrow - because there's been quite a lot of tyre graining and blistering - things could still be a bit unpredictable. The championship is a long-shot for me, I know that, but I'd love to do well in front of the Japanese crowd; I'll be going for the win."
Lewis Hamilton (9th, 1:32.327): "Today's qualifying session was one of the most disappointing of my year. To be honest, I went the wrong way with the set-up and ended up with too much understeer. Until quali, the car had felt great all weekend, but I just couldn't make it turn this afternoon, and as a result I just couldn't extract the best from it. Jenson showed that the car itself is quite good though - he did a great job today - and our long-run pace wasn't bad yesterday, either. So you never know what's going to happen in tomorrow's race. It's going to be a struggle, but I'll be pushing my hardest with the set-up I've got, and I hope that, through good tyre management, I'll be able to overtake some of the cars in front of me. I'll be trying to get as many points as I can tomorrow."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "Clearly, having been quick here yesterday, we're disappointed to have put up a comparatively unexciting performance in Q3 this afternoon. Jenson drove a good lap to be best of the rest behind the Red Bulls, but will nonetheless start tomorrow's race from P8, much farther back than his P3 qualifying pace would normally yield, having arrived here at Suzuka saddled with a five-place grid penalty, a result of a gearbox failure in Singapore. That said, he's a bit of a Suzuka ace, as we've seen as recently as last year, when he won the race with a fine drive from the front row, clocking fastest lap en route. So he'll be one to watch tomorrow, for sure. For Lewis, who was consistently quick yesterday, Q3 was perhaps more disappointing still - largely because, when he was on his quickest lap, waved yellow flags forced him to back off through the long Spoon corner, costing him quite a lot of time and ruining his lap as a result. Tomorrow, though, is another day - and the Japanese Grand Prix will be as hard as all Japanese Grands Prix at Suzuka tend to be, run as they are on such a magnificently challenging racetrack. Moreover, both Jenson and Lewis will be doing their best to make rapid progress, and to put on a decent show for the ever-enthusiastic Japanese spectators and the tens of millions of TV viewers alike."
Fernando Alonso (7th, 1:32.114): "What can I say, other than get angry about being unlucky? The yellow flags came at the worst possible moment, when I was coming into Turn 14. Up 'til then, my lap was great and there was every chance of setting the fourth fastest time of the day, which would have then seen me start from third on the grid. From there, the race could have taken on a completely different picture, but we have to accept what happened. We were unlucky today, so maybe we'll be lucky tomorrow! We are up against some very strong opponents, like Red Bull who are in front and there is also McLaren who are behind, so we will have to keep an eye on both sides of the track. I'm expecting a difficult Sunday: the main aim will be to finish - reliability is crucial- and bring home a good points haul. We changed a few things on the car compared to yesterday, but after FP3 we went back on our settings as we were not convinced about the changes. I am honestly more optimistic for tomorrow than I was for today, given that our race pace is usually better than our performance over a flying lap: let's hope that really turns out to be the case."
Felipe Massa (11th, 1:32.293): "I am very disappointed with the way this qualifying went. Up until the second run in Q2, everything was going well: the car felt very quick and I was happy with its balance. But suddenly, once we fitted a new set of Softs, I lost grip at the front, right from the first corner and it never returned throughout the lap. To miss out on Q3 by just 21 thousandths is a further blow. It's very frustrating not being able to get the right results when you know you can count on a good car. It definitely won't be easy making up places on a track like this, but we will give it our all and try and bring home plenty of points."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "We definitely couldn't say the Gods were smiling on us today! Yellow flags meant that Fernando was unable to secure a place on the front two rows: it's all part of the game, but that doesn't lessen the disappointment, at least in the heat of the moment. It's regrettable because neither of our two grid positions reflect our potential. Felipe could also have secured a good result: we have to understand what happened on his second run in Q2, because it's strange not to improve on a lap time set with old tyres when new ones of the same type have been fitted. Clearly the way we approach the race changes completely after this afternoon: we will try and score as many points as possible in a race that will be very tough and tricky, especially in terms of tyre wear. As usual, the number one priority will be reliability, because without that, you're not going anywhere."
Pat Fry: "It's been one of those days where it seems everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Felipe was fast all day, but at the moment when he should have made the most of his second set of Soft tyres, he was unable to exploit all their potential: we now need to understand why this set of tyres did not live up to expectations. In Q3, we were hit by the yellow flag, which deprived Fernando of the chance of at least setting the fourth fastest time, a result that was within his grasp. Clearly, starting from these positions on the grid, we can expect a very difficult race, also when one takes into account that our closest competitor in the championship is on pole. We worked a lot over the past two days to find the right car configuration and it seems we have found a good compromise: it's just a shame we were not able to demonstrate that fully when it came to the lap times. Putting this disappointment behind us, now we are concentrating on race preparation, always keeping in mind that the points are only given out tomorrow afternoon..."
Mercedes GP
Michael Schumacher (13th, 1:32.469): "It was a shame that we couldn't do more today, after things hadn't looked too bad this morning, but we simply didn't get the performance together. Although we should also say that, knowing the high-speed characteristics of this circuit, we didn't necessarily expect to look in great shape here. Perhaps I could have made it through to Q3, because the data showed that I lost two-tenths in turn 11 because of traffic, but I wasn't quite sure what Hamilton was doing ahead of me. I saved a lot of tyre sets and in that respect got the maximum out of the situation. Now we need to wait and see what happens tomorrow. I will be certainly aiming for the best possible result, starting from the back of the grid."
Nico Rosberg (15th, 1:32.625): "It's been a difficult weekend for us. Qualifying in 15th place is not where we want to be although I will gain some places due to grid penalties. The times were so close today and it's disappointing that we couldn't make it through to Q3. Our pace felt better on high fuel, so hopefully this will work out well in the race and I can gain positions."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "Today has been fairly challenging for us and it goes without saying that we're not happy to see both cars knocked out in Q2. We've done a lot of work in the last few races exploring the performance variables of the car and whilst that has increased our understanding, it's still not enough to be competitive. The balance of the car isn't too bad though, and we seem to have stronger race pace, so we will try to race well and see what we can achieve."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "We struggled to get further than the second part of qualifying, when the fastest time was a little less than a second quicker than Michael's best. He was missing two-tenths of a second to proceed to Q3 and Nico four-tenths. As a consequence, we will not be in the grid positions where we would have liked to start the race from."
Romain Grosjean (5th, 1:31.898): "Yesterday we had two tricky sessions, so to have both cars in Q3 is a good recovery. We knew it would be very tight in qualifying and I think we could maybe have been one place higher with a cleaner run through the first sector, but the leaders were too quick today. We're lacking a little bit of downforce at the moment, but with a few minor adjustments overnight and the right strategy I think we can take home a good haul of points tomorrow."
Kimi Raikkonen (8th, 1:32.208): "I spun. I was on a good lap and I was pushing - maybe a little too hard - and lost the rear. It's a shame as the car feels the best it has all weekend. If the car's good tomorrow we should be able to move forwards. Let's see what happens."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "Not bad but we could have done better. We had the pace to get both cars further up the grid. Kimi spun off on a new set of tyres which hampered his progress and Romain didn't have a great first sector on his qualifying lap so he could have maybe been a place higher, but overall, it's been a reasonable weekend so far. We're comfortable with the E20's performance on a full fuel load and over long runs so we're looking forward to the race and hopeful that we can gain positions from where we start. Suzuka is pretty demanding on the tyres and we have shown well in this area previously, so there's certainly potential. We know these tyres pretty well. For qualifying there was a reasonable difference in pace, but for the race it's likely to be more even."
Force India-Mercedes
Nico Hulkenberg (10th, No Time): "The build-up to qualifying was quite intense because the guys were working hard to repair my car after the accident this morning. It was not a big impact, but the angle was unfortunate and there was quite a lot to fix - so all credit to the boys who got me out with enough time to set a time in Q1. The car felt good straight away and we made it through to Q3, which was always the target. We then took a strategic decision to save tyres so I didn't set a time. That opens up the strategy for tomorrow, especially because we knew I would get a five-place grid penalty for changing the gearbox. There's still a chance to get points tomorrow if we can make our strategy work."
Paul di Resta (12th, 1:32.327): "It was quite a tough session with traffic today and even on my quick lap in Q2 I was slightly compromised in the second sector. I locked a wheel and it may only have cost half a tenth, but that's how close the margin was to the top ten. I think given what happened yesterday with losing so much track time we can be pretty happy with our performance today. We have got ourselves up there, close to the top ten and in with a chance of points. For tomorrow it's clear that tyre wear will be a big issue for everyone, but hopefully we can use the strategy to challenge the people in front. There are some question marks going into the race because I've done no high fuel running, but we have data with the other car."
Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: "We've been reasonably competitive in all the sessions leading up to qualifying so we felt we had a car that was capable of reaching the top ten. But the pressure was on to fix Nico's car in the run up to qualifying and as a precaution we had to change the gearbox. As always the boys did a fantastic job to get the car running in time and Nico was immediately on the pace. A place in Q3 was a good effort, although the gearbox penalty means he will drop down the grid. Paul has been playing catch up after losing track time yesterday and was close to making Q3 as well. So we've done all we can to be in with a chance of points tomorrow and left ourselves plenty of flexibility with the strategy of both cars."
Kamui Kobayashi (4th, 1:31.700): "I am happy because I think I achieved the maximum possible today. On my last lap I lost a bit of time because of the yellow flag when I backed off and switched off the DRS. I want to thank the team for the big step forward they have managed with the car since Friday. In the beginning we were struggling with the new parts but now we have got it right. After quite a few changes to the settings the car is fast again. From where I am starting I should have a chance to fight for a podium finish, and it would be a dream come true if I could achieve my first podium in Formula One in front of my home crowd. But first of all I have to manage a good start, and then I should have more luck than in Spa this year where I started from the front row but got involved in an accident."
Sergio Perez (6th, 1:32.022): "My last lap in Q3 wasn't perfect but still good. I am very happy for the team that we have achieved such a strong qualifying result today. They have done a great job because initially on Friday here we were really lacking pace. It was a strong and speedy recovery and I'm confident tomorrow in the race we will be able to fight for another podium."
Monisha Kaltenborn, CEO: "P4 and P6 in qualifying - this is a sensational result! We brought a new aero package to Suzuka, did a lot of work evaluating it yesterday and finally got the reward. Great compliments to the team and, in particular, to the two drivers who both did a great job. Now our goal is to convert this qualifying result into a great race."
Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "After a very productive day yesterday we spent a lot of time analysing all the data over night, and things also went well today without any unexpected issues. In free practice three we did some checks, which paid off, and in the end we got the result we expected. Great compliments to both drivers! Now we have to keep cool for the race."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Daniel Ricciardo (16th, 1:32.954): "Without taking the grid position into consideration, this afternoon's session was great fun. Driving this circuit on low fuel and with the best tyre of the weekend- a new set of Options - is very enjoyable. Today, it was really just a fight between myself and Jean-Eric in Q2 because the others were a little bit too far out in front. However, it's not too discouraging, because on the positive side, we have definitely made progress since yesterday and if we can find another step forward for tomorrow, then hopefully we can sneak into the points again."
Jean-Eric Vergne (17th, 1:33.368): "I'm not so happy with today's qualifying as we have struggled to find the right balance on our car all weekend. For qualifying, maybe we went too far the other way in terms of set-up and when the balance is not right, you lose a lot of time in the high speed corners. But hopefully the race will be better tomorrow; it usually is. As for the incident with Senna, I was catching Glock on my flying lap and I had to slow because of that. I saw Bruno was coming very quickly and unfortunately he caught me at the chicane where there is not much room. But I knew I had to let him past and moved as much to the outside as I could, even though I knew I would not be in the best position to come out of the corner. After that, he slowed a lot and I had to pass him again on the straight, otherwise I would not have set a proper time."
James Key, Technical Director: "Today's qualifying result is slightly disappointing. We worked overnight to try and improve our performance in Sector 1, where we have struggled for most of the weekend, primarily with a balance issue. We worked hard on it with the drivers and made progress this morning. However, we knew we needed to do more so we took another step for this afternoon, making further set-up changes, which was a bit of gamble. It did seem better, but not enough to make a big difference. The second and third sectors of the track look much better and in general we have improved since the start of the weekend. As we have seen in the last few races, our race pace is better than in qualifying, because our drivers have done a good job of learning how to manage the tyres. Therefore, from the grid positions we secured today, we can still aspire to score points tomorrow, but it won't be easy."
Pastor Maldonado (14th, 1:32.512): "We've been working hard to make the car more competitive but for one reason or another, we just couldn't pull it all together today. We need to try to understand why, but tomorrow is going to be a long race so I'm quite optimistic. The gaps are so close and our longer run pace looks encouraging, so we aim to push for some points tomorrow."
Bruno Senna (18th, 1:33.405): "It was a frustrating qualifying session as I was held up on my final timed lap at the end of Q1 and couldn't post the time that I wanted. However, it's a long race tomorrow and although this track is difficult to overtake at, we've been in this position before and so we'll give it our best shot to score some points in the race."
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "We had a tough day today with Pastor struggling with car balance which ultimately limited his potential pace and he qualified 14th. Bruno was looking very comfortable to proceed into Q2 alongside Pastor, having been 0.6 seconds up on his previous run, when Vergne blocked his lap slowing him by 1.6 seconds and leaving Bruno extremely frustrated in 18th. There are a few penalties to apply to drivers further up the grid which should promote both our drivers and we are confident with our race pace going into tomorrow."
Heikki Kovalainen (19th, 1:34.657): "For me I'm pleased with what I got out of the car today. On my second run I was following Hulkenberg on the out lap and wasn't quite able to get my tyre temperatures up to the optimum level so in the first sector on the quick lap I had a little bit of understeer, but the other two sectors were about as good as they could have been. The car's pace on Sundays has been pretty good all year so the aim now is to have a strong race and be in the right place to take advantage of anything that happens ahead. Really, for me, I'm not worried about the cars behind me. The team is doing everything they can to keep progressing and I want to do whatever I can to help them. Laps like today, while not as quick as we'd like to be, are what I can do - not make mistakes, get everything out of the car and help push the team forwards in the right direction."
Vitaly Petrov (23rd, 1:35.432): "In FP3 we found that the car wasn't working as well as it had yesterday in FP2 when it had felt pretty good. When we went through the data we found that the tyre temperatures weren't coming up as well as we'd have liked and we made a couple of changes for qualifying that immediately improved the setup. On my first run the car felt much better and on my second run I was at least 7/10ths up on my previous quickest lap, but I made a mistake in turn 14 and that cost me a lot of time. Despite that I'm not disappointed with where I finished. Heikki's lap shows that we have a gap of around 6/10ths to the cars behind and while they're doing a good job in trying to catch up with us we're also working as hard as we can to pull away from them and try and fight with the cars ahead. Tomorrow's race gives us a chance to do that, and with good strategy and careful use of the tyres I think we can have a decent Sunday."
Pedro de la Rosa (21st, 1:35.385): "Today I went out to give it my all and I'm happy with how it went. The team did a fantastic job and the car's set-up improved notably. In qualifying I did two good laps; the second one was even better, almost perfect, and tomorrow we will start ahead of Caterham and Marussia which is already a success. More so at a circuit like this one. We've got to be more than happy with what we've done. Tomorrow in the race we will go for everything. The important thing is to have a good pace, look after the tyres and finish strong."
Narain Karthikeyan (24th, 1:36.734): "In the morning the car was working very well and my first laps were fantastic but then I spun off and damaged my new floor so we had to go back to the old one. In qualifying I barely had any grip and on my last lap I went long at 130R. It wasn't a good qualifying session for me, but the car is performing much better and, although tomorrow will be a tough race, we will try and finish it in the best way possible."
Toni Cuquerella, Technical Director: "Today we opted for a different balance to yesterday to make the car more neutral, with less understeer, and we got it right. Frankly we didn't expect to come so close to our rivals at a high downforce circuit like this one and it was a pleasant surprise besides being a reward for a job well done. Pedro's times were very competitive and he was in the 103.6%, which is the second best result in qualifying of the year. It was a shame that Narain damaged the new floor and had to come out with the old one. This result adds to the data we analyzed and confirms that the aero upgrades that we introduced at Singapore are an important step forward. In tomorrow's race, tyre wear will play an important role and the most probable thing will be to opt for a two or three stop strategy."
Timo Glock (20th, 1:35.213): "All well that ends well, but FP3 was a difficult start to the day, a bit like Singapore. Here, we had an oil pressure problem with the engine and I couldn't run very much, which was a bit of a shame as we needed to do some fine-tuning due to the track temperature change; our car was quite sensitive to it. So I was a little bit worried going into qualifying blind again and as we seemed to have dropped a bit in pace. We had a good think between me and my engineers on what to do and I think the changes all worked out well for us. I had only one flying lap on my second run and there was a little mistake in sector 1, but the car was good. To be ahead of one of the Caterhams despite the challenges we have had makes me quite happy and now we will see if we can find some more in the race."
Charles Pic (22nd, 1:35.429): "I am reasonably happy with my qualifying lap, and to have achieved our objective of getting ahead of one of the Caterhams. Having said that I think there is more to come from the car still and extracting that will continue to be a big focus this afternoon and evening. At the moment it feels that we are a little less competitive than at Singapore, so we will use the time before the race to see what we can to do make some more progress tomorrow."
John Booth, Team Principal: "I think we can feel pleased with how today has panned out, after a challenging morning for Timo in particular, which has surely affected his ability to give 100% in qualifying. Having performed well in races of late, we still needed to carry that performance through in qualifying and today we have done just that, with both Timo and Charles finishing ahead of Vitaly Petrov. We're not quite as close to the car ahead as we would have liked, and Pedro delivered a good lap to just squeeze Charles out from behind Timo. Nonetheless, we are confident in our usual tendency to shine a little more in race trim and we are all looking forward to tomorrow and seeing how the various strategies play out."


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Mitt Romney urged GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin to end his bid Tuesday, but the Missouri congressman showed no sign of withdrawing from the race despite an uproar over his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape."
A defiant Akin let an important deadline pass without formally withdrawing from the Senate race. Missouri election law allows candidates to withdraw 11 weeks before Election Day. That means the deadline to exit the Nov. 6 election was 5 p.m. CDT Tuesday (6 p.m. New York time).
At this point, a court order would be needed to remove a name from the ballot.
In addition to Romney, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's top-ranking Republican, said an Akin apology wasn't good enough and reiterated calls for him to step aside.
The pressure from the top of the GOP came after Akin said on Mike Huckabee's radio show that he hadn't done anything morally or ethically wrong, but got a "word in the wrong place."
He said his party's growing pleas for him to abandon his bid against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill seemed like "a little bit of an overreaction."
It was the second time in two days that Akin went on Huckabee's show to say he planned to stay in the race, even as prominent members of his own party urged him to step aside.
"By taking this stand, this is going to strengthen our country," Akin said Tuesday. "It will strengthen the Republican Party."
Hours earlier, he posted a video online in which he apologized but made no mention of the race.
Akin has been frantically trying to salvage his once-promising bid against McCaskill in a race long targeted by the GOP as crucial to regaining control of the Senate. But ominous signs were mounting against the six-term legislator from suburban St. Louis, most notably the apparent loss of millions of dollars in campaign advertising money.
The uproar began Sunday, when St. Louis television station KTVI aired an interview in which Akin was asked if he would support abortions for women who have been raped.
"It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin said.
In the interviews with Huckabee and Sean Hannity, Akin acknowledged that rape can lead to conception.
"Rape is never legitimate. It's an evil act. It's committed by violent predators," Akin said. "I used the wrong words the wrong way."
But the damage had been done. The comments drew a sharp rebuke from fellow Republicans, including presumptive presidential nominee Romney and his vice presidential choice, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Pointing to a group of current and former Missouri legislators who told Akin to get out of the race, Romney said the congressman should "accept their counsel." And McConnell said he is certain Akin truly is sorry for the comments, but "when the future of our country is at stake, sorry is not sufficient."
Two other Republican senators, Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, urged Akin to resign.
Akin also apparently lost a key source of funding. Sen. John Cornyn, head of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, told Akin that $5 million in advertising set aside for Missouri will be spent elsewhere and that Akin will get no other help from the committee, according to a committee official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversation was private.
Cornyn told Akin that he was endangering the GOP's hopes of getting a Senate majority by staying in the race, the official said.
Republican frustration grew Tuesday. Two GOP officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to irritate Akin, said party officials seeking to talk with him were having trouble reaching him Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Akin campaign spokesman Ryan Hite declined Tuesday to reveal Akin's whereabouts but said he was not in his suburban St. Louis campaign office. Hite said the campaign may release information about his public schedule later.
At least one political interest group that has pounded McCaskill with attack ads, the Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads, also pulled its ads from Missouri.
The apology video Akin posted on YouTube early Tuesday was an apparent attempt to claw back some of that funding.
"Fact is, rape can lead to pregnancy. The truth is rape has many victims. The mistake I made was in the words I said, not in the heart I hold. I ask for your forgiveness," he said in the video.
President Barack Obama said Monday that Akin's comments underscore why politicians — most of whom are men — should not make health decisions on behalf of women.
"Rape is rape," Obama said. And the idea of distinguishing among types of rape "doesn't make sense to the American people and certainly doesn't make sense to me."
It was just two weeks ago that Akin was at the top of the political world in Missouri after winning a hotly contested three-way battle with millionaire businessman John Brunner and former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman for the right to challenge McCaskill in the November election. Missouri has grown increasingly conservative in recent years, and McCaskill is seen as vulnerable.
She was not among those calling for her opponent to get out of the race.
"What's startling to me is that (Republican) Party bigwigs are coming down on him and saying that he needs to kick sand in the face of all the primary voters," McCaskill said at a campaign event Monday in suburban St. Louis. "I want Missourians to make a choice in this election based on policy, not backroom politics."
One anti-abortion group expressed support for Akin, while another called on him to step aside.
Missouri Right to Life, which opposes a woman's right to get an abortion even in cases of rape and incest, said Akin's "consistent defense of innocent unborn human life clearly contrasts" with McCaskill's position.
But the Christian Defense Coalition called on him to withdraw.
Names are being floated about a possible replacement for Akin. A favorite is Tom Schweich, the state auditor who was courted to run for Senate earlier this year but declined.
Other names mentioned include former Sen. Jim Talent, who lost to McCaskill in 2008; former Gov. Matt Blunt, the son of Missouri's other senator, Roy Blunt; two members of Missouri's House delegation, Blaine Luetkemeyer and Jo Ann Emerson; and Akin's two unsuccessful primary opponents, Brunner and Steelman.
Talent, who lost his seat to McCaskill in 2006, said Monday he had been asked to run but declined.
If Akin were to leave, state law gives the Republican state committee two weeks to name a replacement. The new candidate must file within 28 days of Akin's exit.


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2008-09: Averaged a 79.1 over 19 rounds of action...Season-best finish was at the NEIGA Championships...Tied for 13th with scores of 79 and 72...Recorded season-low 70, tying for 26th at the Rutgers Invitational in the fall.
2007-08: Averaged a 78.0 over 21 rounds...Had season-best finish at the Northeast Conference Championships, tying for 23rd with rounds of 74, 77 and 77...Shot season-low 72 at the Rutgers Invitational during the fall season...Shot 74-75 to tie for 33rd at the Yale Spring Opener.
Before Central: Runner-up at 2006 Connecticut State Junior Amateur...Member of 2006 Connecticut State Junior Team that won the New England Championships...Tied for 12th at 2006 New England Junior Championships...Three-time All-State performer...Four-time all-conference honoree at Pomperaug High School...Twice qualified for New England High School Championships...Tied for second at CIAC Division II State Championships as a sophomore and junior.


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The La Jolla Community Foundation (LJCF), an affiliate of The San Diego Foundation, welcomed Julie Dubick and Lynn Gorguze to its board of directors.
Dubick served as former Mayor Jerry Sanders' chief of staff and was responsible for developing and implementing citywide policies, communication, state and federal relations and staff management.
Gorguze is president and CEO of Cameron Holdings Corporation, a business she co-founded in 1993 that focuses on acquiring and operating privately-held middle market manufacturing and service companies.
Ardem Patapoutian, professor in The Scripps Research Institute's (TSRI) Dorris Neuroscience Center was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, based on his demonstrated potential to contribute significantly to biomedical science.
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21 comments:
- Ed said...
Sorry, I've missed this. What's he done?
- 19 December 2011 at 21:49
- Rabidbarfly said...
Put a photo on twitter of him holding a bit of paper with the words 'I am so Sad, I raped my cat'.
Idiotic at best.
- 19 December 2011 at 21:52
- Ed said...
Oh dear. It's because of things like this I don't buy their beer anymore.
- 19 December 2011 at 22:15
I don't object to fairly outlandish stunts or even offensive ones. But if you're going to go down that route, then you've got to be witty and amusing.
Actually I was more offended by this crap:
When I ask whether there is anyone else in UK brewing that he admires, there is a long pause as he draws a verbal pistol.
"No. Well... there is a guy called Evin who has a brewery called The Kernel in London. I love his beers," he says. "But we don't like the cask ale thing for a start. If you look at the flavour spectrum, there's no diversity. They call themselves by their locations. They put twee maps on the backs of their bottles. Their target market seems to be guys that hang out at train stations at the weekends. Everything is between a 3.5% and 4.5% mild. It's not exciting and it's not cool."
So much for the collegiate approach of craft brewers. What's dumb about this sort of thing is that to back up this kind of rhetoric, you've got to be making really really really amazing beers. Brewdog don't. They make a number of good beers, possibly a couple of great beers. But nothing truly out of the ordinary in terms of quality or innovation (IMO). As Brewers they are undoubtedly towards the top end, but no better than the likes of Thornbridge, Dark Star, Marble, Magic Rock and a whole bunch of others (probably worse in some cases) in the UK (though they now have a different focus admittedly).
- 19 December 2011 at 23:25
TOO KOOL for SKOOL?
Like RICK YOUNG?
Like SCHAR 169?
One a FLUNKY and the other a TEACHER?
They wanted their QUELLY?
They wanted their CULLY?
They wanted their MAJAACAC?
They certainly got a lot more than they ever bargained for, because now, they're in our movie..." KANSAS KINGS".
- 19 December 2011 at 23:29
Bunch of " SS" assholes.
We 've had TURNER - ROMNEY - DELL- for six months.
Our blogs are better than yours and you call this an international mob business?
- 19 December 2011 at 23:35
- Matt Gorecki said...
Hey! you're talking about Forbes top 30 fella of the year there!
Jeez, KLF did that tank stunt fucking years ago...
I'm feeling pretty inspired by anonymous though, if anyone can explain that further to me I'd appreciate it.
- 19 December 2011 at 23:47
- Matt Gorecki said...
And by the way shagging cats is a complete waste of time, I'm surprised he admitted to it.
- 19 December 2011 at 23:48
sounds like someone trying to distract attention from their inability to ship beer to people.
"selling beer" means "delivering to customers", not "ooh, we shipped a month late, and your order cut your hand open because we couldn't be bothered to spend money packing it".
yes, shareholder. sos.
- 20 December 2011 at 00:02
- Ghost Drinker said...
Who's Brewdog?
- 20 December 2011 at 01:17
- Martyn Cornell said...
Somebody's got to make a joke at some point about "pussy", so I will, just to get it out of the way.
But really: "we don't like the cask ale thing for a start. If you look at the flavour spectrum, there's no diversity." What? Even if that were true (which it isn't), it begs the question that diversity is automatically a Good Thing (which it isn't. Nice, sometimes, but a diverse range can be very far from a great range).
And "Their target market seems to be guys that hang out at train stations at the weekends." Very much not, I'd have said: if Kernel appeals to anybody in particular, surely it's just the same demographic as BrewDog. Which is undoubtedly James's problem.
And finally: "Everything is between a 3.5% and 4.5% mild. It's not exciting and it's not cool." James, James: if you have to say: "Nah, nah, we're cool, and you're not," man, you're so not cool at all.
- 20 December 2011 at 04:05
- Rabidbarfly said...
Wow - Anonymous just blew my mind. Does he make beer?
Stevef - I think there are lines which shouldn't be crossed, after all you're only trying to sell beer.
Why alienate possible punters before they've bought anything?
Why alienate people that are already buying your beer?
I have to say I didn't read the Scotland Herald article but the quote you've put on there is just like the stuff that's always come out of the Brewdog camp. Nothing new really.
Martyn picked up on the 'we're cool, you're not' attitude which I think will just ultimately make Brewdog just look a bit childish. Time to grow up, just my humble opinion.
- 20 December 2011 at 08:12
- Stoph McBride said...
James needs to get try Buxton Axe Edge, far better than any Brewdog beer I've ever tasted. Does he realise that this sort of thing maybe doing more harm than good?
- 20 December 2011 at 08:38
- Rabidbarfly said...
Stoph - completely agree, there are some really stunning beers out there now.
- 20 December 2011 at 09:23
- Sid Boggle said...
It's all the usual BD cobblers, isn't it? Maybe he feels they haven't been getting enough attention lately. James told me at a LoveBeer event a couple of years ago that he liked Dark Star beers, so perhaps his tastes have changed or he's just amping up the rhetoric.
Kernel? Maybe it's the whole 'non-brand' thing that BD thinks is cool. Or maybe James wants to hang with a new cool kid to bolster his own quotient of street cred. Who knows? Who cares?
- 20 December 2011 at 10:30
- Vasquez said...
Did they not start their business on cask beer???
Maybe they have forgotten thier roots!
- 20 December 2011 at 10:49
- Rabidbarfly said...
Sid - complete cobblers, as is the norm. It's almost like a small child saying 'look at me!, Look at MEEE!'
Vasquez - As do most brewers in Britain. Bit sad really, they used to brew bloody good cask ale.
- 20 December 2011 at 13:21
I think there are lines which shouldn't be crossed, after all you're only trying to sell beer.
Well possibly, but I guess my general point was that if you are going to cross a line and shock people, at least try and do it in a funny and interesting way. I suppose they'd argue that while they alienate some people, more people like the Brewdog brand so it doesn't matter. I guess the counter is how long will that strategy prove fruitful?
As for the article, I think it's a bit more than the usual Brewdog rhetoric. Sure they've slagged off CAMRA and "boring brown beer" before. But to me that looks pretty much like an attack on all other British brewers. Which is a step beyond previous comments. And a moronic one.
Personally, I think you can be edgy and provocative (if that's the approach you see as working for you) and yet still not come across as a complete dick.
Oh well. I'll probably visit the new bar in Camden and will definitely drink their beer on occasion. But ultimately I'd rather be at the Southampton, drinking beers from the myriad of other great British brewers out there.
- 20 December 2011 at 15:18
- wowninjas said...
If it ever comes down to having to only drink BrewDog or every other brewery beer out there I think I know what I'd choose.
- 20 December 2011 at 18:21
- Eddie86 said...
It almost appears Brew Dog are getting boring now m SOSDD
- 20 December 2011 at 21:18
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One key to controlling corn borer and corn rootworm over the long-term is to make sure a few of them survive in the short-term. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., reminds growers planting Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn this spring to comply with recommended refuge area guidelines.
A refuge is an effective way to allow susceptible insects to mate with any survivors from Bt fields. Resulting offspring will reduce the chance that resistance will continue.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to refuge management, notes Murt McLeod, agronomy research scientist for Pioneer.
"We need to continue to do a good job, and the way to do that is for growers to find what is most efficient in their operations," he says. "The options that work best will vary among growers. Find the one that is most efficient in your operation and stick with it."
A successful refuge begins with a careful reading of the product use guide and stewardship agreement.
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Lance Bailey, product stewardship manager for Pioneer, adds that as planting time approaches, now is a good time to brush up on the basics of good refuge management.
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Sizes. The size of the refuge, for both corn borer Bt and corn rootworm Bt products, must equal 20 percent of the corn acres planted. In cotton-growing regions the size of the refuge should equal 50 percent of a grower's corn acres.
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Hybrid selection. Select a hybrid for the refuge that has similar agronomic traits to the Bt hybrid so the refuge will be as attractive to adult insects as the Bt field. This also will allow growers to harvest both at the same time. It is especially important to match the hybrids in maturity, early vigor and plant height.
Herculex insect protection. Planting hybrids with stacked Bt genes, Herculex RW rootworm protection and Herculex I insect protection, requires an extra management step, McLeod says.
"If you plant corn hybrids with the Herculex XTRA trait, be sure you have a refuge block for both the corn rootworm component and for the lepidopteron aspect," he says. "Don't forget to do both."
When planting corn hybrids with the Herculex XTRA trait, two refuge options exist. A common refuge is designed to address both corn borers and corn rootworms with one refuge, whereas a separate refuge is designed to control each insect independently. In non-cotton growing areas, a common refuge must equal 20 percent of the corn acres planted, in the same field as or adjacent to Bt hybrids. The common refuge cannot contain Bt proteins active against rootworm or corn borer.
A separate refuge in non-cotton growing areas must contain both a 20 percent corn borer refuge that cannot contain a Bt protein active against corn borer and a 20 percent rootworm refuge that can not contain a Bt protein active against rootworm. The corn borer refuge must be within one-half mile of the Bt field. The corn rootworm refuge must be in the same field or adjacent to the Bt hybrids.
Crop management. Use the same management practices in both the Bt field and the refuge. Begin by planting both fields at the same time, and follow through with identical fertility programs, including starter and sidedress fertilizers.
Also, be sure to use the same tillage practices. Variations in soil residue levels create different soil temperatures, which in turn can lead to critical differences in early insect development.
Don't cut corners. It may be tempting to plant the refuge on less productive land or cut back on inputs, but both practices can reduce its effectiveness. Paying attention to small details can go a long way toward getting the best return on investment.
Monitor. Even with modern technology, there is no substitute for walking fields regularly to stay on top of what is happening. Any unexpected insect feeding damage should be reported to your seed sales representative.
Stay up to date. "Different technologies have different requirements, which can lead to confusion," says Bailey. "Be sure to read the product use guide provided by the company and understand the regulations. Things change all the time. The best thing farmers can do is stay in contact with their local seed company representative to develop a refuge plan that meets regulation requirements."


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ICE Admits That It Just Wants To 'Put People In Jail' With Operation In Our Sites
from the nice-of-them deptRob Fischer has a fantastic article at The American Prospect, looking at ICE's Operation In Our Sites program, with a specific focus on the seizure and subsequent prosecution of NinjaVideo. It's worth reading in its entirety, as a few things become clear. Here are just a few interesting tidbits, though. First up, the site's admins noted that they had done their best to abide by the DMCA, and they figured that if anything, they might have to fight a civil lawsuit, not a criminal one:
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), copyright owners are responsible for sending takedown notices to sites hosting infringing content. Anyone on YouTube who has ever read the statement "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation" has seen the result of a DMCA notice. "We believed that if we didn't host the content but linked to it elsewhere on the Web, our only legal consideration was complying with takedown notices," Beshara says. "And we always complied."I'm not sure that this is really an accurate explanation of the DMCA issue, seeing as the users uploaded the content... that's the same thing with YouTube and Veoh, both of which have been declared legal under the DMCA. As long as they followed the safe harbor provisions, the fact that users upload shouldn't have an impact. There very likely may have been issues of secondary liability if the site encouraged people to infringe -- but that's a separate issue, and one that again should have been an issue for civil copyright law, rather than criminal.
But it wasn't so simple. The DMCA takedown process allows intermediaries like YouTube to avoid liability because it's their users uploading the infringing content. Ninja Video was both the intermediary and the uploader. Independent storehouses called "cyberlockers" hosted the content Ninja Video streamed, but Ninja's uploaders put it there.
The folks at ICE come across as typical meatheads with no clue what they're dealing with here. The real humdinger of a quote comes from ICE Special Agent William Ross, who earlier in the piece notes that he was influenced by Hollywood repeatedly asking him to do their job. But when confronted with the point (made by Corynne McSherry from EFF) that "Arresting people and putting them in jail for having some links online doesn't really strike me as a good way for us to invest our time and energy." Ross hits back:
"I am a law-enforcement officer," says Special Agent Ross. "I want to put people in jail."That, alone, is a pretty ridiculous and scary quote when you think about it. He's not talking about fairness or justice or upholding the law. He just wants to "put people in jail." People like that shouldn't have jobs in power.
In the end, it seems clear that the folks at Ninja Video received horrific legal advice and made some equally poorly thought out legal decisions themselves. I still don't see where the site's operators could have possibly been liable for criminal copyright infringement, but after throwing away the $10,000 they raised on lawyers, who (from the description in the article) did not appear to do very much (and it's not clear they ever understood fully what was happening), the admins quickly caved to government pressure on plea bargains.
In the wake of the Dajaz1 debacle by the Justice Department, it seems even more ridiculous that the NinjaVideo folks agreed to the plea deals. If they'd just received some decent legal advice early on, they wouldn't now be facing years in jail. Pretty unfortunate.
In the meantime, what you get is a ridiculous portrait of a bunch of "we just want to put people in jail" semi-clueless ICE agents (they repeatedly use Alexa as their judge of what's popular -- can no one buy them a subscription to a decent online monitoring service?) who don't even recognize the First Amendment implications of seizing sites with tons of non-infringing content on it, and who seem to be totally in awe of big entertainment companies and the myths they tell. The whole thing would be amusing if it didn't involve serious Constitutional questions and if people weren't ending up in jail.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Engineers (3-4-0; 0-2 NEWMAC) entered Saturday's home match against Wheaton (5-3-1; 1-1-0 NEWMAC) looking to avenge last season's loss to the Lyons in the NEWMAC (New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference) championship game. Unfortunately for the Cardinal and Gray, it wasn't to be, as Wheaton defeated MIT, 2-0, in a match that kicked off on a dark and dreary late morning.
The tone was set early, as a strong rivalry between the schools, coupled with muddy weather conditions, led to numerous fouls. By the end of the game, the Engineers had fouled Wheaton 24 times, while the Lyons had returned the favor 20 times themselves.
The play picked up early in the second half following a scoreless first. Wheaton's Trevor Cote blasted a header off the post in the 50th minute, giving MIT a scare and bringing the fans to their feet, before the Lyons finally opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Cote took a quick throw-in to captain Cameron Habib, and his driven cross was redirected into the net by Adam Sussman for the 1-0 lead.
Wheaton extended its lead to 2-0 in the 70th minute. Tech midfielder Andrew Bishara cleared a shot off the line, temporarily saving MIT, but the rebound was pounded home from close range by Dan Chong.
Tom Caldwell made two saves in net for the Engineers, while David Croft made three saves in earning his first victory of the season in his first start.
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We want to create a new logo for a boutique hotel in Central London. The hotel is called The Victoria Townhouse or VTH. We want a modern logo in black and white, that is slightly quirky and has some personality to it. Something relatively simple – but not a full illustration. Previously we have used a silhouette of a bowler hat (British and quirky
Looking for a versatile Business Analyst who has multi-sector experience to work with a small team based in London. Ideal candidtate would be able to demonstrate their experience in working in small teams, building business & financials model. Sectors of intetrest include: Property development, (UK & Germany/EU), fintech strart ups and agriculture
I am looking for most reliable SEO freelancer to help me to promote my sales and win the customer. I am looking for 25 key words
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I'm looking at starting a young apparell and clothing company for the ages 16-30. Streetwear, casual and vibrant clothing with the company name of 'Obsidian London' wanted to get some ideas and some different fonts, the logo will be going on every piece of clothing and will be visible so needs to me memorable and stand out.
Required video editor from London to edit TV series , 15 episodes.
Required to video editor LONDON based for editing TV series in producing company in London. Each hour £30 . Trailer 7 minuets £ 20
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Hello, I am launching a Life Coaching Website and needs some high quality, classic black and white photographs taken, in London (with a view across the city, in a suit and white shirt, maybe at night?) please
I need a logo for INOMBRA , manufactureres and installers of blinds, curtains and automation . We operate in London , mainly for high end customers, also for marine sector. Looking for a very neat logo, but as the name is not very suggestive about what we do ( it was my choice not to ) we need the logo to be somehow subtly suggestive. Also needs
Hi there and thanks for reading, i need a database designed with the below details. 1. To create a database for a 100 law/solicitors firms 2. They will be drawn from Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Orpington, Bromley and SE London 3. The database will consist of the following fields - firm name – contact email/ telephone /address - work
A Russian-speaking intellectual game in London is going to expand and is looking for another venue for some new activities. We are currently having about 50-60 people attending our event every Monday. They are usually ordering some food and drinks, so this could be lucrative to the pub to attract this number of people and gain additional revenue.
I'm looking to hire someone to shoot some footage of our facility based on the outskirts of London. We require 4K footage of the external premises, internal building, offices and factory floor in operation. Please only apply if you have your own drone, capable of shooting high-quality 4K footage, a drone license and submit examples of your work
...experience and their own objectivity to visit my 2 bedroom flat (London, near Manor House, N4) and have a conversation about their immediate impression of what they see, and of the issues I'm working with. I thought that might take 60-90 minutes (?), depending on how it went, and that's it for now. I don't know if that is something people do, and I'd
It's a A5 magazine that tells people what's going on in their local area. Its distributed through residential areas in West London. People pay to advertise their business, whether it be an advertorial or editorials.
...couple of item we need to have a professional looking image or logo design for this is the name of our brand below (la'rochelle London collection) please create a stunning logo eye-catching this design is for labeling on the items below just imagine you were on Amazon shopping for any of the item listed below ask yourself what about the design image
...is looking for an enterprising and driven social researcher to conduct a series of qualitative interviews in the London area. Our work is community- and civic-oriented, and our research broadly focuses on how we can enhance people's interactions with each other in cities. This post would be ideal for someone who wants to get involved in a young sta...
Looking for talented copywriters to write article for English audience on our website and social media blog. The tech task is in the pdf file attached
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I need a complete list of all the vegan restaurants and cafes in London, with address and websites. I will provide some examples.
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Looking for a LONDON based photographer who can attend The Shard - London on 23/12/18 at 6:30pm for an engagement photoshoot. Looking for around 12-15 final edited images provided on a digital download. Photographer will arrive at room, knock on the door for 7:00pm, proposal will take place straight away - photos to be captured for the question a...
Looking to have a new website built that will have strong seo presence. Approx 20 - 25 pages, targeting areas of North and north west london and home counties. Should have good call to action as we require it to be a lead generation site. All pics etc provided. Also facebook and instagram marketing required.
We're a Southend based design and web company. We have several clients that require SEO on page & off page as well as ...clients that require SEO on page & off page as well as technical SEO and we need someone either freelancer or full time. We also have a need for social media management. WE NEED A FREELANCER THAT IS BASED IN LONDON & ESSEX, ENGLAND!
We require a logo to be created for clothing Website - Old London Town. [login to view URL] please use website for inspiration. The size of your image should be 380x68 pixels and will be used on the website.
This is a long term contract to gain regular work with a record Label. Candidates MUST live in London or at least live close enough to London to be able to commute to the studio once a week minimum. Genre MUST be RnB/Pop and a bonus if you have reggae in your portfolio. Please no EDM/House producers. Only RNB Chris Brown type music need apply.
We need a second shooter for a Forex gala event which is taking place on 24/11/18 at Central London who is capable of recording interviews and operating a camera which will broadcast the speakers of the event to the projector. All gear will be provided. The shooter's tasks are to shoot some B-Roll footage of the event at the beginning, film interviews
I need some help with internet marketing.
I need a new website. I need you to design and build a landing page.
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...person who carries the work out to stay in touch with me as I will need them to update the website if I need something (such as an event date) and I am willing to pay extra for this ongoing service as I am not a technical person. Im looking to hire ideally someone who is looking to get this up and running in no time. I will send over the script I want
Required a Tech-Writer to create high-Quality Technical manuals for a cutting edge technology product. Estimated 2-3 months at ~20 hours/week.
need a photographer to help work for an estate agent for ongoing work in Hayes West London. needs their own photography equipment, wide angle lens and flash.
Hi there, I am a makeup art...there, I am a makeup artist/hair stylist relocating to London and I require contacts for potential clients. I need a database of commercial production companies who would use a makeup artist for adverts/commercials. Also,I need the contacts of businesses offering hair/makeup in and around London, UK. Warm Regards Sara
I need it by the end of this month or till the first of december , it an autocad 2017 programme and i want a model of the london bridge with a repot with the steps
Take pictures for my Fitness Model portfolio
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Exciting opportunity for a Sales consultant to work (initially on a part time basis 10 hours per week), on 2 ongoing projects in London: 1. Launch of a Food-Tech app The project aims to create a platform where restaurants can offer flash meal deals to London commuters. The project is at a design stage and soon will switch into development. The idea
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a Flash parallax scrolling gallery from scratch. Parallax scrolling is frequently used in most 2D animation and games, where the background images and foreground images scroll at different rate of speed. This will create an illusion of depth as the background images are moving slower than the foreground images.
1. Floor Pattern
First we need to make a tiled wood floor image. Here I use a 280 x 182px hardwood floor image. Go to menu Filter > Other > Offset and enter the following settings: Horizontal = 140, Vertical = 91 (half size of width and height), Wrap Around. Then use the Clone Stamp Tool to touch up the cutting edges. Select all and go to menu Edit > Define Pattern.
2. Build the Wall
Now make a new document, 2520 x 450px. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to make a selection. Fill it with a 2 color linear gradient: color1 = #eeebd4, color2 = #cabb99. Then apply Filter > Noise > Add Noise = 2% to add some texture to the wall.
3. Fill the Floor
Make a rectangle shape just below the wall. Double click on the layer to activate the Layer Style palette, apply Pattern Overlay with the wood pattern you created in Step 1.
4. Floor Trim
Select foreground color #f0ecd6 and make a rectangle shape above the floor layer. Double click on the layer to activate the Layer Style palette, apply Inner Bevel effect as shown (Size = 3, Angle =70, Altitude = 64, Shadow Color = # 856738, Shadow Opacity = 39%). Then, apply Drop Shadow (Opacity = 27%, Angle = 90, Distance = 1, Size = 3).
5. Add Logo Signage
Paste in your vector logo on the wall. To make the metallic effect on the logo, apply Gradient Overlay (Angle = 90, Gradient color1 = #a9a3a3, color2 = #a9a3a3, color3 = #d7cfcf). Then, apply Inner Bevel (Angle = -48, Altitude = 21, Shadow Opacity = 0). Finally, apply Drop Shadow (Shadow color = #73552d, Opacity = 25%, Angle = 90, Distance = 4, Size = 4).
6. Couch
Now it is time to add in some furnitures in the scene. Be sure to find stock images that are in the front-view perspective that blend with the scene. Cut out the background from the stock photo and paste the couch above the floor layer.
Couch's Shadow
Make a new layer. Hold down the Cmd key and click on the couch layer thumbnail to load the selection of the couch. Choose a muddy brown color and fill the selection with Foreground to Transparent gradient. Then apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur = 3px.
Go to Edit > Free Transform (Cmd + T). Hold down Cmd key and drag the top middle handle downward and toward the right to create a cast shadow. Now shift this shadow layer below the couch layer. Repeat this step to make the side couch.
7. Build a Column
Make a new selection as shown with the Pen Tool. Then create a new layer and fill the selection with color #eef0ec. Next, fill the column with a gradient color that is a darker shade.
8. Add Other Decorative Items
Since these steps are very repetitive, I'm not going to further explain the details. Remember, the goal is to find items (stock photos) that are in the front-view perspective. So, be creative!
The items I have included: Coffee Table, Plants, TV, Bookshelf, Toys, Books, Light Switch, Glass Table, Desk, Computer, Printer, Chairs, Clock..
9. Export the Tiled Background
Assuming that you have finished with the PSD, now it is time to export the graphics to re-assemble in Flash.
First, export the tiled background image. Hide all other layers except the wall and the floor layers. Make a selection 280 x 450px, go to Edit > Copy Merged (Ctrl+Shift+C). Then paste the clipboard in a new file and export the image to PNG.
10. Export the Other Items
Now export the other items (furnitures, tables, desk, bookshelf, etc.) to individual PNG files. We will re-assemble these items into the scene in Flash.
11. New Flash Document
Create a new Flash document, 700 x 450px at 25fps. Import all the PNG files and organize them in a folder in the Library palette. Then import a JPG copy of the Photoshop mockup and set it to Guide layer. We will use this guide layer to assist on positioning the items on the stage.
12. Back_mc
Drag the wall bg.png from the Library to the stage. With the wall bg.png instance selected, press F8 to convert it to movie clip symbol. Make sure you select Type = Movie clip, otherwise the ActionScript will not work. Name the instance "back_mc" so you can assign ActionScript to it.
13. Edit back_mc
Double click on the back_mc instance to edit the movie clip. Hold down the Option (Alt) key and drag the wall bg.png to the right to duplicate it. Duplicate it 9 times until you reach 2520px in width. By tiling the background graphic rather than using a full image, you will minimize the file size.
14. Adding Other Items to back_mc
Now drag the other items from the Library and position them as shown on the guide mockup layer. Then use the Text Tool to display a welcome message.
15. Create front_mc
Go back to the main stage, make a new layer. Use the Rectangle Tool to make a 2520 x 80px box. With the box selected, adjust the Alpha to 0% to make it invisible. Press F8 to convert it to a movie clip and name the instance front_mc.
16. Edit front_mc
Double click on the front_mc instance to edit it. Use the back_mc as the guide and position the column, table, and stool.png as shown on the mockup guide. Try to avoid placing any objects at 750px from the left and right side of the movie clip because the front_mc will scroll faster than the back_mc.
17. ActionScript Layer
Go back to the main stage, make a new layer and name it "actions". Select frame 1 and enter the following ActionScript code:
stageWidth = Stage.width;
speed1 = 15;
speed2 = 14;
mc1Width = front_mc._width;
mc2Width = back_mc._width;
mc1X = front_mc._x;
mc2X = back_mc._x;
lock_scroll = false;
_root.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (!lock_scroll)
function scroll_mc() {
var xdist = _xmouse-(stageWidth/2);
mc1X += -xdist/speed1;
mc2X += -xdist/speed2;
if (mc1X>=0) {
mc1X = 0;
if (mc1X<=stageWidth-mc1Width) {
mc1X = stageWidth-mc1Width;
if (mc2X>=0) {
mc2X = 0;
if (mc2X<=stageWidth-mc2Width) {
mc2X = stageWidth-mc2Width;
setProperty("front_mc", _x, mc1X);
setProperty("back_mc", _x, mc2X);
//create an empty mc container for content to display
createEmptyMovieClip("content_box", 200);
content_box._x = 195;
content_box._y = 92;
18. Tinted Overlay Gradient
Make a new layer above the front_mc layer. Use the Rectangle Tool and draw a 700 x 450px box on the stage. Fill it with black gradient: color1 = black (alpha=30%) and color2 = black (alpha=90%). Notice this will create a tinted effect on top of the movie clip. Press F8 to convert this to symbol and name it "tint symbol".
19. Fade-in "Tint" Movie Clip
Convert the "tint symbol" instance again to a movie clip and name it "tint". Double click on the "tint" MC to edit it. Create a fade-in motion tween in between frame5 and frame20. Then delete frame1.
20. Pause the Scroll Function
Reverse the previous step to create a fade-out effect of the tint symbol between frame25 and frame40. Then make a new layer for ActionScript. Insert
stop() action in frame1 and frame20.
Label frame5 "on" and enter the following code:
tint_mc.onRelease = function (){};
_root.lock_scroll = true;
The first 2 lines will create a fake button which will block all the buttons below the "tint" MC. The third line sets the
lock_scroll variable to true.
21. Restore the Scroll Function
In the previous step, the variable was set to
"lock_scroll = true" to stop the scroll function as soon it reaches frame5 ("on"). Now we need to set
lock_scroll = false at frame40.
_root.lock_scroll = false;
22. Assign Actions to the Buttons
Now we need to assign the actions to the buttons. Select the button and enter the following ActionScript:
on (release) {
_root.content_box.loadMovie("experimental.swf", 0);
Basically, the script tells the "tint" MC to play label "on" and load the external SWF in the movie container, "content_box". Repeat this step for the other buttons and load the SWF file accordingly.
23. Create External SWF files
Make a new document, 310 x 265px. Design the layout as you desire (here I have some text and images on a rounded white shape). Save the file name according to the button actions you've assigned in the previous step.
Close button and unload movie
In the external SWF, don't forget to make a button that allows the user to close the pop-up and go back to the main movie. Create a button symbol and name the instance close_btn. In the action layer, enter the following code.
close_btn.onRelease = function (){
When the close_btn is clicked, it will unload the movie in the "content_mc" container and tell "tint" mc to play label "off".
24. Publish the Final Files
Now publish the final SWF file along with the external SWF files. You can view my demo or download the zip.
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great inspiration.
Check this dynamic 3D cloudy sky parallax webpage: http://bit.ly/vWDYlK
Hi – nice scene – how would you introduce some 'easing' into it, so the scrolling slows down as you get to each side?
I'm not good in drawing but I really want to make on my website
Paintingasder on the tablet is fun, but to do cool things need work.
nice sharing.. thanks..
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== Past Officers ==
== Past Officers ==
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[[GSA Officers 2007-2008]]
[[GSA Officers 2007-2008]]
= GSA Meeting Minutes =
= GSA Meeting Minutes =
Revision as of 19:07, 16 September 2009
This organization provides a forum in which all graduate students in the EEB department are welcome to discuss any issues relevant to graduate school. We typically have between two and three meetings a semester, but additional meetings can be called as necessary. The organization is run by a group of student officers. Meetings follow parliamentary procedure, as well as the guidelines specified by our constitution and by-laws. Activities undertaken by the organization include an annual t-shirt design fundraiser, hosting of our own research symposium, and the invitation of a seminar speaker.
All students in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology working towards a Ph.D. or M.S. are eligible for GSA membership. There are 59 members for the 2007-2008 academic year. The organization advisor is Robin Chazdon.
Meetings are typically held in the Bamford Room after EEB Department Seminar at 5pm on Thursdays.
GSA Officers
Terms of all offices are for one year, typically starting around September 1. Elections are held at the first GSA meeting of the fall semester, when current officers are either re-elected or replaced by another graduate student. Additional GSA officer positions may be created as necessary, and obsolete positions may be disbanded.
Current Officers
- President
- Karolina Fucikova
- Treasurer
- Nicholas Tippery
- Secretary
- Rachel Prunier
- Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Senator
- Bill Ryerson
- Faculty Representative
- Andre Felton
- Botanical Collections Representative
- Lori Benoit
- Invertebrate Collections Representative
- Roberta Engel
- Vertebrate Collections Representative
- Andre Felton
- Grad-Invited Seminar Committee Representative
- Nicholas Tippery
- Graduate Research Symposium Committee Representatives
- Adam Wilson
- Jessica Budke
- Monday Evening Seminar
- Kathryn Theiss
- Alyssa Borowske
- Welcome Committee
- Beth Timpe
- Center for Conservation and Biodiversity (CCB) Representative
- ?
- Curriculum Representative
- ?
- T-Shirt Committee
- Kathryn Theiss
- Zbigniew Grabowski
- Fall Barn Dance Committee
- Maria Pickering
- Karolina Fucikova
- Undergraduate Representative