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All the PKD related disorders, including ADPKD, ARPKD and nephronophthisis, appear to be linked to defects in primary cilia, and as such they are called ciliopathies. PKD research is presently one of the most exciting areas of renal research. Increased understanding of the cellular basis of disease and the complex signaling pathways altered in cystic tissues has led to a flurry of activity to test possible therapeutic agents in animal models and more recently in human trials. Research is presently ongoing from the most basic to phase III trials and so, as the title of the conference suggests, this disorder truly encompasses all areas from molecular mechanism to therapy.
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Growing up as a Croatian-American, one of my favorite memories of Easter Sunday has to do with the European tradition of "egg-tapping," or "tucanje."
In many Eastern European countries, people take their colored Easter eggs in hand and square off against each other at the table, tapping the eggs together and seeing which one cracks. Surprisingly, it's very rare to break both eggs. The losing egg gets eaten, while the winner moves on to the next challenger.
The whole thing introduces a layer of fun and competition to the Easter brunch experience and allows for all kinds of shenanigans and smack-talking. I've always suspected my father used a shellacked egg that one year he ran the table.
Anyhoo, this all leads me to a brand-spanking new app, just approved by the capos di Cupertino. It's called EggsEggsEggs, and it allows you to play simulated egg-tapping on your iPhone. It's quite a physical application, allowing players to swing their phones around and gauge the level of impact. You can read more about the app and the development team, 1337bit based in London and Zagreb, on TechCrunch Europe, which posted this item about the new 99-cent app just yesterday. Or watch the video below.
While this is a cool little app, allowing you to have some holiday fun this weekend if you download it, I think the folks at 1337bit are onto something bigger in terms of physical movement applications. There are plenty of apps out there that take advantage of the iPhone's motion sensor, but I think there is still room for a new generation of apps that tap into the same area of physical fitness that Nintendo's Wii did a few years back. (Just remember to hold on tight when you're swinging your iPhone around. Let's not forget how many flat-panel TVs were destroyed in the early days of the Wii.)
Either way, thought I'd pass along a cool new app that brought back some great old memories. And remember, if you're playing with my dad, he's probably cheating.
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Whisker Wars: Meet Myk O'Connor
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Last season on Whisker Wars, we met Myk O'Connor, who started out in the world of competitive bearding after a friend pointed out that he had a killer beard. More or less on a whim, he went to the World Championship competition in Alaska and ended up competing. He was hooked. Despite his light-hearted entrance into the sport, bearding has had a serious impact on his life. Not only is he a card-carrying member of the Gotham City Beard Alliance, but he met his fiancee and beard coach Karolina at a competition. Yep, under the Alaska sun, he fell in love with both the sport and the girl and moved across the country to pursue both.
He's a loyal member of Beard Team USA, but a big fan of the Austin Hair Facial Club and their mission to grow the biggest beards while having the most fun. Myk is a beardsmen with balance, but can he maintain that balance as an up-and-comer on the bearding circuit if he's forced to chase champions like Jack Passion?
Tune in to the second season of Whisker Wars (11/23 at 10/9c) to see if Myk can finally win big in the beard circuit.
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Documentary Film Looks at the Legacy of the Great Migration
A Thousand Midnights looks back from the movement's terminus in Chicago to its roots in the South.
Yesterday I published an interview with Ethan Michaeli, author of a new history of the Chicago Defender, in which he described how—and why—the paper got behind the Great Migration. Freedom was a part of it, but an underappreciated reason was to hurt the South by luring away its labor base. In many ways it worked on both counts, but its legacy is hauntingly mixed, best captured by Martin Luther King's statement that "people from Mississippi ought to come to Chicago to learn how to hate."
Today I learned that Carlos Javier Ortiz, one of Chicago's best photographers, had ventured into the realm of documentary film to explore the Great Migration's legacy. Released in November to mark its 100th anniversary, A Thousand Midnights looks at both the South that millions of African-Americans left and the North, Chicago specifically, to which they came.
Ortiz is a master of black-and-white photography, as you can see in his Chicago magazine feature on the winter of 2012-2013, and in his book We All We Got, which documents the victims, survivors, and protestors of violence in Chicago and Philadelphia. This 12-minute short film takes this photographic style and translates it into motion, and into the South, where so many of his subjects can trace their roots.
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North Coast Engineering (NCE) has provided a wealth of engineering and land surveying services to clients across the County of San Luis Obispo since 1979, including local and regional projects. Steven J. Sylvester, a Registered Civil Engineer founded the company in the coastal community of Cambria. NCE provides infrastructure design for sewer, water, and storm drain, provides coordination for utility company design efforts, as well as surface design for earthwork operations, new or improved streets and parking lots. NCE provides storm drainage design including detention and retention systems to meet the latest stormwater management regulations, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for flood studies and water storage tank design, booster station and complete water system layout.
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Mining Company Fined $130,000 After Workers Suffer Injuries
MARATHON, ON - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has been convicted in two separate cases involving injuries to workers and fined a combined total of $130,000.
In the first case, on June 2, 2011, a worker fell at the mill's metal precipitation plant, which removes metal from mine tailings. A chemical used in the water treatment process was present and the chemical, floculante, is known to create a slip hazard. Due to the presence of floculante, the worker slipped while walking on plastic screening. The worker suffered broken bones.
Wesdome pleaded guilty to failing as an employer to ensure that a safe means of access was provided where workers are required to work, operate, maintain or service equipment. Wesdome was fined $60,000, as well as a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
In the second case, on March 28, 2012, a crew of three workers was conducting repair and maintenance to an ore crusher in the mill. They were working in an area of the mill where a crusher and a cyanide solution tank are located. The cyanide solution is used in processing ore and helps to separate gold from rock.
A worker was washing a part of the crusher at floor level and inadvertently stepped into a hole that was not visible because the area was covered with a few inches of dirty water. Unknown to the worker, the hole contained sodium cyanide and sodium hydroxide as well as water. In stepping into the hole, the worker's boot was filled with liquid. As a result the worker suffered from cyanide poisoning and chemical burns to the leg.
The court found that the company failed have an alarm installed to warn workers of the presence of poisonous cyanide gas which would result during overflows and spills.
Wesdome was fined $70,000 as well as the 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge required by the Provincial Offences Act. The fines were imposed by Justice of the Peace Liette Hunter.
Court Information at a Glance
Location: Provincial Offences Court
4 Hemlo Drive
Marathon, Ontario
Judge: Justice of the Peace Liette Hunter
Date of Sentencing: September 17, 2013
Defendant: Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.
8 King Street East, Suite 1305
Toronto, Ontario
Matter: Occupational Health and Safety
Conviction: June 2011 case:
Ontario Regulation 851
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Section 25(1)(c)
March 2012 case:
Ontario Regulation 854 (Mines and Mining Plants)
Section 252(3)
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Section 25(1)(c)
Crown Counsel: Catherine Glaister
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It's difficult to maintain new hobbies in the early days of parenting, but cloth diapering can become pleasantly addictive. Do you love the cloth diapering experience, toilet dunking and all? We did.
For us, the thrill of experimenting with different styles, brands and laundering techniques was fascinating enough to begin this blog and devote a significant portion of our book, The Eco-nomical Baby Guide to cloth diapering. Have you crossed into the cloth-diapering-as-a-hobby phase yet? Take our short Cloth Diapering Quiz to find out.
1. You discuss cloth diapers
a. Rarely and only with people who ask about them.
b. With people who are obviously new parents.
c. With anyone, including complete strangers in their mid-seventies who try to avoid eye contact while backing away.
d. On your blog, in your book, and on your public access T.V show, "The Real Poop on Cloth."
2. You constantly check your baby's cloth diaper
a. To ensure that she's comfortable.
b. Just to admire the snaps and elastic between changes.
c. Because you love flaunting the adorable fabric patterns to onlookers.
d. Because you're looking forward to the next diaper change.
3. In your cloth diaper collection you have
a. A dozen used prefolds and about five simple covers.
b. Some of each type of cloth diaper along with cloth wipes.
c. More diapers than your child can possibly wear.
d. Cloth diapers in every size, allowing your child to avoid toilet training until his teen years.
4. You use cloth diapers because
a. You are perfectly happy laundering diapers every week if it saves you the 3am supermarket trips to buy Pampers.
b. You relish the eco-rightousness you experience while driving by landfills.
c. You would rather spend thousands of dollars on eco-friendly baby spa treatments (or organic applesauce) than disposable diapers.
d. All of the above.
If you answered mainly A and B, beware! You may quickly move into the deeper levels of cloth diapering devotion as the months tick by.
If you answered mainly C and D, welcome! There are many, many of us who are already card carrying members of the cloth diapering fan club. Stick around for a whole month of posts devoted to the art of cloth diapering. (And even a giveaway or two!)


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IT Techie, 31 Jul 2006 @ 5:00am
Why notThe moret he merrier!!!
Dale, 15 Dec 2006 @ 4:49pm
Re: Why notAt OVGuide, which is an online video guide, we thrive on the competition and welcome more sites, since in the end it really gives people more viewing choices. Many of the new video sites we list are niche focused on very specific areas, like cooking, sports, news, etc. The number of these types of sites are only limited by the number of subject areas of interest to the public.
However, I do see a limit to the number of general video clip sites that are really needed, since much of the same content can be found on YouTube or related sites.
joe, 31 Jul 2006 @ 5:02am
uktheres new ones in the uk such as yourkindatv.com which allows users to be presenters.
Alpharocker, 31 Jul 2006 @ 5:36am
Disappointing angleUsually I find that techdirt has some of the more intelligent discourse and a rational approach to the issue being discussed but this time I'm thoroughly disappointed. Why discourage competition? I wish MORE people would get into the video uploading site market, they eat each other alive and we are left with the best one. That is naturally how competition works. Like with livejournal, facebook, myspace, etc. The crappy ones fell off and everyone uses myspace.
Oh wait...
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:14am
Re: Disappointing angleAgreed. Competition is necessary, Techdirt could've done better with this one and MySpace is crappy.
Re: Disappointing angleUsually I find that techdirt has some of the more intelligent discourse and a rational approach to the issue being discussed but this time I'm thoroughly disappointed. Why discourage competition?
Hmm. I believe you've missed the point of the post (or, rather, perhaps I did a bad job explaining it).
There's a difference between encouraging competition and discouraging useless copycats. What I said, specifically is: "you have to wonder how much value there is in simply copying what everyone else has already done, rather than offering something that's convincingly better and different."
That was my point. Competition should be about creating something different and better -- not about playing catch up with a me too play.
Besides, the question isn't just about encouraging competition, but wondering if AOL is wasting its time with this effort that is starting well behind many of the other, already popular sites. That can simply be a waste of resources for the entire market.
Alpharocker, 31 Jul 2006 @ 7:57pm
Re: Re: Disappointing angle@Mike
I agree that the point was missed (for one reason or another). When I read "you have to wonder how much value there is in simply copying what everyone else has already done" I guess I read it as a blanket criticism of competition within a market, which may have been a silly assumption to make.
And while I agree that companies like AOL (and Walmart ala social networking site) are going to be playing catch up in these markets, you can't hope for alot of innovation if they don't get in the game. Not my favorite companies, and definitely not the players they once were, but as Oblivious said, SOME people DO still use AOL on TOP of Broadband.
I'm not a business guy but IMHO, companies like AOL should just roll over and die. I mean, to my knowledge, AOL's whole existance has been copying poorly what others have already done (EXCEPT MAYBE Instant Messenger). Their flagship product was a watered down and taped off internet, that really only sold well because of people's lack of education. When people realized they wanted to get on the "REAL internet" AOL's product started down the slippery slope of obsoletion. It seems to me, that is their market, finding products that already exist and co-opting them, poorly.
So, I see your point, in that they are definitely coming late to the game, and yes, they probably aren't going to innovate, and, yes, with the Google streak going strong, it really doesn't seem to matter if you show up late, early or not at all. But that doesn't mean SOMEONE shouldn't try.
Mousky, 31 Jul 2006 @ 5:59am
Competition is goodStill, at some point, you have to wonder how much value there is in simply copying what everyone else has already done, rather than offering something that's convincingly better and different.
I have to agree with Alpharocker. Through the whole net neutrality debate you state that the lack of competition is the real issue. Here we have a sector, online video sharing, that has plenty of competition, and you are talking about value. The market will sort it out. Don't worry, be happy.
ConceptJunkie (profile), 31 Jul 2006 @ 6:18am
Some people are missing the point...The point of the article is not that competition is bad, it's that there are numerous companies trying the same (apparently) bad idea. YouTube is another in a long line of services that is very useful for the average Joe, but doesn't actually have a means to build a business around it. In fact, this a huge problem for a lot of the "Web 2.0". There are some tremendous innovations going on, but because of many factors, including what the Web has normally been like in the last 15 years, it isn't exactly obvious how many of these businesses can actually be, you know, businesses.
I think selling advertising as a business model is becoming more and more obsolete... look at the death throes it's going through for broadcast TV, where it's convenient to bypass advertising entirely, not to mention the same thing on the Web... I for one have almost forgotten the epilepsy-inducing nature of the typical Web ads since switching to superior browsing technology years ago. Eventually, these businesses are going to have to figure out a way to actually sell a product or server... at the end of the day, YouTube isn't really mnuch different from the original Napster, except for the fact that it probably has a somewhat lower proportion of copyright-violating material.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 8:32am
Re: Some people are missing the point...I agree, the web is slowing down because too many of the companies that have the resources to innovate are simplying copying each other to see if they can make a quick buck. Really did we need another myspace?? Hell no, all we needed was geocities, college club, etc. Myspace is just the next cool fad that's a sitting duck until the next copycat decides to enter the market. I miss innovation, there are too many choices being given for free bullshit like video exchange and not enough for stuff that really matter helping geeks get a change in the job market. While we're uploading free bullshit like videos jobs are diminishing. I'd rather pay for things that matter than waste time toying around with free sites that simply mimic each other for the sake of being "cool" with no real business model.
How many techies will these free sites employ? When you're out of the 19-25 age range how will these bullshit sites help you make a living being a techie? Those are the types of issues that need to be addressed by Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, AOL and all the other giants that find it easier to fking copy than innovate and create jobs.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:03am
Re: Re: Some people are missing the point...uhm..
Honestly, who cares if "YOU" are having trouble keeping a job. I don't. And the fact that you can't hold a job has absolutely nothing to do with the article either.
The point of a company isn't to make jobs. Its to make MONEY. Innovation more jobs.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:06am
Re: Re: Some people are missing the point...My "not equal to" brackets got stripped, sorry. Last sentence should read:
Innovation "does not equal" more jobs.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:13am
Re: Re: Re: Some people are missing the point...News flash stupid, socially the point of a company IS to make jobs, not only money. That's how this country works, this isn't the old Iraq where one central command keeps all the money for himself. The US was built on companies innovating then employing, that's what keeps our economy moving. But companies copying each other so some nerd without a life can play around all day with different versions of the same damn thing will do little to nothing as far as job creation goes. These "me too" ventures are getting way-too old.
As for job creation I'm currently a software developer and I am employed FYDAI. And the fact that your ignorant ass doesn't care about the availability of jobs just shows that you're not even worth replying to.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:31am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Some people are missing the point."As for job creation I'm currently a software developer and I am employed FYDAI."
Oh, look, a programmer trying to tell a business analyst how to run a business. How quaint.
This flamewar is pointless and still off-topic, so let have the courtesy for the other readers and stop it now.
Evil Bastard, 31 Jul 2006 @ 6:33amAs many as possible of course.
Oblivious, 31 Jul 2006 @ 6:33am
Are we missing...[gets out conspiracy notepad] CNN no longer wants to pay people for their news content... rather they'd have people upload newsworthy content and CNN would instantly own the rights to everyone's videos to do with them whatever their wildest heart's desire be... really how can you compete with free? ;) And AOL still exists after the whole "pay for AOL on top of your broadband connection" deal?
Searcher619, 31 Jul 2006 @ 6:42am
Why is this even a topic?Who really cares howmany of these sites there are? I mean seriously....
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 7:01am
Shohat, 31 Jul 2006 @ 8:29am
Thats a silly questionThats like asking how many forums do we need ? How many tech blogs do we need ?
How many news sites do we need ?
gianni, 31 Jul 2006 @ 8:42amHowever many it take to drive the RIAA and MPAA BONKERS!!!
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:09amDirty Commie
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 9:53amWhat is the next big thing? Hell, if I knew that, I wouldn't be reading this board.
Nathan Kully, 31 Jul 2006 @ 10:01am
If the shoe fits, wear itYouTube has become so popular lately that i am actually surprised at the lack of video sites starting up these days. When Myspace got huge, many many sites started their own social networks about everything but it seems like many sites are staying away from the video scene because of YouTube's popularity.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 10:08am
VmixDon't forget http://www.vmix.com
Lay Person, 31 Jul 2006 @ 10:37am
Mike, Hmmm...Seems to me that whatever AOL touches is a lame user experience anyway. I mean what has AOL ever done since it's debut that was all that exceptional...nothing.
As far as numerouse copycat sites, so what? What we are witnessing is evolution in progress. If they truly are copycats, they will go the way of the Dodo bird. Unwilling to be fresh or offer something for the visit, they will suffer their own demise.
Anonymous Coward, 31 Jul 2006 @ 12:23pmwhatever the market, or someone's wallet, will bear, pilgrim
fartley, 4 Aug 2006 @ 12:10amWell, we'll need at least one to replace YouTube when it finally goes broke from all those bandwidth bills...
Tony, 12 Aug 2006 @ 1:24am
Str8Up Online Video SharingA recently saw an online video sharing site called Str8Up which is a place for sharing videos for friends and family. Bush Bloopers clip is pretty funny.
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Android 4.3: Quick update across platforms?
Android 4.3 is alive and kicking and we've been receiving word from different manufacturers that they're quickly working on a release for their platform and devices. Should this be taken as a boon because it will be a quick roll out or just confirm that not much has changed in Android 4.3?
It's not even the official manufacturers who have been leading the way in announcements either. Steve Kondik announced almost immediately on Google+ that they are working on an Android 4.3 based version of CyanogenMod.
Even Paranoid Android has also spoken up on Google+ stating their intentions of a quick release of an Android 4.3 compatible version.
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However, the quick response from smartphone manufacturers was a little out of character. Sony was the first company to announce that they would be rolling out Android 4.3 as soon as possible to their Xperia line of devices, including the Z, ZL, Tablet Z, SP, and Z Ultra.
While the company hasn't established a specific timeline, they have released a little bit of information on their own blog. What more, devices that are running Android 4.1 will get the bump straight to Android 4.3. No need to wait for the rollout of Android 4.2 for Sony users! This is a nice change of pace for their customers.
Samsung has also thrown their hats into the rings for the Android 4.3 rollout, with reports coming from SamMobile via Twitter. It may come as no surprise that Samsung had early access to an Android 4.3 build to play around with since it was adapted to their Galaxy S4 Google Edition. As to any timelines and what devices will actually be getting the update, that still remains to be unknown. As well, HTC has been surprisingly quiet on the whole update front. Maybe they're just going to go the way of the One S and keep everything as is?


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Ipswich: Clubhouse at Ransomes set to be demolished
PUBLISHED: 18:25 06 February 2014 | UPDATED: 18:25 06 February 2014
Ipswich Borough Council is to demolish the clubhouse at Ransomes' Sports Club because it is beyond repair.
The borough has owned the sports ground since 1995, but only took over its management in November after a long dispute with the club management.
They were aware that the clubhouse needed work, but an initial survey showed it was in a worse state than originally feared and it was immediately closed on safety grounds.
A full survey has now been carried out, and this confirmed that the 1960s-built clubhouse was beyond repair and would have to be demolished.
The borough has put aside money in next year's budget to allow the construction of a new sports pavilion on the site, complete with changing facilities and a club room.
They are also inviting clubs that use the ground to add more money, possibly from other sources, to enable a better building to go up.
Bryony Rudkin, the council's executive member for leisure, said: "We have looked at all the options, but the building was allowed to deteriorate to such a state that there is nothing that can be done to fix it.
"We have put money aside to build a sports pavilion, but that would be much smaller than the clubhouse.
"There would be no bar, but there would be a club room for small functions.
"We are inviting the clubs to consider raising funds to enable it to be rather better than we could build on our own, but we aren't looking at developing another clubhouse like the one that will have to come down."
Clubs that used the existing building had moved to other council sports centres – many of their members travelled by car anyway so it was not difficult for them to relocate.
Temporary changing rooms have been delivered to the ground, and should be open within the next few weeks.
However the timetable for the demolition of the clubhouse and the construction of the pavilion has not been established.
Mrs Rudkin said: "We are talking to the clubs because we want to avoid disrupting their fixtures as much as possible.
"Clearly demolition work would require the closure of part of the grounds while it takes place on safety grounds – but we are keen to get things started as soon as possible."
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POTHOLES AHEAD AT AMERICAN MOTORS Sales of its subcompacts have begun to drop, and more small-car competition is around the bend. AMC's French partner and onetime sugar daddy, Renault, has plenty of its own troubles. It lost about $1 billion last year--and that's a lot of sugar.
(FORTUNE Magazine) – AMERICAN MOTORS CORP. hardly had time to chill the champagne to toast its first profitable year since 1979 when upsetting news came from Renault, AMC's French partner and sugar daddy through its lean years. Chairman Bernard Hanon, 53, a prime mover behind Renault's half-billion-dollar investment in AMC, was fired in a shake-up triggered by huge losses. His replacement, a newcomer to the auto business, made his managerial reputation as a no-nonsense cost cutter. The cars AMC is banking on to nail down a solid share of the U.S. car market are largely French designed and French developed. An abrupt shift in strategy at the huge government-owned French automaker could leave AMC out in the cold. The outlook for AMC is chilly in any case. When the company reports its 1984 results, profits will be around $15 million on revenues of some $4 billion. Though that is a vast improvement over last year's loss on continuing operations of $258 million, it's mere pocket change compared with the stupendous profitability of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. And most of AMC's profit came from its popular four-wheel-drive Jeep specialty vehicles, not from its hard-won 2% share of the U.S. passenger car market. AMC's cars --the Alliance, based on the Renault 9 sold in Europe, and the hatchback Encore, based on the European Renault 11--are both subcompacts and have been marginally profitable at best. AIMED AT the lowest price range--the Alliance has a sticker price starting at $5,995--the cars were well received by the press when they were introduced. Sales also got off to a good start, but then hit a plateau. Despite offering such incentives as low-interest loans to buyers, AMC dealers recently were saddled with larger inventories--about double the normal 65 days' worth--than other U.S. car dealers. And there's more trouble ahead. A growing number of auto industry experts, prominent among them Maryann Keller, a director at the New York investment firm Vilas-Fischer Associates, are warning of new competition in the market for small cars. It will come from such sources as the GM-Toyota joint venture in California, from Nissan's new car assembly line in Tennessee, and from an easing, if not abolition, of the quotas on Japanese imports. ''Competition is going to heat up in the next two months,'' Keller says. ''It will intensify in the next year or so, and the outlook for profit margins will get worse in subsequent years.'' An all-out price war could force AMC back to Renault for more cash. But Renault, which is expected to report a $1-billion loss on revenues of $11 billion for 1984, might not come up with much. The new man at Renault, Georges Besse, 57, who moved over from the top job at Pechiney, the state-owned aluminum maker, isn't talking yet. Aides have passed the word that Besse needs time to look around his new empire before deciding what to do about either AMC or Renault. The hopeful word from AMC's Southfield, Michigan, headquarters is that the change in command will have ''no effect on AMC that we can determine.'' (And you can bet AMC is trying hard to determine.) Renault currently owns 46.1% of AMC's common stock, and enough warrants and convertible securities to bring the total to some 55%. Felix Rohatyn, the New York investment banker who is a Renault-nominated member of AMC's board and also a director of Pechiney, argues that Renault's AMC connection gives it the best shot of any European automaker to be a major player in the American market in the next 15 years. ''Obviously, Mr. Besse will decide if there's to be any change in Renault's U.S. policy,'' says Rohatyn, ''but I would be surprised if he made any.'' Surely Besse is going to have to change something at Renault. President Francois Mitterrand's Socialists aren't eager to go into next year's legislative elections dogged by an ailing Renault. Since many other nationalized industries have already turned around, the company is a highly visible blot. Not only is Renault hemorrhaging cash, it's no longer No. 1 in Europe, the position it held from 1980 to 1983. The market research firm DRI Europe estimates that Renault's European market share fell from 12.6% to 10.9% - last year, bumping the company to sixth place--behind Ford, Fiat, Volkswagen, Peugeot, and General Motors. Hanon was caught in a classic squeeze. He spent heavily to automate Renault's production lines, then ran into opposition from Renault's often militant unions when he tried to cut the work force. The unions zapped the company with strikes at key plants last September. The strikes were over a variety of issues, but the message behind them was that the unions wouldn't stand for layoffs. At the same time, government price controls cut profit margins to nothing on cars sold in France, Renault's most important market. Competition, especially from Fiat's Uno and Peugeot's 205, ate into Renault's European market share and the company had to spread its bloated overhead across a lower unit volume. Renault started losing money in 1981. Besse will have more leeway in cutting the work force than Hanon did, because of a shift in government policy. He's bound to make use of it, but once he does, any further investment by Renault in AMC would doubtless stir controversy since the unions could view that as exporting French jobs. When Besse came to Pechiney in 1982 from the state-owned nuclear fuel industry, the recently nationalized aluminum producer was on its way to losing $455 million for the year on revenues of $4.4 billion. Besse unloaded an unprofitable chemical operation, consolidated the company's aluminum-smelting capacity, cut the work force, and invested in lower-cost capacity in Australia and Canada. For 1984 Pechiney is expected to post profits of some $50 million. When Besse turns to AMC, the question will be what has Renault got for its money? One answer is that it got the faithful execution of a strategy designed for the world car market as it looked in 1979. The trouble is that strategy hasn't aged gracefully. Back in 1979, when the two companies got together, Renault was nicely profitable and well on its way to market leadership in Europe selling practical, economical cars. The popular notion among auto executives at the time was that the worldwide business was destined to shake down to a handful of high-volume producers. Determined that Renault should be a survivor, Hanon began looking for ways to build volume and economies of scale. Renault was barely in the U.S. market, selling a trickle of cars through a patchy dealer network. With the dollar then relatively weak against the franc, manufacturing in the U.S. seemed the best way to grow. Fuel prices were rising and the major U.S. carmakers had yet to bring out large numbers of small, fuel-efficient cars. So Renault's thrifty, front-wheel-drive models looked like sure winners. In AMC, Renault found a partner with a ready-made manufacturing base and dealer network. AMC had lurched through the 1970s with three product lines: a generally profitable line of government vehicles; Jeeps, which sold well and at high margins when consumers weren't overly concerned about fuel efficiency; and passenger cars, which appealed mostly to price-sensitive buyers. AMC had considered and rejected the idea of abandoning passenger cars to concentrate on Jeeps. Renault was a welcome source of new models to manufacture and import. At the outset AMC promised to be a self-sufficient partner. It was coming off a near record year--1979 profits totaled $83.9 million on revenues of $3.1 billion. Renault was to help finance the conversion of AMC's main auto plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to produce Renault models, while AMC seemed able to take care of its other big project, development of a new line of fuel- efficient Jeeps. But in 1980 both car and Jeep sales slipped, pushing AMC into a losing streak that ended only in the last quarter of 1983. To finance capital expenditures--$1 billion worth in the past five years--AMC loaded up on debt, issued equity, and sold its headquarters building and government- vehicles business. As AMC's condition worsened, Renault anted up in stages to its current investment of $545 million. The Renault-designed cars came out just in time to encounter a sag in the small-car market. As fuel prices fell, consumers began to drift away from small cars, leaving behind only those buyers who couldn't afford--or didn't care about--anything fancier. The Alliance and Encore had to scramble against low-priced Chevrolet Chevettes, Ford Escorts, and Chrysler Omnis and Horizons, as well as a slew of Japanese imports. HARDLY ANYBODY who follows the auto industry believes that AMC makes money on small cars. And hardly anybody can imagine what the company would do without its profitable Jeep line. In the fall of 1983 AMC launched its new, smaller versions of the four-wheel-drive Cherokee and Wagoneer. AMC's Jeeps and their various derivatives fit nicely into the latest market philosophy among auto executives--find and exploit special niches. But the company also wants to follow the crowd into the market for larger, fancier cars that command higher profit margins. The competition may be even hotter than in the small-car market, but with sales of the Alliance and Encore slipping, AMC figures it has no choice. The company is building a new plant in Ontario to make an intermediate-size car similar to the Renault 25, which in Europe is Renault's top-of-the-line executive sedan. AMC plans to start producing at an annual rate of 150,000 sedans and coupes in 1987. To give its dealers something to sell until then, the company apparently is resigned to making small cars as a necessary evil until better days come. Says Joseph Cappy, AMC's group vice president for sales and marketing: ''You need to have a volume base and brand awareness to sell a product with a high price tag. You can't just say, 'Two years from now we'll have the product, and then we'll get the dealer network in place.' '' To fill in its product line, AMC plans to import some models from Renault. AMC's dealers already carry the imported Fuego sports coupe and the Renault 18i, called the Sportwagon in the U.S. But neither of these French creations has caused much commotion among American consumers. The company is hoping for greater success with a high-performance sports car called the Alpine, a minivan, and a sedan just slightly larger and plusher than the Alliance. To broaden Jeep's coverage of the market, AMC will introduce a two-wheel-drive version of the Cherokee this spring, and a compact Jeep pickup truck in the fall. AMC estimates that these and future new products will require some $1.8 billion in capital expenditures between now and 1989. The company insists that it won't be hitting up Renault for additional cash in the next few years, that it will cover its needs with cash flow and bank financing. Although AMC's balance sheet has improved recently, long-term debt still is a hefty 60% of total capital. That means bankers will be especially interested in seeing a vigorous flow of cash. Certainly Jeep promises to be a reliable source. But if stiff competition turns the Alliance and Encore into heavy cash drains, AMC could lose money again--conceivably this year--and once more face a decision on whether to pull out of passenger-car manufacturing. The next time around, the boss at Renault may not be so eager, or so able, to keep its partner in the business. BOX: INVESTOR'S SNAPSHOT AMERICAN MOTORS SALES (LATEST FOUR QUARTERS) $4.3 BILLION CHANGE FROM YEAR EARLIER UP 46% NET PROFIT $19.7 MILLION CHANGE LOSS YEAR EARLIER RETURN ON COMMON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 3% FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE -76% RECENT SHARE PRICE $3.75 PRICE/EARNINGS MULTIPLE 42 TOTAL RETURN TO INVESTORS (12 MONTHS TO 2/1) -41% PRINCIPAL MARKET NYSE Explanatory notes: page 178


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Brendan Canty is not only an incredible drummer, multi-instrumentalist and film scorer, the dude can also turn a hell of a phrase.
He describes the playing of his former Fugazi bandmate and current Messthetics bassist Joe Lally as "a really sturdy jungle gym"; Messthetics guitarist Anthony Pirog's style is "f——g fearless." The Messthetics' heady, odd time-signatures are "drummer torture" with "wackadoodle" meters. The Isley Brothers' rhythm section is "glorious."
For Fugazi fans, hearing Lally and Canty reunited in The Messthetics is pretty glorious, too. Fugazi went into indefinite hiatus in 2003, and while Canty kept busy with film scoring and other bands in the time since, hearing the chemistry reignited between these two feels like eavesdropping on a long-overdue reunion between pals — which it pretty much is.
The Messthetics was born out of sessions following Lally's return to Washington D.C. after nearly a decade living in Rome. He'd been composing jazzy, experimental tracks with guitarists in Italy, and started re-working them with Canty once back in the States. Pirog, a crazy-versatile guitarist and veteran of experimental music, seemed like a perfect fit to round out the trio.
The result is an incredibly self-assured debut record, nine instrumental tracks of wild-eyed improvisation anchored by Lally and Canty's deft, stubborn rhythm section. "Serpent Tongue," the first single and first song they wrote as a trio, builds on a deceptively simple bassline with an odd time signature (three meters of five, then a meter of six, if you're curious). The quirky meter stuff was Pirog's idea, and despite being kind of a pain in the ass ("drummer torture"), the song emerged as something of a guiding principle for how and what the band would write from then on.
"It woke a bunch of muscles up that had been lying dormant for a while," Canty says.
Odd signatures notwithstanding, the album is not math homework. The cerebral stuff might make the music majors perk up, but the final product is pure fun (think Delicate Steve or an instrumental Rush). Canty and Lally might have a 30-year head start chemistry-wise, but Pirog weirdly fits right in. The album is fun to listen to because they actually had fun making it.
"The whole goal is to get up there on stage and try to listen to each other and communicate to each other and work together to make it happen on stage," says Canty. "In that way, it's really similar to Fugazi. It's really a great matchup for Joe and me to be playing with [Pirog]. That's obviously what we need, you know? It's been a complete blast."


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Hey there, I'm a casual gamer who's looking for a good RP Mud or Mush out there. I've been looking for a while, but it is really hard to get an actual idea about a game unless you spend a few days learning all the rules and immersing yourself in the environment. Then I end up spending a day or two designing a character (if I am going to design a character, I want to do it right). When I finally do play, I discover all my time was wasted on something I hate. I'm looking for some input from some experienced gamers, who have been around the block. My specifications:
1. Active player base of 17-25+ daily average. I've found some really interesting servers that just didn't have the numbers. Nothing like logging into an empty server.
2. No loss of xp or gear if I'm not logged in daily. Like I said, I'm a casual gamer. I'm on maybe 1-3 times a week, and that can be sporadic. Though I am willing to have set days and times if I find a good group to RP with.
3. Not PvP heavy. I don't mind even permanent character death if it is RP justified. I've played MUDs where the skill sets were heavily geared toward PvP, just not my thing.
4. Not a fan of XP grinding. I completely understand having a leveling system and having to earn your levels. What I don't want is to end up spending hours mauling rats in the woods every time I log in, just so I have a high enough level to survive walking down the street without being killed by every mob in sight. If I wanted grinding, I would just reactivate my WOW account.
5. Noob friendly. I've played a couple MUDs and Mushes, and even EVE online, but I am still a casual gamer w/out amazing coding/typing skills. What I don't want is to be cast adrift as soon as I finish character creation. Not everything is covered by the wiki or in game files, so I always like to have some real folks I can touch base with OOC.
6. Not a fan of pay-for-perks that leave everyone else in the cold. The games where if you don't, there really is not much hope for you.
I know I am picky, and I don't expect there to be a perfect game out there. Again, I am a casual gamer looking for an RP heavy scene. I'd like to thank anyone who can shed some light.
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Home MUD: Alter Aeon
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Re: Looking for RP home.
Alter Aeon has literally everything you're looking for, except RP. If that requirement is allowed to slip, you may want to take a look. We recommend you use our custom client if you can, as the mapper alone really changes the experience.
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Location: New England
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Re: Looking for RP home.
I'd say the OP is looking for just about any game -except- for Alter Aeon.
1) RP-heavy. You say yourself that this isn't going to happen. That disqualifies you immediately - that's his #1 priority.
2) No pay for perks. You have pay for perks. While your paid perks don't affect the characters directly, they do offer an advantage indirectly such that someone who doesn't have them, would be at a very distinct disadvantage (buy a death card? Unlimited storage? Anyone wanting to stow his three uber-swords of doom while he uses his semi-uber sword and uber shield for hunts on level 20, and then switch on the level 30 area is going to have a -huge- advantage over someone who is stuck with whatever he's carrying, and nothing more.)
3) No exp grind. From your own website: " At low levels, the
easiest way is to simply fight monsters." That'd turn off anyone who is looking, very specifically, to *avoid* grinding.
So really, your game has nothing to offer the OP, that the OP actually wants.
OP, I'd suggest New Worlds. It's RP-heavy, doesn't require a lot of grinding, and is free with no pay for perks as far as I know (I'm pretty sure they do accept donations but I don't believe they offer any in-game advantage for them). It's also newbie friendly, has a fair-sized player base, and I don't recall losing any gear upon logout when I played it for a very brief time.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Re: Looking for RP home.
Not sure if you've ever given any RPI games a try, but ParallelRPI just opened last month and we fulfill most of your criteria:
1) We generally have a minimum of thirty players on, except at the extreme off-peaks, when it may dip down to 15-20.
2) Gear and skills don't decay.
3) PvP is unrestricted, and character death is permanent, but the former is rare (due to the IC repercussions) and the risk of the latter can be mitigated by caution.
4) Skills raise by use, but grinding is fairly inefficient. There's no proper experience system- all skills just have a rating, from beginner to legendary. The wilderness is extraordinarily dangerous to even well-skilled players, and is generally only traversed by groups of people.
5) We're extremely newbie friendly. We have an in-game helpline to let you ask questions, in addition to an OOC chatroom available on our website, which always has at least a few people in it who can help with anything you might need.
6) There's absolutely no pay for anything. We accept donations, but they come with no perks or advantages.
If you have any further questions, as I said, we have a chatroom, which you can access after registering on the website.
Join Date: Apr 2008
Home MUD: Alter Aeon
Posts: 245
Re: Looking for RP home.
I think you're being overly harsh in your assessment.
1) I've seen many other cases where "RP" meant "some place where rules are enforced, the admin isn't anarchy, and the world is at least somewhat coherent", and other cases whre RP was a strong preference, but could be overpowered by other considerations. Given that we have all of his other requirements, there was a legitimate chance he could be interested.
2) The exact wording was:
(As a side note, your equipment example doesn't make sense; if you already have a high level and a low level character, just keep the appropriate equipment on them. If you want to trade from high to low, just do it, or have the low hold equipment for the high, or even make a dedicated storage character to hold overflow, or just toss the extras in a tensor. You hardly need to invoke a special perk for any of this.)
3) Again, the specific wording:
But those lower levels come and go quickly, and I rarely if ever have a sense of actually grinding in them. Our goal is to get new players into the storyline, get them some levels, some skills, and some playing experience so they can handle themselves, then turn them loose. Some players continue to grind after that, some don't. It's hardly required.
Here's our current 2-month global exp stats for mob grinding:
( 5.27%) damage
( 36.70%) death
Add in incidental experience from participating, and maybe half of the total experience on the server comes directly from making things dead. That's a lot of room to allow for non-grind behaviour.
To the original poster, if I've overstepped or misunderstood here, I apologize. Good luck in your search.
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Re: Looking for RP home.
On the other end of the spectrum, how much do you need the fighty-killy side of stuff? I did the D&D-style MUD thing for years, and then recently stumbled on World of Darkness games like The Reach. There's stats and skills and such, but it's more of a tabletop feel, with people sitting down to craft a story, rolling dice when need be, and just having a good time roleplaying. XP is garnered from running scenes for other people, as well as a weekly amount that brings brand new people close to the xp level of the top people within 6 months or so, so the ambitious are being funneled into making more and better rp for everybody else. There is PK occasionally, but it really depends on the kind of character you build on whether you ever see any.
The rules aren't too difficult to learn (especially for someone with a D&D history, where minutia are so important), and there are plenty of flavors of characters to choose from. Right now, I'm playing a character who was kidnapped by Fae and escaped with magic powers, but with his soul in tatters. He's now in charge of a group of people like him (Changelings) with a desire for democracy and in killing their former masters (the Fae), fighting against a society that doesn't much like either of those ideas, and I'm having an amazing time. Look at ReachWiki for more info.
edit: Oh, and we have around two hundred+ people on a night, with no paying for anything.
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Location: Canada
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Re: Looking for RP home.
Midkemia is a game with excellent rp which is fairly consistent throughout the game. There is a real effort made to make it all mesh, which is highly unusual I have found.
Many players are newbie-friendly and will welcome the chance to rp with you and to help you understand the game.
The only unfortunate thing about it is that it has unrestricted PK anywhere anytime. Some effort exists to make the Player-vs -Player events IC and RP- based, but the the oldest players are far more interested in pk than in rp.
If you play Midkemia and get unfairly pk'd (which you will), your best hope is to deal with it IC'ly through the elected officials in-game.
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 48
Re: Looking for RP home.
I would suggest Cosrin - A New Dawn. The playerbase is very helpful. I haven't played it very long but it fits most of the requirements from what I have seen.
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 60
Re: Looking for RP home.
Try Geas.
It is quite newcomer friendly. PvP can be a bit annoying unless you know how to avoid it (which you can find out by speaking to other characters quite easily).
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 3
Re: Looking for RP home.
Heya! You should try Unwritten Legends, which is the best game.
Furthermore, the RP is strong enough in UL that you can make a non-combat character (like a merchant, traveling chirurgeon, bookkeeper, or some other "mundane" type of person) and still very quickly dig in to some great RP.
Join Date: Jul 2008
Name: John
Home MUD: The Inquisition: Legacy
Posts: 65
Re: Looking for RP home.
This -was- a post advertising for The Inquisition: Legacy, but then I realized that there was quite the gap between posting time - about five months! On the off chance the OP does come back, I highly recommend Legacy. It fits every one of your requirements without being too demanding of a sporadic gamer.
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My Favorite Mobility Tools
Now, I've written before about how I think mobility is highly overrated for powerlifters. It's important: if you're immobile, then you're at best going to underperform and at worst, going to get injuries. But in truth, the standards of mobility required to be successful in powerlifting are far, far lower than in other sports (and, of course, the standard for other aspects of athletic development, like strength, are far higher). Nevertheless, you'll see self-proclaimed powerlifters spend hours and hours rolling around on foam pipes and lacrosse balls — and, oftentimes, those are the same guys and girls who barely devote any time to the more demanding task of actually getting stronger.
I think the reason for this is simple: mobility is easy to develop, you see results quickly, and it yet it still feels productive. That's about the extent of its upsides, though. If you're already mobile enough to squat, bench press, and deadlift safely and efficiently, then performing extra mobility work is at best a waste of time and energy. You could better spend that time lifting, eating, or resting. And at worst, overdoing mobility work can lengthen recovery times, contribute to inefficiencies in technique, and even (rarely) cause injury rather than prevent it.
All that said: if you're a powerlifter, you should definitely have some mobility tools in your kit. What follows is a list of my personal favorites, and some suggestions on how to incorporate them into your own training. But use this information the smart way: only when necessary!
My Number-One Training Tool: The Trigger Point Cane
Now, I'm sure you've seen a tool like this before:
I use a model called the Back Buddy, but I've seen a million other variations of the same thing. These tools are designed to help relieve trigger points: tight spots in the muscles that can cause impaired mobility or pain. I prefer the Back Buddy because its sharper notches allow for deeper muscle penetration, and the rigid plastic allows me to rest all of my bodyweight on the hook without it bending.
I know you're probably looking for concrete advice on how to use this one, but I don't have a straightforward answer for ya there. I just use the cane to find tight spots — my problem areas are usually around my scapula, but yours might be in any muscle. And note that it's not just the muscle that's giving you problems. The culprit may be very well somewhere else; for example, tightness in the glutes can cause lower back pain. Once you find the spot, simply apply gentle pressure using one of the knobs for 20-30 seconds, or until you feel the spot "release."
If you're having trouble, I highly recommend The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davis — it's a very helpful guide to finding and releasing these spots.
My Go-To Travel Tool: Mobility Ball
The big drawback to the trigger point cane is how unwieldy it is — not great for bringing on long trips, especially not those involving air travel. In those cases, I use the next-best thing: a regular old lacrosse ball.
Now, actually, I've sprung for one of the mobility-specific versions,the MobilityWOD SuperNova. This has some small grooves and is made of a less flexible material than a standard lacrosse ball, although those improvements are by no means necessary. You can get lots of different sizes and firmness in various similar products, and there's no one "best" option — it all comes down to personal preference.
You'll use the ball in the exact same way you use the cane, to find tight spots and apply pressure to them until they release or soften. The cane tends to work better to get hard-to reach areas, but the ball can work just as well if you're willing to be a little patient in finding the right positions with it.
My Stretching Solution: Resistance Bands
Now, I am not a fan of static stretching. It's good for flexibility, but I think pure flexibility is very much not helpful for powerlifting (flexibility refers to your range of motion; mobility refers to your ability to demonstrate strength over a range of motion). Furthermore, I think it's too easy to increase the risk of injury through static stretching.
Dynamic stretching, on the other hand, can be a great way to improve mobility and to help warm up. Dynamic stretches don't necessary require equipment: you can easily perform leg swings, arm circles, and the like with nothing but your body and some space. But you can also use resistance bands to help safely "overload' your range of motion, like this:
Again, there's no one prescription for how to use these tools, but if you need a reference, Kelly Starrett's Becoming a Supple Leopard is my go-to. In general, you're going to look for a way to anchor the band to provide a gentle stretch on your target muscle, and then use that muscle to resist against the tension the band creates. Then slowly return to the starting position.
What's Not on the List: Foam Rollers
These are one of the most ubiquitous mobility tools, and one that I almost never use. While they can definitely help to relieve superficial soreness, so can any sort of movement. And, some research shows that foam rolling can inhibit muscles from performing to their absolute potential. On the other hand, foam rolling has very few unique benefits. In short, it might feel good, but it's not doing much for you. Feel free to go ahead and do some foam rolling simply because it feels good, of course — just don't make that the cornerstone of your mobility or warmup routine.
Have your own mobility practices you'd like to share? Do so in the comments below!