In case you hadn't noticed, MotoGP is greatly influenced by politics. As great a champion as he is, the influence of Marc Marquez over the sport owes as much to his nationality, perhaps. As a Spanish rider sponsored by Repsol, the powers that be in MotoGP are reluctant to punish Marquez, and he gets away with more than he should.
Unfortunately for Marquez, he collided with an even greater force in MotoGP toward the end of the race in Argentina last weekend, i.e., Valentino Rossi. Although Marquez hit fellow Spaniard Aleix Espargaró at least as hard earlier in the race as he hit Rossi, the consequences of that contact could never result in the same backlash that will result from the Rossi incident.
Rossi, in all liklihood, has more rabid fans than all of the other MotoGP riders combined. Perhaps the greatest racer of all time, Rossi has nine GP titles, including seven in the premier class. Rossi is also a team owner (Sky Racing Team by VR46) and competes with his team in both the Moto2 and Moto3 categories. Rossi is expected to own a MotoGP team, as well, as soon as he retires from riding.
Rossi is aware of his influence over the sport, and is not shy about flexing his muscles when it suits his purposes. Right now, it suits Rossi's purpose to punish Marquez. Although Rossi had finally, perhaps, forgiven Marquez for clashes between the two that culminated at Sepang in 2015, Rossi was furious after being forced out into the grass by Marquez in Argentina in the final laps, costing Rossi the 10 championship points he would have received for sixth place. Rossi will never get those points back, of course, and in the heat of the moment following the race, he stated Marquez has "destroyed" the sport of MotoGP racing with his dirty, unsafe riding.
The Argentina race resulted in three separate conduct violations by Marquez, who incurred three separate penalties in that single race. First, Marquez stalled his bike on the grid, bump-started it, and rode it backwards to re-take his grid position even though marshals had told him to move to pit lane. For this, he was punished with a "ride-through" of the pits during the race. Second, he ran into the back of Aleix Espargaró, and was punished by being forced to relinquish a position during the race. Finally, as a result of the incident with Rossi, he was assessed a 30-second penalty, which pushed him back to an 18th place finish (ironically, still one position ahead of Rossi's final position in 19th).
Has a racer ever committed three, separate, riding infractions resulting in three separate punishments during a single race prior to Marquez in Argentina last Sunday? If you can think of one, let us know in the comments section below. Moving forward this year, it will be interesting to see if Marquez receives any additional punishment for his conduct during the Argentina race, and what Rossi and his allies push for in that regard. Stay tuned.
Marquez is a bum who should be thrown out of MotoGP.
I would urge everyone to take a look at David Emmett's piece following the Simoncelli Pedrosa kerfuffle from 2011.
Marquez imho was guilty of the same impatience. Reading the comments below his piece, it's pretty clear that many were taken by Super Sic's argy bargy style. It was the apopthesis of the type of chaavy followership that the Yellow barmy army prioritized, so long as only the no.46 practiced it (and had gotten away with minimal sanction previously).
It was inevitable that there would arrive a day when you'd have a rider with a devil take the hindmost attitude take this dynamic to a different level. That isn't 46's fault per se, just the type of fans he opened the sport to.
In my mind, Rossi made a fundamental error in the post PI presser in Sepang, when, without evidence, he accused a keen rival of favouring his teammate. Psychologically, he hasn't adjusted to the fact that 93 is a different breed (along with Zarco and Iannone to a lesser degree). As it is, he enjoys no machine advantage. His only arsenal is the psychological. And in that regard, 93 is hard as nails.
I admire everything Rossi has achieved. He's a titan. It's a pity he can't get his head around the fact that he cannot beat MM93, much the same way Biaggi couldn't accept Rossi was just a better rider. For me, that's poor sportsmanship on Rossi's part.
Seems like if rules are not followed by the organizers then this really isn't a race or a sport but a spectacle like WWF. I may just skip the entire sport and just read the highlights at the end of the year. Of course a statement by DORNA could fix this.
Everybody needs to remember that Marquez has a history of this BS in every class he's ever raced in. That he's Dorna's babyface and Spanish is his only saving grace. Were he a holder of any other passport, you can bet he'd be heavily penalized.
His other saving grace is that he is the best, and most exciting racer in motogp.
Also, he was heavily penalized. He lost all points, AND had to listen to Rossi whine for hours. Isn't that a human rights violation or something?
OK, if Rossi is such a political force in MotoGP, and Dorna is Spanish, and Rossi feels that aggrieved, why didn't he take his helmet off and pummel the crap out of Marquez when Mark came to him? That would be something worth talking about. A lot of people are running their mouth, but no one is putting real force behind their words. Sometimes the message is worth the price.
Because hitting someone with your helmet would land you in jail and in Rossi's case, banned from FIM motorcycle racing for life (he owns teams) so no, delivering a message that way is never worth the price.
I remember Rossi himself bumping out Sete Gibernau at Jerez in '05–in the last corner! What comes around, goes around!
The differences in the 05 and 18 collision are quite obvious. Rossi had the inside line on both incidents.
I agree. Oooh boy I was waiting for a swing from Gib when they got next to each other.
Twice recently Marquez made "suicide" attacks on Dovizioso in the last corner of a race. We all commended Marquez's grit and talent and desire to win. But, my humble opinion is that disaster was avoided only because Dovi expected it and adjusted his line. Further, being in the lead on the last lap with a fast guy on his tail, Dovi had to make adjustments to protect his lead. This is fair and so too then are aggressive overtaking maneuvers.
When you're mid-pack midway through a race, there are few blocking maneuvers in play. Thus, the passing rider has an obligation to respect the rider in front and steal the race line prudently.
For those people that think Rossi should have ceded the race line, you underestimate the talent of even the slowest guy in the field. Nearly all of these guys have been champions in the past in other classes. They're incredibly fast and gifted and pulling off a top 10 finish is a BIG deal in MotoGP. I'm sure Rossi, Dovi, Vinales, Petrucci, et al, were all operating at 100% from start to finish. The riders and their efforts have to be respected not only by other riders, but by the fans as well.
On to Austin….looking forward to the rise of Rins, Miller, and Zarco. The future is bright!
I"m usually of a like mind to Dirk, but not on this one. If it made any difference at all who MM hit, he would have been disqualified on Sunday. I've been a huge motorcycle racing fan for over 30 years, and I raced myself for 7, and I have never one time, ever, seen such a display that so clearly deserved disqualification.
Marquez is the most talented motorcycle racer since Rossi, but his judgement is awful. If he were a never-in-the-top-5 rider and did all of the things he's done, he'd be out of the sport by now.
Just wanted to add the obvious: the fact that Dorna is a Spanish owned company and MM is their little princess girl-faced Spanish choir boy.
That ridiculous smirk on MM's face, what he calls a smile, makes me puke a little into my mouth.
I recall the days of calling Provologna here out for writing style, wacky opinions etc.
In 1971 (this dates me) I attended a short track race in Madison Square Garden. Among the riders competing were Gary Nixon, Dave Aldana, Mark Brelsford, Jimmy Odom and an Englishman named Barry Briggs. In his heat race Barry Briggs crashed taking out the entire front row. For this he was moved back to the second row. At the start, he dove to the inside and took out the front row again. For the re-start, he was moved to a spot behind all of the other racers and started last. It was great, the crowd went crazy and even though Briggs didn't qualify for the main, he stole the show.
The race in Argentina kind of reminded me of this. It occurred to me that Moto GP needs to have a handicap rule of some sort that requires Marquez to start behind all of the other riders just so we can see what he can do. Obviously, the speeds and therefore the risk in Moto GP are somewhat higher than short track, but it would make for a good show.
So… you want to give him more targets to take out byt starting him at the back? He's been doing this forever and is the Repsol, Dorna darling so he's got a free pass. Until cash cow Rossi retires he's the only one that can say something and get Marquez a talking to.
Get serious. motoGP is an inherently dangerous activity. We don't need those involved who flaunt the rules designed to create a safe racing environment.
Either Dorna allows MotoGP to become a demolition derby, or they don't. Everyone is bringing up things that happened years to go some how justify not punishing Marquez, but the videos of the incidents show they were not the same. Often still not good passes, but there was a very narrow dry line on Sunday, Rossi was in it, Marquez was not. Marquez then seemed to push Rossi overly wide to control his own excess speed. I'm not saying ban Marguez or anything, the guy is crazy talented, but the penalty needs to be enough that he learns that possibly injuring or killing another rider is not going to enhance his championship chances, it's going to kill them.
If Rossi is riding slow, he should just get out of the way. He had a nice soft landing on the grass, picked up his bike and finished the race. He really should just STFU.
No rider in front of another has an obligation to let another person pass them. The rider in back in obliged to "find their own way" past other riders and do it safely.
You realize we're talking about racing, right? Being polite and letting your competitors past? Are you serious?
Rossi was broadsided hard. I'm surprised he didn't suffer a broken leg from the hit. He has a right to complain to the people who matter. But he doesn't need to drag it out IMO.
That was trolly on my part. MM was penalized, probably rightly. But he was in a zone – something like 4seconds a lap faster than anyone in a sport that counts 100ths of a second. In that slow curve he must have felt he was going 30km/h – sadly physics wasn't in the same zone.
There was room to pass, the tires couldn't handle it. But the idea that he's using people as bumper cars, and risking their lives – that's hyperbole.
I like the title of this article. Seems like Marquez is of the camp that believes "If at first you don't succeed, try again" because he kept hitting riders till he found the right (Wrong) one.
It didn't change the championship because they both finished the same. Dovi will not be able to keep up to the extent that Honda and Yamaha can. Vinales is not consistent. So Rossi and Marquez will still be up the front. All said and done, Marquez was pretty clueless about riding in the rain which is rather odd considering he rides dirt tack, but he sure blew it this time. It was funny watching Val's friend shooing away Marquez in the garage.
It did change the championship as Rossi lost the 10ish points he would have gotten had he finished 6th, and Marquez likely lost more than that. Dovi was second last year with a small chance in the last race to take first, saying he can't keep up seems overly pessimistic.
Not good in the rain? Sent to the back of the pack – penalized an additional spot, and still in contention for the podium? Whaddya talking about. If Rossi wants to cruise around for 6th place, he should let others use the racing line.
That wouldn't be racing, would it? That's called commuting on public roads. You don't understand the concept of racing, do you?
If you think it's 'cruising around' to be in 6th place at a MotoGP race, then show us how fast you are, Peter.
A very trumpian approach– highlight the wrong thing and divert attention away from the most serious violations– the MM's action on the start grid. He should have been black flagged for that instead of just a ride-through.
Marquez knows the difference between a close pass and punting someone off their line. The idea that it could cause an incident was secondary. All racers make this mistake of trying too hard once and a while. I have punted someone off their line trying to make the extreme pass work. I knew that once I'm out in front of that rider I will drop them. If you have raced you know the frustration of being held up by someone on the racing line while you are a good second or more quicker per lap. When you are 25 years old you tend to make these tough passes and raise your hand and say "I know that was a sucky thing to do. Sorry. See you after the race." He thought he could pull it off cleanly and it was anything but clean during the pass. Then last year when I was club racing at 55 years old I didn't make passes like that. I saw these kids making passes like that on slower riders from the wave 1 SV class out with us 300's and I would shook my head. I knew it was time to retire and walk away. Is it time for Rossi to retire? I got good results club racing as an old timer. But I wasn't in the same frame of mind as an 18 or 25 year old. I don't think Rossi is either. He wants to keep it clean and that is not surprising for a 39 year old.
I'm with you Tommy. I gave up club racing because, at 50, I'm not taking chances like the 25 year olds. I've had 2 clavicle injuries in 20 years of racing and can't afford to take another TBH, lest I lose my ability to ever use those arms again beacuse they were that bad. Even early on, I stayed out of the "bloodbath classes that the middle weight supersport is and even the heavyweight class. There were always highly skilled riders in each but the higher percentage were those way too willing to take excessive risks.
And this is where Marquez is. He only had what looked like an opening from the front or rear view, but sideways, he was way too far behind Rossi to make a clean pass. He came in so hot to catch up to him in the corner, he'd have never made that corner on his own. He'd have blown right through it and into the gravel. Even with the hard bounce off of Rossi, he still had to use up all the track to stay upright. Complete recklessness.
Dovi dealt with that most of last season. Except Dovi knew Marquez was going to try the overly aggressive passes and let him blow on through, only to dive back inside and retake his line back in the lead. Marquez would repeatedly overcook corners when battling Dovi. If Dovi had held fast to his position, he'd have been torpedoed as well. This is the problem I have with Marquez. He just has no regard for the safety of other riders and is willing to ride over his head. He's more than capable of making all his passes cleanly. Even hard passes can be clean. It's going to take someone being permanently injured or killed by him before he wises up. And resultantly booting him out of the series is the only way he's ever going to wise up. I saw him maturing in his attitude a lot last year, then it apparently was lost over the summer break.
The number of people who want to write a rulebook based on three incidents correlates strongly with the number of people who wear a yellow cap on a Sunday.
And giving points to riders that don't finish? You might as well have a superpole race that decides who-would've-finished-where. Utter nonesense.
There was a far more serious incident that took place on the Saturday between Moto3 riders Aron Canet and Makar Yurchenko. Considerably more dangerous than what Marquez achieved in his three crazy acts.
That was an opportunity for the organisers to lay down the law, and given the severity, rebrief the riders in all 3 classes on what is at stake and who is in charge. And what happened? They let it slide. And now they've got the whole (racing) world waiting.
The cult of personality, epitomised by Rossi, has got MotoGP in the position where riders can be too important to control. The headline of this article runs on that basis. Rossi's biggest regret about the 2015 season is that he didn't get to emulate Senna by crashing into Lorenzo in the last round. What would that have done to MotoGP? And Rossi just doesn't care, as he can do no wrong in the eyes of 70% of fans.
We've seen that before with Loris Capirossi, who won 2 world Chamionship deciders in that manner. Oh, and he's the MotoGP safety advisor (or similar) these days. Talk about poacher-turned-gamekeeper.
MotoGP is in a really good place now, and the races are compelling. Both Rossi and Marquez need to be reigned in, but the whole field needs to understand that when they make one of those lunges, there are meaningful consequences for collisions, beyond the immediate aftermath.
I beleive that there's some control required by the organisers going forwards. It certainly shouldn't escalate. And the strong feelings within the paddock should allow Race Direction to show some strength against those who have been deemed untouchable.
I'm more of a Dovi fan, but how does Rossi need to be reigned in? Marquez risked MotoGP's cash box by forcing Rossi into the grass, that's why it's a big deal to Dorna. Killing people racing won't sell, sure people will watch 40 second replays on You Tube, but you did't have people watching whole races because Simoncelli died. 3 penalties in one race is 2 too many. I agree there needs to be meaningful consequences for collisions, more than what Marquez suffered.
MM is the cashbox of tomorrow- Rossi is only relevant now in as much as he clashes with MM. He's costing on momentum, but it's a downward arc. He should thank MM for giving the press a reason to mention him.
Despite your man-crush on Marquez, he's never going to command the kind of following that Rossi does. This latest race has fans, fellow racers, ex-champions, and the motorcycle press all looking at Marquez with disdain.
I believe that a demerit points system should be enforced where all riders start with X points. Demerit (-)Points expire after a fixed period. Racing licenses should be suspended as punishment when a rider reaches zero points until the demerit points expire. Dorna and riders can decide the points for various offences. An independant body or (AI) should have access to all telemetry/video etc to assess if riders have made deliberate contact.
If every rider in the field rode with the same level of aggression as MM without fear of meaninful punishment then we will end up a demolition derby.
I have to give this race credit. I had not re-subscribed for the year. Immediately after the race, I read the results @ MotoGP.com, and also a headline referencing the chaos during the race, which excited me so much I could not resist re-subscribing and watching the race.
On replay, after the delay, and by the time the race started, I had already forgotten who finished first, and it was one of the all time most exciting races I've seen, almost beyond belief.
And again, the fact that MM was lapping so much quicker than anyone else on the track, only increases more guilt on him and demands further discipline. MM rammed VR at turn "X." If MM had simply tailed VR through the turn, by the next turn he would have lead VR and been reeling in his next target.
MM would have finished at least 5th, making big points, rather than netting zero. If anyone thinks Puig has not drilled MM a new alimentary canal since that race, think again. Honda does not participate in this game to intentionally give up points because their star rider has an avoidable personality defect.
Honda's CEO has certainly called Puig to account, and Puig certainly flowed the brown stuff down stream into MM's lap. At least that's my guess.
What the heck happened to Norm? Miss his wisdom Re. this stuff!
Sete Gibernau not sure I got the last name right. Anyone who is a MotoGP aficionado will remember when Rossi "deliberately" rammed him after threatening him before the race "he will never win another GP race". so let's not paint Rossi as an innocent angel. Not pardoning MM's move, but it looked no worse that a lot of other bumps.
Rossi's prior actions are as unrelated to MM's subject violations as is the man in the moon.
If VR deserved MM's ramming violation, then unrelated Racer "A" is welcome to ram MM, unrelated Racer B is welcome to ram A, etc., ad infinitum.
There is a grotesque lack of logic expressed in this sentiment.
Sete won and Rossi illegally punted him.
Alright,this has gone to far. Dirk,really? "Ran into the wrong guy". Why is that? Is Rossi Above all the other riders? Or is he a Mob boss? One thing we do know,he's not as fast. Not just Marquez but many other riders as well such as Dovi. And there is the problem, He can't accept that fact nor can his fans. So lets all of us do this,put yourself in Marc's shoes as he's approaching the turn of the incident. Having watched the video and slowed it down frame by frame it is clear Rossi made one big mistake in racing,he left the door open. Any one of us who have raced,myself included most likely would have taken that inside line like Marc did. And even better lets switch this around. Rossi stalking Marquez and the same situation arises. Judging from past history Rossi goes in just like Marquez did. I challenge any one of you to dispute that. Quite frankly I would throw Zarco in there to, same move. Heck,in this race Zarco did just that in a much tighter space, and with no penalty. Argentina race was a bit of a train wreck right from the start. Lets ALL move on, hopefully lessons learned and enjoy the racing.
If you think Rossi left the door open, and Marquez was justified in his move… well I don't want to share a track with you.
Would you "share a track" with Rossi? Study his past races over the years and then report back. Starting with Sepang 2015.
I was there, at the track, at turn 14. Marquez made several passes that would definitely not stick prior to the incident. This was an obvious attempt to slow Rossi. Rossi did slow him down at turn 14, yes. Rossi did ask him "WTF!??!?". But Rossi did not kick him off the bike. Marquez DID ram Rossi, and laid into him with his shoulder, which caused him to fall. Marquez slowed Rossi 5-6 times in the previous laps, Rossi slowed him once. Marquez rode into Rossi. He did it a few races prior as well, and fell then too. And now he's done it yet again.
Yes, the door was open. Was Marc close enough to "enter"? No. With the speed he carried he wouldn't have had a chance to stay on the line he picked. Bumping Rossi slowed him down enough to stay on the tarmac.
The guy is a raging bull(y) and no matter how talented he is I can't force myself to like him.
That's why I couldn't like Simoncelli, too, God rest his soul.
Did you miss "opinion" in the title?
Where is Dornas' written explanation? How was the race allowed to start? What did Dorna think was going to happen, sending Marquez to the back of the pack? Where is the slow motion video, showing Rossi doing his famous "block" move.
Did Rossi's pit board warn Rossi of Marquez coming at 2 seconds faster per lap?
This is like watching morons with gunpowder, playing with matches.
Oh, boo hoo, we've got 250+hp machines riding at 200 mph, there's bumping and banging going on, and we want sissy arsed rules to dictate Moto GP? If it's too hot in the kitchen, go lay on the porch with the hounds and the women.
…writes the "man" who would be too scared to race a Vespa.
My Tmax does 110 mph before "Fred M." pussiness pulls his head out of my exhaust.
LOL @ a Tmax scooter. Your 30-something rear wheel horsepower must make you quite the force to be reckoned with on track days.
MotoGP riders don't need some scooter-riding pansy like you telling them what rules should be in place for safety. There have been far too many of them killed, severely injured, or paralyzed to take that kind of cavalier attitude about their safety.
LOL, yep I must be a sissy, if you say so. Apparently I've been a sissy since I started to watch Kenny Roberts come up through the ranks. I know I was a sissy when I rode a bike to Alaska and I'm pretty sure the White Rim Trail at Moab reduced me to Sissy status. This sissy says let them race but don't smother the sport with suffocating rules and regulations.
Before Rossi vs Marquez we could have Hot Dog vs Fred M. in the undercard match.
Watching motorcycle races on TV, reading motorcycle magazines, and riding recreationally since the 1970s doesn't qualify either of us to suggest that MotoGP riders are sissies because they want some safety rules. It doesn't "smother" the sport to prohibit dangerous riding like what we saw from Marquez.
This isn't NASCAR. MotoGP bikes don't have roll cages, crumple zones, wrap-around seats designed to protect the spine and ribs, five or six point harnesses, and more than three thousand pounds of metal surrounding the racer.
Let's just watch Demolition Derby, instead.
Hot dog, you should watch NASCAR racing. I think you'd like it much more than MotoGP.
It's asinine that a ramming Rossi off the track results in essentially the same penalty one gets for rolling forward two inches before the lights turn green.
It's even more asinine that Marquez's earlier penalty for his overly aggressive pass with contact on Aleix Espargaro was just to drop back one place.
1. A penalty for a jump start where any part of the front tire is still behind the line should be a position loss during the race.
2. A penalty for aggressive riding with contact to another rider should be a ride through.
3. A penalty for aggressive riding that causes a crash should be a black flag.
4. Any rider who receives three penalties in a single race should be suspended for the next race.
5. A rider who loses positions, or who DNFs, due to contact with the penalized rider should retain the points he would have earned had he held his original position at the end of a race. So if you were in 3rd, you should get the points for 3rd, as should the rider who actually finishes in that position. Maybe this could be predicated on having completed at least 2/3 race distance.
Agree completely with ideas 1-4. #5 is more problematic – IMHO and should be less of a problem if 1-4 do their job.
Thanks. I think #5 is reasonable because it doesn't deprive any other riders of points. If you're in 3rd when you get taken out, you get the same number of points as the rider who finishes in 3rd.
As usual, these things only matter when it happens to Rossi. Will we only have a rulebook based upon his feelings of being hard done-by? Like dashboard text messaging becasue he didn't see/ignored his pit board?
Rossi crashes on a cold tyre at Misano and there's an enquiry towards dashboard tyre temperature indications!
Dovi has been on the end of more 'take-downs' than anyone. The mob says – "Nothing". Pedrosa has also been hard done by regularly.
Where was this rhetoric when rossi took out Stoner in Jerez?
Can you not see what is happening here? One racer dictating the whole sport's approach. It's time to decide whether we are MotoGP fans or Rossi fans. Because the two have become an either-or. And it threatens to strangle MotoGP.
No. They matter when they happen to any MotoGP rider. Marquez was penalized by race officials three times, only the last of which involved Rossi.
The rules I suggested would apply to all riders equally, regardless of who they are or who they endanger.
What "approach"? The one where you don't get to ram your opponents off track at race speeds?
Marquez's riding was condemned by television commentators, the motorcycling press, and current and former racers.
Neil Hodgson said Marquez showed "arrogance" in his racing.
No, it's time for you to decide whether you hate Rossi more than you love MotoGP. I suspect that you do.
I'm not even a MM fan in particular. And I appreciate what Rossi has done and continues to do on the track.
But when you've attended motoGP races in europe that have the feel of a political rally, when casey Stoner was booed and heckled for having the temerity to take on and beat Rossi, (which is now par for the course, along with assaulting fans of JL and MM these days), then your mind moves one of two way. Either comply or stand up to the insanity.
Like I said, riders like Iannone and Pattrussi have been far more dangerous, but the rukles that are there have been applied. It's the 'game-changer' people call out whenever the Yellow One is affected that marks out where people stand on these things.
There's certainly a lot of politics involved and enough emotion to go around on this issue.
No one is lily white either including us fans. Rubbing is racing as they say, and we all like it when the racing gets tight.
But it's up to the officials to make sure things don't go over the line. Because once they do, very bad things can happen very quickly.
In this case, I think it's important, vital even, that race direction take the extra step of placing an additional penalty on MMs actions. Take away race (not championship) points, alter the starting position on the grid – make it hurt enough to send a clear message to all the riders. Explain to everyone why this is required so there are no further excuses.
And while you're at it, fix the stupid loophole that lets everyone go to the pits after they have already completed the sighting lap and lined up on the grid. Once you declare a wet race, that's it – you got to stay on the grid.
The only person hurt was Pedrosa, and I don't think MM is responsible.
Rossi is so upset because he has made a calculation: He can finish consistently 3rd 4th or 5th, grab a lucky win or 2 and be in contention for the championship. This could work because there are so many very good riders who can carry the weight of breaking up MM's victories.
Rossi is still a very good rider at this point, maybe 4th or 5th – but on the way down. MM messed with his plan, a plan which is really the only way he's going to get #10. Clever, but not herioc.
MM rode well but totally irresponsibly Sunday. He has no business punting other riders off the track no matter how fast he might be that day.
Rossi was entitled to the points that his riding earned — and MM took those away by running into Rossi. If Rossi is knocked out of contention for the championship by MM (again), that would be both tragic and infuriating.
A championship is not about how you ride on your best day — it's about how consistent you are throughout the season.
Nope- it's racing – you're entitled to whatever they final results are. Rossi is entitled to whine, and I'm entitled to say he's full of poo. If you park in the racing line, someone's going to move you aside.
Rossi is never getting anywhere near a championship again – so your anxiety is misplaced.
No, you will not be "moved aside", not in MotoGP. This isn't club level go kart racing. If you're faster, ride around the slower guy. Beat him fairly, not by taking him down. That's a coward's move.
Peter, I'm sorry that you mistook my comment as an invitation to debate. It was me providing factual information. It's not a point for debate, as Dave also told you.
I did. There's nothing revelatory there.
What is revelatory are the reactions of all the parties involved. You haven't addressed those reactions, and they tell the entire story.
If Zarco was at fault, then why didn't Honda accuse him of foul play? Why didn't Zarco feel any need to apologize? Why wasn't he penalized? Why didn't Dani or Puig make an issue of it?
Similarly, why did Marque publicly admit to his error, although he tried to deflect blame by calling it accidental, not pre-meditated. Why did Marquez and Puig go to Rossi's garage to apologize immediately following the race? Does Marquez normally do that, whenever he makes a hard, clean pass? Does Puig [i]ever[/i] do that?
In your zeal to exonerate Dani while demonizing Zarco by drawing another false comparison, you're missing the forest for the trees. All the super-slow-motion, frame-by-frame, completely-out-of-context Zapruder film analysis you're attempting to do here doesn't change the obvious fact that is clear to everyone not waving an orange and blue "#26" flag.
Marquez crossed the line, multiple times in one race. He rode with willful recklessness. Zarco did not. It's as simple as that.
Great. Not only did the above response go into moderation, it also didn't appear where it should have, which was in response to mickey's response, below.
Rossi going off on Marquez is just feeding the drama. He could have focussed on how is Dorna dealing with the aggressive riding issue. But Dorna is the meal ticket, so don't go there., To me, the issue is managerial leadership values. Seems to me, if you are promoting story lines and gaining interest that way, then MM hit exactly the right guy.
Unfortunately you're right. It's not like the Senna Prost issues resulted in decreased interest in F1.
Bob Hannah had a lot of fans (myself included) and he sold a lot of YZ250s.
It is without a doubt that Marquez should receive not only for punishment for his actions, but be further scrutinized in all this seasons upcoming races. Yes, MotoGP is competitive. Yes, MotoGP is dangerous. But bringing such rash behavior to the sport not only, in this case, has cost riders potentially vital championship points ( especially in Rossi's case ), but also had the potential of causing injury to his fellow competitors, that could put them out of several races or even the rest of the season. Unacceptable!!
Talent only goes so far in band-aiding his actions, and having the powers at be turn a blind eye to them. No one should be above the safety of their fellow competitors. There was no reason for his actions, which showed obvious lack of concern for anyone else on the track for the possibility of obtaining more points. His pace was fast enough to have gained him points without determining that the other riders were "in his way".
Let him be ousted for a race or two and see if that might temper his attitude in the future.
Too big an issue? What about the issues during the practices. Marquez is way too aggressive and will either kill himself or someone else! In the race, with his speed he could have overtaken in any other place on the track. His comments defending himself, not sure if you watch MotoGP were lame.
While I am as big a fan of Rossi as anyone, I believe he has made too big of an issue out of this incident. Yes, he was punted off the track through no fault of his own, however many of us recall him giving as good as he got over the years. What goes around comes around. Racing at this level involves the world's fastest, best riders and bikes and all of them want to win at just about any cost. It's not club racing or a casual track day. It's all or nothing for many of these riders. You can bet that all of these riders know this. I can't help but admire the drive and determination that fills Marquez. Rossi will surely get an opportunity for revenge at some point in the season. That doesn't mean he should be looking to take Marquez down, but there are certainly other ways for him to impede or punish Marquez, particularly at tracks where Marques doesn't have such a huge advantage in pace, like he did in Argentina. Rossi is smart enough and wily enough to extract his revenge in a way that is within the rules. Myself, I think the added drama is great for the sport and I can't wait for COTA. It would be great to see them gridded next to each other and duke it out for the entire race.
Silliness. There is no "extracting (sic) revenge" here, for Rossi. No matter what he does to Marquez going forward, he can't retrieve those lost ten points that Marquez cost him in Argentina.
Also, everyone loves to point to the 2005 incident with Sete as an example of Rossi doing the same thing that Marc did to him in Argentina. Nope…not the same thing. Sete left more than a full bike-width open to Rossi in that final corner. He left the door open. Rossi moved up, and Sete tipped it in. Bam.
Not the same thing. In Argentina, Marquez barged into the space already occupied by Rossi. He did the same thing to Espargaro.
Conversely, Zarco did not do the same thing to Dani.
People seriously need to stop drawing false comparisons to justify Marquez's out-of-control behavior.
BTW, you could also make the case that MM purposefully took VR wide after the contact to run him into the grass.
and one could make the case that aliens are living in your porridge – I doubt it though.
If you watch the videos considering the context, no one is more conclusive than the other. That is the point.
I was not a fan or subscriber (if that was an option) in 2005 so I did not "live" the Sete incident. However, I have watched the videos and am sorry because I just don't see a comparison given the context in that it happened in the heat of battle between the two. As far as last weekend, it seems to me that VR was pretty much blindsided by a charging MM, just my opinion.
Regardless, I have to agree with VR's comments when he said you have to be able to trust the other riders you're racing with. Imagine the resulting intimidation factor when charging into a corner knowing MM is directly behind you.
VLJ, I completely agree with you. I think that Marquez went in there intending to use Rossi as a berm to check his excessive entry speed, knowing full well if Rossi were not there, he would have run wide.
I think that Dorna needs to create a rule to let riders retain championship points when they lose positions, or are taken out, by another competitor's reckless riding. In effect, it would create "ties" for certain positions. So if you were in 5th when you were taken out, you would show as having finished in a tie for 5th with the rider who crossed the line in 5th.
It's racing – not a pension plan.
It's motorcycle racing – not a demolition derby.
Don't feed the troll, Fred.


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Signature Aviation, the parent company of Signature Flight Support, could soon be sold to private equity firm Blackstone Infrastructure Advisors and Blackstone Core Equity Management Associates for approximately US$4B, according to a statement released today by Signature.
Blackstone has more than $580B in assets under management.
The bid from Blackstone, equates to a possible cash offer of $5.17 per share. According to a note issued today to its investors in response to recent share increases as word of the offer leaked, Signature stated:
"Having considered the terms of the Blackstone proposal, the board of Signature has indicated to Blackstone that it would currently be minded to recommend a firm offer for Signature at the price set out in the Blackstone proposal."
Joe McDermott, Editor of the Global FBO Consult Online News Feed remarked "This is the largest FBO acquisition bid since BBA Aviation Inc., parent company of Signature Flight Support at the time, took control of the rival US based Landmark Aviation network from The Carlyle Group in 2015 for US$2.065B. That takeover led to Signature divesting of 6 locations in the USA in line with Department of Justice competition requirements, as well as a number of locations being merged. It also led to some staff losses at management levels."
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Mar 24 Ulysses vs Scrivener: Which One Should You Choose?
A road will take you to your destination but will not do the actual walking. It's the same with writing. A writing app will help you finish that manuscript but it will not write for you. That doesn't mean the app is not important. A paved highway helps you reach your destination faster than a dirt road. Similarly, a good writing app will reduce the friction you encounter while writing and provide you with an environment where your ideas can flourish.
Consider the writing app as the medium through which your words will flow. You want the medium to be conducive to your thoughts. The medium should dissolve when you are writing but still be there when you need it. Understand that a good medium for me might not be the one for you. Don't adopt the shiniest and the newest option rather choose the one that fits you.
In this article, you will notice that Ulysses and Scrivener are as similar as they are dissimilar. The simplest way to understand the differences between the two writing software is to consider their origin. Scrivener uses a traditional word processor as its base and then evolves its design and user interface to become more user-friendly and less chaotic.
Ulysses uses a simple text-editor as its base and then evolves itself to bring extra features to make it more useful. You will find Ulysses struggling with raw features as you will find Scrivener struggling with the minimalistic design language. They both meet in the middle but since they have a different origin point, the form they take differs greatly from each other.
This synopsis is enough to make you understand the difference between Ulysses and Scrivener. If you get this, you can stop reading this article any further. Everything I am writing below extends the concept I shared with you above.
The design of a writing app is important. The first thing design does is not turn you off. No one wants to use an app with an ugly design and broken user interface. A good writing app welcomes you and makes you feel at home. Both Ulysses and Scrivener take a very different approach to design and it's up to you to decide which one you like.
Ulysses follows a minimalistic design language. It offers a four-pane view. The first pane is the library where all your folders and sub-folders will live. The second pane hosts all the individual sheets or documents. The third pane is the main editor where you will write and the fourth pane is for attachments, goals, keywords, and more. I published an in-depth review of Ulysses where I explained what all these panes do in a lot more detail which you should read if you are interested.
Ulysses features a flat design. Everything feels minimalistic with no clutter. You don't have to deal with customizations and themes unless you want to. You can use the app in dark or light mode. You can hide the panes to get a distraction-free writing environment where the only things on screen are a blank page and a blinking cursor. Overall, Ulysses nails the writing environment by removing all the friction points that one might encounter in other writing apps.
Scrivener takes a different approach. Instead of upending how a writing app works it keeps all the essential features of a word editor and presents its own take on it. Like a traditional word processor, Scrivener offers a format bar at the top which will let you adjust the text formatting. You can change fonts and font size, adjust text alignment, highlight and color-code text, and more. If you have used a word processor like Microsoft Word or Pages, you will feel right at home with Scrivener.
Where it diverges from the traditional word processor and comes closer to Ulysses is in its execution of the overall design. It features a three-pane view where the first pane hosts all the folders, sub-folders, and documents. The second pane is the editor while the third and mostly hidden pane is for keywords, notes, comments, and more. Just like Ulysses, Scrivener allows you to hide all the panes to get a distraction-free writing environment. It features a "Composition Mode" which even hides the top bar.
Both Ulysses and Scrivener offer a good writing environment. I will admit that I love Ulysses' design choices more than Scrivener's. It is easier to get started with and you can write as soon as you launch the app. Scrivener requires you to take half an hour or an hour to get familiar with the basics before you get started with your writing.
You will do all your writing in the editor and both Ulysses and Scrivener take a different approach to it. Scrivener is close to your traditional word processor and uses rich-text editing. It offers a format bar at the top which you can use to format your text, change the fonts, align your text, and more. You can use the simple keyboard shortcuts to format your text as you have always done. You can hide all the other panes or use the composition mode, so you are working in a distraction-free environment. You can split the editor into two parts to work on multiple documents at once. You can add goals to keep track of your writing.
Ulysses uses markdown editing which is lightweight markup language which uses simple plain text formatting syntax to format text. You can see a simple example of markdown formatting in the picture below. You will use symbols like #, >, and more to format your text. It might seem a little hard at first but it's easy to grasp. In a few days, you will type the syntax without even thinking twice. To help you get started, Ulysses includes a cheat sheet for all the markdown symbols. Ulysses also supports the same keyboard shortcuts to let you use bold, italics, and text-link formatting which you use in rich-text formatting. It offers a distraction-free writing environment. With Ulysses 15, it also started supporting the split-screen editing mode.
While Ulysses' editor is cleaner, it lacks in features when compared to Scrivener. You cannot adjust font size and font color (you will have to go to preferences panel and the changes you make will apply for the whole app not just a portion.), you cannot highlight text with color, and you cannot align text. But markdown editing comes with its own advantages. It is simple to use and can be converted into any format. Exporting a markdown file in your desired format without losing its formatting is much easier than exporting a rich-text file. Markdown is the language of the web and makes it easier to publish your formatting directly to your blog.
Both the rich-text editor used by Scrivener and the markdown editor used by Ulysses have their own pros and cons. It is up to you to decide which editor you want to use.
Both Scrivener and Ulysses offer excellent document management system. While both of them offers linear and non-linear organization structure, there is a big difference in their approach. Ulysses uses a "Library" where all your sheets (documents) live. In this library, you can create folders and nested folders to get a hierarchical organization. You can also use keywords and filters to organize your documents.
Using a single Library for organizing your documents has its benefits and disadvantages. A single library means you will have access to all your past documents. Combine this with the extensive search capabilities of Ulysses and you get a system where you can easily find past documents no matter how old. But it also means you will have to pay special attention to organization structure. If you have hundreds of documents and nested folders, the sidebar on Ulysses will feel cramped. There are two ways to handle this problem. You can either create an archive folder where all your old documents go or you can export the documents in markdown format and store it in folders on your Mac or iCloud and then delete them from the library. Note that deleting documents from the library means you cannot use Ulysses' search to find them.
Scrivener takes a project-based approach to organization. You create projects which can host unlimited documents. You can create only one project and use it like Ulysses' library. Or you can create different projects for different work. Using a single project to host all your documents will bring the pros and cons which we discussed above. Using a project-based organization means you will get more control over the organization structure. It also means you cannot search for documents outside a project.
Having used Ulysses and Scrivener for a long time, I felt that both apps do a good job of organizing your documents and give you ample choice. There is no one app that emerges as a clear winner.
Scrivener offers a clear advantage over Ulysses for research. Every Scrivener project you create comes with a Research folder where you can store anything pertaining to your project. You can store images, text documents, PDFs, audio files, web pages, video files and more. Scrivener even allows you to save unsupported formats. If you save an unsupported file in the research folder, it uses your computer's built-in player to open those files.
Scrivener gives you a choice between importing a file or just creating an alias of that file. If you import a file, it is saved inside the project. If you delete the files in their original location, they will not delete in Scrivener. Creating an alias means that the file is not actually imported rather it creates an alias of that file in the project. You can still play or open the file from Scrivener project but deleting a file from its original location will delete the file from the project. Alias files do not sync across devices. I import all the important research documents, links, pictures, and webpages and create an alias for large video and audio files.
Ulysses offers limited research capabilities. You can create a folder for research and import text documents, pictures, and links, but that's it. Importing text documents from other note taking apps like Evernote, Bear, and more requires you to convert them into a markdown file format. Importing Docx files from Microsoft Word requires no conversion. You cannot import any video or audio files into Ulysses.
It's clear that Ulysses is not made for holding research files. I use Ulysses only for writing and keep my research in Evernote for reference. When working with Scrivener, I hold all my research in the Scrivener's project itself which is a better solution.
When you are working on big projects, creating an outline helps a lot. While you can create outlines in both Ulysses and Scrivener, the latter is more suited for it. Scrivener gives you different viewing modes. Its Corkboard view and the Outline view helps a lot when you are creating an outline or just referencing back to it to see if you are on the right track or not. It also allows you to add extensive notes and comments to documents. Scrivener inspires you to break down the big projects into smaller manageable chunks so each document can serve as its own outline at the start. It allows you to jump between documents so you don't only have to work linearly.
While apart from the different viewing options I mentioned above, you can do everything else in Ulysses, it's not intuitive. I have never felt comfortable outlining big projects in Ulysses. You can create nested folders and sub-documents to outline your project but somehow it never feels natural. For me, Scrivener is a winner for creating an outline for big projects.
Ulysses and Scrivener allow you to export files in multiple formats. Ulysses supports HTML, ePub, Text document, PDF, and DOCX file formats. You can use a variety of styles in each of these formats to give your projects a unique look. Ulysses also allows you to publish your documents on WordPress and Medium. Scrivener supports even more export formats including final DOCX, PDFs, HTML, markdown, draft, rich-text with attachments, and more. There is a separate compile feature which allows you to export projects into different publishing format including eBooks, manuscripts, paperback, screenplay, and more.
Scrivener offers you more control over your exports but Ulysses is easier to use. Both apps can easily export files into a normal text document and PDF formats. However, if you want to export a novel or book Ulysses is easier to use. That said, Ulysses offers no control over customization and makes you use the styles that comes with the app. Changing export styles will require you to use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) which few of us are familiar with. Scrivener offers total control over export styles but also require you to spend an insane amount of time in configuring those choices.
As of now, I am not happy with eBook export choices on either of the apps. But if you only want normal export options such as PDF, HTML, and DOCX, both apps will work fine.
Ulysses and Scrivener offer excellent backup and syncing solutions. In my three years of using Ulysses and Scrivener on multiple devices, I never had a problem. All my documents sync across devices and I have not lost even a single word of my work. They both take automatic backups which is one less headache for writers.
Ulysses uses iCloud for syncing and backup and the sync is fast. You don't have to create a separate account for sync. As long as you are logged in with the same Apple ID on all your devices and your documents will sync. You can also use Dropbox if you don't trust iCloud.
Scrivener requires you to create a Dropbox account as it does not support iCloud sync. There are two reasons for this. The first and most important reason is that iCloud is not sophisticated enough to handle Scrivener's project-based sync. You can learn more about the exact problem by clicking here. The second reason that people like to throw out is that iCloud is not a cross-platform sync-solution which while true doesn't consider that Scrivener could have kept both these options like Ulysses.
So, creating a Dropbox account for syncing your projects is the only option. The free tier of Dropbox offers 2 GB of storage which is not optimal. Hence, I choose to sync only my current project which gives me ample space to use Dropbox for free. If you want more storage, it costs $8.25/month for 1TB of storage. I have no problem with Dropbox syncing. The only thing I hate is Dropbox's pricing structure. It offers no mid-tier 50 GB or 100 GB option like iCloud which would have every Scrivener user's life much easier.
Scrivener is available for Mac, Windows, and iOS while Ulysses is exclusive to Mac (install) and iOS (install). Both of them don't offer Android apps. Ulysses updated its pricing structure and now follows a subscription-based pricing model. It will cost your $4.99/month or $39.99/year. There's a 14-day free trial which allows you to check out the app before buying. Special student pricing is available. Scrivener still uses a onetime pricing model. There's a 30-day free trial which is ample time to check out the app. The trial ends only after 30-days of usage which makes it even better. It costs $45 for the Mac and Windows version (you can get both at a special bundle price of $75) and $19.99 for the iOS version. Scrivener sees a new version update every few years. Special upgrade pricing is available for users who already own a previous version.
Both Ulysses and Scrivener are good writing apps. I find Ulysses to be better for web content writers. The markdown formatting makes it easier to format and export files in HTML and I also love its direct publishing to WordPress and Medium features. I use Ulysses mostly for projects which are less than 10,000 words. I have to use Evernote as my research repository anytime I am working on a big project on Ulysses.
I use Scrivener only for big projects. Scrivener's ability to break a big project into smaller chunks makes it easy to tackle big projects. I love its Corkboard and outline view along with tagging and bookmark system for creating and accessing my outlines. The research folder is a big plus as it allows me to store and access all my research in the same project where my writing lives. That said, both apps can be utilized for short and long form writing. If you can only afford one, choose the one with which you feel more comfortable with. Since they both offer trial versions, you can play around to see which one seem homier to you. Remember, you are looking for a highway.


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Must-See Attractions at LEGOLAND® Florida Resort
Boasting a theme park and a water park, LEGOLAND® Florida is focused on kids and their families, but mature brick-lovers will also find a lot to see and do. True to its name, LEGOLAND isn't just about providing passive entertainment, but inviting guests to become part of the action with countless opportunities to build their own LEGO creations.
Top 5 Attractions at LEGOLAND® Florida Resort
THE LEGO® MOVIE™ Masters of Flight
The Great LEGO Race
LEGO NINJAGO The Ride
Unikitty's Disco Drop
LEGOLAND features multiple lands, the newest of which opened in 2019, The LEGO® Movie™ World. Guests are invited to Bricksburg where the immersive world of The LEGO® Movie™ comes to life through three new rides, a taco shop and character meet-and-greets.
LEGOLAND even has rides for thrill seekers including The Dragon, Flying School and The Great LEGO Race VR coaster. There's plenty for small children too, particularly at DUPLO Valley where all the rides and activities are geared toward the park's youngest guests.
Additionally, history buffs will be interested to know that LEGOLAND was built on the former site of Florida's first-ever theme park, Cypress Gardens. More importantly, the park went to great lengths to preserve its predecessor's signature Botanical Gardens, which present a relaxing respite for all ages.
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Entry to LEGOLAND's on-site water park is available as a regular ticket add-on when visiting the main theme park. It's filled with attractions that empower kids to build the ultimate aquatic adventure filled with splashing, sliding and fun — including getting drenched by a 300-gallon bucket at Joker Soaker!
Sticking with LEGO's focus on creativity and building, Build-a-Boat gives kids the chance to build and race their own LEGO boats. Similarly, Build-a-Raft River challenges guests to build the biggest, best LEGO raft imaginable before setting sail on a lazy river.
For more relaxation, LEGO Wave Pool features waves that are mild enough for all ages to enjoy. Once they're rested, little kids can have a blast at DUPLO Splash Safari, which features shorter slides and interactive DUPLO creatures.
Related Attractions
LEGOLAND Florida is part of Merlin Entertainments, which also operates two other high-profile Orlando attractions. Both are located at ICON Park™, the dining, shopping and entertainment complex on International Drive in Orlando's tourism district that's also home to The Wheel.
First, Madame Tussauds is Orlando's outpost of the famous original. Here, you can take selfies with lifelike wax homages to top stars from film and television, sports, music, pop culture, and history. It also features Justice League: A Call for Heroes, starring Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman as seen in DC Entertainment's Justice League motion picture.
Also at ICON Park is Merlin Entertainments' SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium. It boasts a 360-degree tunnel that provides an unforgettable view of sharks and rays swimming around you, among other ways to be amazed by denizens of the deep.
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SDCC 2011: Fox Releases Comic-Con TV Schedule with 'Terra Nova,' 'Awake,' Futurama,' 'Glee' and More
With Comic-Con in San Diego coming next month it stands to reason we will start to get a better idea of what film, TV and comic book creators and studios are going to be bringing to the show. Today the news comes from Fox, who will be brining 13 shows down to San Diego and in particular will be showing off their brand new Steven Spielberg pre-historic time travel drama Terra Nova.
Other shows making an appearance at the Con include the animated Napoleopn Dynamite, Awake, Bones, Bob's Burgers, The Finder, Allen Gregory, Glee, Bones, Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and Futurama. So basically, it's pretty much the Seth McFarland show with a bit of Spielberg thrown in for good measure. Plus, it will be nice to see Stephen Lang get to play a good guy finally.
Oh yeah, those kids from Glee will be there too. Plus, and this isn't related to Fox, Twilight will also be in attendance and taking over Hall H this year as well. Good times.
Click through for Fox's schedule. Comic-Con in San Diego goes from July 21 – 24. Of course, as we were last year, we'll be there this year to bring you all the fun.
So, check back early and often right here for all your Comic-Con 2011 news, reviews, interviews and more.
THURSDAY, JULY 21:
Napoleon Dynamite: Original cast members from the hit indie film, Jon Heder, Tina Majorino,
Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Sandy Martin, Diedrich Bader and Executive Producer Mike Scully
(The Simpsons) present a new series following your favorite awkward teenager like you've never
seen him before – animated! Join us for a sneak peek at never-before-seen footage of the newest
member of FOX's Animation Domination lineup and a "sweet" Q&A session.
Awake: Since the trailer was unveiled at NBC's upfront presentation in New York, this spellbinding
sci-fi drama about the power of the mind from the brilliant creators Howard Gordon (24)and
Kyle Killen (The Beaver) has been one of the most eagerly anticipated series of the 2011-12 season.
While most viewers will have to wait months to sample this series about a detective Jason Isaacs
(Harry Potter) desperately straddling two realities as he copes with immeasurable grief, Comic-con
fans will get an exclusive first look at the entire first episode of the series, and an audience with
Gordon, Killen and star Isaacs.
FRIDAY, JULY 22:
Bones: Creator/Executive Producer Hart Hanson, Executive Producer Stephen Nathan and
Stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel will be on hand to discuss the shocking finale of
Bones season 6 as well as what's in store for Booth and Brennan in an exciting season 7! Hart
Hanson will also introduce the audience to the stars of The Finder, his new Fox series premiering in
January, followed by fan Q&A.
Bob's Burgers: Creator/Executive Producer Loren Bouchard and Executive Producer Jim
Dauterive and Bob's Burgers cast H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman
and Kristen Schaal, will be on hand to entertain animation fans with hilarious never-before-seen
clips from season two followed by a fan Q&A.
SATURDAY, JULY 23:
Terra Nova: Star Stephen Lang (Avatar), executive producer Rene Echevarria (Castle,
Medium, The 4400, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), executive producer Brannon Braga (24, Star
Trek: Enterprise) and co-executive producer Jose Molina will finally unveil this epic adventure
series 85 million years in the making, set to premiere this September on Fox. This new event drama
from the brilliant minds of Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, The Pacific) and Peter Chernin follows
an ordinary family on an extraordinary journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a part of a
massive expedition to save the human race.
Futurama is back! Again!!! On stage will be Creator/Executive Producer Matt Groening,
Executive Producer David X. Cohen, and stars Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr.
Zoidberg), Katey Sagal (Leela), John DiMaggio (Bender), and Maurice LaMarche (Kif Kroker,
Calculon, Morbo). Get a sneak peek at never-before-seen footage of Futurama reincarnated as
Japanese anime, along with a thrilling preview of this summer's all-new season on Comedy Central.
Plus more! Much more! Moderated by Bill Morrison.
The Simpsons: Now entering its record-annihilating 23rd season on Fox, and airing its landmark
500th episode on February 19, 2012, The Simpsons has won 27 Emmy awards, was the subject of an
international film smash in 2007, inspired a ride you ride again at Universal Studios, and Homer
Simpson was named the greatest television character of the last 20 years by Entertainment Weekly.
Get an insight into the daily doings of this series from Creator Matt Groening, Showrunner Al
Jean, Co-Executive Producer Rob Lazebnik, Co-Executive Producer Matt Warburton,
Supervising Producer Mike Anderson and Producer/Panel Moderator Tom Gammill.
Family Guy: Join Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Adam West (Batman) and executive producers
Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan and Kara Vallow for a sneak peek at the all-new episode
"Stewie Goes For A Drive" featuring voice guest star Ryan Reynolds followed by a Q&A session
with the audience.
American Dad: Catch a preview of the season seven premiere of American Dad, featuring guest star Cee-Lo Green as a signing hot tub, followed by a Q&A with cast members Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane and Dee Bradley Baker and executive producers Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Kara Vallow.
SUNDAY, JULY 24:
GLEE: Join Creator/Executive Producer Ryan Murphy and Creator/Executive Producer Brad
Falchuk and stars of the sensation Glee for a tuneful sneak peek at never-before-seen footage
and behind-the-scenes secrets, followed by a Q&A session in which fans can ask everything they
ever wanted to know about the Golden Globe winning musical series hot off its blockbuster
international concert tour.
Allen Gregory: Join Creator/Executive Producer and star Jonah Hill (Superbad, Get Him to the Greek) Showrunner David Goodman (Family Guy), and Creators/Executive Producers Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul along with an all-star voice cast for a sneak peek at FOX's new animated series that tells the story of the most pretentious 7-year-old of our time. Glimpse exclusive Allen Gregory animation followed by a fan Q&A session.
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What a lovely evening! I was treated to a delicious dinner at the Courtyard Bistro in Pembroke. There were about 14 women there; it was wonderful to be able to chat before my presentation. Ginette accompanied me to Algonquin College where the presentation was to take place. We laughed a lot on the trip over – I'll just say that we got there via a very roundabout route….
There were SO many people in attendance! It was a pleasure to talk to such a receptive crowd and to answer their questions at the end. My only regret is that I didn't bring more books (I had 17 with me). I could have sold at least another 10. I hope that all those who didn't buy a book ordered one online. Thank you Cathy for organising such a successful evening.


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I pretty much just write about TV shows, but I thought I'd change it up and write about a movie every once in a while. A couple weeks ago I went to see Friends With Kids. I already knew I would love it because I love the people in it. No, it wasn't as good as Bridesmaids, but then what is? I don't think it's fair to compare the two, because they're two completely different stories, even if half the actors are the same. When the commercials are comparing them, they're not saying it's like Bridesmaids, they're saying that the actors are also funny in this movie.
The concept is kind of hard to wrap your head around. Two friends, best friends, decide to have a baby together, even though they plan to just remain friends and not be romantically involved at all, and just continue dating other people while being committed to raising a kid together. I was curious to see how they came up with that idea. Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt are the last two singles left in their group of friends. The other two couples, Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm, and Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd, are married with kids. The two singles see how having kids have affected their friends' lives and that gets them thinking about their own.
Jennifer Westfeldt's character brings up the point that she wants to have a kid and how it's scary to think that after having the kid, it would be a person who she would love more than anything, including the person she's chosen to spend the rest of her life with. They discuss how it might be better to have a kid now, and then find love later. And then they somehow decide the two of them should have and raise one together. And so they do.
This seems like a convultued idea, but think about the number of women who want to have kids and opt for sperm banks, which is considered a perfectly acceptable thing to do. I guess this way, at least she knows the father and he's invested in helping raise the kid. But obviously, we know that feelings and attractions will occur, as it is a romantic comedy after all. Apparently I like romantic comedies and chick flicks? I honestly don't know when the hell that happened. But to be fair, it's the rauchy, funny ones that I like, not the sappy ones. So it's okay.
And as I said, I couldn't not love this movie because I love the people in it. I liked seeing Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig in another dysfunctional relationship. And Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd were great. It was kind of weird seeing Adam Scott play a womanizing jerk as opposed to a nerdy pushover like on Parks and Recreation, but I got used to it. And I haven't seen Jennifer Westfeldt in anything before, but I love her. I also love her clothes. I found myself noticing her fashion choices throughout the movie and loving them. I especially loved her coats and there was this red one she wore that I really wish I had.
So yeah. Great movie, and if you don't like chick flicks, don't call it a chick flick. Because it has the type of humour that should give it a different category, a better one than that. And while I still think the concept is convoluted, I like the way the story plays out. But I would never in a million years want to have a kid with a friend. Unless my friend was Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, or Chris O'Dowd.
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Food|The Most-Read Food Stories of 2019
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The Most-Read Food Stories of 2019
From articles on climate change to a review of a Brooklyn institution, the most popular stories this year were ones that prompted reader discussion.
The Impossible Burger replicates the beefy look and taste of a traditional hamburger.Credit...Con Poulos for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
12. How Do the New Plant-Based Burgers Stack Up? We Taste-Tested Them
Julia Moskin, Melissa Clark and Pete Wells try the new fake meats.
The Impossible Burger bested the competition in a blind tasting of six national brands. The taste test replicated the experience of a home cook: Each burger was seared in canola oil and served in a potato bun.
People complaining about the health implications of these burgers are missing the point. We (our global civilization) need a CRASH decarbonization in the next 15 years, just as huge swaths of humanity are entering the global middle-class and desiring ever-growing quantities of carbon-intensive meat. Maybe these aren't any healthier than a fast food burger, but if they can replace those burgers (and chicken tenders, bacon strips, etc.) at a fraction of the carbon footprint, then these products have fulfilled their purpose. Harrison, United States
11. Alison Roman Cooks Thanksgiving in a (Very) Small Kitchen
And she shares her opinions on pumpkin pie and canned cranberry sauce.
Our columnist pulled out all the stops for this nine-course dinner cooked in the kitchen of her Brooklyn apartment. Procrastinators, take note: Nothing gets done more than three days before the holiday in Ms. Roman's house.
This is for the millions of people that struggle trying to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, for family and friends, helping them fight their way through logistical limitations. I really think that this is a great, inspiring piece for many of the readers. Mark Somerville, Mass.
Recipes: Dry-Brined Turkey With Sheet-Pan Gravy | Buttered Stuffing With Celery and Leeks | Crushed Sour Cream Potatoes | Spicy Caramelized Squash With Lemon | Green Beans and Greens With Fried Shallots | Fancy Canned Cranberries | Leafy Herb Salad | Cheater's Turkey Stock | Deep-Dish Honey Apple Galette
10. Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered
How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world.
In this collaboration between the Food and Climate desks, our reporters looked at the steps consumers can take with our food choices to combat climate change. Beef, lamb and cheese have a significantly bigger climate footprint than plant-based foods.
As a vegetarian, I had no idea that some cheeses have a higher environmental impact than pork and poultry! Now that I know, I'll have less cheese. Farnaz, Orange County, Calif.
9. You Don't Need a Recipe
Sam Sifton collects his favorite no-recipe recipes.
The Food editor's Wednesday What to Cook newsletter always includes a "no-recipe recipe," a narrative guide to a tasty dish. This feature, from March, compiled some of the greatest hits. "Cooking without recipes is a kitchen skill same as cutting vegetables into dice," Mr. Sifton writes. "It's a way to improve your confidence in the kitchen and to make the act of cooking fun when sometimes it seems like a chore."
Maybe you don't need a recipe, but you do need a plan. If I spent good money on red snapper then I sure as heck am gonna have something special planned for it. Kara, Potomac
See all the no-recipe recipes.
8. The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers
Melissa Clark meets the former vegans and vegetarians who now sell meat.
They became butchers with the aim of revolutionizing the food system in America. Their shops, across the nation, sell meat from ethically raised animals.
Acceptance of death is a part of life. Something else has died for me to live, even if I'm a vegan. The best we can do it try to kill ethically — fast and as painlessly as possible. And eat ethically too — if we eat animals they should have been given a good and healthy life until that "one bad day" that they're slaughtered. expat, US
Recipe: Bavette Steak With Tahini-Vegetable Salad
7. Weeknight Dinner Around the World
For our weeknight cooking issue, 18 families on six continents opened their homes to The Times to show us how they cook and eat on a typical weeknight.
As a mom who cooks a family dinner 5 to 6 nights a week, I loved this article. It was so interesting to see all of the different meals around the world which were ultimately variations on the same thing. We are all so much more alike than we are different. BethNC, Wilmington
6. How to Boil the Perfect Egg
J. Kenji López-Alt tests his way to the best egg: perfectly peelable and tender throughout.
For his first column for The Times, Mr. López-Alt cooked 700 eggs — "the largest-ever double-blind egg-boiling-and-peeling experiment in the history of the universe" — to arrive at his preferred method for hard-boiled eggs. (It's steaming.)
There needs to be a German word that expresses the satisfaction and the delight one experiences after a perfectly peeled egg. Seth Sadis, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Recipes: Perfectly Peelable Steam-Boiled Eggs | What to Do With All Those Boiled Eggs
5. The Aperol Spritz Is Not a Good Drink
The drinks writer Rebekah Peppler with a hot take on a popular summer cocktail.
The Aperol spritz — Aperol, Prosecco, soda water and a slice of orange — has long been a favorite aperitivo, but, she argues, a spritz needs the best possible ingredients. "If your finished drink tastes like a children's vitamin, it's wrong, and it's a hangover biding its time."
If you don't want a spritz, just don't have one! For the rest of us, it's a tiny ray of sunshine in a deeply depressing world, and as so many here have mentioned, it also summons up that magical hour of the aperitivo in Italy! So leave us to our small pleasures! Ann Johns, Austin, Texas
Recipes: Amaro Spritz | Tonic Spritz
4. The Secret Ingredient That Improves Meat Every Time
Mr. López-Alt on the wonder that is mayonnaise.
Sous-vide enthusiasts have known that adding some mayo to meat before searing improves the browning. But put that mayo in your meat marinade, and you'll have a better sear in less time, with more marinade flavor sticking to the meat. Don't knock it till you try it.
My God people are picky, finicky, just plain angry about almost anything these days. I hate mayo as well, but certainly gonna try this. I would love for steak or chicken to brown better. What is the big deal with trying something new or different? Why would I want to go through life without ever trying anything new? Dheep' Midgard
Recipes: Mayo-Marinated Chicken With Chimichurri | Chimichurri
3. Mario Batali Exits His Restaurants
Julia Moskin on a very messy restaurant divorce.
In March, more than a year after reports that Mario Batali sexually assaulted and harassed women, the celebrity chef was bought out by his partners at the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group. In May, Mr. Batali pleaded not guilty to charges that he groped a woman in a bar in Boston.
There are many kitchens where this highly sexualized behavior and abuse are not the norm. I know because I carefully chose to work in kitchens with women chefs. And many of the high end kitchens work within an ethos of respect (like French Laundry). It can, and does happen. A Larson, Seattle
2. Popeyes Sandwich Strikes a Chord for African-Americans
John Eligon on how black America has reacted to the popular sandwich.
The clamor for the sandwich led to very long lines. Our national correspondent reported that many African-Americans say Popeyes fried chicken reminds them of home cooking.
"It tastes like Louisiana. Louisiana is a melting pot of cultures and that is what this tastes like. I am glad that the rest of the country is seeing what the food in nearly every family is like, whether white, black or a combination of the two. … We don't use food to divide us, in Louisiana, it unites us." Mark, Baton Rouge, La.
1. Peter Luger Used to Sizzle. Now It Sputters.
Pete Wells gives a New York institution a zero-star review.
Peter Luger Steak House in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is known for its porterhouses, its curt wait staff and its sizable bills. Our restaurant critic found it has fallen in recent years. "After I've paid, there is the unshakable sense that I've been scammed," he wrote. More than 2,000 readers chimed in.
I didn't see this piece as a takedown but as a lament. A friend on Facebook slammed the review simply because Peter Luger is "an institution." But institutions often rest on their laurels, get complacent, and take their reputation for granted. Sounds like this may have happened here. Wells wasn't vague in his criticisms. He pointed to specific ways in which the quality of the food had declined, observed in multiple visits: uneven cooking, cold potatoes, the flavor of the meat. There was a note of sadness in this article that it looked like Peter Luger was past its prime. MsC, Weehawken, N.J.
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Professor Richard Tarnas: In Appreciation of an Open-Minded Scientist
"Many consider his theory of morphic fields one of the most fruitful since the Origin of Species"
– Richard Tarnas
In this ten minute introduction to a talk by Dr Rupert Sheldrake, Richard Tarnas, Professor of Philosophy at California Institute of Integral Studies, and author of The Passion of the Western Mind outlines Sheldrake's qualities as an open-minded scientist.
It's a real honor to be able to to welcome and introduce our speaker tonight. Rupert Sheldrake is one of the most clear-thinking and revolutionary scientists of our time.
He's now published over 80 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals including Nature and ten remarkable books starting with that great breakthrough work on A New Science of Life and then going on to The Presence of the Past and The Rebirth of Nature and Seven Experiments That Could Change the World and now Science Set Free which had the British title The Science Delusion. (It would be interesting to hear Rupert talk about the shift in title from the US from the UK to the US.)
He was a fellow of Clare College at Cambridge University and a research fellow of the Royal Society and he's now a member of many scientific societies such as the Society for Experimental Biology and the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Many consider his theory of morphic fields one of the most fruitful since the Origin of Species, one of the most fruitful for biology certainly but also for other fields such as psychology.
James Hillman, another kindred spirit, has proposed what he calls an acorn theory for better understanding the narrative arcs of a human life. He says just as the acorn holds implicit within itself the pattern for the growth and the maturation of the oak tree, and draws towards what it needs in order to actualize its potential, so also does the individual human being.
Each of us from this point of view is shaped by a unique individual energy, a daimon as he would call it, a calling that's expressed in many different ways throughout the lifetime. And it draws towards it those childhood experiences that are necessary for what is to come. Like Louie Armstrong happening to be given a trumpet as a New Orleans waife when he's a child I think and we see how this process gets more and more evident as the person actualizes what was potential and fulfills their life work.
And I think we can see this process at work in Rupert Sheldrake's life. From the start as he surrounded himself, when he was very young as a child, with a host of animals, from caterpillars and tortoises to pigeons and his dog. And his father was an herbalist and taught him botany and through his microscope showed him the wonders of nature. And while still young Rupert collected plants and read books on Natural History and even by the time he was 12 he knew he wanted to become a biologist. And then he went on to Cambridge where he studied the sciences there but then also then went on to study philosophy and history of science at Harvard and now I think we can say that Rupert is really one of the the most influential and splendidly controversial scientists of our time.
He is a Socrates among the Athenians upsetting their unconscious dogmatic assumptions. He arouses their ire precisely because they uncomfortably sense that he is seeing something that they are not, and that they haven't, and this destabilizes their certainties. And not only their specific certainties but also their larger underlying frame of reference, and this is very very very challenging. He suggests that their fixed earth might be moving, that their unchanging laws of nature might be ever-evolving habits and over and over again in many areas of research he suggests that there might indeed be more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in their materialist philosophy.
He points out that the mechanistic perspective that continues to underlie the mainstream scientific worldview is secretly anthropomorphic, that term that modern science is most obsessively interested in removing from its cognition. And yet within the heart of its mechanistic perspective is hidden this anthropomorphic assumption, for as Rupert points out there are in fact no machines in a state of nature. All machines are human-made just as is the metaphor imposed on nature by the mechanistic theory.
May I say just one more thing before giving the lectern over to Rupert, to place tonight's presentation in context, I think there's no more crucial task today for thoughtful individuals in our precarious civilization than to reach towards and then help disseminate a larger and deeper perspective, to see our world and our place in it with new eyes and thus to transform our culture's world view in the course of the great modern development.
A tremendous shift took place, particularly centered around the enlightenment, so that we moved from a civilization in which the center of gravity in defining our worldview was religion, as the principal power that was affecting our cultural vision, and the strategies that moved our way of life. And it moved in the course of the modern era to one in which science held that role, that science became in a way not only the most powerful force in shaping our cosmology, our worldview, but also it became a new faith in a way, a faith in modern reason that could shine it's light on the world and like the Sun illuminate everything, objectifying the cosmos, seeing it as an object, objectifying the earth and seeing it as an object and thereby empowering the human subject all in one move.
But this extraordinary confidence, this luminous powerful confidence in modern reason, came with a shadow as all light does, a shadow in this case of hubris, of exaggerated assurance, of superior knowledge and certainty, a cutting off of sources of knowing that other cultures and other ages have developed and honored as necessary for any authentic engagement with reality.
Our world today, which is so fraught with the consequences of modern civilization's reductionist assumptions, deeply needs what Rupert Sheldrake has brought to the table of scientific discussion: the precision of his thought and articulation; the breadth of his expertise and his erudition; the calm equilibrium with which he engages what is surprisingly often been fierce hostility. All these represent a model of intellectual excellence and courage for all of us.
Rupert Sheldrake is perhaps as well-suited as anyone living today by training by sensibility and by courage in battle to engage this crucial task. He is a Lancelot in our round table as we seek to recover the sacred mystery of our cosmos.
Commentaries on Rupert and His Work
Rupert Sheldrake and the Search for Morphic Resonances
The Anti-Sheldrake Phenomenon
Sheldrake's Morphic Resonance
Paranormal Science: Chris Brauer's comments on Rupert's Whitehead Lecture


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WASHINGTON --The values and vision of New Holland's founders are the beating heart of the brand to this day, as it celebrates 125 years at the farmers' side, providing the support they needed at all times, constantly investing and innovating so they would have the products, technologies and services to farm efficiently, sustainably and profitably.
Carlo Lambro, Brand President of New Holland Agriculture stated: "New Holland has a rich heritage started in a small town of Pennsylvania and has grown to be a global brand with presence across 170 countries.
It is a history marked by important innovations that have changed agriculture. It brings together the unique legacy of brands such as Ford, Fiat, Braud and Claeys. Most important of all, it is a history marked by people: our customers, our dealers, our employees, day after day, year after year. Together, we are facing the many challenges of agriculture, helping farmers get the job done, efficiently and profitably, and get the best from their business."
New Holland is the farmer's partner for every season – for good times and challenging times: "We are living in extraordinary circumstances that are changing how we live and work in ways we could never have imagined," he added.
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