Walk Start / Walk Finish: Burbush Car Park, Burley (circular walk).
Distance: About 4.5 miles (a couple of hours if walking non-stop).
Parking: Free parking at Burbush Car Park.
Defining Features: For me the biggest surprise was the staggering view over Kingston Great Common, particularly at sunset.
Pros: Lots of variety along the way, including village shops, pubs and tea rooms as well as vast swathes of open forest.
Cons: A particularly unpleasant stretch of busy, narrow road can't be avoided, and with children in tow these crossings are brief but scary.
The walk around Burley that begins at Burbush car park, adjacent to Slap Bottom, takes in everything from stirring views of heath and heather to a bustling village, woodland walks and foray up rather a grand private driveway.
At the end of the carp park, walk to the far end, over the rise and down to the old railway line and start walking. You can only go left, as to the right the line has been reclaimed by the forest and has become a modest canal of sorts. With the occasional traffic cone pointing out of it.
As you begin the walk the banks rise high to the left and right until you see the familiar heath rising up to the sky. Eventually the banks lower and the vista flattens out. This pathway is shared with both cyclists and pedestrians (other than New Forest Ponies and other animals, naturally) but is easily wide enough for there to be room for everyone.
Continue past old level crossing gate posts where a left turn could be taken as a short cut. Other railway relics still protrude from the ground on either side, although evidence of the actual sleepers and rails is scarce.
Eventually you'll come across the old Greenbridge bridge, now demolished apart from the red brick abutments which blend in with the banks. Turn left here and make your way up a brief rise. Once over the crest you'll be presented with a spectacular, sweeping view across the forst. The white clay path that you'll follow weaves its way up into the distance.
As I set off and cast my eye over the landscape ahead, the only blemishes I could see were the occasional car beetling along the otherwise hidden road towards Sway and Lymington, and an inevitable network of telegraph poles cutting through the entire valley.
Turf Hill ahead has a deceptively steep crest, but once over the top it flattens almost immediately and you'll carry on towards Burley, with Slap Wood over on the left. As the heather turns to gorse bushes and the trees approach you'll come upon a long car park which (had we taken the left turn short cut from earlier) we would have passed through 20 minutes earlier.
Going straight over the car park, head into the woods. There's a path that leads all the way (after crossing in front of the Moorhill House Hotel) down to the centre of Burley Village; you'll come out with the Queen's Head pub to the right and the War Memorial to the left. Head for the War Memorial and turn right.
This is where you need to watch out for the traffic; the pavements are narrow if present at all, and squeezing past the Burley Tea Rooms is not a pleasant experience when the traffic is flowing. The first time I took this route at this stage I began to regret the decision to press on through Burley, but once this short section was behind me, the decision became entirely justified by the magnificence of Kingston Great Common, a short distance away.
After a while you'll come to Clough Lane on the left hand side. By this point the pavement had widened, but opposite Clough Lane we had to cross to a small metal gate signposted to Burley Street. This led to a pathway running safely adjacent to the busy road below to the left, at the end of which we had to cross again; and once again the corner to the left was blind, so be extremely wary.
Once over the road, turn right and stop at the grand entrance to Burley Hill House. By the large red brick wall is a very out-of-place dilapidated footpath signpost, pointing straight at the ornate wrought iron entrance gates to the driveway. You'll be forgiven for thinking that someone had turned the sign as a practical joke, but don't be deterred.
Ignore the main gate and smaller gate to its left; head for the small gate on the right. This is where you pick up the path, which leads you (well-enclosed and separated from the private land) up to some fairly uninviting woods.
I found the woodland path leading up the hill slightly oppressive. This feeling was aided not only by the narrowness of the path and the high, unambiguous wire fencing on either side, but also (and mainly) by the numerous and clearly displayed "STRICTLY PRIVATE. Trespassers will be Prosecuted" signs nailed to almost every other tree all the way through. I got the distinct impression that the word 'Prosecuted' would have been not unenthusiastically amended to read 'Shot' had the law allowed.
This oppressive atmosphere began to dissipate, however, as the hill was crested and the trees became less dense.
At the end of the mercifully short woodland section you'll come across a small stile. At this point turn left and walk for about 100 metres until the fence on the right gives way to woodland, into which you will head, choosing an ambiguous path and leaving the track.
As I edged around the woods I was stopped in my tracks by the most amazing view over the aforementioned and aptly named Kingston Great Common.
From this point on it's all open forest again, and for me this made the whole walk worthwhile. As you head down the hill you'll see a white sandy clay path running perpendicular to your position, and when you hit it, turn left and just keep going through more beautiful heathland.
As we passed through a small clump of trees we were rewarded by the sight of a large herd of deer up to the left along the line of trees. There are one or two houses dotted along the hill top as well, but over to the right it's all forest.
Eventually you'll come across Long Pond, and as we passed this (leaving it to our right) we threaded our way through the piles of freshly cut logs onto quite a muddy, boggy path which led all the way to the road, easily identified if not by the noise, then by the telegraph poles lining its length.
We spotted our car quite a while before we spotted the road, and we headed straight for it after a very varied but ultimately rewarding ramble.


I survived Hurricane Irma with minimal damage (thank God!), but I still do not have Internet access, or in turn, TV. That means I can't blog as regularly as I used to and have to travel to a local Starbucks to do so (that goes for work too). I'm also very behind on all things pop culture. But we are safe and no other storms look to be threatening us (peace out, Maria!), so all is good. There are a lot of fun things coming up in the next few months, so I'm excited to be able to share them all with you.
For now, enjoy all the things I have been coveting, but having to refrain from purchasing in lieu of hurricane supplies.
Wizardry + Witchcraft palette; I am more than fully aware that I am behind on the Storybook Cosmetics trend, but I wasn't sure if their makeup was just a collector's piece or if they were actually wearable. After watching several reviews on YouTube, I can say that I am beyond impressed with this palette. It's beautifully pigmented and perfect for the fall. Way to go, triplets!
Weird Mom Club tee; I haven't gotten excited about a brand in a long time the way I am about the Weird Mom Club. Nicole has perfectly captured what it is like to not be the run of the mill mother in a sea of normality. I often feel like an outcast with my tattoos and general style whenever at a parenting event, but this little shop has made me realize I am not alone. I'm currently obsessed with getting this ringer tee. Are you a weird mom too? Check out Nicole's awesome products!
Rainbow dress; I'm always on a constant hunt for adorable clothes. Lately, I don't get much of a chance to wear anything cute (I lament about this often on my IG stories), thus the lack of outfit posts on the blog, but it doesn't stop me from scouring the net for them. This dress immediately caught my eye as it looks comfy enough to work with my mommy lifestyle, especially paired with a cute pair of sneakers or espadrilles. Score!
Avada Kedavra Satchel; If something was ever on brand, this little satchel sure is! I became completely obsessed with it after seeing CritiqueGeek sporting it on her IG. It also has a matching wallet because BoxLunch clearly hates me and wants all my money. It would be absolutely perfect for my wizarding anniversary trip in November and has instantly flown to the top of my wish list.
Mickey blouse; I am loving the trend of working girl fandom pieces. This is such a great example that you can transition geek chic into the work place and look good while doing it! It could also moonlight as a cute nighttime Disney date top. Options, people!
AT-AT poodle skirt; the creativity of this skirt just amazes me. It is such a wonderful play on the 50's poodle skirt, and I need to have it in my closet right now. Can you imagine this for Dapper Day? I die. Fun fact: I used to dress as a 50's girl repeatedly for Halloween, so it has an extra special place in my heart.
Game of Thrones makeup brushes; I know everyone is riding high on the GOT wave these days with the second to last season airing. Lord knows I am (how good was this week's?!?!). I don't know if I'd actually use these brushes to apply makeup, but they are absolutely beautiful. The one that really slays me? The hand of the king. So gorgeous! Bonus? They're on sale!
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Have an amazing Christmas weekend if you celebrate!
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The Governor's Official Program is comprised of a wide range of constitutional and legal duties and ceremonial and community engagements. Each year, the Governor hosts thousands of visitors to Government House to take part in investiture and award ceremonies, Open Days, receptions and meetings, and travels widely throughout Queensland to support the activities of Patron groups. View a chronological record of the Governor's daily program below.
On Wednesday, in the morning, at St John's Anglican College, Forest Lake, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC attended the official opening of St John's Anglican College redeveloped Sports Centre, and the Governor addressed guests and unveiled a plaque.
In the evening, at Government House, the Governor and Mrs Kaye de Jersey hosted a dinner in honour of Queenslanders recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours Lists, and the Governor addressed guests. Guests included: Mr Campbell Newman AO and Mrs Lisa Newman; Professor Matthew Sanders AO and Mrs Patricia Sanders; Dr Vedella Hinckley AM and Mr Stephen Young; Lieutenant Colonel Dianne Grey CSC and Mr Brendan Hayward CSC CSM; Mrs Georgia Byrom OAM and Mr Roger Byrom, and Air Commodore Mark Gower AM LVO OAM (Mil) and Mrs Julie Gower.

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Delek Offering to Buy $2 Billion of North Sea Gas Fields From Chevron
Delek Group said on Sunday it had submitted a proposal through its Ithaca unit to buy Chevron's oil and gas fields in the British North Sea as the Israeli holding company expands its overseas energy business and eyes a London Stock Exchange listing.
Delek said in a filing with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that the discussions centered on Chevron's Alba, Alder and Britannia and satellites as well as Captain, Elgin/Franklin, Erskine and Jade gas fields.
It did not provide any financial details, but sources told Reuters last week that the company would pay between $1.8 billion and $2 billion for the assets which exclude Chevron's 19.4% stake in the BP-operated Clair field.
Delek shares rose 0.6% at 691 shekels ($190.84) in TASE trading.
The company, which termed the Chevron deal part of its strategy to expand its international operations, said it believed that if a final agreement is reached, it could be completed this year. It said the purchase would be financed through bank loans and its own resources.
The Chevron deal comes on the heels of Delek's acquiring Shell's 22.45% stake in the Caesar-Tonga field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for $965 million earlier this month. Controlled by Yitzhak Tshuva, Delek has stakes in Israel's Leviathan and Tamar gas fields as well as in the Aphrodite field offshore Cyprus, making it Israel's biggest energy company. It acquired 100% of Ithaca, an oil and gas operator focused on the North Sea, two years ago.
U.S. oil major Chevron kicked off the sale of its central North Sea oil and gas fields last July, with the help of U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley.
Sources told Reuters last week that the Israeli company beat competitors, including a consortium formed by Britain's Premier Oil and U.S. private equity fund Apollo Global Management, and also British petrochemical maker Ineos Group.
The deal would be just the latest of many that have transformed the population of North Sea producers over the past five years.
Under pressure from a fall in oil prices to near 14-year lows of $26 a barrel in 2016, major oil and gas companies have been forced to sell assets to private equity-backed investors and specialized operators.
Funds including Neptune, backed by Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners, and Chrysaor, backed by EIG Global Partners, among others, have since raised billions of dollars to snap up what they see as bargains in the sector.
Chevron, which produced 50,000 barrels of liquids and 155 million cubic feet of natural gas per day on average in 2017, is looking to 0free up cash for longer-term, higher-margin businesses in the United States.
Earlier this month, it made a $33 billion bid in cash and stock to buy Anadarko Petroleum and bolster its position in shale oil and the liquid natural gas market, which was, however, rivaled last Wednesday by Occidental Petroleum.
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It may be cold, rainy or windy between Christmas and Epiphany, but fear not, we will stay warm thanks to Adrifest, the new multidisciplinary Festival taking place in Lower Molise under the joint direction of musician Luca Ciarla and visual artist Keziat. Embracing seaside and hills, the Festival starts on December 28 and ends on […]
Saxophonist Javier Girotto and accordionist Vince Abbracciante were due back in Italy after concluding in mid-November a successful three-week South American tour organized by Violipiano Music with famous South American festivals and the valuable support from various Italian institutions abroad. The two closing dates saw the Argentinian Girotto play in his native town at […]
Javier Girotto returns to his native Cordoba with his sax and Apulian accordionist Vince Abbracciante as travel mates for a programme of concerts and workshops scheduled in Argentina, Chile and Peru from October 29 to November 17. Girotto boasts a decades-long career and ranks among Italy's top jazz musicians. He lives in Rome and holds […]
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Press release It has almost been a concert marathon for violinist Luca Ciarla in the United States; from 3 September to October 2, 2023, he has presented 17 events (16 concerts and 1 workshop) in 10 different states, including Michigan, Alaska, California, New Mexico, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Illinois and Nevada. The first concert, for […]
Cantata Walk, Luca Ciarla's latest single, from Bach to the sweet Lazio countryside
The music of Bach and going for a hike, the sweet Lazio countryside and the choral "Jesus bleibet meine Freude", from the Cantata BWV 147 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Practically a new piece by violinist and composer Luca Ciarla, Cantata Walk is the result of a series of overlapping improvisations made with a baroque bow and a violin tuned a semitone below, searching for a different, almost "pastoral" sound.


Tulum travel inspiration from those who have wandered before you. Discover the top places to stay, best food to eat, and must do sights to see while traveling to Tulum. Here are my top recommended stops for traveling to and exploring Tulum.
Exploring the beautiful meandering jungle paths was one of my favorite parts of tulum.
Life is a little jungle-esque right now as we are one week away from Itália 🇮🇹 and tying the knot with @michaelcheckers!!


Elegant, waterfront, executive home nestled on a beautiful 1.2-acre parcel. The parcel is 3 lots with a sea wall, located in the "Pointe West" community. This prestigious home features a 2000 sq. ft attached glass solarium and spa, with a new heating system for the room as well as for the pool. You will also enjoy the 9-person hot tub and bar area in the solarium. This stunning home offers tile and high-end wood floors throughout, granite kitchen countertops, cherry built in entertainment center and a grand 2 story foyer just to mention a few items. The entire home was recently repainted, a new roof was installed, there is an upgraded security system and electrical system throughout the home and built Trex decks around the home. With ownership in the Pointe West Community, you will have the site condominiums ownership with amenities that include: paved streets, tennis courts, 3 common grounds with sandy beaches & a gazebo. Call today to view the home before it gets away!


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Introducing the St. David, our superyacht for the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted by Andrew Balfour on Oct 2, 2019 8:05:02 AM
Secure a Champions Club Diamond Ticket Package for the upcoming 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to access the luxurious St. David superyacht, where you can enjoy VIP hospitality and stunning trackside views.
About the St. David Superyacht
Custom built by famed Italian shipbuilder Benetti to Lloyd's class in 2008, the St. David was awarded 'Best Charter Yacht' by the Robb Report in 2009 and was also a finalist in the World Superyacht Awards of the same year. The St. David underwent an extensive refit in 2017, which included the installation of the latest audio-visual entertainment systems. The 60-metre superyacht was designed inside and out by Andrew Winch, who crafted a low, streamlined and curvaceous shape reminiscent of Italian supercars; in other words, the perfect yacht for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix!
On-Board Luxury
Moored in a privileged berth at Yas Marina, the St. David will offer three decks for watching the on-track action, all of which are connected by a grand staircase with a skylight that provides natural light throughout the vessel. The design enhances social interaction on board with open, spacious and functional areas for guests to interact and enjoy the unique trackside atmosphere at Yas Marina Circuit.
Features include a vast sundeck offering shade for relaxation and alfresco dining, main deck bar with large entertainment area and a bridge deck veranda. You won't miss any of the on-track action thanks to an innovative screen on the sun deck that projects two-way images. By night, the entire deck is transformed into a private nightclub where a state of the art audio-visual system will electrify some of the most exclusive yacht parties at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Inspired by the best hotels on the Italian Riviera, the interior of the St. David offers modern luxury and innovative design. On the main deck, the saloon boasts a full wet bar and entertainment centre with comfortable seating that leads into a formal dining area. The custom-made dining table seats up to 12, allowing all the on-board guests to dine together.
Stay on the St. David
For the ultimate Yas Marina experience, we also offer a limited number of luxury guest cabins on board the St. David, including a split-level master suite with a private lounge, a VIP suite, two double rooms and two twin rooms, all of which boast an entertainment centre and en-suite bathroom. Rooms are available for 4 nights from Thursday 28 November to Monday 2 December. Fill out an online enquiry or contact your sales agent to enquire about booking a room on board the St. David at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Champions Club Diamond Ticket Packages
Flexible 2- or -3 Day Access to the St. David Superyacht is available with Champions Club Diamond Ticket Packages. Guests are treated to VIP hospitality with gourmet meals and open bars serving premium alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Other benefits include a special guest appearance by retired Australian F1 driver Mark Webber, who won 9 races with Red Bull. Champions Club guests also enjoy a guided tour of the Formula 1 Paddock, full weekend access to the bars and restaurants in the iconic Yas Hotel and entrance to the concerts at Du Arena, which are headlined this year by rock band The Killers and rapper Travis Scott.
The following Official Ticket Packages also provide access to the St. David Superyacht: Champions Club Gold Ticket Package, F1 Pirelli Hot Laps Champions Club Diamond. You can also secure single-day access on Friday or attend a yacht party on Sunday night.
Topics: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina, Yas Marina Circuit, Superyacht


Boston experienced a bout of these snow bursts on Wednesday.
A light dusting of snow in Boston on Tremont Street left footprints made by pedestrians on Jan. 8.
On Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service's Boston branch tweeted out snow squall warnings, alerting people to whiteout conditions and wind speeds up to 50 miles per hour.
But what exactly is a snow squall, anyway?
"It is almost like a line of thunderstorms, but it's in winter," said Kim Buttrick of the National Weather Service in Norton.
Buttrick explained that squalls happen along an arctic front, producing "widely scattered" snow showers.
Buttrick noted that it's especially dangerous to be on the road when this occurs.
"If the reduced visibility doesn't get you, then you can spin out on the fast-accumulating snow," she said.
Snow squalls typically last less than three hours, according to the NWS.


Last year, and you may remember on the Saturday 23rd March at 8:30pm, millions of people around the world will be recognising Earth Hour. At this time (your local time) people across the world will simply switch off their lights for an hour as a sign for concern for the environment. IT's been growing in success, last year there were more than 6900 cities and towns which took part from New York to Ireland and across the globe. The astronauts on the International Space Station even joined in by turning down the power on their systems. This year it is hoped lots more countries will join in, new participants include Palestine and Rwanda.
There are some famous building across the world which join in such as the Houses of Parliament and the Sydney Opera House. There are iconic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, the Brandenburg Gate and even the Empire State Building.
Well the event is primarily about raising awareness of the environmental issues facing the planet. The organisers WWF appreciate in itself it has limited effect, the benefit of turning all the lights off is cancelled out by the huge strain on electricity infrastrcture when everyone turns them back on. However it is meant to be a starting point and hope that invidiuals and governments follow up the event with making real change.
You can follow the event at their web site – http://earthhourlive.org/ which will be having regular updates.
For those who would rather watch coverage on a mainstream channel, I can recommend this method for watching UK Television over the web – http://www.uktv-online.com/. It's quite simple and involves using a secure proxy server to route your connection through giving you the appearance of being in that country.


Shopping for gym clothes is often a daunting task for a lot of men. Most often than not, many would give up and go for their old cotton shirt or sweatpants. But there are a couple of reasons you should give up using those for working out. First, cotton isn't sweat-wicking, which means you'll leave every equipment you use wet and greasy.
Cotton can also cause chafing and irritation which will make you feel uncomfortable while working out. With that, you should make sure to look for workout gear that's sweatproof, breathable, and most of all, comfortable.
You shouldn't be contented with wearing you're crappy shirts and shorts. It's time to make a switch to the appropriate gym outfit. Besides, there are endless options to choose from, but the different styles are also made for different types of exercises.
The Under Armour Men's Vanish Trousers is a workout bottom that you'd want to wear all day – even in bed. It has a soft-skin feel yet it's efficient in wicking moisture during a sweaty workout.
These trousers also boast a HeatGear® fabric that will keep you feeling fresh, unlike cotton sweatpants. Aside from those things, there's a lot more to know about these bottoms, so keep on reading as we take a closer look at its features!
Serious bodybuilders who have thicker legs than other men find it difficult to score bottoms that would fit them perfectly. The Under Armour Men's UA Vanish Trousers would be a solid choice as it is fitted yet doesn't restrict any movement.
It gives you that next-to-skin feel without being squeezed, allowing you to do a full range of movements. Plus, it has a 4-way stretch construction that lets you move better in every direction.
You can also wear compression shorts over these bottoms for added warmth during colder months.
The Under Armour Men's UA Vanish Trousers boast a lightweight HeatGear® fabric that's incredibly soft and smooth for extreme comfort.
It's also infused with UA Microthread technology that makes the trousers dry faster during sweaty gym sessions. It's also guaranteed to eliminate chafing and irritation, and it won't cling to you as it doesn't absorb sweat.
You can even wear these bottoms for casual days when you're tired of jeans or slacks. It comes with an encased elastic waistband with internal drawcord, and it also has secure hand pockets with an internal phone pocket on the right side.
Aside from a soft and breathable fabric, the Under Armour Men's UA Vanish Trousers also feature mesh back leg panels for added ventilation. It keeps you fresh throughout hot workouts, especially in the summer.
It's made to move with you no matter how extensive your movements are. You'd choose these trousers over any of your workout bottoms any day.
Under Armour is known for its quality workout gears that are offered at reasonable prices. The Under Armour Men's UA Vanish Trousers, despite its unique fabric and technology, is still at a more affordable price point than others. You might even want to get your hands on them right now (at the time of writing) as they're currently on sale!
With its sale price, you'll definitely get more than what you paid for.
All in all, the Under Armour Men's UA Vanish Trousers is a great choice for frequent gym goers, bodybuilders, runners, and fitness enthusiasts. With its soft, stretchable, and breathable fabric, it keeps you comfortable – to and from a workout.
Its internal drawcord keeps it in place so you can freely move in all directions without any hesitation.


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Custom Built Archery ARROWS Arrow Fletchings Bohning Griffin Vanes - 40 Pack
Bohning Griffin Vanes - 40 Pack
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The Griffin® Vane is truly a revolutionary vane! Bohning's first vane designed exclusively for olympic recurve archers, the Griffin Vane boasts all the performance benefits of a mylar-type vane (e.g. spin wing) without the drawbacks! Its twisted ribbon design aids in immediate arrow rotation and the minimal surface area resulting from the cut-out profile provides a stable & accurate flight in variable, constant, and zero wind shooting scenarios. Weighing only 1.2 grains, it's made of extremely durable, nondeforming vane material - you'll never have to hear that distressing buzzing sound of your mylar vane tearing loose from your arrow mid-flight again! And you'll be able to spend more time actually shooting as you say good-bye to the daily grind of constant refletching - the Griffin Vane has a straight base that can be fletched with a standard Pro Class Style Jig using glue or tape. Just use the included clamp adaptor! The Griffin Vane measures 1" (25.4mm) in length, 0.21" (5.3mm) in height, and weighs an average of 1.2 grains (77.8 mg). Like all Bohning vanes, the base of the Griffin Vane is pre-primed for optimal adhesion.
The Griffin is the product of over three years of research and testing! When we first decided to produce a vane for olympic recurve, we had three goals. 1. It had to perform as well as or better than a mylar-type (ie spin wing) vane, 2. it had to be significantly more durable, and 3. it had to be easier to fletch. The Bohning engineers paired up with an aerospace engineering firm to create a digital rendering and to execute computerized simulations. The simulated results easily achieved all three goals. The next step was producing prototypes - not being a typical vane shape, this took some work. Finally, the real test - we sent the prototype vane, produced in four different materials, to approximately 100 archers for testing. Each archer was asked to shoot a minimum of 200 arrows in different weather conditions. They measured group sizes and provided input on each material. We quickly eliminated two of the prototype materials because they didn't meet our durability requirements. The flight characteristics were great, but what good is that if you have to spend all your time refletching instead of shooting? The third material was eliminated because it didn't provide adequate steerage. And the fourth material? Golden! It was the perfect combination of performance and durability. And with the production of the clamp insert specifically for the Griffin Vane, the "easier to fletch" requirement was also checked. We are very proud to present you with the result of these intensive studies - Bohning's Griffin Vane.
Available in packs of 40.
Proudly manufactured at the Bohning Factory in Lake City, Michigan, United States.
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Release of the December 2016 Medi-Cal Update is delayed. The rescheduled posting date is Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
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Broward County to pay $42M for farm land to settle lawsuit
Land is zoned for a hotel
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A longstanding legal battle between Broward County and the owners of Dania Farms is now over – and it's the county that has to fork over some cash.
In a settlement reached on Tuesday, the county agreed to pay the Shaw family $42 million to buy 38 acres of farmland, according to the Sun Sentinel. The sum does not include an additional $573,000 in attorney fees and $285,548 in expert witness fees and other litigation costs that the county agreed to pay.
In exchange, the Shaw family, related to the late Congressman E. Clay Shaw Jr., released the county from liability related to the alleged damage from a new, nearby Fort Lauderdale airport runway. The land is currently zoned to allow for a hotel development.
The Shaws claim the runway construction, which began in 2012, has led to the land flooding frequently, making it impossible to develop a hotel on the land. In September, a Circuit Court judge agreed.
The runway opened in 2014, and extends over U.S. 1. It sits just north of the Dania Farms property at 704 North Federal Highway, which the family has owned for more than eight decades.
It is still unknown how much of the cost will fall on taxpayers. According to the settlement, the land could be used for future development at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the Sun Sentinel reported. [Sun Sentinel] – Amanda Rabines
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KPCL: India's Transhipment Giant
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Krishnapatnam Port Co (KPCL) is planning to induct a strategic investor as it looks to become the largest transhipment hub on the East Coast of India.
According to Hellenic Shipping News, KPCL said it is in talks with investors for a proposed stake sale.
Chinta Sasidhar, Managing Director of KPCL, said: "We are looking at a strategic investor. Japanese (companies) have shown lot of interest.
"Our plan is to make KPCL into a transhipment hub for coal and iron ore handling on east coast."
Transhipment involves offloading cargo from a mother ship at a single port and redistributing and supplying it through feeder vessels.
KPCL said it is looking to partner with Japanese companies such as Mitsubishi Corp. and Sumitomo Corporation.
It also plans to use the proceeds of stake sale to double its capacity from the existing 70 million tonnes to 140 million tonnes, a plan that requires an investment of around US$128 million.
Sasidhar concluded by saying that the company plans to increase cargo handling by 50% in the financial year of 2015-16.
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imagination is central to their very way of communication. And not just preachers or teachers, but all called to leadership. At the core of leadership is the task of communication. The best communication inspires, moves, illumines and instructs using the imagination.
We are never just giving the facts. We are the bards (singers of grand stories) and word smiths who find creative, fresh, stirring ways of speaking truth in love, power and mystery.
We now live in a cultural era (and probably have always lived in such an era) where the one who tells the best story wins. Christianity may have the absolutely best story, but if we never learn how to tell that story in a way that beckons, woos and intrigues the imagination - that story will fade and fail.
This is not even slightly a diminishment of TRUTH and its importance... It is the question of how to most powerfully, convincingly and lovingly communicate the greatest story every told, the virtually unimaginable story.
Every now and then I find books that are really useful toward that end. Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins, is one of the absolute best in learning how to be a good story teller.
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by anubhav December 1, 2021
Read this article to learn about Gavin Magnus' Biography, Age, Birthday, Height, Early Life, Education, Career, Girlfriend, Wiki & Facts
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Gavin Magnus is an American singer and well-known social media influencer. He is well-known for his playing roles on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon television channels.
He is also well-known for his singing voice, having gained success with songs such as Hollaback and Crushin. He also has his own YouTube channel, which he uses to delight her admirers by uploading interesting content such as vlogs, pranks, and puppet videos.
Gavin Magnus was born on March 26. 2007. Gavin Magnus' age is 14 years old as of 2021. Gavin's birth sign is Aries.
Full Name Gavin Magnus
Gavin Magnus stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches or 163 cm tall and weighs around 52 kg or 114 lbs. Gavin's hair color is Blonde and his eye color is Blue.
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Gavin Magnus was born on 26 March 2007 and will be 14 years old in 2021. He was born and reared in Los Angeles, California, United States, in an upper-middle-class family. He is known to be an American nationality and a Christian.
Gavin Magnus's father's name is Dave Magnus, who is a businessman by profession and her mother's name is Theresa Magnus, who is a housewife.
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He attended a local high school in California, United States, where he completed his early education.
He is currently homeschooled and pursuing his higher education via online classes due to his hectic schedule, and he has not yet decided what he wants to do in the future. He has a strong passion for music and singing and is currently honing his skills in order to excel in this sector on a global scale.
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Gavin Magnus began his singing career in 2018 when he participated in the Boys of Summer Tour, which traveled across the United States. In the same year, he recorded two famous singles titled Hollaback and Crushin.
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Prior to that, in 2016, he launched a self-titled YouTube channel on which he posts entertaining videos featuring a puppet, pranks, challenges, blogs, and other popular stuff to engage his subscribers.
SMG Mario's compassion problem, which was also his debut video on YouTube, is one of his most popular videos.
Along with his YouTube channel, he serves as a host for another channel called DreamworksTV, which has laugh-out-loud jokes, gaming, magic, and other entertaining content. Apart from that, he has appeared in various series on the Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon television networks.
As of 2021, Gavin Magnus' net worth is estimated to be $700,000. The primary source of his earnings comes from his career as a Singer & Social media influencer.
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Gavin is now dating Ava Monpere. He dated Coco Quinn, an Instagram sensation and well-known social media personality.
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Gavin was previously linked to Piper Rockelle, a renowned YouTuber and Instagrammer.
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Q: grammarly alternative - NLP I'm trying to learn NLP with python. Although I work with a variety of programming languages I'm looking for some kind of from the ground up solution that I can put together to come up with a product that has a high standard of spelling and grammer like grammerly?
I've tried some approaches with python. https://pypi.org/project/inflect/
Spacy for parts of speech.
Could someone point me in the direction of some kind of fully fledged API, that I can pull apart and try and work out how to get to a decent standard of english, like grammerly.
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Nearly a third of Americans are getting inadequate sleep — including police officers, healthcare workers and truck drivers — and it's getting worse each year says a new study from Ball State University. "Short Sleep Duration in Working American Adults," an analysis of more than 150,000 working adults from 2010 to 2018, found that prevalence of inadequate sleep — seven hours or less — increased from 30.9 percent of respondents in 2010 to 35.6 percent in 2018. "Inadequate sleep is associated with mild to severe physical and mental health problems, injury, loss of productivity, and premature mortality," said Jagdish Khubchandani, lead author and a health science professor at Ball State. "This is a significant finding because the U.S. is currently witnessing high rates of chronic diseases across all ages and many of these diseases are related to sleep problems." The study found that in 2018, professions with the highest levels of poor sleep included those in the police and military (50 percent), health care support occupations (45 percent), transport and material moving (41 percent) and production occupations (41 percent). The study also found that for men, about 30.5 percent reported getting seven or less hours of sleep in 2010 and by 2018, about 35.5 percent reported inadequate sleep. Among women, those reporting too little sleep grew from 31.2 percent in 2011 to 35.8 percent in 2018. "There is no definitive cause found for these trends in sleep duration in the working American population," Khubchandani said. "We see the workplace is changing as Americans work longer hours, and there is greater access and use of technology and electronic devices, which tend to keep people up at night."
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Zero-days and Cyber Weapons, Politico, Tim Starks, DEF CON 27
Created by: number6
Published: October 17th, 2019, 19:05
URL1=https://www.politico.com/newsletters...weapons-710295
Their Title 1: From Vegas: A scoop, zero-days and cyber weapons
https://forum.defcon.org/node/229649
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By Tim Starks With help from Eric Geller and Martin Matishak
FIRST IN MC: A GOVERNMENTWIDE SECUREDROP? — The Trump administration is exploring the idea of creating a secure anonymous portal where anyone can report vulnerabilities, threats, incidents and any other cyber information that federal agencies should know about — and DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs will participate in a panel at DEF CON on Friday morning designed to gather feedback about the idea, according to DEF CON founder Jeff Moss. Moss — whose organization would develop the platform — will also be on the panel in Las Vegas, along with: Pablo Breuer, director of U.S. Special Operations Command at the Donovan Group; Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel with the ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project; and The New York Times' senior director of information security, Runa Sandvik.
The panel will involve a lot of audience interaction, Moss told Eric, as Krebs and the other speakers seek suggestions for how to structure the portal. The system will be "built on open source technology from [the] Freedom of the Press Foundation," according to a description of the DEF CON panel shared with MC. The goal is to create a governmentwide cyber tipline, a way to notify federal officials of intrusions, vulnerabilities and other issues without having to identify oneself. The system could also help build bridges between agencies and tech experts. DHS is expected to announce the panel today along with the rest of Krebs' DEF CON schedule.
ZERO-DAY BUSINESS TIPS — Security researchers who want to sell a zero-day vulnerability to a company should look for one with an in-house security team, because "they will understand the value of it and be willing to pay more," zero-day broker Maor Shwartz said during a candid presentation Wednesday at Black Hat in Vegas.
That was one of several interesting pieces of advice from Shwartz, who previously ran a for-profit broker service and now advises researchers pro bono. Among his other insights: when you sign a contract to sell a zero-day, read the terms closely; provide a "full test environment" for the client to ensure that they can successfully test your vulnerability; and be sure to retain the right to use your vulnerability for testing purposes after you sell it. He also warned researchers not to fall for "hustlers" offering bogus "advance payments."
In his conversations with researchers, Shwartz said, he saw an interesting trend: Researchers would publish zero-days for fun, start selling them once they realized they could make serious money, found their own companies to focus on zero-days full time, and then realize that they were in over their head. Finding vulnerabilities is one thing, but zero-day companies need lawyers, accountants and sales executives. "It's really hard work to do," Shwartz said. "And usually, you get paid only solely on your items that you sell. So if you didn't find a vulnerability for four months in a row, you don't have any income." This financial stress, he said, is what leads to the last phase of the typical researcher career cycle: expanding beyond vulnerability research — perhaps into things like penetration testing — to make some extra money.
TIME FOR A CYBER WEAPONS PARADE? — The fact that governments' cyber weapons offer no deterrent value because they're secret is dangerous, F-Secure Chief Research Officer Mikko Hyppönen argued during a Black Hat talk on Wednesday. The problem, he said, lies in the fact that cyber weapons have short shelf lives. Physical weapons rust, too, but they at least have a deterrent value while they're sitting in a stockpile. That's not true with cyber weapons, which are among the most closely guarded secrets in open and closed societies alike.
"When you do investments of millions into cyber weapons, nobody knows you have them," Hyppönen said. "And they only work for a limited time. Then they expire, and you have to delete them, and you get no bang for your buck. … And this problem actually makes it more likely that cyber weapons end up being used." According to Hyppönen, civilian and military leaders around the world who oversee the development of offensive cyber capabilities will feel pressure to use the expensive digital tools for which they advocated and secured funding.
Hyppönen stressed that he wasn't suggesting that nations would use cyber weapons simply because they had them lying around. Instead, he argued, their eventual, highly escalatory use would be the product of diverse incentives on the part of political leaders and cyber commanders, including the "use it or lose it" mentality associated with computer exploits. So, how to solve this problem? Publish more information about cyber weapons, Hyppönen argued. One option: a cyber version of the elaborate military parades common in China, Russia and North Korea that serve as periodic showcases of their latest destructive hardware.
— ELSEWHERE IN VEGAS: Researchers debuted some original research at Black Hat, as is their wont. FireEye identified a Chinese hacking group that conducts both cyberespionage and cybercrime operations, suggesting it contracts to Beijing and makes profits on the side. Purdue University researcher Sze Yiu Chau warned about encryption threats via vulnerabilities discovered more than a decade ago. The speech on a Boeing vulnerability we mentioned in Wednesday's MC happened. Checkmarx found flaws in a tablet that would allow hackers to track children. And IBM released research about "warshipping," where hackers merely mail their exploits to their targets.
Other odds and ends: Moss kicked off Black Hat with a speech about cultural differences with China over cybercrime, and the need for cyber pros to communicate more effectively. Black Hat and DEF CON are trying to increase diversity by offering daycare. At BSides Las Vegas, the DNC's chief information security officer, Bob Lord, emphasized the usability of security products. And DOJ is in Vegas trying to make pals with ethical hackers.
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Hacking Is Not a Crime! Additional Thoughts from DEFCON, Tripwire.com , Chris Orr , DEF CON 27
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Title: Hacking Is Not a Crime! Additional Thoughts from DEFCON 2019...
Ideas and Innovations at DEFCON, Tripwire.com , Chris Orr , DEF CON 27
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Teams react badly to Mosley's £30m cost cap
March 17, 2009 by James Allen
I nearly choked on my Rich Tea biscuit when the news came through about the £30 million budget cap voted through today by the FIA world motor sport council.
The teams did likewise. They did not expect this after presenting such a unanimous front the other week in Geneva. Their confidence that their unified voice would be taken into account by the FIA, when deciding rules and policy, was misplaced. Instead Max Mosley has gone much further than the teams wanted to in stripping costs out of the sport. FOTA has just put a statement out which makes clear how annoyed they are with this move,
"With regard to the decisions taken today by the FIA World Council, FOTA would like to express its disappointment and concern at the fact that these have been taken in a unilateral manner, " said FOTA president Luca di Montezemolo. "The framework of the regulations as defined by the FIA, to be applicable as from 2010, runs the risk of turning on its head the very essence of Formula 1 and the principles that make it one of the most popular and appealing sports.
"Given the timeframe and the way in which these modifications were decided upon, we feel it is necessary to study closely the new situation and to do everything, especially in these difficult times, to maintain a stable framework for the regulations without continuous upheaval, that can be perplexing and confusing for car manufacturers, teams, the public and sponsors."
This has the potential to open up a dangerous rift between the Formula 1 teams and the FIA just as the new season starts. It is likely that Mosley has done this to get teams to accept the general idea that there will be a budget cap system in F1, much as he did with standard Electronic Control Units, engine freezes and so on.
He has to lead them kicking and screaming to things which then get accepted. A £30 million budget cap will never be accepted, but once the teams have gone over the hurdle of the cap, Mosley probably reckons they will meet somewhere in the middle on the numbers, so around £50-60 million, which let's face it, should be enough to run an F1 team on. But the road ahead will be rocky and this is a real test of the mettle of FOTA as an organisation.
In Geneva I asked Montezemolo whether he thought Max would feel the FOTA proposals went far enough and he said that they would put them to him and have a dialogue. It's fairly clear that there hasn't been that much dialogue this time around, not like in December when the FOTA engine package was agreed by the FIA in the days following Honda's shock withdrawal.
What's behind this? Max wants to keep the smaller independent teams in the sport and encourage new ones to come in. He hates the idea that there are two empty franchises. But the budget cap puts manufacturer-backed teams like Ferrari, McLaren Mercedes and BMW in a difficult position. They are to be given the option of spending as much as they like, but the budget capped teams will get more technical freedom, more engine power and better aerodynamics, to make them competitive. The boards of the big car firms will never accept this and you'd have a two class F1, which never worked in the turbo/non-turbo days.
The eye catching Mosley quote is the one where he dismisses suggestions that the budget cap would be impossible to police,
"We went into all this very carefully some time ago," he said. "We involved forensic accountants from Deloitte and Touche as well as financial experts from the current teams. The vast majority of payments are traceable and any benefits in kind can be valued. There were a number of meetings. It became clear we could do it. The problem was getting the current teams to agree a figure. Also, the majority wanted a lot of exclusions such as land and buildings, the team principal's salary and the drivers. We would also need the right to carry out very intrusive audits and impose severe penalties for overspend. However these difficulties no longer arise because each team will now be able to choose whether or not to run under the cost cap."
The other little gem is this one,
"We will make sure these advantages do no more than balance the disadvantages the cost-capped teams will have because of their very restricted budgets. As said, we will balance the median performances by adjusting the cost-capped cars should this prove necessary. The other cars will have stable technical regulations in return for which we understand FOTA intend to provide guarantees of continuing participation until 2012, underwritten by the major car manufacturers."
Mosley has leapt on the guarantee given in Geneva by the manufacturers to stay in until 2012 and thereby cut their wriggle room on this. On top of that he's saying that the FIA may adjust the equivalence between capped and non-capped teams' performance, possibly even from race to race, which he knows is not F1, but it's a strong position from which they will eventually have to agree something.
What makes this a particularly big play is the fact that these things have been voted through, so they aren't proposals, they are now rules which will need to be 'unmade' once the negotiation has taken place.
Expect more from FOTA on this…
Posted in F1 News, Teams | Tagged F1, Mosley | 50 Comments
on March 17, 2009 at 6:53 pm | Reply natef1
Was really looking forward to the new season before today.
Feel wretched now. Absolutely wretched.
on March 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm | Reply Ali
"They are to be given the option of spending as much as they like, but the budget capped teams will get more technical freedom, more engine power and better aerodynamics, to make them competitive."
I really don't understand how a budget-capped team will get more engine power while they all buy those engines from manufacturers who will have to manufacture the same "frozen" engines as they won't choose budget cap option?
Thanks to Cosworth engine deal?
on March 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm | Reply Jose Arellano
me too, i dont like this at all….
on March 17, 2009 at 7:13 pm | Reply rpaco
Goodbye Max !
on March 17, 2009 at 7:19 pm | Reply Ben G
More daftness from the FIA.
But Max's budget proposal will be a good thing for F1. The manufacturers will never accept it, and it will therefore hasten their departure. They will set up a new Grand Prix series, without the FIA and FOM. I'd say within a few years.
So have faith my friends! This may just be the end of the FIA, dodgy stewards, greedy promoters, questionable sexual proclivities etc etc.
on March 17, 2009 at 7:20 pm | Reply patrick
Cui bono?
Well, it puts the FIA in a tremendously strong position – for as with the WTCC (which I have become very disillusioned with) it gives them a chance to write different rules for different teams and so decide (though I'm sure they would claim it's not what they are doing) on the relative competitiveness of different teams – or at least the relative competitiveness of capped and uncapped teams.
Not that I have any better solution to be fair. I think any budget cap can be gotten around by a team with additional money to spend, especially if the team is not solely a race team, and can get other departments to spend r&d money on the quiet. And without budget cuts there is a real danger we could lose a lot of teams from the sport, and that's the end of F1 as we know it.
That said, frst thing I'd do if I were the FIA is try to write CVC and Bernie out of the picture (not that this will happen). No need for half the money to go off to be used to pay venture capitalists debts. FOM don't contribute much to the sport and take an awful lot out. If the teams were able to split all the revenues from the TV rights, trackside rights and hosting fees between them, the sport would be in a much better position to survive the downturn.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:16 pm | Reply Finn
The teams should have had the guts to take things into their own hands long ago.
But this is a storm in a tea cup … it will get resolved so everyone s more or less happy in the end. It always does. This is just Max's opening negotiating position.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:31 pm | Reply Bob
I dunno, I like this idea. Things like the engine freeze were against the spirit of F1, but unlimited spending wouldn't last long either.
Adopting a plan to encourage technical innovation in a limited budget is the best way of keeping the spirit of F1 alive, and grow.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:39 pm | Reply Peter
Budget cap should not include e.g. marketing expenses. F1 is a global sport and as such with huge marketing background and value, how they supposed to develope the "show" this way. I do not want F1 to be the small garages' series for just petrolheads (like myself), neiter want to have two classes in the same GP, but want to see F1 teams at Goodwood and at street demos where people really can get close to the cars and drivers and want to see Porsche and Audi entering F1. This is a very rushed idea, trying to save on unnecessary engineering costs and encouraging green-tech is great, but this is just not been considered properly.
on March 17, 2009 at 11:06 pm | Reply Stephen Kellett
Don't wish to nitpick, but since Porsche own VW/Audi/Skoda (Seat? still owned or sold off?) I can't really see Porsche and any of VW/Audi/Skoda entering F1 – it would be one of the four, or none of the four – they'd be effectively competing against themselves. That doesn't make sense for a car manufacturer, even if it does make sense for Red Bull.
Would Porsche want to line up against Ferrari and McClaren (would they be happy not winning against them?) or would it be more acceptable to use Audi to do it (or for extra fun and nose snubbing, if they could do it well, Skoda!)?
on March 18, 2009 at 12:52 am Dylan
I don't want to nitpick either, but I thought VW were the owners of Porsche/Audi/Seat/Skoda etc?
on March 17, 2009 at 8:40 pm | Reply johnkell
Very confident gambit from Mosley – your post makes a lot of sense of something I've been puzzled about, James! You've got to say Mosley doesn't tend to louse things like this up – he must feel confident of getting the outcome he wants.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Reply JEFF
i think the system is certainly workable. the works teams wont sign up for it…mclaren would find it impossible to operate on such a budget, as would ferrari…even williams would probably not be able to operate at such a low budget. the policing is covered by it being volentary, so the fia can be as intrusive in an organisttions books as they like. what im not sure is how a company, a new team, establishes itself on the budget…buying machinery and tooling.
the BIG problem with the whole scheme, is that when the first budget team enters formula one…who wins the championships is effectively decided by the fia.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:44 pm | Reply jm2c
I think it's brilliant.
A budget cap is the only realistic option to get more innovation back into F1. Otherwise unrestricted R&D will lead to a disaster. It's not gonna be perfect, teams can hide some spending but that won't be trivial and it will just retain the natural pecking order we have anyway.
The way the FIA went about introducing this was nothing short of brilliant politics. First get the teams to sign on for 3 years. Then follow the letter but not the spirit of the agreement and hit them with an unacceptable proposal like this one. That almost guarantees that the final compromise is gonna be something that Ferrari or McLaren wouldn't have agreed to a few weeks ago.
I hate Max&Bernie as much as the next guy but you gotta admit they are good at their jobs.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:50 pm | Reply David Mackintosh
I can already see loopholes. Capped teams will be permitted to pay dividends to their owners should they turn a profit (as some likely will). These owners can be engineers, drivers, and other organizations.
So follow my whimsy for a minute.
Lets say you have a cap team at $42 million that sees revenues of $100 million (not unreasonable today), for a profit of $58 million. So what you do is you sell part of your team to your driver of the year. He takes a nominal salary for the year, and at the end of the year receives his dividend on the profit. Once he's done this, he sells his share of the team back to the ownership group (or, more likely, on to the driver for the next year).
Of course it will only work while the team is turning a profit, but since most teams see more revenues than $42 million (and the top teams well in excess of that), there's profit to be shared.
on March 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm | Reply alex m
Maybe Max's off circuit activities could benifit from some similar "Cost Cutting" … it seems that no matter what he spends, they still haven't beaten any sense into him.
on March 17, 2009 at 9:13 pm | Reply Robert McKay
The WTCC is a good series rather tainted because all the effort and energy of the governing body is spent incessantly recorrecting the balance between the three main manufacturers.
Does this make for good racing? Not overly, because all you get is one manufacturer having a strong weekend and monopolising the podium, and then the governing body redres the balance, which leads to another manufacturer doing the same and so on. The net effect is a tight, close championship, but it doesn't particularly make for tight close races between teams, and all it really does is scream "artificial" at the top of its lungs.
But I bet the FIA would absolutely love to be legitimately able to do the same thing for Formula 1. Goodness knows it certainly looks like they've tried to do the same in more indirect ways a lot over the past few seasons.
The budget cap is a good idea, but enforcing it in this two-tier way is a terrible one.
It's not been the FIA's best day really, has it?
on March 17, 2009 at 9:18 pm | Reply guy
I've got an idea – now it's so cheap lets club together and start a new team! We could buy Kimi out of his current £30m per annum deal with ferarri…. as would then couldn't afford a car/engineers/engine/gearbox etc we could make him run round the track. Of course, he'll have to buy his own overalls and trainers so as not to push us over budget, but they'd probably be tax deductable for him.
on March 18, 2009 at 6:03 am | Reply Clinton
Thats a great idea!
If we are the only budget-capped team the FIA would adjust Kimi's performance, on a race by race basis, to ensure he is competitive! With just Kimi and a decent pair of shoes we could be champions with a little help from Max.
What worries me is "we will balance the median performances by adjusting the cost-capped cars".
Does this mean that if there is only one budget capped team, which does a terrible job building a car, the "median" will be adjusted to ensure it comes fifth/sixth in the championship? What if it does a brilliant job? will the median be adjusted down so it comes fifth/sixth in the championship?
on March 18, 2009 at 9:02 am Moog
Kimi would need to wear two trainers with different compounds…
on March 17, 2009 at 9:37 pm | Reply Alex B
*sigh* To be honest, I was seriously hoping for a season that was just about the racing this year – no scandals / controversies / confusion – but no, now we have the announcements made today that are going to either make or break both this season (with the most wins being introduced) and the next (the budget caps).
I completely agree that costs need to be lowered, but Max is living in cloud-cuckoo land (again) by going against FOTA, even if it is just a bargaining tactic. Formula 1 is not Formula 1 if there are no teams…and why are the teams going to hang around if they are completely ignored?
Anyway, I nearly fell off my chair with shock when I saw the announcements about the most wins earlier in the day, but this has just annoyed me further!
on March 17, 2009 at 9:47 pm | Reply Glen D
What a Crock!!!!
Max has overstepped the line this time and should no longer be aloud to medal in F1 or any other form of motor sport for that matter.
How can he justify having teams in one sport all playing by different rules. How will the normal person watching F1 have a clue what is going on???
Just as FOTA has a survey, the FIA seem to also have had a survey…with 5 year olds!!!
Just as the FIA seem to have got something right with the new regs creating huge anticipation for the new season, they go and throw a huge curve ball to smash down all the good work.
I pity the new and fringe fans trying to follow F1 when this all becomes real.
Shame on the FIA!!
on March 17, 2009 at 10:17 pm | Reply Paul_G
Whilst I agree with the idea of some sort of budget cap, this must apply to all teams. We cannot have the situation whereby there are two sets of rules for competitors. The thought of the FIA attempting to balance these rules on a race-by-race basis sends shivers down my spine, as this would be tantamount to race fixing. Surely the FIA would never attempt to engineer race results would they?
on March 17, 2009 at 10:24 pm | Reply Martin Hathaway
FOTA presents a set of proposals based on clear surveys. Bernie asks for response on his website, does NOT publish the response but pushes his plans through anyway. Perhaps its time for FOTA to reconsider setting up their own championship ~ that should make the money men sit up and reconsider!
on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 pm | Reply Beflox
It's all wrong … the FIA, Max, the way they go about their business. This is clearly two fingers up to FOTA; the united front the teams are showing these days is clearly seen as a threat to MAx and Bernie's authority.
Max Mosley has also stated publicly that he knows that someone involved in F1 was behind the set-up that exposed his private life. Until this particular subject is cleared, is it really acceptable that he runs the show this way??
on March 17, 2009 at 10:41 pm | Reply Darren
You've got to admire Max. He has the might of some of the best brains and lawyers up against him, but he manages to tie them in knots every time. I wouldn't like to play him at chess.
Of couse most of these things won't happen or will happen in some diluted form; but he's got them again. Just when it looked like FOTA was invincible, Max has got them pinned and out for the count. A masterclass in politics!!
on March 17, 2009 at 10:58 pm | Reply rpaco
Paul G
[Quote]The thought of the FIA attempting to balance these rules on a race-by-race basis sends shivers down my spine, as this would be tantamount to race fixing. Surely the FIA would never attempt to engineer race results would they?[/Quote]
Very funny Paul, no of course they would never dream of it. 😉
Ooh look! Was that a pig flying past?
on March 17, 2009 at 11:01 pm | Reply kmor
Suppose the FA told the big four Premiership clubs, "because of your big budgets we're going to limit your performance. You're only allowed to field ten players"
Would the big clubs hang around to get stuffed by Portsmouth and Wigan, or would they go and play in some other league? Would that enhance the Premiership?
I assume the car manufacturers will do the same. They're in F1 to promote their brand image. Getting stuffed by Prodrive and Force India is not going to do it.
What would the loss of the car manufacturers do to the F1 brand worth? Are as many people going to watch privateer teams race, rather than Mercedes race Ferrari and BMW?
If the F1 brand worth is devalued then the TV advertising breaks on the commercial channels won't be as valuable, so then F1 broadcasting rights rates will fall ,bringing less income into F1, so Max will have to cut costs again to balance the books.
If Max is worried about the empty spaces at the back of the grid, then he should avoid creating spaces at the front.
on March 18, 2009 at 7:58 am | Reply guy
good point, well made.
on March 18, 2009 at 9:50 am Ben G
We should also be worried about the impact of a budget cap on all the motor racing jobs in the UK. A £30 million cap will lead to countless job losses. And if, say Mercedes, BMW and Ferrari start a seperate GP series, then you could quite easily see the UK's motorsport industry transferred to Europe in one go.
I hope that Mclaren and Ferrari at least will stand firm on this one, and either the "cap" will be drastically raised, or they'll start their own series.
on March 17, 2009 at 11:03 pm | Reply Max
Glen D: I was not trying to medal in F1 – that was Bernie's idea.
He also meddles sometimes.
on March 18, 2009 at 12:24 am | Reply Adam
Maybe Mosely finally gone to far, I hope so, I hope this is just what pushes him out of the FIA. F1 is not a spectacle, it's not a show or a business, it's racing! All this ridiculousness from Max and Bernie and investors, etc. needs to go. Throw em all out, let Montezemolo run the show now, or some one with a brain atleast!
on March 18, 2009 at 12:26 am | Reply A.K.
What I want to know is the answer to the *really* important question that nobody seems to be asking.
James – regular Rich Teas, or Rich Tea Fingers? McVitie's or supermarket own brand? I think we ought to be told…
on March 18, 2009 at 12:31 am | Reply Lokksley
I'm not interested in sport- it's for school boys. I'm not interested in cars- they're vulgar. But I truly love Formula One. I found my love for it during the 2000 season and it has become a major passion ever since despite never being a Ferrari or Michael fan. I love F1 because it is complex, subtle and requires knowing in detail to truly appreciate. As with most things in the modern world it seems the people in charge are concerned only with appealing to the lowest common denominator- never mind the people that genuinely love a thing, the people that will tune in year on year regardless of whether they happen to share their nationality with a driver in a top-end car- let's concern ourselves only with those people that might casually turn on the television on a Sunday for want of anything better to do. Let's put the perceived preferences of the casual viewer above the interests of life long fans- that's 'Bernie-Business-Sense'… why worry about the long term when you'll soon be dead and you need to secure some extra inheritance for your daughter to afford all those luxury yachts. Selfish old men with unjustified power = short-term strategies for short-term gain. Today is a shit day.
on March 18, 2009 at 12:35 am | Reply Gert Paumen
What will happen with the engine money??
The engines will be available for a max of 10/15mil per season to the smaller teams. Or atleast that's what the deal was gonna be, I believe.
So What with the money teams recieve from these engines?
Can they add it to their budget? Because now more will they realise the customer teams can buy 'cheap' engines and they will have to invest part of their budget in research and might cost them more then what the teams pay for the customer engine!
See the problem? 🙂
Knowing how Max is, he knows he says you get very little to end up with a bit more, wich is what he projected first (as you mentioned in the article)
Incidentally, that last comment was really meant for the 'Most Wins, Wins' issue but the page appears to be too full to add another! Why do already fabulously wealthy and powerful old men always seem so intent on dictating how the world should be to the rest of us? I get so depressed by the my-parents-were-massively-privileged-and-I'm-profanely-rich-and-therefore-I-know-what's-best for-the-rest-of-the-world attitude.
on March 18, 2009 at 1:40 am | Reply Phillip
This is the biggest joke. The FIA will not exist without F1, and all this will do is push F1 apart. I hope the manufactures leave the sport and start their own series. Last time I checked they are the sport not the FIA. The FIA know if the top manufactures leave they get nothing, because who is going to follow F1 without Ferrari, Merc, BMW. I think even Frank Williams would hate this idea and he is a privateer. If all the teams agree to a set of rules, independents and manufactures why does the FIA interfere. They should let it things run its course.
This has turned me off F1 and it will have the same affect world wide. MAX and the FIA you're the death of F1.
on March 18, 2009 at 3:06 am | Reply Snowy
Seems to me that FOTA could quite easily call Max's bluff on this one and just decide not to enter into any negotiations and accept the whole package exactly as it's presented.
The current teams are never going to agree to change their operations to fit a cap that low anyway so it'll only ever apply to new teams that might wish to enter F1. Sure these new teams will have more technical freedoms but after shelling out for start-up costs and paying another few million bucks for transport (in their first year presumably they'll have to pay, without the benefit of free transport as a result of their finishing position in the previous season) it'll be a pretty meagre budget to run a two car team for a season. So there'll be no real prospect of actually developing any technical advances and hence is likely to produce poor race results. Not the best base from which to start a successful team for the future.
And if one of these new minnows were to actually win a race/championship, given the glaring imbalance of the two-tier competition, what credibility would it have against the standing of the current teams anyway.
So it seems that by going along with Max's low-ball offer the existing teams could effectively make it ultimately more unworkable than by trying to negotiate some sort of middle ground as suggested by some.
on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 am | Reply Kevin M
I remember reading not all that long ago that FOTAs united front was ushering in a new era of F1, minus all the politics that have dogged the sport over the years.
It looks like politics are back in style! I think overall, regardless of who is right or wrong in what they are doing, it's such a shame that the Max, Bernie and the teams can't just work together to make the sport better.
I would have thought previously that the best way to generate a higher viewing audience would be to simplify things for the casual viewer.
The medals system that Bernie was working towards seemed to have the right idea in this regard. The most golds at the end of the season wins, and then if there is a tie it takes into account silver medals. Simple right? Well now we have a hybrid system which becomes majorly confusing for the average person if there becomes a situation where 2 or more drivers on the same amount of wins. Suddenly these points that drivers have accumulated all season but never seemed important may actually come into play.
Now we also have the joy of a budget cap. It's a simple idea and I think it could work. But when you start saying things like 'we are introducing a budget cap, which you can choose to accept or not and there will be benefits to adopting either procedure' it's just like opening Pandora's box. If a budget cap is put in place, it needs to be imposed on EVERY team. A two class system is just silly really.
I hope common sense prevails. I'd like to see the sport grow a lot bigger and better.
As for you James, what are your plans for '09? I'm sure you'll be in Melbourne for the GP but in what capacity?
on March 18, 2009 at 6:44 am | Reply James Allen
JA writes: Lot of negativity here about the proposals. It's a big lump to swallow in one go, that's for sure. But this isn't the end of the story and I think we have to wait and see what we end up with rather than judge now. Although it's been voted through I think the final outcome may well be quite different, even if the principle stays the same.
There seems to be a lot of FOTA support in your comments, which is interesting. Gert Pauman makes a good point about engine money the manufacturers make from customer sales. It's certainly a complex beast this decision.
Also to Snowy, bear in mind there are people's livelihoods at stake here. I'm not talking about drivers, who will find their level, but factory workers. I was at Renault's HQ yesterday. There is a great example of a well-run, no extra fat, team operation, but if budgets come down that much probably only a quarter of them will stay in work. F1 needs to strike a balance which makes it possible for new teams to come in and thrive and for the big name teams like Ferrari and McLaren to build on what they have established so far. All of this is being played out in the context of a massive global recession, which is hammering the car industry. Common sense must prevail all round.
on March 19, 2009 at 12:43 am | Reply Snowy
Your info about Renault only goes to illustrate my point. If a well-run, no extra fat operation such as that could only operate under such a low cap by reducing their workforce to a quarter the number, it just goes to show how ridiculously low and unrealistic that figure is. As I said, the existing teams simply aren't going to try and meet it, but will continue to operate at somewhere closer to their current budgets. Under these new rules they have no requirement to meet the cap so why would they. Similarly a new team will find it almost impossible to comply even without trying to develop technical advances.
So by going along with these new rules and running as they currently do (or even operating by some other self-imposed budget cap system agreed within FOTA – if they feel the need) they can effectively maintain F1 as 'business as usual', and most likely avoid additional competition from new teams. As last season showed, the current teams alone can certainly produce an exciting and vibrant level of competition. What's in it for them if there were a couple of extra under-funded back-marker teams anyway?! Certainly nothing in financial terms.
The entire raft of changes announced by the FIA seem to be blatantly aimed at waving a big stick in the direction of FOTA and nothing else. The sooner Max and Bernie's self-interest are left behind and the focus is put onto truly making F1 a great series into the future, the better for everyone who loves F1.
Really enjoy this blog so keep up the good work.
on March 18, 2009 at 8:21 am | Reply Mattw
I love the idea of the big teams having to operate with limited resources.
A budget cap would also level the playing field somewhat.
HOWEVER – how on earth would you police this? Yes the FIA can check the books – but if the FIA could not police the traction control ban, how are they going to make sure teams are being honest with their accounting?
Also, 'cost' is not the whole story – the resources that teams have acquired – or have access to through their parent companies, can make a huge difference. Ferrari for example, are the only team with their own private test track.
The budget cap might actually make it harder for new teams, as they will need to invest their money in brining their resources up to the level of the other F1 teams, leaving them less to run/develop the car.
What price do you put on the intellectual property (car designs) shared between Red Bull and Toro Rosso?
However what I really cannot stand is the idea of trying to balance two different rule books – that is never going to work.
Finally, how much money does Bernie currently pay to the teams from the TV revenue? Is it more or less than £30 mil?
on March 18, 2009 at 9:11 am | Reply Moog
Is there not a way around the budget caps by teams buying things from themselves? For example 'McLaren F1' team buys it's front wings from 'McLaren FrontWing Ltd' for £20, they use drivers contracted from 'McLaren Mercenaries PLC' for £50 per race and get the electronics from 'McLaren & Sons Widgets Factory' for £30.
I think Max may have too much blood rushing to his head from his afterwork activities.
on March 18, 2009 at 9:17 am | Reply Craig
How about a cap on how much the commercial rights holders can take out of the sport before you cap the teams? The sooner the teams create and control there own championship the better it will be for the teams and the fans. The technical rules should level the playing field this will just create to different formulas in the same championship.
on March 18, 2009 at 10:17 am | Reply Onyx
Max and Bernie shaft the teams..what's new!?
on March 18, 2009 at 10:33 am | Reply Ben G
We need an F1 Fans Association.
First demand; caps on ticket prices.
Sleep, 'tis but…
on March 18, 2009 at 10:40 am | Reply john g
why do the FIA feel the need to get involved in this? FOTA have worked together, these are the guys that are running the show, they have proposals for budget cuts allowing in the independents to compete at the highest level (theissen, dennis, di montezemelo etc have all agreed that they must never have a situation where independent teams cannot afford to compete).
what is the status of the concorde agreement? teams must be seriously questioning whether they want to stay tied into this farce of a championship.
max is (yet again) trying to demonstrably exert his power over the sport, and wouldn't know a sustainable future if it spanked his ass.
on March 18, 2009 at 11:33 am | Reply Richard Jackett
We already had Bernie trying to move all the venues outside of Europe.
Now we have Max effectively pushing the the teams to do the same. I imagine £30M in Rupees would get you a lot of good engineers.
on March 18, 2009 at 1:53 pm | Reply Mike Ellison
Time to close the curtain on the Max and Bernie show. Everything they do lately seems to either attack the teams or the circuits.
I agree with Richard. If I was a team boss I'd be looking seriously at offshoring. Better weather in Delhi anyway!
It's gonna be hard for sure 🙂
As mentioned above, I was thinking what if some suppliers/sponsors decide to give free parts (for ads?) or cheap parts?
The big teams will be winning this again! 🙂


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