text:
You are here: Home / News / The 'third Norwegian' cycling hero
The 'third Norwegian' cycling hero
Ryder Hesjedal was the third rider to cross the finish line of Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, right behind winner Thor Hushovd and second-place winner Edvald Boasson Hagen, both of Norway. Hesjedal, it turns out, can claim strong Norwegian roots as well, giving the country pretty much of a clean sweep at the most prestigious cycling race in the world.
Ryder Hesjedal has Norwegian roots and finished third in Tuesday's Tour de France stage just behind Norwegians Thor Hushovd and Edvald Boasson Hagen. PHOTO: Team Garmin-Cervelo Photos
With a name like Hesjedal, Norwegian viewers of Tuesday's TV coverage were already suspecting that the young man who helped clear the way for Hushovd just had to be of Norwegian descent. He was born and raised in Canada, but sure enough, his great-grandparents emigrated to Canada from Stamnes in Hordaland County, northeast of Bergen. There's even a village in the area called Hesjedal, known for its waterfall.
So Hushovd and Boasson Hagen aren't really the only two Norwegians in this year's Tour de France, despite what they may claim. Hesjedal, age 30, deserves some recognition in Norway, too, not least for the role he played in helping assure Hushovd's victory. He's a teammate of Hushovd on Team Garmin-Cervelo, and they together overcame Boasson Hagen from the competing Team Sky.
Hesjedal hails from Victoria, British Columbia and is a former mountain biker, according to Wikipedia. He's a cycling hero in Canada, winning the honor of "Cyclist of the Decade" in his homeland in 2009, not least after becoming the first Canadian to compete in the Tour de France in more than 10 years.
On Tuesday he was just two seconds behind his fellow ethnic Norwegians and provided teammate Hushovd with a major assist. He told the newspaper Victoria Sun that he had seen a chance for victory himself, "but then Thor got pulled up and it was two-on-one (for the Garmin-Cervelo team versus Boasson Hagen's Team Sky).
"Thor is the world champion and I knew I had to get him in the best situation to take it over Hagen."
The trio broke away from the pack at the end of the hard 162.5-kilometer stage, with fourth-place finisher Tony Martin of Germany a full 36 seconds behind Hesjedal.
"You can't complain about a finish like that for your squad," the gracious Hesjedal told the Victoria Sun. "It was an all-round great day, an infectious moment, and a huge step for our team in the standings."
Boasson Hagen was painfully clear over Hesjedal's contribution to the Garmin-Cervelo team victory. "It was a strong performance by Thor, but with two Garmin riders (at the finish) he almost should have won," Boasson told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). He had a hard time sprinting against both of them.
Cheering Norwegian fans on the sidelines, typically waving Norwegian flags, created what NRK's reporter called a "pure 17th of May atmosphere," referring to Norway's national day celebrations. The happy supporters sang "Seieren er vår" ("The victory is ours") for hours, and Hushovd said it all added to his motivation.
Hesjedal could likely feel some allegiance to all the Norwegian flags, but hopefully some Canadian Maple Leafs were waving as well.
Views and News from Norway/Nina Berglund
Join our Readers' Forum or comment below.
To support our news service, please click the "Donate" button now.
Filed Under: News, Sports


With over 10 years combined experience in the LED industry, we have created LED Grow Light systems specifically designed to deliver maximum yields and big electricity savings.
Take a minute to review our LED Grow Light systems to see if they are a good fit for your cannabis operation. Contact us for assistance in setting up your facility – consultations are free and confidential.
Whether you need lighting for a personal grow space or an entire warehouse for commercial medical cannabis production, TruLite LED is available to assist you via phone, email, or on site.
SunWorks is an experienced commercial solar provider with deep roots in assisting the agricultural space.
Unique Hydroponics specializes in cheap cost, but high quality indoor grow box. All cabinets are designed to be easy enough to use for even a beginner grower. Check out our turn key stealth hydroponic grow boxes today.


text:
Kerava () je město v jižním Finsku, 27 km severně od Helsinek.

Historie
Kerava se oddělilo od Tuusuly v roce 1924 a obdrželo status městyse. V roce 1970 se Järvenpää stalo městem.

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

Města ve Finsku
Velké Helsinky
Uusimaa

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Hello I always have trouble importing Blender files into Unity. I believe I am using the latest version of both. (Unity 3)I have followed along with other similar questions and answers but just none of them seemed to work.
I am making a FPS game in Unity and I have a Blender gun model and when I import it into Unity a bunch of faces are missing and if I rotate to model the face on the other side appears. I don;t know how to fix this as I purchased the model online. I have tried exporting the file to various files I know work with Unity. If anyone could help it would be truly amazing. Please respond!
ran into the same problem. My wall model is pretty low poly so it was easy for me to flip my normals and attempt to see if this was the cause. So far no luck. It looks like any face that i created using the fill function is missing in the import. If anyone has any thoughts on how to resolve this i would be most grateful.
Hi! In games, faces can only be visible on one side. For example, if you have a plane it will look like a large, flat square. But if you look at it from the bottom, it will be invisibe. That's pretty much what happened to your gun model. It's because the "invisible" faces on the model have their normals in the wrong direction.
The following instructions assume that you have some experience with blender. To solve this problem, open up the model in blender. Select the gun mesh and go to edit mode. Select the entire model so it turns orange, then go to the toolbox on the left. Now press Normals > Recalculate. This will recalculate the direction of the normals, and hopefully get them right. But if you have a complex model, the recalculation may not work properly. Then you will need to flip them by hand. I've uploaded a video to youtube of when I modeled a spaceship in blender, and about halfway into the video I got problems with the normals. It's a timelapse video, but you should still be able to see how I fixed the problem. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get people to watch my video, I'm posting the link to help you solve the problem. It should help you find how to recalculate the normals, and how to flip them by hand if neccesary. Anyway, watch it here. Skip to 04:50. Also, to see the flipped normals in blender, change the shading from solid to texture. This is also shown in the video. Rememer that texture shading reqires a light in the scene. Normals can also be displayed through an option in the toolbox that shows up when you press "N". Hope it helps!
This was helpful to me. Thanks.
I'm posting this here, because I had a really hard time figuring out the solution. The obvious answer is normals, right? 9 times out of 10. But if you toggle the visualize normals (bright blue lines) on you quickly realize it's not that. You can quickly double check it at the tiny unity mesh preview window. Also if your normal is flipped it should still be visible on the flipped side. If it's not, it's a material slot problem.
The solution was a bit obscure. Try going to your mesh (unity side) and adding another material "slot" as in Mesh Renderer component --> Materials --> Size and add one (mine was from 1 to 2). Boom. Missing normals are visible again. That mean your mesh renderer doesn't have the sufficent AMOUNT of materials in it. I always figured that if there's a material missing, it'd show it as pink "material missing" color. Apparently if you added normals to an unwrapped mesh in blender and it assigns a new material slot to it. Go to your materials and delete the additional material slot. Voila. All of your mesh uses the same material.
My thanks, this helped me out a lot !
I want to precise, I got this issue because I copied vertices from another object onto my first object.
This meant the copied vertices had no material assigned to them, and thus not appearing in Unity.
The system is fairly intuitive. If you insert loop cuts or cut edges into your existing quads, it won't create any new material slots, and if you extrude, it'll automatically extrude an existing material. But I remember having this issue when (Shift+ A)dding geometry in the edit mode, and assinging a (F)ace between vertices.
I know this is an old question but maybe this answer helps someone. I had this problem and i found the solution myself, on blender select all vertex on edit mode and go to Mesh->Faces->Triangulate faces. Seems like Unity has some problems with faces that have a lot of vertex.
@metalher Dude. Thanks, I was just about to give up.
If the Face wasn't visible from any side and the model definitely has only one material, this might help. If your model has a lot of verts, unity automatically separates it. Search for some meshes ending with "MeshPart0", while 0 can be any integer.


text:
Papilloderma altonagai is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Papillodermatidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1990 door Wiktor, Martin & Castillejo.

Papillodermatidae


text:
For more than 30 years, International Living's editors and writers have been scouring the world to find the best places to live and retire to. Imagine lounging on your deck, a cocktail in hand, the quiet turquoise waters of the Caribbean spread out before you… Or picture yourself relaxing in a flower-filled courtyard where lavender bougainvillea tumbles over stucco walls, while the sweet perfume of frangipani fills the air at dusk. Maybe you dream, instead, of a mountain retreat where the air is crisp and you live amidst expansive, snow-capped peaks. Or perhaps it's an elegant pied-à-terre in a cosmopolitan city you envision.
Whatever you imagine, you can find out more here.
Click on the country below that most interests you to start learning all you need to know.
Learn more about the best places in the world to live and get a Free Report – Find Your Perfect Place to Live Overseas. Simply enter your email below to subscribe to International Living's free daily e-letter and we'll immediately send your free report.
Read More : Countries
UNLOCK MEMBERSHIP OFFER NOW
Safety in Colombia
By Nancy Kiernan |
Many people have an outdated perspective of life in Colombia. The dark days of Pablo Escobar and the drug cartels that are still portrayed in the Netflix series Narcos, are long gone. However, the question of safety in Colombia remains constant. So, from someone who has lived in the country since 2012, let's get right into it and I will address the...
Read More : Safety in Colombia
In Pictures: The Top Five Places to Live in Panama
Panama has always been a top choice for retirees due to its tropical climate and many English-speaking locals. If you are considering retiring overseas, Panama should be high on your radar.Panama has a low cost of living and great retiree benefits. Here are our top five places to live in Panama.
Read More : In Pictures: The Top Five Places to Live in Panama
Whether you're looking for sand and sea, a skyline full of high-rises, or a secluded retreat deep in the mountains, our top countries can offer you all that and more. Explore the countries below and find the retirement destination that's right for you.
Sell your winter clothes…and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime in the Land of Eternal Spring. Every cliché you've heard about living large on little…on even a retiree's budget…is true in Ecuador. Ecuador lies in the northwestern corner of South America, bordered by Colombia to the north, Peru to the south and east, Read more...: Ecuador
Learn More : Ecuador
Costa Rica is a beautiful country, with long stretches of deserted and undeveloped beaches…dense jungles teeming with exotic wildlife…towering volcanoes, lush green valleys, and hundreds of crystal-clear lakes and rivers… Not only that, but the country offers a great climate year-round, neighborly atmosphere, no-hassle residence programs, excellent healthcare, a stable democracy, and safety and security. Read more...: Costa Rica
Learn More : Costa Rica
Why do so many expats choose Panama? Often the intangibles…the feel of a place…play a big role. But there are also a lot of concrete, quantifiable reasons Panama is so appealing, starting with its modern infrastructure. Panama's cosmopolitan capital, Panama City, is the only true First World city in Central America.
Learn More : Panama
Over 200 pristine cayes (islands) are scattered along Belize's coastline—each surrounded by crystal clear, turquoise seawater that teems with brilliant fish, coral, and sponges. A favorite pastime on the cayes is to relax in a hammock, under a gently swaying coconut palm, while sipping an icy Belikin beer, or a pina colada… It's the perfect Read more...: Belize
Learn More : Belize
Lush green coffee plantations along the Andes Mountains, sparkling crystal beaches, and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta—the 18,700 foot, snow-capped mountain which is only 26 miles from the Caribbean Coast. The country is the second most bio-diverse in the world. Located in the north of South America, it has coastline on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean,
Learn More : Colombia
France, with its reputation for glamour and the finer things in life, leads many people to cross the country off their retirement destination list, assuming that they could never afford to live there. But that's a mistake. Whether you dream of a city pied-à-terre…or a rambling farmhouse among the sunflowers…or a village house wrapped in Read more...: France
Learn More : France
For years, its warm climate, inexpensive cost of living, and laidback lifestyle in Thailand have attracted tourists and expats from around the world for both short-term and long-term stays. Some of the world's most beautiful beaches are located in the south of the country.
Learn More : Thailand
As many as 1 million U.S. and Canadian citizens already call Mexico their home, with more joining them all the time. In terms of numbers, Mexico is the most popular expat destination for North Americans in the world. This should come as no surprise, actually. Mexico has a lot to recommend it. Convenience, for one Read more...: Mexico
Learn More : Mexico
Sign up to receive our Daily Postcards
Sign up for our free Daily Postcard e-letter and we'll immediately send you a FREE research report on the most desirable—and affordable—retirement havens available to you today.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


A record store isn't just a place to go pick out the record you're looking for, pay for it and leave. It's a gathering place where you'll run into old friends and meet new ones, where you can hang out for hours just thumbing through the racks and listening to music, discovering new favorites based on the recommendations of knowledgeable clerks and your fellow music nerd customers. That sense of community is why they are so vital, and fostering that community is something Good Records excels at. Bringing out some of the area's greatest musicians for performances on Record Store Day every year is just one part of it. The store has regular in-store performances with locals and touring acts, and they're always free and often offer free beer and food to boot. As for the actual record-store part of being a record store? They've got a pretty damn good selection, too. You'll most likely find the album you're looking for, and because it's just so hard to leave, walk out with a couple others, too.
The difference between a good record store and a great record store is selection. There's a delicious high in finding a gem after sifting through a sea of records. But what if every record was a gem? That's the case at Dead Wax Records. If the stock is any indication, store owner Brad Sigler has the best music tastes in Dallas, bar none. And it's not even close. Whether it be jazz, post-punk, avant-garde or pop, there's absolutely no filler in Sigler's stacks, just brilliant find after brilliant find, each better and more unexpected than the last. As a result, Dead Wax feels less like a record shop and more like the private inventory of a choice collector, only here Sigler is more than happy to share the wealth. Because you see, Dead Wax isn't just about selling records, it's about cultivating a culture, and perpetuating a dialogue on the joy of music.


PerformanceBike.com is the #1 choice for people who love to ride. We provide everything you need so you can enjoy every ride and offer a huge selection of the best cycling products with over 10,000 items online at competitive prices. Plus, you can take advantage of shipping products directly from PerformanceBike.com to your local Performance Bicycle store location with our Ship to Store program.


Light your home like a real witch with this light up flame cauldron. This is an 18 inch long hanging light which is easy to assemble. Lights and AC adapter included. When it lights up, it looks as though you have a burning flame. Hang it up anywhere in your house to transform your home into a witch lair.


text:
Pope, Synod, Council, and Luther. . .
If, as so many have opined, the first Vatican Council was largely about the papacy, could it be said that Vatican II was largely about the episcopacy? It might seem to be a stretch since so much of what we think of in the context of Vatican II is liturgical. Yet, the liturgical fruits of Vatican II were not directly from the Council but came after the Council had closed and bore the imprint of Pope Paul VI and his minions. There is less that is out of step with Trent in the actual documents of Vatican II than the liturgical changes which followed, by all accounts a radical departure from Trent in form and practice.
The tensions of the papacy now might just require another council to decide if popes are guardians of the faith and custodians of the unchanging doctrine or if they can make changes and, if so, what kind of changes, and what constitutes a departure from the past and what might be defined as an elaboration of the dogma that does not change. That said, clearly the fruit of Vatican II lies in the role and place of the bishops of the church. It begs the question of whether or not the Roman Catholic Church is synodical or episcopal or papal.
If it did not create them, Vatican II did give place and purpose to episcopal conferences and endowed them with a particular authority and role that was distinctive. Since Vatican II, the bishops have not only exerted this authority and relished some independence in their role but have used it with great effect to build national identities that have distanced themselves from some of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Amoris Laetitia has certainly seen how this has worked but before this political causes (think here liberation theology as but one example) have occupied some of the attention of these conferences.
When the sexual abuse crisis hit the Roman Catholic Church, the episcopal conferences took on another role not only as those who collectively as well as individually had to deal with the aftermath but also those who took on the cause of rebuilding the credibility of Rome where priestly abuse had torn it down. At the same time, the distancing of bishops without a major problem from those who had knowingly or unknowingly expanded the trouble let some of these conferences even more divided than over theological issues.
A few voices, in response to the 500th anniversary of the posting of the 95 Theses of Luther, have suggested that if a council had been called, as Luther desired, perhaps the whole Reformation would have been either resolved or dealt with more cleanly than did papal response. That brings up a question Luther was quick to raise. He believed himself, at least initially, to be responding to a court of the pontiff that had become corrupt and inept but hoped that a council would be able to consider the need for reform and renewal and, since it had a greater authority than the pope, would have rendered certain verdict on that need. It is speculation, to be sure, but it continues to raise the question of whether there is a collegial episcopal shape to Rome or simply a papal one and to what degree do the bishops, individually or in conference, stand apart from the pope.
Pope Francis has certainly toyed with the idea of synodality. Where that goes or what it looks like, who can predict? That said, such an enterprise is fraught with the same sort of problems and possible manipulation as any other structure, perhaps more so. After council has spoken, there is no way to prevent the pontiff from shaping the outcome any less than Paul VI radically interpreted the rather modest reforms of the Mass actually taken at Vatican II. There will surely be some who think that synodality and a renewed emphasis on councils could offer an olive branch to the East always interested in ecumenical councils as the supreme voice of the Church.
The state of Rome is nearly as fractured as Protestantism. Francis has used his office effectively to promote confusion more than clarity and diversity more than uniformity. In the end, Luther would not have been happy with Francis at all. What Luther sought was clarity, clarity guided by the Biblical witness, with a Church gladly hearing, believing, and following the voice of God speaking through His Word. Luther would have loved to have bishops who were the leaders of such a renewal but did not believe them to be essential to it. Luther would have tolerated a pope who was the uniform voice of such a renewed Biblical and catholic witness but would not have agreed to the papal court, control, or ex cathedra claims of truth. What is surely true now 500 years later is that Luther would have surely been disgusted by those who claim to be his heirs and just as disgusted by the Roman Catholic Church that was so much the object of his vitriol. In the end, Lutherans find that they cannot claim one voice from either Luther or the Lutheran Confessions since Lutherans stand so starkly divided and they have little hope of leadership from Rome mired in a confusing pope and a structure seemingly unable to get its own house under control. So maybe it is time to think less global and more local, less about structures and more about the parochial opportunities of faithful communities gathered around faithful pastors. Hmmmmm, it is beginning to sound more and more like a Benedict Option, eh?
Padre Dave Poedel said...
Oh, you are such a dreamer.....
In response to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks equating the "Benedict Option" to "withdrawal" from society, Rod Dreher said:
The argument I make in my book is that in order for us Christians to be the blessing God calls us to be for the world (to 'bring the light that can vanquish the darkness'), we need to withdraw substantially more from that world than we are doing now, for the sake of building ourselves up in prayer, contemplation, and community. This, so we can go out into that same world living as actual Christians, no matter how great the sacrifice.
Engaging Our Culture Faithfully
Harold Senkbeil
My thesis is that we are going to have to first step away from our culture if we are to truly embrace it and connect it to Christ and his word.... So where do we go from here? If the problem we face is not the secularization of society but the secularization of the church brought about by importing expressive individualism into the church, then we simply cannot face contemporary challenges individually. It is time revive and recover the third article of the Creed; to live corporately and communally in a world of expressive individualism. Rather than contributing to the fracturing of human community we Christians need to concretely demonstrate how God sets the solitary in families. We need to show how the Holy Spirit calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies people one by one through the gospel, and then draws them into communion in his holy church.
The Hymnal 2024. . .
Support for the Underdog. . .
Spiritually depressed?
Words even for a Lutheran to note. . .
The Lord Remembers. . .
The Journey of the Good Shepherd. . .
Is the Lutheran option viable?
Extremism in defense of. . .
Female Orthodox Deacons. . .
It's no wonder. . .
The turn of a phrase. . .
An Insignificant Seed. . .
Liturgy or Confession. . . again. . .
Thoughts on Church Growth. . .
Move Over Bono. . .
Art not so useless. . .
The most beautiful painting in the world. . .
The future of the faith. . .
Kallistos Ware raises questions and more. . .
Confession of evil begins the good. . .
In the Presence of. . .
What does the world see. . .
The struggle of God's Yes. . .
Update to Yesterday's Story. . .
So we know who rules the roost. . .
Sufficient or Alone. . .
Ratzinger's Crystal Ball. . .
Wisdom! Attend!
A day for me. . . or an eternity of grace. . .
Uncommon common wisdom. . .
Pope, councils, and the ordination of women. . .
Camel and the Eye of Needle
Missouri's Catholic History. . .
Wonderfully odd. . .
Going to church. . . why bother?


It should come as no surprise by now, that Thursday night is packed with good shows. I feel like every week I have to choose between several cool acts playing simultaneously across the city. The first thing I want to mention, since I haven't said anything all week, is that Jonathan Richman is playing his fourth, and final, night in Austin at the Continental Club. From what I've gathered Mr. Richman isn't viewed with the same status here in Austin as he is in New England. Back in Boston he's the shhhh. I also want to give a promotional shout-out to my bloggy-brethren over at Ultra 8201 who will be celebrating their bloggiversary over at Ghost Room. That show will feature three top-notch local bands: the Authors, Politics, with New Roman Times in the headlining slot.
I'm always a fan of shows at the Parish Room, so I think my Thursday night will be spent there with the Fiery Furnaces. FF is one of those bands who I didn't like when I first heard them but eventually found myself humming their tunes and now it's full on love. I'm interested to see if their live performance will live up to the sounds of the albums. Their reputation precedes them in the live show category so I don't expect to be disappointed.
I also don't want to forget my homies in Quiet Company who seem to have a regular gig at Stubb's inside stage. They'll be sharing a bill with Whitman and Buttercup. I caught the latter at Jen Leduc's Beauty Bar birthday bash Friday night and thoroughly enjoyed their set. I'd call it power-pop with a dash of indie, not really jangly enough to be truly indie in my eyes though.
Isn't that a lot of choices for a Thursday night? Keep impressing me Austin and I'll keep blogging 'bout it.


text:
Daktronics partners with outdoor advertising firm Ocean for roadside LED display in Newcastle
BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., has again partnered with Ocean to provide an LED video display for the purpose of advertising to the masses. This installation marks the first digital roadside display installed in Newcastle located in the city's highest traffic area. It is also the first installation of an outdoor fully-encapsulated SMD display, featuring 3-in-1 LED technology, in the entire UK.
Mark Bracey, Development Director at Ocean says, "As a 10 millimeter encapsulated screen, this latest addition to our portfolio was the first of its kind in the UK and was the perfect fit for expanding our iconic digital footprint across the UK. Both I and our Operations Director, John Kilfeather, visited the factory at Brookings, and were impressed with the operation which helped secure our decision to use this outstanding screen."
The display in Newcastle was installed in February 2014 and featured 10 millimeter line spacing. It measures 10 meters high by 5.4 meters wide to show crisp, clear imagery while the product also features multiple levels of protection from the outside elements.
"As the first installation of this technology in the UK, Ocean has set the benchmark of the standard of quality that brands should expect when using roadside LED technology. When the display was switched on, all parties were blown away by its sharp uniform image," said Mark Taylor, Daktronics sales representative. "Ocean was impressed by the vivid images and high contrast this new technology has to offer. The site has proven very desirable with this first advertising sale being scheduled before the installation was even finished. A prime location, such as the one chosen by Ocean in Newcastle, combined with outstanding technology provides a powerful combination for digital out-of-home advertisers."
This is the second high level installation that Daktronics has done for Ocean, the first one being Liverpool city's media wall at Liverpool Limes Street station. It is located on the side of one of the city's main stations for the same purpose of advertising to passersby. The display features a 15HD pixel layout and measures 6.58 meters high by 30.36 meters wide and provides the same protection from an outdoor environment.
Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology offers a long lifetime with minimal maintenance and low power consumption, providing value and excitement for years to come.
About Ocean
www.oceanoutdoor.com
Ocean is the UK's leading specialist out-of-home advertising company, with an unrivalled portfolio of large format digital screens, banner and super premium landmark advertising sites.
Ocean operates the most iconic outdoor sites in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and Leeds. They include Britain's largest advertising site at London's IMAX; the Two Towers East and Two Towers West, which dominate the main arterial corridors of London's A4 and the financial district; and the Liverpool media wall, the UK's largest full-motion advertising site. Ocean also holds exclusive external rights for the largest urban shopping mall in Europe, Westfield London, which has more than 23 million shoppers with spending power approaching GBP 1billion.
Ocean's management team completed a buyout of the company in May 2012 backed by LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group.
About Daktronics
Daktronics helps its customers impact audiences throughout the world with large-format LED video displays, message displays, scoreboards, digital billboards and control systems in sport, business and transportation applications. Founded in 1968 as a USA-based manufacturing company, Daktronics has grown into the world leader in audio-visual systems and implementation with offices around the globe. Discover more at www.daktronics.com.
Cautionary Notice: In addition to statements of historical fact, this news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is intended to enjoy the protection of that Act. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Company cautions that these and similar statements involve risk and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, including, but not limited to, changes in economic and market conditions, management of growth, timing and magnitude of future contracts, fluctuations in margins, the introduction of new products and technology, the impact of adverse weather conditions and other risks noted in the Company's SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its 2013 fiscal year. Forward-looking statements are made in the context of information available as of the date stated. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.
Justin Ochsner - Public Relations/Marketing - Daktronics
www.daktronics.com
Submit new products, case studies/projects, and other press releases at http://www.ledsmagazine.com/content/leds/en/addcontent.html and http://www.ledsmagazine.com/content/leds/en/iif/add.html.