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TOP TEN FINISH FOR SPENCER PIGOT IN HIS FIRST TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
Posted by Steve Wittich on Monday, April 10th 2017
JR Hildebrand Finishes 11th Despite Final-Lap Contact; Suffers Broken Bone In Left Hand
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 9, 2017) – Race Notes
Though neither had driven on Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach circuit in years, both Spencer Pigot and JR Hildebrand showed their prowess on the track. Pigot moved up 11 positions from his qualifying spot to finish 8th. Hildebrand was in contention for a Top 10 himself when a last-lap accident dropped him to 11th and left him with a broken bone in his left hand.
Pigot last raced in Long Beach in 2015 in Indy Lights, but had never competed at the track in an Indy car. Hildebrand had not been on the street course in an Indy car since 2013. Pigot finished second in his race; Hildebrand had two Top 5 finishes in Verizon IndyCar Series races at the track in 2012 and 2013.
Yesterday's qualifications did not go as smoothly as the team would have hoped for, with Hildebrand rolling off 15th in today's race and Pigot in 19th. The first caution of the race came on Lap 1 and the Ed Carpenter Racing drivers immediately split onto separate strategies. Pigot came in for a splash for fuel when the pit lane opened while Hildebrand stayed out on the track.
Hildebrand was 11th for the ensuing restart while Pigot was 15th. On Lap 11, Hildebrand brought his No. 21 Preferred Freezer Services Chevrolet into the pits, opting for a three-stop strategy. He had started the race on a set of black Firestone Firehawks, switching to the red tires during his stop.
Pigot was the highest-running Chevrolet driver in his first stint of the race, consistently in the Top 6. He made his first full-service stop on Lap 29, also switching to red tires after starting on blacks.
On Lap 30, Hildebrand radioed in that he had made contact with the rear of Graham Rahal's car but did not feel that there was any damage to the front wing. On Lap 33, he made his second stop as he was within his pit window. The crew assessed the car during the stop and no damage was found.
Pigot's race was not without similar concern as he brushed the wall with the left side of the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet on Lap 46. He too felt there was no damage to the car; a look at the telemetry confirmed he was correct. On Lap 57, he made what was his final stop of the race. He made his stop from the 8th position, opting to finish the race on a set of sticker black tires.
A full-course caution on Lap 63 for the stopped car of Alexander Rossi allowed Hildebrand to get back on the lead lap. He was in 14th for the restart six laps later, while Pigot ran 8th.
Pigot was working his way around a lapped car on Lap 76 when Ed Jones and Carlos Munoz were able to get past him, dropping him from 8th to 10th.
Another caution flag flew for the stopped car of Ryan Hunter-Reay and the race went back green with four laps to go. Pigot was running 8th and Hildebrand had moved up into the Top 10.
Just past the white flag on Lap 85, Hildebrand was working his way around Mikhail Aleshin heading into Turn 1. Aleshin moved slightly down on Hildebrand and braked early, causing Hildebrand to run over the left rear of Aleshin's car. The steering wheel was ripped from Hildebrand's hand before the car came to a stop in the Turn 1 runoff. Aleshin was penalized following a post-race review and the position was returned to Hildebrand, giving him an 11th place finish. After the race, Hildebrand visited INDYCAR Medical and was diagnosed to have a broken bone in his left hand. He will head to Indianapolis tomorrow for further evaluation.
Meanwhile, Pigot was able to hold off competitor behind him that were on on red tires and maintain his 8th place position. It was the third Top 10 finish of his young Verizon IndyCar Series career and first of 2017. While he finished second in the Indy Lights race on the 1.968-mile, 12-turn street circuit in 2015, he had never raced in Long Beach in an Indy car.
Both the No. 20 and the No. 21 sported new looks this weekend in Long Beach. Social media sensation Loki the Wolfdog was on the side of Pigot's No. 20, marking the first time a major social media influencer had been featured on an Indy car. Loki, with 1.4 million Instagram followers, visited Long Beach as a guest of Rising Star Racing. Hildebrand's No. 21 featured the familiar Preferred Freezer Services livery, recognizable as the same scheme he ran at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the past two years. The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the first of four races for the white and blue scheme this season.
Ed Carpenter Racing will head to Texas Motor Speedway for an open test this coming Wednesday, April 12. The next Verizon IndyCar Series race will take place at Barber Motorsports Park in two weeks on Sunday, April 23.
SPENCER PIGOT (No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet), Finished 8th: "Overall, we have to pleased with the result, to be 8th after where we started! It was a bit of a shame to miss out on 6th, I thought we were there pretty comfortably. We just had a small issue coming out of the hairpin that allowed (Ed) Jones and (Carlos) Munoz to get past us. It was a good day, the guys did great with the pit stops as always. I have to thank them for all of their hard work, I wouldn't have been able to finish this high without them. I am glad we were able to get a good result for Loki The Wolfdog and his followers!"
JR HILDEBRAND (No. 21 Preferred Freezer Services Chevrolet), Finished 11th: "We chose an alternate strategy for today. A lot of cars went with a three-stop strategy, but we couldn't make it work. We didn't have the pace and were stuck with each other, out there just running around. That was frustrating, not quite being able to run quick enough to have our plan play out properly.
At the end of the race, we all were bunched back up because of that last yellow. I was on reds and had a little bit for at least the handful of cars in front of us. On the last lap, I was making a move on Mikael Aleshin and I could tell he was struggling. I was out of push-to-pass so I was trying to make a proper, full-out pass down he front straightaway. He had been starting to move over, not a major blocking maneuver but enough to assert his line. He hit the breaks a lot earlier than I was expecting and I ended up running into the back of him. In doing so, it ripped the steering wheel from my hand and I ended up tweaking it. At the end of the day, to come home with an 11th place finish isn't terrible. It is a bummer though as we were certainly on our way to finishing in the Top 10 and now we are in a bit of a jam going forward. Hopefully I can get back to it here before the next race."
category: Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing
tags: 2017, broken hand, Ed Carpenter Racing, J.R. Hildebrand, Loki The Wolf Dog, Spencer Pigot, Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Verizon IndyCar Series
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JOSEF NEWGARDEN RETURNS TO CFH RACING FOR 2016 VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES SEASON
Posted by Steve Wittich on Thursday, October 1st 2015
After Career-Best Season, Newgarden Commits To 5th Year With CFH Racing
SPEEDWAY, Ind. (October 1, 2015) – CFH Racing announced today that Josef Newgarden will return as the driver of the No. 67 Chevrolet for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. CFH Racing welcomes Newgarden back for a 5th year on the heels of their best championship finishes as a team and a driver, respectively.
"I am very excited to be back at CFH Racing," stated Newgarden. "It all really comes down to the confidence and belief that our owners Ed Carpenter, Sarah Fisher, Wink Hartman, Stuart Reed and Tony George have in me. They've given me all of the tools I could ask for to drive a racecar and to be successful. It's easy to be excited about coming back to work with this group knowing the level that we are operating at. I can see the capabilities that we have and I think we are going to be able to fully execute in 2016."
Newgarden has 67 starts in the Verizon IndyCar Series, all of which occurred with what is now CFH Racing. His IndyCar career started in 2012 with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (SFHR), one year after he captured the Firestone Indy Lights Championship. When SFHR merged with Ed Carpenter Racing prior to the 2015 season to form CFH, Newgarden remained the team's full-time driver.
"It was great to finalize a deal with Josef to keep him with CFH Racing for 2016. Just as he was a priority to sign before this past season, he was a priority for us again this year," stated team co-owner Carpenter. "We are focused on becoming a force in the Verizon IndyCar Series and we see Josef being a large part of that. It is our intention to have him in a CFH car for a long time."
The Hendersonville, Tenn.-native is coming off the best season of his young IndyCar career. Newgarden earned his breakthrough first win in only the fourth race of 2015 with a dominating performance at Barber Motorsports Park. His second win came seven races later when he beat teammate Luca Filippi to the checkered flag in the streets of Toronto, leading CFH Racing to it's first ever one-two finish. Two other podium results followed with second place finishes at Iowa Speedway and Pocono Raceway.
"It is with great pride that our team will support Josef behind the wheel of the 67 car in 2016," said CFH Racing co-owner Sarah Fisher. "I'm certainly encouraged to see the energy, enthusiasm and dedication that Ed and our partners have given to the 67 car program to make this happen. I am looking forward to a second year of racing at a championship level!"
Heading into the final race of the year, Newgarden was one of six drivers that remained eligible for the Verizon IndyCar Series championship and would finish 7th in the standings. The 24-year-old also captured his first career pole position at the Milwaukee Mile and started on the front row of the season finale at Sonoma Raceway. He led five of the final seven races of the year on his way to leading the most laps (345) of all drivers in 2015.
Hartman, also a co-owner of CFH Racing, echoed the sentiments of Carpenter and Fisher. "CFH is excited for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Season to begin and to continue our on track success with Josef in the seat. Josef will be on the podium multiple times next year and I know he will challenge for the series championship," said Hartman.
The 2015 season concluded on August 30. Newgarden and CFH have already participated in one offseason test, occurring September 22 at Road America. A start date for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series had not yet been announced.
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CFH RACING – SONOMA POST RACE REPORT
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Monday, August 31st 2015
CFH RACING EARNS BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH IN TEAM HISTORY
Team Ends 2015 Season With Two Wins, One Pole Position, Two Other Podiums And A 1-2 Finish
(SONOMA, Calif.) August 30, 2015 – Race Notes
Though the season finale did not turn out the way CFH Racing had hoped, the team has much to be proud of after a wildly successful 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Full-time driver Josef Newgarden finished the season 7th in the Verizon IndyCar Series championship, the team's best championship finish in it's history.
The 85-lap race got off to a clean start and Newgarden retained his second place starting position. Luca Filippi, despite never having ran a lap at Sonoma Raceway, improved from his 13th place starting position and moved all the way up to 8th by Lap 14.
Newgarden came into the pits with race leader Will Power on Lap 14. Power was pitted just in front of Newgarden and as Newgarden attempted to exit his pit box, he found Power's teammate Simon Pagenaud stopped in the middle of the pit lane, blocking his exit. Newgarden's front wing made contact with Pagenaud's and he was forced to drive through Pagenaud's pit box to get around him. However, Newgarden managed to stay with Power and cycled back into the second position once the rest of the field had completed their first round of stops.
The No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka car of Filippi slowed suddenly coming out of the final turn on Lap 32. The sensor malfunction forced Filippi into the pit lane for repairs. The crew worked feverishly and Filippi was able to rejoin the race, albeit five laps down.
Everything went wrong for Newgarden when he came in for a pit stop on Lap 61. While attempting to leave his box after pitting from the second position, the No. 67 GoPro Chevrolet stalled. While the team reached for the starter, a small fire ignited on the side pod of the car from drops of fuel reaching the exhaust. It was immediately extinguished and no crew members or Newgarden were harmed. The team attempted to bump start Newgarden by pushing him down pit lane, but the car would not fire. The crew brought the car back to the pit box and used the backup starter to re-fire the car. Newgarden re-entered the race one lap behind the field.
Newgarden was credited with a 21st place finishing position; Filippi was behind in 24th. Newgarden dropped from 6th to 7th in the championship but beat his previous best championship finish of 13th from 2014.
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 67 GOPRO CHEVROLET, FINISHED 21ST: "It was a good day in a lot of ways, we definitely had a podium car. You never know, we may have even had a winning car. We had to fight through a little bit of an issue with our first stop after clipping Pagenaud. I really sealed our fate when I stalled the car and we just weren't able to get it re-fired. It put us pretty far back and pretty much ended our day. It was hard to throw away a podium car, maybe even a winning car. I am proud of our effort all year, I feel really bad for putting us in a bad position at the end there."
LUCA FILIPPI, NO. 20 FUZZY'S VODKA CHEVROLET, FINISHED 24TH: "It was an unlucky day for both cars. Our car was very strong, very consistent and had a good pace, we were coming through the field. Then we had an issue with the sensor which wasn't anything we could predict, it just happened. The guys fixed it as quickly as they could but we lost a few laps. We were one of the fastest cars out there even at the end of the race when we weren't able to compete with anyone. I have to thank everyone on the team. It was a very special season for me. For sure I have to thank Ed, Sarah, Wink and Fuzzy's Vodka for taking a chance on me and believing in me."
Josef Newgarden finished 7th in the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Championship, the best finish of his career and the best finish for CFH Racing. He ran in second place for much of today's 85-lap race.
Filippi ran as high as 8th in today's GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma despite never running at the track untilFriday. Repairs for a sensor malfunction dropped Filippi five laps behind the leaders, but he was able to complete the event.
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GO PUCK, CREATORS OF THE WORLD'S FIRST WEARABLE POWER, PARTNER WITH CFH RACING
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Sunday, August 30th 2015
Josef Newgarden Captures Front Row Qualifying Position For The GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma With GO PUCK On Board
(SONOMA, Calif.) August 30, 2015 – GO PUCK, the World's 1st Wearable Power for Mobile Devices, debuted today as a partner on the GoPro Chevrolet of CFH Racing.
Driven by Josef Newgarden, a championship contender in the Verizon IndyCar Series, the GO PUCK-sponsored GoPro Indy car will start outside of the front row in today's 85-lap season finale.
Founded by the designer of every Indy car battery, GO PUCK manufactures wearable, compact and durable power for all mobile devices. Mobile devices depend on power and GO PUCK is the world's most versatile solution. GO PUCK's are able to affix to GoPro mounting systems or are wearable on a belt, purse or backpack. A GO PUCK stores enough energy to recharge mobile phones up to five times or GoPro cameras up to six times.
"We are so proud to support Josef Newgarden and CFH Racing," stated Blake Fuller, founder and CEO of GO PUCK. "We had designed our products from the beginning to work perfectly with GoPro Cameras. Being a part of this team and aligning with GoPro as a sponsor of Newgarnden's car is a true honor!" Fuller continued. "All of us are looking forward to an exciting day of racing. I know that I'll be wearing my GO PUCK to power my Verizon IndyCar app, following all the action in today's race."
GO PUCK has previously been a part of CFH Racing when co-owner/driver Ed Carpenter claimed two Indianapolis 500 pole positions. "We are happy to welcome GO PUCK back for our season finale," Carpenter said. "It is great to have GO PUCK on the car as well as GoPro, both leaders in wearable technologies, perfect pairing when we race here adjacent to Silicon Valley!"
"Josef Newgarden and CFH are both based in Indianapolis and are perfectly placed to help market our new launch into the 200+ stores of Dunhams Sporting Goods." comments Lance Jones, Chief Development Officer for GO PUCK. Jones continues, "A bit of history, Blake Fuller's previous company Braille Battery had sponsored Josef Newgarden in his first win in the Indy Lights race in 2012 so we are hoping for a great result today!"
The GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma the race will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
About GO PUCK
GO PUCK is a USA based design and manufacturing company offering the only complete mobile power solution designed for active lifestyles by offering a system of solutions providing consumers, athletes, and professionals Mobile Freedom. Brought to you by the brain-trust behind Braille Batteries, the leaders in producing lithium-ion batteries for the elite auto racing industry, GO PUCK uses international-patented protected technology to produce modular, lightweight portable charger for mobile devices. With a unique mounting system to allow the power to mount to almost anything for backpacks to bicycles to roll cages, the GO PUCK is revolutionizing mountable and wearable power. For more information, visit http://www.gopuck.com
About CFH Racing
Led by co-owners Ed Carpenter, Sarah Fisher, and Wink Hartman, CFH Racing was formed in August 2014 by the integration of Ed Carpenter Racing and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. What is now CFH Racing has seven victories and 21 top five finishes in the past five years and earned back-to-back pole positions for the Indianapolis 500 with Carpenter in 2013 and 2014. CFH Racing competes in the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series with two Chevrolet V6 Twin Turbos, prepared in the team's Speedway, Ind. headquarters. Josef Newgarden pilots the No. 67 car; Carpenter is the driver of the No. 20 car for the oval events while Luca Filippi takes the wheel for the road and street course events.
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Front Row Qualifying Position For Newgarden, CFH Racing At Sonoma Raceway
Posted by Joe Berkemeier on Saturday, August 29th 2015
Championship Contender Matches Qualifying Effort From 2014; Filippi Will Start Inside Row 7
(SONOMA, Calif.) August 29, 2015 – Qualifying Notes
* Josef Newgarden came close to earning his second Verizon P1 Award of 2015, settling for a 2nd place starting position for tomorrow's GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Luca Filippi, who had never turned a lap at Sonoma Raceway until yesterday, qualified in 13th.
* Filippi was in Round 1, Group 1 of qualifications after setting the 20th fastest lap in the morning practice session. Despite having no testing at the 2.385-mile, 12-turn natural-terrain road course, Filippi took the No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet around the track quick enough to set the 7th fastest time in his group. He missed advancing to the Top 12 by a mere .05 of a second.
* Newgarden set a new track record in his No. 67 GoPro Chevrolet at Sonoma Raceway during Round 1, Group 2 with a lap of 1:16.5982. His lap shot him up to 1st, but he dropped to 2nd as Will Power beat his lap at the checkered flag.
* Despite running through dirt that had been thrown onto the track surface just prior to his flying lap, Newgarden managed a 4th-quick time during Round 2. He advanced to the Firestone Fast 6 for the 4th time this year.
* Newgarden dropped the track record even lower with a lap of 1:16.3964 near end of the Firestone Fast 6, setting him up to take the pole position. Power bested Newgarden by a mere .136 seconds on his final lap, dropping Newgarden to 2nd.
* Newgarden also started on the outside of the front row of last year's race. He would go on to finish the 2014 race in 6th.
* It was announced Thursday that Newgarden would drive the No. 67 GoPro Chevrolet. GoPro, enabler of some of today's most engaging content, will partner with CFH Racing for the final race of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season at Sonoma Raceway. GoPro is also the title sponsor of the 85-lap event.
* Filippi has four top 10 finishes in nine races with CFH Racing, including a second place finish behind Newgarden in Toronto. Sonoma will be only his 18th career Verizon IndyCar Series start.
* Six drivers remain eligible for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series championship, including Newgarden. Though currently 87 points out of the lead, the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma will award double points with a total of 104 points available.
* Newgarden led 47 laps of last weekend's ABC Supply 500 at Ponoco Raceway, extending his total amount of laps led this season to 345. He has led during each of the last four races and has led more laps than any other Verizon IndyCar Series driver this season.
* At just 24-years-old, Newgarden is finishing out the best season of his IndyCar career. In 2015 alone, he has captured his first two IndyCar wins, won his first career pole position and has two other podium finishes, including a second place at last week's 500-mile race at Pocono Raceway.
* The GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma the race will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 67 GOPRO CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 2ND: "I'm proud of us. It's great having GoPro here with us this weekend, it's their home event and it's a lot of fun to have them on our car at CFH Racing. It's been a really fun year, it's been an amazing year in a lot of ways, tough year in others. We were close today, but no cigar. We got bumped at the end so we'll have to get them tomorrow."
LUCA FILIPPI, NO. 20 FUZZY'S VODKA, QUALIFIED 13TH: "We missed the Fast 12 by half a tenth to Montoya which is a shame. It's frustrating because the car was good. I think we could have easily been in the top 10. Now I have found a good feeling in with car and also with the circuit which is very tricky. Coming here without any testing was not easy but now I feel confident for tomorrow. As we know in IndyCar anything can happen. I am very motivated to finish the season on a high. It was good that Josef had a good qualifying run, which shows we have a good car as well and we will both have a good opportunity tomorrow."
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INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER CFH RACING WILL FEATURE GOPRO LIVERY FOR SEASON FINALE AT SONOMA RACEWAY
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Friday, August 28th 2015
osef Newgarden To Pilot No. 67 GoPro Chevrolet As He Chases 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Championship
(SONOMA, Calif.) August 27, 2015 – CFH Racing announced today that GoPro, enabler of some of today's most engaging content, will partner with the team for the final race of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season at Sonoma Raceway. Championship contender Josef Newgarden will drive the No. 67 GoPro Chevrolet in an 85-lap race on Sunday, August 30. All eyes will be on Newgarden as GoPro is also the title sponsor of the popular race, nestled in the rolling hills at the gateway to the Sonoma Wine Country.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 pole sitter Ed Carpenter, 34, is the only owner/driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series and has proved to be a beneficial mentor to Newgarden throughout their first season as teammates.
"CFH Racing has a great relationship with GoPro and we look forward to representing the brand on the track this weekend at their home track in Sonoma," stated Carpenter.
CFH Racing will be able to capture compelling content through the lens of the GoPro HERO4 Black, the flagship of the brand's line of capture devices, which will be mounted on Newgarden's car recording 4K Ultra HD video.
"We are really excited to see the GoPro brand on the #67 car. CFH Racing is a great collaborator, and to see them run the GoPro livery at the Grand Prix of Sonoma is going to be huge for the GoPro family watching the race," said Rod Rojas, Motorsports Marketing Manager at GoPro.
2015 is the first season of competition for CFH Racing, formed over the offseason when Carpenter's single-car team combined forces with Sarah Fisher and Wink Hartman's one-car program featuring Newgarden. At just 24-years-old, Newgarden is finishing out the best season of his IndyCar career. In 2015 alone, he has captured his first two IndyCar wins, has led more laps than any other driver (366), won his first career pole position and has two other podium finishes, including a second place at last week's 500-mile race at Pocono Raceway.
Before Newgarden takes on the 2.385-mile, 12-turn road course of Sonoma Raceway, he will enjoy a different view of the Bay Area as he drives the No. 67 GoPro Chevrolet across the Golden Gate Bridge. On Thursday afternoon, Newgarden will be part of a procession including other Verizon IndyCar Series championship-contending cars, the street-legal IndyCar two-seater, the Holmatro Safety trucks and Sonoma Raceway pace cars. The Astor Cup, the trophy awarded to the Series champion, will ride in the backseat of the two-seater. Scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. local time, the entire event will be filmed on GoPro HERO4 cameras.
Cars and equipment will move to Sonoma Raceway as on-track activity kicks off on Fridaywith a three and a half hour test session. Qualifications will take place on Saturday, followed by the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma on Sunday, August 30. The race will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
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POCONO RACEWAY RACE REPORT
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Sunday, August 23rd 2015
JOSEF NEWGARDEN FINISHES SECOND AT POCONO RACEWAY
Newgarden Earns 4th Podium Finish Of 2015; Mechanical Failure Ends Carpenter's Day
(LONG POND, Pa.) August 23, 2015 – Race Notes
Josef Newgarden earned his fourth podium finish of 2015 at Pocono Raceway, finishing second in today's ABC Supply 500. Ed Carpenter was sidelined by a mechanical failure and was credited with a 17th place finishing position.
Carpenter started the 200-lap race from the 21st position, but quickly moved into the Top 10. He remained there until he was hit from behind by James Jakes, causing the left rear bumper pod to fly off and cause a debris caution. The No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka crew quickly changed Carpenter's rear wing, though the new one was on a different downforce setting than the old wing. Still, Carpenter persevered until Lap 156 when a mechanical failure prevented him from finishing the race.
Newgarden let the Verizon IndyCar Series field know he was a force to be reckoned with right at the green flag, as he started fourth but went four-wide into Turn 1 on the first lap, taking the lead of the race. He led 47 laps of the ABC Supply 500 in his No. 67 Hartman Oil Chevrolet, giving him 366 laps led during the season. He was 6th at the last restart of the race on Lap 193, but powered his way up to second. He had eventual race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay in his sights when a caution came out again on Lap 197, causing the race to end under yellow.
The ABC Supply 500 is the second race of the year that Newgarden has finished second to Hunter-Reay, mirroring the finish from the most recent oval event on the schedule at Iowa Speedway. Newgarden has claimed victories at Barber Motorsports Park and in the streets of Toronto this season.
Six drivers remain eligible for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series championship, including Newgarden. The season finale next weekend at Sonoma Raceway rewards double points with 104 possible. Newgarden sits in 6th place in the standings, currently 87 points behind leader Juan Pablo Montoya.
Luca Filippi will join Newgarden at the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, the road and street course driver for the No. 20. The ABC Supply 500 was the last race of the 2015 season for team co-owner Carpenter, who only races on the oval circuits.
The championship-deciding season finale will take place next Sunday, August 30. The GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma will be held around the 2.385-mile, 12-turn natural-terrain road course of Sonoma Raceway and will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network, beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 67 HARTMAN OIL CHEVROLET: "It was a long, tough day in the car. CFH Racing did a great job working on the thing, tuning it, making it better. Happy with our result, but I'm just thinking about Justin (Wilson) right now and hoping he's ok."
ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 FUZZY'S VODKA CHEVROLET, FINISHED 17TH: "It was disappointing. For as many problems as we had this weekend and not qualifying well, we were really good in the race. We had worked our way pretty far forward and felt pretty good about how we were looking for the rest of the race. Then Jakes got in the the back of us and knocked the bumper pod off. We had to go to our spare wing which was set at higher level of downforce which was hurting our pace. Ultimately, we had a mechanical issue. If you look at our results from 2015 on the ovals with the No. 20 car, it looks so bad. We were definitely better than what we showed, it was just one of those years where we couldn't catch a break. Happy for Josef to finish second, but more than anything, sending prayers our for Justin (Wilson) and his family."
Josef Newgarden led 47 laps of today's 200 lap race at Pocono Raceway, having to settle for a second place finish under caution. It was Newgarden's fourth podium of 2015.
Despite starting 21st, Ed Carpenter quickly moved into the Top 10 and would remain near the front half of the field until his race ended early with a mechanical failure.
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CFH Pocono Qualifying Report
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Saturday, August 22nd 2015
JOSEF NEWGARDEN EARNS CAREER-BEST STARTING POSITION AT POCONO RACEWAY
Newgarden Qualifies 4th For 500-Mile Race; Carpenter Will Start Inside Of Row 11
(LONG POND, Pa.) August 22, 2015 – Qualifying Notes
After an hour and a half practice session in the morning, qualifications for the ABC Supply 500 took place this afternoon at Ponoco Raceway. Josef Newgarden bested his previous high starting position (15th in 2013) and will roll off the grid 4th fortomorrow's 500-mile race.
Ed Carpenter was the first car out to qualify for the ABC Supply 500. His first lap around the tri-oval was 216.459, followed by a second lap of 216.171 in his No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet. His two-lap average of 216.315 miles per hour earned him a 21st place starting position.
Newgarden was fourth out and turned laps of 219.628 and 220.665, giving him an average speed of 220.141 miles per hour. His laps in the No. 67 Hartman Oil Chevrolet provisionally placed him on the outside of Row 1. By the end of qualifications, his laps would land him the 4th starting position for tomorrow's 500-mile race.
Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle," Ponoco Raceway is a 2.5-mile course with only three turns. Turn 1 is modeled after New Jersey's Trenton Speedway (closed in 1980), Turn 2 mimics the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Turn 3 is comparable to the Milwaukee Mile. Carpenter is a two-time pole winner at IMS and Newgarden earned his first career pole position at the Milwaukee Mile in mid-July.
Pocono Raceway returned to the Verizon IndyCar Series calendar in 2013, giving both Carpenter and Newgarden two starts. Newgarden holds the highest finishing position for CFH Racing with a 5th place, which he also earned in 2013.
Ten drivers remain mathematically eligible for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Championship, including Newgarden. The season's final race, the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, will be awarding double points. Any driver exiting Pocono Raceway within 104 points of the leader will remain in contention for the championship. Newgarden currently sits 8th in the standings with 370 points.
The ABC Supply 500 will be last race of the 2015 season for team co-owner Carpenter, who only races on the oval circuits. Road and street course driver Luca Filippi will take over the No. 20 for the season's final race at Sonoma Raceway next weekend.
Newgarden, 24, is in the midst of the best season of his IndyCar career. He earned his first two wins in a span of seven races earlier in the season, captured his first career pole position and has one other podium finish.
Final practice for the ABC Supply 500 will take place this evening from 5:30-6 p.m. ET. The race will be broadcast at 2 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network on Sunday, August 23.
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 67 HARTMAN OIL CHEVROLET: "The No. 67 Chevrolet has been really good, we had a tough first session there trying to get on top of all of the changes we needed to make and everything that was going on with the car. We didn't roll off like we wanted to, but I feel bad now because we were really fast during our qualifying run! I think the car had another half mile per hour, maybe a mile per hour, in it. We were shooting in the dark a little bit, we did the best we could. We have a great team, we always come back really strong when we don't start that well. I am happy with that, I hope that keeps us up towards the top of the pecking order."
ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 FUZZY'S VODKA CHEVROLET: "It's hard when you get into these two days shows and we've been behind since we got here. After our qualifying run, it is back to the drawing board. I have to do a better job, we all have to do a better job. Hopefully I have a better practice later, but we certainly have a lot of work to do."
Josef Newgarden had a tough first practice session this morning, turning only the 18th quickest lap, but bounced back to qualify 4th for tomorrow's ABC Supply 500.
Ed Carpenter qualified 21st for tomorrow's 500-mile race at Pocono Raceway. The ABC Supply 500 will be Carpenter's last race of 2015 as it is the last oval event of the Verizon IndyCar Series season.
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CFH RACING SETS SIGHTS ON FINAL OVAL RACE OF 2015 SEASON
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Tuesday, August 18th 2015
Carpenter, Newgarden To Take On 500 Miles At Pocono Raceway
(SPEEDWAY, Ind.) August 18, 2015 – Race Preview
The close of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season is rapidly approaching with the penultimate round scheduled for this weekend in Long Pond, Penn. CFH Racing drivers Ed Carpenter and Josef Newgarden will race at Pocono Raceway, the final oval on this year's IndyCar schedule, on Sunday, August 23.
Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle," Ponoco Raceway is a 2.5-mile tri-oval with only three turns. Turn 1 is modeled after New Jersey's Trenton Speedway (closed in 1980), Turn 2 mimics the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Turn 3 is comparable to the Milwaukee Mile. Carpenter is a two-time pole winner at IMS and Newgarden earned his first career pole position at the Milwaukee Mile in mid-July.
Pocono Raceway returned to the Verizon IndyCar Series calendar in 2013, giving both Carpenter and Newgarden two starts. Carpenter, driver of the No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet, earned the team's highest qualifying position with a 13th in 2013, while Newgarden holds the highest result with a 5th place, also in 2013.
Newgarden made contact with the Turn 1 wall during qualifications for last year's 200-lap race and had to start on the last row. He drove all the way up to the front, leading seven laps before settling on an 8th place finish.
Carpenter was running 8th in the 2014 event when he had to make a late-race pit stop after a tire sensor failure. The unscheduled stop for new Firestone Firehawks dropped him one lap behind the leader to 15th place, though he would gain two positions over the final 20 laps to finish 13th.
The ABC Supply 500 is the third of three 500-mile races on the 2015 schedule. The first, the 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500, saw Newgarden finish 9th while Carpenter's race ended early after contact with another competitor. Both Newgarden and Carpenter were running strong in the second 500-mile race at Auto Club Speedway before their races ended in the same on-track incident.
Ten drivers remain mathematically eligible for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Championship, including Newgarden. The season's final race, the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, will be awarding double points. Any driver exiting Pocono Raceway within 104 points of the leader will remain in contention for the championship. Newgarden, driver of the No. 67 Hartman Oil Chevrolet, currently sits 8th in the standings with 370 points.
Pocono will be the last race of the 2015 season for team co-owner Carpenter, who only races on oval tracks. Road and street course driver Luca Filippi will take over the No. 20 for the season's final race at Sonoma Raceway next weekend.
Practice and qualifying for the ABC Supply 500 will take place on Saturday, August 22. The race will be broadcast at 2 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network on Sunday, August 23.
ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 FUZZY'S VODKA CHEVROLET: "It's always important to finish the year strong. It makes the off-season a little less painful if you go out with a strong performance. With the No. 20 car, especially when I've been driving, we really haven't gotten the results we'd hoped for this year. It's our last chance to kind of right that wrong and go out with a little momentum for the offseason. As the year has gone on the team has been getting stronger and stronger on all circuits, especially ovals. I'm excited to get another shot at Pocono, a 500-miler. The last oval of the year is definitely a big race for us."
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 67 HARTMAN OIL CHEVROLET: "Pocono is a huge event for IndyCar, not just for heritage but also the way it showcases IndyCars can do. The great thing about IndyCar is we're the most diverse championship on the planet with the types of racetracks that we race on. Pocono is probably one of the most diverse ovals you can get. We've been able to get a top five and a top 10 there, so we've been in the mix. Our goal this year is to go and try to move that needle up a little bit, it would be nice to get in the top three and maybe win the race this year."
Pocono Raceway will be Ed Carpenter's last race of the 2015 season. While bad luck has befallen him in three races this year, he has a pair of Top 10 finishes in the two races he has completed.
Josef Newgarden is looking for his first oval win of his Verizon IndyCar Series career. He has one victory on a road course and one victory on a street circuit, both of which came earlier this season.
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CFH Mid-Ohio Post Race Report
Posted by Patrick Stephan on Sunday, August 2nd 2015
MID-OHIO STRATEGY RACE DOES NOT FALL IN CFH RACING'S FAVOR
Newgarden Falls Victim To Untimely Yellow; Filippi Runs Out Of Fuel On Final Lap
(LEXINGTON, Ohio) August 2, 2015 – Race Notes
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course plays host to races heavily laden in strategy and today's Honda Indy 200 was no different. Josef Newgarden, on a strategy that had him solidly on the podium, was caught out by an untimely caution period and finished 13th. Luca Filippi was running in the top 10 coming to the checkered flag, but ran out of fuel with three corners to go and fell to 21st place.
After starting 9th, Filippi passed three cars in his No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet to move into 6th by the end of the first lap. Newgarden gained one position on Lap 1 and took control of 4th place.
As a car went off course while attempting to pass Newgarden, Filippi slipped into 5th place. As the car re-entered the race course, contact was made with another competitor and caused a full course caution on Lap 3. At the restart on Lap 7, Filippi ran side-by-side with Newgarden and took the 4th spot. Newgarden lost momentum and dropped back to 7th.
Newgarden made his first pit stop in his No. 67 Hartman Oil Chevrolet on Lap 16 for sticker red tires. Filippi was headed to the pit lane for scuffed red tires on Lap 21, but debris in various locations around the track caused the second caution of the race. He made his stop from 4th on Lap 22 when the pit lane opened, but came out 18th. Newgarden jumped to 6th as a benefit of stopping several laps earlier.
On the Lap 26 restart, Newgarden passed Rodolfo Gonzales for the 5th position. As the cars in front of him on a different strategy made their stops, Newgarden continually gained positions. He took the lead of the race on Lap 41 when Juan Pablo Montoya entered the pit lane.
Newgarden made his second pit stop on Lap 42 for sticker black tires. He came out of the pits in 4th, behind Montoya. The two cars ahead remained on a different strategy and once they stopped, Newgarden moved into 2nd. Filippi made his second stop one lap later and cycled out in 20th.
Filippi ducked in for his third stop on Lap 60, gambling on late-race yellows to help him make it to the end on fuel. The next yellow came six laps later, launching him all the way up to 9th place. Newgarden, on a strategy that favored the race remaining green, had to pit under the caution and dropped to 14th.
Filippi benefited from another caution on Lap 80 which allowed him to save more fuel, but it was not enough. He ran out near Turn 9 of the final lap, dropping him to 21st position. Newgarden, who was caught out by the Lap 60 caution, finished the race in 13th place.
Despite today's race, Newgarden is in the midst of the best season of his Verizon IndyCar Series career. He earned his first two IndyCar wins in a span of seven races earlier in the season, captured his first career pole position and has claimed one other podium finish.
Filippi made his Verizon IndyCar Series debut at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on August 4, 2013 driving for Bryan Herta Autosport.
Filippi and his wife Elisa welcomed their first child, daughter Mia, on July 13. The celebrations will continue for Filippi as his 30th birthday falls next weekend onAugust 9.
The Verizon IndyCar Series will head to Pocono Raceway for the penultimate round of the 2015 season on Sunday, August 23. The race will be broadcast at 2 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 67 HARTMAN OIL CHEVROLET, FINISHED 13TH: "It was a tough day, sometimes it is your day and sometimes it's not. Today just wasn't our day, that's what it comes down to. Things play out for you sometimes and today didn't play out for us strategy-wise. It was no real fault of our own, we just got unlucky. We had the pace and we had a good car, it really was a good effort all weekend. It's disappointing, but we'll go on to the next one and hopefully take a shot at another victory in Pocono."
LUCA FILIPPI, NO. 20 FUZZY'S VODKA CHEVROLET, FINISHED 21ST: "It was looking very good, but everything that could go wrong today happened to us. If there had been an asteroid crashing down somewhere in the world, it would have been on my car. I can say I am glad I didn't get struck by lightning or hit by an asteroid and I can go home safe and sound! For the race, I think we were very fast. We probably had the second or third fastest lap of the race. We were running fourth when the yellow came out at the wrong time. We still had a good strategy, at the end we were just managing the fuel we had and hitting that number we wanted to. Unfortunately, there was a mistake in the calculation and we ran out of fuel. I did everything I could and the team did everything they could to get me as many positions as they could, it was just a very unfortunate situation. I think we have to be pleased with out pace today."
Josef Newgarden was in contention for the race win, running in second place when an untimely caution period sent him to the middle of the pack. He would finish today's race in 13th place.
Luca Filippi was on the heels of another top 10 finish today when he ran out of fuel on the last lap. The Italian would drop from 7th all the way back to 21st position.
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A former finance company chief with a history of securities law violations has been ordered to pay almost $850,000 in connection with the sale of securities based on farm loans.
Former Pin Financial LLC chief executive Tobin Senefeld of Indianapolis was ordered Tuesday to pay a total of $843,356 in a lawsuit the Securities and Exchange Commission filed against him, his firm and Veros Farm Loan Holding LLC.
The SEC said defendants violated securities laws in a Ponzi scheme. Rather than funding current farming operations, as investors were told, proceeds of the securities were used to cover farms' prior unpaid debts, the SEC said.
The SEC alleged in 2015 that Veros defrauded 80 farm loan investors of $15 million in 2013 and 2014. The SEC also alleged that Senefeld used some of the money to pay for household expenses.
The total Senefeld is ordered to disgorge is far less than the SEC agreed to accept in consent decrees with former co-defendants, Veros President Matthew Haab and business partner Jefferey Risinger.
Haab was ordered in 2016 to pay about $184,000; Risinger was ordered to pay $100,000; and Veros was ordered to pay $983,000. At that time, Veros' receiver estimated investors would recoup about 75 percent of their investments.
In late 2016, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority permanently disbarred Senefeld from associating with any FINRA member institution. Risinger was banned from the industry earlier in the year. Haab was not a registered securities broker.
Over 24 years at eight firms, FINRA or its predecessor sanctioned Senefeld 17 times for alleged transgressions, including a free-riding scheme in 2000. Free-riding involves trading securities with expected cash instead of actual cash.
This "is not the first time Mr. Senefeld has violated securities laws," the judge said. "In 1999, Mr. Senefeld was charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme as a registered representative of a broker-dealer. ... Mr. Senefeld settled the charges, was ordered to cease and desist from violating federal securities laws, served a twelve-month suspension from associating with any broker-dealer, and paid a $25,000 civil penalty. Yet, he has violated federal securities laws again."


When Carol Lasky first shared her idea for helping people plan their legacy with me, it made perfect sense. The world needed a creative tool for sharing our plans for the end of life. They also need a friendly community where death can be discussed in a way that isn't frightening or too technical.
Carol was kind enough to send me a copy of Youlo Pages a few months ago. This is a beautifully-designed book that allows for an imaginative, practical recording of an individual's hopes and dreams for the end of their life.
I asked Carol if she would be my first ever guest blogger at Harp Lady at the Hospital and she kindly agreed. Thank you, Carol, for sharing the story of Youlo Pages!
They say that the best ideas, entrepreneurial and otherwise, are rooted in childhood. I vividly remember that my parents were very squeamish about the subject of death, having lost relatives to war, illness and Holocaust annihilation. They did their mourning behind closed doors and even forbade us from wearing the color black because of its connections to funerals. That's why it stuck when my mother breezily mentioned to me one Sunday morning when I was 8 years old that she wanted a particular Mozart concerto to be played at her funeral. She wasn't thinking about death as much as she was expressing herself and her personal connection to a beautiful piece of music.
Now, a member of the baby boomer generation and having arrived at an age that I never imagined possible, I'm thinking about death in a personal as well as cultural context. Societally, we know that 75% of Americans have not spelled out their ultimate wishes to anyone — including themselves. Yet, evidence abounds of new departures (so to speak) around Death. Palliative medicine is placing new priority on end-of-life conversations. The home funeral movement is becoming increasingly popular, following the growth and expansion of green funeral practices. A new company is offering to drop cremains from orbiting satellites, and another offers to stuff them into bowling balls. "Funeral music" is one of the most popularly requested online searches. A new reality show on TLC emphasizes the "fun" in "funerals." In so many ways, people are increasingly willing — and eager — to share their stories, "last words" and personal intentions for remembrance and celebration.
My own personal favorite part of our legacy planner is toward the back. We've included a set of cards for designating the most personal of gifts — things like signed baseballs, handmade quilts, recipe collections, the kinds of items that don't end up in a legal will. The cards are filled out and placed in a special envelope for safekeeping. That's really what Youlo Pages is all about: giving the gift of understanding.
I have another memory. It isn't from childhood but from the death of my father two years ago. When Dad turned 90, we asked him to tell his life stories to a young journalism student that we knew. Over the course of a week, he regaled her with tales of his "lucky life." In his last days, he was nourished by his words being read back to him by my sister. They are the finest things he could have left us.
We invite you to explore Youlo.gy and Youlo Pages online: youlo.gy and youlopages.com. Your feedback is warmly welcome!
Carol Lasky, the Creative Director at Boston-based design firm Cahoots Design, is a brand strategy specialist. She co-founded Youlo with her son Colin Mills (Yale, '13), making the venture intergenerational in fact as well as intention. Youlo Pages, the debut product, is the outgrowth of enlightening conversations with leaders of faith communities, spiritual advisors, healthcare practitioners, financial and legal planners, life coaches, family members and friends.


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« Journée d'étude : « Le rôle de la sculpture dans les arts décoratifs parisiens » (Mons, 29 août 2015)
Appel à communication : « Pensée métaphorique et procédés de métaphorisation dans l'image artistique » (Bâle, 23-25 juin 2016) »
Appel à communication : « The Matter of Mimesis » (Cambridge, 17-18 décembre 2015)
Posté par Pascale Dubus, le 13 juillet 2015:
Date limite : 15 septembre 2015
Date et lieu du colloque : 17-18 décembre 2015, Royaume Uni, University of Cambridge.
This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars from the sciences, social sciences and humanities in order to address material practices of mimesis. Aristotle, in one of the first definitions of the concept, argues that mimesis, or the imitation of nature, refers to both form and material. Thus far, scholarship has mostly focused on the role of form in mimetic practices, while the mimetic role of materials, despite the many disciplines in which these are central to making and knowing, remains significantly understudied.
Materials play a fundamental role in mimetic practices, from the earliest known examples to some of the most recent. Ancient ceramic vessels, for instance, some nearly four millennia old, imitate the visual appearance of other materials like metal or straw, while medieval artisans gave wood the costly appearance of marble, or made paper seem like gilded leather. The industrial revolution and chemical innovation created many new opportunities for material mimesis, crowned with the invention of plastics, which can be transformed into almost anything imaginable. Today, computer science allows us to flip pages of digital paper and navigate the visible world in three dimensions, while material science has invented biomaterials that replace the cells of our bodies, smart materials that can assume the appearance of their surroundings, and drugs that imitate the material of neurotransmitters, to name but a few. The role of materials in mimesis is by no means limited to the past: the practice will continue to have an impact in the future which cannot be foreseen.
The conference invites papers that explore the different roles played by materials in mimetic practices. The notion of substitution raises questions about the new techniques invented by artisans for making one material resemble another, as well as about the politics of the Ersatz in diet and medicine. Replication has united historians and anthropologists in attempts to reconstruct past materials and techniques, as well as engaging historians of science with the issue of 'tacit knowledge'. Forgery, from banknotes to paintings, creates a competition to establish expertise over materials and mimetic processes between forgers and their opponents, who each have to become increasingly expert in order either to produce, or to detect, fraudulent objects. Nachahmung, the question of likeness and verisimilitude, is particularly interesting in material mimetic practices where artisans attempt to materialize the impossible, to give marble the weight of silk and hair, or have paper take on the appearance of a solid block of gold. Similarly interesting in this respect is the discussion over which representations of animal and plant materials most successfully capture 'Nature'. Preservation is also a form of material mimesis, not only in recreations of life and the body after death in mummies, effigies and relics, but also as a way of stabilising a lasting value in certain material objects, either through technologies of preventing change or through reuse. Lastly, the question of disguise engages with material mimesis in important ways, from animal camouflage to smart materials that can assume the appearance of their surroundings and debates about bio-engineering where artificial tissues and organs are made to become one with our bodies.
Participants from different fields are welcome, including, but not limited to, archaeology, philosophy, art history and technical art history, history of science, technology and medicine, materials science, biology, anthropology and sociology.
Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2015.
Abstracts and proposals of 300 words (max), a short biography of 100 words (max). Please reply to: materialmimesis@gmail.com
CRASSH, University of Cambridge, December 17 – 18, 2015
CRASSH (Centre for Research into the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities)
NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
Organized by:
Dr Emma Spary (University of Cambridge) and Dr Marjolijn Bol (University of Amsterdam and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin)
Appels à communication faussaires, Imitation, Technique/matériau, Transpériode

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D-backs revamp front office, add former Cubs exec McLeod
McLeod has 26 years of baseball experience, including the past decade with the Chicago Cubs, where he helped build the 2016 World Series champion roster.
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jason McLeod, the Chicago Cubs' new head of scouting and player development, responds to a question during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Published: 8:23 PM MST December 16, 2021
Updated: 8:23 PM MST December 16, 2021
PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced more than two dozen changes to their front office staff on Thursday, including the addition of veteran baseball operations executive Jason McLeod.
McLeod's title is Special Assistant to D-backs Executive Vice President & General Manager Mike Hazen.
He previously worked with Hazen and D-backs assistant GM Amiel Sawdaye when all three were with the Boston Red Sox.
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D-backs add 4-time All-Star reliever Melancon on 2-year deal
Former Indians All-Star reliever Doug Jones dies in Arizona
Robbie Ray just won the AL Cy Young Award and D-backs fans can't catch a break
Arizona Diamondbacks host 24th annual Winter Classic


A solo classical piano album featuring works commemorating Franz Liszt's 200th birthday and premiering works by famed radio writer and personality, Paul Harvey Aurandt Jr.
This is a physical copy, not a download. Purchase includes CD in a secure digipak.


The 2013 The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) annual meeting began more like a fireside chat between CEO Muhtar Kent and the legendary Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), the largest shareholder of the soft drink company. For most shareholders attending the annual meeting at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Buffett's presence was a pleasant surprise. Buffett had served on Coca-Cola's board for 17 years; and his son, Howard Buffett, has been a director since 2010. As Buffett walked on stage, the crowd of 850 shareholders and guests gave him a warm welcome. "When you're 82, they clap when you sit down because they're not sure you're going to get up," Buffett said. Kent had Buffett tell the story of how he first went into the The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) business when he was 7 years old in Omaha. He would buy a six-pack of Coke for 25 cents from and sell each bottle to his friends for a nickel.
When a man who is arguably the most successful investor in the world is taking a stake in North Texas real estate, it may just be time for Texans adhering by conservative home buying and selling philosophies to breathe a collective sigh of relief about the market's future. At the HitPLAY Prudential Real Estate Convention held March 10-12 in Las Vegas, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) and famed finance guru Warren Buffett treated attendees to a candid state-of-the-union speech on the real estate market that should have Prudential Texas shareholders and client's feeling very optimistic about the future of home sales throughout the Lone Star State.
WeWhat does one ask the Oracle of Omaha? Investor Doug Kass will show us all next week at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)'s investor day. For now, according to Bloomberg, he's doing some important things to prepare for the face-off. Buffett selected Kass, who manages the firm Seabreeze Partners Management, after putting out a call to the investment world. He said he was looking for Berkshire bears — at least one contrarian to ask him questions during the yearly pilgrimage of Berkshire shareholders to Nebraska.
With Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) annual meeting–the Woodstock of Capitalism–set for Saturday, May 4, many investors are preparing to flock to Omaha once again to hear pearls of wisdom both from Berkshire's chairman Warren Buffett and vice chairman Charlie Munger. It's virtually impossible to overstate the influence that Munger, who recently turned 89 years old, has had on Buffett and on Buffett's investing discipline. Buffett regularly labels Munger as his "partner" at Berkshire, and fills the firm's annual shareholder letters with phrases like, "Charlie and I believe…" In fact, in Berkshire's 2012 letter, Buffett makes reference to their long and fruitful working relationship, noting that "more than 50 years ago, Charlie told me that it was far better to buy a wonderful business at a fair price than to buy a fair business at a wonderful price." That insight has guided Buffett over the years and helped him become more comfortable with paying up for outstanding businesses with economic moats, or sustainable competitive advantages.
A select group of young entrepreneurs have won an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to investor Warren Buffett. The kids, who are between 7- and 16-years-old, were chosen out of nearly 4,000 entries in the online contest. The contest is tied to "The Secret Millionaires Club" cartoon that Buffett appears in to teach financial lessons. The contest is sponsored by the Fairholme Foundation and overseen by the By Kids For Kids Co. Five individuals and three teams will be flown to Omaha to present their ideas to Buffett and a panel of judges. An online vote from May 6-13 will help determine which of the finalists will win grand prizes of $5,000. The runners up will receive $500 prizes.


When you make your way to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, expect to slow down and enjoy the calm of nature. Just because it's quiet, though, don't expect to be bored. Though there are countless activities to keep you and your family busy in the U.P., don't leave Munising before you tackle of a few of these fun things to do.
There's a new government program that is offering access to federal lands and waters to children for free. Fourth graders and their guests can get cards or vouchers by participating in the Every Kid in a Park federal program.
Need another reason to visit Munising for your Paddling Michigan adventure? Come be part of the 43rd Annual Pictured Rocks Road Race. This summer, join runners from across the state for a half marathon or 10K along the gorgeous shores of Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks.
Welcome to Part 2 of My Day Paddling Michigan. You can read Part 1 of my adventure previously posted in the Paddling Michigan blog. Part 1 "Ready, Set, Go!" includes details of how I prepared for my kayaking trip with Paddling Michigan. Now for Part 2, which describes my day spent on the water.
If you live in the midwest, you've seen the Pure Michigan campaign enticing you to visit the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Maybe you've even seen Kid Rock celebrating the area in his 'Born Free' video. Well, it's time you take Pictured Rocks off your bucket list of places to visit, and get there!


Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Baltimore recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers appointed to individual foster children by the Baltimore City Juvenile Court. CASA advocates serve as a consistent adult presence by monitoring that child's well-being and providing objective written recommendations to the court.
(CASA) Court Appointed Special Advocates are volunteers who are appointed by a judge. These volunteers ensure that their assigned child's educational, medical, social service and mental health needs are understood and represented. The CASA volunteer is given the authority by the court to provide vital advocacy and attention to an individual child.


Concepts for converting Miami's Bicentennial Park into Museum Park should be ready by year's end – a process to which the city is pledging up to $1.4 million.
Civic leaders descended upon the downtown park Tuesday to launch the master-planning phase Cooper Robertson and Partners aims to complete by Dec. 31.
"We've mapped out that this process is going to take eight to nine months," said designer Alex Cooper. "By the end of this year, we're going to have a fully flushed-out concept and a very developed, detailed design within an eight-month period, so that's very fast. We're already behind."
The Miami Art Museum, the Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida plan to move to the 30-plus acre park with a 2,600-foot bay walk and some Florida East Coast Industries land.
Commissioners hired Cooper Robertson in February. The resolution assigned $1.3 million in capital-improvement funds and $100,000 in other funds.
Mr. Cooper wouldn't say how much the process will cost. "We don't know yet," he said, "we've just started."
Drawings won't be ready before year-end 2006, said City Commissioner Johnny Winton. He said funds for the park aren't in place. "We don't have the money yet," he said. "We have $10 million set aside, and we estimated when I did the original master plan that it would cost $22 million to $23 million to do a park here."
Mr. Winton said Tuesday that even after lengthy discussions, the park may not feature its major component, museums.
"As soon as we get money or segments of money, we can start doing the park whether or not the museums come," Mr. Winton said. "The museums are an integral part of the planning process. … They may never get here, but the park should get here."
Representatives of the Miami-Dade County Commission and the City of Miami as well as the three cultural facilities that are to move into Bicentennial Park added their symbolic signatures Tuesday to a plan to transform the 30-plus acres into Museum Park.
The Miami Art Museum, the Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida plan to move to the vacant parkland with 2,600 feet of baywalk and some Florida East Coast Industries land.
Plans to refit a warship as the Miami-Dade Historical Maritime Museum is to tie in with park plans. The waterborne collection – the brainchild of Frans Boetes – is, unlike the other projects, privately funded.
City Commissioner Johnny Winton said Tuesday that funds for the envisioned Museum Park aren't yet in place.
A 2001 charette on uses for the park pinpointed three possibilities – an arrangement by which sale of part of the park would finance an upgrade of the remaining land; restoration to status as a passive park, a use which historically has been unsuccessful; and Museum Park. City officials have endorsed the latter concept.
Despite delays and lack of financing, museum officials say they are dedicated to the project.
"We can really start the active master planning," said science museum president Gillian Thomas, "as opposed to just knowing we'll have 4 acres somewhere on the site. We can begin to limit all the issues to make sure that this works practically but is also beautiful. We also need to know how we'll get the schools on and off the site."
City approval of the project, said Mr. Winton, is to follow the conceptual stage.
"It's only at the global master-planning level," he said. "This is a very public process. We're just at the stage where we decide there's a soccer field here, there's a clump of trees here and there's this, this there. Then you go and get adoption from the City Commission after this phase is over."
The three museums are on the second list of projects to receive funds from the $2.9 million General Obligation Bond issue approved by voters in November, a county subcommittee last week announced. The science museum must match the $150 million it is promised, the art museum $100 million and the history museum $25 million. When the museums will get the funds hasn't been announced.


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Harrietta is a village in Wexford County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 143 at the 2010 census. The village is on the boundary between Slagle Township on the west and Boon Township on the east, with about half of the village in each.
Harrietta was first platted by James M. Ashley in 1889. It was incorporated as a village in 1891 with the name of Gaston. It was named Hariette in 1892 and the present spelling was adopted in 1923. Harrietta is a combination of the names of a railroad official, Harry, and that of his wife, Henrietta.
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Fighting the Wrongs From the War On Drugs
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By: Quentin Michael Savwoir The (failed) "War on Drugs" was a conservative response to the rebellious nature of yippies and anti-war activists in the 1960's. The Nixon administration was strategic to tie yippies to weed and Black people to other drug substances. This war continued into the 80's under President Reagan who was able to […]
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By: Quentin Michael Savwoir
The (failed) "War on Drugs" was a conservative response to the rebellious nature of yippies and anti-war activists in the 1960's. The Nixon administration was strategic to tie yippies to weed and Black people to other drug substances. This war continued into the 80's under President Reagan who was able to perpetuate Black people as heavy drug users to justify over policing of Black communities all throughout this nation. The vestiges of this failed war can still be seen in our communities to this day, despite a more socially acceptable stance towards the substances they sought to control.
As with most injustices in this country, the "War on Drugs" disproportionately impacted Black families and Black communities. Black men were torn from their families and heinously charged for low-level drug offenses in the name of making an example of them. Indeed, scores of research has been conducted and countless documentaries have been produced spotlighting how pervasive and commonplace this became throughout the 90's. Fast forward to today, where: 1) Black people continue to be overrepresented in media as criminals and drug users, 2) Black people continue to be overpoliced and surveilled in their own communities and 3) Industry has figured out a way to monetize the same drugs that our community members were criminalized for.
It has been somewhat reassuring to hear elected leaders (former and current) express remorse for the criminalized approach in which they handled the influx of drug use over the decades. However, hindsight can hardly atone for the destruction, devastation and dilapidation that the failed war on drugs caused in numerous communities of color across the United States. Someone has to take on the urgent and important work of rebuilding the communities that were negatively affected by the racist drug policy of decades past. That's where we fill the gap as CEIC.
Cannabis Equity Inclusion Community (CEIC) was created to bring racial justice to communities that were negatively impacted by the racist drug policies at the national and local level. And since we know that racial justice is inextricably linked to economic justice, we anchor our organizing work in bringing said justice to the very communities that have, economically, powered this industry to its current and ongoing success.
As cannabis and other drug substances begin to find favorable public opinion (and friendly public policy makers), it's absolutely imperative that we remember the communities that were dismantled by the criminalization of these drugs. Economic justice to these communities means: 1) expunging the records of former cannabis related offenders, 2) direct cash investment in communities of color and 3) lowering the barrier for entry to the industry (cannabis licensure in Nevada is upwards of one million dollars). CEIC is uniquely positioned to bring economic justice to our community.
CEIC is the sole organizing entity that is squarely focused in holding the cannabis industry accountable to communities of color in Nevada. Our work is anchored by three pillars: freedom, equity and opportunity. Freedom for our brethren that are formerly incarcerated for cannabis related offenses. Freedom means expungement and commutation of cannabis offenses so that our community members are able to fully and wholly participate in society. (On this front, we've made progress as state legislators have passed multiple pieces of legislation to right this wrong). Equity in our communities that were (and continue to be) underinvested in, dilapidated and disproportionately impacted by low-performing schools. Opportunity for those seeking to create a business for themselves in the thriving cannabis industry in a moment when the uncertainty of tomorrow is accelerating profits today.
CEIC is seizing this moment that we find ourselves in; this moment of uncertainty and unease. But instead of allowing it to cripple us, it's powering us to action. It's powering us to fight the inequities that have become commonplace in the lives of our community members. It's powering us to rail against those who seek to perpetuate a status quo that hasn't worked in a long time. We will not equivocate in our work to greater equity and justice to Black people, especially those seeking to be in the cannabis industry. We don't expect the undoing of failed racist policies to be fixed overnight, our work is just beginning and we welcome you to join us. Visit us at CEIVnv.org.
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Bake Club goes to Westminster
Guest post by MP for Brigg and Goole
On Wednesday, I hosted the Children with Cancer UK Bake Club launch in Portcullis House, Westminster. This fantastic initiative aims to raise awareness across the UK of all childhood cancers. The charity supports scientific research into the causes, prevention and treatment for children and young people, and provides support for them and their families.
Hosting the event
As a member of the Health Select Committee, I was very proud to host this event. This is a disease area where there is the need to do a lot more: 3,600 children and young people, are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK and improving this situation is a vital goal.
I've been a supporter of Children with Cancer UK since I entered parliament in 2010 and started to learn about the excellent work they fund. I am always delighted to help support their initiatives and of course, Parliamentary Bake Club was a great way of introducing my colleagues in Westminster to the charity and the wonderful work they do.
View photos of the day here on our Flickr
Tara McCarthy
At the event I met Tara McCarthy, the face of Bake Club. Tara was diagnosed with leukaemia when she was just two years old and has shown tremendous courage and fortitude in fighting this terrible disease. Last year, she achieved her five year remission and today, she's a bubbly ten-year old, full of energy. She absolutely charmed the MPs who met her and put a smile on everyone's face.
It is for children like her, and for their parents, that politicians, charities and the public need to come together to find better and longer-lasting solutions to childhood cancer.
Some of the MPs and peers who joined us at the event have personal experience of childhood cancer within their own families and in their constituencies. Understandably the event, especially talking to Tara and her mum Zazie, had particular significance for them.
Taking Bake Club to Westminster was a fun and inventive way to engage with Parliamentarians and of course the cakes were great! But seriously, it allowed MPs to find out more about raising awareness of childhood cancer in our constituencies and to hear the first-hand experiences of Tara and Zazie. It reminded me that together, we can make a real difference to the lives of children with cancer and their families, now, and for the future generations.
Why not find out more about how you can get involved in Bake Club including tips, recipes and to watch Tara's video baking Red Velvet Cupcakes with Paul Young.
Supporting Children with Cancer UK
I chose to support Children with Cancer UK because I have seen first hand the phenomenal work this charity does at both an enterprise and family level.
When running my first charity run, a young friend of the family was diagnosed with leukaemia, and seeing the charity in action really touched my heart. From that point on I have vowed to help raise money for Children with Cancer UK to continue its fantastic work.
Raise aim: £20,000
My aim is to raise £20,000 for Children with Cancer UK. So far, and thanks to the generosity of many, I have reached around £18,600 through fundraising events.
One of these was as a Titanic themed cocktail event in March 2012. There were over 80 party-goers, all dressed to impress, in the recreated casino and Martini/cigar lounges. Organisers, Mr and Mrs Viggers and Mr and Mrs Snelling, along with help from Bishops Stortford Rugby Club volunteers, left no stone unturned in making it a truly remarkable party.
Thanks to the support from everyone who attended, and the companies who very kindly donated their goods and services, we raised over £3,000. Massive contributions from friends, colleagues and family have help generate a truly staggering amount of sponsorship.
None of the expedition would be possible without the immense help from Vtesse Networks, Jacks of Dunmow, HPEMS of Dunmow and PCubed.
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Celebrity brand break-up:Fan experiences of para-loveshock
Jones, Scott and Cronin, James and Piacentini, Maria (2022) Celebrity brand break-up:Fan experiences of para-loveshock. Journal of Business Research, 145. pp. 720-731. ISSN 0148-2963
Text (Accepted JBR Celebrity Brand Break-up 22-3-2022[82])
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.03.039
When consumers become fans of celebrities, they can form intense emotional attachments that resemble a kind of love. Although the love felt for celebrities is based on one-sided parasocial relationships, fans nevertheless experience a trauma that they consider to be very real when these illusory relationships end. We explore how fans manage and perform their break-up with a beloved celebrity brand following public allegations of wrongdoing. Building on Giddens' theorization of loveshock – which encapsulates the disorienting after-effects of falling out of love – we propose the new concept of para-loveshock. Para-loveshock is performed socially and discursively through three fan practices: grief enfranchisement; flagellation; and indignation. Recognizing how fans perform and legitimize their trauma through these practices helps to sensitize managers to the importance of consumer identity work following celebrity transgressions. This has implications for how damage control efforts are planned and how managers engage with fans when responding to celebrity transgression.
This is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journl of Business Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Business Research, 145, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.03.039
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See, this is the power of those portal sites. They catch your eye with stuff you wouldn't have gone looking for.
This one described Britney Spears' video for "Break the Ice" as "animated and futuristic." My computer ordinarily lives on mute, but I turned it up because I thought the video would make more sense that way.
Curiously, it is the video that affected the audio. I sat through the animated version, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edhpwSMqc2I. Then when I did a quick search I found another version, a black-and-white dance number that I found profoundly boring. OK, the animated one is over-the-top action scifi, but it was way preferable to watching Brit and Co. writhing around.
Wondering why I tolerated the animated version got me to thinking about other over-the-top action scifi stuff I've sat through, movies like Johnny Mnemonic and Barb Wire, and then I remembered Heavy Metal, whose plot summary you can find here. All I can offer in my defense is that it was a first date in high school and I did not in any way choose the movie.
Regardless, I did not go running to iTunes to add "Break the Ice" to my shuffle.


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It happened between the hours of 7:30AM-9:30AM this morning (6/6/11) right outside my apartment in Fort Greene. I'm on Cumberland between DeKalb and Lafayette. It was a black single speed Raleigh One Way. I'd had European style handlebars out on the bike. The ID was U72U19535. I have just called the cops and they are coming now so I can file a report. I bought the bike on FRIDAY. It was locked to the fence in front of the brownstone I live at with a U-Lock and the wire it came with.
Not to pick on Johnny, but I seriously hope he understands why this bike was an easy target for a bike thief.
My money would be on scrap-metalists, or somebody with a van. They cut that cable like it was cream cheese, threw the bike in the back of a van, and will remove the Ulock at their leisure.
I agree, if Johnny had his bike locked like this, it is no wonder. A cable doesn't not stop anyone from stealing your bike. I always tell people to upgrade, pay the money and carry the heavy lock. It really is the only way to DETER, nothing keeps our bikes completely safe.
It a shame, but it is the world that we live in.
Lock the U Lock to the post not the cable to the post. So easy to cut.