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GRC 2016: Fires, Crashes, Jumps & Drama
24th October 2016 23 Comments
It's the time of year that many of us dread the most – the end of an amazing racing season. The months of October and November are when racing series like the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, WEC, NASCAR Sprint Cup, and Red Bull Global Rallycross usually finish up for the season.
It's sad to say, but we're all going to have to wait until around April for most of these series to kick off their new seasons. So what are we going to do during the dreaded winter off-season? Well, since I follow the Red Bull GRC series, I thought I'd take a look back at all the awesomeness.
I'm going to start right where I left off with my GRC season halfway post and share my favorite images from the second half of the year.
With traditional sports car racing, there's normally not too much carnage on the racetrack, but with a motorsport like rallycross a minor heat race that lasts around three minutes often sees bumpers, wheels, doors, and various other car parts flying off. This all makes for some exciting moments in time that I try my best to capture.
Subaru Rally Team USA have been making many changes within the team this year, experimenting with new crew, drivers and cars. I last saw Bucky Lasek drive in Atlantic City, but he's been doing pretty well in stage rally of late so maybe he'll be making the shift over to that side with Higgins and Pastrana in the future.
Honda's new Civic GRC machine is really photogenic; I don't think there is a single bad angle to this car.
I do wonder what Honda will do once the new Civic Type R comes onto the market. An all-wheel drive Civic Type R GRC race car? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that! I don't know the actual dimensions, but the new car looks like it may have a slightly shorter wheelbase than the current Civic Coupe used in GRC.
Nelson Piquet Jr. has had some bad luck during the races that he's competed in this season. That's his car in the opening image, from when it randomly burst into flames during a heat race in Seattle.
The Los Angeles stop is always fun. The 2014 and 2015 layouts of the track seemed to be hard on tires, but this year's setup was almost perfect.
I love capturing images of drivers when they're not in their cars on grid; it's a welcome change from every other shot of them inside or near their cars.
I don't think I've been to a single race this season that hasn't featured curb-hopping by the drivers. They hop every other corner and it makes for really easy – and beautiful – high-shutter images.
I've said it multiple times and I'll say it again: Steve Arpin's car just knows how to smile at the camera.
One thing I like about GRC is that race control is usually a three-story-tall temporary building. They always provide a good vantage point for a variety of shots.
David Higgins is an extremely talented driver – the way he can maneuver his stage rally STI is insane – so I always get excited when Subaru brings him in for a few GRC races.
Like his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate's Ford Fiesta, Brian Deegan's car is also one of the better looking machines on grid. The savage and monstrous-looking fangs on the sides of the car are intimidating.
While on the topic of Brian Deegan, this year marked his return to a full GRC season. That's pretty convenient because it provides me with more opportunities to get cool shots of his car!
He spent the entire season being the bridesmaid but never the bride until the very last round when he made a triple car pass on his Joker Lap and snagged first place with a lap and a half left.
Tanner Whitten was one of two drivers to graduate from the GRC Lites class into the Supercar class this season. He drove for the SH Racing guys in Los Angeles and managed to pilot the car from dead last (12th) to 6th in the final race. To be able to do that on his first time out in an unfamiliar car that pushes twice the amount of power than what he's used to required some scary talent.
Because Tanner was in the Supercar, his Dreyer & Reinbold teammate, Alex Keyes, piloted his car to win in Los Angeles in the Lites class.
Kevin 'Around the Outside' Eriksson changed the game last week at World RX Germany by making the greatest racing pass of the year (according to Jalopnik). I really want to see more of him in GRC than just one race out of the season.
The Volkswagen Andretti duo of Scott Speed and Tanner Foust were unstoppable last season and were even more unstoppable this year. It came down to a mere six points in the driver's standings at the last race. Basically, whoever crossed the line first would take the championship; Scott won and became GRC's second back-to-back champion, the first being Foust.
I find that shots of team members and mechanics usually turn out pretty good, because these guys and girls are not expecting to have their pictures taken. Usually, I'll get a more candid-type shot as opposed to drivers who give me their best Blue Steel and the occasional Magnum.
Magnum!
How often can you watch a race from a decommissioned battleship?
Squatting down has proved to be successful in getting decent shots at rallycross events this year. Source: I squatted down to get these shots.
Very rarely will GRC run during the sunrise and sunset hours, so when they do I try to make the most of it and shoot as much as possible.
Little known fact: the driver's are caged up when they aren't driving. This is 100 per cent true because you read it on the internet!
Going back to the whole race tower vantage point thing, it just never gets old. If only they had the tower in the center of the track.
Have you ever gone Subaru-ing before? If you haven't, this gives you an idea of what to expect. Toshi Arai and David Higgins know a thing or two about it.
Well, that's it from this season. I have a ton of bonus images to share with you, so keep scrolling down for those.
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2:57 amOctober 24, 2016 abezzegh87
Civic, Beetle, Fiesta.. Where are the really badass machines
5:54 amOctober 24, 2016 bakayaru
Ford Fiesta kit car with bespoke AWD chassis costing over $500k… vs a $40k Subaru with some stickers on it. Without homologation rules, it's just another pay2win scenario. I wish speed hunters would support homologation..
6:11 amOctober 24, 2016 tbtstt
Where is the 40K Subaru in the GRC? bakayaru...
7:28 amOctober 24, 2016 TPLC2
That's them. If you don't think that these cars are some of the most badass ones out there, you're wrong. Tiny 4-cylinders pushing V8 levels of power, wicked AWD systems, and the ability to bumper car your way around the track? I'll probably take this over whatever you feel is "cooler"
9:25 amOctober 24, 2016 TheDigitalV3
bakayaru Wtf are you talking about ???
10:37 amOctober 24, 2016 LouisYio
bakayaru Those Subarus are FAR from $40k...
12:12 pmOctober 24, 2016 birelmotosport
bakayaru Wait you actually think that Subaru is off the lot? LOL
12:56 pmOctober 24, 2016 TPLC2
I can't address individual parts of this statement because of how wrong it all is.
3:16 pmOctober 24, 2016 Alex Butti
birelmotosport bakayaru No to defend bakayaror, but what I think he meant is: A stock STI costs roughly $35K, plus the cage, suspension, electronics, engine mods carbon shit...maybe $100K? which is A LOT less than a Ford Fiesta developed for world-championship rally
9:07 pmOctober 24, 2016 bluestreaksti
As in WRC, small short wheelbase cars have an advantage. I hope one day this will result in small 2door turbo awd units on a dealer lot... pls. And under 3000 lbs (no TT or Mini). Which leaves nothing except Impreza 2.5 rs or unicorn Mazda 323. Someone stuff an RS drivetrain into a Fiesta.
Nissan Pulsar GTI-R - sr20det, 2690 lbs of winning.
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bluestreaksti If Ford produced an AWD Fiesta RS for the showroom I would defect from Subaru!
2:42 amOctober 25, 2016 Vittorio Jano
tbtstt bluestreaksti Early this year i visited Shelby factory in Vegas and suggested them, they should stuff Focus RS drivetrain inside a Fiesta and call it Ford Fiesta RS Shelby. They thought i was joking
Alex Butti birelmotosport bakayaru RX grids would be full of Subarus if that were the case. M-Sport Fiesta may be expensive but most Fiestas are developed by Olsbergs or other teams and cost significantly less than 500K. They start with a bare shell anyway and use basically no stock parts so the extra chassis work isn't such a major cost. Many drivers don't have manufacturer backing them and still choose to run Fiestas etc. Explain that please
Vittorio Jano Alex Butti birelmotosport bakayaru Shorter wheelbase cars are currently in favour in rallycross and, pre-GRC, Fords were heavily utilized in European rallycross, so for many its an easier starting point than Subaru as a lot of the groundwork has already been done.
The Fiesta is now a proven chassis in both the US and Europe, so it's an even more obvious choice if you want to jump straight in and be competitive. As said OMSE are the source of a lot of Fiestas in the US (they got an early foothold with US rallycross thanks to X-Games) and more recently M-Sport have been supplying several teams. The M-Sport car is VERY expensive (approaching £500K the last time I saw pricing), with the OMSE cars costing less.
I do agree with the original post to a certain extent: I would love to see models in the showroom in the same configuration as the rally/rallycross cars (i.e. AWD), but to think that the Subaru used in the GRC is a showroom model with stickers applied is, frankly, delusional. A quick skim through the component listing for the car shows you that, even though the drivetrain configuration is broadly similar, very little of the original car remains!
TPLC2 You've absolutely nailed this point for me. I'm smitten with rallycross Supercars and, if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to have at least one sitting in my garage! They may look like hatchbacks with wide arch kits, but they are absolute weapons.
I have watched a lot of motorsport over the years and, for me, nothing compares to the sight and sound of a pack of rallycross Supercars leaving the line.
tbtstt Vittorio Jano Alex Butti birelmotosport bakayaru Amen!
Vittorio Jano tbtstt bluestreaksti Haha! The Fiesta RS has been the subject of so many rumours here in Europe over the last few years, but it has never happened.
Still, Ford said they would never do another AWD Focus RS years ago and now we have the Mk.III Focus RS. Given the streak Ford are on at the moment, I hope something similar will happen with the Fiesta RS!
4:27 pmOctober 25, 2016 Matboy_Au
There's some amazing shots in here Louis! Awesome work man!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzXJwiWsvNE rx footage from the craziest rx overtakes ever


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It's a packed Sunday schedule for the NBA with today's game arriving as part of several that start in the early afternoon. As ESPN reported, the Cleveland Cavaliers (32-22) will debut their newest roster members acquired during a busy day of trades this past Thursday. That means Rodney Hood, George Hill, Jordan Clarkson, and Larry Nance Jr. will all be on the court against the Boston Celtics (40-17) today. Cleveland is coming off a 20-point win against the Atlanta Hawks several nights ago, thanks to LeBron James' key performance.
The Boston Celtics (40-17) will be working with their roster since the start of the season, with Greg Monroe amongst their newest additions. The team has continued to stay atop the Eastern Conference thanks to All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Al Horford as well as rookie Jayson Tatum. Today's game will carry extra significance with time being taken out to raise longtime Celtics' star Paul Pierce's jersey No. 34 up into the rafters. That could have the Celtics revved up for a huge win at home today, unless LeBron and his newest supporting cast members spoil the celebration.
For today's matchup, the Odds Shark website lists a consensus point spread of 4.5 points in favor of the Boston Celtics. Boston is also a -180 to -197 favorite at several sportsbooks, while the visiting Cavaliers are +160 to +165 underdogs. Today's game has a points total at 213 points for the complete game. Odds Shark suggests that Boston will win this game straight up, cover the spread, and the points total will be a "push" at 213 per their predictions.
The Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics game is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time start on Sunday afternoon. Viewers can see the game live on national television via their ABC channels using over-the-air HD antenna as well as cable or satellite services. Some cable and satellite subscribers in select regions of the United States can watch a live stream on the ABC website, while most others can use the WatchESPN website or apps to see the feed.
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Our story wrote its early chapters in 1934 in Shimla where Mr. M.S. Oberoi pioneered the idea of luxury hospitality in India by opening his first hotel. The lessons self-taught, the inevitable mistakes made, the wisdom gained, the prestigious awards won. All have formed the compass for successive generations of Oberois.
To this day, we still practice the most simple and uncommon of operational philosophies that began with Mr. M.S. Oberoi himself and now echoed by his son and Chairman Emeritus Mr. P.R. S. Oberoi: The guest is everything.
Our joy comes from ensuring each is seen and valued as a person, a friend, a family member who has come to stay. It 's present in every gesture through words spoken or unspoken, in ways that are obvious and in ways that are quietly respectful of one's time and privacy.
You will be hard pressed to find properties as beautiful as ours or restaurants, guest rooms and facilities that are as exceptional. But these are not what give Oberoi Hotels & Resorts its incomparable reputation.
What our guests speak about most is that singular experience of being truly seen, heard and understood. Something no other hotel or resort can emulate. The astonishing effect one feels from an act, a gesture, a word; that is heart felt.
The Oberoi Group, founded in 1934, operates 32 hotels, Nile Cruisers and a Motor Vessel in the backwaters of Kerala. The Group has presence in seven countries under the luxury 'Oberoi' and five-star 'Trident' brand. The Group is also engaged in flight catering, airport restaurants, travel and tour services, car rentals, project management and corporate air charters.
The Group's commitment to excellence, attention to detail and personalised service has ensured a loyal list of guests and accolades in the worldwide hospitality industry.
Recognising the importance of quality training in hospitality management, The Oberoi Group established The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development in New Delhi in 1966. Today, this institution is considered amongst the best in Asia with approximately 100 students graduating each year.
The Oberoi Group is committed to employing the best environmental and ecological practices in technology, equipment and operational processes. The Group also supports philanthropic activities and is a keen contributor to the conservation of nature and cultural heritage.
The Oberoi Group -Dharma
We, as members of The Oberoi Group are committed to display through our behaviour and actions the following conduct, which applies to all aspects of our business:
Conduct which is of the highest ethical standards - intellectual, financial and moral and reflects the highest levels of courtesy and consideration for others.
Conduct which builds and maintains teamwork, with mutual trust as the basis of all working relationships.
Conduct which puts the customer first, the Company second and the self last.
Conduct, which exemplifies care for the customer through anticipation of need, attention to detail, excellence, aesthetics and style and respect for privacy, along with warmth and concern.
Conduct which demonstrates a two-way communication, accepting constructive debate and dissent whilst acting fearlessly with conviction.
Conduct which demonstrates that people are our key asset, through respect for every employee, and leading from the front regarding performance achievement as well as individual development.
Conduct which at all times safeguards the safety, security, health and environment of guests, employees and the assets of the Company.
Conduct which eschews the short-term quick fix for the long-term establishment of a healthy precedent.
The Oberoi Group - Mission
We are committed to meeting and exceeding the expectations of our guests through our unremitting dedication to every aspect of service.
We are committed to the growth, development and welfare of our people upon whom we rely to make this happen.
Our Distinctiveness
Together, we shall continue the Oberoi tradition of pioneering in the hospitality industry, striving for unsurpassed excellence in high-potential locations all the way from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific.
Our Shareholders
As a result, we will create extraordinary value for our shareholders.
The Oberoi Group - Vision
We see an organisation which aims at leadership in the hospitality industry by understanding its guests; and designing and delivering products and services which enable it to exceed their expectations. We will always demonstrate care for our customers through anticipation of their needs, attention to detail, distinctive excellence, warmth and concern.
We see a lean and responsive organisation where decision making is encouraged at each level and which accepts change. An organisation that is committed and responsive to its guests and other stakeholders.
We see a multi-skilled workforce; which consists of team players who have pride of ownership in translating the organisation's vision into reality.
We see an organisation where people are nurtured through continuous learning and skill improvement; and are respected, heard and encouraged to do their best. The Oberoi Group is recognised as best practice for training and developing its people.
We see a diverse workforce which has been exposed to different cultures, problems and situations and can use its experiences to enrich the local employees whether in India or overseas.
We see the world dotted with hotels of The Oberoi Group, in strategic commercial and resort locations.
We see user-friendly technology enhancing value for our customers and helping our personnel by making information more accessible.
We see an organisation which is conscious of its role in the community, supporting social needs and ensuring employment from within the local community.
We see an organisation which is committed to the environment, using natural products and recycling items, thus ensuring proper use of the diminishing natural resources.
Our Founder Chairman
Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi
Founder Chairman
Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi was born on 15th August, 1898 in erstwhile undivided Punjab, which is now in Pakistan. He was only six months old when his father died. Success and fortune did not, therefore, come easily to him. Initiative, resourcefulness and hard work, combined with the capability to face and overcome the most overwhelming odds can best characterise this phenomenal entrepreneur.
Mr. M.S. Oberoi completed his primary education in Rawalpindi and moved to Lahore for his Bachelor's degree. Shortly thereafter, to flee the ravages of a virulent plague, he went to seek his fortune in Shimla, the summer capital of British India. Arriving penniless, he found a job at a monthly salary of INR 50, as the front desk clerk at the Cecil Hotel. Today, The Oberoi Group owns the hotel The Oberoi Cecil where the young Mr. Oberoi found his métier.
The diligence, enthusiasm and intelligence displayed by Mr. Oberoi impressed Mr. Grove, the manager of the hotel. A quick learner, Mr. Oberoi did not restrict his efforts to fulfilling the job description of a desk clerk but sought and shouldered additional responsibilities. A few years later, when Mr. Clarke acquired a small hotel he asked Mr. Oberoi to assist him. It was here, at Clarkes Hotel, that Mr. Oberoi gained first hand experience in all aspects of operating a hotel.
Budding Entrepreneur
In 1934, Mr. Oberoi acquired his first property, The Clarkes Hotel, from his mentor by mortgaging his wife's jewellery and all his assets. Four years later, he signed a lease to take over operations of the five hundred rooms Grand Hotel in Calcutta that was on sale following a cholera epidemic. With his customary confidence and sheer determination to succeed, he was able to convert this hotel into a highly profitable business venture.
Over several years, Mr. Oberoi had purchased shares in Associated Hotels of India (AHI), which owned Cecil and Corstophans hotels in Shimla, Maidens and Imperial hotels in Delhi and a hotel each in Lahore, Murree, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. In 1943, Mr. Oberoi acquired controlling interest in AHI. He thus became the first Indian to run the country's largest and finest hotel chain. In the tumultuous years just prior to Indian independence, Mr. Oberoi met and intimately interacted with the would-be leaders of Free India, all of whom were, at one time or other, guests at his hotels.
International Pioneer
Having consolidated his early ventures, Mr. Oberoi became the first Indian hotelier to enter into an agreement with an internationally renowned hotel chain, to open the first modern, five-star hotel in the country. The Oberoi Inter Continental, in New Delhi opened in 1965. The I-Con, as it became popularly known, offered facilities that no other hotel in the country matched and was India's first luxury hotel.
This achievement was enhanced with the opening of the 35-storey Oberoi Sheraton in Bombay, in 1973. Mr. Oberoi was the first Indian to work in association with international chains to woo international travellers to India. This led to a heavy influx of international travellers and foreign occupancy soared to an average of 85%. This enabled the Oberoi Hotels to significantly contribute to India's foreign exchange earnings.
Another pioneering landmark was the establishment in 1966 of the prestigious Oberoi School of Hotel Management, recognised by the International Hotel Association in Paris. Considered India's premier institute, the school is now known as The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development and continues to provide high quality professional training in hospitality management.
Other notable firsts were the decision to employ women in his hotels and to establish a chain of ancillary industries producing and supplying items like consumables and stationery to ensure the highest quality. The Oberoi Group was also the first to start flight catering operations in India, in 1959. The Oberoi Flight Services, located in New Delhi, Mumbai, Cochin and Chennai, provide in-flight meals of international quality to reputed airlines.
Mr. Oberoi realised that the hotel and hospitality business is greatly dependent on travel agents, a vital element in the distribution chain. Therefore, he decided to establish his own travel agency. Mercury Travels, part of The Oberoi Group, ranks amongst the leading travel agencies in India.
With vision and imagination, Mr. Oberoi converted old and dilapidated palaces, historical monuments and buildings into magnificent hotels such as The Oberoi Grand in Calcutta, the historic Mena House Oberoi in Cairo and The Windsor in Australia. It was, in fact, in the face of severe opposition that the State Government of Victoria awarded Mr. Oberoi the lease of The Windsor, a heritage building in Melbourne. He personally supervised the restoration of the hotel to its original grandeur and later acquired it. The Oberoi Cecil in Shimla, built in the early 20th century, reopened in April 1997 after extensive and meticulous renovation.
In 1943, Mr. Oberoi was conferred the title of Rai Bahadur by the British Government in recognition of his services to the Crown. Thereafter, Mr. Oberoi won acclaim and received several national and international awards including admission to the Hall of Fame by the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) and Man of The World award by the International Hotel Association (IHA), New York. He was presented the Order of The Republic, First Class by the President of Egypt. He got an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from the International Management Centre, Buckingham, UK. Newsweek named him one of the Elite Winners of 1978. The PHDCCI Millennium award in 2000 was presented in recognition of his entrepreneurial and business success. In 2001, the Government of India accorded him the Padma Bhushan.
Globalisation of The Oberoi Group
To place The Oberoi Group on the world map, Mr. Oberoi exported management expertise to Australia, Egypt and Singapore, where The Oberoi Group took charge of the management of existing luxury hotels. The success of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts overseas, in the face of global competition, greatly enhanced the image of The Group.
Today, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts in Indonesia, Egypt, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and India add value and distinction to their host countries.
Foundations of the Future
Under Mr. Oberoi's dynamic leadership, The Oberoi Group introduced its second brand of hotels, 'Trident'. Trident hotels are five-star hotels that have established a reputation for excellence and are acknowledged for offering quality and value. These hotels combine state of the art facilities with dependable service in a caring environment, making them the ideal choice for business and leisure travellers. Presently there are ten Trident hotels in India located in Mumbai at Bandra Kurla and Nariman Point, Gurgaon (Delhi National Capital Region), Hyderabad, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Cochin, Agra, Jaipur and Udaipur. The Oberoi Group also operates a Trident hotel in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
In the luxury category, The Group opened The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur; The Oberoi Cecil, Shimla; The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur; The Oberoi Vanyavilas, Ranthambhore; The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra; Wildflower Hall, Shimla in the Himalayas; The Oberoi, Lombok, Indonesia; The Oberoi, Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt; The Oberoi, Mauritius and The Oberoi Zahra, Luxury Nile Cruiser, Egypt.
The Group employs more than 12,000 people worldwide and operates 32 hotels and two Nile Cruisers and a Motor Vessel in the backwaters of Kerala in six countries. Mr. Oberoi's achievements and successes did not, however, take from his simplicity and old-fashioned charm. He retained, until his death in May 2002 at the age of 103, a unique humility. He was fond of saying, "I have been able to accept the challenge and make good. There is comfort in knowing that whatever little I have achieved has also helped to raise the prestige of my country."
Our Chairman Emeritus
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi
Chairman Emeritus, EIH Limited
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi (P.R.S. Oberoi) was born in New Delhi on 3rd February, 1929.
P.R.S. Oberoi was the Executive Chairman of EIH Limited, the Flagship Company of The Oberoi Group. He was also the Chairman of Oberoi Hotels Private Limited, the major shareholder of EIH Limited. Popularly known as "Biki", P.R.S. Oberoi is the son of late Rai Bahadur M.S. Oberoi, the founder of The Oberoi Group.
P.R.S. Oberoi was educated in India, the United Kingdom and in Switzerland.
In addition to providing leadership for the management of luxury hotels in several countries, P.R.S. Oberoi has been instrumental in pioneering the development of Oberoi Hotels and Resorts. The "Oberoi" brand has come to represent fine luxury hotels.
P.R.S. Oberoi is credited with placing Oberoi hotels on the international luxury travellers' map with the opening of several luxury hotels in important cities.
It is P.R.S. Oberoi's firm belief that people are the most valuable asset of any organisation. Recognising the importance of quality in hospitality management, P.R.S. Oberoi established 'The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development' at New Delhi in 1967. The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development is considered amongst the best in Asia.
P.R.S. Oberoi has received numerous awards and accolades. Amongst the important awards are:
In January 2008, P.R.S. Oberoi was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, in recognition of his exceptional service to the country.
P.R.S. Oberoi was also conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) held in Cannes in December 2012. The award was bestowed on him as a global recognition of his exceptional leadership, vision and contribution to develop The Oberoi Group as one of the world's leading luxury hotel chains.
P.R.S. Oberoi was presented with the '2010 Corporate Hotelier of the World' award by HOTELS magazine in November 2010. This annual award is determined by votes cast by readers of the magazine in more than 150 countries. The cover story of the November edition of the magazine referred to P.R.S. Oberoi as 'the founder father of modern luxury hospitality in India' and credited him with growing the company 'into one of the world's most prestigious luxury hotel groups'.
In recognition of his exceptional leadership and vision, the 6th International Hotels Investment Forum in Berlin honoured P.R.S. Oberoi with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in March 2003.
Forbes India Leadership Awards honoured P.R.S. Oberoi with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.
In November 2012, P.R.S. Oberoi received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Hospitality Industry by Economic Times, Awards for Corporate Excellence 2012.
P.R.S. Oberoi was also conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the CNBC TV 18 India Business Leader Awards 2007 for building a world-class hotel chain that caters to both luxury and business travellers and for shaping the hospitality industry of the country.
Business India magazine adjudged P.R.S. Oberoi the Businessman of the Year 2008. He received this award for building a world-class premium hospitality brand.
In November 2008, P.R.S. Oberoi was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for redefining design standards in luxury hotels.
In October 2005, the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), which is the preeminent gathering of hotel investors, investment bankers and leading industry professionals in the region, honoured P.R.S. Oberoi with the Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual Conference in Hong Kong. This award was given in recognition of his contribution to the hospitality industry and his pioneering leadership in making The Oberoi Group a global brand by taking the concept of luxury to a new paradigm.
In February 2013, P.R.S. Oberoi was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Management by The All India Management Association (AIMA).
In 2015, P.R.S. Oberoi was voted amongst CNBC TV18's Top 15 Indian Business Icons.
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Jimi Hendrix Owned and Worn Gypsy-Style Vest from the Collection of Stevens Weiss, Hendrix's Attorney. A stunning, heavyweight brown velvet and gold silk brocade vest with two hook and loop-style closures, several pockets, and numerous tiny mirror appliqués among detailed and decorative stitching. This vest was worn by Hendrix in February 1969 (and almost certainly previous to that). Weiss had flown to London for the Royal Albert Hall concerts and backstage before one of the two shows, Stevens mentioned how much he liked this vest. Hendrix immediately took it off and handed to him as a gift. Their relationship was created on a business level, but it evolved into a close friendship on a personal level. At this point in his life, Hendrix had moved back to London after a year in the US and The Experience had been touring Scandinavia, Germany, and France. These two Royal Albert Hall concerts, February 18 and 24, were the last European dates that Hendrix, Redding, and Mitchell would ever play together. The vest is in generally fine condition with signs of wear and a couple of cigarette burns. When this vest was brought to your cataloguer, a life-long Hendrix fan who was a senior in high school when he passed on, I had to show it some of my colleagues (we sometimes do that around here). Several of these people were considerably younger than me and every single one of them was in absolute awe to view and (carefully) touch a vest that had been owned and worn by the greatest Rock guitarist to ever live. One of them said, "Well, who isn't a Hendrix fan?" How true is that! Just think how cool it would be to own this piece of Rock history. Then think how impressed your friends will be when you show it to them. Don't miss out on this one. Comes with a letter of authenticity from Marie Weiss. From the Stevens Weiss Archive.


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Della Reese gives an inspirational and heart-warming performance on her new CD "Give It To God". Contemporary to Traditional Gospel. Be Touched By A True Angel "Della Reese".
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Della Reese, Co-Founder of Spiritual Icon Records, was born Deloreese Patricia Early in Detroit, Michigan, began singing in church when she was six years old. Throughout her formative years, she was deeply involved in gospel singing, and at 13, Della was hired by the late Mahalia Jackson to sing with her group. As Della recalls, "This opportunity to sing with the world's foremost gospel singer was a thrilling experience. I will never forget the wonderful association, which lasted three consecutive summers, and one of the many things I learned from her...how to communicate with people through song".
Later, while majoring in psychology at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Della formed her own female gospel group, "The Meditation Singers", which is listed in the "Who's Who of Gospel Music". In 1953, she made the move to New York City and became a vocalist with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, and shortly thereafter, signed a recording contract with Jubilee Records. Her first records included "In The Still of The Night", "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm", and "Time After Time". Della had her first major hit with "And That Reminds Me (of you)"
A generous amount of television exposure followed Della's first recording successes. In the late 50's and early 60's, she appeared on many television shows that are now considered classics, including "The Perry Como Show", "The Jackie Gleason Show", as well as more than twenty appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show". She was the first female to host "The Tonight Show". She was soon asked to host her own talk show, "Della", (making her the first black woman to host her own show) which was syndicated nationally by RKO in 1969 and '70. A string of appearances on hit shows, such as, "Sanford and Son", "Chico and the Man", "Night Court", "Designing Women", "227", and of course, her own series with Redd Foxx, "The Royal Family".
The most recent of her television achievements was the CBS dramatic series, "Touched By An Angel" in which she received three Emmy nominations. After completing its ninth season, "Touched by An Angel" is still in demand on DVD and syndication. She also starred in several 'movies of the week', notably "The Secret Path", "Anya's Bell", and "The Moving of Sophia Myles". Della's television work was honored in 1994, as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. However, the epitome of her action talents were seen in the movie "Harlem Nights" by Eddie Murphy, in which she and Eddie had one of the greatest fight scenes in modern movies.
Enjoying what free time she has at home, Della is now spending more time working on one of her other talents, writing. In fact her autobiography "Angels Along the Way" was released by Putnam Press in 1997,to great reviews, and her children's book, "The God Inside Of Me", by Hyperion Press, was one of the best-selling children's books in 1999. Just recently Della has showcased her own fashion line on The Home Shopping Network.
As an ordained minister, Rev. Della gives excellent 'Life Lessons' every Sunday to a capacity audience. Her church "Understanding Principles for Better Living" is located in Los Angeles, and can be found on the Internet as 'upchurch.org', a non-denominational, multi-racial gathering studying and living by the teachings of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Looked all over for a cd by Della. So happy to find one would like to find more. This one wonderful.
For as long as I can remember, I have been a Della Reese fan.She has proven herself to be a strong, straight forward,eye to eye.. artist. Anointed from the beginning, willing to move as the doors have opened.Whether in the secular or Gospel fields, she has always remained honest, to herself and her audience. This sharing is no different..it is wonderful, and with it Della remains, a light that shines to a dark world.Go forth my sister!
What, I can't give 10 stars?
Della, you have no idea how HAPPY I am that I found your CD on cdbaby!! Thrilled that you are still recording. Many great female singers lose something in their voices as time passes, but not you. You sound incredible! You inspire me so much. I can't wait to hear the entire collection of songs, but I'm grateful for the free clips in the meantime. You keep on recording, girlfriend, I'll keep buying!
The best from Della I've ever heard in the last years!
It isn't easy to get Della Reese CDs here...but CD-Baby makes it possible!
But this Della Reese recording has the mighty voice with her heart and soul! Better than before!
I have always wanted a cd by Della Reese, her songs have always inspired me.
When I first watched touched by an angel and had the opportunity to listen to Della sing, the songs inspired me and helped me through some troublesome times. Her songs are the greatest I have ever heard. I am so glad that there is a CD out there with her name on it!
I have looked for a CD of Della and now that I have found it, I can't wait to get it.
The CD is as awesome as I anticipated it would be. A real masterpiece for anyone to meditate and lift up praises to GOD.
Della Reese has the voice of and angel we are truely blessed to have her music . we give thanks to god in and allowing us to recieve joy from hearing such a beatiful voice.


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Spectrum 10K is a paused study of autistic people intended to be the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom. The name refers to the autism spectrum and the putative number of subjects. Led by Simon Baron-Cohen under the aegis of the Autism Research Centre (ARC), the study (an outgrowth of the defunct Human Genome Project) included researchers at the University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Participants (including adults and minors with parental consent) were asked to contribute their DNA samples via swabs of saliva, as well as information on their overall mental and physical health. Overall, 10,000 autistic people and their families were to be involved in the study, which aimed to study genetic and environmental factors contributing to autism and co-occurring conditions.

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The project, which is anticipated to run for a decade, was controversial from the outset. Even before the project began, Baron-Cohen had been criticised by some autistic people due to his "extreme male brain" theory of autism, which argues that autistic people lack empathy. Additionally, many in the autism rights movement have criticised the lack of consultation with autistic people or their families, and raised privacy, scientific ethics and eugenics concerns due to fears of sharing genetic data. This led to the formation of the autistic-led Boycott Spectrum 10K group and hashtag, as well as a Change.org petition against the project. As a result of the backlash, the project was paused on 27 September 2021. However, autistic self-advocacy groups have continued to picket centres involved in the project.

As a result of the protest, a second ethics review was conducted. The second ethics review found that the first ethics review was correctly decided and that the study should continue.

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External links
 Spectrum 10K – The largest study of autism in the UK Official website

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For the last 15 years, no other Class 3A football conference has been more fatal to Marion County 11-man teams than the Central Plains League.
With a good many of the competing schools near Wichita, CPL teams have a tendency to field more players than the smaller schools like Marion and Hillsboro.
That's paid dividends with 3A juggernauts like Conway Springs, Garden Plain, and Cheney putting the brakes on Marion County teams' seasons, beating both the Warriors and Hillsboro a combined 10 times.
The CPL ran its record to a dominating 10-1 Saturday in Cheney with the Cardinals using eight Warrior turnovers for a 56-0 win.
Marion County's sole victory came in 2006 with Hillsboro outlasting Cheney in overtime in the first round before being upended by Garden Plain in the semifinals.
Through the last 15 years, Conway Springs and Garden Plain have combined to hoist a 3A football title six times with Silver Lake and Rossville also bagging six.
The Cardinals wasted little time swooping in on the Warriors, exploding out of the gate for a 14-0 lead with 2:18 still left in the opening frame.
With the game already on the verge of slipping out of Marion's reach after the first quarter, seven turnovers for touchdowns had the Warriors' season sealed up by halftime, trailing 49-0.
The Cardinals' defense shut down Marion's vaunted ground attack, limiting a season-low 109 yards and 126 total.
Cheney tailback Riley Petz alone was more than the entire Warrior offensive output, rushing for a game-high 131 yards and two touchdowns.
It was Cardinal quarterback Micah Grover who was the real menace, though, accounting for 237 all-purpose yards and five touchdowns as part a 433 total yard onslaught.
With the wide halftime margin, the running clock came into effect in the second half when Grover put the finishing touch on the win with a 2-yard touchdown run.
Despite Saturday's miseries, Marion's final mark of 8-3 lived up to Thierolf's expectations.
"We were really pleased with the season," he said. "We had an experienced group of seniors that we knew could play and they certainly did live up to what we expected of them. It was a fun year altogether.
The accomplishments of 2017 are quite impressive with the Warriors featuring a pair of 1000-yard rushers for the first time with the senior duo of Jack Schneider and Corbin Wheeler.
Even though Cheney limited quarterback Chase Stringer to 33 yards, the junior still managed over 900 for the year.
Fresh off a career night on Halloween for 255 yards, junior Evan Heidebrecht was held to a team-high 43 yards, but it was enough to put him over 700 on the year.
Along with Schneider and Wheeler, the Warriors also bid farewell to Tyler Palic, Riley Hake, Austin Neufeld, Zach Stuchlik, Kolton Brewer, Garrett Hoffner, Jarrett McLinden, Jacob Vondenkamp, Antone Vinduska, and Caleb Hett.


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Richard Larson, longtime resident of Oak Park passed away on September 15, 2019.
Richard Larson was a mathematician and computer scientist who spent most of his career as a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1965, spent two years as a faculty member at MIT, and joined UIC in 1967. Dr. Larson spent almost 40 years at the university, becoming an emeritus professor in 2006. He was a Fulbright Lecturer in the Philippines in 1978.
When Richard came to Chicago, he joined the Department of Mathematics at what was then called the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC). In 1982, UICC merged with the nearby medical school campuses to become the University of Illinois at Chicago.
His field of study was an area of abstract algebra called Hopf algebras. After spending a sabbatical at the University of California in Berkeley in 1987-1988, he became interested in how Hopf algebras could be used to provide insights into different areas of applied mathematics and computer science, including control theory. Working with a colleague during his sabbatical, he defined an algebra on a type of graph called trees that became known as the Grossman-Larson algebra and turned out to be useful for physicists doing computations in quantum field theory.
Dr. Larson was an early advocate for computer science, published several research papers in computer science, and taught many of the mathematical computer science courses offered by the department. He was also active in the late 80's in outreach to local high schools, teaching courses for teachers at the schools - particularly related to computer science.
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Anno 2000: la nave spaziale Hope 1 viene lanciata nello spazio alla volta del pianeta Taurus, che pare colonizzabile dai terrestri, in virtù delle sue condizioni fisiche ed atmosferiche simili a quelle della Terra.

A bordo i rapporti fra i quattro membri dell'equipaggio non sono rilassati: il comandante, colonnello Hank Stevens è, almeno inizialmente, infastidito dalla presenza nella spedizione di una donna, Lisa Wayne che, da parte sua, non lesina parole sarcastiche verso il colonnello; John Andros viene accusato di essere lì col solo scopo di scrivere, al ritorno, un libro di successo, ed inoltre, donnaiolo, corteggia Lisa, col pericolo di distogliere la missione dal suo fine precipuo; solo Paul Martin, il più anziano, mantiene un atteggiamento equilibrato e saggio.

Il primo incontro con un extraterrestre avviene quando avvistano una strana aeronave, nella quale due membri della spedizione penetrano, per essere però attaccati da un alieno, che sono costretti, per difendersi, ad uccidere.

Proseguono il viaggio, ma dopo l'incontro con uno sciame di meteoriti, la Hope 1 manifesta seri malfunzionament, che li costringono ad approdare su un pianeta sconosciuto per cercare di riparare i guasti, il che richiederà un tempo considerevole. La nave spaziale perde ogni contatto con la Terra, e finisce sul fondale marino del pianeta, dove presto viene attorniata da strane creature simili ad enormi granchi. Il dover affrontare congiuntamente serie difficoltà rende gradualmente più armonici i rapporti fra i componenti dell'equipaggio: il colonnello Stevens chiede scusa a Lisa per il suo precedente atteggiamento maschilista, ed anzi fra i due si sviluppa reciproco rispetto ed amore; e John Andros risveglia la considerazione di tutti col suo candidarsi volontario nella pericolosa missione di raggiungere la superficie del mare.

Andros emerge e raggiunge la costa, ma durante il suo ritorno verso la nave spaziale inabissata, viene attaccato da un alieno dall'aspetto umanoide, e, per le ferite riportate, muore.

I superstiti riescono a riparare l'astronave, e ritornano verso la Terra. Ripristinati i collegamenti con la stazione di controllo terrestre, annunciano di voler denominare il pianeta, nel quale sono state riscontrate condizioni favorevoli alla vita umana, Andros 1.

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Roughly 45,000 newly registered voters in Indiana — almost all of whom are black — may not be allowed to vote next month after state police targeted the state's largest voter registration drive, forcing it to shut down its operation.
Police raided the Indiana Voter Registration Project (IVRP) offices on October 4, seizing documents and equipment and forcing the group to cease its get-out-the-vote efforts one week before the end of the state's registration period. Bill Buck, a spokesperson for the liberal nonprofit Patriot Majority USA which runs the IVRP, told ThinkProgress that IVRP could have registered about 5,000 more voters in that additional week.
The IVRP is still unsure whether the 45,000 people it registered will be permitted to vote this year, or how the state will handle their applications while the police investigation is ongoing. Bill Bursten, chief public information officer for the Indiana State Police, told ThinkProgress that law enforcement is investigating whether IVRP violating fraud and forgery laws.
Secretary of State Connie Lawson (R)'s office declined to comment, and Buck said IVRP is still unclear what law it violated or why it's being aggressively targeted by election officials and police.
The IVRP launched in April of this year to improve voter participation in Indiana, particularly in African American neighborhoods in Indianapolis and the Chicago suburbs. In 2014, Indiana had the worst voter turnout rate in the country.
But Lawson, a Republican secretary of state, decided not to address her state's abysmal participation levels (as a legislator, she cosponsored the state's strict voter ID law). Instead, she went after voter registration groups. In September, she sent a letter to state elections officials warning them about groups like IVRP.
Buck said that at the time, they had no evidence that IVRP was intentionally submitting forged or fraudulent applications. While Republicans claim otherwise, voter fraud is exceedingly rare.
Almost three weeks later, as IVRP was planning for one final week of its registration efforts, police entered the group's offices with a search warrant and seized equipment and paperwork.
Patriot Majority alleges the investigation and raid were political moves, and that Lawson worked closely with Gov. Mike Pence (R), who has pushed the "voter fraud" conspiracy on the campaign trail alongside Donald Trump.
State elections officials have also enlisted the help of the Indiana State Police to push the "voter fraud" myth. Superintendent Doug Carter, who was chosen for the position by Pence, has been on television and was interviewed on right-wing radio Tuesday morning about the ongoing investigation.
He added that police are going through thousands of registrations to make sure that nothing nefarious occurred.
"While I've been blamed by some of intentionally disenfranchising voters, nothing could be further from the truth," he said.
On TV, Carter also called it "unconscionable" that anyone would imply that Pence ordered the raid, while also indicating his close relationship with the governor.
Buck called it "completely bizarre" that the police have become spokespeople for Indiana's electoral system.
Before raiding IVRP's offices, police were already using aggressive tactics during their investigation of the group.
Lydia Garrett, a 57-year-old voter registration worker, told the New Republic that police came to her home and repeatedly asked her if the group illegally sets quotas for canvassers.
Garrett claims that investigators kept questioning her, trying to get her to "say something negative." She said police even asked her if she would be willing to submit to a polygraph test about her registration work.
Neither the police nor the secretary of state's office would not comment on their tactics.
Local news also reported that police seized at least 250 voter registrations, but state officials only informed IVRP of about ten problematic applications, none of which show a fraudulent intent.
Under Indiana law, the project is required to submit all voter registration forms, regardless of how they are filled out or if there are imperfections, Buck said.
Two days after the police raid, the IVRP asked the Voting Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to initiate an investigation.


If you have an HTC Touch Cruise (Polaris) running Windows Mobile 6.1, you may want to try out Android in this hardware.
The good thing is that you do not need to remove Windows, but you can just bootstrap Linux from Windows Mobile.
Sorry, the patches above won't work with the version of the kernel used above. Please see comments section for Wifi (I have not tried it).
Does that mean to delete default.txt and default-kaiser.txt files and keep default-polaris.txt file in the andboot file ?
As I figured it out, I renamed default.polaris.txt to simply default.txt and it loaded as indicated.
So I got it working and it seems to respond very rapidly. Now I like to get wifi operational . I am not sure what to do with the amdroidupdate.tar any suggestions?
I wanted to try this morning, but for some reason Android refuses to boot today (Green and Red picture after I click Run in Haret).
FYI. I've just seen some people released Android 2.2 for HTC Polaris, Vogue, Nike and Kaiser.
That's a newer version that one described in this post. I haven't tried it though.
Thanks for the advise .I like the android for my HTC P3650 very much . I have not upgraded yet . The phone works very well but I still need to add the patch file so that I an use the wifi.
When it omes to shell I get lost .any body ould give me some specific instructions!
I tried to put the androidupdate.tar in the /andboot and pressed the Volume Up key during boot up and followed the instructions on the screen to do the update. It seemed to update the Android OS, but upon the booting of Android through Haret , I am not able to turn on WIFI.
I am not sure if I am in the best thread for My polaris but I hope someone can help me .
Hans, I'll try to install Wifi sometimes this week on my HTC Touch Cruise and report on it.
.husk., just to make sure: did you press the volume up key during boot up ?
Ok I've tried it using the 120 dpi file.
I've checked the output of dmesg in Better Terminal Emulator Magic.
So there is a mismatch between the wifi driver (wlan.ko) version and the kernel version.
The guy says it works for Polaris.
Finally I installed and booted.
So now I don't know … Maybe it is a trivial step but any help is appreciated.
You can't use PIN in this version of Android. You would have to disable it in Windows Mobile first.
I've followed all the steps you kindly have shared, and I have now Android installed in my HTC Touch Cruise. At the end of the installation the phone asked me for the PIN, and I did not introduce the right number, so now it only shows a screen with the "SIM card is PUK-locked".
The strange thing is that I have changed the SIM card for a working SIM card of another phone, and I get the same message. Even without SIM card the message is still the same. Furthermore, I can' turn down the phone unless I take out the battery.
I don't know how to reinstall Android on the phone, since it seems I can't access to it in any way. Please could you give a hint about what to do, or what I am doing wrong?
I haven't experienced this issue. Maybe that version of Android would (incorrectly) set something if it detect the SIM card is PUK-locked. You could try to delete the andboot directory in the SD card and restart the installation. Make sure you disable the PIN in your SIM in Windows Mobile first.
Sorry for being such a pain. I would aprecciate any help you may offer.
Sorry, my blog was not updated (done now). The patches above would not work due to a version mismatch between the kernel and the Wifi modules. If you want Wifi, check out comment #8. I have not tried though, since my HTC Touch Cruise had an accident.
Edit: For the mess of colors and lines, it will happen sometimes. After you boot Windows Mobile, it seems you need a wait a few minutes before starting Android or this is more likely to happen.
I downloaded the files and copied them to my HTC Touch Cruise (Polaris) in the menu, where it says Install System, Update, etc. What do i select? I tried selecting Update, and it said im missing System.img. Anything im doing wrong?
I have tried a fresh installation with the image that the link in comment #8 proposes. Unfortunately, haret does not run, it still shows the messy image I commented before.
I'll keep on trying, and I'll tell you if I get something new.
I booted using ANdroid and sometimes when I boot it doesnt work, instead i get a blurred up screen. but the next time I boot it works fine. Also battery life is very poor … No bluetooth, camera or any data services…anyone can provide me with a patch or a perfect default.txt file?? and is it possible for me to boot directly to android as the phone starts?
Be careful when/if you do this since you phone may become unusable if something goes wrong.
Can you help me configure an internet conexion (Like a modem conexion) in android please!!!!
when trying to install Haret, when I run the screen goes black and I have to take the battery to be able to connect, any ideas to solve the problem?
Not sure about this. But in my phone, I had sometimes problems to start (blurred screen), I restarted by pressing the hardware reset button, but next time I ran Haret it usually worked. After you start Windows Mobile, wait for 5 minutes before running Haret, it seems to help although I don't know why.
When I'm executing the file haret the phone go done, it turn offf and I can't turn on, I need pull the battery and replaced to turn on the phone, someano can help me? sorry my english.
cnxsoft, you can tell me the files width you have in your phone, i don't know but maybe lack me some file, when I press the button RUN it turn off.
Sorry, my phone does not work anymore, so I don't have access to those files. I remember I installed the 240×320 version. If you installed the 320×480, you may try the 240×320 version.
Which problem do you face ? If it is about Wifi, I've never tried that.
I tried to install the mentioned 'andboot' folder .
On the screen where the phone displayed "Run", I selected "Run" and then pressed the "Volume up".
I ended up with a "Green – White – Green – Red" screen.
Nothing legible on the screen.
You should be able to skip that step. I did not have any connection when I installed it.
I think, I am on the right path. After trying it several times, I SAW the android guy !!
Great it works for you now. I also have that weird color screen from time to time.
I loaded it twice and was unable to by pass it, it would hold me in the internet connection, of which I do not have access. Are you able to advise how I will be able to skip Gmail sign up. Thanks it is appreciated.
Sorry, I cannot remember what I did to skip that at the time and a Google search did not help either.
However, there is no sound. I cant use the camera, wifi features.
Any ideas on getting the sound working?
the default.txt seems not working for my device.
This blog entry is for the old HTC Touch Cruise (Polaris), Kaiser and some older devices.
But let us know if you found something.
i can't connect to the internet, there is the notice "…no internet connection", plz help me.
You won't be able to connect to the Internet with Wi-Fi (because the Wi-Fi driver does not work). If you have 3G, it might work but I've never tried.
Yes, the links do not seem to work anymore. Maybe it's temporary.
i have htc touch cruise p3650 and i want to make it android could u tell me how?????????
Download link is dead.. ? please help me guys..!!!!!!!!


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ICYMI: Reuters: EXCLUSIVE Rating agencies say Biden's spending plans will not add to inflationary pressure
**ICYMI**
Reuters: EXCLUSIVE Rating agencies say Biden's spending plans will not add to inflationary pressure
By Kanishka Singh
U.S. President Joe Biden's infrastructure and social spending legislation will not add to inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, economists and analysts in leading rating agencies told Reuters on Tuesday.
The two pieces of legislation "should not have any real material impact on inflation", William Foster, vice president and senior credit officer (Sovereign Risk) at Moody's Investors Service, told Reuters.
"The bills do not add to inflation pressures, as the policies help to lift long-term economic growth via stronger productivity and labor force growth, and thus take the edge off of inflation," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, which operates independently from the parent company's ratings business.
Zandi said the costs of both the infrastructure and social spending legislation were sustainable.
"The bills are largely paid for through higher taxes on multinational corporations and well-to-do households, and more than paid for if the benefit of the added growth and the resulting impact on the government's fiscal situation are considered", he said in an interview.


Roberta Invernizzi is very clearly one of the finest sopranos to be heard today in the Baroque - and especially the Italian Baroque - repertory, as evidenced by the beauty that she brings not only to operatic roles and vocal roles which have been essayed by many other famous singers both on record and in performance, but also by her sense of clarity in and characterization of unknown music from the 17th and 18th centuries. The rediscovery of so much Italian music is a reflection of the labour and artistry of numerous musical minds but as a kind of prima donna inter pares the Milanese soprano stands out from many others for the intensity of her approach, to the point that she is emerging as a new muse for other distinguished modern-day practitioners of the Italian Baroque such as Fabio Bonizzoni and Antonio Florio who contribute here their own thoughts on the artistry of Roberta Invernizzi, adding to the soprano's own considerations about her musical life.
It is a wonderful thing that, for all the glories of her ensemble work, Invernizzi is now emerging on record as a star in her own right; the new release of the Italianate pastiche opera Gli strali d'Amore with music by André Campra on Glossa sees the soprano move centre stage and there are further recording plans afoot casting her as the principal protagonist. Here is a soprano voice that can call vividly to mind the impulsive demands of a Handel, a Vivaldi or a Leonardo Vinci writing for the demands of their own muses, as clearly in the 21st century as in three centuries or more ago. What then, for this portrait, is the public and musical persona of this muse, who has already made in the region of eighty recordings across her career and whose fans clamour on the likes of Facebook and YouTube for yet more?
And it is that sense of the dramatic role which has come to the fore in Bonizzoni's newest recording for Glossa, a pastiche opera, Gli strali d'Amore with arias by André Campra, and recitatives freshly-prepared by Bonizzoni himself in conjunction with Angela Romagnoli, a musicologist skilled in the librettos of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Italian arias for this opera are taken from the Aix-en-Provence-born Campra's operas written in France, but it is worth noting that his father Jean-François (a surgeon and violinist) had been born in Turin and that André was as skilled as any French composer in the Italian style, especially since the death of Lully in 1687 had dispensed with the prohibition on Italian music in France.
It sounds as though this pastiche opera is focusing very much on its female lead and is thus more than suitable for a Roberta Invernizzi? "Yes, you could say that because she Leonora really the queen of the stage at that point", replies Bonizzoni. "Roberta is more than capable of conveying all the necessary emotions involved here but whilst we know her for her beautiful voice and the ease where she sings coloratura and expressive arias, she is also extremely expressive in recitatives. I really enjoyed writing recitatives for her for this pastiche opera, knowing her voice and her character, as I do. I really felt myself to be in the position of the composer who is not only putting in music the story, which he has in front of him, but also knows well for whom he is writing. This really does change your way of writing because when you are writing you not only imagine the music or the sound but you imagine the person who is going to sing it. So, this has been a wonderful experience for me because I was taken up in a kind of feeling that Handel (just to name a composer very close to me!) would have had when he was writing in Italy for the likes of the soprano Margherita Durastanti.
Roberta Invernizzi has participated in another great adventure in Italian music of recent times, namely the exploration of the Baroque musical life of Naples (often regarded in the days of the yet-to-be-united Italy as more of a capital city than Rome as far as music was concerned) as it developed through and away from the period of the Spanish viceroyalty. Antonio Florio and his ensemble I Turchini, whose recordings have previously been issued on labels such as Symphonia and Opus 111 (Naïve) but are now coming out on Glossa, recalls the heady times of the 1990s and 2000s when compositional names unknown even to serious connoisseurs such as Francesco Provenzale, Giuseppe Cavallo, Cristofaro Caresana, Leonardo Vinci, Leonardo Leo, Gaetano Latilla and Niccolò Jommelli, all started to have their music emerge in fresh and stylishly idiomatic performances. "Look, in those exciting years we were little by little bringing into the light a whole territory of music which - at that time - was virtually completely unexplored; to have at one's disposition a musician - it is important to emphasize this aspect - as enthusiastic as Roberta was marvellous. She, along with Pino De Vittorio, perfectly matched the more salient, characteristic and contrasting aspects of this Neapolitan music." A reminder of those earlier times also comes with a forthcoming triple-disc reissue on Glossa, Il Canto della Sirena (originally put out by Symphonia) of Neapolitan cantatas (led by the music of Francesco Provenzale), featuring that charismatic singer and actor Pino De Vittorio.
How does Invernizzi herself regard the contribution of Florio and team to our awareness today of such Neapolitan music? "Their passion and determination has made them the leading scholars and propagators of Neapolitan music worldwide. I respect them greatly for their work and thank them for bringing us so much lovely music." Does Florio have particular memories of Invernizzi's contribution to this adventure? "Most definitely. When we first met I was struck immediately by Roberta's musicality and by her maturity despite her being so young. I recall her especially in La colomba ferita by Provenzale and in Vinci's Li Zite 'Ngalera. For these, she learnt the Neapolitan language, with all its stresses, accents and subtleties with a surprising skilfulness, and in that vein I also want to mention her performance in Giuseppe Paisiello's Pulcinella vendicato where she was extraordinary as much as from a dramatic point of view as for vocal reasons." Invernizzi's consummate command of textual matters went further, for Provenzale's sacred opera, La colomba ferita, as well as calling for comic characterizations from the singers also demanded Invernizzi tackling Calabrian, whilst Latilla's 1738 opera buffa La finta cameriera necessitated her being versed additionally in Tuscan. And quite rightly too has she been praised for involved in the Napoli/Madrid recording of music by Vinci (an influence on Handel among others) still available from Naïve.
And in this portrait of Roberta Invernizzi's musical journey thus far, it should not forgotten that, as well as working with Antonio Florio and Fabio Bonizzoni, the soprano has been frequently performing with a number of the other leading directors of Baroque repertoire, notably fellow Italians with whom she has been providing further demonstrations of her immense versatility. Rinaldo Alessandrini, for example, has called on the Milanese singer for three of his contributions to Naïve's Vivaldi Edition (the operas L'Olimpiade and Ottone in Villa - the latter recorded in Valladolid - as well as the Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine), whilst the "honorary" Italian Alan Curtis has featured Invernizzi in his recordings of Handel and Vivaldi operatic works.
Fabio Biondi is another long-standing musical partner for Invernizzi ranging from a recording of the oratorio La santissima trinità by Alessandro Scarlatti (issued by Virgin) made in 2003 to performances this year in Montpellier and Siena of La fede ne' tradimenti by Attilio Ariosti. Ariosti is perhaps known more for his colourful life than for his music (a notably 'uncloistered' monk he travelled the courts and cities of Europe before ending up in London as one of the "renowned triumvirate" of composers noted by Charles Burney; the other two being Bononcini and Handel). Invernizzi took the principal role in Ariosti's opera, with its plot which focuses on medieval Spain. What did she make of it? "It was a wonderful experience! I had never sung any of Ariosti's music before and it was a great discovery for me. I hope to sing more of Ariosti's music sometime soon" And earlier this year that renowned ability to sing unknown repertory with style and elegance was called on in a production, directed by Kai Wessel in Cologne of Il Narciso by the yet even more remote compositional figure of Francesco Pistocchi.
To date, much of Roberta Invernizzi's recording work has - however demanding of her as a singer - been in ensemble work (alert readers may remember her recitals of Donne barocche available on Naïve and Come away, come sweet love devoted to the music of John Dowland which appeared on Stradivarius). An exciting development is the preparation of new programmes which sees the soprano thrust definitely into the spotlight and performing in an integrated way with some of her long-standing collaborators.
And to whet the appetite yet further, one waits to see what becomes on record for a new partnership involving Invernizzi and the Café Zimmerman ensemble led by Céline Frisch and Pablo Valetti, where Frisch reports that "we have been giving some concerts recently with Roberta with Handel arias and Bach Secular Cantatas".


Do you get 1000 requests a day for your birthday or an invite to (something)ville? Rather than asking all your friends to stop sending them, just block the app. It's easier than you think.
What you do is click on the notification and "show all". This shows a full list of all your notifications (messages, app requests, everything).
Hover your mouse over the end of each row until you see an "x" button. It will say "remove" on the hover text, but click the X.
Click on Change app settings.
Then in this window select "Never".
That's it! You can block all these apps and minimize your notifications to ones you actually care about. It's far easier than asking your friends to stop it.


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    <string name="all_button_next">Suivant</string>
    <string name="all_button_finish">Go !</string>
    <string name="all_button_ok">Ok !</string>

    <string name="filters_all_categories">Toutes les catégories</string>
    <string name="filters_partners">Partenaires</string>
    <string name="filters_empty_view">"Hum… Il semblerait qu'il n'y ai pas de partenaires…"</string>

    <string name="location_detail_partner">Partenaire</string>
    <string name="location_detail_exchange_office">Partenaire + Comptoir de change</string>

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    <string name="snackbar_error_no_direction_app_found">Aucune application GPS trouvée.</string>
    <string name="snackbar_error_no_call_app_found">Aucune application téléphonique trouvée.</string>
    <string name="snackbar_error_no_browser_app_found">Aucun navigateur web trouvé.</string>
    <string name="snackbar_error_no_email_app_found">Aucune application email trouvée.</string>
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Q: Difference between Debug and Release when exporting C++ functions from DLL as C I am building a DLL, which exports its functions as "C".
I am testing using a dummy function:
In my .cpp file
_MACRO(int) testFunction1()
{
    return 1;
}

In my header file
_MACRO(int) testFunction1();

This macro is defined as
#  define  _MACRO(ret)  extern __declspec (dllimport) ret __stdcall
#  define  _MACRO(ret)  __declspec (dllexport) ret __stdcall

Since I want these functions to be exported as C, i do
 \Debug>dumpbin /exports demo.dll

This correctly gives me an output of
 ordinal hint RVA      name

      1    0 000026C0 testFunction1 = testFunction1

But when I do the same for Release
\Release>dumpbin /exports demo.dll

I get this:
  1    0 00001080 testFunction1 = _get_startup_argv_mode

How can I make it print out the function name for release configuration? Any changes in release settings?

A: What you're seeing is the result of COMDAT folding (merging of identical function definitions).
COMDAT folding is activated by default in Release mode (/OPT:ICF). To disable you can use /OPT:NOICF.
But why would you want to do that? It's not like it breaks your Release DLL or anything.
When you see testFunction1 = testFunction1 the first part is the actual export name and the second part is the corresponding debug symbol.
If you link without debug symbols, you'll see just testFunction1, without the = part.

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Q: Batch-updating JComponents. Need suggestions for a better (threaded) design I have a GUI in which some groups of JComponents get "batch-updated", i.e., I have a loop and for almost every iteration of the loop, I need to update these JComponents. So, I tried to do the updates alongside the computations in the loop but it didn't go well being that, (if I interpret correctly) the updates were "slowed down" by the computations, the effect being only the last update became perceptible to the user.
That's when I thought of putting all update-related code on a separate thread. First off, I created an interface called UpdatableComponent which will wrap all JComponents that must be updated:
public interface UpdatableComponent {
/**
 * Implementors should be the one responsible for typecasting update
 * into the appropriate objects.
 */
public void update(Object update);
}

So if, for instance, I want to update a JLabel
public class UpdatableJLabel implements UpdatableComponent{
    private JLabel l;

    public UpdatableJLabel(JLabel l){
        this.l = l;
    }

    public void update(Object update){
         l.setText((String) update);
    }
}

Then, my Runnable class for threading:
public class UIUpdateRunnable implements Runnable {

private UpdatableComponent[] forUpdating;

public UIUpdateRunnable(UpdatableComponent[] uc) {
    forUpdating = uc;
}

public void run() {
    int limit = forUpdating.length;

    for(int i = 0; i < limit; i++){

    }
}

}

And this is where I hit a snag. How do I know what argument to pass for each UpdatableComponent's update method? I thought of maintaining an Object array, arguments, which will map an UpdatableComponent to an argument for its update method (I have a setter method for it, of course). But then that would be (1) too tightly-coupled---bad design!---and (2) too much for a thread; the loop inside run will continuously call update on each UpdatableComponent, giving it its designated argument, updating regardless whether it actually updated or not.
I can't help but feel that I may have missed a simple way to do it. Any suggestion/advice will be very welcome. Thank you.

A: It sound like a SwingWorker is what you are looking for. The computation is done inside the method doInBackground(), results are publish()ed and process() then updates the components.

A: this issue has to do with Concurrency in Swing, there is described other basic stuff and including @Howard +1 suggestion about SwingWorker
for Runnable#Thread works,
public void update(Object update) {
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            l.setText((String) update);
        }
    });
}


Srinagar, Feb 25: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday reiterated the party's resolve to continue fighting for the protection of Art 35 A / Art 370 saying that any attempt to tinker with the states special status will have serious ramifications in the state.
He said that people irrespective of region, religion has come out in open support of Article 35A and Art 370. "Our fight for the protection of the states special status is being acknowledged and supported by those who are in alliance with BJP as well," he added.
Addressing party functionaries, workers and delegates here at party headquarters Nawa e Subah, Omar Abdullah asserted that emergence of the third front in Kashmir is being manufactured to split up the mandate of people in Kashmir saying the people should give a befitting reply to such machinations by rallying around the flag of National Conference only.
He said that third front is being contrived to ensure that a single party with a strong mandate does not emerge from Kashmir valley.
"The idea behind forging the third front is to ensure that the mandate of the people of Kashmir is split. However, this trend is not seen in Ladakh or Jammu regions of our state. Why is it that such trends only emerge in the valley? The forces as are hell-bent to destroy the special status of our state have been contriving to create a leader in every street of Kashmir. Sheikh had already prophesied that forces inimical to Kashmir will create leaders in every street. However by forging unity and rallying around the flag of National Conference, we can trounce such forces as are contriving hard to destroy our special status," he said.
Addressing a gathering of party functionaries, workers and delegates' party president Dr Farooq Abdullah said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have from time to time showed their abhorrence for communal forces and have held high the torch of universal brotherhood and harmony. "I hope that the situation in the country calms down. Time has come when people in the country need to reject the rhetoric of communal forces," he said.


Have you felt the pressure to take on a client that you knew might not be a good fit for you? There are many consequences if you take on these clients because of the pressure to pay the bills.
Today we will learn how to avoid clients that are maybe just not the best ones for your practice. If there are red flags that come up as you are bringing clients into the firm, then it is time to take action. It is easier to turn them away at the beginning than it is to terminate the relationship down the line. Join us today as we learn what actions you can take and systems to put in place to avoid taking on the wrong clients.
First question as you put together the system – what issues have you had in the past with the clients that have gone bad?
Have your analysis ready before the clients come in.
Not wanting the case? You need to be clear with yourself and your position.
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Being the victim of a dog bite can be a traumatic experience, but the fact remains that hundreds of dog bites occur annually–many of them resulting in serious injury. If you've been bitten by a dog, it's imperative that you avoid these all-too-common mistakes to ensure you receive the compensation you deserve.
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More than likely, if the dog owner has insurance, their insurance company will contact you at some point and ask you to provide them with a written statement. You should never agree to this– especially without a lawyer present. Anything you say in that statement can and will be used against you. If you filed a police report, refer the insurance company to that instead.
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