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Un plaid est un grand tissu épais de laine sergée, en tartan la plupart du temps. Il servait de manteau aux Écossais pour lesquels il affirme une appartenance à un clan. C'est aussi le nom d'une couverture de voyage à carreaux écossais. Aujourd'hui, on nomme aussi plaid un tissu fabriqué en coton ou en fibres synthétiques dites polaires. Il est utilisé comme tapis de voyage, couverture ou encore nappe de pique-nique.

Notes et références

Linge de maison

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Sir Joseph Banks with Captein cook, also collected by Charles Darwin.
Around my desk is Ericaceae、 Rhododendron collection.
The center of Herbarium is drawers for fruits specimens.
Inside of drawers - you may find very strange fruits from all of the world.
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Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms pounded the banana farms in the south last week. It is estimated that close to twenty million dollars were lost when the rains destroyed the young plants and the bananas that were being prepared for export. The setback to the industry has been huge; exports to Fyffes in UK are expected to reduce at least forty percent. Today the Development Finance Corporation announced that a four million dollar line of credit has been provided for the Banana Rehabilitation Program 2011 to the Banana growers Association. Given the urgency of the situation, the DFC also says it will expedite loan requests.
The Social Security Board (SSB) is not in the business to gamble the Contributors i.e. the tax paying public, money on risk ventures. Either the SSB Administration doesn't understand its mission or why it was created or its creators don't understand the universal rationale for the existence for SSB. But it is not to lend the people's money. The money must be available to pay for enemployment, sickness, injuries, and other social programs such as retirement but not to lend to anyone not even employees at single digit interest rates. If the SSB insist on making loans, then the government must change the laws and provide equall access to loans to all individuals and businesses. Come on ,understand business or get out of business.
Some people might be wondering why i said SSB must not lend money to Banana people. Well, I said that to see if you realize that SSB passes through millions of dollars to DFC to make loans .So essentially, It is SSB giving away millions of taxpayers money to undeserving wastrels. Happy independence day.


When a devoutly religious couple is found dead in their home, the oldest of their three foster children, mental patient Daniel Hannigan (Johnny Galecki), becomes the prime suspect. The youngest brother, Chris (Eric Lloyd), swears he saw Daniel commit the murders, but evidence soon mounts against the quiet middle son, Brian (Neil Patrick Harris). This chilling made-for-TV drama is based on a novel by Leslie Walker.


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Alpharetta is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 US Census, Alpharetta's population was 65,818; in 2010, the population was 57,551.

History

In the 1830s, the Cherokee people in Georgia and elsewhere in the South were forcibly relocated to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) under the Indian Removal Act. Pioneers and farmers later settled on the newly vacated land, situated along a former Cherokee trail stretching from the North Georgia mountains to the Chattahoochee River.

One of the area's first permanent landmarks was the New Prospect Camp Ground (also known as the Methodist Camp Ground), beside a natural spring near what is now downtown Alpharetta. It later served as a trading post for the exchanging of goods among settlers.

Known as the town of Milton through July 1858, the city of Alpharetta was chartered on December 11, 1858, with boundaries extending in a  radius from the city courthouse. It served as the county seat of Milton County until 1931, when Milton County merged with Fulton County to avoid bankruptcy during the Great Depression.

The city's name may be a variation of a fictional Indian girl, Alfarata, in the 19th-century song "The Blue Juniata"; it may also be derived from alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

The Simeon and Jane Rucker Log House, built in 1833, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Geography

Alpharetta is in northern Fulton County and is bordered to the southeast by Johns Creek, to the south and west by Roswell, to the north by Milton, and to the northeast by unincorporated land in Forsyth County. Downtown Alpharetta is  north of downtown Atlanta.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Alpharetta has an area of , of which  is land and , or 1.37%, is water.

Climate
Alpharetta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) and is part of USDA hardiness zone 7b.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 65,818 people, 25,391 households, and 18,167 families residing in the city.

2010 census
According to the 2010 census, the racial composition of the city of Alpharetta was as follows:

 White: 72.0%
 Asian: 13.7%
 Black or African American: 11.2%
 Hispanic or Latino : 8.7%
 Other: 2.9%
 Two or more races: 2.8%
 Native American: 0.2%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%

There were 13,911 households, out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.
The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, 27.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 40.5% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $95,888, and the median income for a family was $111,918. The per capita income for the city was $42,431. Males had a median income of $79,275 versus $59,935 for females. About 2.9% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.3% of those under age 18 and 0.6% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 34,854 people, 13,911 households, and 8,916 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 14,670 housing units at an average density of . The population has been gradually increasing over the last decade. During the workday, the city swells to more than 120,000 residents, workers, and visitors, due to the more than 3,600 businesses that are located in the city.

Economy

Top employers
According to the City's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the city's top private sector employers are:

Retail and mixed-use complexes
Complexes in the area include:
North Point Mall, a traditional mall set for redevelopment
An  mixed-use development, Avalon, opened in 2014.
The Halcyon mixed residential-retail-entertainment-dining complex opened in 2019 in nearby Forsyth County has an Alpharetta postal address, but in not within the city limits or in the same county.

Tech Alpharetta
Tech Alpharetta (formerly known as the Alpharetta Technology Commission or simply ATC) is an advisory organization established by the City of Alpharetta in 2012. The organization is an independent, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization that aims to help Alpharetta lead in technology innovation. Tech Alpharetta runs an advisory board of technology companies based in the city, holds monthly technology events for technology executives, and operates the Tech Alpharetta Innovation Center, a technology startup incubator. As of early 2020 about ten companies have "graduated" from Tech Alpharetta's incubator and were hiring employees in the North Fulton County region.

Major companies

Cynergy Data is headquartered in Alpharetta, as was NetBank when it existed.

Government
Alpharetta is governed by a city council composed of six members and a mayor. The mayor and council members serve staggered four-year terms.

Mayor
 Jim Gilvin, 2018–present

Transportation

Major highways
 State Route 9
 State Route 120
 State Route 140
 State Route 372
 State Route 400
 U.S. Route 19

Pedestrians and cycling
There are plans for the creation of the Alpha Loop. The multi-use path will serve to connect residents of Alpharetta to activity centers, parks, and jobs by a network of multi-use trails providing safe alternatives to driving and offering recreational benefit.
The Big Creek Greenway is a concrete multi-use trail that runs from Windward Parkway to Mansell Road. The concrete trail is approximately 8 miles and meanders along Big Creek parallel to North Point Parkway, from Windward Parkway at Marconi Drive on the north end to Mansell Road on the south end. A soft mulch trail encircles a large wetland between Haynes Bridge Road and Mansell Road. Wildlife such as blue heron, deer, ducks and Canada geese can be observed in this preserved water setting. Future plans are to connect the trail to Cumming.

Mass transit
Alpharetta is not directly served by MARTA trains, but is by multiple bus routes. Currently, there have only been plans to connect Alpharetta to the rest of Metro Atlanta via heavy rail.

Attractions and events

The Downtown Alpharetta Welcome Center is at 178 South Main Street and has more than 200 complimentary brochures providing information on the surrounding area. The center is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and a Virtual Information Kiosk is available on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Alpharetta Family Skate Center (aka The Cooler) is at 10800 Davis Drive. It is also home to the Atlanta Sparks special needs hockey team.

The Alpharetta Brew Moon Fest is held the first Saturday in October in downtown Alpharetta.

The Scarecrow Harvest is held the first Saturday in October in downtown Alpharetta. The streets are lined with 100 scarecrows to celebrate its fall spirit.

The Alpharetta Arboretum at Wills Park was established in September 2008 and includes 26 trees. A brochure about the arboretum guides readers through a walking tour of the trees and is available at the Downtown Alpharetta Welcome Center.

The Alpharetta Arboretum at Cogburn Road Park was established in December 2008 and showcases seven trees. A complimentary brochure for the arboretum is available at the Downtown Alpharetta Welcome Center and provides a starting point for a self-guided walking tour.

The Alpharetta Farmers Market is a weekly farmers' market in the downtown area that opens every Saturday from 8 AM to 12:30 PM from April to October, and features farmers and gardeners from the surrounding area selling fresh vegetables, flowers, and edible goods such as jam. The market was named "Best Saturday Morning Excursion" in 2007 by Atlanta magazine.

The Downtown Alpharetta Historic District is in the center of Alpharetta at the intersection of North Main Street, South Main Street, Milton Avenue, and Academy Street. Around this area are several historic buildings from the late 19th century and earlier. The downtown area has been restored, replacing more modern buildings with period structures, and includes dining, shopping, and widened brick sidewalks.

The Mansell House and Gardens is a 1912 Queen Anne style home that serves as a special event facility in Alpharetta. It also serves as home to the Alpharetta Historical Society.

The Milton Log Cabin was built by Future Farmers of America students during the 1934–35 school year and resembles life during the late 19th century.

Ameris Bank Amphitheatre is a 12,000-capacity outdoor venue that serves as the summer home of the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and hosta acts like the Dave Matthews Band, Rod Stewart, Steve Miller Band and the Eagles.

North Point Community Church is based in Alpharetta. It is the main campus of North Point Ministries, the nation's largest church organization, run by evangelical preacher Andy Stanley. The campus welcomes more than 5,000 people every Sunday.

The Alpharetta Symphony Orchestra (AlphaSO) is an orchestra based in Alpharetta.

The Walk of Memories is at American Legion Post 201 and pays tribute to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, community and friends, through a brick walk inscribed with the names of all Georgia residents killed in service during and after World War II. A separate section is reserved for those who served in the military and survived. A tank and helicopter are on display.

The Alpharetta Big Creek Greenway is a ,  concrete path that meanders through the woods along Big Creek, offering a place to walk, jog, inline skate and bike. The path includes additional mountain bike trails.

The Taste of Alpharetta is an annual food festival featuring food from local restaurants, live music, and art exhibits.

The Wire and Wood Alpharetta Songwriters Festival in downtown Alpharetta is held in October.

Avalon is a multi-use development on the east side of downtown adjacent to State Route 400. It includes  of retail space, a 12-screen Regal Cinemas theater,  of office space over retail, 101 single-family residences and 250 luxury rental homes.

The Alpharetta Bulls Rugby Football Club is a Men's Division 3 Rugby Team competing in the Georgia Rugby Union and USA Rugby competitions.

Education

Primary and secondary schools
The city is served by Fulton County Schools.

Elementary schools (Grades K-5)
 Abbotts Hill Elementary School
 Alpharetta Elementary School
 Birmingham Falls Elementary School in Milton
 Cogburn Woods Elementary School in Milton
 Crabapple Crossing Elementary School in Milton
 Creek View Elementary School
 F.A.S.T. k-8
 Hembree Springs Elementary School in Roswell
 Lake Windward Elementary School
 Manning Oaks Elementary School
 Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell
 New Prospect Elementary School
 Ocee Elementary School in Johns Creek
 Summit Hill Elementary School in Milton

Middle schools (Grades 6-8)
 Autrey Mill Middle School in Johns Creek
 Elkins Pointe Middle School in Roswell
 Haynes Bridge Middle School
 Holcomb Bridge Middle School
 Hopewell Middle School in Milton
 Northwestern Middle School in Milton
 Taylor Road Middle School in Johns Creek
 Webb Bridge Middle School
 Amana Academy, a public charter school in Alpharetta for students in Kindergarten to 8th grade
 Fulton Science Academy (FSA), a private school in Roswell for students in 6th to 8th grade

High schools (Grades 9-12)
 Alpharetta High School serves most of Alpharetta
Cambridge High School in Milton
 Centennial High School in Roswell
 Chattahoochee High School in Johns Creek
 Johns Creek High School in Johns Creek
 Milton High School in Milton
 Northview High School
 Roswell High School in Roswell
 Independence High School, an alternative school on the old Milton High School campus.
 Fulton Science Academy High School (formerly T. E. A. C. H.), a public charter school in Alpharetta for students in 9th to 12th grade.

Private schools
 The Lionheart School
 St. Francis Schools
 Mount Pisgah Christian School

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta operates Holy Redeemer Catholic School (K-8) in Johns Creek; the school's address is often said to be in "Alpharetta, GA".

Higher education
Georgia State University, Gwinnett Technical College and Reinhardt University have campuses in Alpharetta.

Music Education

 Alpharetta Symphony Youth Orchestra

Public libraries
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System operates the Alpharetta Branch.

Notable people

Auzoyah Alufohai, football player, Kennesaw State University (2014–2018), University of West Georgia (2019), and current NFL free agent

Devontae Cacok, basketball player, University of North Carolina Wilmington (2015–2019) and San Antonio Spurs (2021–present)

Joshua Dobbs (Professional football player, born Jan. 26, 1995) Quarterback for the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Titans

Anthony Fisher (basketball, born 1986) (born 1986), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Jaycee Horn, Professional Football player for the Carolina Panthers

Ariana Savalas, performer

Lisa Wu, actress and former cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta

C. J. Abrams, shortstop for the San Diego Padres

Brandon Beach, American politician serving as a member of the Georgia State Senate

Malik Beasley, American professional basketball player and member of the Minnesota Timberwolves

Jaron Blossomgame, American professional basketball player for ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga

Clint Boling, American football guard who spent his entire eight-year career with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL)

Trey Britton, American professional basketball player

Bobbi Kristina Brown, reality television star, musician, and daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, lived and was found unconscious in her Alpharetta home leading to her death.

Lee Chapple, American football quarterback for the Atlanta Havoc of the American Arena League (AAL)

CJ Cochran, American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship

Kaiser Gates, American professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Cullen Harper, former American football quarterback

Peyton Barber, American football running back

Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician and businesswoman

Courtney Jaye, American singer and songwriter

Carl Lawson (American football), American football defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL)

Brandon Leibrandt, American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization

Madison Lintz, American actress known for her roles as Sophia Peletier in the AMC (TV channel) post-apocalyptic television drama series The Walking Dead (TV series) and as Madeline "Maddie" Bosch in the Amazon (company) series Bosch (TV series) and its spin-off Bosch: Legacy

Ken Flach, American doubles world No. 1 tennis player

Jack McInerney, American soccer player

Riley Puckett, American country music pioneer, best known as a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers

James Ramsey (baseball), American college baseball coach and former professional baseball outfielder

Ryann Redmond, American actress and singer known for originating the role of Bridget in Bring It On: The Musical

Alex Ross (American football), American professional gridiron football quarterback who is currently a free agent

Ryan Roushandel, American soccer player and coach

Tyler Ruthven, former American soccer player

Marcus Sayles, professional gridiron football defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL)

Shannon Scott, American professional basketball player for Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL)

Heath Slocum, American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour

Tanner Smith (basketball), American professional basketball player and coach

Andy Stanley, founder and senior pastor of North Point Ministries

Maria Taylor (sportscaster), American sportscaster for NBC Sports

Ty Toney, American professional basketball player

Justin Tuggle, American Canadian football linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL)

Charlie Whitehurst, former American football quarterback who played college football at the Clemson Tigers, and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round (81st overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft

References

External links

 Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau home page

Cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area
Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Fulton County, Georgia
Former county seats in Georgia (U.S. state)
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Mzuzu, : Nyabinghi Elder Ras Chikomeni Chirwa has expressed interest to contest for the presidency in the forth-coming 2019 Tripartite Elections as an independent candidate.
Speaking with Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Thursday the aspiring presidential candidate said he was driven by lack of equal rights and justice in the country to people of his faith.
To me to stand is a clear demonstration that the rule of law is being upheld and I would like to take my candidature to help fight the coexistence of Rastafarian family who to some extent are being discriminated, he said.
Ras Chirwa said once in power, he will bring policies of development focusing on agriculture, sports, culture and arts which will help to boost the economy of the country.
I will bring policies which will attract foreign currency into the country and will be involving the citizens in every step of the development activities as they are the right people who are supposed to benefit from these activities, he said.
The Nyabinghi Elder emphasized that he woukd encourage the use of Industrial hemp as it could be used to produce medicine and it woukld help in afforestation which reduce global warming.
Chirwa has called for well-wishers who could support him to pay the nomination fees to achieve his dream.
I want the organizations that support people who have interest in politics to help me so that come 2019 I can be one of the contestants during the elections, he added.
Ras Chikomeni Chirwa is renowned farmer, mostly grows beans and he is a holder of Malawi Certificate of Education.


Retailers see lots of new customers during the holiday shopping season. Contributor Jordan Elkind explains how to keep the momentum going into the new year.
E-commerce marketers had a lot to be thankful for this year.
According to statistics from Adobe Digital Insights, digital transactions on Cyber Monday were up 16.8 percent year over year — making it the largest online shopping day in US history. (Mobile sales cracked a record $2 billion on Cyber Monday.) Online sales on Black Friday were also up 17 percent over last year.
These are hard-won gains for retail marketers, who have been navigating a growing number of ad formats and digital media investments in order to acquire and retain customers. According to research by Magna, 2016 was the year when digital ad spending finally surpassed TV ad sales in the US.
But while holiday time can feel like a spending spree for marketers, it won't be long until the onset of the post-holiday hangover: that lull in retail demand in January that has marketers scrambling to drum up sales.
After spending so much on customer acquisition, it can be tempting to invest more in cultivating all customer relationships post-holiday. For many brands, though, it makes more sense to invest strategically in those customers who have the potential to become year-round shoppers, while waiting until the tinsel is hauled out again next year to engage with holiday-only friends.
The rationale? Focusing on customers who actually have year-round potential can maximize ROI when budgets are tight. And even in a low-cost direct channel like email, over-engaging with holiday-only customers off-season — when they're not interested — may negatively impact deliverability or lead them to unsubscribe, cutting off the chance to engage with them when it actually matters.
With so many new customers acquired, it can be difficult to identify which customers actually have the potential to engage year-round.
A predictive analytics platform can leverage machine learning to identify hidden relationships in customer data, highlighting how likely different individual customers are to engage in the future. But even teams without this kind of software can make inroads.
Simply divide customers acquired from previous holiday seasons into segments — those who went on to repeat at other times of the year, and those who only engaged around holiday time — and compare attributes.
One retailer, for example, discovered that holiday shoppers with year-round potential tended to come from different acquisition channels and buy different categories from holiday-only shoppers. These kinds of insights can help with early identification of year-rounders for post-holiday investment.
Determining which customers to focus on cultivating for a post-holiday relationship is only the first step. Understanding how to communicate with different customers is crucial to boosting crucial customer-centric metrics like the Early Repeat Rate.
For example, let's say that a customer comes in buying a gym bag on promo during the holidays. How should the retailer introduce her to its larger brand story and highlight other products that she might find relevant — say, athletic apparel?
Here again, a predictive analytics platform can be valuable in distilling vast amounts of data into concrete insights on common customer journeys. For those without access to such technology, historical analytics can begin to provide visibility. Focus on the most important longitudinal patterns in three core areas of the customer experience: product, channel and promotion.
For example, what do customers who come in buying chunky jewelry tend to buy during the rest of the year? Customers who first engage via the affiliate channel during the holidays — do they tend to prefer engaging via email or the app? And what's the promotional behavior of customers who first came in for holiday steals?
Now that the marketing team knows which customers to focus on and how to communicate with different customers, it's time to put the post-holiday cultivation plan into action. But the timing is tough.
It can be challenging for marketing teams to operationalize a multichannel cultivation strategy; it requires coordination (and ideally, incrementality testing via controlled experiments) across multiple channels.
A customer data platform can help with experimental design, distribution of segments to different marketing tools and automated campaign measurement. Test into the channels that make sense for your business.
Some inspiration: Direct mail has long been a mainstay of CRM, but for the first time, the rise of programmatic direct mail is making it possible to deploy perfectly timed post-purchase triggers.
Similarly, the convergence of ad tech and CRM has opened up new possibilities for retailers: Facebook Custom Audiences, Google Customer Match, and non-retargeting display via CRM onboarding providers like LiveRamp.
Ultimately, identifying the pockets of customers to invest in, mapping out personalized customer journeys and delivering relevant experiences on the right channels can help maximize the effectiveness of holiday marketing dollars well into the new year.
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Top Danish law firm picks ISS Denmark as its facility services partner
One of Denmark's leading business law firms has selected ISS to run its facility services at the firm's new, high-profile corporate headquarters in the heart of Copenhagen.
On 20th March, Gorrissen Federspiel will move into its new headquarters in the iconic Axel Towers in the heart of Copenhagen. From that day forward, ISS Denmark's task will be to ensure that Gorrissen Federspiel clients, partners, and employees experience high-quality service from the moment they enter the building.
The new partnership includes support services, catering, and cleaning, and will be effective for three years.
Under the new agreement, 13 employees from Gorrissen Federspiel were offered to transfer over to ISS. The employees previously worked in catering, reception, and support services. In the near future, additional employees will be recruited, primarily focusing on server and support services in order to meet the customer's needs. In total, ISS will welcome 25 new employees under the new agreement.
Until the agreement comes into effect on 20 March, ISS will serve as Gorrissen Federspiel's adviser and partner during the move into the high-profile corporate headquarters. The Axel Towers are located in the centre of Copenhagen and face the famous Tivoli Gardens amusement park.
"Recognising that we run a law firm and are not necessarily the best to operate and develop service functions, we have chosen to work with ISS," says Allan Tolbøll, chief operating officer of Gorrissen Federspiel. "Our partnership is built on the idea that we, together with a very professional service provider, will focus on ensuring and developing a high level of service in Axel Towers."
Flemming Bendt, country manager of ISS Denmark, says:
"We are proud that Gorrissen Federspiel has chosen us to provide facility services in its new home, where we will service about 300 in-house users every day. We look forward to ensuring a welcoming, top-quality service experience that is delivered with dedication and integrity."
"I would like to wish a warm welcome to our new colleagues from Gorrissen Federspiel. They have extensive and valuable knowledge of Gorrissen Federspiel and their staff, which of course we will build on in the new partnership. Our new colleagues will be part of a global company that is focused on their core responsibilities and their professional development."
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Fans of guitarist Pat Metheny will want to check out this soundtrack from the 1985 film The Falcon and the Snowman. It was Metheny's first film score and from what I can tell, this music doesn't appear on any of his other albums. Metheny was between record companies at the time. He left ECM and he would soon begin recording for Geffen Records. He made some changes to his band in the early 80s though Lyle Mays was still his right hand man. And he was starting to get into South American music which would become very prominent in his late 80s albums. Metheny was a guest soloist on Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 1983 film Under Fire which was nominated for an Oscar. So it's not surprising that Metheny would be hired to score a film. The Falcon and the Snowman starred Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn and it was directed by John Schlesinger. The studio was Orion who also produced Under Fire. So I assume an Orion exec suggested Metheny to Schlesinger. Metheny used his usual group with Lyle Mays on piano, Steve Rodby on bass and Paul Wertico on drums. Metheny uses his synclavier to alter his guitar sound. There is also an orchestra and a choir and vocals by Argentinian singer Pedro Aznar who was a member of Metheny's group in the late 80s. The kicker is that David Bowie contributes guest vocals on This Is Not America and that song was a top 40 pop hit. Bowie was on EMI at the time and that's why the soundtrack is on EMI. Metheny fans will want the soundtrack because none of this music appears on any of Metheny's other albums. It's the only time he recorded for EMI. You can get This Is Not America on Bowie's EMI comps. It's a little different than Metheny's usual music because it's a film score. His only other score was for the 1999 film Map Of The World. So the Falcon and the Snowman is a very unusual Pat Metheny album and his fans should check it out. Here's Pat Metheny Group performing Daulton Lee in France 1987.


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Prefecture and commune in Grand Est, France
Colmer (Alsatian)
Kolmar (German)
Prefecture and commune
Colmar's "Little Venice"
Location of Colmar
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Coordinates: 48°04?54?N 7°21?20?E / 48.0817°N 7.3556°E / 48.0817; 7.3556Coordinates: 48°04?54?N 7°21?20?E / 48.0817°N 7.3556°E / 48.0817; 7.3556
Colmar-Ribeauvillé
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Colmar Aglommération
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175-214 m (574-702 ft)
(avg. 197 m or 646 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Colmar (French: Colmar, pronounced [k?lma?]; Alsatian: Colmer ['kolm]; German during 1871-1918 and 1940-1945: Kolmar) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department and of the subprefecture of the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement.
The city is renowned for its well-preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks, and its museums, among which is the Unterlinden Museum, which houses the Isenheim Altarpiece.
Colmar is situated on the Alsatian Wine Route and considers itself to be the "capital of Alsatian wine" (capitale des vins d'Alsace).
Imperial City of Colmar
Ville impériale de Colmar (French)
Reichsstadt Colmer (German)
Imperial City
Common languages
City-state
o Immediacy granted by Frederick II
o Joined Décapole
o Conquered by Louis XIV
o Ceded at Nijmegen
Colmar was first mentioned by Charlemagne in his chronicle about Saxon wars.[2] This was the location where the Carolingian Emperor Charles the Fat held a diet in 884.[] Colmar was granted the status of a free imperial city by Emperor Frederick II in 1226.[2] In 1354 it joined the Décapole city league.[3] The city adopted the Protestant Reformation in 1575, long after the northern neighbours of Strasbourg and Sélestat.[4] During the Thirty Years' War, it was taken by the Swedish army in 1632, which held it for two years. In 1634 the Schoeman family arrived and started the first town library. In 1635 the city's harvest was spoiled by Imperialist forces while the residents shot at them from the walls.[5]
The city was conquered by France under King Louis XIV in 1673 and officially ceded by the 1679 Treaties of Nijmegen.[6] In 1854 a cholera epidemic killed many in the city.[7] With the rest of Alsace, Colmar was annexed by the newly formed German Empire in 1871 as a result of the Franco-Prussian War and incorporated into the Alsace-Lorraine province.[8] It returned to France after World War I according to the 1919 Treaty of Versailles,[9] was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940, and then reverted to French control after the battle of the "Colmar Pocket" in 1945.[10] Colmar has been continuously governed by conservative parties since 1947, the Popular Republican Movement (1947-1977), the Union for French Democracy (1977-1995) and the Union for a Popular Movement (since 1995), and has had only three mayors during that time.[11]
The Colmar Treasure, a hoard of precious objects hidden by Jews during the Black Death, was discovered here in 1863.[12]
Colmar is 64 kilometres (40 mi) south-southwest of Strasbourg, at 48.08°N, 7.36°E, on the Lauch River, a tributary of the Ill. It is located directly to the east of the Vosges and connected to the Rhine in the east by a canal.
In 2017, the city had a municipal population of 69,105,[13] and the metropolitan area of Colmar had a population of 131,639 in 2016.[14] Colmar is the center of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé, which had 211,312 inhabitants in 2017.[13]
Colmar has a sunny microclimate and is one of the driest cities in France, with an annual precipitation of just 607 mm (23.9 in), making it ideal for Alsace wine. It is considered the capital of the Alsatian wine region.
The dryness results from the town's location next to mountains, which force clouds arriving from the west to rise, and much of their moisture to condense and fall as precipitation over the higher ground, leaving the air warmed and dried by the time it reaches Colmar. Summers are warm, while winters are moderately cold.
Climate data for Colmar
(29.5) -1.2
(-7.6) -21.2
(3.2) -7.3
(18.3) -13.1
(8.4) -19.0
(-7.6)
Average precipitation days
7.1 7.0 8.5 8.9 11.2 9.6 9.4 9.1 7.9 9.3 7.3 8.5 103.9
7.0 6.2 3.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 5.1 25.7
71.8 97.0 144.7 180.2 201.5 225.5 239.2 223.6 170.7 116.9 70.5 57.5 1,799
Source #1: Météo France[15][16]
Source #2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961-1990)[17]
Part of the old town area
Mostly spared from the destructions of the French Revolution and the wars of 1870-1871, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, the cityscape of old-town Colmar is homogenous and renowned among tourists. An area that is crossed by canals of the river Lauch (which formerly served as the butcher's, tanner's and fishmonger's quarter) is now called "little Venice" (la Petite Venise).
Maison Pfister. The house can easily be spotted in Howl's Moving Castle.
St Martin's Church, Colmar (Église Saint-Martin)
Martin Schongauer's "Virgin in a rose-garden" inside the Église des Dominicains
"Little Venice"
Colmar's secular and religious architectural landmarks reflect eight centuries of Germanic and French architecture and the adaptation of their respective stylistic language to the local customs and building materials (pink and yellow Vosges sandstone, timber framing).
Secular buildings
Maison Adolph - 14th century (German Gothic)
Koïfhus, also known as Ancienne Douane - 1480 (German Gothic)
Maison Pfister - 1537 (German Renaissance).
Ancien Corps de garde - 1575 (German Renaissance)
Maison des Chevaliers de Saint-Jean - 1608 (German Renaissance)
Maison des Têtes - 1609 (German Renaissance)
Poêle des laboureurs - 1626 (German Baroque)
Ancien Hôpital - 1736-1744 (French Classicism)
Tribunal de grande instance - 1771 (French Classicism)
Hôtel de ville - 1790 (French Classicism)
Colmar prison -- 1791, formerly a convent built in 1316.
Cour d'Assises - 1840 (French Neoclassicism)
Théâtre municipal - 1849 (French Neoclassicism)
Marché couvert - 1865 (French Neo-Baroque). The city's covered market, built in stone, bricks and cast iron, still serves today.
Préfecture - 1866 (French Neo-Baroque)
Water tower - 1886. Oldest still preserved water tower in Alsace. Out of use since 1984.
Gare SNCF - 1905 (German Neo-Baroque)
Cour d'appel - 1906 (German Neo-Baroque)
Église Saint-Martin - 1234-1365. The largest church of Colmar and one of the largest in Haut-Rhin. Displays some early stained glass windows, several Gothic and Renaissance sculptures and altars, a grand Baroque organ case. The choir is surrounded by an ambulatory opening on a series of Gothic chapels, a unique feature in Alsatian churches.
Église des Dominicains - 1289-1364. Now disaffected as a church, displays Martin Schongauer's masterwork La Vierge au buisson de roses as well as 14th century stained glass windows and baroque choir stalls. The adjacent convent buildings house a section of the municipal library.
Église Saint-Matthieu - 13th century. Gothic and Renaissance stained glass windows and mural paintings, as well as a wooden and painted ceiling.
Couvent des Antonins - 13th century. Disaffected church and convent buildings notable for a richly ornate cloister. Now housing the Unterlinden Museum (see below).
Église Sainte-Catherine - 1371. Disaffected church and convent buildings now used as an assembly hall and festival venue (Salle des Catherinettes).
Chapelle Saint-Pierre - 1742-1750. Classicist chapel of a former Jesuit college.
Synagogue - 1843 (Neoclassicism)
Fontaine de l'Amiral Bruat - 1864 (Statue by Bartholdi)
Fontaine Roeselmann - 1888 (Statue by Bartholdi)
Fontaine Schwendi - 1898 (Statue by Bartholdi)
Monument du Général Rapp - 1856 (first shown 1855 in Paris. Statue by Bartholdi, his earliest major work)
Monument Hirn - 1894 (Statue by Bartholdi)
Statue Les grands soutiens du monde - 1902 (in the courtyard of the Bartholdi Museum)
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) replica
Unterlinden Museum - one of the main museums in Alsace. Displays the Isenheim Altarpiece, a large collection of medieval, Renaissance and baroque Upper-Rhenish paintings and sculptures, archaeological artefacts, design and international modern art.
Musée Bartholdi - the birthplace of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi shows his life and work through paintings, drawings, family objects and furniture as well as numerous plaster, metal and stone sculptures. A section of the museum is further dedicated to the local Jewish community's heritage.[18]
Musée d'histoire naturelle et d'ethnographie - the zoological and ethnographic museum of Colmar was founded in 1859. Besides a large collection of taxidermied animals, and artefacts from former French and German colonies in Africa and Polynesia, it also houses a collection of ancient Egyptian items.
Musée du jouet - the town's toy museum, founded 1993
Musée des usines municipales - industrial and technological museum in a former factory, dedicated to the history of everyday technology.
The Municipal Library of Colmar (Bibliothèque municipale de Colmar) owns one of the richest collections of incunabula in France, with more than 2,300 volumes.[19] This is quite an exceptional number for a city that is neither the main seat of a university, nor of a college, and has its explanation in the dissolution of local monasteries, abbeys and convents during the French Revolution and the subsequent gift of their collections to the town.
The small regional Colmar Airport serves Colmar.
The railway station Gare de Colmar offers connections to Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Besançon, Zürich and several regional destinations. Colmar was also once linked to Freiburg im Breisgau, in Germany and on the other side of the Rhine, by the Freiburg-Colmar international railway. However the railway bridge over the Rhine between Breisach and Neuf-Brisach was destroyed in 1945 and never replaced.
Senior high schools in Colmar include:
Lycée Bartholdi [fr]
Lycée Camille Sée
Lycée polyvalent Blaise Pascal
Lycée polyvalent Martin Schongauer
Lycée privé Saint-André
Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Jean
Ecole privée Mathias Grunewald
Colmar shares the Université de Haute-Alsace (Upper Alsace University) with the neighbouring, larger city of Mulhouse. Of the approximately 8,000 students of the UHA, around 1,500 study at the Institut universitaire de technologie (IUT) Colmar, at the Colmar branch of the Faculté des Sciences et Techniques and at the Unité de Formation et de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire d'Enseignement Professionalisé Supérieur (UFR PEPS).
The École Compleméntaire Pour L'Enseignement Japonaise a Colmar (? Korum?ru Hosh? Jugy? K?), a part-time supplementary Japanese school, is held in Colmar.[20] At one time classes were held at the Centre Cultural de Seijo.[21]
Since 1980, Colmar is home to an international summer festival of classical music Festival de Colmar (also known as Festival international de musique classique de Colmar). In its first version (1980 to 1989), it was placed under the artistic direction of the German conductor Karl Münchinger. Since 1989, it is helmed by the Russian violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov.
Colmar: capital of Alsatian wines
Liebherr in Colmar
A replica of The Little Vintner of Colmar by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, given by the town of Colmar to Princeton, its sister city, in 1988
Colmar is an affluent city whose primary economic strength lies in the flourishing tourist industry. But it is also the seat of several large companies: Timken (European seat), Liebherr (French seat), Leitz (French seat), Capsugel France (A division of Pfizer).
Every year since 1947, Colmar is host to what is now considered as the biggest annual commercial event as well as the largest festival in Alsace,[22] the Foire aux vins d'Alsace (Alsacian wine fair).
When Air Alsace existed, its head office was on the grounds of Colmar Airport.[23]
By 1991 Lycée Seijo, a Japanese boarding high school in Kientzheim, had established a Japanese cultural center. It housed books and printed materials in Japan and hosted lectures and film screenings.[24]
Jean Rapp
Armand Joseph Bruat, amiral de France
Auguste Nefftzer 1863
Caspar Isenmann (1410? - 1484?), painter
Martin Schongauer (1450-1491), painter and engraver
Georg Wickram (1502-1562), poet and novelist
Jean-François Rewbell (1747-1807), diplomat and revolutionist
Jean Rapp (1771-1821), lieutenant general
Conrad Berg (1785-1852), composer
Charles Xavier Thomas (1785-1870), inventor
Marie Bigot (1786-1820), musician, French pianist and composer, friend of Haydn and Beethoven
Armand Joseph Bruat (1796-1855), admiral
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812-1895), politician, killer of Alexander Pushkin in a duel
Auguste Nefftzer (1820-1876), journalist
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), sculptor, created Liberty Enlightening the World (the Statue of Liberty)
Camille Sée, (1847-1919), politician
Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867-1945), composer
Jean-Jacques Waltz (1873-1951), drawer and caricaturist
Ernst Stadler (1883-1914), Alsatian poet
Bernard Schmitt (economist) (1929-2014), economist and founder of the "Quantum Economics"
Guy Roux (born 1938), French football coach
Pierre Moerlen (1952-2005), musician, drummer and composer
Pierre Hermé (born 1961), confectioner, entrepreneur and pastry chef
Thomas Bloch (born 1962), musician
Éric Straumann (born 1964), politician
Marc Keller (born 1968), football player
Cendrine Wolf (born 1969), children's author
Pascal Johansen (born 1979), football player
Amaury Bischoff (born 1987), football player
Fabien Schmidt (born 1989), professional cyclist
Ryad Boudebouz (born 1990), Algerian-French footballer
Twin towns - sister cities
Colmar is twinned with:[25]
Schongau, Bavaria, Germany (1962)
Lucca, Italy (1962)
Princeton, NJ, United States (1986)
Gy?r, Hungary (1993)
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (1962)
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom (1978)
Eisenstadt, Austria (1983)
Replicas of historical buildings in Malaysia
Bukit Tinggi Resort Colmar Tropicale which is situated in Bentong district, State of Pahang, Malaysia is a resort-theme historical village inspires from the original Colmar commune in France. Colmar Tropicale located just an hour or 60 km north-east of Kuala Lumpur, 3°24?03?N 101°50?21?E / 3.400787°N 101.839157°E / 3.400787; 101.839157.
North of it, a rebuild of Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg is in the Berjaya Hills, hosting an organic resort hotel 3°24?15?N 101°50?21?E / 3.404167°N 101.839155°E / 3.404167; 101.839155.[26].
Colmar's cityscape (and neighbouring Riquewihr's) served for the design of the Japanese animated film Howl's Moving Castle. Scenes in the anime Is the Order a Rabbit? are also based on this location.[27]
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List of mayors of Colmar
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What's more fun than a 12.3 mile time trial at 5:30 AM amongst good friends? After a 10-15 minute warm up we set out in 1 minute intervals; Beth Ann first, then John, Andrew, Mark and Dave. Winning time 32:40! I won't divulge who won, because that's not really important. Yeah right!!, I can hear all my buddies laughing and snickering as they read this post. The photos below might give a clue as to who actually won. The real point was, we had a blast, let's do it again sometime soon.


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Cornerstone Bancshares Inc (SMBK) SEC Filing 10-K Annual report for the fiscal year ending Friday, December 31, 2010
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Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2011--Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSBQ) today announced the following:
Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. today reported a net loss available to common shareholders of $(4.74) million, or $(0.73) per diluted common share for 2010, a 42.1 percent improvement from the $(8.18) million loss, or $(1.26) per diluted common share reported for 2009. The 2010 loss includes a $2.5 million write-off of goodwill from the purchase of the former Bank of East Ridge in 1997. The goodwill is an accounting adjustment and is a "non cash item." Cornerstone's earnings without the goodwill write-off would have been a net loss of approximately $(2.2) million or $(0.34) per diluted share for 2010. During the fourth quarter of 2010, management elected to adjust its allowance for loan and lease losses ("ALLL") methodology to a more conservative approach. The change in methodology resulted in a fourth quarter 2010 provision expense of approximately $3.2 million. The provision expense in the fourth quarter of 2010 brought the total provision expense for 2010 to $7.3 million, which brought Cornerstone's ALLL to approximately $9.1 million as of December 31, 2010. The $9.1 million in ALLL is comprised, in part, of approximately $3.7 million for loans identified with specific impairment while the remaining $5.4 million is allocated to the general loan portfolio.
"I am greatly encouraged by the positive trends and significant improvements made year-over-year," said Cornerstone's President Frank Hughes. "We had positive cash-flow from operating activities all four quarters of 2010, which was a dramatic turnaround from the previous year." he said. "Given our bank's conservative loan loss allowance approach and our improved asset quality position, management expects minimal loan loss provision expense for 2011, which should translate positively to net income and greater value for all of Cornerstone's stakeholders."
Specific trends include:
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Total loans were $285.25 million at yearend, which were managed down by $51 million from the yearend of 2009. Construction and development loans, the highest risk-weighted category of loan classification, were down by more than 50 percent from the previous year, ($50 million in 2009 to $23 million in 2010). In addition, $1.645 million of OREO property sold in the fourth quarter of 2010, and nearly 50 percent of the OREO properties are currently rented or contracted to sell by the end of the second quarter of 2011. Past-due loans, which represent the first step in the collection cycle, decreased from $5.0 million at the end of 2009 to $2.3 million at the end of 2010, an amount that compares very favorably with peer banks of equal size.
In an effort to fortify its capital position, Cornerstone launched a 10% cumulative, convertible preferred stock offering in the third quarter of 2010. After the offering period ends June 30, 2011, the preferred stock will be traded publicly on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board, under the ticker symbol CSBQP.
"With the entry of Volkswagen, Amazon, Alstom Power, Wacker Chemical and other major corporations in our region, the local economic forecast is incredibly bright," said Chairman Miller Welborn. "Our goal is to further strengthen Cornerstone's foundations, so that we are solidly positioned to take advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead, for many years to come."
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Seattle Women's Soccer
Reign Season in Review, Part I: The Bad Part
The first installment of a post-mortem on the inaugural Reign season.
By sidereal@sea_soc Sep 15, 2013, 3:28pm PDT
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Now that we're well into the NWSL offseason, I'm going to review their eventful first season in the league. In the first part I'll cover the first preseason and the first half of the season. . so the bad parts. I'll cover the second half of the season in another installment, and then move on to giving out some (highly coveted!) season awards and look forward to the rest of the offseason and the preparation for season 2.
Since 2009, when the Seattle Sounders emerged in MLS as a fully formed powerhouse at the gate and in the national soccer culture — like Athena being born by leaping from Zeus' forehead armed and armored — and after the Timbers followed shortly thereafter with their own passionate fanbase and financial success, the center of gravity of soccer culture in the US has drifted slowly and inexorably northwest.
There've been a lot of individual signs of that movement, from the league's attempts to market the Cascadia Cup, to the increased number of nationally broadcast MLS games from the area, to the meaningful national team match that the area was finally allowed to host this summer (the success of which instantly and permanently changed the conversation about where national team matches should be played in the future). But for fans of women's soccer, it was just as much a seismic change in the geography of US soccer when the latest attempt at a pro women's league in this country announced that it would play its first season with no teams in California. . CALIFORNIA, the largest soccer state in the country . . but with a team in Seattle and a team in Portland.
For fans of the Seattle team, that was the only piece of good news we'd get for some time. Okay, not the ONLY piece. There were positive developments. Poaching manager Laura Harvey from Arsenal, where she'd dominated the Women's Premier League for years, was a bit of a coup for a league that was promising lean budgets to stay financially solvent. And after a brief flirtation with the 'Sirens' name, the FO settled on the much better Reign and introduced a logo that's the best in the league. And they reached an agreement to play at Starfire. I have my qualms about a pro 'Seattle' team so eagerly playing in Tukwila, but it still gave the team a professional quality, well-managed venue in a league where many of the teams are playing on college football fields.
The common factor among those positive developments was that they were all under the control of the front office. It's when we got to factors outside the team's control that things started to go bad. The first and most important decision after which cities got teams at all, was where the US allocated players would play. In a league that wasn't aspiring to go get (and pay) the Martas and Louisa Necibs of the world, the US allocated players would be the most talented collection of players in the league. And where they went largely defined the success of the teams in the first season.
After hosting a good chunk of the US national team on the amateur Seattle Sounders Women the previous season after the collapse of WPS, there were (maybe reasonable, maybe not) expectations that some of those players would be returning with the new league. In particular Alex Morgan, easily the prize of the allocation, played for that Sounders team and had a personal relationship (named Servando Carrasco) with the city. Sydney Leroux played with the Sounders and was from nearby BC. From the Mexican allocation, Veronica Perez played with the Sounders and played and coached at the UW.
But when the dust settled, none of those players were on the Reign. We had Hope Solo, who was almost an automatic after being the face of women's soccer in the area for years. But she would miss the first third of the season with a wrist injury. We had Megan Rapinoe, arguably one of the best in the world, but a player who wouldn't even be playing in the league until midseason. And we had Amy Rodriguez, a good rotational forward for the national team, who shortly after the allocation announced she'd be missing the entire season to have a child.
It did not help that our neighbors to the south (and our designated 'rivals', to whatever extent there can be a rivalry between two teams that have never played a match, much less each other) were given an absurd allocation that included two of the best five forwards in the world (one of whom was Morgan) and dynamic playmaker Tobin Heath.
It's a testament to how important the allocation was that the consensus rankings of the allocation results (once adjusted for injuries and availability) came close to predicting the entire season. The Thorns, who overwhelmingly had the best allocation with the best player from the US and the best player from Canada, would go on to win the championship. The Flash and Kansas City also had well-regarded allocations. They finished in the playoffs. The only team that really defied expectations was Sky Blue, who also made the playoffs despite a mediocre allocation. Seattle, who effectively had no allocation for much of the season, and the Spirit, who had a generally poor allocation, finished as the bottom two teams in the league. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
In addition to Solo, Rapinoe, and Rodriguez, the team got Kaylyn Kyle — a holding midfielder — and Emily Zurrer — a central defender who wasn't getting a lot of national team playing time — from Canada. And they got Jenny Ruiz — a reserve defender — and Teresa Noyola — a Hermann trophy winning midfielder — from Mexico. Noyola was a bit of good news, as she was one of the few players likely to be an every-day player in the league from the Mexican allocation. In free agency, the team added Wales captain Jessica Fishlock, who Harvey was familiar with from her time in England. Along with Kyle and Noyola (and eventually Rapinoe) that created a solid midfield core and the team spent most of their remaining energy in the draft and free agency solidifying the defense and attack.
And it made their strangest decision of the preseason all the stranger. They traded their first round 2014 draft pick.. likely a top 4 or 5 pick in a very strong draft year in a league where a majority of the talent will be coming from the college draft.. to Chicago for Keelin Winters, a rotational national team defensive midfielder. Winters had played with the Sounders Women along with the other national teamers in 2012 and was a solid player, but midfield was not where Seattle needed help. And the final remaining bump in the preseason came when GM Amy Carnell left the team suddenly just before the season started with no explanation.
The season opened with a promising draw at Chicago. In the first half, Christine Nairn ran onto a lofted Liz Bogus cross from the wing and headed in for the first ever Reign goal and their first lead. They couldn't hold the lead and Lori Chalupny eventually equalized, but it was a solid draw on the road. We still knew the team was thin in defense and thin in attack and playing its backup goalkeeper, but we could still get points. Or so we thought.
The team didn't get another point for over two months, losing their next 9 consecutive matches. Detailing the manner of their losses would be tedious and depressing, so I won't. There was a lot of bad luck (in the form of bad bounces and goalframes), there were a lot (a lot) of bad refereeing decisions, mostly involving phantom penalties.. a couple of of which were even questioned by the official refereeing organization. But mostly there was just being outplayed. The team had very little offensive threat and was shut out in 7 of those 9 matches. Neither Tiffany Cameron nor Lindsay Taylor proved themselves capable of playing the lone forward in Harvey's 4-3-3 and without a scoring threat the team faced opposing midfielders and fullbacks who could move forward with impunity. And the thin, young defense (also struggling with injuries to Elli Reed and Kate Deines) was incapable of shutting down opposing attackers. The team didn't earn a shutout during that stretch and in fact wasn't able to earn a shutout the entire season — the only team in the league to achieve that particular honor. It didn't help that the schedule was so imbalanced, with a majority of their first half games scheduled against teams that would finish in the playoffs.
The defense was so thin that it was mostly populated by midfielders. Zurrer, the only natural center back on the team, was benched early in the season and never returned to regular play. The center back pairing became UCLA fullback Lauren Barnes and the midfielder Kyle, who did an admirable job under significant pressure, but struggled all season to learn the position on the job. The forward was also a midfielder for much of the season, as Nairn, Bogus, and Fishlock would take occasional turns leading the line when it became apparent Cameron and Taylor weren't working. So effectively we had a team of 8 or 9 very good midfielders trying to populate the entire field. And it worked out about as well as you'd expect. Morale suffered, attendance suffered, and there was really no light at the end of the tunnel for this season, given that even the introduction of Rapinoe would just add a player (admittedly a tremendously good player) at a position where they were already deep.
But on June 23, Rapinoe's first game on a team that was mired deep in last place, the Reign did something they hadn't done in months. They managed to not lose. And that kicked off a rather more promising second half of the season, which I'll cover in part 2.


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NGC 2514 (другие обозначения — UGC 4189, MCG 3-21-11, ZWG 88.22, IRAS08000+1556, PGC 22581) — спиральная галактика в созвездии Рака. Открыта Эдуардом Стефаном в 1885 году.

В 2019 году в галактике был обнаружен кандидат в сверхновые, что даёт расстояние до галактики в 69,3 мегапарсека.

Этот объект входит в число перечисленных в оригинальной редакции «Нового общего каталога».

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Blogspiration #5 - My Life Is A Fairytale That Will Never End.
I had a crush on a guy for 2 years (maybe I still have one, don't know). I didn't know his name, I didn't know what was he studying, I didn't know anything. He was the guy from the library - we all called him that (my friends and I).
I went to make my Erasmus for one year in Sicily and when I came back I went to the library in November. I completely forgot about this guy. I still like him, but I wasn't thinking about him at all. So I was in the library and was waiting for my copies of a book to finish my report and I was bored and anxious. My report was due to the next day and I had all the night long to write it. I was looking into a book to get some insight for my report when I got a feeling someone was watching me. I looked up.
It was one of that rare moments in your life when the whole world was forgotten. Everything was forgotten. He was looking at me. And I was looking at him. My heart literally stopped and then started in a speed I quite forgot how good it felt. I started blushing from my neck to my face. All the butterflies in the world started floating in my stomach. I couldn't breath. I couldn't look away. And he was still looking. At me.
It lasted for 10 seconds I guess, but I can say I think I figured out all the answers to the world in that 10 seconds. It was like magic.
I've read an article that said that "falling in love" is one moment. One short moment. But you can recall it forever. You stick with your partner forever, because of that moment.
So, in that moment I should have stand up, go to him and ask him to go and take a coffe with me. However, I didn't. I looked back in my book. And couldn't find myself to look up again. The moment was somehow lost, forever.
However, I did go to him, ask him to take a coffee with me, less than a month later, when my friend convinced me to go - I didn't want to - but all I could do was talking about him and he said I needed to go and do myself a favour to see where I stood. OMG, this was the biggest disaster of my life. I've chosen the worst moment ever. He was in a hurry and I was so nervous and when I asked him - I guess, he was in shock - he said he had a training and was in a hurry. And I said "ok, whatever, bye" LAME. Well, yeah. It was a disaster.
We never spoke again. And it was so so awkward everytime we saw each other later. So yeah, you get what I mean. But, after a year I can still perfectly picture that moment. And I guess, I will be able to picture it forever.
This is such a moving story. i'm sorry it didn't work out. I find it awkward to talk to people i see but don't really know. at least you took a chance, even though it failed. great story. thanks for sharing.
Aww, this is such a great story! Great because the quote actually meant something to you, and because you shared it - obviously not because things didn't work out the way you would have hoped. I guess that's something to remember; when the moment is there, take it, don't hide from it. Thanks for sharing!
"Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all"
Good for you, Nea! You put yourself out there and that's HARD. At least you can look back and KNOW that you tried, even if it didn't work out. He's the one who's probably kicking himself. His loss.
It's cliche but - that's HIS loss! :) I love your quote and I love that you were brave enough to put yourself out there and try. There's a certain amount of awesomeness in that.
Happy Sunday to you, Nea!
"It lasted for 10 seconds I guess, but I can say I think I figured out all the answers on the world in that 10 seconds. It was like magic."


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Brooklyn, NY, December 15, 2017 –(PR.com)– A Ukrainian national who belongs to the LGBT community was recently granted asylum by the U.S. government after a successful argument that despite democratic developments in Ukraine, the country and its government are still hostile towards the LGBT community.
Ms. Shautsova comments that "Like in many former Soviet Union countries, the anti-gay beliefs are strongly harbored in Ukrainian society. Despite the progress the country achieved within the last couple of years, physical and verbal violence against the gay and lesbian population is widespread and unpunished. Unfortunately, the 'Euromaidan revolution' has not changed much for the LGBT Ukrainians.
"The case at issue involved a client who was forced to leave their chosen occupation in Ukraine, hide true beliefs and preferences and was even physically assaulted all because of their LGBT affiliation. The value of asylum in the United States and its importance cannot be overstated. An asylee can file for adjustment of status and receive a permanent residency in the United States after holding asylum status for a year.
"This client's life was saved, and soon, there will be a 'Dr.' in front of the client's name. A client, a highly trained professional, who is on the way to becoming a doctor. Had the client stayed in Ukraine, there would have been, probably, a 'late' add-on in front of that name instead."
Ms. Shautsova is a New York Immigration attorney and can be reached at (917) 885-2261 or email [email protected]
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Friday night, midnight. And what am I doing? Writing. Because I'm so anxious, so excited and nervous and my mind can't stop thinking but can't focus either. I'm wired. So I'll take this opportunity to let it out. I'd be going all over this in my mind anyway, while attempting to fall asleep, in vain. I have a huge headache from all the anxiety. I'm shaking, getting hot flashes, cold sweats. My sleep has been deprived all week, yet it would be impossible for my brain to turn off right now.
Today was my last day at work for a little while – I'll be working remotely, but I won't be in the office for at least two weeks, maybe three. My last day at work with boobies. It felt monumental, like something I should write down. It almost felt like when high school graduation was approaching – you start counting your lasts. My last week. My last physics class. My last homework assignment. My last test. Then you turn your head and it's over. Fast forward to a few years and it's waaaaay over, and you hardly remember any of those moments, how you felt or what you were thinking. There's a vague inkling in the back of your brain, stored somewhere but too faded to distinguish. That's how I'm going to feel about all of this in a few years, and that's why I'm writing it down.
Last night I was discussing with my significant other how I don't really remember the days before the confusion. Or even during the confusion. Clearly through confusion I have been. However, once you know something, you can't un-know it. So my pre-trans-knowledge days are fuzzy. My pre-asexual days are long long gone, seeming so childish, like a youthful memory where one was barely gaining consciousness of the world. You don't remember anything of the times before you could remember something (your pre-conscious days). Every time I make a discovery, it's like a re-birth. Every conclusion makes me gain consciousness of something while crippling my memory of pre-conscious days, as if those memories had never formed in the first place.
I am thinking of everything and nothing. The anxiety has been mostly slipping through my unconscious, slowly seeping into aspects of my life, subtly affecting my sleep, my concentration, my procrastination. Curiously enough though, the surgery itself has not been consuming my thoughts. I have been a frantic, last minute search for any information I can find. Desperately I've sifted through dozens of transgender related blogs, trying to find someone out there, something that can quell this thirst for… for what? I don't know for what, but I'm information hungry and my brain feels it. My interests have been newly awakened, again, but this time with more force.
It's probable that, for the first time, I feel a need to connect to someone. I've sifted through forums online, forming an indirect conversation with anonymous avatars. Usually I end up too put off to comment, the conversation has de-railed into something irrelevant, and/or there's really nothing new being said. Reading blogs is mostly a one way conversation – I can't up and ask the blogger something about how they feel, then get a response, and do a nice back and forth, like a real tete-a-tete. I can only hope that they will post something today, now!, that I'll read it, and I'll feel satiated. Except I don't. I want to reach out and say, hey, I'm like you, sort of, let's talk! I want to ask questions for which I don't know the answer, and they might or might not, but at least we can commiserate in our misery of the unknown, or celebrate in the euphoria of a eureka.
As desperate as this may seem, I do in fact have real people to talk to. I have my significant other, whom I trust with every single molecular thought that crosses my brain. But it's not the same, because I'm transgender, she is not. And while she can read my mind, well.. that's exactly the problem. After a while we have a limited experience (my experience mostly) and there's only so much we can know and learn by just talking between us. So there's this unfulfilled need of mine to talk to someone about this, someone other than me and my other me (that's why she's my significant other).
If you feel this way in any way, take a moment to email me. Say anything. In fact, here's a template: "Hi! I'm bla bla (real or fake name). I read what you wrote on your blog, and you told me to contact you, so I am. [disclose as much information as you'd like]. I really don't know what else to say, but that's that. [And then ask me any questions if you'd like. Really, anything]". Of course, nobody really reads this blog anyway, except my significant other, and as I mentioned, we already talk to each other too much as it is.
And as my body approaches its last days as a fully featured female, I will begin to encounter my first firsts. My first time in surgery. My first time seeing my chest. My first time taking off my shirt. My first time of feeling rid of this burden that has haunted me throughout the years. My first time feeling like a big weight has been taken off my chest. What does that feel like? I'm about to find out, and I can't wait.
What blogs did you read? Because a few months ago I was trying to find more trans info, but I couldn't find anywhere that I felt comfortable. I feel like kind of a creep hanging out in FTM spaces even though, well, most people are binary, and transguys are going to have a lot of the transition info I need.
I've found very few neutrois-specific sites. It feels like there's a wealth of information on asexuality by comparison.
One of the silly questions I have about surgery is whether there was any issue regarding incontinence. Was the procedure short enough that they just told you to pee beforehand or whether you wore an incontinence pad or whether they put in a catheter (ew!!!!).
J.D., I had a fairly long surgery (5 hours) and they did not catheterize me. I peed before going into surgery and I guess when I got out but I really don't remember doing that. As far as I know, there were no incontinence issues and I do experience that occasionally. I don't think it's normal procedure to use a catheter for this surgery. At least, I've never heard of anyone having one. Hope that helps.
Thank you for this blog. As the mother of someone about to have top surgery, I have benefited from your questions, insights, and experiences. I am preparing a letter to family and friends, and will use your blog and the website as a resource.
Glad you've found this (very very very old) post useful! There are a few entries in the Featured Voices series written by nonbinary teens and by their parents.


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Q: Define tikz node based on pagenodes I want to define a tikz node called current grid area based on the nodes defined by the tikzpagenodes package. This node is a rectangle that contains the 4 nodes defined in the package; current page footer, current page header, current page text area and current page marginpar:
The north of the grid area should be the north of the header; the south should be the south of the footer. The east and west depend of the recto/verso page. In odd pages the west should be west of the text area and the east of the marginpar. In the even pages the west is the west of marginpar and the east the is the east of
the text area.
I extract the coordinate values of the corners of each area save them in global macros like \gl@globalgridareaw, \gl@globalgridareae ....
Then I build the node using the code to build current page in pgfmoduleshapes.code.tex.
Is part I don't understand very well :-),

% Special  current grid area bounding box rectangle:
\expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@ns@current grid area\endcsname{rectangle}
\expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@np@current grid area\endcsname{%
  \def\southwest{\pgfqpoint{\gl@globalgridareaw}{\gl@globalgridareas}}%
  \def\northeast{\pgfqpoint{\gl@globalgridareae}{\gl@globalgridarean}}%
}
% % TODO: Should I redefine this?
 \expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@nt@current grid area\endcsname{{1}{0}{0}{1}{0pt}{0pt}}
 \expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@pi@current grid area\endcsname{pgfpageorigin}
}

As the example bellow show the the node is not correctly defined. It seems that some offset should be added.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{tikzpagenodes}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\calculateparameters}{
    \noindent\tikz[remember picture,overlay]{\path (current page header area.north);%
    \pgfgetlastxy{\gl@discard}{\gl@gridarean}
    \path (current page footer area.south);
    \pgfgetlastxy{\gl@discard}{\gl@gridareas}
    \global\let\gl@globalgridareas\gl@gridareas%
    \global\let\gl@globalgridarean\gl@gridarean%
  }
    \checkoddpage

    \ifoddpage
    \noindent\tikz[remember picture,overlay]{
      \path (current page marginpar area.east);
      \pgfgetlastxy{\gl@gridareae}{\gl@discard}
      \path (current page text area.west);
      \pgfgetlastxy{\gl@gridareaw}{\gl@discard}
      \global\let\gl@globalgridareaw\gl@gridareaw%
      \global\let\gl@globalgridareae\gl@gridareae%
    }
    \else
    \tikz[remember picture,overlay]{
      \path (current page marginpar area.west);
      \pgfgetlastxy{\gl@gridareaw}{\gl@discard}
      \path (current page text area.east);
      \pgfgetlastxy{\gl@gridareae}{\gl@discard}
      \global\let\gl@globalgridareaw\gl@gridareaw%
      \global\let\gl@globalgridareae\gl@gridareae%
    }
    \fi

% Special  current grid area bounding box rectangle:
\expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@ns@current grid area\endcsname{rectangle}
\expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@np@current grid area\endcsname{%
  \def\southwest{\pgfqpoint{\gl@globalgridareaw}{\gl@globalgridareas}}%
  \def\northeast{\pgfqpoint{\gl@globalgridareae}{\gl@globalgridarean}}%
}
% % TODO: Should I redefine this?
 \expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@nt@current grid area\endcsname{{1}{0}{0}{1}{0pt}{0pt}}
 \expandafter\def\csname pgf@sh@pi@current grid area\endcsname{pgfpageorigin}
}

\makeatother

\begin{document}
\calculateparameters%
\noindent\tikz[<-,remember picture,overlay] {%
  \draw[red] (current grid area.south west) rectangle (current grid area.north);
}%

\tikz[remember picture,overlay] {%
\draw [blue,line width=2mm]
(current page.south west)
rectangle
(current page.north east);
\draw [green]
(current page text area.south west)
rectangle
(current page text area.north east);
\draw [yellow]
(current page marginpar area.south west)
rectangle
(current page marginpar area.north east);
\draw [red]
(current page header area.south west)
rectangle
(current page header area.north east);
\draw [orange]
(current page footer area.south west)
rectangle
(current page footer area.north east);
}%
\end{document}

A: The coordinate values you extract there (you could also use \pgfpointanchor{<node name>}{<anchor>} and then you would have the coordinates in the dimens \pgf@x and \pgf@y without the need to use TikZ) are the coordinates in the current TikZ picture (relative to that's origin).
But in \northeast and \southwest (the \savedanchors of a rectangle shape), the coordinates are needed in the local coordinate system of the node itself (which is in these cases the original coordinate system of the page {1}{0}{0}{1}{0pt}{0pt}).
If the \pgfpictureid of the current TikZ picture (where you access a node) is not the same as in the \pgf@sh@pi@<node name> macro (here pgfpageorigin) the difference between the current TikZ picture and the node's is added to the coordinates (this is where remember picture and the .aux file comes in play).
If you would extract all the needed coordinates in one TikZ picture, you could your definition of the current grid area node and use then
\expandafter\edef\csname pgf@sh@pi@current grid area\endcsname{\pgfpictureid}

(the transformation matrix will be the same anyway).
But then you could just use the fit library and do
\node[fit=(current page marginpar area)(current page footer area)(current page header area),
      inner sep=+0pt] (current grid area) {};

(there is still the need for doing this on every page do sort out even and odd ones).
Long story short:
I'd just use the values for the coordinate of the original page nodes from tikzpagenodes. These consist of a few calculations that consider the widths and heights of certain areas as well as separators between these areas.

I removed the geometry package from your example as it did bad things to the margin width (at least without any settings) in a two sided document.
Code
\documentclass[two side]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,tikzpagenodes}
\makeatletter
\@newtikzpagenode{current grid area}{%
 \def\southwest{\pgfpoint
  {\current@textarea@left\ifoddpageoroneside\else-\marginparsep-\marginparwidth\fi}
  {\paperheight-\current@textarea@top-\textheight-\footskip}}%
 \def\northeast{\pgfpoint
  {\current@textarea@left+\textwidth\ifoddpageoroneside+\marginparsep+\marginparwidth\fi}
  {\paperheight-\current@textarea@top+\headsep+\headheight}}%
}
\makeatother
\newcommand*\drawAreas[1][]{%
\tikz[
  remember picture, overlay,
  nodes={fill=white, fill opacity=.8, text opacity=1, inner ysep=+1pt},
  RECT/.style={to path={(\tikztostart.south west) rectangle
    node[##1] {\tikztostart} (\tikztostart.north east)}},
  #1] {%
  \draw [blue,line width=2mm](current page)                to[RECT] ();
  \draw [green]              (current page text area)      to[RECT] ();
  \draw [yellow!70!black]    (current page marginpar area) to[RECT={rotate=90}] ();
  \draw [red]                (current page header area)    to[RECT] ();
  \draw [orange]             (current page footer area)    to[RECT] ();
  \draw [black, ultra thick] (current grid area)           to[RECT] ();
}}
\begin{document}
\marginpar{\color{gray}\raggedleft\lipsum[2]}
\drawAreas

\vfill\pagebreak
\marginpar{\color{gray}\raggedright\lipsum[2]}
\drawAreas
\end{document}

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1,034bhp Naran Automotive hypercar set for May 2021 launch
New front-engined Naran hypercar will reach the UK next summer, and it'll be followed by an off-road 'Safari' variant
Naran Automotive has released a few more details about its first car, the Naran. It's a front- engined, 1,034bhp, GT3-inspired hypercar, which has been designed to rival the likes of the McLaren Speedtail and Aston Martin Vulcan.
Production of this particular model will be limited to just 49 examples. However, the company has already made plans for a run of 59 further cars that will be totally unique to their buyers, a V12-engined model and an off-road focussed 'Safari' variant – all of which will be released within the next four years.
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The company has given a rough starting price of £900,000, extending up to £1.6 million with extensive customisation options chosen.
The project is funded by the Indian-Zimbabwean businessman Ameerh Naran. He's supported by former Jaguar Land Rover engineer Steve Pegg, as well as automotive designer Jowyn Wong – who is best known for his work on the Apollo IE.
Naran hypercar: design and chassis
Unlike most hypercars, the Naran's engine is mounted up front rather than over the rear axle. However, it's a front-mid setup, meaning the engine sits behind the front axle rather than directly over it. This should improve the car's weight distribution.
To help keep development costs low, Naran Automotive has partnered with BMW on the Naran, repurposing and re-engineering some of the German brand's engine, chassis and electrical architecture for its new hypercar.
The Naran's crash structure is shared with the BMW M8, although the front chassis and subframe have been specially developed for the project to allow the engine to be mounted in a front-mid configuration.
Aside from not being mid-engined, the Naran's design follows the traditional hypercar rulebook, sporting a low nose, flared haunches and an enormous rear wing. The company also says that much of the car's body is made from a blend of carbon fibre and natural flax, which help to keep its kerb-weight below 1,500kg.
Naran Automotive also says that the car's various wings and aero appendages are more than just for show – at speed, the Naran will generate a claimed 1,377kg of downforce, which is more than what a GT3 racer can muster.
When asked if there was any chance of Naran Automotive following Ferrari and Lamborghini into the SUV market, Ameerh Naran said: "None. We're doing an off-road version of the same size, though. Think 911 Safari – that's our idea of an SUV. If we do off-road cars, it'll be just an off-road version of a high performance car.
Ameerh kept most of the project's specifics secretive for the time being but, from what we understand, the upcoming Naran "Safari" will share the same body as the road-going variant, but feature a jacked-up suspension system, some bigger wheel arches and a tweaked version of the standard car's four-wheel-drive system.
However, it's customisation where the Naran really gets into its stride. The company's options list for the current car is exhaustive, stretching to bespoke paint finishes, a choice of exterior trim and a broad range of upholstery finishes for the cabin.
If they've got the money, buyers can even have personalised engravings on the underside of the engine's pistons – and Naran Automotive will allow its customers to give their cars their own unique model name, drawing on a convention normally reserved for luxury yachts.
Naran hypercar: engines and drivetrains
The car's 1,034bhp twin-turbocharged 5.0-litre V8 engine starts life as a BMW unit – the same 616bhp 4.4-litre unit used in the BMW M8. To add more than 400bhp to the engine's output, specialist Racing Dynamics strip the block back to its bare bones, increase its capacity and fill it with strengthened forged components.
The engine has a torque figure of 1,036Nm, and despite the drastic increase in performance over the standard BMW engine.
Like the M8, the Naran's engine is hitched to an adaptive all-wheel drive system, which sends power to all four wheels under standard running conditions. However, the Naran also comes with a setting which can send 100 per cent of the engine's power to the rear wheels, for what the company calls a "more challenging driving experience."
The Naran's V8 engine will be followed by a V12 option in the near future, which the company has also borrowed from BMW. It'll be a heavily uprated version of the 6.75-litre engine used by Rolls-Royce.
To cope with the engine's power, the Naran's chassis features plenty of motorsport-derived hardware, such as lightweight 22-inch hybrid-carbon wheels, double wishbone suspension, adjustable Ohlins dampers, and enormous carbon ceramic brakes. There's even manual adjustment for the car's anti-roll bars and camber arms.
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