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Watts Video Shows He Has a Ways to Go in Texas
by Stuart Rothenberg August 2, 2007 · 12:05 AM EDT
Having watched thousands of campaigns over the past couple of decades, I have come to understand that the candidate you meet in July of the off-year is not always the same person you see again 15 months later. Candidates, and their campaigns, often improve with experience, and they start to look better if and when their opponents start to fade.
Texas Senate hopeful Mikal Watts is getting plenty of attention these days because he has committed to putting as much as $10 million behind his bid for the Democratic nomination (against state Rep. Rick Noriega, a favorite of some in the party's net roots) and his challenge to incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R).
A number of weeks ago, I noted my skepticism about whether Cornyn is beatable next year, and I'm not yet ready to change that tune. Yes, the Senator's job rating in one June survey wasn't intimidating, but most Republicans, and more than a few Democrats, have seen their numbers slide as a result of the public's dissatisfaction with the state of the nation. We don't yet know what the situation will be like next October.
But my doubts about Democratic prospects in the race don't mean I am ignoring the contest. Being a handicapper requires that I re-evaluate and reassess. And if, at some point, I'm convinced Cornyn is in serious trouble, I'll be more than happy to note it.
I haven't yet met Watts, so I have little to judge him by except for his campaign bank account — currently standing at more than $4 million — and his Web site.
His money obviously is impressive. But money rarely is enough. If it were the only thing that mattered, Michael Huffington (R) would have been elected to the Senate from California in 1994, Al Checchi (D) would have been elected governor of that state in 1998 (or at least won the Democratic nomination), Blair Hull (D) would now be a senator from Illinois and Tony Sanchez (D) might have come close in his Texas gubernatorial bid in 2002.
So Watts' wallet gets my attention, but where do I look after that? His video is one of the few things on his Web site, other than a bunch of photographs of early campaign events, a bio and a donation form. So I watched it.
The first half of the four-minute, 15 second video is straightforward enough. Watts introduces himself and talks about his education, his parents, his own family and his interest in public service. He's a trial lawyer, so it's not surprising that he's poised, articulate and polished.
The second half of the video probably is the silliest, most transparent attempt to deliver a message I have ever seen.
Watts wants us to know that he is a "fighter" and a "leader," and he apparently thinks that viewers of his video are a little dense. You'd either have to be in a coma or not understand English to miss Watts' message. The Democratic hopeful uses a form of the word "fight" 11 times in the last two minutes and 15 seconds of the video. And he uses a form of the word "leader" another eight times during that same period.
In one section of the video lasting 37 seconds, Watts uses the word "fighter" six times — an average of once every 6.17 seconds:
"I have been a fighter my entire career, fighting for the rights of average, working families here in Texas. And I have proven that I will stay in that fight and give it my all until we win. Texans are looking for a Senator who is a leader, who will fight for them. Someone who will fight for families here in Texas rather than special interests there in Washington. I am certain that as we travel around the state and see more and more good Texans, that my message of real leadership and real change in Washington is a message that is going to hit home here in Texas. I am confident that Texans will join me in this fight."
There are plenty of attributes that voters want in their candidates. They certainly want leaders and, at least now, forces for change. I certainly wouldn't criticize Watts or any candidate for mentioning them. It's the way he talks about them that is so aggravating. It sounds as if he thinks he's the first guy to run on those buzzwords.
And there are other things in the video, such as his statement, "I have traveled around all portions of Texas, and I have talked to hundreds of Texans — hundreds and hundreds of them actually."
The 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate of the population of Texas was 23,507,783. Watts says that he has spoken to "hundreds and hundreds" of Texans. He might have waited until he had talked to at least "thousands and thousands" of Texans before deciding that he had an idea what people in the state want.
Then there is his comment that Texans have "come to expect leaders" like Lyndon Johnson, not "partisans like John Cornyn." Well, Cornyn may very well be a partisan, but Johnson wasn't one? Is he kidding?
I'm not certain whether Watts' rhetoric is classic political boilerplate or an effort to neutralize the positioning of Noriega, a state legislator and veteran of the war in Afghanistan. If and when I meet Watts, I may have a completely different view of him and his prospects. But for now, I'd suggest that he re-do his video, making it more professional and more thoughtful.
This story first appeared in Roll Call, RollCall.com on July 30, 2007.


IFA Foundation Honored the Best, Most Innovative Community Leaders and Charitable Programs across the U.S.
The International Franchise Association's (IFA) Foundation announced today the winners of its fourth annual Franchising Gives Back Awards, who were honored at an awards dinner on Sept. 4 in Washington, D.C. Established by a generous donation from Roark Capital Group, Franchising Gives Back salutes the best, most innovative community leaders and charitable programs nationwide.
Spirit of Franchising Award: A Novel Idea LLC (Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon franchisee) benefiting San Antonio Clubhouse – A Novel Idea is San Antonio Clubhouse's longest-serving corporate partner, raising more than $100,000 for the organization, sponsoring $15,000 in matching grants and, employing 30-35 Clubhouse members through the organization's Transitional Employment program at Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon locations.
Enduring Impact Award: Molly Maid benefiting Ms. Molly Foundation – Each year, Molly Maid spearheads their annual "Making a Difference Drive" to support victims of domestic violence. Molly Maid chartered the Ms. Molly Foundation in 1996 and has since raised more than $2.8 million for over 120 shelters, safe houses, and domestic violence agencies across America. Approximately 80 percent of locally owned and operated Molly Maid franchise offices raise and donate funds and collect personal care items to donate to local community safe houses and agencies.
Support Our Veterans Award: Jersey Mike's Subs LA Co-Op benefiting Jersey Mike's Month of Giving – Operation Gratitude – Operation Gratitude is a military-base charity that sends individually addressed care packages to our military deployed overseas and their children left behind, as well as first responders, new recruits, veterans, and wounded heroes. To date, the Jersey Mike's Los Angeles Co-Op has raised more than $2.4M for Operation Gratitude during the company-wide annual charitable initiative Month of Giving. These funds have helped support the non-profit organization's mission and paid for the shipping of 170,000 care packages.
Innovation and Impact Award: Uptown Cheapskate benefiting Charity Fill-A-Bag Event for BuildOn – Uptown Cheapskate has raised over $360,000 through the Fill A Bag Event to support charity partner, BuildOn, which builds schools in some of the most under-served areas in the world. Schools constructed in Mali, Senegal, Nicaragua, Nepal, Burkina Faso, and Haiti will benefit those communities for decades to come. The Charity Fill-A- Bag event converts clearance and donated merchandise directly into cash by selling a $15 bag that customers stuff full of product.
The Newcomer Award: College Hunks Hauling Junk benefiting Hauling Away Hunger Project for Feeding Children Everywhere – Both College Hunks and Feeding Children Everywhere share the same commitment to sustainability. College Hunks helps support this mutual commitment by deploying "Hunks", who were already located throughout the country to help set up the Hunger Projects. In 2017, College Hunks had the goal of 300,000 meals donated within one year. To date, more than 400,000 meals have been donated, putting College Hunks ahead of the game as they continue to work towards their goal of one million meals by 2020.
The IFA Foundation has been building a national registry to profile franchise businesses and their charitable initiatives nationwide. Franchisees who are members of the IFA and have made exceptional contributions to their community are encouraged to take the opportunity to be acknowledged for their support efforts. Members can do so by visiting franchisinggivesback.org, where they can submit details about their charitable activities — including hours volunteered and money donated — as well as upcoming events, news, and blog posts.
Franchising Gives Back depends on donations to the IFA Foundation. For more information on contributing to Franchising Gives Back through its partner program — including sponsorship opportunities for the Annual Awards event — please visit franchisinggivesback.org/who-we-are/partners/. For more information on the awards winners and Franchising Gives Back, please visit www.franchisinggivesback.org. For more information on the awards winners and Franchising Gives Back, please visit www.franchisinggivesback.org.
Celebrating 35 years of education, research and excellence, the International Franchise Association Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and supported through the generous contributions of IFA members and others. The Foundation's mission is to advance franchising and the free enterprise system by increasing the knowledge and professional standards of all members of the franchising community; educating the next generation of franchise practitioners; increasing recognition of franchising's key role in the free enterprise system; and providing comprehensive information and research about important developments and trends in franchising.
The International Franchise Association is the world's oldest and largest organization representing franchising worldwide. IFA works through its government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising and the more than 745,000 franchise establishments that support nearly 7.9 million direct jobs, $713.2 billion of economic output for the U.S. economy and 3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). IFA members include franchise companies in over 300 different business format categories, individual franchisees and companies that support the industry in marketing, law, technology and business development.
Roark focuses on franchised and multi-unit business models in the retail, restaurant, consumer and business services sectors. Since inception, affiliates of Roark have invested in 62 franchise/multi-unit brands which collectively generate $27 billion in annual system revenues from 29,000 locations in 50 states and 78 countries. Roark's current brands include Anytime Fitness, Arby's, Batteries Plus Bulbs, Buffalo Wild Wings, CKE Restaurants (the owner of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's), Corner Bakery, Driven Brands (the owner of Maaco, Meineke, CARSTAR, 1-800-Radiator and Take 5 Oil Change), Drybar, FOCUS Brands (the owner of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Carvel Ice Cream, Cinnabon, McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's), Great Expressions Dental Centers, Il Fornaio, Jimmy John's, Jim 'N Nick's, Massage Envy, Miller's Ale House, Naf Naf Grill, Orangetheory Fitness, Pet Retail Brands (the owner of Pet Supermarket and Pet Valu), Primrose Schools and Waxing the City. For more information, please visit www.roarkcapital.com.


Michael Moore Funeral Directors of Southbourne, Havant and Waterlooville provide a dedicated, caring and compassionate service for families in and around Hampshire, and have been catering for families within the local community for a number of years. We are a proudly independent and local family firm of funeral directors and every funeral that we look after is personally overseen and attended to by our owner and Principal Funeral Director, Leslie Wigman. At Michael Moore Funeral Directors we work with dignity and professionalism to provide the best possible care and attention for your loved one. We continually endeavour to provide the same level of care for your loved ones as we would wish for our own. Our highly-trained staff of funeral professionals are capable, caring and attentive and will listen sympathetically to your all your needs and wishes. At all times we work with dignity and respect towards you, your family and the deceased. We always, of course, respect the decisions made by each and every family who comes to us for help. Michael Moore Funeral Directors proudly provide a wide range of funeral services for both burials and cremation which include a range of advice and assistance with forms and documentation, a collection of coffins to select from, funeral transport and vehicles, floral tributes, use of our private chapel of rest if required, repatriation, memorial masonry and more. As your funeral directors, we are here to help and advise in whatever way we can. We are dedicated professionals who provide a personal service to you 24 hours a day throughout the year, meaning we can be contacted whenever you need us most. Our office in Havant can be found on North Street.


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I just tested from my business email and all seemed in order.
I repeat my private email in case I made a typo and also my business email if the former still refuses you.
Hope one of these work for you.
I have a 403, the oldest number L'aventure Peugeot have seen. I am hoping to confirm it is the car displayed at the 55 Sydney motorshow. Your book sounds interesting.
Hi Russell, really enjoy the history you unearth. Blakeleys had a saw and guillotine sharpening factory in Punt Rd Fitzroy near Johnston st up to 1980s dont know if they are still there.


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Robinson delivers 2 more Cadets to University of North Dakota
Posted on May 9, 2019 ; Robinson Helicopter Company Press Release
On May 8, Robinson Helicopter Company delivered two R44 Cadets to the University of North Dakota (UND). The bright green and yellow helicopters are the latest additions to the University's growing fleet of Cadets.
The acquisition of the new R44 Cadets attests to UND's commitment to transitioning to an all R44 training fleet. Robinson Photo
As with the two previously acquired Cadets, purchased in 2017 and 2018, the new Cadets will be used for training at UND's helicopter division located at the Grand Forks, North Dakota, campus. The acquisition attests to UND's commitment to transitioning to an all R44 helicopter training fleet.
UND's chief helicopter instructor Wes Van Dell said, "By the fall of 2019, all incoming students will train in Cadets. The performance of the Cadet has been excellent in both the summer and winter months. The students particularly like the aircraft's ease of operation and advanced avionics."
In 2018, 30 students in the helicopter division received ratings, ranging from private to certified flight instructor (CFI), and logged more than 1,200 hours in Cadets.
The new aircraft are equipped for visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR) training with a fully integrated glass cockpit featuring Garmin's G500H 1060 TXi (touchscreen) flight display, GTN 750 GPS/COM/NAV, and GTX 345 transponder with ADS-B In/Out.
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The first movie, The Reef (also known as Shark Bait) was released way back in 2007. It told the story of Pi, a young fish who became separated from his parents and years later ends up living on a tropical reef where he falls in love with celebrity fish Cordelia. Of course the path of true love never runs smooth and a nasty shark, Troy tries to win Cordelia. Pi learns martial arts from Nerissa, a turtle and eventually fights off Troy and lives happily ever after with Cordelia.
The sequel to The Reef - Reef 2: High Tide was released in the US a year ago and has been released in a number of other countries over the past 12 months however it goes on release in UK and Ireland this Friday, 25th October 2013.
The main characters are back again for the sequel with Pi being the main character. In the first movie Pi was voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr, however Drake Bell takes the voice for the sequel. Cordelia, Pi's other half is back and played by Busy Phillips, having been played by Evan Rachel Woods in the original movie and the shark, Troy is again voiced by Donal Logue.
The sequel sees Pi and Coreilia with a young son, Junior who is voiced by Frankie Jonas (of Jonas brothers fame).
The turtle Nerissa is also back and is again voiced by Rob Schneider. A new character, Ronny appears in the reef and he is voiced by Jamie Kennedy.
With Troy having been fought off in the first movie and Pi having won his love interest away from him Troy returns to the reef to exact revenge. Troy and his shark gang await high tide to attack the residents of the reef. Having learnt martial arts in the first movie from his mentor, Nerissa the turtle, Pi decides that he cannot fight off Troy the shark by himself and sets to work training the others on the reef in the art of water fu.
Ronny, a new fish on the scene arrives on the reef and begins to distract the reef residents. He throws out new ideas to protect the reef but secretly he is a spy for Troy. Eventually Troy captures Cordelia and it is up to Pi and his son junior to save her with the help of his newly trained friends and let all the creatures of the reef return to their peaceful existence.
The first movie was considered a commerical flop. Many have drawn comparison to more successful movies such as Finding Nemo and Shark Tale.
If you had kids loving the first movie, 6 years on they are likely to be almost too grown up for the sequel, Reef 2. However, Reef 2 can be watched without seeing the first.
The sequel so far hasn't wowed the critics but if you have young kids it is sure to entertain as a cute, well animated movie and at 80 minutes long it is perfect length to keep little ones attention.
Catch The Reef 2: High Tide in cinemas from Friday or given its release over a year ago it is already available on DVD.


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Governor Northam Announces Grant for Substance Use Recovery Programs at Virginia Colleges and Universities
For Immediate Release: October 30, 2019
Contacts: Office of the Governor: Alena Yarmosky, Alena.Yarmosky@governor.virginia.govOffice of the Governor: Alena Yarmosky, Alena.Yarmosky@governor.virginia.gov | Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services: Meghan McGuire, Meghan.McGuire@dbhds.virginia.gov
Funding awarded to Virginia Commonwealth University to develop and implement programs at eight universities
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam announced today that the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) has awarded $675,000 of federal State Opioid Response (SOR) grant funding to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to help expand substance use recovery programs at eight universities across the state.
"Young people who are often living away from home for the first time can be particularly vulnerable, and college campuses can be difficult places if you're trying to avoid drinking or using substances," said Governor Northam. "Collegiate recovery programs provide critical resources to help students in recovery have a successful college experience and give them the tools they need to be healthy and thriving well beyond graduation."
A collegiate recovery program (CRP) is an institutionally sanctioned and supported organization that provides a dedicated space and supportive environment for college students who are in recovery from substance use disorders. VCU's CRP, Rams in Recovery, will serve as a model for and provide guidance and oversight to eight partner schools as they develop and broaden their on-campus recovery communities. The participating schools include Longwood University, Radford University, University of Mary Washington, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Union University, and Washington and Lee University.
"We only had a couple students coming in when we started Rams in Recovery, but we saw impacts almost immediately as the university and individual donors invested more in the program," said Rams in Recovery Program Coordinator Tom Bannard. "Students thrive once you start supporting them in recovery. Their success attracts other struggling students into the program and they motivate other people in recovery to come back to school. It's a wonderful cycle to watch."
Federal SOR grants from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provide targeted assistance to states that are battling the ongoing opioid crisis. The Commonwealth has now received SAMHSA grants to combat the opioid epidemic for three consecutive years, totaling nearly $40 million.
"Substance use disorder remains one of the most critical issues facing our Commonwealth," said Secretary of Health and Human Resources Daniel Carey, MD. "Collegiate recovery programs offer individuals a safe and supportive community that meets them where they are in their recovery, which is crucial to their future success both on campus and off."
"Programs that meet the bio-psycho-social needs of Virginia's college students are important, as they provide a foundation for students to learn, grow, and complete their degree programs," said Secretary of Education Atif Qarni. "Collegiate recovery programs help create a strong foundation for student success by providing nurturing communities for students as they seek and maintain recovery."
"DBHDS has prioritized collegiate recovery in its use of federal grants aimed at combatting the nationwide opioid epidemic," said Acting DBHDS Commissioner Mira Signer. "This investment will offer a healthy, stable environment for those who need access to on-campus recovery communities. The big-picture payoff is with more security in their substance use recovery, these students will have a better chance of graduating and remaining in recovery well beyond their college years."
Over the next two years, each of the eight schools will receive support in the manner of site visits, daylong retreats, and monthly collaboration calls to help develop the programs and implement programming, expand outreach strategies, and coordinate on-campus services. Staff members will be trained to deliver recovery ally training in addition to being connected to a national network of collegiate recovery professionals.


Hegemonic attitudes about Aboriginal Peoples need to change.
REGINA (CUP) — In the early days of the treaties, there was the pass system. While the pass system is long gone, the ideas behind it still remain a part of government policy. This needs to change.
The pass system required that anything a Treaty Indian wanted to do off-reserve be accompanied by a pass given by the local Indian Agent. Anything and everything was required to have a pass, including selling of agricultural products, buying equipment and even extended time off reserve.
While the proclaimed intent was to be able to track and monitor Indian activity for success under government programs, it was used as a means to control and hamper Indian activity.
Despite numerous reports that First Nations people are the fastest growing population in Saskatchewan, and that business and government should be looking towards creating opportunities for Aboriginal people to take advantage of the growing employment opportunities that are occurring daily in our province, the Saskatchewan Party has been negligent in providing those opportunities.
In fact, the best use the Saskatchewan Party has for Aboriginal people in their province is as a wedge issue in recent attack ads aimed at the New Democratic Party about resource sharing. The sad fact remains that it is beneficial to the government to continue its use of systemic racism to control and undermine the Aboriginal people of our province, just as they did a hundred years ago with the pass system.
If Aboriginal people are successful on reserve, it reverses hundreds of years of stereotypes and assumptions. It would provide solid proof that it is not Aboriginals who have failed to assimilate, but instead a government that has failed to live up to their end of hundreds of years of agreements and sharing. This should be obvious.
Success on reserve for Aboriginal people would undermine and destroy the entire cultural myth of Canada, of a great land misused by "savages" and settled peaceably by a benevolent white society who brought civilization and progress to backwards and uncultured beings. The destruction of the cultural myth might be a bold statement, but it is true because it seems Canada does not want Aboriginals to succeed.
Every opportunity promised by the multiple layers of Canadian government has been used to further hamper and restrict the lives of First Nations people. Every court case won ensuring the rights of Aboriginals to those promised by treaty has been spun into policies to limit what First Nations people can do. Every single promise made to First Nations people when it comes to giving a little to get a lot has been broken.
The conversion of First Nations to farmers was destroyed by using the pass system to delay equipment, seed and opportunities for sale. The Calder decision, which said that treaty rights did not flow from the largesse of the Crown but instead by the fact that First Nations were the first people of Canada, was spun into policies to restrict reserve activities to those that were only 'traditional,' as defined by the Canadian government.
When our families were asked to fight in Canada's wars, they were promised that land claims would be settled, yet instead it was used as a means to try to privatize reserve land.
The government systems throughout the history of our country feel as if they have been aimed at making sure Aboriginal people would fail. When the NDP point out that the Saskatchewan Party has not met its promised obligations to provide greater employment opportunities through training and education, my first response is not to fight, but to ask, what's new?
This may seem like a long list of complaints and excuses, but let's remember that for every $12 dollars spent on a non-Aboriginal student, only $7 is spent on an Aboriginal student; for every small community that gets to benefit from the financial benefit of nearby resource development, reserves are kept from creating the businesses that would allow them to benefit as well.
Saskatchewan spends millions on programs like Sask Jobs to retrain and place workers, including programs in smaller communities, yet never once have these same programs been offered on reserve. Our society has placed a high value on keeping people working, as long as they are not Aboriginal.
Reserves are not looking for handouts. First Nations people do not want to watch their youth grow up poorly educated and bored, left to live a poverty-laden existence on the fringes of society.
First Nations people are only asking for the exact same opportunities that everyone else has, and that were promised in the treaties. Our government and society need to let go of their false image of who First Nations are, to discard the myriad of stereotypes and lies and to accept them as what they say they are.
Simply put: First Nations people want to do what is required to build successful communities and people, if only they'd be given the opportunity.


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Reginald Tustin Baker   (4 July 1900 – 18 December 1966) was an English organist and composer.

Biography

Baker was born in 1900 in Gloucester, the son of Albert William Baker (b. 1860) and Emily Jane Tustin (1861–1918).  He studied organ under Herbert Brewer at Gloucester Cathedral and became his assistant from 1920–26, after fighting in the British Army during the First World War.

He died in December 1966 in Sheffield Cathedral following Evening Prayer.

Appointments

Assistant organist of Gloucester Cathedral 1920–26
Organist of St. Luke's Church, San Francisco 1926–28
Organist of Hexham Abbey 1928–29
Organist of Halifax Minster after 1929–37
Organist of Sheffield Cathedral 1939–66

Compositions

His compositions include:
Evening Service in D
Communion Service in A flat
Anthems: At the Lord's High Feast, The Lord in my Shepherd, Bow thine ear.
Choral songs: Sleep Holy Babe, Christ was born on Christmas Day, Sing O Sing, I wandered lonely as a cloud.

References

1900 births
1966 deaths
English organists
British male organists
Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century English composers
20th-century organists
20th-century British male musicians
20th-century British musicians

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Q: Proof that in a smooth manifold every open set has same cardinality? The manifold of $\Bbb R^n$ with its usual topology certainly has this property, every open set has the same size as every other open set, so there exists a bijection between any two open sets. But, does the fact that a smooth manifold is locally homeomorphic to some euclidean space imply that every open set has same cardinality?
I'm not able to prove it because the definition says that it is locally homeomorphic, but I think it is because every open set has a representation, in one chart or another so it must be the same as some open set in $\Bbb R^n$. Is this right?

A: Assuming you require your manifolds to be second-countable, then it is true that every nonempty open subset of a manifold of positive dimension has cardinality $2^{\aleph_0}$.  Indeed, suppose $M$ is a manifold of dimension $n>0$.  Since $M$ is a manifold, it has a basis of open sets that are homeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^n$ (and thus have cardinality $2^{\aleph_0}$.  By second-countability, this basis can be chosen to be countable.  Any open subset of $M$ is a union of countably many basis sets.  So, any open subset has cardinality at most $\aleph_0\cdot 2^{\aleph_0}=2^{\aleph_0}$.  Conversely, any nonempty open subset contains at least one basis set and so has cardinality at least $2^{\aleph_0}$.
(Of course, this is false for $0$-dimensional manifolds since you could take a discrete space of any countable cardinality which has open subsets of all smaller cardinalities.  It also fails if you do not require second-countability since then you could take a disjoint union of more than $2^{\aleph_0}$ copies of $\mathbb{R}^n$.)

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Welcome to South End Uncorked.
South End UNCORKED, makes its home in the heart of downtown New Canaan and provides a new space for guests to take a break from their everyday lives. From the storefront it doesn't look too out of the ordinary, however walk down the side alley and enter through a back entrance and the door opens to an intimate stylish bar with a modern speakeasy vibe. With quality and passion always a priority, proprietor and executive chef, Nick Martschenko, builds on his expertise offering delectable small plates- perfect for snacking or sharing- along with beer, wine and water, all served on tap! A superior, craft cocktail menu is highlighted with a nod to classic cocktails all concocted with a South End UNCORKED twist. Guests can also enjoy an extensive "shot" program where partakers may pick their poison by the ounce. With quality and passion always a priority, Martschenko offers fresh, locally sourced, organic ingredients and creating unique small plates and entrees in a relaxed, laid-back and fun locale. Stylish yet simply designed, the restaurant's bar, high-tops and communal seating is the perfect neighborhood place to relax and imbibe solo or with friends. An outdoor patio provides additional space to enjoy snacks and taps and special events for fine-weather days. With an uncontrived authenticity, South End UNCORKED is a neighborhood escape where one can feel at home while enjoying a deliciously prepared cocktail and meal.
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South End Uncorked is located at 15 Elm Street in New Canaan, Connecticut. Call 203-920-1212 or use the form below to contact us.


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Q: How do i get and use information from a Sqlite database in android This is my code and my CarsDbHelper, CarsContract for my CarsEntry.
It has no problems, but I am unsure from here on how to use information I have put in a Sqlite database.
String current_car_name = "TOYOTA YARIS";
String current_car_colour = "GREY";
int current_car_age = 3;

CarsDbHelper mDbHelper = new CarsDbHelper(this);

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    SQLiteDatabase db = mDbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
    values.put(CarsEntry.COLUMN_NAME,current_car_name);
    values.put(CarsEntry.COLUMN_COLOUR,current_car_colour);
    values.put(CarsEntry.COLUMN_AGE,current_car_age);
    long newRowId = db.insert(CarsEntry.TABLE_NAME, null, values);
}

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        CarsEntry.COLUMN_NAME,
        CarsEntry.COLUMN_COLOUR,
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I am still a bit confused on how to input this data into my TextViews.

You type in them... Did you mean get values out of them?
First off, the purpose of the "helper" object is to help you not expose a SQLiteDatabase object.
Make a Car class and an addCar(Car car) method in your helper.
public long addCar(Car car) {
    SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase();

    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
    values.put(CarsEntry.COLUMN_NAME,car.getName());
    values.put(CarsEntry.COLUMN_COLOUR,car.getColour());
    values.put(CarsEntry.COLUMN_AGE,car.getAge());

    long newRowId = db.insert(CarsEntry.TABLE_NAME, null, values);
    return newRowId;
}

Then, in the Activity, you need to set the helper in onCreate, not outside
CarsDbHelper mDbHelper;
TextView mCarName, mCarColour, mCarAge;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    mCarName = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.name);
    mCarColour = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.colour);
    mCarAge = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.age);

    mDbHelper = new CarsDbHelper(this);  // Moved in here
}

public void button (View view) {
    String name = mCarName.getText().toString();
    String colour = mCarColour.getText().toString();
    String age = mCarAge.getText().toString();

    Car c = new Car(name, colour, Integer.parseInt(age));
    mDbHelper.addCar(c); // This is the helper method
}

If you want to get data out of the database, you need a ListView and an Adapter (such as CursorAdapter)
If you would like to not mess with the details of raw SQLite, see the Room Persistence library

A: First, you should create db instance in onCreate Function.
Cursor cursor = db.query(
TABLE_NAME,                     // The table to query
projection,                               // The columns to return
selection,                                // The columns for the WHERE clause
selectionArgs,                            // The values for the WHERE clause
null,                                     // don't group the rows
null,                                     // don't filter by row groups
sortOrder                                 // The sort order
);

Copied from Android Dev Site.
You will get cursor, iterate through it as follows:
if(!cursor.moveToFirst())
   //No Data
//cache columns indexes in integers
int idIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("id");
...
while(cursor.moveToNext()){
  String id = cursor.getString(id); //Same for boolean, Int, long, etc.
  ...
}
//Never forget to close cursor
cursor.close();


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This National Park listed on the Australian National Heritage List is a mere three hours from Melbourne. The park showcases a series of sandstone mountain ranges that appear to lean on one another, and which form an ideal location for a series of waterfalls and cascades, and provide some amazing views of the valley below.
In September 2013, I took a few days off from work to spend some time with my family in this amazingly beautiful region. I shot 7,450 individual images in the process of creating this time-lapse video over a period of three days.
While I wasn't blessed with the best weather during my visit (it remained mostly overcast and foggy, with only half a day's worth of bright sunshine), the experience was quite different from my previous visit in December 2010 which was made of hot, dry days, and freezing cold mornings at both the Boroka lookout and Reids lookout.


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Tory anger as Philip Hammond says second Brexit referendum 'deserves to be considered'
Emilio Casalicchio
Philip Hammond has sparked immediate anger as he said a second Brexit referendum "deserves to be considered".
Chancellor Philip Hammond
The Chancellor said a fresh vote on European Union membership was a "coherent position" and could be put before MPs in the Commons next week.
But his comments triggered a swift backlash from Government aide Mark Pritchard, who said he was "fed up of Cabinet ministers freelancing".
Fresh Cabinet split as Philip Hammond blasts 'self-indulgent' coup against Theresa May
Furious Tory backbenchers break cover and call for Theresa May to quit
Theresa May 'facing Cabinet plot' to replace her with David Lidington or Michael Gove
It makes Mr Hammond the most senior Government minister to speak positively about the prospect of a second EU referendum, amid a Brexit deadlock in Westminster.
Theresa May has repeatedly ruled out a new public poll - arguing it would split the country which already made its feelings known in 2016.
Bur Mr Hammond noted that MPs were set to vote on different Brexit options in the Commons next week and another referendum should be one of them.
"I'm not sure there is a majority in Parliament in support of a second referendum but it is a perfectly coherent proposition," he told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday show on Sky News.
"Many people will be strongly opposed to it but it is a coherent proposition and it deserves to be considered along with the other proposals that you've got on the list."
But Mr Pritchard, who serves as a prime ministerial trade envoy, swiftly hit back on Twitter: "Party members and MPs fed up of Cabinet Members freelancing. There will be no 2nd Referendum. Period."
It comes after more than 1 million people were said to have attended a march in London calling for a second EU referendum.
Meanwhile, Mr Hammond lashed out at Cabinet colleagues he accused of plotting a "self-indulgent" coup to topple the Prime Minister in a bid to break the Brexit impasse.
He was joined by Education Secretary Damian Hinds, who told the BBC Radio 5 LIve show Pienaar's Politics changing the leader "doesn't help things".
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Official: Virgin Atlantic Launching Austin Flights
Yesterday I wrote about how it was rumored that Virgin Atlantic would launch a new route between London and Austin. There's an update — this route has now been confirmed.
Virgin Atlantic launching new US route
My take on Virgin Atlantic's Austin flight
In early December 2021, Virgin Atlantic's Chief Commercial Officer revealed that the airline was finalizing plans to launch a new route to the United States. The intent was for the route to launch in the summer of 2022, and it's a destination that was described as serving both "leisure and business travellers" (then again, which route doesn't?).
There has been a lot of speculation about what Virgin Atlantic's next destination could be. People threw around all kinds of potential cities, from Austin, to Houston, to Minneapolis, to Portland, to Salt Lake City, to San Diego, to Tampa.
Well, it's now official. As of May 25, 2022, Virgin Atlantic will launch a new 4x weekly flight between London (LHR) and Austin (AUS). The flight will operate with the following schedule:
VS231 London to Austin departing 11:35AM arriving 4:05PM
VS232 Austin to London departing 6:05PM arriving 9:00AM (+1 day)
The flight will operate in both directions on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. The 4,915 mile flight is blocked at 10hr30min westbound and 8hr55min eastbound.
Virgin Atlantic will be launching flights to Austin
Virgin Atlantic will use a Boeing 787-9 for the route, featuring 258 seats. This includes 31 Upper Class business class seats, 35 premium economy seats, and 192 economy class seats. Unfortunately the Boeing 787-9 doesn't feature Virgin Atlantic's new Upper Class product, which is only found on the Airbus A350-1000.
Virgin Atlantic's Boeing 787-9 Upper Class
Austin has been one of the fastest growing cities in the United States for several years now. Many people are moving to Texas for the tax benefits, and if you've gotta move to Texas, Austin is as good as it gets (or something like that).
Virgin Atlantic will be facing some stiff competition on this route. In 2014, British Airways launched flights between London and Austin, and the airline has had great success on the route. Capacity on this route has increased significantly over the years, and at times British Airways has even scheduled Boeing 747s to Austin. This coming summer, the airline is planning daily service with its flagship Airbus A350-1000.
British Airways already flies to Austin
What does Virgin Atlantic bring to the table? There's a transatlantic joint venture between Virgin Atlantic, Delta, and Air France-KLM, as the airlines share revenue and coordinate schedules across the Atlantic. So this would give that joint venture service between the UK and Austin, as an alternative to British Airways' service.
That being said, it seems to me that Virgin Atlantic will be facing major challenges on this route, at least compared to British Airways:
Virgin Atlantic can't compete on frequencies, as British Airways will operate the route daily, while Virgin Atlantic will operate the route 4x weekly
While I'd usually fly Virgin Atlantic over British Airways, in this case the airline has an inferior inflight product — British Airways' new business class is better than Virgin Atlantic's old business class
Virgin Atlantic will have limited short haul connectivity for this route in London, as the airline doesn't have any short haul routes, while British Airways has tons of feed for these flights from all over Europe
Virgin Atlantic will have limited short haul connectivity for this route in Austin, as Delta has more or less given up on Austin, while British Airways benefits from American having made Austin a focus city
Virgin Atlantic won't even get the consolidated joint venture traffic between Europe and Austin, as KLM is launching an Amsterdam to Austin route this spring, which will offer lots more connectivity
I'm by no means suggesting that Virgin Atlantic will fail here, but the airline will definitely have a tougher time in Austin than British Airways did. Virgin Atlantic is heavily reliant on the market between London and Austin, rather than the consolidated Europe to Austin market.
KLM is also launching flights to Austin
Virgin Atlantic will be launching flights to Austin as of May 2022. The airline will operate 4x weekly flights using Boeing 787-9s. It's great to see Virgin Atlantic launch a new route to the United States, though this route seems particularly challenging to me. I'm curious to see how this market evolves over time, and whether Virgin Atlantic adds or cuts frequencies to Austin over time.
What do you make of Virgin Atlantic flying to Austin?
Matt Guest
I flew into Austin from Cancun late last year on AA. The arrival experience wasn't the best and we were the only arriving flight. Only one baggage belt BEFORE immigration and customs. (Thats the only place I have seen the baggage collect before immigration.) So if your bag comes off last you will be at the back of the immigration queue. There aren't that many desks available either. If they get more and more international...
I flew into Austin from Cancun late last year on AA. The arrival experience wasn't the best and we were the only arriving flight. Only one baggage belt BEFORE immigration and customs. (Thats the only place I have seen the baggage collect before immigration.) So if your bag comes off last you will be at the back of the immigration queue. There aren't that many desks available either. If they get more and more international flights especially big planes from Europe they are going to struggle. I think there is only 6 international gates and there will be AM (MEX), BA (LHR) AA (CUN, LIR, PVR, PUJ and SJD) B6 (CUN), LH (FRA), WN (CUN, CZM, PVR, PUJ), NK (CUN) VS (LHR) and VB (MEX and MTY)
How are they going to handle that traffic with 6 gates, 1 baggage belt and a handful of border desks? Or is there another international arrivals hall?
evansc Guest
DL atleast is trying to increase service to AUS via partners. AA has succeeded in adding service to AUS, but UA has given up and it is heavily relying on nearby IAH. And UA has not grown much in IAH either.
Still IAH and DFW have the other "foreign" carriers, EK, QR, TK etc which drives the VFR and ethnic traffic. Perhaps one of these 3 might start one to AUS. Even now many...
Still IAH and DFW have the other "foreign" carriers, EK, QR, TK etc which drives the VFR and ethnic traffic. Perhaps one of these 3 might start one to AUS. Even now many drive to IAH (and some to DFW) to catch flights to one of these carriers.
However I often see AUS discounted when compared to Houston, so now some of us are going to AUS to catch flights, especially international.
Jack Guest
So the business class product is superior on BA's 35X, gotcha. However, left out was the fact that the majority of the pax will fly in Y and Y+ instead. How do these products compare?
Justin Jordan Guest
Remember, pre pandemic Norwegian also operated this route to LGW so the capacity was there with both BA and Norwegian. This just fills that void. Additionally Lufthansa flies or will fly again to FRA so you have good coverage from the large European alliances now.
Brianair Guest
It's interesting how both Hawaiian and now Virgin Atlantic have chosen Austin as their first destination in Texas. I guess DFW and IAH being legacy mega hubs, for AA and UA respectively, may have played a significant role. By the way, there is an Airliners.net thread on this topic that grew to 9 pages of discussion before this announcement finally came.
Leigh Guest
January 9, 2022, 10:03 pm
Scott Guest
Was hoping for SLC. Thankfully there is still hope. The SLC Air Service Development Manager confirmed that they are in talks about service to SLC.
Pete S Guest
I am curious about your statement that Delta has all but given up on Austin. What leads you to conclude that?
Delta has increased capacity at as fast of a rate as AA and WN and has surprised UA as the 3rd largest carrier at AUS. DL's network from AUS is still entirely to its hubs and other focus cities- but that is still 10 cities.
DL never said that it intended to overtake AA or WN in the AUS market; it did say AUS would remain a focus city after it trimmed the list...
DL never said that it intended to overtake AA or WN in the AUS market; it did say AUS would remain a focus city after it trimmed the list of focus cities. And DL's strategy in focus cities has been to add international service which is something low cost and ultra low cost carriers cannot do. For now, AUS is getting only DL partner international flights which is unique from DL focus cities. If the point of sale for AUS is stronger from Europe than the US, that choice makes plenty of sense.
Overall, I like your comments and wisdom…maybe have disagreed at times…but generally agreed.
Two things about Austin:
1) How has UA so completely failed? With their nearby IAH hub, they should have countered the AA DFW hub,
2) AUS needs to factor their available gates given the fast growing flights by AA/WN. There's already litigation about AUS replacing the LCC south terminal, though I've never experienced that terminal. I know that AUS is planning a...
2) AUS needs to factor their available gates given the fast growing flights by AA/WN. There's already litigation about AUS replacing the LCC south terminal, though I've never experienced that terminal. I know that AUS is planning a satellite terminal, but it needs to be expedited.
Michael Guest
Does anyone know when they will load the schedule? I want to book this flight asap.
Ian L Guest
Did a Twitter thread on this:
https://twitter.com/iansltx/status/1479836281270157319
tl;dr: due to lack of feed on both sides and a full-service (vs. long haul low-cost), this is gonna be tough. Norwegian was able to fill a denser 789 4x/wk, but that was at low fares, and folks could connect onward on EasyJet or Norwegian itself.
So I expect DL to add some routes (likely on top of AA, WN, or both) to feed this service, and the...
So I expect DL to add some routes (likely on top of AA, WN, or both) to feed this service, and the route to switch to LGW once WS reopens their base there.
I will say that BA's 35K (and their 789 for that matter) is much more premium-heavy than VS's 789, so maybe BA's fare mix provides an opportunity for VS, but the BA 35K still has more seats in every class than the VS 789, and since that's the matchup, the relative %s may not matter.
Jason Guest
Again, Virgin Atlantic has an interline agreement at LHR and gets a ton of feed to/from BA. There's no need to worry about lack of feed at lhr being cause for concern. It's not
KS Guest
Just an interline agreement does not mean anything. You can connect full fare codes and get $7000 economy fares; but that means nothing. For VS to be able to offer reasonable fares on connecting itineraries through LHR, they should have an SPR (special prorate agreement) on the route. BA was required to offer SPR to competitors on certain routes (that overlapped with AA) as part of the TATL JV approval. That is why you will...
Just an interline agreement does not mean anything. You can connect full fare codes and get $7000 economy fares; but that means nothing. For VS to be able to offer reasonable fares on connecting itineraries through LHR, they should have an SPR (special prorate agreement) on the route. BA was required to offer SPR to competitors on certain routes (that overlapped with AA) as part of the TATL JV approval. That is why you will find reasonably priced VS/BA connections on certain routes (e.g. MIA/BOS-LHR) but not others. There is no reason why BA would offer it on AUS-LHR (nor should they have to). So, yes, VS will not have much connectivity at LHR.
Me Guest
Sounds like we have similar experience.
Managed the interline for VS/BA…and many other airlines.
Revenue is revenue.
BA never had an issue with the interline agreement. As said…revenue is revenue.
Yes, grumpy with each other on the surface, but behind the scene it worked for both of us, and were tight.
Interline agreements are misunderstood.
Delta/Virgin/AirFrance/KLM have significant advantages as part of the same unified joint venture, something AA/oneworld and UA/Star cannot duplicate - as evidenced by the fact that DL and its partners - all of which Delta has invested in as well - will operate two routes on up to two/flights/day from AUS.
While AA and WN duke it out to be the largest and duplicate each other on domestic flights from AUS, DL is giving AUS...
While AA and WN duke it out to be the largest and duplicate each other on domestic flights from AUS, DL is giving AUS what it and any city wants and which is much harder to provide- robust international service.
As Gary (VFTW) notes, AUS has been rumored for service to Seoul as part of the DL-KE joint venture; given that access to Tokyo Haneda, like China, is restricted by treaty and average fares will fall to Tokyo Narita as high yield local traffic shifts to HND. Seoul provides the best and perhaps only option to add service to an Asian hub for cities that do not have it.
DL said pre-pandemic that it was focused on building its international network - which was already the most profitable of the big 3 (AA, DL and UA). We could be seeing alot more announcements like this over the next few years
Wrong. VS is only 4x weekly (seasonal) and KL is only 3x weekly (planned to be year round). And their services overlap on Monday, which means they don't have any TATL service on Tues. That is in no way competitive against BA's daily service year round.
Basically, the fact is that DL/VS are running put of good routes to make use of their LHR slots.
if you think that having more capacity on the same route is more valuable than on two different routes, I can't stop you - but actual data shows that two routes - even at lower capacity - almost always deliver higher revenue.
BA is operating far fewer LHR flights than it has slots for and won't return to its pre-pandemic levels this year- so it is more than a bit of a stretch to say that DL/VS can't find places to profitably use its slots.
It is not just capacity. VS is not even going to be daily (not even when KL's flights are taken into account) and is seasonal, and not even better product wise. If you think that is better, OK I am not going to stop you either.
Brit in the Bay Guest
Virgin's biggest issue is going to be maintaining a decent schedule. It would appear with the routes launched to non US destinations to keep the airline operating when the US borders were effectively shut they don't have enough aircraft to be able to the non US destinations plus their traditional US routes with any real frequency.
LHR-SFO is a great example of the issue. In the run up to Christmas, VS were merging flights across...
LHR-SFO is a great example of the issue. In the run up to Christmas, VS were merging flights across multiple days due to lack of aircraft. That resulted in the flights that ran being hugely overbooked and VS having to offer decent incentives to get passengers to delay their trip or fly via LAX or ATL. We were offered a free return trip from London to any VS destination if we would be rebooked onto SF0-LAX-LHR that was after our original flight was merged with another two days earlier (meaning further PTO being used up).
Our experience wasn't a one off. The result has been that VS's reputation has taken a hammering amongst the British ex pat community in the Bay Area. Loyal VS customers rebooking onto BA because they cannot be sure their flight won't be changed by VS in the days leading up to departure.
I'm sure we will hear some personal insights into why this route would be great from Gary over at VFTW pretty soon!
LAXLonghorn Guest
First, this would be an exciting and logical development.
Second, while many good comments here, @Jason actually nailed the little known but very big fact...the VS/BA interline at LHR is substantial, and VS feeds more paxs to BA at LHR than any other airline (other than AA, of course). VS also has a huge book of other interline agreements with other airlines at LHR, especially long-haul, though that's where the KLM alliance partnership really gets...
Second, while many good comments here, @Jason actually nailed the little known but very big fact...the VS/BA interline at LHR is substantial, and VS feeds more paxs to BA at LHR than any other airline (other than AA, of course). VS also has a huge book of other interline agreements with other airlines at LHR, especially long-haul, though that's where the KLM alliance partnership really gets into the mix out of AUS (and also LH from a competitive perspective).
At the end of the day, this appears to be substantially an O/D route, and there's plenty of reason to think it would succeed.
AUS is already fast growing, will only get much bigger, and while tech heavy it has other industries. And many of those tech (and other) jobs come with salaries that can pay for many leisure trips across the pond:)
Dhiren Guest
Sorry I don't see it; however, I do believe an LHR-DFW route would be the better option. Austin is great, but the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is one of the fastest growing regions in the entire US alongside the entire North Texas region and one of the most diverse in the country. For instance, there's a huge south Asian population across the Metroplex including being home to the only Sri Lanan restaurant in the entire Southwest...
Sorry I don't see it; however, I do believe an LHR-DFW route would be the better option. Austin is great, but the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is one of the fastest growing regions in the entire US alongside the entire North Texas region and one of the most diverse in the country. For instance, there's a huge south Asian population across the Metroplex including being home to the only Sri Lanan restaurant in the entire Southwest of the US. There will be more connecting opportunities from LHR to points in Asia served by Virgin. Both KLM, Delta and Air France serve the city and with the airport expansion under way there is more potential than Austin. Until 2005 it was a hub for Delta Airlines as well and they still maintain a sizeable presence and use their groundbreaking A220 variant on this route from airports such as LGA, JFK, LAX, and DTW
Yes, Austin has a tech corridor, but DFW has that and more and so in terms of being economically viable and however way you want to look at it DFW would be the much better option. You also have greater access to conventions, jobs, sports venues, shopping destinations, and activities across the entire Metroplex, making it a year-round destination as opposed to Austin.
How does VS/SkyTeam even attempt to penetrate DFW with AA completely owning the market?? Talk about a money-losing proposal for VS...
...Gee Whiz....
PS - and using the fact that Dallas has (1) Sri Lankan restaurant as a rationale to launch a route kinda made me smile. Finally, re the A220....not sure if you realized what you're saying...but DL has now moved to use their smallest mainline aircraft to their hubs from DFW....think about that for a moment.
Luke Guest
And DFW is already highly served by multiple carriers for connections to South Asia including ME2, Turkish, etc. Air India I speculate may soon expand to add either DFW or IAH as their next US destination.
Austin has much less competition should be good for this growing market.
Jerry Gold
Norwegian flew to LGW from AUS prior to the pandemic. Since that route ended, the city and airport have only grown. Google, Apple, Tesla, Oracle, and Indeed probably will generate enough traffic to London alone for a second player to profitably fly the route.
Jake212 Guest
This rumor confuses me. As many have already stated this route wouldn't be about connections as there's little to none from VS @ LHR and DL @ AUS, so this would be about O&D to London. Now with two full service carriers potentially about to operate AUS-LHR it seems like overkill given the little business ties between the two cities. At least BA benefits from a large AA FF base in AUS with some AA...
This rumor confuses me. As many have already stated this route wouldn't be about connections as there's little to none from VS @ LHR and DL @ AUS, so this would be about O&D to London. Now with two full service carriers potentially about to operate AUS-LHR it seems like overkill given the little business ties between the two cities. At least BA benefits from a large AA FF base in AUS with some AA connections and a large swath of connections on the LHR side. On top of that AUS is a Tech city while London's primary industry is that of a Financial hub.
I don't get why VS would choose AUS. Heck, even SAN would have made more sense. Larger metro area, beaches, warm weather without the oppressive humidity of AUS and many other reasons.
I agree with your comments, although I think you are underestimating London's tech scene hugely- which, of course VS, will have looked at in detail.
Sure London is home to the traditional banks and is a financial center but tech is fast catching up. Aside from the major tech companies who have significant presence in the UK, London (despite Brexit) is still the main city that VC backed tech companies expand to first when...
Sure London is home to the traditional banks and is a financial center but tech is fast catching up. Aside from the major tech companies who have significant presence in the UK, London (despite Brexit) is still the main city that VC backed tech companies expand to first when they start considering international expansion (numerous sources back this up- Frontline Ventures reports a good start).
The amount of 'tech travel' into London is large, this is why, for example, BA, was (and will be again) running LHR-SJC daily alongside 2 x daily LHR-SFO.
Love this! Do you know of any updates or rumors for the Turkish Airlines new Denver route?
stogieguy7 Gold
SLC would have made more sense operationally. It's a DL hub and, somewhat like Austin, a very fast growing area. At least in SLC, Delta would provide a lot of inbound connections for a Virgin Atlantic flight to LHR (as they don't have many connections once you get there). As they chose AUS, they need to depend almost entirely on point to point traffic, which is not that sure of a thing.
IIRC, Delta operated SLC-LHR on its own aircraft and could restart it. I suspect that VS and DL are comfortable w/ both the size of the AUS-LHR local market as well as growth potential not just for AUS but for DL and Skyteam in Texas in addition to the strategic considerations I outlined below.
SLC-LHR is returning 2023. But SLC is in talks with VS so we will see what happens!
It seems that the Austin-Europe routes are not about providing connections on the US side but just to support the fairly massive traffic from the Austin-San Antonio corridor to Europe. So the lack of Virgin/Delta connections at AUS isn't likely to be a problem; the two cities can fill the demand all on their own.
As a Delta flyer out of San Antonio this would be awesome. If I want to get to London today...
As a Delta flyer out of San Antonio this would be awesome. If I want to get to London today I'm leaving the house mid-morning to get a connection through one of the hubs. But if Virgin times their flight like BA did I can leave just after lunch and have an easy nonstop with an early arrival into Heathrow. Perfect.
Austin appears to be about serving secondary US cities as part of US-EU/UK joint ventures. Delta started several international routes from its focus cities/non-hub cities and those have been primarily to AMS or CDG. BA has stated it will start service to a couple cities in which DL started service so AUS might be the shootout between BA and DL about service to secondary cities. With JV hubs at LHR, AMS and CDG and a...
Austin appears to be about serving secondary US cities as part of US-EU/UK joint ventures. Delta started several international routes from its focus cities/non-hub cities and those have been primarily to AMS or CDG. BA has stated it will start service to a couple cities in which DL started service so AUS might be the shootout between BA and DL about service to secondary cities. With JV hubs at LHR, AMS and CDG and a single JV for all of those hubs, Skyteam has an advantage over oneworld in terms of coverage of Europe.
As has been noted, AMS is likely a better and more efficient hub for connecting beyond the European gateway; AA/BA's abililty to compete for beyond gateway traffic limits their ability to compete for local LHR traffic; DL/VS does not have that issue since AMS exists and DL,VS,AF/KL are all part of the same joint venture so there is no benefit or loss as to which carries non gateway traffic.
As for AUS, DL's capacity growth has been in line with other carriers and they have overtaken UA as the 3rd largest carrier at AUS.
DL also built a new 10k sf SkyClub which is one of the largest in a non-hub city; they are doing the same thing at BNA, btw.
DL has not come close to detailing its plans for AUS so they very well could add more flights that could feed an AUS-LHR flight but the point of these flights is not beyond US gateway connections but rather local traffic. and AA offers very few connections beyond AUS that logically flow over AUS - cities that don't require backtracking or aren't already BA cities.
DL's not keeping up with AA or WN for growth in AUS. It's just that UA has been appalling, so just natural that DL has eclipsed them.
Finally, this comment:
"AA/BA's abililty to compete for beyond gateway traffic limits their ability to compete for local LHR traffic"
Completely NOT factual. It's called revenue management. AA/BA/airlines allocate seats based on the yields...PROS, a computerized system that most airlines use, factors inventory based on yield....in high season...
Completely NOT factual. It's called revenue management. AA/BA/airlines allocate seats based on the yields...PROS, a computerized system that most airlines use, factors inventory based on yield....in high season it can be skewed more on AUS-LHR segment to satisfy market demand. In other seasons, when there is less market demand on the sector, PROS can skew towards online or offline sectors (except for the higher-yield/profitable booking classes). AA/BA are not spilling traffic on the AUS-LHR sector...that's not how airlines operate.
Scudder Guest
AUS also serves as a secondary airport for San Antonio, a bigger city (also growing) with less international service.
JetAway Guest
At one time, there was serious talk about building a shared international airport between AUS and SAT (similar to IAD) but leadership of the two cities couldn't agree on a specific location. That talk has been resurrected in recent months.
Creditcrunch Member
With BA putting their new Club Suite on the AUS route it will be interesting to see what equipment VS use, I would have thought the A351 but with a new route and that's VS largest capacity aircraft I doubt they can make it work for a few years so they will end up putting the sub par B787 UCS.
Lufthansa also flies to Austin.
Virgin Atlantic has an interline agreement at London Heathrow - you'd be surprised at how much connectivity they sell onto British Airways at London. Way more than you'd expect.
Austin is fine but if I had to live in Texas, Houston all the way. More diverse, cosmopolitan, and better infrastructure.
Usman Cheema Guest
+1000 to Houston > Austin
UA-NYC Guest
Houston's a swampy S-hole...can't think of too many major US metro areas I'd pick Houston over. Maybe Indianapolis but it would be close.
Houston is probably the most diverse US city. Of course some hate it, but many like it, that is why the greater metro population is now around 7 million.
Curious as to what, if any, onward connections on Delta would be then.
Virgin has no short haul at the UK end, and I don't think Delta has much at the Austin end.
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As to the UK end, that same issue of no short haul on the UK end...
As to the UK end, that same issue of no short haul on the UK end exists for the entire DL/VS TATL operation so AUS doesn't make a difference there at all. Enough demand to/from London alone to probably make this route viable, but it is a bit late. BA already in there and AA is making AUS a major focus city, whether DL likes it or not.
No connectivity onto Delta at Austin.
Just people from the Austin region going to London and beyond. You'd be surprised at how much connectivity Virgin sells onto British Airways at Heathrow.
I flew into Austin from Cancun late last year on AA. The arrival experience wasn't the best and we were the only arriving flight. Only one baggage belt BEFORE immigration and customs. (Thats the only place I have seen the baggage collect before immigration.) So if your bag comes off last you will be at the back of the immigration queue. There aren't that many desks available either. If they get more and more international flights especially big planes from Europe they are going to struggle. I think there is only 6 international gates and there will be AM (MEX), BA (LHR) AA (CUN, LIR, PVR, PUJ and SJD) B6 (CUN), LH (FRA), WN (CUN, CZM, PVR, PUJ), NK (CUN) VS (LHR) and VB (MEX and MTY) How are they going to handle that traffic with 6 gates, 1 baggage belt and a handful of border desks? Or is there another international arrivals hall?
DL atleast is trying to increase service to AUS via partners. AA has succeeded in adding service to AUS, but UA has given up and it is heavily relying on nearby IAH. And UA has not grown much in IAH either. Still IAH and DFW have the other "foreign" carriers, EK, QR, TK etc which drives the VFR and ethnic traffic. Perhaps one of these 3 might start one to AUS. Even now many drive to IAH (and some to DFW) to catch flights to one of these carriers. However I often see AUS discounted when compared to Houston, so now some of us are going to AUS to catch flights, especially international.
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Banque populaire est un voilier monocoque de course au large appartenant à la classe des  IMOCA, mis à l'eau en 2010 sous le nom de . Synthèse de l'expérience des architectes Guillaume Verdier, Marc Van Peteghem et Vincent Lauriot-Prévost et du navigateur Michel Desjoyeaux, il présente une carène innovante, marquée par un double bouchain et un pont en , ainsi que des dérives portantes.

À son bord, Michel Desjoyeaux termine sixième de la Route du Rhum 2010 et démâte dans la Barcelona World Race 2010-2011. Passé au Team Banque populaire en 2011 et barré par Armel Le Cléac'h, ce  a notamment terminé deuxième du Vendée Globe 2012-2013, trois heures après son sister-ship Macif, mené par François Gabart. À partir de 2013, il est barré par Jérémie Beyou sous le nom de Maître CoQ.

En avril 2017, il est racheté par Initiatives-Cœur qui le confie à Tanguy de Lamotte puis à Samantha Davies. Arnaud Boissières le rachète fin 2021 et le renomme La Mie Câline.

Conception et caractéristiques

Ce voilier appartient à la deuxième génération de  IMOCA conçus par les cabinets d'architectes Guillaume Verdier et VPLP. Michel Desjoyeaux, qui avait auparavant travaillé avec le Néo-Zélandais Bruce Farr pour créer le premier Foncia, a préféré les concepteurs de Safran pour des questions de délais et de proximité. Ainsi, le nouveau Foncia est mis à l'eau le , à peine six mois après le début du projet, pour un coût de  d'euros.

Cela a été possible grâce à la collaboration des chantiers Green Marine, près de Southampton, et JMV Industries, à Cherbourg. Green Marine a réalisé le mannequin et le moule de la coque et JMV le moule de pont. L'ensemble  a été assemblé au chantier CDK Technologies de Port-la-Forêt, dirigé par Hubert Desjoyeaux, le frère de Michel.

Le projet a été inspiré des précédents bateaux de Michel Desjoyeaux et de ceux de Guillaume Verdier, notamment Safran, lancé en 2007 et alors considéré comme le  IMOCA de référence. Ainsi, le plan de pont est calqué sur celui du premier Foncia, bien que le cockpit soit plus étroit afin de faciliter les déplacements. Le principe de la casquette rabattable pour protéger l'intégralité du cockpit des embruns a également été repris, de même que le système de passage des drisses par l'intérieur de la cabine. Le choix est fait d'utiliser un mât-aile soutenu par des outriggers, qui, outre le gain en aérodynamisme, facilite les manœuvres de la grand-voile, comme la prise ou le largage de ris, c'est-à-dire la diminution ou l'augmentation de la surface de la grand-voile en fonction de la force du vent.

Cherchant toujours à innover, Desjoyeaux estime à 15 % l'apport de nouveautés sur  par rapport à . La nouvelle jauge IMOCA a affecté la conception du . Pour pallier la limitation du tirant d'air à , le pont présente la particularité d'avoir un bouge négatif, en . Incurvé vers l'intérieur, ce pont permet d'augmenter la surface de voile et d'abaisser le centre de gravité du voilier de , pour améliorer puissance et stabilité. L'autre objectif est de faciliter le déplacement du marin sur le pont lorsque le voilier gîte. Pour le dessin de la coque, les architectes ont cherché à limiter tous les freins possibles. Outre le bouchain très marqué, qui permet une réduction de la surface mouillée à la gîte, la coque présente un important frégatage, au point que Michel Desjoyeaux parle d'un . Selon Guillaume Verdier, . Cela permet d'avoir un bateau plus raide à la toile tout en étant plus stable. Selon lui, le gain de poids grâce à ce travail sur les structures a permis renforcer la solidité du bateau sans l'alourdir, afin de mieux supporter le rythme de la Barcelona World Race, course autour du monde en double, où les IMOCA sont sollicités en permanence.

Les larges dérives ont été récupérées sur l'ancien Foncia mais elles sont désormais inclinées de 9° vers l'intérieur, agissant comme des foils. Elles créent un effet de sustentation lorsque le bateau gîte et augmentent sa puissance.

Côté aménagement intérieur, la cabine est très épurée, avec pour seule assise un pouf à bille. L'électronique est montée sur un bras articulé, afin de pouvoir porter son poids au vent, être visible en toute occasion et facilement réparable.

Historique

Foncia 2

Mis à l'eau le 20 septembre 2010,  est jaugé, soumis aux tests de redressement à 180° et essayé en navigation le même jour. Michel Desjoyeaux bénéficie en effet de seulement quarante jours pour apprendre à connaître son bateau et effectuer le parcours de  qualificatif pour la Route du Rhum 2010, avant le départ de celle-ci le .

Après un bon départ, Michel Desjoyeaux prend une option sud qui se révèle être un mauvais choix et  figure en queue de peloton pendant une partie de la course. Il termine sixième, derrière les concurrents ayant navigué plus au nord. S'il reconnaît avoir fait un mauvais choix de route, Desjoyeaux est cependant satisfait de n'avoir eu aucun problème technique sur son nouveau voilier en  de navigation : .

Foncia 2 est ensuite convoyé par cargo à Barcelone, d'où part la Barcelona World Race, le tour du monde en double sans escale, dont il prend le départ le  avec François Gabart. Outre quelques aménagements intérieurs nécessaires à la vie à deux, Foncia embarque également un spi en spectra monté sur enrouleur, une première sur un .

Desjoyeaux et Gabart sont contraints à une escale technique à Recife, au Brésil, pour remplacer la   de Foncia, endommagée vraisemblablement par une collision, alors qu'ils étaient au coude à coude avec Jean-Pierre Dick et Loïck Peyron à bord de Virbac Paprec 3, également obligé de s'arrêter à Recife. Les deux navires quittent le Brésil le  et reprennent rapidement la tête de la course à la faveur d'une dépression formée au large des côtes brésiliennes.

Ils abandonnent le , à la suite d'une cassure de la tête de mât, alors qu'ils occupaient la deuxième position. La raison de la rupture de la tête de mât n'a pas été rendue publique. Après avoir rejoint Le Cap, Foncia est renvoyé à Port-la-Forêt pour être remis en état en vue de sa vente, prévue dès l'origine du projet à l'issue de la Barcelona World Race, dans le but de financer la construction du MOD70 Foncia.

Monocoque 60' Banque populaire

Foncia 2 est vendu en  au Team Banque populaire et confié à Armel Le Cléac'h en vue du Vendée Globe 2012-2013.

Monocoque 60' Banque populaire est mis à l'eau à la fin du mois de juin, dans une nouvelle livrée bleue et blanche. Le bateau est équipé d'un nouveau mât-aile et le voile en carbone de la quille pendulaire a été changé au profit d'un voile en acier, plus lourd mais plus solide et hydrodynamique que l'original. Avant de participer à la Fastnet Race, Armel Le Cléac'h effectue plusieurs sorties en mer avec Michel Desjoyeaux et Christopher Pratt, son équipier pour la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2011 pour apprivoiser le . À la fin de juillet, au cours d'un de ces entraînements, une fissure est découverte sur le livet tribord, due à un défaut de construction. Des renforts ont été appliqués sur l'intégralité du livet pour éviter une nouvelle fissure.

Skippé par Armel Le Cléac'h et Christopher Pratt, Banque populaire termine  de la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2011. Après avoir choisi une option sud aux Açores, Le Cléac'h et Pratt se retrouvent piégés dans une bulle anticyclonique et laissent filer les futurs vainqueurs de l'épreuve, Jean-Pierre Dick et Jérémie Beyou à bord de Virbac Paprec 3. Armel Le Cléac'h prend ensuite la deuxième place de la Transat B to B, la  de la Jacques-Vabre, derrière François Gabart, skipper de Macif, le sister-ship de Banque populaire.

Banque populaire est remis à l'eau le , après plusieurs mois de chantier à Lorient. Un hydrogénérateur a notamment été installé sur le tableau arrière et le voile de quille en acier a été remplacé par l'original en carbone, les équipes du Team Banque populaire n'ayant pas noté de gain particulier. À l'approche du Vendée Globe, Armel Le Cléac'h s'entraîne avec François Gabart (Macif), Vincent Riou (PRB), Marc Guillemot (Safran) et Sam Davies (Savéol) au centre de voile de Port-la-Forêt. Au mois de mai, il remporte le prologue de l'Europa Warm'Up, course préparatoire au Vendée Globe, mais connaît une nouvelle avarie au large du rocher du Fastnet, quand le hook de grand-voile – système de verrouillage de la grand-voile en position hissée, ce qui permet de libérer la tension de la drisse de grand-voile – cède, entraînant la chute de la grand-voile. Il termine toutefois à la troisième place, derrière Vincent Riou et François Gabart.

Avant le Vendée Globe, Banque populaire entre en chantier pour une inspection générale et une optimisation avant le tour du monde, en lien avec Mer Agitée, l'équipe de Michel Desjoyeaux. Les deux dérives sont remplacées par des modèles plus légers, après avoir testé différents profils avec Guillaume Verdier. Armel Le Cléac'h embarque un jeu très polyvalent de dix voiles, pour s'adapter à toutes les situations.

Armel Le Cléac'h est l'un des favoris de cette course en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance. Celle-ci est marquée par le duel livré par les deux Verdier-VPLP qui naviguent au contact, parfois à vue, dans le Grand Sud. Une performance  pour Vincent Riou, vainqueur en 2005. Au coude à coude jusque dans l'Atlantique sud, une mauvaise option météo de Le Cléac'h permet à Gabart de s'échapper au large de l'Uruguay. Armel Le Cléac'h franchit la ligne d'arrivée le , après ,  et  de mer et seulement trois heures et dix-sept minutes derrière François Gabart. Banque populaire a passé un total de vingt-cinq jours et vingt heures en tête, alternant à vingt-deux reprises avec Macif.

Maître CoQ 2

En , quinze jours à peine après l'arrivée du Vendée Globe, Banque populaire est vendu au navigateur Jérémie Beyou. Les équipes du Team Banque populaire travaillent pendant six semaines à la remise en état du , puis celles de Jérémie Beyou s'attachent à l'optimiser.

L'ancien Banque populaire est remis à l'eau le , sous le nom de Maître CoQ 2. Il a été entièrement démonté et analysé. Jérémie Beyou s'entraînant pour la Solitaire du Figaro, les premiers essais en mer sont confiés à Christopher Pratt, une nouvelle fois désigné co-skipper pour la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2013, en collaboration avec le Team Banque populaire. Peu de modifications ont été apportées à Maître CoQ depuis le Vendée Globe, hormis un nouveau gréement et un jeu de voiles neuves.

Premier grand rendez-vous de la saison 2013 en IMOCA, la Fastnet Race est à son tour dominée par les deux plans Verdier-VPLP, Macif de François Gabart et Michel Desjoyeaux devançant Maître CoQ de Jérémie Beyou et Christopher Pratt de seulement cinquante-sept secondes. Le duo Beyou-Pratt prend ensuite la troisième place de la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2013.

À son retour à Lorient par cargo en , Maître CoQ est mis en chantier pour préparer la Route du Rhum 2014. Le  reçoit une nouvelle quille en acier, conformément à la nouvelle jauge IMOCA, et de nouveaux safrans. Après sa troisième victoire dans la Solitaire du Figaro, Jérémie Beyou s'entraîne au centre d'entraînement national pour la course au large de Port-la-Forêt de la fin du mois d'août à celle du mois d'octobre, avant de rallier Saint-Malo, port de départ de la Route du Rhum 2014. Au cours de la préparation, il remporte le Défi Azimut et reste confiant pour la transatlantique.

Maître CoQ prend la deuxième place de la Route du Rhum dans le golfe de Gascogne, à la faveur de l'abandon de PRB. Une nouvelle fois, Macif l'emporte devant son aîné. En dépit des problèmes techniques rencontrés avec ses nouveaux safrans et ses voiles d'avant, Beyou est resté au contact de Gabart jusqu'aux Açores, où il ne comptait que huit milles de retard, avant de se faire inexorablement distancer dans le grand bord vers la Guadeloupe, démontrant le potentiel de vitesse pure légèrement supérieur de Macif sur Maître CoQ.

Pour préparer le Vendée Globe 2016-2017, auquel Jérémie Beyou est le premier inscrit, Maître CoQ est entièrement démonté en janvier 2015 pour une profonde remise à neuf. La seconde partie de l'année 2015 est consacrée à l'étude des foils qui ont fait leur apparition sur les nouveaux  IMOCA dessinés par Guillaume Verdier et le cabinet Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost et sur l'opportunité d'en équiper Maître CoQ. Bien que la course n'ait pas fait partie du programme initial de Jérémie Beyou, il prend le départ de la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2015 le 25 octobre en double avec Philippe Legros. Au large de Cherbourg, une pièce de l'un des étais du  se rompt et malgré une réparation réussie à Roscoff, Jérémie Beyou préfère abandonner pour ne pas risque une nouvelle casse.

Après plusieurs mois d'étude, le bateau entre en chantier chez CDK le 25 novembre 2015 en vue du remplacement des dérives asymétriques par des foils. Le 8 juin, Beyou remporte sa première grande victoire en IMOCA sur la Transat New York-Vendée, devançant Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild) et Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). Les trois bateaux sont équipés de foils.

Initiatives-Cœur
À l'issue du Vendée Globe 2016, le bateau est racheté en avril 2017 par Initiatives-Cœur qui le confie à son skipper Tanguy de Lamotte.

Le bateau devient ainsi le troisième Initiatives-Cœur. Lamotte et son équipage terminent à la troisième place de la classe Imoca dans l'Armen Race Uship 2017. En novembre, Tanguy de Lamotte et Samantha Davies terminent à la sixième place de la classe Imoca dans la Transat Jacques-Vabre.

En novembre, à l'issue de cette course, Lamotte arrête la compétition. Il cède la barre d'Initiatives-Cœur à Samantha Davies. Elle prend le départ de la Route du Rhum 2018 et celui du Vendée Globe 2020-2021.

Avarie lors du Vendée Globe 2020-2021
Le 2 décembre 2020 vers 19 h (temps universel), dans les  Rugissants, à plus de  du cap de Bonne-Espérance, alors que Samantha Davies navigue entre 15 et 22 nœuds, sous un vent de 30 nœuds et qu'elle occupe la  place dans la course du Vendée Globe, le bateau heurte de manière nette et brutale un objet flottant non identifié. Le bateau est immédiatement arrêté en affalant les voiles. Des fissures au niveau des cloisons longitudinales du puits de quille sont observées. Le choc a déplacé le soufflet de vérin de quille qui assure l'étanchéité entre le puits de quille et le vérin. Il y a aussi des dommages sur la quille en elle-même ainsi que sur certains autres endroits. La pompe d'immersion est actionnée pour vider l'eau qui entre par les zones endommagées.

Les réparations nécessaires étant trop importantes, Samantha Davies se rend au Cap, où elle arrive le 5 décembre, pour les réaliser avec son équipe technique et abandonne la course.

Palmarès

2010-2011 : Foncia 2 – Michel Desjoyeaux
 2010 :
  de la Route du Rhum , en 15 jours, 17 heures et 29 minutes ;
 abandon dans la Barcelona World Race 2010-2011, en double avec François Gabart .

2011-2013 : Banque populaire – Armel Le Cléac'h
 2011 :
  de la Transat Jacques-Vabre, en double avec Christopher Pratt , en 16 jours et 15 heures ;
  de la Transat B to B , en 9 jours, 13 heures et 8 minutes.
 2012 :
  de l'Europa Warm'Up.
 2013 :
  du Vendée Globe 2012-2013, en 78 jours, 5 heures et 33 minutes.

2013-2017 : Maître CoQ – Jérémie Beyou
 2013 :
 de la Fastnet Race, en double avec Christopher Pratt, en 2 jours 19 heures et 23 minutes ;
 de la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2013, en double avec Christopher Pratt, en 17 jours, 5 heures et 15 minutes.
 2014 :
  de la Route du Rhum, en 12 jours, 12 heures et 11 minutes.
 2016 :
 vainqueur de la Transat New York-Vendée, en 9 jours, 16 heures, 57 minutes et 49 secondes.
 2017 :
  du Vendée Globe, en 78 jours, 6 heures 38 minutes 40 secondes.

2017-2021 : Initiatives-Cœur - Samantha Davies
 2017 :
  de l'Armen Race avec le Team Initiatives Cœur.
 2018 :
  de la Bermudes 1000 Race,
 Abandon de la Route du Rhum
 2019 :
  de la Bermudes 1000 Race
  de la Rolex Fastnet Race en double avec Paul Meilhat
  du Défi Azimut en double avec Paul Meilhat
  de la Transat Jacques-Vabre en double avec Paul Meilhat.
 2020 :
  de la Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne aux mains de Samantha Davies.
  du Défi Azimut
 2021 :
Termine hors course du Vendée Globe 2020-2021
 de la Rolex Fastent Race, en double avec Nicolas Lunven
 du Défi Azimut-Lorient Aglomération en double avec Nicolas Lunven
 de la Transat Jacques-Vabre 2021, en double avec Nicolas Lunven.

2021-Présent : La Mie Câline - Arnaud Boissières

 2022 :
  de la Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

 Team voile Initiative cœur
 descriptive sur le site de l'IMOCA

60 pieds IMOCA
Nom de bateau
Bateau français
Bateau lancé en 2010
Navire construit à La Forêt-Fouesnant
Team Banque populaire
Voilier dessiné par VPLP design
Voilier du Vendée Globe


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Stir fry the rempah until fragrant. Add shredded coconut, kaffir lime leaves, salt and coconut milk. Keep stirring until the liquid evaporates.
Add lime/tamarind juice, reduce to low heat and stir for the next 10 minutes. Set aside.
Blanch all vegetables and drain. Mix with spicy grated coconut and serve.
I have been looking for the Urap Urap recipe since I travelled in Indonesia, and I could not find it until now !!! thanks a lot !